Sentences with phrase «by teachers across the country»

The have been objections raised by teachers across the country based on concerns about the validity of using proficiency targets as indicators of individual teacher performance.

Works4Me provides weekly practical classroom tips submitted by teachers across the country.

Caryn: There is already excellent rigorous content out there being used by teachers across the country, but much of it is print - based — even if teachers access it from a website — and therefore not easily customizable.

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Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

Ed School Follies: The Miseducation Of America's Teachers by Rita Kramer Free Press, 228 pages, $ 22.95 In her lively new study based upon fourteen schools of education across the country, Rita Kramer skewers two quite distinct forms of folly.

My Healthy School Sponsored by Kiwi magazine, this helpful website is dedicated to providing teachers, administrators, parents and students with resources on how to improve the health of schools across the country — with action plans for parents, suggested nutrition goals, advice for starting a school garden, and strategies to minimize environmental toxins.

I have created free resources for you to take - away and use and there are a growing number of Love Creates Love Groups which are facilitated by Blossom & Berry trained teachers and take place across the country / world.

Attracting over 200 people, including members of the Waldorf Institute, Sunbridge College, and Sunbridge Institute communities; Waldorf teachers and other educators; and friends of Waldorf Education, our Weekend Conference offered a program of events presented by leading Waldorf and Waldorf - related educators, anthroposophists, artists, and innovators from around the country, all of whom hold deep connections to Sunbridge from across the decades.

President Nana Akufo - Addo presenting his maiden state of the nations address earlier this year promised to honor his pledge by restoring the allowance to all nursing and teacher trainees across the country.

Validation forms for the month of January 2016 on some institutions across the country and some text messages from the CAGD intercepted by NewsGhana.com.gh confirm the claim made by the teachers.

«In support of supply teachers across the country, the NASUWT has now given them the opportunity to turn the tables on these ruthless employers by rating the company on a SupplyAdvisor website, exposing exploitative practices.

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said his Ministry will take on any regional director of Education who fails to protect female students who are victims of sexual abuse by teachers in Senior High Schools across the country.

President John Mahama says admissions into Teacher Trainee and Nursing Trainee colleges have shot up by 63 % after government «substituted» the trainee allowances with student loans for teacher trainees across the cTeacher Trainee and Nursing Trainee colleges have shot up by 63 % after government «substituted» the trainee allowances with student loans for teacher trainees across the cteacher trainees across the country.

In October, 200 science research teachers from across the country received an all - expense - paid weekend to share best practices at the 2017 Research Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Reteachers from across the country received an all - expense - paid weekend to share best practices at the 2017 Research Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by ReTeachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Regeneron.

The students had just found out that they — like middle and high school students across the country, boosted by fundraising campaigns and the wise support of their principals, teachers, parents, and local community leaders — were taking a school trip to see Black Panther for free.

Five years ago, I was trained by the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project, based in Sacramento, California, whose model is used by educators across the country.

Started by a school in Washington, D.C., as a homegrown repository for screencast lessons by their best teachers, they got funding to go big, and now teachers across the country can participate.

As hundreds of teachers gather in - person at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, NBC News is also inviting teachers from across the country to join the conversation virtually by registering to take part in the conversation at EducationNation.com.

Take the time to see what other teachers across the country are doing by checking out the Web sites mentioned in the Additional Resources below.

«By improving the skills of teacher educators, we will improve the training to all state school teachers across the country.

Although many parents and politicians argue passionately against mobile classrooms — the majority of which never move — teachers across the country seem much less perturbed by their use, and in many cases, actually prefer them.

This resource is written by teachers from across the country and presents the history of the Court thematically corresponding to the strands in the social studies curriculum.

By calling public attention to the problems in teacher training across the country, NCTQ has provided a valuable public service.

The recommendations sent by the Kansas board of education last week to Gov. John Carlin are similar to those that have been considered in states across the country as they have moved to respond to a public perception of widespread incompetence among the nation's teachers.

Despite this, Holton is encouraged by innovation and the creativity that she sees in schools and districts across the country, as well as by the teachers who are sticking it out in difficult circumstances.

In addition, the profession is still largely dominated by women, who make up seven out of 10 teachers on average across OECD countries.

Gender: The teaching profession is still largely dominated by women, who make up seven out of 10 teachers on average across OECD countries.

She and 15 others chosen for the honor organized more than 200 roundtable discussions attended by more than 3,000 teachers across the country, seeking their views on an Obama administration proposal to change how teachers are recruited, prepared, licensed, supported, promoted, and compensated.

A study released last September, The State of Teacher Diversity in American Education by the Albert Shanker Institute, examined nine cities across the country and found that only in Los Angeles were minority teachers the majority.

By contrast, negative teacher - student relations seem to undermine students» confidence and lead to greater anxiety: On average across countries, students are about 62 per cent more likely to get very tense when they study, and about 31 per cent more likely to feel anxious before a test if they perceive that their teacher thinks they are less smart than they really are.

Results from a survey conducted with more than 900 teachers from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece and China found that common neuromyths were believed to be true by a substantial number of teachers across the five countries.

The survey was conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research for the Trust as part of their Teachers Voice Omnibus survey to highlight how budget cuts are affecting schools across the country.

The idea is to connect students with real scientists across the country through hand - written letters, facilitated by their teachers.

According to two reports funded by the Pathways program and produced by the independent Urban Institute, the Pathways program not only has trained more than 2,500 new teachers in 42 programs across the country since 1989 but also has succeeded in placing 84 percent of those teachers in identified areas of acute teacher shortage.

He continued: «At a time when classroom teachers across the country have been denied even a one per cent pay uplift and parents are increasingly being asked by schools to make financial contributions for basic services, the excessive salaries of some academy chiefs can not be justified.

These trainees, alongside those returning to the profession and teachers changing schools, are vital in helping to fill the vacancies on offer by schools across the country.

Kirsty Williams said: «I hear it often enough, from teachers and headteachers across the country, that time and funding is too often taken up by school maintenance issues, as opposed to supporting learners.

Joel Rose: Teach to One: Math is a math program adopted by leading middle and high schools across the country that enables teachers to personalize what, when, where, and how their students learn each day.

The warning follows analysis by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) that suggests schools across the country could be # 17.5 million worse off by 2020.

It has grown to the point that more than one million resources are downloaded each day by teachers across more than 200 countries, with one in five UK teachers having purchased a resource.

Meanwhile, initiatives across the country, sparked by the federal Race to the Top competition, which link teacher evaluations in part to student achievement, have pushed our data - driven system into new frontiers.

This year the organisation, which is backed by the Telstra Foundation and receives funding from the Australian Federal Government, is developing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for teachers across the country, so they don't have to attend in person.

The national web - based curriculum can be accessed by teachers, parents, students and educators across the country and internationally.

The competition, supported by Capita SIMS, is now in its sixth year and offers teachers across the country the chance to win a grant of up to # 15,000 for their innovative idea to raise the achievement of disadvantaged children in maths, English or science.

Anybody watching the escalating battle across the country over the Common Core State Standards and aligned standardized testing will hardly be surprised by a new national poll which reveals a significant loss of support over the last year — especially among teachers, whose approval rating dropped from 76 percent in 2013 to only 46 percent in 2014.

Teachers across the country have been invited to share their views on the new Internet Safety Strategy green paper, in a number of focus groups organised by the London Grid for Learning (LGfL TRUSTnet) on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

While there are different approaches to home visitation, one of the fastest growing across the country is led by the National Parent Teacher Home Visit Project.

Motivated by education cuts and a nationwide spirit of activism, dozens of teachers are running for legislative seats across the country.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

Though controversial among teachers and others, the method has been increasingly embraced by education leaders and policymakers across the country, including the Obama administration.