Sentences with phrase «better than educators»

No one knows better than educators about the importance of staying up - to - date.

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My grandfather was a minister and educator in the church for over 70 years... but he always believed in science, in global warming, in the work of educated men and women, and understood the Bible better than any man.

That American society criminally undervalues teachers so we get warehouse attendants rather than educators because it pretends anyone can do the job, or that labor is best served when it's organized?

What could be better when you are sleep deprived and confused than to have your own personal sleep educator walk you through the entire process?

I've taught nearly 500 students and we as educators constantly hear parents talk about how their child is gifted but the implication they make is that their child is gifted over others, well guess what... every child's ability isn't better than another although each is uniquely gifted.

«Certainly, the Task Force's recommendations are a better Holiday present than the lump of coal that was shoved in the stockings of students and educators this past spring when the Governor and the Majority doubled down on Common Core testing and the overemphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations.»

Miami - Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, an educator who is well - known nationwide, has turned down an offer to serve as the next New York City schools chancellor less than a day after news broke that he was tapped to head the country's largest school system.

«I want New Yorkers to know there's no better job than being an educator in the city.»

«It's the first conclusive evidence that so - called active learning courses, which science educators have promoted for decades as a better way to teach than lectures and cookbook labs, can lower the high attrition rates in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields at U.S. universities.»

When I asked Boo Shexnayder, educator to the NCAA track and field coach contingent, about building glutes for athleticism, he actually favors the effect that good therapy can have on getting glutes active, and then doing the standard battery of weight room movements, jumps and sprints, rather than trying to overly specialize on glutes in the weightroom.

Can «the state» — that is, bureaucrats — run schools better than professional educators?

Yes, charter schools on the whole perform no better or worse than existing public schools, but they've allowed educators to experiment with new approaches to problem solving.

She knows, though, that the truth about wikis as teaching tools is far better than the fiction, and every day more and more educators are seeing that, too.

Take out your device, download an app, and make yourself a better educator than you were yesterday.

Many educators believe that authentic assessment (asking students to perform complex tasks rather than answer multiple - choice questions) encourages better teaching and learning; if this proves true, then curriculum providers using authentic assessments would dominate the market, despite their higher costs.

To the extent that my fellow faculty members and I have been able to help you tackle these challenges better than you could before you arrived — to the extent that you leave more informed, more capable, more empowered educators — then we're doing some good.

Many educators and elected officials, including more than a few members of Congress, regard «No Child Left Behind,» the well - known moniker of George W. Bush's 2001 education act, as a discredited «brand.»

Our efforts to determine which students gain more than others — and thus which teachers and schools are more effective — turn out to depend on conventions (arbitrary choices) that make some educators look better than others.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Some of the best and most effective practices to motivate difficult students and improve their behavior at school are met with skepticism and even dismay from more than a handful of educators.

With recent figures from The Prince's Trust showing that 31 % of teachers consider the development of soft skills more important than achieving good grades, teaching specialists TeachingAbroadDirect.co.uk analysed findings from global education technology company Promethean World, who surveyed over 1,600 educators from across the UK to see if teachers believe technology has hindered the ability for students to learn and acquire soft skills.

In the digital age we live in, going back to learning times tables by rote seems like an archaic form of learning, which is likely to be difficult for the already stretched teaching profession, so coming up with enjoyable paths of learning for both the educator and the student is more than likely the best option.

Throughout, students «read statutes, they read regulations, they read court decisions,» Schifter says — activities she believes are essential since there is no better way for educators to understand the law than to consult it themselves.

Third, the lack of relationship between «better» standards and achievement might be caused by low levels of compliance by schools and educators rather than the unreliable judgment of experts.

The growing consensus is that reinforcement of positive behavior, proper review of disruptive or bullying behavior viewed in its context, and the proper training of the educator can have a much better result than zero tolerance policies have proven.

Interestingly, I think I know some of my colleagues online better than the ones in my building.Together we have enhanced our abilities as educators and even collaborated on projects.

Using a rubric developed by the higher ed students, we've already tested more than 20 games (and have another 60 in process) with students and educators ranking them by research - based education best practices.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

That does more than translate to a better - educated educator — it also creates a teacher advocate for collaborative learning.

Never mind that, at present, some are still riding bikes with training wheels; Stanford educators believe there is no better time than childhood to start cultivating a student's global consciousness.

When educators learn about the work of Envision Schools and the work of our partner schools in the Deeper Learning Network, they almost always ask for evidence or data to show that this approach is better than traditional approaches to learning.

They have trained more than 3,700 educators throughout the state of Missouri and in districts in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah, as well as in New South Wales, Australia.

By investing in a child protection training, you're educating your staff about how to keep their students safe — and as educators, what could be better than that?

Having access to a great education is the only proven way to reduce that gap, and I can think of nothing more meaningful than dedicating my life to becoming the best educator I can be.»

Once the educator can recognize that their own personal tastes are not objectively better than those favored by other cultures, they can begin to investigate and appreciate the traditions and values of those cultures.

I am not an educator but a concerned senior citizen who was trained that each generation must pass the world to the next generation better than when he began his life.

More than a first - ever research synthesis, this highly accessible book brings math difficulties into clear focus, helping educators and psychologists get inside students» heads so they can devise the best way to help children learn.

Many educators dispute that struggling students will do any better getting back up to speed in a third grade classroom than in a fourth grade classroom.

Rather than conceptualizing this model as a «program» or specific kind of meeting, teachers should think of a PLC as an «ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve» (DuFour 2006).

I would argue that educators have done far better, overall, than the private sector dot - coms, although the story is also mixed on the education side.

More than a few eyebrows were raised when School Board member - elect Monica Ratliff appeared at a Thursday Educators for Excellence (E4E) event and seemed to signal support for some kind of a test - based pay system to attract and keep good teachers in LA classrooms.

More than a decade ago, Pete founded the widely acclaimed, Technology Leadership Institute, whose purpose is to allow educators at all levels to work together to frame the key issues of the day, share best practices, and participate in discussions with national educational leaders in a local setting.

As the nation's largest K -12-specific job board, SchoolSpring attracts more than 800,000 unique visitors each month and helps schools and districts recruit the best, most unique educators.

In a time of educational flux, it seems as if there is no better time for opportunity than the present for educators to become teacher leaders.

Believing that there is no better way for her students to learn than using mobile technology in the field, sets Shira apart from other educators.

If we really want to improve teaching, we should look to develop such models of effective evaluation rather than pursuing problematic schemes that mis - measure teachers, create disincentives for teaching high - need students, offer no useful feedback on how to improve teaching practice and risk driving some of the best educators out of the profession.

But there are thousands of brave educators pioneering 21st - century learning who have found ways that captivate and prepare young people better than what most schools do now.

Benefit from one of the best networking opportunities that the industry has to over, with more than 350 educators and educational suppliers attending from across the globe.

He also encourages regulators to ensure that any incentives offered to educators stress «good practices» rather than «educationally unsound» ones because of the stakes involved.

In sum, they amount to less than a full sentence vow to replace Common Core «with better standards and curriculum developed by New York educators, with feedback and input from local teachers and parents, and greater control at the district level.»