Sentences with phrase «active role in their education»

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer, an outspoken conservative who played an active role in education matters during this three terms in the House of Representatives, is hoping to win the seat being vacated by a fellow Republican,...

Encourage Parental Involvement Kids learn best when parents take an active role in their education.

By implementing a student - centered and inquiry - based approach, students are empowered to take on a more active role in their education which fosters increased engagement and academic success.

Scholars are encouraged to take an active role in their education by helping teachers design lessons through their questions and interests.

At RoboGarden, we believe in giving learners the opportunity to take an active role in their education.

The members take an active role in Education Development Trust's work and share their education experience and expertise for the benefit of the trust.

It can empower educators to connect with students, make classes more engaging, and motivate students to take an active role in their education.

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The Cohens have been stepping up their role as active mega-donors in the New York area, focusing mainly on healthcare and education, with the arts as another major interest.

She also takes an active role in investor education and research initiatives.

AIWM India primarily focuses on broader and strategic role of developing a more robust and forward - looking training infrastructure for private banking and wealth management sector and to promote more active industry involvement and collaboration in training and continuing education matters.

Ask any teacher what percentage of parents take an active role in their child's education, take responsibility for their child's work and behavior, attend parent / teacher conferences and open house, or are simply able to be contacted at all about their child.

Watching Ariana's face light up as staff members answered her questions and shared her enthusiasm for the day's wildlife sightings highlighted how eager children are to assume an active role in nature education.

As parents take a more active role in their children's education, inside and outside of school, their taking advantage of these opportunities is more important than ever.

Shaw is an active partner to leaders in government and public and charter education around the role of independent schools in the vital debate about the future of education.

We are dedicated to playing an active role in science education, and the Science Buddies — Astellas Rosalind Franklin Chemistry Contest builds on that commitment,» said Collette Taylor, president of the Astellas USA Foundation.

She has taken numerous postgraduate courses and believes strongly in providing her patients with the education and tools to help them take an active role in their healing process.

All the same, it's remarkable how much these grade - school kids, when encouraged to take an active role in their own education, pre-emptively echo some of the videos that have gone viral of late.

These 3 components play an active role in imparting education through game - based concepts.

This argues for a more active but less programmatic federal role in education.

Armed with new power under state law, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has moved quickly to put his stamp on school policy by overhauling the state school board and taking an active role in hiring at the state education agency.

And the Providence Talks initiative is working to close the «word gap» that separates kindergarteners from low - and high - income families by empowering parents to talk more with their young children and take an active role in those children's education from the start.

A coalition of Texas public - interest groups, education organizations, and unions this month called on the Reagan Administration to order the Environmental Protection Agency to play a more active role in the removal of asbestos from school buildings.

We must remain steadfast in our roles as change agents and take active steps to prove our commitment to creating a safer world for GLBT young people by investing in ongoing education for adults who work with youth.

Over lunch at a middle school conference, teachers told Jack C. Berckemeyer, director of member and affiliate services of the Association for Middle Level Education, formerly the National Middle School Association, about students who took an active role in leading the familiar parent - teacher conferences.

Given the current political climate and the limited discretionary resources available to the Secretary of Education, it is unrealistic to imagine that the DoED would play an active role in state - level school reform efforts.

Intrigued by the notion of architecture and the role it plays in education — a more active one than most would think — Upitis earned a diploma in architecture technology five years ago.

And he can can explain that progressives should support an active federal role in education, not local control that has perpetrated mediocrity and segregation.

Parents want to play an active role in their child's education.

In a state where public education is overseen by a board of regents and education commissioner independent of the governor, Gov. Spitzer made clear last week that he will take an active role...

Districts should take an active role in teaching parents and other community members how to be involved in education.

Ama Nyamekye, the executive director of Educators 4 Excellence Los Angeles, an organization that advocates for teachers to take a more active role in shaping education policies, wrote an op - ed in last week's Huffington Post LA calling for a more «courageous» LAUSD School Board: «Our school board needs to get to work tackling a tall order of...

An International Baccalaureate scholar inquires about the world around them, takes an active role in leading their education, and has -LSB-...]

As part of this collaboration, we have been working to develop best practices and create resources to help foster care agencies engage and empower parents to take an active role in their children's education.

The parents and guardians in our District have high expectations for their children and take an active role in their children's education.

It encourages scholars to be inquisitive, free - thinking, and take an active role in their own education.

This, Taylor says, contributes not only to student success, but also a comfort level for families in taking an active role in their child's education.

An International Baccalaureate scholar inquires about the world around them, takes an active role in leading their education, and has a mission for social justice.

States can — and should — play a more active role in fostering collaboration efforts if they are serious about ensuring quality public education for all of their students, regardless of what type of public school they attend.

To be sure, the federal government must still play an active role through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in ensuring that states are held accountable for providing all students, particularly the most disadvantaged, with a globally competitive eEducation Act in ensuring that states are held accountable for providing all students, particularly the most disadvantaged, with a globally competitive educationeducation.

Wakelyn confirmed reports that Cuomo is taking an active role in the negotiations between the UFT and the Department of Education and said he shared the union's concerns over having a fair appeals process.

Every layer of educational bureaucracy should infuse students as well, positioning in them in powerful roles that effect not only individual students, but all students; not as recipients, but as active partners who design, implement, critically assess, and make substantive decisions about the education system as a whole.

It's called Academic Parent Teacher Teams, a program aimed at helping parents take a more active role in their children's education.

It's not a live public forum or debate where we can see the candidates answer questions or exchange views in real time, but it's better than nothing: Educators 4 Excellence, an organization that advocates for teachers to take a more active role in shaping education policies, plans to host a podcast interview with District 6...

They must become active players in shaping education for their children, ask tough, thoughtful questions about what is being taught in classrooms, demand information on the quality of the teachers working in classrooms, and play stronger roles in shaping the overhauls of traditional district schools (and in the operations of charter schools serving their kids).

At OHDELA, both the student and the parents are enrolling, because parents who choose to enroll their student or students in OHDELA will be taking an active role in their student's education — not only as a role model, but as a learning coach.

We welcome and encourage families to play an active role in their children's education, both at school and at home.

READ: Another Superintendent Takes a Stand An Honor Roll for Hero Superintendents Parents and Community Members: The attack on public education we are currently facing is unprecedented, and we all need to take an active role in fighting back.

General education instructors and staff assume an active role in the assessment of students in the general education curriculum.

Dr. Angela Sewall who has been the dean of education at UALR since 1997, is also active in educational policy in other venues including her roles as a member and deans» representative on the board of the Reading Recovery Council of North America, vice chair of the Unit Accreditation Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and a member of the NCATE Executieducation at UALR since 1997, is also active in educational policy in other venues including her roles as a member and deans» representative on the board of the Reading Recovery Council of North America, vice chair of the Unit Accreditation Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and a member of the NCATE ExecutiEducation and a member of the NCATE Executive Board.

But the special education students in the Freshman Focus program in Michigan's Haslett High School not only receive added support during that transition — they also are taught to take an active role in designing their own Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), something that special needs students elsewhere in the country reducation students in the Freshman Focus program in Michigan's Haslett High School not only receive added support during that transition — they also are taught to take an active role in designing their own Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), something that special needs students elsewhere in the country rEducation Programs (IEPs), something that special needs students elsewhere in the country rarely do.