Sentences with phrase «authority over other students»

[28] This stands in sharp contrast to a philosophy of character education like Wynne's, which decrees that «it is specious to talk about student choices» and offers students no real power except for when we give «some students authority over other students (for example, hall guard, class monitor).»

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States like California and districts like Boston, Denver and Houston, among others, have been transitioning to a finance model that gives principals greater authority over their schools» budgets in exchange for being held accountable for student outcomes.

One decided that the high school student's right to free expression was violated and that school officials» authority over students» off - campus speech was limited; the other, that the school had the right to discipline the student and that it made no difference that the student's speech originated off campus.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

a minimum suspension period, for any student who repeatedly is substantially disruptive of the educational process or substantially interferes with the teacher's authority over the classroom, provided that the suspending authority may reduce such period on a case - by - case basis to be consistent with any other State and Federal Law.

Failing schools should be closed, reconstituted, taken over by other authorities, outsourced to private operators, or their students given the right - and full funding - to leave for better schools.