Sentences with phrase «eschew school»

They prefer dad's homemade hand - tossed pizza (way healthier than delivery or frozen) to any other and eschew school lunch pizza because it's not dad's.

Eschewing all school reforms, and conceding that the rich can not be robbed quite yet, what does Ladd actually want to do?

If you're a kid in one of 16 selected US school districts, get ready to browse the web from the comfort of your seatbelt - eschewing school bus.

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This is not the place to review his contribution and his success in propagating the analytic rigor and intensity he had learned from his father - in - law and that had previously been associated with schools that eschewed any involvement in the world outside the hall of Talmudic study.

MSU's Derek Pegues, one of the rare standouts at Batesville's South Panola High School to eschew nearby Ole Miss (22 miles) for MSU (121 miles), broke a 75 - yard punt return for a touchdown.

To be clear, Musselman and his staff have not eschewed high schoolers altogether.

My daughter already had a love of learning, and I am grateful that the Waldorf School preserves and promotes that by eschewing «teaching to the tests» and instead fostering the creativity and imagination of the students while celebrating the sense of discovery in learning.

That's because Smith has since learned more about the negative impact of technology on young learners — thanks in part to her position as a marketing and communications consultant for the Toronto Waldorf School, a private school that famously eschews technoloSchool, a private school that famously eschews technoloschool that famously eschews technology....

Nowadays, moms eschew the old - school fluorescent orange kind for good old Annie's.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino will kick off an unusual upstate tour in Albany today, eschewing the old - school campaign bus for a more unorthodox form of transportation: A houseboat.

Eschewing bridge - building he said that Mr Brady's views had to be understood in light of his resignation over grammar schools and Lord Kalms had backward - looking views and had never supported him as leader.

The data indicate that girls» math abilities outpace boys» through high school, but the girls eschew math - oriented careers because they do not believe such careers are valuable to society.

Kelly Fremon Craig's film eschews the kind of glossy veneer that so often coats current high school - based offerings, instead opting to deliver a charmingly flawed lead character who is thrust into some very relatable situations.

Don Lino (voiced by Robert De Niro, Analyze This) is the godfather of the sharks, but his son Lenny (Jack Black, School of Rock) is a disgrace to their kind, as he is a pacifist and a vegetarian, eschewing that which defines the shark's existence.

The movie seems to be inconsistent, and the actor looks well into his 20s) digital filmmaking nerd named Donnie (Deacon, I Anna), who is working on a time capsule project to be unlocked 25 years hence, and who set to record the graduation ceremony, only to take a creative detour when he decides to eschew his father's (Armitage, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) wishes and help the school beauty (Carey, Where the Devil Hides) he has had a crush on instead.

Although the film is almost counterintuitively diffuse and earth - toned, eschewing the stark, poppy hues of a «Glee» or a High School Musical to deliver something that suggests high - end «Dawson's Creek», the image on this disc yields strong definition, exquisite shadow detail, and warm colours, however muted.

Summary Capsule: A high school eschews the usual student response to «The Scarlet Letter» to instead embrace it for fun, popularity & gift cards

Moreover, while most private schools already administer tests, some schools have a philosophy that eschews standardized testing.

It also describes more «traditional» educators like Mary Laurie, a high school principal who eschews data on students for relationships with them and «no - excuses» for a kind of personalized tough love.

Likewise, Christian schools offer models that may prove useful to public schools by eschewing standardized testing; reviving Latin, logic, and rhetoric; emphasizing the place of music and foreign languages; refusing to track students by ability; or choosing an unhurried approach to learning.

For example, in New York City the nascent school lunch program eschewed the ethnic cuisine of the students» families, preferring the boiled / baked staples of the Anglo - American diet.

It stands to reason that young people with the drive to work hard at school and on the job and the prudence to delay childbirth — either by eschewing sex or by making good birth - control decisions — are going to be more likely to climb the ladder to upward mobility, and potentially to marry.

Aid - eschewing institutions would be unable to pay for all the stuff, academic and otherwise, that aid - accepting schools provide and would struggle mightily to attract students.

Renaissance Charter School in New York City, for example, incorporates a strong focus on music; Camino Nuevo offers a bilingual Spanish - English program and emphasizes the arts; and Richmond College Prep eschews strict disciplinary policies and offers enrichment activities such as Mexican folk dancing, Mindful Life, and Gospel Choir.

Though there's much fussing and quarreling about the content of England's «national curriculum,» and though some schools pointedly eschew it (nonetheless, their students ordinarily take the same exams), few doubt that there is and will continue to be a national curriculum in England.

Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Mass. — noted for eschewing grades, homework assignments, class rankings, and even a curriculum — has a new baby sister.

In the current environment, Congress may be tempted to eschew all programs structured in this way, preferring to rely on formulas to ensure that schools receive their fair share of federal funds.

In doing so, it has developed a set of rules that ensure that charter schools eschew inequitable practices.

He eschews micromanaging school leaders and instead works alongside them to help them meet the goals of the district's long - range plan and to improve teacher performance in their schools.

Is there some tipping point beyond which private schools will surely eschew the program?

Ironically, the middle schools that we know «work» are those that eschew the tenets of middle schoolism.

Union City, Kirp argues, is successful because it fosters a culture of continuous improvement of existing staff and schools, utilizes bilingual instruction, and guarantees high quality pre-school — eschewing high stakes accountability, Teach for America teachers, and school choice.

So we have schools that purchase books like Everyday Math, which eschews honest arithmetic in favor of fuzzy math and the overuse of calculators; Teachers College Writers Workshop, which downplays grammar but obsesses about the «process» of writing (a process that's not based in any research); and all manner of reading programs that fixate on «skills» while ignoring literature, history, science, and everything else that might make reading an enjoyable and enlightening experience (and that might actually prepare kids to understand what will be taught to them downstream).

Because of this, Rojas and her colleagues figured it'd be relatively easy to eschew punitive discipline and make restorative justice part of the school's DNA.

Julio César Contreras, a former teacher and principal, eschews micromanaging the principals he supervises in the Tulsa, Okla., school district.

In fact, I eschew the noun and the adjective «rigorous» when talking about schools, and I don't trust educators who use those words.

As seen in Adelanto, where the Desert Trails parents have eschewed handing over the school to a charter school operator, more parents are willing to do the hard work of running schools so they can help their kids achieve better lives.

Rocketship (see Barbara Miner's report from our new Save Our Schools issue) uses computer programs to teach children for a significant portion of the day, and eschews «extras» like school librarians, art, gym, and social studies, which further reduce staff costs.

California school districts, responding to pressure from parent groups, youth advocates and the state, are eschewing punitive discipline, such as suspensions and expulsions, and asking teachers to focus much more on the social and emotional needs of their students.

There is another facet to the public - private discussion that the traditionalists and the teachers unions have never quite got around to addressing, which is that many rank - and - file teachers eschew their local public school and go the private route themselves.

In an August 2014 resolution, Vermont's State Board of Education called on the federal government to «reduce the testing mandates, promote multiple forms of evidence of student learning and school quality, eschew the use of student test scores in evaluating educators, and allow flexibility that reflects the unique circumstances of all states.»

ALEC bills also allow schools to loosen standards for teachers and administrators, exclude students with physical disabilities and special educational needs, eschew collective bargaining, and experiment with other pet causes like merit pay, single - sex education, school uniforms, and political and religious indoctrination of students.

His cuts have hurt middle - class and poor schools across the state, but despite the crisis, the Philadelphia school district has attracted a new generation of middle - class families eschewing the suburbs for city life — a diverse constituency that state politicians will find it far more difficult to ignore, at least in the long term.

The author concludes that diverse schools will most likely need to eschew progressive pedagogy in favor of a more traditional curriculum, while offering something special to attract parents of all classes and races.

After doing very little to use what influence she has, Secretary DeVos publicly chided state school officials for meeting requirements in their ESSA plans and, in her view, largely eschewing much in the way of innovation.

Many places, frequently schools, could be much kinder environments that eschew bullying and offer people inclusion and warmth.

The Lexus RC F eschews turbos for an old school V8 and rear wheel drive, but other than the sonorous 8 - banger, there's little to really love.

While Berkowitz is often associated with the Washington Color School, he eschewed the connection instead emphasizing the influence of poetry, music, and physics in his work over formalistic concerns.

Where many artists of the Finish Fetish school eschewed the material facture of their works, DeLap has almost always chosen to construct his work himself, meticulously producing freestanding sculptures in aluminum, fiberglass, lacquer, Plexiglas, resin and molded plastics and fabrics.

After decades of teaching, Hofmann closed his school in 1956 leaving behind a legacy of hundreds of students; some students incorporated his teachings while others eschewed them when creating their own work.