Sentences with phrase «alienated teachers»

«As a group of New York teachers who wanted to change the top - down approach to policy - making, which largely alienated teachers like us from crucial decisions that shaped our classrooms and careers.»

This has upset and alienated the teachers and parents who are critical to maintaining schools» middle - class character.

The support of the CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.

How can we continue to make the case for reform without alienating teachers, without turning them into the enemy, the problem, the object of our disdain?

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Whether justified or not (and that question is disputed), these official efforts translate, at least initially, into more disruptive, disrespectful, and violent students sitting in classrooms with a socioeconomically mixed student population, which is bound to alienate teachers.

Indeed, tying the new Common Core assessments so soon to teacher evaluation is clearly alienating teachers from the standards themselves.

With the 2014 gubernatorial election on the horizon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy remains true to his never - ending effort to alienate every teacher and public education advocate in Connecticut.

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These changes have the potential to either inspire or alienate teachers.

Education Week summarizes two recent reports that said federal policymakers, in their regulation of teacher evaluation, have focused on ««consequences» before putting their emphasis on professional development, which had the effect of alienating teachers and making it harder for them to buy into the reforms,» while suggesting «that the new evaluation systems either hold a lot of promise.»

We've used violence in our videos mainly to target the hardcore players, however this could alienate teachers, students and parents, and other groups that could otherwise immensely benefit from our game.

In both the Highline Public Schools district outside of Seattle and Los Angeles Unified School District, a shift from «no excuses» discipline policies to an SEL - based restorative justice approach came too quickly and without enough guidance, argued critics, alienating some teachers, many of whom left their jobs.

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The gop has alienated so many people from so many walks of life that the only voter represented by them will be a 50 year old white man who mistrusts minorities and women and unions and non christians and seniors and government employees and teachers and librarians and nurses and postal workers and immigrants and firefighters and I have probably left out quite a few of you who they have managed to insult this past year.

So is the general political culture — our most persuasive teacher to our most alienated students.

I just hope that whoever is REALLY making decisions gets to see what I see, and takes care of these AMAZING teachers instead of alienating them, because I wouldn't want anyone else looking after my children.

The state teachers» union is heading into session in a weakened state after spending millions in an unsuccessful effort to elect Democrats to the Senate, alienating Republicans in the process.

Feeling alienated from her child's education, she and other parents rallied for teachers to make home visits.

For classes that are taught mostly online, this kind of communication can be a real game changer, making it easier for students to connect with their teacher on a more personal level and bringing a human element to what can sometimes be an alienating experience.

This principle is central to the course, which teaches that difficulties with reading and writing need not lead to dyslexic pupils feeling alienated from school if teachers use an approach that recognises that dyslexic individuals process information differently.

Will a high school teacher ashamed of his whiteness alienate students from white college teachers and employers not so ashamed?

When the administration tries to solve all of the school's problems alone, the teacher feel alienated.

At the outset, some administrators balked at enforcing the new approach on all teachers, fearing that a mandate would alienate some of them and impede the initiative.

Finally, early childhood teachers describe themselves as alienated from and lacking the supports available in K — 12 This is a fragile and vulnerable system that is increasingly being asked to ameliorate social, economic, and educational disparities.

The original vision of charter schools in 1988, when the idea was popularized, was that they would be created by venturesome public school teachers who would seek out the most alienated students, those who had dropped out or those who were likely to do so.

In the late 1990s, House had mandated that all of Memphis's more than 160 schools adopt a reform model, a policy that angered and alienated many teachers.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

The Coherence Camp can plausibly argue that its path is the surer route to higher student achievement and more consistent classroom practice — but it risks alienating thousands of teachers who feel hamstrung by a curriculum they don't like and millions of parents who want something different for their kids.

Have teachers shared with each other their effective practices of building relationships and engaging students who are alienated, disengaged, or behind?

Even in cases where a principal «s tenure extends over a period of several years, teachers may remain alienated when principal turnover is the result of a district leadership rotation policy.208 Teachers may become cynical and resistant to change because of the «revolving door syndrome» — the uncertainty and instability turnover causes, and the perception of the new leader as a «servant to theteachers may remain alienated when principal turnover is the result of a district leadership rotation policy.208 Teachers may become cynical and resistant to change because of the «revolving door syndrome» — the uncertainty and instability turnover causes, and the perception of the new leader as a «servant to theTeachers may become cynical and resistant to change because of the «revolving door syndrome» — the uncertainty and instability turnover causes, and the perception of the new leader as a «servant to the system.

Their criteria for effectiveness and their willingness to risk alienating staff with critical evaluations will likely depend in part upon the quantity and quality of the other teachers available to them.

I think in the early years of Bennett's administration he alienated a lot of support from teachers in Indiana in part because he was so accountability - oriented... That relationship seems to have recovered a bit over time as he's made substantial efforts in the last two years to foster better relationships with school corporations and teachers and to help them implement their teacher accountability policies under Senate Enrolled Act 1, but he never fully recovered from the first couple of years.

As we know, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and faux Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas have been engaged in a wholesale effort to alienate Connecticut's teachers, parents and the tens of thousands of voters committed to public education.

The opponents were people who cared about students as much as the administrators and teachers did, and they felt left out and alienated by the changes that had been implemented.

The results were disastrous as the charter operator promptly alienated most of the teachers and then backed out of the deal.

Due to the pressures in education today (whether peer pressures or test scores and performance), many schools are becoming a place where teachers and students alike are left feeling frustrated, alienated and lost.

In other words, we leveraged everything we could and not only didn't advance teacher effectiveness, we created a massive bureaucracy and alienated many in the field.

«I read with no small measure of disappointment the letter of the Trumbull Teacher's Association rejecting the prestigious recognition the high school received from ConnCAN... through an obvious display of ignorance of the goals of ConnCAN and an undertone of an elitist attitude, the authors of the letter have managed to alienate trusted allies and provided the missing ingredients that will sway those who were on the fence with the education reform legislation to side with the Governor and give wholesale support to the reforms proposed in Senate Bill # 24.»

Additionally, teachers and leaders are finding themselves burned out, worn down and alienated by today's test - centered approach to school reform.

Perhaps you're from a family that celebrates its heritage, yet you feel alienated because your cultural identity isn't recognized by your teachers or classmates, or worse, is seen as deficient.

By using education data to drive personalized professional development for each educator, school officials can put the data they're required to collect to good use and raise the skill level of their teachers — without alienating them in the process.

«They don't understand that they've alienated a lot of educators throughout the country with some of their attacks on teachers,» said New York University education professor Pedro Noguera, who spoke at the SOS march.

The brusque and often punitive management style of Broad - trained leaders has frequently alienated parents and teachers and sparked protests.

Some teachers blamed the former Education Secretary, Michael Gove, for being antagonistic and for alienating, rather than engaging with, teachers.

«Having found that [defendant] father and son relationship has been damaged by the alienation of the child toward the defendant, the next logical step is to determine what the court must do to correct the situation... «[Father's motion to modify from joint custody to sole legal custody in his favor, granted; prohibitions of various alienating behaviors on the part of mother and her family; restrictions on mother's attendance at doctor visits and parent - teacher conferences.

Asenka Kramer is an English language and literature teacher and a cultural anthropologist from Zagreb, who is one of the founders and volunteers of NGO Association Child - divorce supporting alienated parents.

Thus, mental health professionals working within schools could support children's relationships with targeted parents and function as a sounding board for teachers seeking clarity about alienation cases, so that they do not unwittingly get pulled onto the side of an alienating parent.