Sentences with phrase «driving school educators»

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On 14 December 2012, a troubled 20 - year - old in Newtown, Connecticut, killed his mother and then drove to the local elementary school, where he shot 20 first - graders and six educators to death with a military - style rifle before killing himself.

Some educators in Arizona are volunteering to care for students and holding food drives as a historic teacher strike that has closed schools stretches on.

«Now that we have the Cruisin» Café I drive that during the school year — we take it to schools and our nutrition educator teaches a short nutrition lesson — and during the summer I drive it every day when we give away meals.

At Success Academy, the charter school network in New York City, current and former educators say the quest for high scores drives some of them over the line.

Driven by a shared goal of creating jobs, increasing funding for schools and lowering property taxes, a broad coalition of business leaders, labor unions, economic development professionals and educators announced the formation of NY Jobs Now in support of Referendum # 1 on ballots in November, which would authorize up to four new casinos in upstate New York.

Educators from Brooklyn Technical HS and Murrow HS attended the press conference to drive home what their students are missing as a result of the state's failure to meet its financial obligation to public schools.

STPF Director Jennifer Pearl, 2002 - 03 Executive Branch Fellow, brings an inquisitive and data - driven mentality to the position, bolstered by 12 years of experience at the National Science Foundation, training as a mathematician and her upbringing in a family of public school educators.

As an educator, how might you help students set and strive for values - driven PB goals to enhance their motivation at school?

Educators can create the spaces for this youth - driven work in schools, communities, and even policy settings — helping to support young people as both knowledge creators and knowledge consumers.

Nicole Edwards is a passion - driven educator, facilitator and speaker dedicated to the enhancement and professionalization of the out - of - school - time (OST) field.

So the findings are very significant, and I mention that because these have yet to really drive policy across the United States and this is another example where good educators and then, in this case, good business people working together have really discovered a new element of a high school experience.

HISD partnered with Harvard University's Education Innovation Laboratory to identify successful strategies, such as getting effective principals and educators into each school, providing more instructional time, and using data to drive instruction.

Educators then need to adopt processes — such as discovery - driven innovation — for testing, iterating, and refining their blended - learning models in low - cost, low - stakes ways before taking them to scale across a school or district.

Despite the increasingly impressive performance of many charter schools nationally and some stunning charter - driven turnarounds at Sacramento High in California and other sites, the Prudent Expansionists doubt that charter folks know any more than traditional educators do about turning around failing schools en masse.

Also, Internet allows the creation of teachers and students networks at local, national and international levels, uniting schools driven by principles of horizontal interactions between learners who are also educators and educators who are also learners, such as the Rede Mundial de Escolas Democráticas (Global Network of Democratic Schoolshttp: / / www.democraticeducation.org /).

Master's student Megan Red Shirt - Shaw, Oglala Lakota and a member of the HGSE student group Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for the DAPL prEducators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for the DAPL preducators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for the DAPL protestors.

A well - designed and clearly communicated teacher development process is essential for driving measurable and lasting change for schools, educators, and the students who learn with them.

Master's student Megan Red Shirt - Shaw, Oglala Lakota and a member of the HGSE student group Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation driEducators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drieducators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for...

Educators are increasingly embracing the concept of team, however, in most secondary schools teams are driven by common subject matter and not common students.

Still, in an era when educators and parents alike question the testing practices that exist in the nation's public schools, the law has the potential to drive change.

This webinar is a must - attend for special education directors, assistant superintendents, superintendents, directors of curriculum, principals, and other educators and administrators seeking guidance on how to better use data and RTI to drive success in their schools.

That's why Toyota and Discovery Education have partnered to create TeenDrive365: In School (formerly Toyota Teen Driver), a comprehensive program designed for educators and teens to promote safe teen driving.

The report presents arguments and solutions largely driven by ideology, not evidence, offering little value for policymakers or educators meaningfully engaged in the critical search for strategies to reduce school segregation.

Driven by a deep commitment to equity, DK recognizes the pressing need to recruit and retain educators who share the rich and diverse backgrounds of the students in Denver Public Schools (DPS).

Our new guidebook is for K — 12 educators and school leadership teams who are ready to drive what goes on in their building and harness the power of curiosity to advance student learning and teacher effectiveness.

This online, 12 - week program offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Education will enable educators to achieve their aspirations by applying Immunity to Change technique to instead to pursue most important goals and drive organizational performance to new heights.

Beginning this month, Massachusetts students in grades 3 - 11 are embarking on a two - year «test drive» of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a new computer - based assessment system that will help educators better gauge whether a student is ready for life after high school.

It is crucial to recognize that «reformers,» not educators, have driven this shift: In a 2008 survey, for instance, education pollsters Steve Farkas and Anne Duffett asked, «For the public schools to help the U.S. live up to its ideals of justice and equality, do you think it's more important that they focus equally on all students regardless of their backgrounds or achievement levels... or disadvantaged students who are struggling academically?»

The Global Learning Network is a professional learning community of state, district, and school educators using the results from the OECD Test for Schools to drive school improvement.

These leadership development systems identify highly capable educators and develop them to lead high - performance school organizations centered on teacher professionalism and collaboration, which in turn drives the state, provincial or national agenda for school improvement.

In «Partnership Is a Two - Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&rDrive School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&rdrive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&school district educators.»

As of the fall of 1999, 162 of 216 charter - school operators were running a single campus; only 10 ran 5 or more, signaling a grassroots movement driven mainly by local educators and parents, not distant management companies.

OER might have great potential for homeschoolers, private schools, or parents who wish to supplement what their kids learn in school, but public - school educators will be hard - pressed to fit them into curricula that are driven by state standards and assessments.

Ellen is the author or coauthor of several books for educators, including Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year, On Being a Teacher, Secrets to Success for Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work, Secrets to Success for Science Teachers, Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding with Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People, and The Teacher's Journey.

Seton Catholic Schools is building a movement of «whatever - it - takes» educators, support staff, and school leaders committed to driving academic success and character formation for all students — regardless of their race, socioeconomic status, or faith.

«When visiting schools and meeting teachers, it is energising to witness world - class practice and to see the commitment and dedication that drives us all as educators.

Yet blaming charter schools for financial woes in the school district is unfair, and it drives a poisonous wedge between administrators, educators and the broader community, who should be working together to provide kids with access to high - quality education.

«At their core, Connecticut's public charter schools are community - driven so it makes sense that their educators and students would understand the importance of giving to those in need in their own neighborhoods all year long, but especially during the holiday season,» said Jeremiah Grace, Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools Nschools are community - driven so it makes sense that their educators and students would understand the importance of giving to those in need in their own neighborhoods all year long, but especially during the holiday season,» said Jeremiah Grace, Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools NSchools Network.

Director M. Night Shyamalan recommends five basic tenets to close the achievement gap: start with good teachers; allow principals to be educators; be serious about data - driven instruction; implement small schools; and allot more time for learning.

Yet there is still much that Governor Murphy's Department of Education can do to assuage educators and parents about accountability embedded in federal law that, after all, is designed to drive the nation towards more equitable and effective schools.

Beginning in 2014, Leading Educators partnered with AUSL Chicago to deliver trainings for school and teacher leaders working together to drive new initiatives within their schools.

NYC Collaborates has partnered with Coro New York Leadership Center to launch the Education Leadership Collaborative, a yearlong, part - time program for New York City public school educators who want to become stronger leaders and more effectively drive change in their schools.

For educators who want to become stronger leaders and more effectively drive change in their schools.

Beginning in 2014, Leading Educators worked with Lawrence Public Schools to deliver a series of professional development sessions for Advanced Educators, who serve in model classroom roles, and Master Educators, who provide coaching and support to drive school - wide initiatives.

Attend this web seminar to learn from educators at St. Martini Lutheran School, an innovative school with an 85 percent Latino population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about the success they've had combining face - to - face instruction with online learning to drive math achievement for their ELL stuSchool, an innovative school with an 85 percent Latino population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about the success they've had combining face - to - face instruction with online learning to drive math achievement for their ELL stuschool with an 85 percent Latino population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about the success they've had combining face - to - face instruction with online learning to drive math achievement for their ELL students.

Others have charged that poor teacher working conditions, such as low salaries and test - driven school cultures, are nudging existing and potential educators toward other professions, especially with the economy improving.

Ambika will continue to fight against the disparities that have driven her as an educator, through the high - quality, college - preparatory charter school she will found and lead for the students of San Antonio, Texas.

But what really distinguishes New Orleans is how government has redefined its role in education: stepping back from directly running schools and empowering educators to make the decisions about hours, curriculum and school culture that best drive student learning.

Policymakers and educators share the responsibility of ensuring that these conditions exist in all schools through multiple measures of performance that inform the community of progress and drive continuous improvements in teaching and learning.

Our services transform how educators work together at urban public schools, helping the most effective teachers develop the skills they need to lead their peers and drive school - wide improvement.