Sentences with phrase «gave educators a voice»

BloomBoard's personalized professional learning platform has been redesigned inside and out so school and district leaders can give their educators voice and choice in their professional learning.

The idea, he adds, was to draw on expertise of educators and school finance officers, and to present tools for legislators that «gave educators a voice.»

Not exact matches

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

«What's striking in these numbers is that a few dozen Wall Street financiers and billionaire hedge fund managers are able to far outspend more than 600,000 educators who believe in the promise of public education and voluntarily give a few bucks out of each paycheck to ensure they have a voice,» said Carl Korn, NYSUT's spokesman.

Blogs are giving voice to educators who have often been closed out of the discussions of education taking place around the country.

Though when you think about the words of the Long Island principal and the overall growing resistance, it leads me to believe educators throughout our land are not being given the freedom and voice that was intended.

Last, we explained to the audience how Twitter finally gives a voice to educators.

Expanding collective bargaining for teachers to more states and to more education issues will give educators greater voice, and in so doing, indirectly strengthen the voice of students.

This ASCD Forum discussion, which began January 15 and will run through April 11, is an educator - driven conversation designed to give everyone a voice, both online and face - toface.

We partner with educators and leaders in districts to develop strategies, processes, and tools that support personalized learning (PL) schools that tailor learning to address each student's strengths, needs, race, culture, and interests and give student's voice and choice in how, when, and where they learn in an effort to prepare every student to achieve academically and reach individual goals.

As the theme of this conference implies the new dimensions for clinical preparation and development of educators that we bring into focus will give voice to those who do the work to connect our educator candidates.

I call them this because in this approach educators and advocates give students a carrot by listening to their voices, and then these same adults turn around and blatantly use student voice and student engagement to forward their political agendas without concern for what students are genuinely seeking.

According to «Voices From the Field: Teachers» Views on the Relevance of Arts - Integration,» integrating the arts into education renews educators» commitment to the teaching profession, gives them resilience to face the growing demands of today's schools, rejuvenates teachers on the verge of burnout, and provides pathways for teachers to use culturally responsive pedagogy.

More and more, well - meaning educators and school leaders are talking about student voice and student choice, and implying that simply listening to student voice and giving students choices will lead to student empowerment.

Meanwhile, a new nonprofit group in New York City, Educators 4 Excellence, seeks to give teachers more voice in policy debates, but its agenda parts company in some ways with the Save Our Schools march.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Its «feel - good» story about a white family's decision to choose a local elementary school over a higher - performing alternative gave little voice to the community parents and educators at the neighborhood school.

The mayor's stated goals were to bring in new leadership, create greater accountability, empower educators and parents, and give local leaders a voice in their local schools.

Don't miss the first nationwide survey of educators at all levels that strives to give everyone a voice in the state of school climate & culture in 2016.

It was NMSA that gave a voice to educators and other people who showed interest in improving the education in youngsters.

Two other Gates - financed groups, Educators for Excellence and Teach Plus, are focussed on giving non-union voices to newer teachers.

«It is our goal to give students across America a clear voice, which in turn helps educators and school leaders better understand and act on some of the biggest challenges facing their schools,» says YouthTruth Executive Director Jen Vorse Wilka.

The union helps give educators «a voice in what matters to students,» WEAC Vice President Peggy Wirtz - Olsen says

A site leadership team that gives families, students, and residents a voice and involves them, along with educators and community partners, in the planning, implementation, and oversight of the community school.

When educators provide rigorous and authentic projects and give students voice and choice, students will accept that challenge.

Through this small group of educators and Facing History staff, I have learned about and challenged myself with using digital media and technology to not only engage students and deepen their learning, but more importantly to encourage them to use technology to give voice to the voiceless in our society.

In September of 1963, an article appeared in ARTnews by painter and educator Mercedes Matter, which gave voice to the grievance of many art students who felt frustrated by the frantic pace and fragmented courses of contemporary art education.

Law professors are uniquely poised165 and well - positioned166 to shape the future lawyers of our nation, in terms of ethics, professional integrity, and humanity.167 Legal educators can start by identifying the «silent but gifted» in their classrooms, and providing the right coaching to give them the confidence to find their «lawyer voice.»

It gives children a voice, an opportunity to communicate to adults about what their experiences are inside and outside of school, and has great potential to provide educators, parents, researchers and policy makers with much needed information about the psychological and social worlds of children.