Sentences with phrase «as educational advocates»

I have also found that Meaningful Student Involvement presents a logical avenue to engage students as educational advocates.

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And if this be so, our work as educators and as advocates of a well - functioning American educational system is to develop citizens who are at home in the canons that comprise the formal reality of their heritage, who are equally at home with the varied individual things that comprise the material reality of that heritage and of their present life, and who are able to devise constantly new frames that are adequate to both, that marry ancient canon and novel particular in a new canon which integrates as fully and complexly as possible all its participant elements.

I have advocated such an educational institution chiefly for the sake of society as a whole.

We've also reduced pesticide use on our own experimental station and do other work, such as run educational campaigns and advocate to policy - makers, to help stop pesticide mis - use.

Does the NCAA advocate athletics to supplement one's educational endeavors or does it advocate athletics as a steppingstone to professional sports?

Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of educational intervention.

In her capacity as educational activist, she has given several keynote speeches to organizations such as the World Economic Forum as well as organizations that advocate specifically for children, such as Parents as Teachers.

Wolfberg AJ, Michels KB, Shields W, O'Campo P, Bronner Y, Bienstock J. Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention.

But because the law only covers federally funded educational institutions, advocates for female sports programs assert that girls still are left out or treated as second - class citizens in hundreds of municipal leagues across the U.S.

That was in addition to the $ 80,000 she earned in her primary job as president of Pathways Awareness Foundation, a not - for - profit organization that advocates inclusion of disabled children in mainstream educational and...

He needs a caregiver who is willing and able to meet his physical and developmental needs, and who is able to serve as his advocate in the community and in educational settings.

The governor's offensive began with a Sunday statement from Budget Director Robert Mujica about a proposal to combat educational inequality not with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.

«I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice,» she wrote.

Most elected leaders, advocates and residents of the community are in favor of the proposal; they see it as a way to bring to the area jobs and educational opportunities that prepare people for job - rich fields.

She advocates for thinking in terms of «bridge years,» which she describes as high school — college transition experiences supported by existing educational institutions.

«Steve's experience as a high school teacher, university faculty member, committed advocate for the arts, active participant in our national and international educational efforts, and imaginative researcher make him the ideal person to...

PREDICTION: NCLB will be accepted, if grudgingly, as a fact of educational life, but will evolve by policy advocates and new congressional leadership.

Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making, curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act on their behalves.

By espousing empirically based standards as a fix for educational problems, advocates of these measures do more than oversimplify complex issues.

Naturally as an advocate, I meet lots of dissatisfied parents, but I also see very unhappy teachers and administrators who are equally frustrated with a special education system laden with laws and red tape that often doesn't result in even adequate educational achievement.

This was noteworthy because DeVos has not always been an especially effective advocate for her cause, tending to lean on unfortunate talking points and failing to explain the practical, intuitive case for choice as part of a broader educational vision.

Some education reform advocates who lean to the left are questioning the foundations of the educational system as well as the reform efforts that have been made — not always by people of their preferred political persuasion — since the 1990s.

Having been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome herself, and as an advisory teacher for children with special educational needs (SEN), Victoria Honeybourne is an advocate of the neurodiversity paradigm.

He is a long - time advocate of using technology as a means to achieve gains in educational achievement.

National advocates of educational change, including President Barack Obama, are pushing for faster expansion of charter schools as a way to foster competition and provide more school choices.

A passionate and committed educational advocate, Tonia is a proponent of professional learning communities, and teaching and family partnerships; advocating for families to engage as full partners in their children's education to increase student learning and achievement.

As part of our mission, CUBE creates educational opportunities for urban school board leaders to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to serve as effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public educatioAs part of our mission, CUBE creates educational opportunities for urban school board leaders to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to serve as effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public educatioas effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public educatioas advocates for excellence and equity in public education.

Much of what is known as «progressive» educational pedagogy - teaching that attempts to respond to the spontaneous curiosity of the student - has long been advocated on moral and civic grounds as much as on academic grounds.

Teacher quality emerged as one of the highest educational priorities — second only to school safety — in the public opinion poll released last week by Recruiting New Teachers Inc., a Belmont, Mass., nonprofit group that advocates better school - hiring practices.

I also think they saw me as a leader within the HGSE community who advocated for change and attempted to improve our educational experience.

She has been a lifelong bilingual educator, first as a bilingual paraprofessional, teacher, teacher educator and scholar - advocate for the educational rights of immigrant communities.

The demands now placed on parents to evaluate and select educational options for their children, to act as advocates for their children, and to support increasingly demanding academic standards have never been greater.

Uniquely Gifted This site is devoted to providing resources and meeting the needs of twice - exceptional students — those with special needs such as learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, etc. http://www.uniquelygifted.org National Center for Learning Disabilities NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.

As a nonpartisan education association, ASCD continues to advocate for policies and practices that ensure each child has access to educational excellence and equity.

Her study examines principals in diversifying suburban schools as well as their transformative leadership practices used to advocate the elimination of deficit thinking through the promotion of cultural competence and social justice so that all students have equitable educational opportunities in classrooms and on standardized assessments.

Charles uses his expertise as an educational justice organizer, strategist, advocate, and fundraiser to support Education Cities» member organizations with their approaches to community engagement and advocacy, with a special emphasis on lifting up the voices and influence of the parents and families most impacted by educational inequity.

OVNV works to build the capacity of Latino parents in the greater New Orleans area as advocates to ensure educational equity for all students.

Sean has spent over 25 years as a professional dedicated to advocating for appropriate uses of educational technology to support teaching and learning.

Just as he changed the narrative of the labor movement that too often «forgot» to advocate for Latinos, immigrants, the poorest of the poor and people of color, he saw that in education, educational outcomes for kids were not always part of the debate nor were they a priority.

As a Nashville Rise advocate, her goal is to ensure every child's educational needs are met through empowering the child's parents and leaving them feeling confident enough to elevate their voices around advocating for change.

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A bureaucracy can not be as knowledgeable or as fierce an advocate as a parent who must face the consequences of their educational choices daily.

By embracing someone as unqualified as Ms. DeVos, charter advocates are conveying a dangerous message that will haunt us for years to come: our political interests trump our educational ones.

As an educational equity advocate, Dillon is passionate about empowering educators to do what's best for students.

As advocates for the disabled rallied this week in Sacramento on state budget issues, federal officials unveiled a new grant program aimed at improving the educational and employment outcomes of low - income children with disabilities.

roponents of assessment reform and advocates for performance - based assessments as important components of broader educational change readily acknowledge the shortcomings of testdriven reforms in the

If coaches approach teachers collaboratively and with set relationship parameters, present technological changes as support for existing lessons, and use their position and skills to advocate for teachers» needs, they can establish themselves as a strong resource for educational innovation.

The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.

Critical Voices advocates for social and educational justice as the purposes of meaningful student involvement.

As a former paid blogger for a communications company and an educational leader, I also know the coziness that can exist between superintendents, funders and other politicos, which limits what an advocate can say or do.