KQED's Mind / Shift - When Celebrating Learning Differences is at the Heart of School Culture (4/28/16)-- New School featured in story
about schools positioning differences as strengths.
Not exact matches
In fact there's nothing particularly objective
about who gets into the best clubs — whether that means the best
schools, law firms or corporate
positions.
«My dad was keen, but it was my level - headed mother who finally convinced me that, at 18 and
about to enter medical
school, I was in no
position to take on a seven - year - old,» she writes.
If you have kids or are planning on starting a family, you've likely thought
about how you can
position yourself in an area with excellent public
schools.
The corporate exodus, however, isn't over these companies» values or their
positions on gun regulations, according to William Klepper, a professor at professor at the Columbia Business
School — it's simply
about prudence.
Kang, who holds a cross-appointment with the Rotman
School of Management, was curious
about how employees could combat the pressures that come with negotiating with someone in a higher
position of power.
He has told me
about several former pastors who have found teaching
positions at Christian
schools or colleges, usually in the religion departments.
In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of
about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade
schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in
positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from
about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.
We pray for the diplomats, and those in
positions of influence trying to bring
about an end to conflict, and for the «little people» children in
schools, people who've been displaced, those who seemingly aren't involved in either side of this bloody war, but whose lives will never be the same again.
As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous
about evangelicals» intentions regarding public
schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the
position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private
schools.
Louis Fisher surveys the full sweep of U.S. history» from colonial debates
about religious liberty to modern judicial, legislative, and executive
positions on the status of conscientious objection, compulsory flag salutes,
school prayer, Indian religious practices, and the religious use of peyote.
After she read A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Grandma called me up to tell me
about a time when she was demoted from an administrative
position at a Christian
school because the new pastor of the associated church believed women should be forbidden from leading in any capacity.
Thus, theologians are bound to disagree
about reason's proper role in submitting to revelation, and differing
positions on that initial point will legitimately generate different
schools of thought.
During the media interviews I took part in last November when the Government announced the Children,
Schools and Families Bill, my position was repeatedly attacked on the basis that parents don't like talking to their children about sex, so school
Schools and Families Bill, my
position was repeatedly attacked on the basis that parents don't like talking to their children
about sex, so
schoolsschools must.
I recommend that if you are currently spending most of your time only training in one
position to talk to your club or high
school coach
about trying out other
positions.
Fortunately, as result of my first - hand experience, working closely the past four football seasons (on many football fields) with six different sensor manufacturers, the high
school football program in Newcastle, and, most recently, the youth football program in Grand Prairie, TX, and from covering the concussion beat, along with a team of experts and staff journalists, for the past fifteen years, I believe MomsTEAM and I are in a unique
position to explain just what impact sensors are all
about.
As someone who has been writing
about and following the concussion issue for many years, and as the producer and director of the new high
school football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's war
school football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High
School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's war
School Football Safer», I have been in the unique
position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's warranty.
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about the Urban
School Food Alliance's
Positions and Stances on Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR)
I've continued to talk
about the issue to anyone who'll listen; five of our seven
school board seats are up for election this year, and I've written to all of the candidates asking their
position on the issue.
First of all, the privileged kids that I wrote
about first are, you know, sort of likely to go to
schools like yours, to be in
positions of authority as they grow up, policy, policy decisions.
LeadTogether is an online professional network of individuals in
positions of leadership in
schools and training centers inspired by Waldorf Education — individuals who care
about growing, nurturing and guiding children, families and
schools, and are open to sharing ideas, successes, questions and resources with their colleagues.
He reported this week that his FOIA request was denied by attorneys for DC public
schools, who claimed that «that details
about the rebates constitute «trade secrets» and that exposing them to public scrutiny would hurt the «competitive
position» of Chartwells, the
school system's contracted food service provider.»
That's because Smith has since learned more
about the negative impact of technology on young learners — thanks in part to her
position as a marketing and communications consultant for the Toronto Waldorf
School, a private school that famously eschews technolo
School, a private
school that famously eschews technolo
school that famously eschews technology....
«I've been working in
school nutrition for
about six years, starting in a utility
position — that's a sub-manager — and then [moving to] area supervisor.
Coalition members, including the UFT, the Partnership for New York City, Trinity Wall Street and the Children's Aid Society, helped shape this
position paper in an effort to elucidate what the community
schools model is all
about.
Mixed messages from the Coalition government around
schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions
about whether they have a firm
position on
schooling at all.
Korn also notes that declining state aid and further action by
school districts have cut
about 10,000 teaching jobs in 700
school districts in recent years, mostly by eliminating unfilled
positions.
«However, we still have concerns
about the inconsistencies of Senator Flanagan's
position and the policy implication of his efforts to expand the number of charter
schools.
The company started a new education program, with Lisa Percoco making $ 90,000 a year for what was labeled during the trial as a «low - show»
position that sought to educate grade
school children
about the benefits of the power industry.
«The decision that I have made
about that [New York City
schools chancellor]
position is however a decision I can no longer sustain,» he said, garnering loud applause from attendees and board members in the room.
In recent years, the city's
school district has made several decisions to help close budget gaps, including cutting
about 200 staff
positions.
It's
about respect for the people, their development.We go to
school so we can give back to society one day and help the less privileged and not prove to them how intelligent and superior we are when we are in a
position of authority.»
On Tuesday, Mr. Felder reiterated that
position — «I'm lucky to represent a district that really doesn't care
about party affiliations,» he said — but added that he could be swayed to join Democrats, or stay with Republicans, if either side embraces a plan to put armed guards at every city
school.
SIMON: So this doesn't have to be a full - time
position - because, of course, there's the concern
about local
school budgets at this particular point.
Key developments in effort to remove Carl P. Paladino from his elected
position on the Buffalo Board of Education: Dec. 22: Paladino sends an e-mail to
School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold
about an issue discussed in executive session and copies members of the media.
In an opening statement at a hearing in Albany to determine if Paladino should be ousted from his elected
School Board
position, attorney Dennis Vacco painted Paladino as a victim of an effort by fellow
School Board members to punish him for making controversial, but constitutionally protected remarks
about President Obama and his wife in another newspaper story.
In that report, the state found the district had been overstating its financial
position for «at least six years,» and went over budget during the 2004 - 05
school year by
about $ 746,000.
Then a friend told her
about an open teaching
position at Hawken, a private high
school in the Cleveland area.
The Physician Scientist Training Program in Internal Medicine, a research - oriented residency training program at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis, has reported that more than 80 % of the residents who completed the program remained in academic medicine, and
about 70 % of those had faculty
positions at Washington University (4).
During his doctoral work in genetics and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins Medical
School, Munoz - Sanjuan grew «disillusioned
about the dependency on peer review to make a living [in academic science], and universities» lack of appreciation for teaching excellence when evaluating for a tenure
position.
«I believe that the onus is on women who hold top
positions, and have family responsibilities, to celebrate the work — life balance it enables; be vocal
about the positive benefits, such as the freedom to attend
school events; take your family to international meetings; and [be] supportive of younger colleagues.
Although
about half of the graduate students in her field obtain postdoctoral training before starting faculty
positions, Crone was able to move into an assistant professorship directly from graduate
school; she attributes this in part to her advanced preparation from the PFF program.
Placed in strategic
positions at
schools, workplaces, railway stations and bus stops, such codes would provide vital information
about a locality.
There are many
schools of thought
about depth of squat, knee
positions, etc..
Both films take the form of curdled dark comedies
about raging misanthropes who abuse their
positions of authority — or at least their power over small children, since drunken mall Santas and Chicago's public -
school teachers both lack real power — to engage in criminal schemes.
In 2013, Carmen Ejogo — the black British actress who played another American hero, Coretta Scott King, in Selma — had a similar theory
about why black Brits may sometimes be better
positioned to cut to the core of American race relations: «I didn't go to
school and learn
about Coretta, and I have this one idea that was put in history books as to who she is or who she wasn't,» she told Buzzfeed.
Mitchell Chester: What the accountability system does, and what No Child Left Behind does, is create some transparency in the system and put those of us in the education profession in a
position of having to confront the realities
about the kind of achievement we're accomplishing with kids — especially kids from groups that traditionally have not been well - served by
schools.
And when they do talk
about education, both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Duke focus on support of parental choice,
school prayer, and the teaching of values — all
positions Mr. Bush takes, too, albeit without the...
12, believes that moments like these, when students are made aware of their unique
position at a threshold between worlds, is what the
school is all
about.
All you need to know
about NEA's
position on charter
schools is actually contained in the original 2001 policy, which states that charters should not exist «simply to provide a «choice» for parents who may be dissatisfied with the education that their children are receiving in mainstream public
schools.»