Sentences with phrase «because white teachers»

This mismatch in ethnicity is a problem because white teachers tend to have lower expectations for black students than black teachers have for the same students.

And that reference is likely to be given by someone white because white teachers are the majority.

Not exact matches

Kundalini yoga teachers typically wear white clothing made of cotton or other natural fibers because this strengthens the aura.

Michael Haneke appears to take an almost maniacal pleasure in tanning humanity's collective hide, whether for our hapless shirking of class responsibility (Hidden), our innately fascistic behavioural impulses (The White Ribbon), our inability to temper base emotional urges (The Piano Teacher), or simply because, as a species, we're doomed to oblivion (The Castle, Funny Games).

The teachers» unions played a major role in the broad coalition that defeated Mr. Duke, whose campaign had attracted intensive national interest because of his past career and open appeals to white voters» resentment of minorities and the poor.

Because we know that when low - income children of color have access to high expectations, effective teachers, and quality schools, they can perform equally as well as their wealthy, white peers.

That shows the line between «can» and «can't yet» and it literally plots the next step for each student so we found it incredibly useful and it was used by teachers because all they had to do was follow the student along their line, when the colour changed from green to white, they could check on that point, refer back to the NAPLAN writing guide and work out «what is the next focus for that student?»

Let me turn to the wider reforms in the white paper, because every single one of those reforms are about what we can do to create better environments for teaching and for teachers.

Not surprisingly this big money campaign is full of plenty of doublespeak as the «Families and Teachers for Antonio» group would more accurately be named «a handful of rich white guys for Villaraigosa because he hates teachers and wants to bust their unions like we doTeachers for Antonio» group would more accurately be named «a handful of rich white guys for Villaraigosa because he hates teachers and wants to bust their unions like we doteachers and wants to bust their unions like we do.»

But because of a big decrease in the proportion of white students and the big increase in students of color, especially of Latino students, the teacher - student diversity gaps have widened in some cases.

Experts guess that better teachers are often attracted to whiter, less - challenging school districts because they often have more resources, cachet and management.

We don't know if a teacher left a school voluntarily or because they were forced out, but what we do know is that when exiting teachers were replaced they were replaced with teachers who were paid less, had less experience, and were more likely to be white and from out of state.»

The rules requiring waiver states to submit plans for providing poor and minority children with high - quality teachers was unworkable because it doesn't address the supply problem at the heart of the teacher quality issues facing American public education; the fact that state education departments would have to battle with teachers» union affiliates, suburban districts, and the middle - class white families those districts serve made the entire concept a non-starter.

To be clear, because a school is monolithically white or wealthy doesn't mean it has a better curriculum or superior teachers.

She and classroom teacher Diane White perform a comical skit about two blind sages who can't figure out what an elephant looks like because they each touch a different part of the body and assume that's the whole animal.

«And I say that because a lot of parents would look to the white teachers and whatever they say was golden.

«We do need to be more confrontational with them, because I don't think they fully get the picture,» said Antonio White, a technology teacher from Florida.

The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates.

President Obama honored Peeples and the State Teachers of the Year during a recent celebration at the White House, where Peeples remarked on the commitments of great educators by stating, «So many teachers... stay after school to listen to our students, go to their games or concerts, or just create a safe space where they can draw because we are stable and dependable adultsTeachers of the Year during a recent celebration at the White House, where Peeples remarked on the commitments of great educators by stating, «So many teachers... stay after school to listen to our students, go to their games or concerts, or just create a safe space where they can draw because we are stable and dependable adultsteachers... stay after school to listen to our students, go to their games or concerts, or just create a safe space where they can draw because we are stable and dependable adults.»

In our focus groups, some participants even argued that because black students don't share the same connection and familiarity with white teachers, they often behave more respectfully toward them.

«You're seeing more of a ramp - up in some organizations because of the kind of untraceable spending that is allowable,» said Karen White, political director of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union.

By Shawnta Barnes and David McGuire In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

A history teacher at Crenshaw High School, Caputo - Pearl was a white, East Coast native who had come to L.A. to enact his dreams of grass - roots education reform because, well, everybody brings their dreams here.

In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

He concluded that «The teaching - quality imbalance especially hurts the neediest students because «rather than assign them more effective teachers to help close the gap with white students they're assigned less effective teachers, which results in the gap being slightly wider in the following year.»

Hell, yeah, and, for the record: I'm allowed to shout out my White teachers without taking some pseudo Ben Carson-esque heat for not talking enough about the need for Black teachers (which is a lie because I do that all the time) just like I'm allowed to remind this country that Black Lives Matter without having to state that all lives matter.

He has little success at some of the schools, mostly because of cultural differences with his white teachers and classmates.

In 1975, Columbia University Teacher's College, which once barred Alston from a required life - drawing course because the models were white, honored him with its first Distinguished Alumni Award.

All of the reviews for this school are correct it is a top notch school the assistant principal is the only person that I have met in this school who I don't care for but the principal Carrol Wicker White is superb she takes as much time as necessary to speak and meet with parents and addresses their concerns.The teacher our son had this year is exceptional she is caring compassionate and very smart and handles challenges very well.Parents are very involved and kids are well taken care of and happy.We want to move to Carroll isd for high school but we will not leave this elementary school until our son finishes fourth grade because as great as the schools are in Carroll the elementary schools can not compare to this one this school truly is remarkable.