Not knowing or fully understanding the in's and out's of
how schools work makes it harder to run them.
In addition to the building projects, we also have staff working to redesign
how our schools work in terms of teaching and programming to ensure they best meet the needs of all students at every level.
«I've learned more about
how schools work than how the United States Senate works,» Bennet, a former superintendent of Denver's public schools, told The Huffington Post in an interview on Monday.
Too many political figures on both sides of the aisle are in positions to play disastrous havoc with education when they truly have absolutely no idea
how schools work, how teacher - student interaction works, or any other aspect of what is arguably the society's most important responsibility.
«It's the perception that it gives to people across the country - that this is an issue of terrorism, not about structures and
how schools work,» he said.
That means the nuts and bolts of
how schools work and how they are managed.
They will deny the economic and social costs of continuing our curriculum driven system because that's
how our schools work, and change would be hard.
This groundbreaking book discusses
how these schools work — and their critical role in nurturing the country's brightest students.
We take a look at
how these schools work, how partnering with corporations like Microsoft and IBM helps, and why learning STEM benefits students who don't want to pursue science as a profession.
Students who say, «I want to improve education, either at the building level, state level, or national level, but I have to understand
how schools work.»
In
How Schools Work, readers discover that first grade reading groups operate within a grand organizational scheme: groups nested in classrooms, classrooms housed within schools, schools situated within a big urban district.
DFER «didn't create a broad movement among Democratic lawmakers around revamping
how schools work,» said former Michigan lawmaker Tim Melton, who moved over to work for StudentsFirst, a school reform advocacy group that recently merged with 50CAN.
I tell them that they're being paid with public funds to serve the public's kids, and therefore it's inevitable (and appropriate) that public officials will have a lot to say about
how schools work and how they're held accountable.
What is unique about this concise volume is the authors» systematic debunking of an array of myths — 18 in all — that grip our beliefs about
how schools work.
Her decades of experience in the system gave her a deep understanding of
how our schools work.
«The real magic is in giving great educators freedom and license into
how school works.»
After talking to school administrators and you being involved in the school, you've gotten a good feel of
how the school works.
Freelance TV producer Silvia Beutl describes
how the school works and what documentary - making has to offer the scientist interested in a career transition.
Reflect on
how your school works to inspire and lead students of color.
and you will find these shifts actually changing the tides of
how school works.
He hopes to have the philosophy of
how the school works, «owned by the whole community; students, parents, teachers, and leaders.»
One teacher likes to request a new administrative activity every year simply because he gets bored; others prefer to assume as many administrative duties as possible as a way to understand
how the school works.
Hear directly from K12 International Academy families about
how our school works for their busy lifestyles.
With Dynamic School Scheduling, the school schedule is no longer a dreaded chore; it's an enormous opportunity to rethink
how a school works.
«
how the school works, why we have silent classrooms with hard - working children, learning more than anyone would have imagined possible, even more than their counterparts at private schools.»
Not exact matches
His first science project in middle
school was about
how the wing
works.
Schools all over the U.S. offer classes on topics such as wood
work and auto mechanics, but not investing, so the question becomes
how to educate future leaders on the importance of financial literacy.
No matter
how miserable it is for you to hear that early morning alarm every day,
work still starts promptly at nine a.m. and your kids»
school bus pulls up at seven.
Among other things, in
school I learned about thermodynamics and
how refrigeration
works.
Because the children come after
school and the adults after
work, music lessons happen only from 2 to 10 p.m. «Knowing
how much I pay in rent,» he said, «it just kills me that nobody uses the place in the morning.»
While waiting in the maelstrom of NYC's Penn Station, I run through what I've learned about him: where he went to
school, where his sister - in - law
works, and
how much cash he donated to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign ($ 6,900).
In their new book, Decisive:
How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, brothers and academics Chip (of Stanford Graduate School of Business) and Dan Heath (of Duke) explore how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisio
How to Make Better Choices in Life and
Work, brothers and academics Chip (of Stanford Graduate
School of Business) and Dan Heath (of Duke) explore
how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisio
how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisions.
Finn also teaches a local Junior Achievement class on «Life after High
School:
How to Prepare for
Work,» which has actually already netted three temps for her to place.
Holberton was announced last month as a project - based
school that aims to teach the software - engineers - of - the - future
how to attack problems and
how to think using a project - based format, rather than traditional degree
work.
Here I was, standing two feet taller than my elementary - aged girls as they
schooled me in
how to take a breath, set aside
work conflicts, and stay in the moment.
«I think that a lot of men graduate business
school and have no real idea of
how their
work clothes should fit, or what they should be wearing,» Madden said.
Still, no matter
how old -
school non-digital business cards may seem, they remain staples of most people's
work life.
Exactly
how health and wellness impact a company's profits, particularly in Canada, may soon be better understood: the University of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey
School of Business
School has recently launched a five - year study of the subject,
working in collaboration with the Sun Life Wellness Institute.
«Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music
school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is
how hard he or she
works.
If you want to know more about
how the big guys
work out problems, check out Justice on the Job, by David W. Ewing (Harvard Business
School Press, Boston, 1989), a lively chronicle of the creative complaint systems in place at corporations such as Federal Express, IBM, and Northrop.
A new survey says graduates of the nation's top b -
school aren't entirely optimistic, but they have some pretty solid ideas about
how to get Americans back to
work.
While earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience at MIT, Lathan
worked at the
school's Center for Space Research and became interested in
how technology can enhance human performance.
«What public
school have you
worked with the most and which public
school principal to do you personally have the best relationship with, and
how has it impacted your viewpoint on K - 12 education?
The idea is to give an «old
school» industry a makeover for the social - sharing era, Ehrlichman says, so that homeowners can easily find out who does good
work on homes like theirs, and
how much those projects typically cost.
How can they do an item of
school work better than just the way it was assigned?
Chris Klug, founder of the Chris Klug Foundation and affiliated high
school and college outreach program Donor Dudes, shows just
how personal nonprofit
work can get: Klug is the only Olympian to ever medal after having an organ transplant.
We talked for a few minutes about William's childhood (he dropped out of high
school in Amsterdam at 15 to become a DJ), his past
work experience (he was a party planner for years), and
how he had heard about us (he attended Hustle Con last year).
It is
working with three
schools in Cape Town's toughest neighborhoods, providing gym equipment, training in
how to use it and ongoing support for
school sports programs.
Learning the value of calculated risks — like the one we took leaving our home in Tehran; of hard
work — like
how I battled back after failing out of
school; and that people should embrace those who are different from them — the opposite of
how the playground bullies treated me; are life lessons that have brought me to where I am today.
For example, the cluster
worked with students still in graduate
school, who needed a lot of handholding to turn their ideas into businesses — everything from learning
how to pitch investors to building their first websites.