Sentences with phrase «face in any given school»
I have presented at many conferences, using the same slide in every presentation, which outlines a similar list of issues we face in any given school district across the U.S..
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Just like a school yard bully... give him your lunch money and he won't make you punch yourself in the face.
In contrast, given that Laurel is 11 and in middle school, she will likely face alcoholic opportunities and peer pressure in the coming years and to sip or not to sip would be a useful conversation to have with heIn contrast, given that Laurel is 11 and in middle school, she will likely face alcoholic opportunities and peer pressure in the coming years and to sip or not to sip would be a useful conversation to have with hein middle school, she will likely face alcoholic opportunities and peer pressure in the coming years and to sip or not to sip would be a useful conversation to have with hein the coming years and to sip or not to sip would be a useful conversation to have with her.
This evening will be geared toward putting the school and the grade in the best light, and giving parents a chance to connect faces to names of the administration and teaching staff.
What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect
Many schools face very real logistical issues such as overcrowding, inadequate facilities and the labor costs of adequately staffing a lunch room so more kids can eat in the lunchroom at a given time.
Scheduling playdates with other children can help your little one practice being social, and give them a familiar face to look for so they're more comfortable in the school setting when you're not around.
This interactive, face - to - face training gives participants a better understanding of what it means to partner, facilitate and reflect with parents whose children are growing in independence and abilities as they approach school entry.
Outside of school, catch me in the research lab, cooking vegan pad thai, getting weird in improv comedy performances, and giving sick Kesem face tats.
«Now that Ms. Black and Mr. Polakow - Suransky have been approved by State Education Commissioner Steiner, I hope we can move forward on the many challenges the system faces, including creating a curriculum that will give students a well - rounded education, new and better interventions for struggling students, and early action to turn around failing schools,» he said in a statement.
«Given both the extreme and chronic stressors Yemenis are continuing to face, there is serious cause for concern of a nationwide mental health crisis,» said Dr. Lindsay Stark, associate professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning Network.
John Paul has given rape victims a well - known, well - loved, face, and as a result people are talking about the issue at school and in the office.
Picnic At Hanging Rock grips one like a vise, and is full of superb epiphanies: the thunderbolt moment when Michael, after searching the Rock alone, recovers from subsequent catatonia just long enough to thrust a piece of torn lace, from a girl's dress, into Albert's hand; the sudden, nervous volte - face when timorous Miss Lumley hands in her notice; the visit of the apparently recovered Irma, clad all in red, to the school gym, where her friends greet her first with hostile silence and then with a barrage of questions about what really happened, giving way to uncontrollable mass hysteria in the process.
His approach is completely straight - faced, giving high school kids similar, somewhat anachronistic, stylized dialogue, speaking to each other in a sophisticated and mannered fashion, and adding a depth and maturity not commonly associated with films set in high school.
«In the absence of one simple, perfect solution, and given the complexity and seeming intractability of the many problems facing our schools, we should at least seriously consider Occam's razor solution — a modest, simple approach that goes a long way to producing the optimal result we want.»
Given the extensive barriers erected to pay progression it is unlikely that these teachers could reach that salary level in the timescale, leading to thousands of migrant teachers losing their jobs, facing potential deportation from the UK and creating serious problems for schools.
The local union abandoned the program in the face of a «surprise $ 180 million budget deficit,» and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.
These folks are saying that there's basically nothing schools can do in the face of America's growing poverty and that schools are doing the best they can, given their challenges.
«The goal of Pride is to help young men navigate through not only school, but also through being an adolescent male with the obstacles that they're facing, and then trying to lead them through college, add reinforcement outside of the classroom, and give them very clear insight as to what to expect in college,» says Dion Steele, Urban Prep, Englewood Campus» principal.
Instead, she repeats reasonable but banal slogans such as, «When we give children the chance to succeed, they can» and «I do believe that schools and teachers can make a tremendous difference in the lives of [poor] kids who face these challenges every day.»
Given that kids already spend ample screen time at home or, nowadays, walking down the street with their noses in their smart phones, the school classroom provides an opportunity to luxuriate in real - time, face - to - face exchanges with other human beings.
We therefore report the estimated effects of a one standard deviation increase in the amount of competition faced by a given public school by each measure.
Although that ensures that the competition measure is not itself affected by postpolicy test scores, it does give a less accurate view of the competitive pressures faced by schools in subsequent years.
In spite of all the challenges that they face, when given the support and the resources, urban educators are producing good results, especially in our elementary schoolIn spite of all the challenges that they face, when given the support and the resources, urban educators are producing good results, especially in our elementary schoolin our elementary schools.
That feature is what lost the support of longtime social - justice warrior (and founder of the pro school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private school options, to the detriment of low - income families.»
I am convinced that the face of sustainability and peace is that of a 12 year old girl who is not taken away into child marriage, who goes to school, in a safe and enabling environment, and who is given the confidence to make informed choices and decide on her future.
We can help students feel more engaged and connected to their schools by giving them roles in making the school a positive environment, such as participating in safety patrols, focusing on recycling, keeping public spaces clean, upstanding in the face of harassment and bullying, being on school committees to solve problems related to gangs or drugs and alcohol, and so on.
«While principals benefit from the extensive management and leadership development routinely available within the business sector, business leaders are given the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the immense complexity, ambiguity and challenges faced by school principals and the social issues that drive some of the major dysfunction in South African society.»
In fact, they note, this pattern implies that the United States could be spending too much on students - at least given the incentives schools currently face.
Student surveys picked the three «meanest» teachers in the school to «pie,» along with school director Maisie Wright, and they in turn got to honor, or dishonor, three students with pies in the face, perhaps students who had overcome great challenges, or who gave them the most grief.
In the face of pressure from local district supporters, two housing developments that had planned to provide land for charter schools instead gave it to district schools.
Now many private schools would face an agonizing choice: Give up a funding stream that they have come to depend on, or give in on basic questions of religious identity and school cultGive up a funding stream that they have come to depend on, or give in on basic questions of religious identity and school cultgive in on basic questions of religious identity and school culture.
This action by the NAACP is a slap in the face to 700,000 African American children currently benefiting from public charter schools and the millions of African American parents struggling to give their children a quality education.
Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsSchools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools do.136
When Ms. Reed took the reins of the school system in 2005 after earning her doctorate, one of the first actions she took was to give teachers and principals training on the effects of poverty on children so that they could better understand some of the challenges their students face in learning.
Given what today's tweens / teens are facing, there is an increased need to focus on social and emotional learning in schools and at home.
This finding gives us reason to suspect that the LSP faces problems given that the willingness among private schools to participate and expand is quite low, where only one - third of the state's private schools participate in the program.
The study documents benefits of arts integrated instruction identified by the teachers, including renewing their commitment to the teaching profession and giving them resilience to face the growing demands in today's schools.
This serious version of Sue Jay is far removed from the exuberant one who burst onto the stage last year at the Pearson Teaching Awards giving a po - faced Jenny Agutter a squeeze and explaining with gusto why every child in her school takes part in a Shakespeare play every autumn term.
Because communities nationwide face such a variety of needs when it comes to teacher quality, the law gives schools and districts flexibility in how the money is spent.
Facing History can be there alongside you with our tools, teaching strategies, and powerful resources to help you address this urgency and give you renewed hope for our work in classrooms, schools, and our communities.
Given the difficulty and pushback that teachers and school leaders face in experimenting with practices that «free the sage from the stage» and empower students to take charge of their own learning, teachers need to be able to justify their practices.
«Given the enormous challenges schools have faced in recent years, it is inspiring to see this kind of success in so many schools.
Taking attendance every day at the beginning of the school year also gives you added practice in name and face recognition.
This month, a Guilford County school leader told Policy Watch of the difficulty districts will face in hiring thousands of new teachers for core subjects, given the state's well - documented dearth of qualified teaching applicants.
Over the course of two days at University of Washington Bothell, participants were given 48 hours to create solutions to common problems faced in schools using 3D printing technologies.
«If you have this line in third grade, then it might be the case that schools respond to that... by giving a lot more effort to students and maybe moving the best teachers in or maybe a more motivated focus on reading before the kids get to the third grade in the first place and face the probability of being retained.»
This is an appropriate response given the obstacles Ofsted faces in inspecting Academy chains for school improvement functions.
Washington — Although more students with disabilities than ever are included in state testing programs, the task of giving these students high - quality assessments in the future that measure how adept they are at mastering the Common Core State Standards seems to have an endless number of hurdles to overcome before students face these new assessments in the 2014 - 15 school year.
Anglesey council had faced accusations from the group of rushing through the closures before new rules come in that will give rural schools more protection.