Sentences with phrase «about educators standing»

Power to the Profession is about educators standing together, united in a voice to reclaim the power of the role.

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Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against teachers

President Barack Obama stands with educators and students in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 23, 2011 as he speaks about details to give states waivers from requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

«It's been very hard for educators to stand up and say, «I don't want the money unless it's aligned with what we're doing,» without being snooty about it,» he says.

At the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense of assumption of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack of supervision at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleader.

Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University School of Theology, urges educators to «take a stand of moral courage» by speaking out on issues of racial injustice and teaching students about the history of race in America.

Finally, there is still uncertainty about the quality of the new literacy assessments and standards; they must stand the test of scrutiny of policymakers outside education, as well as educators themselves.

It's present in too many places, and I don't think those of us who care about education have done enough to get a strong coalition of the business community, civil - rights community, parent groups, educator groups, and — leaders who are willing to stand up and say, «No, that's not true.

The dozen educators who stood trial, including five teachers and a principal, were indicted in 2013 after years of questions about how Atlanta students had substantially improved their scores on the Criterion - Referenced Competency Test, a standardized examination given throughout Georgia.

The defense in Vergara v California began its case today, calling to the witness stand a veteran educator whose testimony about identifying and dealing with ineffective teachers came in stark contrast to the views of earlier witnesses in the case.

Are you a stand - out educator passionate about closing the achievement gap?

I served as the expert witness for the plaintiff's side, along with other witnesses including lawmakers (e.g., a state senator) and educators (e.g., teachers, superintendents) who made various (and very articulate) claims about the state's teacher evaluation system on the stand.

Build knowledge: Several education organizations including Educators for Excellence, the American Federation of Teachers, Stand for Children, Teach For America, and the Education Trust are hosting a tele - town hall on Tuesday, September 12 to share stories, take your questions, and provide information about opportunities to support undocumented students in your classroom and beyond.

Diane Ravitch, the education historian who built her intellectual reputation battling progressive educators and served in the first Bush administration's Education Department, is in the final stages of an astonishing, slow - motion about - face on almost every stand she once took on American schooling.

Yesterday, a jury unanimously stood in defense of juror educators» right to share general education information about jury nullification and the Fully Informed Jury Association on Facebook, in delivering a Not Guilty verdict in the case of Luke Lamb.

There are some good paying jobs in child care, but many early childhood educators are underpaid and undervalued — with the average wage standing at about $ 16 an hour.