Sentences with phrase «actually works in schools»

In Visible Learning and Visible Learning for Teachers, Dr. John Hattie (2009, 2012) synthesizes over 900 meta - analysis research studies involving hundreds of millions of students to determine what actually works in schools to improve learning.

The research involves many millions of students and represents the largest ever evidence based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.

Officials in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago might complain that the comparison is unfair because most of the people who appear on the central - office payroll actually work in schools.

His study represents the largest collection and analysis of evidence - based research which investigates what is actually working in schools when it comes to improving learning.

That's a big departure from the state - level Race to the Top competitions, which just looked at educators who actually work in schools, not district - level leaders.»

With new Common Core initiatives, impending new tests, controversies surrounding teacher evaluation, tightening financial realities, and a plethora of competing reform agendas devised without input from those who actually work in schools, we were not sure how educators would respond.

«The problems with our schools will not be answered by overpaid outside consultants or billionaire education dilettantes but rather by the people who actually work in our schools with our children in full partnership with the District.

Not exact matches

But what are the kinds of things business school students and faculty actually study, and what use are they in the working world?

My main job in high school was actually working at Sam the Record Man.

«We actually looked to distillers and suppliers in several countries to partner with on making an old school Carta Blanca rum, like the ones that came from Cuba during Prohibition, There were distillers that make excellent rum and were willing to work with us, but didn't have the knowledge and capabilities for the style we wanted to create.»

As Jone L. Pearce, associate professor at the Graduate School of Management, University of California at Irvine, wrote in «Why Merit Pay Doesn't Work: Implications from Organization Theory,» pay for performance actually «impedes the ability of managers to manage.»

«Actually Marx already predicted that there could be a kind of socialism which combined socialist principles with the achievements of Western capitalist civilizations but he didn't say how this kind of socialism would work since there was no evidence available during his lifetime,» Su Wei, a professor at a party school for ideological training in Chongqing, in southwestern China, told the Global Times.

The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

It's not actually an impressive accomplishment that there is less abuse by clergymen than people working in the public schools.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

Most Mormon women of my generation are college educated (actually were my mother and grandmother), working women or if they are at home, are active in their schools, communities, etc. while they raise their kids.

No more religion - in politics, schools, or work, It needs to go - Its time to use all of the wasted resources that is being using on Christianity and Islam for something that actually benefits the human race and doesn't cause continuous strife.

Beyond the obvious question of how well the school actually can assess relevant background knowledge and experience is the fact that the system does not take into account other worthy commitments in a student's life, like work or ministry responsibilities outside the school.

Until any poster actually a commits a real crime the only thing you can do is get all huffy and cry about it, which we all know works so well in any school yard.

I thought of how I am often too busy, so busy, how there is so much to do in a family of six with work and life and school and ministry, and I thought that I was actually really glad to be sitting here, uncomfortably, in this chair with my feet in the kiddie pool and my husband behind me in the garden pulling beans.

Okay, I know that despite everyone being back to school, people actually showing up to the office again, like, to work, again and Labor Day being but a blip in the rearview mirror that summer isn't really over yet — it's hot, the days are still relatively long and, no, I will not put my sandals away.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

I'd love to see more school friendly (nut free) recipes, things that are quick and easy and work well in lunch and that kids will actually eat.

In football, how such a self - contained universe would actually work is hard to imagine, especially since guarantee money from outside schools is so important now, but Thomas isn't sweating the long - term details.

What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

As a parent of an elementary aged child, and having shared meals in the school cafeteria with my child's class, on more than one occasion, this may actually work.

As a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.

We caught up with Marna to find out more about her work, and discovered that it was actually the Folksy Summer School back in 2013 that set her on her current path — that and a lot of hard work...

Which in turn would allow more working class to (hopefully) have to pay less taxes and therefore could better afford better meals for their family and actually be able to pay for school lunches.

Substantive research already exists showing nut free schools (not early childhood, but mid elementary onwards) actually do more harm than good, to the extent that the official anaphylaxis prevention guidelines have been updated by the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy to explicitly state that food bans in upper primary and high schools do not work, and can actually cause problems.

Perhaps your child does sit down every evening in a distraction - free area and focuses on their school work, only an assignment that should 10 minutes actually takes 40 minutes.

This might work well if sodium were simultaneously reduced in the foods sold at corner stores and fast - food restaurants, but without such changes everywhere, it could actually lead to a drop in participation as school meals become more healthy.

Reports from people like you — and my anonymous school food professional, «Wilma» — clearly indicate that in many ways the new rules are just wrongheaded and get in the way of providing good meals, and I always bow to people actually working with the regulations who would know far better than I.

Regardless of whether you stay home or work, the National Education Association's research has proven that parent involvement in schools makes a difference in a child's academic performance and how long she actually stays in school.

In fact I believe that over the past few decades school lunches have actually decreased in quality when I compare what I ate as a student to what is eaten at the school in which I worIn fact I believe that over the past few decades school lunches have actually decreased in quality when I compare what I ate as a student to what is eaten at the school in which I worin quality when I compare what I ate as a student to what is eaten at the school in which I worin which I work.

There have been days when I even question whether it would be easier to not be vegan anymore or to put my kids in school and be more «normal», but I know that would never actually work for me / us or sit right with me.

It's basically like a hose that comes out of your sink, you know, one of those old school hoses that comes out to help you do the dishes, same type of thing, next to the toilet, spread off like you do but, our laundry room is next door so, I just put them in my utility sink that's there and kind of, my husband and I, actually we put in there, we may throw a little oxy cleaner, may be little like earth friendly solution like, back out or something to help with the smell or we put a spray a little bit with a little bit of you know, deodorizer or something you get in the store that works with diapers and we throw them in the sink and when I'm ready to do the laundry, just stays there, piles up.

The fact that he has worked outside of politics for 13 years as a high school gym teacher and coach could actually work in his favor.

The New America Foundation actually has several of these in the works — quickie animations that help explain a complex issue or statistic; maps comparing all 50 states» climate change policies; even an interactive database that compares all 14,000 U.S. school districts.

The scheme unraveled in January 2011 when Matthews was suspended following allegations that he had charged the police department for dozens of hours when he was actually working a second job as a security coordinator for the Kingston City School District.

My tweet of Friday April 20, 2018 was typical of the reaction, «Actually Buhari was describing himself - he didn't get a good education and has no certificate; he's lived on the Nigerian state all his life; he doesn't like work; and he's fixated on Nigeria's oil...» In truth, Buhari has not presented evidence of completing secondary school - in all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian presidenIn truth, Buhari has not presented evidence of completing secondary school - in all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian presidenin all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian presidenin 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian presidenin 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian presidenin multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian president.

It's bad enough that some of our senators are acting out of petty vengeance and self - interested power struggles, but today the Post reveals that Senator John Sampson, the Democratic caucus leader who is a foe of the schools bill supported by the mayor, is actually working as a trial lawyer in a lawsuit against Joel Klein.

The fact is that about 48 % of Ghanaian youths between the ages of 15 to 24 are still in school and actually not looking for work.

And I'm sure that the board, once it meets, will consider what the next steps are that we need to take to ensure that all of the 2,500 students plus the additional students that are in the pipeline from the elementary and middle schools actually have a safe, secure learning environment for 21st century work.»

«It was quite a surprise, actually, that chemotherapy could stimulate growth,» says Kenneth Nephew, a cancer biologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington, who was not involved in the new work.

A large long - term study at New Zealand's Dunedin School of Medicine demonstrated a genetic basis for the different ways that people respond to emotional stress — and in the process raised new questions about how antidepressant drugs actually work.

«Our research shows that NFL PLAY 60 programs actually work in reality based on data collected over the past four - to - five years,» says Bai, adding that the NFL plans to provide additional funding for five schools in each of the its 32 host cities that agree to fully implement the program.

A lot of the legends we read about in «old school» muscle magazines used this style of training because it was so effective and actually WORKED!

OK, I understand with this program,, more thyroid hormone would be getting into my cells, Seeing I am hypothyroid due to Hashimotos, would the antithyroid antibodies still be circulating in my blood, thus continuing the need for levothyroxine... or would following this approach possibly also attack the cause of the autoimmunity?The way I read it, there will still be a need for supplementation but it would all just work better with this program and I would probably feel better?As there are so many schools of thought on what actually caiuses autoimmune issues... could I think, perhaps declogging the liver and reducing inflammation could possibly help reduce the antibodies???

He shopped at the mall I worked at in high school all the time and I actually spoke to him at a Target once.