Sentences with phrase «backlash against the student»

When the standard backlash against the student protests came from the broadcast media and the newspapers, activists had somewhere to turn: themselves.

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Canada has yet to experience such a backlash, but the recent furor over temporary foreign workers and simmering resentment in some quarters against immigrants could sour the mood towards foreign students.

Yes, the teachers» union has been successful in sowing a small backlash against accountability measures in communities that don't have to worry about unacceptably low student performance.

It also helped fuel a backlash in the 1970s and 1980s against «tracks» and «ability groups» for students.

But I wonder whether I am doing enough to foster confident, resilient students, eager and prepared to fight for the truth — in some cases, even against persistent, uninformed backlash.

Much of the opposition to the Common Core — aligned assessments — particularly among parents — is related to a broader backlash against the amount of testing students now undergo and a perception that it diminishes instructional time and encourages «teaching to the test.»

In the context of backlash against immigrants and severely overcrowded city schools where newcomer students are easily lost in the shuffle, schools like Newcomers High look like a good alternative.

It's been a tumultuous year for America's schools — one marked by an expanding minority - student population, an increasingly discontent teaching force, a backlash against standardized testing, and shifting understanding of education reform.

As students across the country buckle down for standardized testing season, the recent backlash against implementing the Common Core State Standards has illuminated a pressing problem for educators and students...

As students across the country buckle down for standardized testing season, the recent backlash against implementing the Common Core State Standards has illuminated a pressing problem for educators and students alike: our education system's emphasis on curriculum.

Pasternak cited Nigerian - American arts leader Okwui Enwezor as a scholar who is disappointed in the backlash against Windmuller - Luna, his former student.

Indeed, aggressive police raids — where doors are kicked in, machine guns are held to civilians» heads, and houses are completely ransacked — create a backlash against the police and against the legal system in general, especially when these tactics are used against «crimes» as mundane as poker games, checking high school students» lockers for drugs, and even cracking down on unlicensed hairdressers.