Sentences with phrase «by head teachers who»

«These decisions are best made by head teachers who will know their pupils» individual circumstances best.»

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The Johnsons have been further helped along by former Valley Christian teacher Greg Marshall, a professional strength and conditioning coach, and Adam Tafralis, a former San Jose State quarterback who heads the Warriors» strength program.

His hair is now very short, and apparently that does not sit well with the head teacher, who says the short hair counts as an «extreme» style that violates the school's dress code and responded by putting him «in isolation,» which sounds a lot like solitary confinement on Orange is the New Black.

Tony Blair's personal fundraiser Lord Levy, Des Smith, a head teacher and member of the specialist schools and academies trust, and businessman Sir Christopher Evans who lent Labour # 1 million before the last election, were arrested by the police as part of the cross-party probe.

Kink, who led the Democrats» policy office, will head the Strong Economy for All Coalition, which, according to a recent Times report, will soon open with a $ 5 million budget, backed by SEIU / 1199, the powerful health care workers» union, and the UFT, the New York City teachers union.

That probably won't work, especially after a peculiar attempt to satisfy the right - wing press from Ed Balls, children's secretary, who promised to save # 3 billion by scrapping thousands of deputy head teachers» jobs.

Intro 65 - A was vigorously opposed by out LGBT Councilmembers Daniel Dromm of Jackson Heights, a former public school teacher and head of the Education Committee, and Rosie Mendez of the Lower East Side, who said in a joint statement, «Yeshivas, private schools, and parochial schools — unlike public schools — are not subject to Council oversight or much of the NYC Human Rights Law.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the New York City teacher who rose through the ranks to head the largest school system in the country, announced on Dec. 21 that she would retire by the end of the academic year.

The Investigation Group for the Development of New Pharmaceutical Formulas at the CEU UCH, headed by the dean of the Health Sciences Faculty, Alicia López Castellano, undertook the research, a result of the doctoral thesis of María Sebastián Morelló, as well as teachers and researchers María Aracely Calatayud, Vicente Rodilla and Cristina Balaguer, who are coauthors.

NBC's new drama «Rise» stars Rosie Perez as a high school teacher who struggles with being pushed aside when another teacher, played by Josh Radnor, makes a play for her job as head of the theater department.

They include Aziz, a former hard - partying college student who now heads the organization; Hamoud, a cofounder of RBSS, who strengthens his resolve by watching the video ISIS took of the execution of his father (a brother was subsequently murdered and another is missing); Hussam, a law student turned reporter who was nearly nabbed by ISIS with encrypted video on his phone; and Mohamad, a former math teacher who joined the revolt against Assad after a student was arrested and has since followed up with resistance to the caliphate.

Led by Dulux Smarter Spaces Ambassador Matthew Burton of Educating Yorkshire fame, who is now Assistant Head Teacher at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, the initiative is informed by an influential coalition of education experts.

Nansen Primary School's Head Teacher Cath Rindl said: «We were thrilled to have been rated «good» by Ofsted and we are thankful for all partners who are working with us to help improve the prospects of the communities we serve.

Gibb's comments were in response to the Committee's inquiry into the well publicised issues with teacher supply, and followed evidence given by Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), who told the Committee that school leaders felt there was a shortage of quality tTeachers (NAHT), who told the Committee that school leaders felt there was a shortage of quality teachersteachers.

Under the leadership of head teacher Dean Coombes, the school is now rated «Good» by Ofsted and sits in the top 10 nationally for the proportion of lower ability pupils who gain five or more GCSEs at grade C and above.

According to the BBC, head teachers in West Sussex, who are campaigning against spending cuts, wrote last week to all their local MPs asking what had happened to the extra # 500m for schools announced last year by the former Chancellor George Osborne.

In September 2016, Schools Week reported on comments made by Oxford's vice-chancellor, who had claimed that asking universities to set up free schools was «insulting» to teachers and heads.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

Christodoulou, who used to be head of assessment at Ark Schools before moving to her new post this summer, said the purpose of the tests was to give teachers a way to measure the «absolute» progress of their individual pupils over the year — rather than be stuck with their «relative» progress against the rest of the nation as shown by the government's headline progress measures.

The prospect of more standardized testing was criticised by the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, Russell Hobby, who wrote in a Schools Week column reacting to the manifesto: «School leaders will look on in dread.

Here are recent suggestions: 1) train teachers better (Melody Barnes, President Obama's head of domestic policy); 2) attract smarter people to teaching (a new McKinsey study shows that most teachers come from the bottom third of their college class); 3) pay good teachers more (Michelle Rhee, Bill Gates); and 4) get rid of bad teachers, who are protected from accountability by the teachers unions («Waiting for «Superman,»» and many others).

Jules White, a West Sussex head teacher who co-ordinated letters sent to 2.5 million parents over school funding concerns, says too often schools policy has been sidetracked by «dubious ideological pursuits» or «tinkering around the edges».

Head teachers in West Sussex, who are campaigning against spending cuts, wrote last week to all their local MPs asking what had happened to the extra # 500m for schools announced last year by the former Chancellor George Osborne.

Andreas Schleicher, who heads OECD's indicators and analysis division, says the highest - performing countries apply rigorous academic standards, recruit and train topnotch teachers, dig deeply into the subject matter, and allow little variance in performance by the highest - and lowest - performing schools.

Outspoken and influential, this former London head teacher, who will be succeeded by Amanda Spielman, often set the agenda more than education secretaries.

Two weeks ago, police had to be called to another school, after a head teacher was confronted by a group of parents who objected to elements of the PSHE (personal, social and health education) syllabus.

Apparently written by someone in Birmingham to a contact in Bradford last year, the undated and unsigned document proposed a co-ordinated effort of installing governors and replacing staff - including head teachers - who were unsympathetic to Muslim doctrines.

Lassen — among the group Chalmers refers to as «sociopathic child - haters who are only teachers because they got tenure after two short years» — doesn't suffer Bart's foolishness, responding to the mischievous one's skeleton - in - the - closet prank by buzzing the top of his head with clippers.

The rise has been cautiously welcomed by unions who fear it is not enough to head off a teacher recruitment crisis.

Last year, the New York Daily News illuminated the murky language of the pre-K debate by explaining that «high quality» typically denotes public school system - connected programs involving certified teachers who hold Bachelor's degrees, and operate under a state - approved curriculum, as opposed to the Obama administration's pre-K system of choice, Head Start.

Recently, most local authorities have been following a policy of reducing the number of principal teachers in secondary schools by combining departments and having PTs titled «curriculum leaders» or «faculty heads», who essentially carry out the same responsibilities but over more than one department.

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who headed New York City's teachers» union before taking the national post, wouldn't take sides when confronted by reporters at a labor rally in Albany WeTeachers president Randi Weingarten, who headed New York City's teachers» union before taking the national post, wouldn't take sides when confronted by reporters at a labor rally in Albany Weteachers» union before taking the national post, wouldn't take sides when confronted by reporters at a labor rally in Albany Wednesday.

By 2000, 14.5 % — or 42,000 — of California's classrooms were headed by a teacher who had not completed, or in some cases even begun, a preparation program (and English learners and low - income students were most likely to be assigned these underprepared teachersBy 2000, 14.5 % — or 42,000 — of California's classrooms were headed by a teacher who had not completed, or in some cases even begun, a preparation program (and English learners and low - income students were most likely to be assigned these underprepared teachersby a teacher who had not completed, or in some cases even begun, a preparation program (and English learners and low - income students were most likely to be assigned these underprepared teachers).

The book was co-authored by the CTTL's Director and Head of Research, Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher who have been presenting around the United States this year how research in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education Science can and should be used to inform, transform, and validate how teachers design their classes and work with each individual student.

Courts and Kids is the fifth book by Rebell, who heads the Campaign for Educational Equity, a research and policy institute that is part of Teachers College.

While the move by the state's teachers» union turned enough heads to make it seem like a rare occurrence, both national and local teachers» unions have recently made endorsements and donations to some Republicans who speak and vote against their values.

The speakers selected to comment on teacher and principal quality were a teacher who told the committee how she looked forward to being evaluated by test scores, and Anna Hall, the new head of StudentsFirst NY.

When people wag their heads and predict a bookless future, I'm reminded of my sixth - grade teacher, who told us to hold onto our twelve - inch rulers, because by the time we were in college, they would be obsolete, and worth money as antiques.

That was the premise in 11/22/63, his gripping story about an English teacher who tries to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy by slipping through a time portal in Lisbon Falls, Maine, and heading for Dallas.

For example, a large study showed that three - year - olds with special needs who enrolled in Head Start had reduced inattentive behavior, fewer learning problems, and better teacher - child relationships by first grade than similar non-participants.

The property now offers a free student tutoring lounge staffed by teacher residents, free access to a nurse practitioner who lives on - site, and a community safety program headed up by police officers who live in the apartment community.