Sentences with phrase «against educators who»

«There has been a widespread pattern of discrimination against educators who would challenge evolution in the classroom,» Casey Luskin, a policy analyst for the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute, in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceInsider.

Not exact matches

Combativeness may appear in a gunman, swaggering, contentious and violent, or in an educator who has declared war on the ignorance of a Chinese province, and against all obstacles is building schools with which to win his fight.

Although his work penetrated more deeply into the issue of transcendence over against immanence, Altizer was joined in his quest by other scholars and particularly by the American Jewish educator Richard L. Rubenstein, who maintained that «after Auschwitz,» the title of his book on this subject, 27 it was no longer possible to entertain the idea of a Judeo - Christian God presiding over the affairs of humankind.

Early in the book he tells of a sex educator in one of his classes who burst out with this tirade against Kilpatrick's Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong: «Even though Kilpatrick has almost convinced me that what I do as a sex educator is counterproductive in many ways, I'd never admit it to him, nor would I change anything I do.

You will also find members of this discussion e-mail list who are doctors, nurses, midwives, childbirth educators, parents whose children have experienced wrongful circumcisions or complications, jewish people who've chosen against the tradition, men who regret having been circumcised, some undergoring foreskin restoration and men happily intact.

In the 6th District, former educator and labor leader Edwin Vargas seeks a second term against Republican Michael Lupo, who lost to Mr. Vargas in 2012.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

I hear hundreds of stories a day of educators who are working to create environments that enable real learning against incredible odds.

In Against the Odds: How «At - Risk» Students Exceed Expectations (Jossey - Bass Publishers; Publication Date: December 1998), Janine Bempechat, an assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, examines the lives of children who seem to defy the odds, giving parents, educators, and anyone interested in the well - being of children hope and inspiration as they strive for academic excellence in all our children.

They lobbied their state Senator, who authored the first draft of the bill to remove the Common Core, brought together anti-Common Core organizations from outside the state, and rallied Indiana - based organizations like the Indiana Family Institute and the Indiana Association of Home Educators against the standards.

Harvard Protesters Greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Speech (NY Daily News via The Associated Press) To Improve Education, Reallocate Funds, DeVos Urges (Harvard Gazette) Boston Educators & Allies: Stand for All Students #StopDeVos (Liberation) Protests Against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Decry School Privatization (Democracy Now) Coverage of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» talk at Harvard, and the efforts and perspective of some HGSE protesters who attended the event.

California's standards board for educator training and professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a dear friend of a fiery teachers union leader, she speaks out against the bombardment of standardized testing that dismays educators, and she never misses a chance to say how enamored she is with those who teach.

If allegations arise against an employee who is certified under s. 1012.56 and employed in an educator - certificated position in any public school, charter school or governing board thereof, or private school that accepts scholarship students under s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395, the school shall file in writing with the department a legally sufficient complaint within 30 days after the date on which the subject matter of the complaint came to the attention of the school.

The reason is simple enough, said Alabama educator Shannon Keith Ginn, who calls tenure a «measure of protection against personal vendettas and personality conflicts.»

If every educator in the United States gave ten to twenty dollars a month to the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education, we could build a war chest to match those who are working against public education.»

Who can argue against the value of educators sharing best practices and how to help specific students?

As math educators, we should support the students and parents who are opting out, and our organizations should lobby against the yearly - testing madness.

Educators who fearlessly defend the children in their care against those who want to experiment on them.

While it's true that Duncan faced few hecklers on the road, a growing group of teachers — who may not represent the majority of American educators, but seem louder — coalesced online and rallied in modest numbers in Washington, D.C. to rail against Duncan's policies in a July «Save Our Schools» march.

The Cooper Union Student Occupation is an inspiration for students and educators across the greater New York City region who are struggling on their respective campuses against austerity measures, against the privatization and corporatization of the University, and against the commodification of learning.

But with few exceptions (notably Judith Curry, whose blog is the first place I heard of Duarte) who are stubborn enough to speak out against great pressure, this kind of crap is approved and sheltered by the grant - funded research community (and of course mainstream media, mainstream politicians, public educators, etc.).

And now that these lawyers have emptied those deep Roman Catholic pockets, Tillers writes, «we can expect to see — and I think we are seeing — an increasing number of sex abuse lawsuits against Protestant clergy and churches, Jewish clergy and organizations, other religious organizations and their clergy... and — eventually — educators (regardless of religious persuasion) and those who employ educators.»

Volunteer attorneys can protect First Amendment rights and support juror rights education by assisting FIJA pro bono in securing injunctions against these types of legal arrests, representing juror rights educators who are falsely prosecuted for jury tampering, and so on.

They received a whopping 1,113 comments, a number which includes many early childhood educators and advocates, including NAEYC Affiliates, all of who were mobilized and out in force to fight against the codification of a false dichotomy that separates «care» from «education,» reflecting an outdated understanding of the roles and expectations of the early childhood profession.

Helen McGrath MAPS, a psychologist and educator who is a member of the National Centre Against Bullying, said that schools are struggling to identify and contend with the concerning behaviour.