Sentences with phrase «because school advocates»

That's because school advocates say enhancement teachers provide academic benefits to students and respite for core subject teachers to plan during the day.

Not exact matches

Many public school teachers that are Christians have been fired because of their beliefs, especially around Christmas and Easter time, when they merely mention the reasons behind the seasons and don't advocate Santa Claus and the Easter bunny with its colored eggs (funny how the different colors of eggs represent the rainbow's colors).

Formalism, set theory, logicism, and intuitionism are the four major recognized contemporary schools in the philosophy of mathematics.2 If Whitehead did not advocate any of these, including intuitionism (which he never engaged probably because of its Kantian roots), what was his position?

And we'll say to high school students, if you can tell your roommate, to turn down the music, you're going to learn how to ask for a raise some day; because it really all comes down to the muscles that we all use, the skills that we need to express ourselves, to advocate for ourselves; and relationships can be the place where we learn how to do that.

Bode said the government should permit irradiation of the school food it buys — a technique many food safety advocates oppose because it has not been extensively studied.

Advocates say high school kids who can't afford a cafeteria lunch will often skip the free lunch too — because they don't want their classmates to know they're low - income.

The jolt in demand for government - subsidized meals comes as many school programs are struggling to balance their food service budgets because of higher costs and a decline in paying customers, school nutrition advocates said.

Kate Adamick, a nationally recognized school food consultant who is an outspoken advocate of eliminating flavored milk from schools, both because of the hazards posed by added sugar in flavored milk and because it costs schools more to buy it, dismissed the study on the same grounds.

At a 2012 SNA meeting, a Schwan executive and other industry advocates pushed for the group's leadership to be more aggressive in asking for changes in the school lunch program, according to a person who witnessed the exchange but requested anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.

Cuomo said education advocates have argued for years that local property taxes shouldn't be used to fund schools, because wealthy communities have an obvious advantage.

Advocates for Children recently worked with a family from an Upper Manhattan public school given a limited access letter after the father sought the nonprofit's legal assistance because the school wasn't providing his child mandated special needs services.

The Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, which includes teachers who are union members, is recommending that its members boycott the first day of the event because its keynote speaker is charter school advocate and principal Steve Perry.

Bailey is running against reverends Que English and Edward Mulraine, doctor and community board member Alvin Ponder, and after - school training advocate Pamela Hamilton - Johnson, who earned the backing of the Daily News partially because «Bailey declined to name a single matter on which he differs from his mentor.»

Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins is an attack dog against charter schools because he's the teachers union's poodle, charter - school advocates charge.

Because some districts have limited space, if universal pre-K was offered on Long Island, it would have to be provided by a combination of school districts and community - based organizations, advocates said.

And because money means everything in public education — just ask the advocates — New York's schools must be among America's best.

Cuomo's education cuts were particularly stinging to some advocates because the state has not made good on court ordered school aid increases to underprivileged school districts.

Because schools are now advocating for writing in every course, the news guest journal is an opportunity for teachers to introduce course - related articles to their students while motivating them to write.

«That's why so many dyslexia advocates in particular have been calling for this type of skills check to be put in place at an early level for many, many years because they know that you can get much, much earlier identi cation, intervention, and therefore assistance to help ensure that the early years of a child's education are successful which then enables them to be successful for the rest of their schooling.»

Charter advocates in the Bay Area seem to subscribe to a «survival of the fittest» ethic, which holds that because running a successful charter school requires so much capacity, if potential operators are scared off from pursuing an application without a lot of handholding, it's probably for the best.

Even voucher advocates would agree that, because private school choice is costly under the current system, parents who go private are likely to be more socially advantaged than parents who remain in the public schools.

In recent years, choice advocates cheered because Indiana and Louisiana adopted new voucher programs and because charter schools — boosted by President Obama's Race to the Top program and movies like Waiting for Superman — continued to expand and attract supporters.

Because the Civil Rights Data Collection quantifies the use of exclusionary discipline, it becomes a salient metric for researchers, advocates, and policymakers — but on its own, it does not paint a complete picture of a school's approach to discipline or, more importantly, its overall climate.

Harvard professor and iconic school - voucher proponent Paul Peterson has characterized the voucher movement as «stalled,» in part by the fact that many «new voucher schools were badly run, both fiscally and educationally,» and in part because results in Milwaukee were not «as startlingly positive as advocates originally hoped.»

«Research indicates that relationships are a key factor in helping young men be successful in school because they feel that they have someone in the building that they can trust, that they can go to, and who will advocate for them.»

When asked to provide evidence and guidance on enhancing the quality of teaching and student performance, I'm usually equivocal about advocating quick fixes because I know how long it can take to turn a school around, as I've already said in How schools get moving and keep improving.

Home schooling clearly continues to be a political (and other) movement because its advocates know they must labor to keep fundamental parental rights over the education and upbringing of children recognized and protected from statist academics and government violation.

In a 2012 article, «Civil Rights, Charter Schools, and Lessons to Be Learned,» Black suggests that charter schools have succeeded because of their ability to make moral claims, whereas civil rights advocates have tended toward data - based claims in recent years that do not always resonate with local commuSchools, and Lessons to Be Learned,» Black suggests that charter schools have succeeded because of their ability to make moral claims, whereas civil rights advocates have tended toward data - based claims in recent years that do not always resonate with local commuschools have succeeded because of their ability to make moral claims, whereas civil rights advocates have tended toward data - based claims in recent years that do not always resonate with local communities.

Indeed, one could make a strong argument that any outsized influence that teachers unions exercise in school board elections provides a nice enhancement of democratic decisionmaking on education policy because teachers, as much as any other group in society, can serve as powerful advocates for those Americans who can not vote: schoolchildren.

«A common theme in research on immigration and education is that immigrant children often say they feel they are on their own because they don't have a lot of family resources,» Louie said, noting that «American schools are structured in a way so that parents are advocates of children.»

Grogan believes that because the parent constituency of inner - city schools is not politically powerful, foundations serve as necessary advocates for education reform, pushing for improvements and using their influence and resources on behalf of these families.

The NASPE also advocates the merits of recess because it provides youth with additional opportunities for physical activity beyond the physical education class, but when schools rely on several teachers to supervise great numbers of children on a playground during recess, the resulting issues can be blamed on specific physical activities like tag.

The film burnished the claim by charter advocates that they were involved in «the civil rights issue of our time,» because they were leading the battle to provide more choice to poor and disadvantaged children trapped in low - performing public schools.

Charter - school advocates say the shift in resources is warranted because charters often excel where traditional schools have failed, posting stellar test scores even in impoverished neighborhoods with little history of academic success.

«They said the mix is right now, but the mix can not be right, because there are still thousands of kids who are in schools that are not working,» said Andy Smarick, a charter advocate and partner at Bellwether Education Partners in the District.

If the detractors of school choice suggest shutting down the program because one report found negative one - year results, they would presumably advocate for shutting down the chronic failing public schools in D.C., for the negative results there are far more numerous and long - term.

Peterson doesn't pull a Diane Ravitch - style U-turn on vouchers, but he does acknowledge that «the voucher movement stalled somewhere in the first decade of the twenty - first century» in part because «a number of new voucher schools were badly run, both fiscally and educationally,» and because the results in Milwaukee were not «as startlingly positive as advocates originally hoped.»

We reject the idea, unfortunately perpetuated by some charter advocates, that charter schools are better or have more potential because they are non-union.

«We have to be upfront about what we are and what we are not, how we are similar to district schools we compare ourselves to and how we are not — as well as agree that we can never be a replacement strategy as a result of that because we have no solution for naturally high rates of mobility [among] poor kids,» observes my charter advocate friend.

This is also an important topic because DeVos founded and now directs a national organization advocating for vouchers and other private school choice programs.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

Because other states look to Massachusetts — where students overall routinely rank at the top of national and international tests — for lessons on academic achievement and innovation, the Bay State's policies on charter schools are being followed closely, former Florida education commissioner Gerard Robinson told charter advocates gathered in Boston recently.

More Than a Statistic: Faces of the Local Diploma On October 28th, 2010, Advocates for Children of New York released a briefing paper which profiles nine young adults who were able to earn their high school diploma only because the local diploma, which the state is phasing out, existed.

But even some of the most strenuous charter advocates are wary of a blanket assumption that charters are superior, in part because they are so different from traditional schools and from one another.

Jenisha «Jay» Fair, Physical Education Teacher CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the union.

Needless to say, we have become enthusiastic advocates for school culture because we have experienced its positive impact.

Growth, school advocates say, is a better indicator of a school's effectiveness because it recognizes student progress.

As a Board of Education staff member, Bruce appreciated and advocated for school support staff, teachers and principals because of their inspiring leadership and the invaluable work they provide everyday.

At the crux of the matter we became charter school supporters and advocates because we believed in a system where quality education choices were available to all students, not just those fortunate enough to afford tuition or live in the right neighborhood.

The A-F grades have received mixed reviews because public school advocates say the lower grades will unfairly stigmatize schools, while proponents argue that progress indicators need to be easy for the average public to understand.