Sentences with phrase «engaging public school»

We support every child's right to learn from a great teacher in a safe, supportive and engaging public school.
For the show, the artists engaged public school students from South Los Angeles communities as part of residencies funded in part by the California Arts Council.

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It is open to and engaged in a «public» cultural life broader than the common life of the communities for whom the schooling is undertaken.
Hotbeds of intolerance, they deny academic freedom to their staffs and engage in censorship of what their pupils may read or discuss, unlike public schools, which practice a careful neutrality and respect toward all opinions.
We woefully underestimate the power of business leaders if we think they are engaged in private enterprise, for their decisions have huge public impacts not only on their stockholders but on the jobs we need, the neighborhoods in which we live, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the schools in which we learn.
But public schools in this country have rarely engaged in the study of religion as such.
It provides in - depth programming that helps grow local food procurement capacity; educates the public about the importance and impact of Good Food; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food policy.
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Former public school teacher Dayna is behind Lemon Lime Adventures and you'll find educational crafts that will teach your children important academic concepts in a way that sticks and is engaging.
Instead of engaging in an unseemly, public battle with the White House, the organization could be closely allied with a still - hugely popular First Lady to jointly advance the cause of improved school nutrition, able to take advantage of all the prime PR opportunities only someone like Michelle Obama can offer.
We recently sat down with Kern Halls, Area Manager of Orange County Public School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative initiatives like My Food Face — a sort of «internal Facebook» for students and their families — and the use of a food truck for school events and field School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative initiatives like My Food Face — a sort of «internal Facebook» for students and their families — and the use of a food truck for school events and field school events and field trips.
I am a former public school teacher and I think children do learn best by engaging with their environment.
Today, thousands of Worcester Public School students visit Broad Meadow Brook annually, engaged in programs that complement STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) curriculum objectives:
The Partnership is working to engage employers in revamping Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs in public schools and colleges.
«It complicates the public's ability to engage in the school budget process and creates instability for schools.
If Paladino resigns (unlikely) or is removed by the state will the protest groups evaporate into their accustomed apathy, or will they continue to engage in a discussion to improve Buffalo public schools?
Starting next school year, a brand - new «Civics for All» initiative will teach public school students how to stay civically engaged.
WBFO's Eileen Buckley spoke with the Assistant Superintendent of Special Education for the Buffalo Public School District to learn how the District is working to engage students in their academics.
When kids in the Bronx have access to great public schools, with inspiring teachers and engaging classes, they go on to do amazing things.
Throughout the year, Speakers Bureau participants will visit Buffalo Public Schools, engaging students in hands - on activities and demonstrations designed to spark interest in science while complementing the teacher's lessons.
«New York has witnessed a vengeful governor refusing to engage in honest dialogue about the quality of our public schools,» said NYSUT President Karen Magee.
We believe that education is a human right and we want to ensure that New York City public schools are places of learning in which all stakeholders (parents, students, educators, non-pedagogical staff, administrators and the community) are engaged in a democratic process to provide a free and quality education to all its students, from Pre-school to College.
The coalition actively engages federal and state elected officials to support public policies that promote safe roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, water treatment and other vital infrastructure.
He attended the public schools, was deputy Coroner of Kings County, New York from 1886 to 1892 (during which time his father was coroner) and engaged in the real estate business.
«This is significant and reflects NYU's willingness to engage in the public process and accept change,» said City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who helped negotiate the final plan and said she hoped it would forge a new era of cooperation between the neighborhood and the school.
He has formed new partnerships with teachers in many school districts to engage with hundreds of high school students, working with teachers to develop nanotechnology - focused lesson plans, and inspired art students and teachers to produce a nanotechnology - inspired public art display.
MK: Yes, I like to engage the public because when I was in high school I had all these questions about anti-matter, higher dimensions and time travel.
«The video lectures allowed for flexibility, as students could repeat sections they didn't understand for clarification and prepare questions to send to section leaders ahead of time, although the video lectures did make it difficult for students to engage directly with the lecturers,» said Stephanie Shiau, PhD, a post-doctoral student in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and co-first author.
Michael T. LeVasseur, PhD, and Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, from Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health, used a 10,000 person model of high - HIV - risk men who have sex with men (a term used for anyone who engages in same - sex intercourse, regardless of sexual orientation) to determine that prevention level.
Low - income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public charter high schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those schools, according to a new UCLA - led study.
«Unfortunately, greater depression and anxiety are associated with higher BMI and greater waist circumference, both indicators of obesity, as well as engaging in less physical activity and having less favorable indicators of glycemic control,» said Darla Kendzor, Ph.D., principal investigator and assistant professor at the UTHealth School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus.
«One of the responsibilities that we have as scientists, particularly those of us who receive public funding for our research, is to be engaged with the public about our understanding of the way that the world works and also about the limits of our understanding,» said the Stanford University researcher, who holds dual appointments with the School of Environmental Earth System Science and the Woods Institute for the Environment.
The West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team (WV SPOT), is an ambassador program that trains undergraduates from WV colleges and universities to go into K - 12 schools and present engaging and interactive «shows» on science and engineering that is occurring in West Virginia.
This popular series uses big ideas, big discoveries and big names to engage high school students, teachers and the general public in learning and discussion about health research topics.
In 2016, Whitehead joined Brown to explore how the University could engage more underrepresented students, especially those from Providence public schools, in its pre-college programs.
Both films take the form of curdled dark comedies about raging misanthropes who abuse their positions of authority — or at least their power over small children, since drunken mall Santas and Chicago's public - school teachers both lack real power — to engage in criminal schemes.
Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.
In «Learning from Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform,» a study published in 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized tests.
VOISE is part of the Chicago Public Schools's Renaissance 2010 initiative, designed to create 100 specialized public and charter schools that will keep kids engaged and wantingPublic Schools's Renaissance 2010 initiative, designed to create 100 specialized public and charter schools that will keep kids engaged and wantinSchools's Renaissance 2010 initiative, designed to create 100 specialized public and charter schools that will keep kids engaged and wantingpublic and charter schools that will keep kids engaged and wantinschools that will keep kids engaged and wanting more.
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Though the first public high school opened in Boston in 1821, for more than a hundred years, the majority of American teens were otherwise engaged.
Two additional districts that have recently engaged in processes to identify 21st - century student outcomes are Jeffco Public Schools (Colorado) and Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia).
But because the law applied only to schools and not to other public employers, such as police and fire departments, teachers unions argued that it engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
The grade 10 - 12 English teacher at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa, uses surveys, songs, film storyboards, public service announcements, Facebook pages, and a yearly grant project involving the entire town to engage her students in learning.
Rachel Tompkins is president of the Rural School and Community Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public work.»
Much of the debate about public and private schools suggests two monolithic armies poised to engage in bitter and decisive conflict on the field of battle.
For example, at Summit Public Schools, a charter school network based in California that uses blended learning, students engage in a total of 16 hours a week of «Personalized Learning Time» online, for which students set learning goals for the week; develop a plan to achieve the goals using Summit's curated online learning playlists; and work through the plan.
The larger public that engages in the K — 12 education debate could shrink dramatically, to just partisans engaged in the war of ideas around schooling.
Since the American school is in sad shape globally, one expects the pragmatic, Mr. Fixit American public to be actively engaged locally in school reform.
Of the many teachers in our public schools, who have deep knowledge of subject matter and of how to engage youngsters» minds, most are in despair over the limits put on them by the mindless work demanded by high - stakes tests.
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