Sentences with phrase «aligned against the back»

Sit with your back aligned against the back of your office chair.

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And so the two houses of the Legislature aligned against each other, each backed by a powerful interest group: charter school advocates who have contributed generously to Senate Republicans (and Gov. Andrew Cuomo) and teachers» unions that are core supporters of Assembly Democrats, and see charter schools as a persistent threat.

The «kneeling wheelbarrow» came in third; this move is a spin on missionary, with the man kneeling and facing his partner while she positions her pelvis against his and the backs of her thighs aligned with his torso, knees on his shoulders.

Recently, Loveless wondered whether whatever gains Common Core has to offer have already been realized, thus pushing back against those (including me) who believe Common Core won't bear fruit until professional development, curriculum, and instruction aligned to the standards take hold.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

The Chicago summit builds on the gamut of student, teacher, and community resistance to TFA aligned reform, including recent, successful push back against TFA itself.