Sentences with phrase «city classrooms after»

Fariña took on the role of chancellor promising to restore «dignity» and «joy» to city classrooms after a tumultuous relationship between former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's vast teaching force.

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A former inner - city high school teacher, Farrington left the classroom after 15 years to get a Ph.D. in urban - education policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Suspensions of children in kindergarten through second grade have dropped in New York City public schools after City Hall's push to keep the littlest learners in their classrooms.

«It's good to be in the classroom setting after so much hue and cry over our predicament,» 13 - year - old Sallimatu who was reached by phone in Bo, Sierra Leone's second largest city, told Xinhua.

TRIBECA — TriBeCa parents who fought the city's proposal to send their children to school in Chinatown after running out of classroom space in TriBeCa can now breathe a sigh of relief.

The spot asks parents, teachers and community members to contact their legislators and City Hall to urge them to protect schools from devastating budget cuts that will mean «overcrowded classrooms, an end to tutoring and after - school programs, and the loss of thousands of great teachers and school staff.»

The cause of the tough budget climate is not New York City's average teacher pension of $ 42,000, after 25 or 30 years in the classroom.

Consequently, scores of newbies are being assigned to some of the most demanding and difficult operations (such as Southern California TRACON, Potomac TRACON, and the towers in Atlanta, Miami, and Orlando) right after completing their classroom training in Oklahoma City.

In August 2007, a few months after Moss returned from New York City, her students began transforming their storm - damaged classroom — a huge 40 - foot - by -80-foot room with 15 - foot - high walls painted an institutional blue.

Every freshman at UML receives a tour of this National Park and education students learn to use the city as their classroom through the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a hands - on history, science, and professional development center named after Senator Paul Tsongas, who championed this park partnership.

In an excerpt from his new memoir This African - American Life, former president of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price describes his elementary and secondary education in Washington, D.C. Price focused on his studies and dreamed of playing major - league baseball — all while he and his schoolmates made history in some of the city's first integrated classrooms after the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

After teachers paid 3,000 house calls to improve relations with the parents of their students, all nine schools in the city's unified school district pilot program reported improvement in the classroom.

After a year in which the Baltimore city school district was forced to lay off 115 people to fill a massive budget shortfall — including the first classroom teachers to lose their jobs in a decade — this year's $ 1.3 billion proposed budget includes no layoffs.

It expects to have Chicagoans on its side because, after all, these are teachers we're talking about, dedicated professionals who spend their energy in classrooms across the city, educating children.

Motivated to enter politics after a «life - shattering, perspective - shattering» experience as a Baltimore City Schools teacher, Bill's time in the classroom continues to inform his legislative efforts, most recently his leadership on the passage of an unprecedented $ 1 billion initiative to renovate and rebuild 35 city schoCity Schools teacher, Bill's time in the classroom continues to inform his legislative efforts, most recently his leadership on the passage of an unprecedented $ 1 billion initiative to renovate and rebuild 35 city schocity schools.

After college, she proudly served at as an Americorps member for City Year Providence where she served in a sixth - grade math classroom.

Approximately half of New York City's teachers leave their classrooms after the first year, and that trend extends beyond the five boroughs.

Compare that to a New York City teacher who, after 30 years, will max out at roughly $ 100,000 and who, according to conventional wisdom, will be more likely to have a urinary tract infection than the average employee in other professions because they can't leave the classroom to go to the bathroom.

By state law, those layoffs would have been conducted on a last - hired, first - fired basis, meaning most teachers hired after 2007 in New York City would lose their jobs, no matter how they performed in the classroom.

Suspensions of children in kindergarten through second grade have dropped in New York City public schools after City Hall's push to keep the littlest learners in their classrooms.

CHICAGO — For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third - largest city — and to a national audience — less than a week after most schools opened for fall.

A Southern California woman may be ousted from her city leadership post for allegedly vandalizing a classroom after losing a political fight against the so - called parent trigger law.

Often they teach in poor - performing schools as stepping stones to show how much classroom management they have (since that is what is revered when it comes to students in the «hood) when they interview for their next positions out on Long Island or up in Westchester County after a few years of teaching in the City.

The fourth - grader who has trouble sounding out simple words and his classmate who is reading A Tale of Two Cities for fun sit in the same classroom day after miserable day, the one so frustrated by tasks he can not do and the other so bored that both are near tears.

After the classroom visits, they recorded on - camera interviews from principals, teachers, students, and cafeteria employees to learn about what makes El Monte City School District special.

After a year in her classroom, her seventh - grade students scored at the 98th percentile of New York City students on the 2009 state test.

Teachers across the city began to complain from their sweltering classrooms after they hadn't heard from the school system by midafternoon.

After a pilot program putting therapy dogs in classrooms was deemed successful, the Department of Education in New York City has decided to expand it to include additional schools.

Over forty people filled the back room of Bicycle Habitat in SoHo for a recent Citi Bike Street Skills class.If you're new to city cycling, getting back in the saddle after a few years away, or interested in learning tips on safely navigating urban traffic, Citi Bike's street skills class is for you.In a fun interactive classroom environment, Citi Bike Street Skills focuses on city cycling scenarios like traffic, jaywalkers, puddles and intersections and how to handle them so that you enjoy pleasant, stress - free rides.

After all, our Webster City Iowa online defensive driving course is your ticket out of sitting through a boring classroom defensive driving school class.

COOPER CITY, Fla. - A week after a school shooting left 17 people dead in Parkland, Cooper City High School students walked out of their classrooms to protest for gun control.