As always, I look forward to hearing about the learning journeys of other
educators grappling with these same challenges.
As
educators grapple with how best to combat plagiarism in the Internet age, several high school students are suing a company that many districts and schools have hired to help them reduce such cheating.
Not the back - to - school jitters kind of worried; she has deep - seated concerns about the challenges she will face this year as
educators grapple with a public school budget that spends $ 500 million less than what was spent in 2008.
So, we've developed an intensive, hands - on conference program that helps
educators grapple with the specific problems of equity they face in their districts, schools, and classrooms.
In a wide variety of schools,
educators grapple with these questions: How do we identify teachers who can respond to the demands of the profession?
Not exact matches
Across the country, teachers are
grappling with how their roles have expanded, from
educator and counselor to bodyguard and protector.
As
educators, we believe that we have a responsibility to use our classrooms to help young people
grapple with and address the messiness of the world around them.
On Monday, May 1, Askwith Forums will convene a debate on how
educators should
grapple with the school voucher, one of the most pressing questions in education policy today.
Like many
educators, they
grappled with the challenge of the seemingly competing needs for teaching curriculum and time for reflection.
Educators must set expectations far beyond the lowest common denominators expected by accountability measures, and must endeavor alongside students to help them
grapple with the material.
«If we are going to encourage healthy identity development — which is what
educators want, which is what parents want — then we really have to
grapple with the degree to which heteronormativity is not an inclusive framework for many, many students,» Bryan says.
The mass slaying at the hands of a student gunman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute have revived vexing questions and raised familiar fears for K - 12
educators across the country who
grapple daily with ensuring the physical safety of their students and staff.
Those are among the questions that
educators are
grappling with in the days following the brutal slaying in Wyoming.
Educators in the 61,000 - student district must now
grapple with a tough question: How will they ensure the integration and education of minority children...
Clearly social media is here to stay, yet many
educators are still
grappling with what the heck to do with it.
Feigenberg offers guidelines for how parents and
educators can help kids and teens
grapple with these and other tough questions they face.
Those are among the questions that
educators — and Education World — are
grappling with in the days following the brutal slaying in Wyoming.
Colorado
educators and policymakers are
grappling with the potential implications of a recent state supreme court ruling on charter schools that highlights tensions between state and local control.
For the
educators participating in Levinson's «Dilemmas of Ethical Educational Leadership» session — as part of the Leading 21st Century High Schools institute recently offered by Programs in Professional Education (PPE)-- ethical challenges are a part of the job, whether promoting students they know aren't prepared to move on, or dealing with staff cuts, or
grappling with how many resources to dedicate to a...
For years, we have
grappled with the notion of «assessment literacy,» where
educators, families, and policymakers can better learn the importance of data collection and the ability to distinguish a valuable data - gathering tool from a lousy one.
For the
educators participating in Levinson's «Dilemmas of Ethical Educational Leadership» session — as part of the Leading 21st Century High Schools institute recently offered by Programs in Professional Education (PPE)-- ethical challenges are a part of the job, whether promoting students they know aren't prepared to move on, or dealing with staff cuts, or
grappling with how many resources to dedicate to a teacher before cutting their losses.
Educators trying to create safer learning environments
grapple with that «something,» especially as more student reactions to being bullied turn tragic, like with 15 - year - old Phoebe Prince from South Hadley, Mass., who, after months of torment, hanged herself.
American
educators and policymakers
grappling with the inclusion of disabled students in regular classrooms were reminded last week that they are not alone in the struggle for solutions.
Meanwhile,
educators in diverse settings
grapple with a variety of related, yet textured, issues, while they struggle to understand their and their students» rights in an ever - changing political environment.
On Monday, May 1, Askwith Forums will convene a debate on how
educators should
grapple with the school voucher, one of the most pressing...
Educators in both PreK - 12 and higher education face relentless demands and challenges — calls to do more with less, enhance student learning, address the conflicting concerns of multiple constituencies, and
grapple with constant change.
As a new presidential administration nears the close of its first year in office and
educators across the country
grapple with the challenges and opportunities in implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, the nation's educational performance earns a grade of C from Quality Counts 2018, the 22nd annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center.
Months after the 2016 presidential election, a majority of
educators say that national politics have created a sharp divide among students, leaving teachers
grappling with how to handle classroom conversations about controversial issues.
With a student walkout called for March 14 and national protests on March 24 and April 20 (along with many local actions),
educators are
grappling with how to respond — both personally and professionally.
With roughly a third of all high school graduates in the U.S. stymied from enrolling in college,
educators nationwide continue to
grapple with how to better align secondary academics with university entrance requirements with some states experimenting with alternatives to coursework and seat time.
The high poverty population adds an extra challenge for
educators as they must
grapple with the reality that most students don't have the support and structure they need to continue their learning at home.
And yet too often the political fights over the Common Core exclude the voices of
educators who have studied the standards and are
grappling with how to apply them.
Now, in addition to teaching students fractions and conjunctions, many
educators are increasingly
grappling with how to address social and emotional skills like collaboration and students» sense of belonging — trends that are even making their way into nationwide criteria by which schools are evaluated.
As students are required to turn to the web to complete course assignments, English
educators are
grappling with new questions about censorship, and the teacher's and school's responsibility, if any, to monitor students access to various websites.
English
educators continue to
grapple with the ability to design writing assignments that preclude a student's ability to download a paper from the web.
I have come to understand that our power as a group of
educators is undeniable and that by promoting equity and social justice in our schools and professional networks, we may be able to support other teachers who are
grappling with these issues.
But his recent demonstration was aimed at training a different breed
grappling with far bigger tasks:
educators under mounting pressure to raise students» standardized test scores.
Naturally, the texts should be developmentally appropriate, but some character
educators fail to give children credit for being able to
grapple with ambiguity.
Answering the question of how students can be effectively involved in district and state decision - making is one that has been
grappled with by
educators, administrators, and policy - makers across the country for decades.
In order to
grapple with what seems to be an over use of testing,
educators should frame their view of testing as assessment and that assessment is information.
Perhaps both the most fundamental and overlooked aspect of public education, attendance rates have attracted increased attention in recent years as
educators and policy makers
grapple with the many barriers to improving student performance.
Good Morning ICYMI: Great discussion on school choice at Harvard University featuring Dr. Howard Fuller and Dr. Patrick Wolf — the topic: «how
educators should
grapple with the school voucher».
ICYMI: Great discussion on school choice at Harvard University featuring Dr. Howard Fuller and Dr. Patrick Wolf — the topic: «how
educators should
grapple with the school voucher».
A commission appointed by the California State Board of Education has
grappled with the question since November - but the clear message sent last week suggests that
educators are uninterested in pursuing more unstructured measurements and instead want to concentrate on data that is already tracked and recorded with the state.
At a time when
educators, parents and policy advisors in Australia are
grappling with how to deal with the emotional and behavioural needs of children with disabilities, Stepping Stones Triple P is demonstrating it can provide at least some of the answers.
Educators and policymakers are
grappling with how to better serve academically at - risk children at a time when data show the stubborn persistence of academic achievement gaps.