Sentences with phrase «while city educators»

While city educators and «country» educators might argue whose hardships are greater, rural school leaders unquestionably recognize that their greatest challenge today is building, sustaining, and supporting a teacher corps so that schools can operate at high levels.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio said a threat that was emailed to a New York City school official, as well as educators across the country, was «specific,» but not credible, while NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton called it a «hoax.»

Mr. de Blasio said in a statement, «While one - year extensions are no way to treat our children, families or educators, this action is a crucial acknowledgment by State lawmakers that the education progress we have made in New York City could not have happened without our accountable control of the school system.»

And while Carvalho was de Blasio's first choice for the job, the mayor insisted that there are great educators in the city's schools who will «do great work,» while the city continues its search for a new chancellor.

«While I'm sure that Ms. Black is a very well qualified executive in the magazine industry, the top executive in the New York City School system should be an educator,» Avella wrote.

Carranza, 51, was not named as a defendant in the case, but the suit alleged he ruined the career of a female educator in San Francisco after she called him out for flirting with a female colleague while Carranza was the city's superintendent in 2013.

DCPS says it's unfair that it has to serve as the educator of last resort for all city kids, while charters can choose not to backfill or take mid-year transfers.

Bending to pressure from several parents» and educators» groups, Mayor Kevin H. White instructed his commissioner of consumer affairs and licensing, Joanne Prevost, to place an immediate moratorium on the licensing of such games while the city ponders a «comprehensive plan» to address the «unregulated proliferation of video games and pinball machines» in Boston.

The City of West Hollywood, California, wanted students to learn about healthful eating and physical activity while at school and have them act as educators within their communities.

While New York City has been promoting non-punitive practices and supports a decrease in suspensions due to insubordination, we, as educators, need the support of the U.S. Department of Education and Commission of Civil Rights.

Expanding to eight new cities, ASCD's institutes are designed to provide greater support to educators nationwide as they continue to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), while meeting educators where they are.

We've heard great ideas about how to change this from educators across the city: pay raises for mentor teachers and teachers who assume administrative responsibilities while still in the classroom, incentives to teach in high - needs areas and low - performing schools and salary steps based on fair evaluations.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and former head of the city's teachers» union, said that while she believed Mr. Klein was sincere in his efforts to improve student achievement, he had difficulty garnering support for his changes, both from educators as well as political leaders.

While SB 432 faces some competition from a bill by state Rep. Joe Bouie — which mandates that the schools be returned by 2018 without offering as much details on the process — Kleban said most of the educators in the city support Peterson's version.

While working in Jersey City, she was the recipient of five Best Practices Awards from the NJDOE, four federal grants (integrating theatre and art strategies and professional development for art educators) and three Save the Music Foundation grants.

The Educators 4 Excellence group was formed by Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, who were frustrated by a lack of control over district policy decisions while teaching in a traditional public school in New York City.

Yet while the rally has certainly galvanized educators across North Carolina's largest cities, the reaction has been somewhat muted among charter schools, although leaders at Durham's Central Park School for Children, a self - described «progressive» charter, say they will close May 16 as a tribute to the rally.

Jay Levenson, Director, International Program; Astrid Persans, Programs Associate; and Amy Horshak, Museum Educator at The Museum of Modern Art have also organized the African Museum Professionals Workshop, an important initiative that will provide fifteen curators and educators from sub-Saharan Africa an opportunity to experience institutional practices in New York, while establishing relationships with museums and galleries in New York City, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.