Sentences with phrase «approach teaching in a public school»

That's how I approach teaching in a public school.

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There can be neutral teaching about religion, which is proper in American public schools, although it approaches a spectator sport.

Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.

But after a landmark legal setback in Pennsylvania (teaching intelligent design in the public schools was found to violate the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state), creationists have retooled their approach.

Leaders in the Boston Public School system raised a question about different approaches to teaching reading: Were the...

For example, the trend toward «whole language» techniques for teaching reading in public schools contrasts with the hard - core phonics approach in fundamentalist Christian schools.

Over the next five years, Kim will work with a team of researchers including Thomas White, senior research scientist at the University of Virginia Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning; and Jonathan Guryan, associate professor at Institute for Policy Research of Northwestern University, along with Communities In Schools of North Carolina and Durham Public Schools to implement, validate, and scale up an innovative approach to combat summer reading loss among low - income children.

Merideth Hillbrand, who graduated from a public arts magnet school in San Francisco after her Oxbow semester, also describes contrast in the two schools» approaches to teaching art.

A national leader in education reform — and recent winner of the Broad Prize for best public charter school network in the country — Success Academy has long been committed to advancing education reform nationally by sharing its content and approach, and inviting others across the country to access and adapt what we teach and how we teach it.

However, for the past 10 years, we have been studying a different approach to improving and reforming public education ---- one based on building strong relationships among teachers» unions and school administrations, and developing collaborative institutions in schools and school districts focused on improving teaching and learning.

According to charter and school integration authors Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter (2014), Shanker and the early backers of the Minnesota law believed that these schools should be guided by three tenets: experimentation, or the ability to use innovative approaches to teaching and learning that could inform and influence reforms in traditional public schools; teacher voice in the design and operation of the school — something Shanker saw as a direct result of collective bargaining; and integration, in the sense that schools should be ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse.

Yes, you can teach religion in public schools and, yes, it is legal when using an academic rather than a devotional approach, among other guidelines that can pass muster under the U.S. Constitution.

Summit Public Schools operates a public school system in California and Washington, and it shares its personalized approach to teaching and learning - Summit Learning - with approximately 330 schools and 54,000 students across 40 sPublic Schools operates a public school system in California and Washington, and it shares its personalized approach to teaching and learning - Summit Learning - with approximately 330 schools and 54,000 students across 40 Schools operates a public school system in California and Washington, and it shares its personalized approach to teaching and learning - Summit Learning - with approximately 330 schools and 54,000 students across 40 spublic school system in California and Washington, and it shares its personalized approach to teaching and learning - Summit Learning - with approximately 330 schools and 54,000 students across 40 schools and 54,000 students across 40 states.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the players in this initiative are absolutely and totally silent about the biggest issue of all; If the Renzulli teaching model works, and I'm sure it does knowing his level of expertise on the subject, the logical and appropriate public policy decision would be to insert Renzulli's approach into more schools and provide a broader range of children, included those «most gifted,» with the benefits of curriculum that includes «enrichment clusters that stimulate investigation and creativity, making learning fun.»

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday that his foundation will invest more than $ 1.7 billion in public education, money that will go to support schools interested in developing and testing new approaches to teaching.