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Interviews were carried out with teachers, headteachers and other stakeholders and concluded that there are four main perceived challenges for schools when considering the introduction of postural health education and ergonomic furniture: There is sometimes a lack of awareness of the issue in general as well as about the ergonomic furniture options available.

The winter season is a major challenge for schools when it comes to health and safety.

Not exact matches

SAN ANTONIO — For years, we've poked fun at the glacial pace the NCAA and its member schools employ when faced with challenges that might require changes to the rules.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

With strict dietary guidelines that dictate what's on the lunch menu at Glen Ellyn's Community Consolidated School District 89, getting parents to buy lunch for their child when the selection is whole - grain pasta or broccoli with fat - free ranch dressing is proving to be a challenge.

When it comes to sleep, the biggest challenge for school - age children and their parents is the demands on a child's time that will make early bedtime routines difficult to manage, especially in today's 24 - 7 wired and fast - paced world.

Each session specifically addressed how to overcome challenges when implementing farm - to - school programming in K - 12 settings, but many of the strategies are applicable regardless of the type of program you may wish to introduce to your school nutrition program — summer feeding, breakfast - in - the - classroom, or afterschool feeding, for example.

When your child is ready for school, expect exciting new opportunities and challenges.

Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»

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Our national advisors not only create and maintain the tools available in our program, but are themselves resources for you to call upon to get personal direction when getting started or trying to overcome a unique challenge on the way to school health.

Tested later in life, early «imaginators» had more resources to draw on when it came to coping with challenges and difficult situations, such as what to do if they forgot a book they needed for school that day.

When my son was in preschool, the school psychologist offered monthly parent meetings where we would meet for coffee and share our challenges and triumphs.

SNA has updated unpaid meal charge talking points to assist members in responding to questions about meal charge policies and to educate parents, reporters and legislators on the challenges school nutrition professionals face when students are unable to pay for their school meals.

She needed to draw on both of those strengths when a kitchen remodeling project that was supposed to last just a few weeks stretched out to eight months, creating logistic challenges for the Wilder Elementary school nutrition staff.

Schools face a variety of challenges when trying to provide something — water — that Americans take for granted.

Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of the Success Academy charter school network and a former city councilwoman, would not rule out a challenge against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he runs for re-election in two years.

«What would be a cause for concern is if this Bill was used by local authorities as a green light to intervene when they may not understand the challenges faced by a particular school, or may not have the capacity to offer the support needed.

It's never easy to date at any age, but for those singles dating over 40 the challenges are not any more difficult than they were when you were in high school or college.

Though the kids» personal challenges are never made clear, they register as distinct individuals, to the extent that we find ourselves rooting for each of their success when they finally reach the chess championship — an event for which they look alarmingly out of place, like a posse of skater kids who've stumbled into a stuffy rich - kid prep school.

Billy (Billy Kirkfield) narrates this tale about «the most amazing winter ever,» when a Jamaican who has never seen snow (Bobb» e J. Thompson) moves in next door and helps him challenge the class bully (Josh Flitter of «The Greatest Game Ever Played» and «Ace Ventura Jr.») for the spot at the top of «Kill Hill,» the snow mound out behind the school.

Such incisive moments, though, are subordinate to the filmmakers» penchant toward deck - stacking caricature, most noxiously the character of Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate), a villainous PTA president who's so invested in her high position that she, as part of the election platform she articulates when a fed - up Amy eventually challenges her presidency, seriously advocates for a 365 - day school year, citing Genghis Khan as a model.

In my role, I work with the school business manager community, and my organisation works both in schools and the independent sector and I do find that school business managers may have challenges but they are becoming more understanding about what needs to be done for their schools when it comes to ICT solutions.

But the key challenge for Newark when it regains local control — and the key challenge for all cities, regardless of the makeup of their school system — will be improving school quality across its diverse system of schools.

Current discussions of grit in education focus on the need for students to pursue long - term goals — such as going to college or becoming a nurse — and to hang in there when trying to learn challenging material in school.

When faced with the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century, each leader's capacity to network is now more important for their school's development than ever before.

When all this is factored into a growing population, threats to public funding and an increasing shortage of available land for development, the challenges for those with the responsibility to plan, design and deliver school places are significant and there has never been a greater need for innovative solutions.

«I'm in my mid-40s, [a time when] so many people are bored with what they are doing, but I was looking for a challenge and wanted to see if I could discover a way to give back,» she says of her decision to return to graduate school.

Charlie Cobb was only 20 years old when he designed the Freedom Schools curriculum to enable students, as he put it, «to stand up in classrooms around the state and ask their teachers a real question» and «make it possible for them to challenge the myths of our society, to perceive more clearly its realities and to find alternatives and ultimately, new directions for action.»

Granted, the fabulous standardized test scores of those high - performing charter networks who take on this special ed challenge may not be as uniformly high — at least in the short term, but when one in every twenty public school students now attends a charter, the movement is mature and entrenched enough to move to the next stage of reform for both moral and political reasons.

Each of these school choice systems can be complex and confusing for low - income families, especially when they are contending with challenges ranging from unstable employment and housing to limited transportation.

For example, they often blossom across a challenging school transition when their fellow students with the fixed view are busy doubting themselves and losing their edge.

When Eeva Reeder presented her students with the challenge of designing a state - of - the - art school for the year 2050, she provided them with specific guidance about the assignment, reflected largely in the following documents:

When we started the @K12lab at Stanford's d.school back in 2007 we began with a hunch that design thinking would be a great tool for educators to deploy in their classrooms and schools, and that ultimately, it would be a useful process for kids working through interdisciplinary challenges.

«When teaching about space, the biggest challenge is presenting the content in a way that makes it real for the students,» says Jamie Welebob, a science teacher at the Odyssey School, a learning environment for dyslexic students in Stevenson, Maryland, who has used Amazing Space resources.

He said, «In the present environment of high stakes testing, budgetary challenges, increased demands on educators and competition for students attention, everyone in the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogy.

When asked during an interview what he thought gifted students needed from school, Dr. James Webb, founder of Supporting Emotional Needs for Gifted, responded that they need to be challenged.

For schools, the challenge is how to bring together kids» «native» knowledge regarding technology and teachers» pedagogical experience without entering into a tug - of - war battle that teachers will inevitably and invariably lose when technology is in the ring.

For this to happen, they need to have appropriate skills and values, which they will be more likely to acquire when they are in a caring, respectful, and supportive, yet challenging school environment.

The rapid increase in academies and Free Schools sets a new challenge when it comes to whose responsibility it is for health and safety.

Staying informed can be challenging when time is limited, or getting to the school for meetings is not an option.

Ironically, at a time when U.S. high schools are under scrutiny for not being challenging enough, many students are working harder than ever, and often compromising themselves to get the highest grades and most impressive transcripts possible, at the expense of their well - being and education.

The challenge for researchers is that when schools set about normalising the use of technology across the whole school and all activities, the silo - like organisation of 20th Century schools breaks down.

Upon application for Judicial Review, the High Court found that Ofsted's complaints process was defective because it did not permit a substantive challenge to the most serious criticisms, namely, when a school was found to have serious weaknesses or requiring special measures.

Schools need to take responsibility for the holistic approach to developing young people, so that when they finish their studies, they are able to stand up on their own two feet, with the resilience and robustness to be able to meet the challenges of today.

This can be very challenging, especially when you try to be sensitive to all parties involved — and finding time for all this within the school day is nearly impossible.

When the Great Recession hit, however, property values fell sharply, making it hard for school districts to raise local property taxes — schools» primary local funding source — without raising rates, which is politically challenging even in good times.

First, it explains that by helping to insulate teachers from backlash or retaliation, the challenged statutes allow teachers to act in students» interests in deciding when and how to present curricular material and to advocate for students within their schools and districts.

With five comprehensive high schools, more than 13,000 students, an 80 - percent - and - growing Hispanic population, and a large number of economically disadvantaged families, Thorstenson was faced with the challenges of increasing student achievement, making curriculum relevant, and promoting equity of opportunity for students when she first took office in 2000.

With a background in financial software development, Deklotz was accustomed to a team approach to tackling challenges, and she deployed it for schools — first when she and other science teachers met to talk about lesson planning once a week, and later as an administrator.