Sentences with phrase «explain about the school system»

Then I explain about the school system in France and students write down the key vocab.

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Explaining that the school system had earlier eliminated guidance counselors, she talked about the recent hiring of 200 to help young people with both their personal challenges and their career plans.

My fight against the school system had been purely about the kids and what was best for them, I explained.

Our webinar guests will talk about those efforts, describe common challenges that districts face in discussing the common core with parents, and explain how school systems can address parents» fears and misgivings about the standards.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»

The American Statistical Association concluded recently that teachers account for about 1 per cent to 14 per cent of the variability in test scores, and that the majority of opportunities for quality improvement are found in system - level conditions.4 In other words, most of what explains student achievement is beyond the control of teachers or even schools, and therefore arguing that teachers are the most important factor in improving the quality of education is simply wrong.

Senge also explains how the systems view is taught in schools today, and what it is revealing about the innate systems intelligence of children.

It is time for the individual members of the ConnCAN Advisory Board to explain why they said nothing as ConnCAN spent half a million dollars lying about Connecticut, our schools, our teachers and our system of public education.