Sentences with phrase «among champion teachers»

As Lemov writes, «One consistency among champion teachers is their vigilance in maintaining the expectation that it's not okay not to try.»

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The Indian Creek breakfast - in - the - classroom program has become so popular among one group of elementary school teachers, they plan to travel to Chicago to champion the program among their peers.

But Democrats, typically champions of labor priorities, have been among the supporters of the new teacher - evaluation systems.

But among them, the teacher unions are almost always the most active and powerful, and they generally take the lead in championing the cause of employee interests in politics.

A champion teacher, like a champion athlete, accepts that there are difficult times among those fantastic times and doesn't give up when the going gets tough.

A former high school teacher and administrator in a Denver school district, she is a champion of high quality induction programs for novice teachers, research - based professional development opportunities for practicing teachers, and the creation of mutually beneficial partnerships among higher education, K - 12 schools, and communities.

More importantly, families are recognizing that the «experts» really don't know what they are doing, that it is the very practices championed by traditionalists — from near - lifetime employment for teachers regardless of their ability to help kids succeed;, to the overuse of the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems)-- are the underlying reason why schools fail to improve student achievement.

Ravitch has developed a powerful following among public school teachers, who have found in her a champion amidst what they see as a governmental assault on their profession.

The NEA was among the groups that championed $ 100 billion in federal stimulus aid for education that helped many teachers maintain their positions, as well as a supplemental $ 10 billion specifically earmarked for education jobs.

These tireless champions of education are the PTA members, the parents, the school bus drivers, the local librarians, the custodians, the local school board and the teachers, among many others.

Obama's agenda has amplified ideas that have been simmering around the country, including those championed by Republicans, among them the push to give parents more choice about where children attend school and to blast apart a long - standing system that rewarded teachers for longevity but not necessarily effectiveness.