Sentences with phrase «classrooms by high school»

Most dual enrollment courses are taught in high school classrooms by high school teachers who have received some training and certification by their university or community - college partner and follow its curriculum.

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It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

By the time he was in junior high, Derrick was already a talented running back, but «he had very poor attendance and very, very poor classroom performance,» says Miriam Williams, a junior high school teacher who eventually took Thomas under her wing.

Quinby - Honer talks about composting and waste reduction to children in preschool through high school by taking worms into classrooms.

This curriculum for middle and high school students includes classroom activities, identification sheets and a dichotomous key for identifying salt marsh plants, and data sheets for salt marsh field trips utilizing lessons developed by Kristen Grant and the salt marsh science protocols developed by Dr. Robert Buchsbaum and Dr. David Burdick.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

There was worry about them bringing food to the classroom, and that being disruptive, but what we've found — for the high school kids, especially — is that they are usually done consuming their breakfast by the time they get to the classroom!

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake ElementarBy making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementarby 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-..BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-..by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-High -LSB-...]

Parents and local school administrators have panned the Common Core testing, arguing that it takes the learning out of the classroom by setting unrealistic educational guidelines for success due to the high rate of failure on standardized tests.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

This is because the school does not have adequate furnished classrooms to accommodate them due to the pressure brought on by the implementation of the free senior high school policy.

Parents worry about funding and standards for their public school students and remain least concerned about the amount of testing in classrooms, a survey released by High Achievement New York and Achieve found.

«Our members need skilled employees now more than ever, and our schools must provide our children with the skills necessary to compete outside the classroom,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «This study proves that New York is leading the nation — not only by setting high standards, but by taking the time to listen to parents and teachers about improving them.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

If approved by voters, it would grant school districts more funds to build higher - tech classrooms.

All of the classrooms at the High School of Fashion Industries on West 24th Street will have air conditioning by the fall as part of a plan to install AC units in every classroom throughout the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at an event at the school WednSchool of Fashion Industries on West 24th Street will have air conditioning by the fall as part of a plan to install AC units in every classroom throughout the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at an event at the school Wednschool Wednesday.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — With the new school year underway, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today re-issued his challenge to all Westchester County students in grades 6 through 12: Win a free season pass to Playland by earning high achievement in the classroom.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Eight windows in two classrooms at New Rochelle High School were smashed out causing more than $ 1,000 in property damage, according to an Incident Report filed by the City School District of New Rochelle.

As a scientist who has never had extensive ethics training, the other of us (Wendy Law), an SEP postdoctoral fellow, attended ethics courses at the University of Washington and Georgetown University, as well as teacher professional development workshops on using ethics in the classroom offered by the Washington Association for Biomedical Research and by UW's High School Human Genome Project.

It makes this important research accessible to more than just cardiologists and radiologists - it can be understood by family, friends, non-scientists, patients, school pupils... I have friends who are going to use it in their high school classroom (great for physics teachers).

Giving special treatment to young urban black males in the high school classroom runs the risk of shortchanging these students academically once they get to college, indicates a new study by a Michigan State University education scholar.

The episodes will be disseminated to New England high school classrooms with the help of Harvard's Life Sciences Outreach (LSO) Program; on the website of the Amgen Biotech Experience, a curriculum that is implemented by over 70,000 students nationally and internationally; and by leveraging the considerable PR power of Harvard and the other institutions the team visits.

PlantingScience (PS) is an online platform where middle and high school students reflect with scientists on plant - based research projects designed and conducted by the students in their classrooms.

YSP participants learn about the field by actively contributing to research, which allows them to explore some of the potential applications of their high school STEM coursework beyond the classroom.

Olivia took to her Twitter account to comment on the Spring Valley High School incident in which a police officer in South Carolina arrested a black student in her classroom by dragging her from her desk to the front of the room.

Their story's fairy - tale nature is underlined early in the film by a scene in Adèle's high school classroom in which her French literature teacher is expounding on Pierre de Marivaux's La vie de Marianne.

Classes: English 9 and Freshman Composition School: Bob Jones High School, Madison, Alabama Students / Room Dimensions: 27 — 31 students; room is 780 square feet, about 30 feet by 26 feet Setting It Up: My goal for this project was to make students feel at home in my classroom.

Managing the Quagmire of Disillusion One of the best pieces of advice I got before entering the classroom for the first time was given by my favorite high school science teacher.

Davis, who teaches high school technology in Camilla, Georgia, has blown out the walls of that parallel classroom by orchestrating student collaboration across continents, between places as distant as the United States and Bangladesh.

Back when I was a classroom teacher, my principal — to whom I rarely spoke — came by one day to tell me that one of my math students had gotten the highest score in the school on a standardized math test.

TEACH, a new film by Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim, profiles four very different elementary, middle, and high school teachers and their public school classrooms.

The popularity of portables has created such a high demand for the classrooms that they are being ordered by school districts faster than they can be produced.

A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality rates 1200 U.S. ed schools and generally finds them to be an «industry of mediocrity» that produces teachers who are poorly prepared to work in elementary and high - school classrooms.

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio Book Companion is jam packed with printables, activities, a fun writing craftivity, collaborative posters, a Wonder student award, and notes of love and kindness that will help you maintain high levels of rigor and fun as you use the book We're All Wonders to promote acceptance and kindness in your classroom and school.

Each entry is judged by a panel of educational professionals, who look for what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost - effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.

Additionally, he believes that student success is driven by a collective commitment to high standards in all classrooms and schools within the Clark County School District.

Some schools / districts get their students prepared for the increased workload and stress levels of high school by simply downloading high school workload and stress levels into the middle school classroom.

Tes high school teaching resources are created by teachers, for teachers and have been successfully tried and tested in the classroom.

2 - 3 — Portfolio assessment: «Using Portfolios To Assess Student Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms,» institute, sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, to be held in Washington, D.C. Contact: A.S.C.D., 1250 North Pitt St., Alexandria, Va. 22314; [phone]; fax: [phone].

• In schools transitioning gradually over two to three years, significantly more students in OC classrooms made high growth in the second year than in non-OC classrooms in the same and similar schools — by March 2015, 42 percent to 70 percent more made high growth, depending on the comparison group.

Insofar as students benefit from peer effects in classrooms, corridors, and clubs, and insofar as being surrounded by other smart kids challenges these students (and wards off allegations of «nerdiness»), schools with overall cultures of high academic attainment are apt to yield more such benefits.

This is why I am so encouraged by the vibrancy and growing spirit of innovation that comes with charter schools, new technology in the classroom and the demand for higher achievement.

As a high school classroom teacher, of both English and Latin, who reads Education Week, I have been struck by the limitations of the publication and its audience.

More specifically, suggests Snow, «Middle and high school teachers could make their classroom activities more engaging by ensuring that students are focused on an organizing question or purpose for the activities.

The goal in school reform is fairly simple — to replicate, school by school, classroom by classroom, those qualities that have always driven the highest - performing schools and classrooms.

«In addition to the classroom newsletters, we have a PFA (Parent Faculty Association) newsletter, a junior high school newsletter, and a monthly newsletter created by students in our journalism class.»

College students, they say, can be expected to study on their own, while high school students need to be motivated (or pushed) by classroom teachers.