Sentences with phrase «former social studies teacher»

An article in the March 26, 2003, issue of Education Week, («War Lessons Call for Delicate Balance,» March 26, 2003), on how teachers are addressing the war with Iraq may have suggested that former social studies teacher Rick Theisen tried to promote his own anti-war views through his choice of instructional materials.

«As a former social studies teacher, I know how challenging it can be to teach children about the Holocaust,» said Commissioner MaryEllen Eila.

A former social studies teacher who taught in Amherst, Erie County, Elia said she is a former member of the teachers union in both New York and in Florida.

Elia is a native of Lewiston, Niagara County, and a former social studies teacher at Sweethome High School in Amherst.

As a former social studies teacher and character educator of the year, I was pleased to read William Damon's «Moral Mandate.»

Thank you so much, Jeff, for the introduction, and thank you to the Press Club for inviting me here to speak with you today about a topic about which I am passionate, both as a former social studies teacher and as an American: the importance of civic education as part of a well - rounded education.

«If you've ever been excluded, beat up, marginalized, this is the place where you can be welcome,» says Principal Mark House, a former social studies teacher and assistant principal at West Bronx Academy of the Future.

I am a former social studies teacher and I love to see the excitement in children's faces as they learn.