Sentences with phrase «educational conversations in»

We believe deeply in keeping teachers» voices at the center of the educational conversation in Oakland so that the teaching profession is highly respected, teachers» voices are heard, and teachers are driving the educational initiatives in Oakland.

Since NPEF is sponsoring Project RESET to reset the educational conversation in Nashville, this discussion of test scores and failing schools might be the area to start the reset.

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But religious voices (conservative and liberal, Christian and non-Christian) must be included in the curricular conversation, not to save religion, but to be consistent with our educational, political and constitutional principles.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

So my advice for preparing your child for Kindergarten is enrolling in early childhood programs, using everyday conversations to help your child learn, and finding a fun and educational curriculum.

In California, we have started a thoughtful conversation on how managing emotions, setting positive goals, showing empathy for others, and maintaining positive relationships connects to overall educational success.

«Pride Agenda Board leaders last week had constructive conversations with some former Executive Directors and others about the work that lies ahead for our community,» Norman C. Simon, chair of the Pride Agenda and co-chair of its affiliated educational Foundation, wrote in a December 23 email to Gay City News.

Many years ago, I found myself agreeing with a colleague in educational publishing, who, in the midst of a conversation about what diverse backgrounds we all had, described publishing as «the accidental profession.»

Michelle Obama planted the garden in 2009, and in addition to providing food for the White House, it also serves as an educational center, inspiring big conversations about health and wellness in the U.S. (Eater)

Mind the Gapprograms were presented across the Festival, in screenings and onstage conversations, at big nights and festival honors, in panels and master classes, and in educational screenings.

In a classroom where students are doing the majority of the talking, where they are engaged with each other in rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equitIn a classroom where students are doing the majority of the talking, where they are engaged with each other in rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equitin rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equity.

These guys not only manage a robust infrastructure, but they take part in the educational conversation and give our staff the best tools to create dynamic, engaging classrooms.

The phrase definitely has currency in 21st - century educational conversations; many would argue that, without engagement, there is no real and lasting learning.

«Coaching in an educational context is a self - directed, one - to - one conversation where a coach encourages learning through questioning, active listening and challenging discussions in a supportive and encouraging environment.

Coleman's interest in studying educational institutions emerged during a dinner conversation with a fellow graduate student, Marty Trow, and the men's wives.

«In fact,» Hess concludes, «educational competition can not be divorced from discussions about testing, teacher certification, school district governance, educational administration, or other frustrating conversations that many school choice proponents have long wished to avoid.

While it didn't ultimately become law, it's stoked the conversation about educational choice in the state and how we can empower families to find schooling options that work for their kids.

We often ask in our educational surveys «do you have conversations around the table that talk about school or about the environment?»

I learned to trust that my own voice too could contribute to that conversation, and that my actions and how I lived my life could make a difference in the educational opportunities of others.

«As a student in the program this year, Nicole has not only excelled academically, but taken initiative and collaborated with others to make this a memorable year for all in the program, facilitating many conversations between students and global leaders of thought and practice, all while keeping a focus in sharpening the professional skills that will help her advance educational opportunity in Brazil upon graduation.»

In Session 3, you will deepen your understanding of the distinguishing features of a learning group and five strategies for promoting group learning in an educational setting: nurturing children's capacities to learn together; designing engaging tasks that benefit from a group perspective; facilitating conversations that deepen learning; forming groups intentionally; and choreographing individual, small - group, and whole - class learninIn Session 3, you will deepen your understanding of the distinguishing features of a learning group and five strategies for promoting group learning in an educational setting: nurturing children's capacities to learn together; designing engaging tasks that benefit from a group perspective; facilitating conversations that deepen learning; forming groups intentionally; and choreographing individual, small - group, and whole - class learninin an educational setting: nurturing children's capacities to learn together; designing engaging tasks that benefit from a group perspective; facilitating conversations that deepen learning; forming groups intentionally; and choreographing individual, small - group, and whole - class learning.

There is a centrality in the national conversation, a sense of opening in the educational world, and an explosion of new forms of learning for teachers and students that I think create possibilities that were not there before.

«I'm hoping that through conversations with some of these young artists I will gain a better understanding of the role of the arts in creating educational spaces for wider social change.»

Without more conversations about our educational values and purpose in the wake of this new age of open learning, we will surely struggle to set realistic boundaries for safety and clear goals to support all students to their individual successes.

It can help us to engage young people in reflective conversations, identity exploration, goal - setting and planning exercises, and a host of other strategies that can put them on a path to future success — and our communities on a path toward greater educational equity.

92, Ed.D.» 95, for a conversation about making a difference in the educational experiences and outcomes for all young people.

Four months after that conversation with our beloved family and our arrival in Peru, we are working as volunteers educators from the University of Seville, under the agreement with the Regional Government of Piura, in the project «Improvement of the conditions of basic health and educational quality of rural Peruvian - Ecuadorian border district of Lancones, Piura — Peru ``, funded by the Basque Government and Engineering Association for Cooperation (IC - LI).

Instead, educators need to find a way of making mentoring part of the national educational conversation, as well as ensuring that it is happening at the grass roots level, because if educational reform is not taking place in the classroom, then it's not really happening.

In tandem with a new website that offers important educational resources, including thinking routines to stimulate learning, the paper solidifies Agency by Design's efforts to shape a set of research - based, educator - tested practices and to invite the broad community of maker educators into a conversation about the ideas driving and shaping the movement.

IES continues to engage the field in conversations about rigor in educational research.

Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students in a class, «changing educational and society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.

With «social mobility» remaining prominent within educational conversation, Alice Barling Gasson of Teach First explores the difficulties and benefits of placing teachers in deprived areas

He is a regular contributor to the media outlet, The Conversation, and is also a regular contributor in Australian radio and print media on the topics of educational technology and technology ubiquity.

Almost every presentation or speech or conversation about educational reform inevitably includes some reference to the amount of support and training teachers and administrators will need in order to make key reforms real and effective in classrooms.

Blumenfeld - Jones, who is taken by a film on homeless youths, Street Rat, writes, «I am obliged to report that I have, up to this point in the relatively short history of the genre, not been privy to a completely unblemished work of arts - based research, one sufficiently powerful, by itself, to redirect the educational conversation....»

In this book some of the most respected minds in educational equity provide a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United StateIn this book some of the most respected minds in educational equity provide a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United Statein educational equity provide a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United Statein the United States.

For the same reason that accepting a scholarship moved families from the object of a conversation to the subject of a conversation about educational opportunity, these same families» decisions to leave one school and to keep their child enrolled in a school of their choice for as long as the option is available are, in my opinion, examples of «the complete school choice journey.»

«To make that happen, school leaders are jumpstarting conversations in their communities and working to enhance educational opportunities for all of today's students, both college - and career - bound.»

Both the former and current superintendent see their district as active participants in state - wide conversations about educational policy.

This group provides social, networking, educational and professional experiences in a small group setting dedicated to promoting conversation and fellowship with teachers at Brooke.

Here's five social innovation links we are clicking on today: Educators 4 Excellence: Creative Core: How the Common Core supports the arts and where growth is needed «As Governor Cuomo's educational plans are hotly debated by teachers across New York, in many ways the heart of the conversation is the role of the Common Core standards in our educational future.

Fall Meeting is a unique experience, different than most educational conferences, in that we spend most of our time in small learning communities, having conversations about the complexity of teaching and learning, with a primary focus on educational equity.

To achieve this, The Mind Trust partnered with UNCF, the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization, to engage Indianapolis faith leaders, elected officials, educators, civic leaders and other key stakeholders in Community Conversations about the best ways to improve educational opportunities in Indianapolis.

In short, educational pluralism opens up this conversation in a way that purported neutrality and uniformity can noIn short, educational pluralism opens up this conversation in a way that purported neutrality and uniformity can noin a way that purported neutrality and uniformity can not.

In response to feedback from the 2016 AACTE educational leadership preconference, this year's discussions were facilitated with the goal of moving conversation to action.

Other Democrats like us would take notice and together, we could push for more reform, more educational justice for our communities who are conveniently ignored or trivialized in the education conversation.

One difference between high - achieving school districts and those that fall somewhere in the middle or are considered struggling is that staff members in schools that excel maintain lively conversations about educational shifts and solutions, while struggling schools tend to focus on problems.

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Listening to the segment, it became clear that Weingarten was more interested in spin than an honest conversation about improving America's global educational -LSB-...]

The topic of October's panel discussion will be «Parent Choice» and will feature conversations with local leaders on the education choice landscape in Indianapolis and how families can navigate the sometimes complex system to access more educational opportunities.

I will engage in conversations with people all over the state involved in educational training, policy and support, and will count as an ally anyone who cares enough about schools to have an opinion.