Sentences with phrase «in classrooms»

Ecklund reveals how scientists — believers and skeptics alike — are struggling to engage the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and argues that many scientists are searching for «boundary pioneers» to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.
Given that evolution is forced to be taught in classrooms, with no proof, I guess I can't see how anyone would leave God, for nothing, especially when they're forced to believe it.
«How does what happens in field education relate to what happens in people's homes, in classrooms and in the library?»
What follows is a glimpse of life in our classrooms, with a comment here and there from this teacher.
The faculty of two esteemed divinity schools have been asked to use more inclusive language to talk about God in their classrooms.
Cry out in the city gates and in pulpits and online and in classrooms: we bring you tidings of great joy!
Our young conservative politicians, ambitious and studious «organization kids,» were raised in classrooms and Chamber of Commerce luncheons.
Which for many churches will be people with an agenda of putting religion back in classrooms.
The judge issued a detailed injunction that prohibits the governor, the attorney general, the state board of education, and everyone else from permitting religious activity in classrooms, including vocal prayer, readings of the Bible, devotional discussions, and distribution of religious materials.
If you want to get a sneak peek at what the Christian community will be talking about in 5 - 10 years, just spend some time on a Christian college campus.From evolution to religious pluralism to homosexuality, the issues that play out on the national scene often begin in classrooms, late - night dorm room discussions, and chapel services.
Approximately 650 children are sitting in classrooms, thanks to the work of Restore International, and more than 100 students from these schools are now attending universities.
In one case the Bishop of Lancaster, Patrick O'Donoghue, instructed Catholic schools across much of north - west England to stop «safe - sex» education and place crucifixes in all classrooms.
Busing of school children to promote racial balance in classrooms removes children from their neighborhood schools and destroys a sense of community.
Others were hit as they crouched in classrooms and Cruz fired shot after shot through locked doors.
It turns out the kids are almost as afraid as parents about the chance of a gunman opening fire in their classrooms.
Survivors of gun violence spoke at the rally, telling their stories of hiding in classrooms, of hearing the pop - pop of gunfire in their neighborhoods.
As the shooting was taking place, tweets and video circulating on social media from inside the school showed students under lockdown, barricaded in classrooms, and hiding from the gunman.
Australia is determined to take advantage of the Asian boom, and some of the first steps are happening in classrooms....
Transfer payments, regional subsidies and even the announcements for universities, regional slush funds or rural broadband financing announced over the last few months, they all share the intended two - prong effect: vote - buying, and spreading the illusion that the federal government can fix a local problem, be it in classrooms or in lousy internet connections.
What these groups have in common is that they are all broadly making the point that the political system and those in power are failing them — be it in the ability to offer basic education, affordable health care, or keeping kids safe in classrooms.
The initial 911 calls, which described people shot in classrooms, went to Coral Springs emergency dispatch.
Behind the counter, in the kitchen and upstairs in classrooms are service - disabled veterans, military spouses and caregivers, like Eves, looking to find a new purpose in life.
«Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,» Women's March organizers, who are setting up the school walkout, said in a statement.
In addition to suing over Clean Power Plan regulations, Pruitt has argued that climate activists should be prosecuted, and that debate over whether climate change is human - made should be encouraged in classrooms and Congress — despite overwhelming scientific evidence that the debate is settled.
When Zajonc started studying it so many decades ago, his initial experiments measured how much schoolchildren liked the adults in their classrooms.
But I discovered that these young innovators were far more intrinsically motivated, and when I looked at the pattern of what parents and teachers had both done to encourage intrinsic motivation, I found a kind of remarkable emphasis in the classrooms and among the parents of play, passion and purpose.
«The worst kind of training for the folks we work with is to sit them in classrooms and make them listen to lectures.»
Many teaching tools used in classrooms are granting private companies access to personal student data, including attendance rates, grades and disciplinary records.
Have a looksee at the videos below to learn how the money raised will be used to benefit children in classrooms around the world.
From mundane objects like the wooden cutting board I made one Mother's Day to countless science projects I presented in classrooms and at science fairs, Mr. Clarke made me believe in my own thinking and the power of unedited imagination.
After all, school administrators seek diversity in their classrooms because when a student of one race or ethnicity «supports» a student of another — intellectually, academically, or otherwise — it's a transfer that transcends whatever words or gestures are shared.
TCSG's Georgia Quick Start is the No. 1 workforce training program in the country, providing free customized workforce training in classrooms, mobile labs or directly on the plant floor to qualified Georgia businesses in a wide range of new and expanding industries.
Gadgets in classrooms might make kids happy, but sadly it doesn't seem to help them learn (a truth top technologists, if not teachers, seem to understand — they tend to send their kids to low - tech schools).
Millennials start companies in dorm rooms while studying the subject of starting companies in classrooms.
I would encourage him to visit both schools, spend time in their classrooms, spend time talking to other students.
While smart boards have mostly been used in classrooms around the world, if SMART Technologies (TSX: SMA) has its way, these boards — which are like a white board, projector and computer rolled into one — will become a staple in corporate offices and other non-educational sectors.
While professors spend a large part of their time in classrooms, the key to career advancement is research citations.
, an educational gaming platform used by 50 million monthly users in grades K - 12, includes in its new report responses from 580 US teachers, primarily from public schools, who answered questions about technology in their classrooms.
Mindfulness in Classrooms 62.
Planned Parenthood continually provides health information to nearly 70 million people online and 1 million people in classrooms and communities across the country.
On the Classes 4 Classes website, students have already worked hard in classrooms across the country to raise money to buy Samsung Chromebooks and iPads for students in other schools.
Instead of sitting in classrooms learning facts about how to start a company, they are learning - by - doing and building real skills to reach the next level of performance.
Adaptive learning software is quickly replacing the role of textbooks in the classrooms and students are tackling subjects with the aid of tailor - made computer programs that assist their needs.
The method, which he has tried in classrooms in the U.K., Italy and the U.S., begins by dividing kids into groups of four, and giving each group a computer with Internet access.
The move is most significant for users of Windows 10 S, which is a more streamlined version of Windows 10 meant for low - cost PCs and laptops used in classrooms, who could not use iTunes because their operating system only lets them download apps available in the Microsoft Store.
In school, diversity in the classroom means more learning from each other, having creative discussions and building wider networks.
Apple is unlikely to ever beat low - cost computer makers, especially when Google and Microsoft give their operating systems away for free or for very low cost — which means it'll have to beat its rivals on experience in the classroom.
It's no joke when people say that teachers have more than one job in the classroom.
Accommodating for individual students» needs is a high - priority in the classroom, but the state tests hardly ever share the same philosophy.
Tech startsup are pioneering a wave of new ways to personalize the learning experience for every student in the classroom
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