Sentences with phrase «challenging schools where»

Teach First places high - attaining graduates within challenging schools where they teach for two years while completing their training.

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A self - described «band nerd» in high school, Rempel has honed her outspoken style by working in places where she was encouraged to challenge the status quo.

On Thursday, meanwhile, reports emerged that the school where the shooting took place, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took school where the shooting took place, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took place.

As most would guess, kids with more disadvantages, such as poverty and less educated parents, come to school less prepared, which pulls down average test scores at districts where more kids face these challenges.

«Some people have that school of thought where fitness isn't enjoyable, but we're making it enjoyable, I think, by making it more fun, challenging, and engaging, rather than this boring thing that you have to do,» she says.

The school has introduced the HEC Challenge, where students work in teams to complete a consulting project for a specific organization.

Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service, American University, where he is also Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, and Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Even our children are sent to schools where the discussion is not about creative challenge but about the budget.

In the school's gym, Seth cuts quickly left and right with the ball, mimicking game situations where he will be challenged to create his own shot.

After all, the JRW Little League is rooted in the midst of several challenging Chicago neighborhoods, where crime, poverty, underperforming schools, drug dealing and other societal ills can make everyday living nothing short of a treacherous human struggle.

Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Co-Founder of Challenge Success and a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning.

Watch a film created by Challenge Success and student David Lopez where he interviewed Challenge Success student team members about their experiences as school change agents.

Because one aspect of TLT of which I'm most proud is that this blog has proven to be a forum where school food providers feel as comfortable voicing their views as anyone else, and I like to think this is because I feel (and have expressed here many times) only the greatest respect for what they do and the daunting challenges they face.

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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.

Visit the NDC's School Nutrition section, where you will find sample menus and nutrition information for school breakfasts and lunches, as well as information on the Healthier U.S. Schools ChalSchool Nutrition section, where you will find sample menus and nutrition information for school breakfasts and lunches, as well as information on the Healthier U.S. Schools Chalschool breakfasts and lunches, as well as information on the Healthier U.S. Schools Challenge.

Figuring out where kids will go after school can be a challenge, especially if both parents work.

And we are slightly bothered by the response from the National Peanut Board who shared their excitement that the new recommendations will inevitably allow peanuts to be plentiful in schools again, where avoidance is always a challenge.

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.

Brave Buddies is designed to simulate a typical school day, allowing children many opportunities to practice real - life challenges including morning meetings; choice time; show and tell; field trips to places such as the library, ice cream store, and Central Park Children's Zoo; guests to interact with such as police officers and firefighters; and the always - popular daily trip to the Brave Buddies prize store — a simulated store where children can purchase prizes with the points they've earned for brave talking throughout the day.

Therapeutic boarding schools, residential treatment centers and similar facilities are safe places where troubled teen boys can receive help from professionals in overcoming their individual challenges.

Tough spends time at Riverdale Country School, an elite private school in Riverdale, New York, where school head Dominic Randolph explains the challenge there of weaving character into the curriSchool, an elite private school in Riverdale, New York, where school head Dominic Randolph explains the challenge there of weaving character into the currischool in Riverdale, New York, where school head Dominic Randolph explains the challenge there of weaving character into the currischool head Dominic Randolph explains the challenge there of weaving character into the curriculum.

«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.»

One of our big things last year was the Pedometer Challenge, with a goal of 10,000 steps a day, and it started with employees but made it to the student level — at the elementary level it prompted some schools to form walking clubs, where students were able to do a lap around the park and walk back to school.

In addition to her more than sixteen years as a coach / cheerleader for Special Olympics in Area 10, Sandy serves on the board for Jacob's Ladder Learning Center, a private school where special needs students learn life skills, and she started a nutritional feeding program for the mentally and physically challenged children who attend Camp Silver Cloud.

The challenges for pilots are similar to those for surgeons operating, where the patient's safety is paramount, says Katy Kozhimannil, an associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

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.

Even though Rockland school districts are facing challenges, they have not been hit as hard as northern counties where enrollment rates in some districts have dropped by as much as 25 percent since 2000, and are expected to continue dropping.

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.

As a result more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have access to training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of more challenging pupils; only 31 % of supply teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.

So where can you go to complete this challenge: - October 2nd, 3rd or 5th, visit the UNYTS Tonawanda Neighborhood Blood Donation Center on 96 Niagara Street, Tonawanda or; - Visit the North Tonawanda High School Alumni Center on Meadow Drive October 3 between 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (reservations are highly encouraged).

I want state schools for the other two where they will be not just happy and safe, but challenged and inspired.

It's putting out a clear set of rules and a large cash challenge and saying, «We don't care where you are, where you're from, where you've gone to school, whatever you've done before — you solve this problem, you win.

â $ œWe canâ $ ™ t be that hard on Penfield, because the number of cases where he was able to study head movement was quite limited, and studying head motion as he did, by applying an electrode directly to the brain, creates some challenges, â $ says lead author Buz Jinnah, MD, professor of neurology, human genetics and pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine.

It was a challenging move to leave the heavily wooded Poconos where my group of friends meditated and swam in the waterfalls of our backyards to meet people who skipped school to go shopping at the malls.

A thoughtful high school teacher who came to yoga class recently put it so well: «Summer was a time where I was learning to be with myself in a healthy way... now my challenge is to be with other people again and this is when my yoga practice is really important.»

If you're looking for tons of content, high challenge and old - school, hardcore gameplay, this is the place where you'll find it all.

Frank deflects efforts by Ms. Stevenson and other staff to put Mary in a private school where she would be challenged.

The film finds dramatic visuals, an invaluable and often challenging part of any documentary, for its conclusion, as the profiled families attend public lotteries where they hope to beat the long odds of getting into a high - performing charter school whose applicants may outnumber its vacancies by more than ten times.

But improving academic performance is especially challenging in the Silver State, where the number of public school students increased by more than 50 percent between 1994 and...

«In every area, from staffing to stationary, school leaders are having to make difficult decisions about where to cut and restrict resources to balance their budgets, and it's clear they anticipate further financial challenges ahead».

A growing body of evidence suggests that providing students with simplified information, reminders, and access to assistance during critical junctures, like FAFSA completion and the summer after high school, can help students navigate challenging bottlenecks and transition into collegiate environments where they've already shown the potential for academic success.

According the guidance, school's and universities should be safe places, where children and young people can discuss sensitive topics to better understand how to challenge extremist ideas.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.

Ender is separated from his family and inducted to the prestigious off - world Battle School, where he levels up through increasingly challenging game - like trials and tests.

But Education Elements is smart to understand both how steep the design challenges can be for districts in moving to blended - learning models — and consequently where the action is today — as well as the opportunities blended learning presents to rethink the use of time in school, such that it can create schools that transform teaching and learning for both teachers and students and rack up some wins in the process.

Last spring, the classroom activity, called Care Court, earned Floyd a finalist slot in the Dean's Challenge, a contest where Ed School students worked alongside Making Caring Common to develop simple education ideas that promote empathy.

High school teacher Katie Piper shares honest feedback about the challenges associated with assessing students fairly during the PBL process, where collaboration is key and critical.

The scheme was developed by the Rochester Bridge Trust in partnership with Rotary Great Britain and Ireland, and is based on success of the Rotary's existing Senior Technology Tournaments, where secondary school students take part in innovative engineering challenges as part of a national competition.

They are currently offering free interactive language lessons to schools nationwide to demonstrate the resources, and will be running an «Object Scan Challenge» at Bett, where attendees can compete to win great prizes.