Sentences with phrase «city school teacher who»

Joy Tamsin David is a wife, a mother of three, and an inner city school teacher who spends her seven and a half minutes of free time each day reading and blogging about Christian fiction at Edgy Inspirational Romance.

Some of those bribes were allegedly funneled through Percoco's wife Lisa, a former New York City school teacher who in February 2016 submitted a voucher for $ 7,500 for a final month of work for Competitive Power Ventures.

Well, I am a retired inner - city school teacher who watched my school's food service turn from what previously was exemplary to OMG!

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Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shooting.

Sara Rosenzweig Cribbs — TLC's NYC associate, is an attorney and former high school science teacher who has called New York City home for almost 20 years.

Faculty members at the Waldorf School of Garden City are gifted teachers who have dedicated themselves to working closely with students in and out of the classroom.

But you have to use the tools to know how they work, and at the Waldorf School of Garden City that is our methodology — creative teachers and students who learn by doing.

When Memphis City Schools dietitian Kim Stewart wrapped up the session she did so with a short but effective anecdote about a teacher who had a real change of heart about breakfast in the classroom.

Although the city could have required teachers at nearly all the Renewal schools to re-apply for their jobs — thus weeding out the low - performing teachers who might have been partially responsible for their school's struggles — the city used that forcing function only at a handful of Renewals.

Rochester City School District teachers and staff went door - to - door Thursday, visiting roughly 200 students who missed more than 10 percent of school lastSchool District teachers and staff went door - to - door Thursday, visiting roughly 200 students who missed more than 10 percent of school lastschool last year.

Ivan Lafayette, the former legislator who served the Jackson Heights and Woodside area for more than three decades, has endorsed school teacher and activist Daniel Dromm over incumbent City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) in the race for the 25th District seat.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

Physics lessons can be taught by qualified engineers, history lessons can be taught by former lawyers and maths teachers can be former City high - fliers who have chosen to change their careers; they are not prevented from teaching in these schools because they do not have a certain teaching qualification.

De Blasio's school discipline overhaul is drawing fire from the teachers union and parents who say the city hasn't done enough to back up the new policies that prompted a huge drop in student suspensions.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

The city will also have to allow 50 additional charter schools, another blow to Mr. de Blasio, who has criticized charters in the past and is closely aligned with the teachers» unions.

Last year, Mr. Cuomo denied Mr. de Blasio the tax hike he sought to fund his universal prekindergarten initiative and later rammed through a law that guaranteed new charter schools free space in New York City, punishing the anti-charter teachers» union and the mayor, who was always a charter critic.

Business technology teacher Kelly Everleth attended on behalf of the Plattsburgh City School District, who just applied for the Smart Schools Bond Act.

«Parents deserve the right to be notified when their child is assigned to a teacher who's been rated unsatisfactory two consecutive years or more,» said Ramona Wooden, a New York City school parent and member of StudentsFirstNY's Harlem chapter.

No CEO in the city would allow an outside force to tell them who to hire or how to keep them,» said Ms. Fariña, herself a former Brooklyn public school teacher and principal.

Thanks to M & T Bank, which is donating the booth for our use, and to our volunteers — including city school music teachers — who will be sitting at the booth.

«This is the last issue we need to crack in New York City and to do that we need to locate the voters who are really concerned and who will vote on charters, vote on parochial schools, vote on the problems caused by the strength of the teachers» unions,» he said.

Hawkins» running mate is Jones, 41, who has been a New York City public elementary school teacher for nine years and is currently pursuing a doctorate in urban education.

The Spectrum News NY1 Scholar Athlete of the Week Program provides coaches, teachers, administrators and school counselors in public schools in the five boroughs of New York City with the opportunity to nominate a high school senior who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria to be named as a Spectrum News NY1 Scholar Athlete.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the New York City teacher who rose through the ranks to head the largest school system in the country, announced on Dec. 21 that she would retire by the end of the academic year.

Meanwhile, licensing rules in most states do little more than «screen out the bottom few who can't master the English language or are badly schooled,» says Eric Nadelstern, the former New York City deputy schools chancellor and visiting professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College.

«This report highlights the utter failure of New York City schools to provide quality teachers to those students who need them most,» Lasher continued.

I'd like to thank Governor Cuomo, our State Delegation, Yonkers City Council, the PTAs and all the students, parents, teachers and Yonkers residents who fought so hard for the resources our school children deserve.

City school teachers often deal with students who are experiencing violence somewhere in their lives.

Last year, police officers and fire fighters employed by the city, and teachers who worked for the city school district, were offered a 10 percent discount if they bought one of the land bank properties.

Our guest is retired city school teacher Lori Thomas, who believes her experience and ideas will shake up the race.

We need to have a gay - straight alliance in every school,» said City Councilman Daniel Dromm, a former Queens elementary school teacher who made headlines years ago when he came out as gay.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tTeachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tteachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.

Teachers are evaluated by City School District of New Rochelle administrators, such as principals, assistant principals, and department coordinators, who have been certified as Lead Teacher Evaluators.

I am a middle school special education teacher who loves to travel, hike, camp, bike and explore the city.

SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14 - year - old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents» relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

The Dublin - set feature follows 14 year - old Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from his parents» strained relationship and money troubles while trying to adjust at the inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

«Often, a person who is acting out wants to make amends for what they've done,» says Josh Heisler, a teacher at New York City's Vanguard High School.

Steve Goffner, a high school math teacher in New York City, caught one student who had copied answers on his math Regents Exam from friends» text messages.

For mayors who have long admired the top charter schools in their cities but also remain wary of crossing the politically potent teachers unions that are hostile to charters, the «compact» designation nicely reduces the political heat.

No one factor inhibits Hispanics» performance in school, although a lack of communication between families and teachers plays a role, according to Julio Rodriguez, who in 2001 was director of the Bronx Educational Alliance ENLACE program at Lehman College of the City University of New York.

As with many other successful data - driven schools, at Elm City the work begins before school starts, when teachers and principals — both Dale Chu, who heads up the elementary grades, and Marc Michaelson, who oversees the middle school — use a variety of diagnostic tests to understand the ability and achievement levels of their incoming students.

But other, less - heralded attributes helped just as much, including provisions in the state's 1995 legislation that greatly expanded Vallas's power over teachers and schools; school construction and other appealing initiatives undertaken in part to soften the accountability focus; and characteristics in Vallas that aren't necessarily the trademark of the latest fashion, the big - city superintendent who rides in from another walk of life.

Preceding him are the likes of Jean Anyon, for example, who writes in the Teachers College Record, «The structural basis for failure in inner - city schools is political, economic, and cultural, and must be changed before meaningful school improvement projects can be successfully implemented.

School officials in Baltimore said the city school system hired 32 teachers this year who failed to pass a test of basic writing competency; another 100 teachers who failed the basic - skills examination were hired last year and remain on the staff, school officiSchool officials in Baltimore said the city school system hired 32 teachers this year who failed to pass a test of basic writing competency; another 100 teachers who failed the basic - skills examination were hired last year and remain on the staff, school officischool system hired 32 teachers this year who failed to pass a test of basic writing competency; another 100 teachers who failed the basic - skills examination were hired last year and remain on the staff, school officischool officials...

Wire Side Chat: Reporter Reflects on Year as a Teacher «I've come to think that only a radical change can address the deep - seated problems in our poor, inner city schools,» says Christina Asquith, a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter who spent a year teaching in a Philadelphia middle school.

The red line shows the actual attrition rates as calculated by theNew York City Independent Budget Office for the 9,437 teachers who began teaching in New York City in the 2001 - 2 school year, the most recent time period for which we have 10 years of data.

Rountree, who is 31 and a former corps member in Atlanta, said that under that system, her new teachers would arrive in Jacksonville with limited understanding of the city and its schools.