Sentences with phrase «about public educators»

Although North Carolina might not be considered union - friendly — it's a right - to - work state — the Priority Schools Campaign is still changing perceptions about public educators and what NEA has to offer to reform efforts.

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As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

The overall goal is to get babywearing educators to think outside the box of working with babywearers, and for nurses and public health workers to see the compelling statistics about why they want to get a babywearing education and bring it to their hospital / office.

Everybody knows about benefits of breastfeeding, the public does not need these rogue «educators» and advocates.»

Saturday, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, which represents about 13,700 public and charter school educators endorsed Ige.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

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 tePublic 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 tepublic 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

As an educator and activist, Brian has become a leading voice in discussions about public education.

The Building with Biology Project created a community of informal science educators, researchers and scientists dedicated to developing innovative resources, practices and processes to build the capacity of the field to use public engagement with science (PES) activities to extend STEM learning about science, technology and societal implications through public and scientist dialogue about synthetic biology.

«The findings demonstrate that gossip is intimately linked to mate competition and not solely the product of a female gender stereotype that may be viewed as pejorative,» states Davis, who believes that therapists, counsellors, educators, and the general public should rethink their stance about gossip.

The Society serves scientists, health professionals, and the public by providing forums to: (1) share research results through the ASHG Annual Meeting and in The American Journal of Human Genetics; (2) advance genetic research by advocating for research support; (3) educate current and future genetics professionals, health care providers, advocates, policymakers, educators, students, and the public about all aspects of human genetics; and (4) promote genetic services and support responsible social and scientific policies.

Through these activities, formal and informal educators and the general public will interact with Mars content that will inform them about Mars science, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) / Curiosity Rover, and ChemCam science, and engage them in current and future plans for Mars exploration.

Information provided by SMD - funded E / PO programs is disseminated via this section of the SMD E / PO Community Workspace (/ page / 5324) with the goal of providing information about what E / PO efforts are being carried out, the numbers of individuals reached, program effectiveness, and how program outcomes are benefiting students, educators, and the public.

The ASP connects scientists, educators, amateur astronomers and the public together to learn about astronomical research, improve astronomy education, and share resources that engage learners of all kinds in the excitement and adventure of scientific discovery.

About Morehouse School of Medicine Founded in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians, biomedical scientists and public health professionals.

Now as a nutrition educator and researcher, she is passionate about increasing the public's knowledge about all aspects of nutrition — including what is being done to our food supply, and its link to chronic conditions.

The beginning of an academic year is not only a chance to connect with a new class of students but also a chance for you — the educator, the backbone of our public education system — to grow in the job, show leadership, and speak up about your school's and district's direction.

Coherent missions and moral socialization through networks that incorporate family, school, and other aspects of life (in this case, churches) are among the hallmarks of Christian schools and may provide direction to public educators who are worried about alienated adolescents and withdrawn families.

Learn about School 21 — a public, urban school in London, U.K. — and how educators there bring cross-curricular, arts - infused project - based learning into the classroom.

For at least a generation, as American public education has stagnated, the conventional wisdom about leadership has focused on an old idea: certify educators to fix the problem.

In response to administrators» and teachers» worries about the vocabulary skills of Boston Public School students, a group of researchers and educators — assembled by the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, and directed by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine Snow — designed a curriculum supplement called Word Generation, for sixth - to eighth - grade classrooms.

Some of the obstacles to including classes in the arts as essential rather than «enrichment» studies, they noted, are the imprecision of the language usually used to discuss the arts; incorrect assumptions by educators, students, and the public about the arts and learning; and a lack of precedents — except in higher education — for...

Now on leave from teaching, Kamras recently talked with Education World about how he hopes to spend the next year talking about the need to remedy the disparities among public education systems and honoring his fellow educators.

The critical barometer in the instruction of religion in public education lies in this point: The educator must be teaching about religion and not promoting or celebrating one religion over another.

Educators whine that: Critics of public schools don't know what they are talking about; parents aren't involved and leave their children home alone; children aren't motivated.

Jackie graciously took the time to talk to me about the Montessori approach, how educators train to work in Montessori schools, and how Montessori works in the public sector.

And to the extent that the public does not trust educators to do evaluation well — and it hasn't always been well done, historically, and we have plenty of teachers not teaching well and schools not doing anything about it.

That question currently looms over the national conversation about school reform... [and] it is time for educators and policymakers to rethink the boundaries distinguishing the public and private in education.

Nevertheless, the administration tried to persuade the public that the letter with 100 signatures outweighed the one from a mere seven reading scientists, as if an educators» plebiscite could resolve the evidentiary questions about the effectiveness of the reading program.

For example, when asked about lowering student grades for disciplinary reasons, approximately half of public school teachers and administrators responded that this action was prohibited; among the educators who did think such disciplinary actions were permissible, 32 percent reported that students subject to such disciplinary sanctions were entitled to formal due process protections.

This is one of the queries I heard most often when interviewing teachers for The Cage - Busting Teacher or just when talking about the issue of educators, public officials, and education policy.

Transparency, as I see it, refers to measuring student performance regularly — annually is how we've been going about it, and should continue doing — and making the results available to the public, as well as to educators and policy leaders.

Confusion abounds among educators and the broader public about the purpose of charter schools and how these independent public schools relate to school district improvement efforts.

States also varied widely in how well they communicated with educators, parents, and the general public about the new tests.

A Sampling of College Harvard Gazette, 3/24/14 «Educators from Cambridge's public schools voiced their approval as Suzanne Bouffard, a researcher and writer with the Harvard Graduate School of Education HGSE, spoke about the galvanizing power of helping students believe that college is a goal they can not only pursue, but can master and achieve.»

I know that teachers are natural adventurers: I'm the proud daughter of a lifelong public school teacher, and one of the things my mom loved best about being an educator was the opportunity to travel in the spring and summer.

By observing how students use Remix World and public social networks, educators can draw valuable lessons about how to exploit social networking for more formal learning.

The general public continues to criticize educators about their reliance on the use of «educationese.»

Feeling safe at school from potential violence and health hazards is critical to effective learning and teaching, and International Horizons Unlimited is trying to learn through an Internet survey what educators and the public know about school safety issues.

The company is surveying educators and the public about their views on school safety issues.

To help educators explore the dynamics of student protest — and prepare to confront the inevitable complexities in their own communities — Levinson and a team of researchers with the Justice in Schools project created a case study about a large student walkout in the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools.

As the daughter of New York City educators and parent of a son with special needs, she writes frequently about the need to listen to families and ensure access to good public school options for all.

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By partnering with these educators, 93 % of whom work in or with California public schools, we hope to shift mainstream ideas about what maker - centered learning looks like, who it's for, and how to document and assess it.

New York City public school teachers share their ideas about what works in their classrooms with fellow educators in the New York Teacher's biweekly Teacher to Teacher column.

Given the public conversation about bias and injustice — especially recently — several prominent national education organizations including the NEA, AERA, NCTE and AFT have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

Ed - Data is a partnership of the California Department of Education, EdSource, and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team / California School Information Services (FCMAT / CSIS) designed to offer educators, policy makers, the legislature, parents, and the public quick access to timely and comprehensive data about K - 12 education in California.

«Dr. Richard DuFour's In Praise of American Educators takes a surprisingly fresh approach to the traditional education blame game by spending the first four to five chapters talking about what schools and namely schoolteachers are doing right in America's public education system.

Students, educators and the general public will be captivated by such activities as making their own asteroid belt, learning about the Dawn mission through stories and games, and working the online interactive crossword puzzles.

Our donors recognize that empowered educators need to lead the dialogue about improving our education system in order for transformational change to happen in ways that benefit public schools and students.