Sentences with phrase «challenging schools there»

But within the most challenging schools there are educators whose love for what they do can be infectious because they see value of impacting the lives of children.

«Within the most challenging schools there are educators whose love for what they do can be infectious because they see value of impacting the lives of children,» says Nadia Lopez (@TheLopezEffect) whose school is in one of New York's low income neighborhoods where recruiting and keeping skilled teachers is very difficult.

Not exact matches

«There's a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

While mainline publishers of religious books and church - school curricula have been virtually silent on the subject, there are currently in print more than 350 books challenging evolutionary science and advocating a «creation science» based on six 24 - hour days of creation, a «young - earth» dating, and a worldwide «flood geology.»

Plus there is also new evidence that pops up from time to time that may challenge what ever school of thought you are tyring to convey, so you do need to provide the specific proof because just saying go read some history doesn't actually cut it.

Then there are the dangerous questions that challenge the tradition itself, like why can't women teach men, why can't I teach your children in Sunday school if I'm not straight, what's this head of the household crap, why can't we have marriage equality, why is the church so myopic, and isn't it possible that the whole human race is connected and one and that there is no separation illustrated by the ancient paradigm of heaven and hell.

The Holy Father set in motion these past two years of contention and, one hopes, constructive dialogue in the Church because he knows that marriage and the family are in deep trouble throughout the world, just as he knows that marriage, rightly understood, and the family, rightly understood, are the basic building blocks of a humane society: the family is the first school of freedom, because it is there that we first learn that freedom is not mere willfulness; marriage, for its part, is the lifelong school in which we learn the full, challenging meaning of the law of self - giving built into the human heart.

In the time that we were members of it, there was a marriage, a divorce, the birth of a couple of children and the adoption of another, several hospitalizations and a couple of surgeries, along with all the everyday challenges of home, work and school.

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Its simple - They want to make our kids wear helmets and pads while they play 24 challenge, and limit High School atheletics to low - contact hug fests just so there kids can have a better shot at winning.

There is a school of thought amongst many Arsenal fans that, although we are up challenging for the title right now, Wenger's teams have a consistent history of dropping away from the top and ending up in a dogfight for third or fourth place.

But my experience at Challenge Success and in education reminds me that there has been a lot of change since I was in high school.

They are doing so well at school and I am incredibly proud of all of them, but they are most definitely all a challenge in their own funny little way and there is an awful lot of bickering at the moment that is driving me a bit crazy.

That is to say, Lunch Money is a really great way for parents to get up to speed on how school lunch programs operate and areas where there may be clear room for improvement, but no parent should assume that just by reading Lunch Money he or she fully understands the challenges faced by their own food services director.

But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood education; when a culture of school food reform is the new normal in districts nationwide; when the work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge, and begin work anew.

I've seen their challenges first hand and heard their complaints, which is why I recently said quite sincerely, «I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food program.»

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.»

High school can be academically challenging enough, but when your teen switches schools midway through his academic career, there are a lot of adjustments to be made.

There are definitely special challenges involved in a school garden program.

If your child is happy and being challenged in school, there may be no reason for testing, but testing can help us advocate for our children in school.

Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant problems with some of the basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.

«There definitely is a lag — I'm not denying that,» says Denise Pope, senior lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, a research and student - intervention project.

While some school food out there is still worthy of criticism, I have only the greatest respect for those willing to take on this challenge.

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«There are always financial challenges for school districts to do as much as they want to do, and that's where we can provide that value.»

Many common themes were explored, and while session attendees acknowledged that there are challenges ahead in order to make the changes — and to make them affordable — there was a real excitement about this new opportunity to bring healthy changes to school food.

For those moms out there who think going back to school is too challenging I offer you a bit of mommy wisdom.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The challenges are there for all to see - an acute housing shortage, a lack of school places, a transport system barely managing to cope.

The President acknowledged that in every new endeavor, there are bound to be challenges, citing the logistics, infrastructure and resource constraints since the take - off of the Free Senior High School programme, but was thankful that the programme did take off.

He cited instances where students are compelled to sit on bricks because there is not furniture for them and others also forced to sleep in toilets converted into dormitories as a result of accommodation challenges in the implementing schools.

«It's really important for us to remember that 75 - percent of our Buffalo Public school students are coming from a background of poverty and that there's a lot of challenges associated with that.»

«There's no one who knows New York City public schools and the challenges that we are confronting today better than Dennis,» Bloomberg said.

There should be no presumption that teachers will conduct these searches and schools will need to make very clear to parents the circumstances in which searches will be conducted to avoid legal or other challenges.»

«While there are some excellent governing bodies that do a commendable job in providing challenge and support to school leaders, this is by no means the case everywhere.

There are many challenges facing students, teachers, principals, and the school boards, including Common Core, test scores, and funding, just to name a few.

He challenged those who don't believe in government seeking social justice by pointing out that the very building they were in, Hawkstone Hall, had hosted launches of Wilberforce's anti-slavery drive, the ragged school movement of Shaftyesbury (pictured) and that the spire was donated by the family of Abraham Lincoln who had drawn his inspiration from the conservative moments that had started there.

«Finishing 573 out of 592 in my [Kingston High School] class and accomplishing what I have made me believe there isn't a single challenge I can't overcome,» he said.

In the period since the introduction of the free schools policy there have been substantial challenges for education — not least the political conflation of education and the battle against extremist teaching.

Now despite the pomp and ceremony around government's flagship education program Free SHS, there still remain some challenges that has left some Ghanaians confused The situation is compounded by the perennial challenges with the Computerized School Selection Placement System CSSPS.

The community college system represents a potential source of student diversity for medical schools and physicians who will serve poor communities; however, there are significant challenges to enhancing the pipeline from community colleges to four - year universities to medical schools.

«There is no evidence of a pull factor,» agrees Ian Goldin, head of the Oxford Martin School on global challenges.

Sara Brownell, an assistant professor with the school and senior author of the study, said there is a national movement to create biology tests that are more cognitively challenging, as these types of tests can improve students» conceptual understanding of biology; however, doing so may harm the very students they are trying to help.

When Dr. Becker joined the Washington University School of Medicine faculty in 1953, he said he faced no anti-Semitism, but there were many other challenges.

«As the world faces monumental health challenges related to climate change, there is a growing need for health professionals with the knowledge and skills to respond in a meaningful way,» says Jeffrey Shaman, director of GCCHE and associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

The time capsule is rusty, but there's enough old school challenge and timeless dark humour to justify a buy.

Ron challenges Andy to a fight after school and hilarity ensues from there.

Almost thirty years ago, there was a sleeper comedy hit called, Three O'Clock High, in which a nerd named Jerry Mitchell got himself in hot water with the school's behemoth of a bully and found himself challenged to a fight after school.

DI's promise is a strict, clear formula for teaching sounds and words — and for children who start school with significant developmental challenges, there is evidence that it is working.

«There are many, many challenges to going green at an older school,» says Latham, not the least of which is raising enough cash to launch the projects.