Sentences with phrase «big issues in schools»

They aim to offer products that address the big issues in schools at the current time including productivity, data driven decision making, assessment for learning and collaborative learning, as well as how integrated technologies can be used to improve teaching and learning.

One of the big issues in schools today is «bullying.»

Learn how NISL has adapted best practices in military leadership development to help states and districts address the three biggest issues in school leadership in this article for the National School Boards Association publication, The State Education Standard.

This situation helped me notice an even bigger issue in my school.

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At a Thanksgiving dinner party in 2012, four Harvard Business School MBA students had a plan: Rather than spend their upcoming summer interning at big corporations or traveling the world, they were going to drive around the United States consulting entrepreneurs with a social purpose on key business issues.

«The biggest issue for those companies is that the dollar will strengthen, and that will lead to a fall in competitiveness,» says Roberto Rigobon, a professor of applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

It's not a big issue where I live but in a lot of places in Texas and similar areas they still have prayers and religious activities in the schools.

My bigger issue with small school guys is how they do when they step up in competition.

Many community activists and school administrators talk about race as a big factor in educational performance, and others mention economic issues — and those are factors.

Milk is not the biggest issue in 20 % of our school population.

A la carte (or «competitive») foods are a big, problematic issue in American public schools — more on a la carte next week.

Many big issues here, including, as school food advocate Dana Woldow discussed with me in an off line email, the real stigma likely created by giving nonpaying kids something different from everyone else.

I think the bigger issue is our «starve the government» mentality that has every agency (or in this case, school food program) supporting itself.

Good Info, Funding is always an issue when it comes to school lunches, but a number of corporations and private foundations are putting up big money for schools and small farms to implement such programs, especially in areas with high obesity rates.

School Accreditation School accreditation is a big issue in both the public and private sector.

Lunch Tray readers come from all over the U.S. (and the world), so I don't want to get too deep into a Houston - specific issue, but then I realized that this correction could be a springboard for a bigger discussion about the future of school food in America.

(Sugar in school breakfast is a big issue — this piece I wrote for Civil Eats may be of interest.)

For today's Buffet: big issues contributing to the school lunch mess; twenty kid foods to avoid; delicious - looking school lunch in India (hint: it's mom - made); and getting a little crazy with the Fry - O - Lator down in Texas.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

According to my beloved school lunch guru, Janet Poppendieck, back in the 1970's one of the big issues surrounding school lunch was waste.

I do not bemoan public interest in school lunch issues and sketchy additives, but it is crucial to not lose sight of the big picture — «pink slime» is one of many symptoms of a broken food system.

BHA Faith Schools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «Faith - based selection of pupils is one of the biggest issues with religious schools, as it prevents parents of the wrong faith or of no faith from getting into the best schools in theiSchools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «Faith - based selection of pupils is one of the biggest issues with religious schools, as it prevents parents of the wrong faith or of no faith from getting into the best schools in theischools, as it prevents parents of the wrong faith or of no faith from getting into the best schools in theischools in their area.

Those who support a convention say dramatic action is required to address corruption charges that have forced more than 30 officials out of office in a decade as well as issues such as New York's high taxes, unequal funding of schools, and the influence of big - money donors in campaigns.

The three big issues that need to get resolved in Albany next month before the end of the legislative session include not only 421 - a, but mayoral control of schools and the extension of the rent laws.

But the biggest and most difficult remaining issue in the session issue is an extension of the mayor of New York City's authority over the city's public schools, known as mayoral control.

There are a lot of big issues to be decided in the final few weeks of the legislative session this year — including mayoral control of the schools and rent regulations.

«I think that along with the schools, this is the biggest issue in the campaign,» Hawkins explained.

The issue of a controversial education investment tax credit for private and parochial schools promises to be a big issue again in 2016.

Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras says that can be a big issue, especially in an urban district like Syracuse.

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I'm a teacher in a high school and it is one of the biggest pastoral issues we face on a day - to - day basis.

Speaking to MPs on 16 September, Wilshaw claimed that too much time is spent debating structures rather than the bigger issue of capacity within the English school system, calling for a debate on how to ensure more good people are brought in.

The hidden killer One of the «hidden» health and safety issues — and one that is still a big problem — is the presence of asbestos in schools.

Klein goes through a few of these testing issues — whether parents can opt their kids out of tests, whether school districts can choose their own tests, and how big a role tests should play in accountability — and explains where the House stands, where the Senate stands, and the pros and cons of both sides.

Merseth agreed that money has become the biggest issue for schools in the past 15 years.

Also, because pupil numbers were going to be a big issue in the future (and so funding) schools would be looking for their unique selling point to attract parents and students (especially if they did not have to follow a particular specialism any longer).

The Big Life Group, linked to the Big Issue magazine, has set up a primary school, which will deliver high quality education and childcare to families in one of the poorest parts of Manchester while Everton, Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City are examples of a number of football clubs that have embedded their role in the community by leading the creation of new schools.

We hosted monthly «learning sessions» with outside experts, and we held public convenings on complex issues like 21st - century assessment, developing non-cognitive skills, gun violence and school safety, using big data in education, etc..

Features in the fall 2013 issue include a collection of some of the biggest ideas in education from some the field's biggest names — including a Muppet; a look at a unique school in Sikkim, India, run by an alum and his family; and a chronicle of Project Zero's collaboration with Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Paul Salopek as he spends the next seven years walking around the world.

• The big issues the Department of Education will face when issuing regulations • How states might think fresh about their accountability systems, teacher evaluations, and interventions in low - performing schools • The timeline for the coming two years

In the following excerpt from their new book The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden explain how what might appear to be a story of Congress «not working» can actually be seen as a story of Congress working exactly as it is supposed to, finding agreement on a major issue in a big, diverse, and complicated natioIn the following excerpt from their new book The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden explain how what might appear to be a story of Congress «not working» can actually be seen as a story of Congress working exactly as it is supposed to, finding agreement on a major issue in a big, diverse, and complicated natioin a big, diverse, and complicated nation.

An article («Schools to See Big Windfalls From State Ballot Measures») on state ballot measures in the Nov. 13 issue misidentified, on second reference, M. Dane Waters, the president of the Washington - based Initiative & Referendum Institute.

In the Fall 2008 issue of Education Next, economist C. Kirabo Jackson reported that the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which pays both high school students and their teachers for receiving passing scores on AP exams, boosted AP participation rates in participating schools (no big surpriseIn the Fall 2008 issue of Education Next, economist C. Kirabo Jackson reported that the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which pays both high school students and their teachers for receiving passing scores on AP exams, boosted AP participation rates in participating schools (no big surprisein participating schools (no big surprise!)

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

Almost a fifth of teachers (18 %) say that the safety of staff in their school is a big concern, with only 37 % of respondents believing it is not an issue.

Five years after forming its influential Higher Education Roundtable, the Pew Charitable Trusts this month announced that it would bring together some of the biggest names in precollegiate education to hash out the issues confronting primary and secondary schools.

Mr Wells featured too, explaining how big an issue it was for the school and how if everyone chipped in, it would make a big difference.»

JH: Well, in school leadership — there are a couple of big issues there.

Big ideas should have explanatory power in relation to a large number of objects, events and phenomena that are encountered by students in their lives during and after their school years and provide a basis for understanding issues, such as the use of energy, involved in making decisions that affect learners» own and others» health and wellbeing and the environment.

Two Pennsylvania Democrats with big political name recognition are making school funding a key issue in an increasingly nasty and intense bid to win next week's gubernatorial primary.