Sentences with phrase «in teacher resistance»

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«Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other hand, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking I was born to rule over her; and in the end she became my teacher in non-violence.»

Thomas Upham, one of the more mystically inclined of early Holiness teachers, wrote in 1836 the important Manual of Peace, opposing the military chaplaincy, advocating «tax resistance,» and calling for the abolition of capital punishment.

In fact, parents, teachers and school administrators who propose swapping double - fudge brownies for apple slices are often met with resistance or sometimes even become targets.

After some initial resistance, Mr. Brown says that his teachers now love breakfast in the classroom and the ability it gives them to bond with their students in a new way; the teachers like connecting the children to good nutrition.

Madeleine emphasized the importance of collaboration and communication; addressing barriers with teachers and principals who express resistance to in - classroom breakfast, and using the facts about breakfast — it improves test scores, and can be implemented with minimal additional work for everyone involved — to create support for the program.

Cuomo's plans are likely to meet resistance in the Assembly, where key Democrats have alliances with the teachers.

The bill, which would lift the current cap of 200 charter schools to 460, has met stiff resistance in the Democrat - controlled Assembly and from the teachers unions.

Mr. Cuomo is quite likely to face resistance to some of his priorities from the Democratic - led Assembly, which tends to side with the teachers» union, while getting support from the Senate, where Republicans are in control.

Yet San Diego became notorious for the fierce resistance of its teachers union, abetted by school board members, to any and all efforts at change, whereas there is hardly any reference to the role of the unions in Cuban's account of Austin.

In their contract with ANet, network schools agree not to use the scores to rate their teachers, a move designed to dampen teacher resistance.

Hope doesn't factor the ANet interim test scores into youngsters» overall grades, and in their contract with ANet, network schools agree not to use the scores to rate their teachers, a move designed to dampen teacher resistance.

There is a strong resistance to moving swiftly to formal capability processes as many head teachers would prefer that a poor performer leaves after finding another job — they believe that the inclusion of a formal capability process in a reference would sink any chance of the less than competent teacher leaving quietly.

Meanwhile, and perhaps more important, the forces of resistance also developed an alternative view of teachers and teaching that has gained heavy traction in the past two decades.

Arguing «there is just no doubt that one of the central problems in improving urban schools — arguably the central problem — is the problem of teacher resistance,» he critiques the progressive expectation that teachers can eventually be coaxed along through evidence on two key counts: first, it presumes that reformers and teachers share the same aims and metrics, and second, it presumes that reformers can marshal the evidence to convince the holdouts.

My research reveals that resistance to the new law was, in many schools and districts, quite intense, indicating the depth of support for bilingual education among teachers and principals.

As a result, they will implicitly encourage districts to take the path of least resistance: fire their youngest teachers; get rid of art and music classes; and pass along costs to parents in the form of new fees.

The book first recounts the technical challenges in reforming teacher pay and the reasons for teacher resistance, then how trial and error, tough negotiation, and assiduous efforts to win hearts and minds convinced teachers to endorse the plan in 2004.

Most notably, White and Kockler have pulled off these reforms in the face of strident political resistance to Common Core and without running afoul of districts and teachers in this staunch local - control state.

The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods; and institutional resistance from district professional development staff who might see their own jobs disappear if teachers bypass their programs and engage in training created from afar.

In each case, the resistance of teachers to discussing the moral meaning of the incident with students was palpable.

Resistance to making standards consequential: When Common Core and the aligned assessments were launched in 2010, states were also busy adopting ambitious new teacher evaluation systems and refashioning the ways in which they held local schools and districts accountable.

For Brill and the reformers in his book, the unions are the enemy, with their defense of incompetent teachers, their hostility to charters, and their resistance to efforts to judge teachers by the achievement of their students on tests.

In a high school science class, the teacher asks students to predict the path of falling objects, using equations that assume there is no air resistance.

In addition, teachers who want children tested to determine whether they need extra services to perform better have met some resistance from parents, Mitchell, the first - grade teacher said.

In D.C., despite initial resistance, the District's high - stakes teacher evaluation system is successfully weeding out ineffective teachers and increasing student achievement.

«On one hand, the federal government is saying, «Be bold,» which implies significant challenge to the status quo, which then tends to be disruptive and generate resistance,» said S. Paul Reville, the education secretary in Massachusetts, where the American Federation of Teachers affiliate has revoked its support of the state's second - round application over teacher issues.

In the editorial of the May / June 2016 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education, Carter Andrews, Bartell, and Richmond bring awareness to the recent teacher sick - outs in Detroit Public Schools as a way to illustrate the continued resistance to elements that serve to dehumanize the teaching professioIn the editorial of the May / June 2016 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education, Carter Andrews, Bartell, and Richmond bring awareness to the recent teacher sick - outs in Detroit Public Schools as a way to illustrate the continued resistance to elements that serve to dehumanize the teaching profTeacher Education, Carter Andrews, Bartell, and Richmond bring awareness to the recent teacher sick - outs in Detroit Public Schools as a way to illustrate the continued resistance to elements that serve to dehumanize the teaching profteacher sick - outs in Detroit Public Schools as a way to illustrate the continued resistance to elements that serve to dehumanize the teaching professioin Detroit Public Schools as a way to illustrate the continued resistance to elements that serve to dehumanize the teaching profession.

Since then, there has been churn in CPS» administrative ranks, nearly 50 school closings, a guilty plea from former district CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett in a federal corruption case, and continuing resistance from teachers to standardized testing.

The vote was close because «there's an overall fear that exists around what's going to happen in public education, and there's kind of a resistance to changes,» said Arielle Zurzolo, president of Green Dot's teachers union.

With little prior instruction about gravity and air resistance, teachers were put in groups to collaboratively speculate on the forces at play, and to draw their own diagrams illustrating those forces.

For McCoy - Mitti, it was a «baked - in» sense of apathy on the part of both students and teachers, and a resistance to disruption from staff members who wanted to do their best for students, but had not been trained.

In addition, previous research with VMT has shown that working within collaborative dynamic geometry environments has the potential to (a) overcome past negative experiences with dynamic geometry and enable teachers to envision using dynamic geometry in their classes and (b) allow teachers to experience mathematical collaboration and overcome their resistance toward group work (Grisi - Dicker, Alqahtani, & Powell, 2013In addition, previous research with VMT has shown that working within collaborative dynamic geometry environments has the potential to (a) overcome past negative experiences with dynamic geometry and enable teachers to envision using dynamic geometry in their classes and (b) allow teachers to experience mathematical collaboration and overcome their resistance toward group work (Grisi - Dicker, Alqahtani, & Powell, 2013in their classes and (b) allow teachers to experience mathematical collaboration and overcome their resistance toward group work (Grisi - Dicker, Alqahtani, & Powell, 2013).

But as the reform movement gathers momentum, teachers unions are giving no quarter in their massive resistance against states trying to shake up failing public education...

AACTE will honor Molly Baustien Siuty, assistant professor of inclusive teacher education at Portland State University (OR), with the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study (Re) constituting Teacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and Resiteacher education at Portland State University (OR), with the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study (Re) constituting Teacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and ResiTeacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and Resistance.

The report is certain to add fuel to the fire in the ongoing debate in California and elsewhere over how to measure teacher quality and the effort or resistance of some government bodies to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Mr. Cuomo is quite likely to face resistance to some of his priorities from the Democratic - led Assembly, which tends to side with the teachers» union, while getting support from the Senate, where Republicans are in control.

«As coaches, we often experience what we perceive as resistance or push back, or even just suspicion, because teachers really aren't clear on what coaching is or why it is happening — in your school or to them.

Editorial: The Evil Empire Strikes Back Even when reform passes, teachers unions engage in massive resistance

Barth points to five obstacles: administrator resistance, the taboo in teaching against elevating oneself higher than one's peers, the fact that teachers» plates are full, the adversarial relationship that often exists between principals and teachers, and the new push to bring business model thinking into schools.

In addition, some teacher leaders in formal roles encounter resistance from colleagues, who question whether this teacher (particularly if he or she is young) has greater expertisIn addition, some teacher leaders in formal roles encounter resistance from colleagues, who question whether this teacher (particularly if he or she is young) has greater expertisin formal roles encounter resistance from colleagues, who question whether this teacher (particularly if he or she is young) has greater expertise.

In communities where the shift has been mandated — high schools in and around Portland, Me., for example — it has faced considerable resistance from parents and teachers annoyed that the time - consuming, and sometimes confusing, change in classroom life has come from top - tier school administratorIn communities where the shift has been mandated — high schools in and around Portland, Me., for example — it has faced considerable resistance from parents and teachers annoyed that the time - consuming, and sometimes confusing, change in classroom life has come from top - tier school administratorin and around Portland, Me., for example — it has faced considerable resistance from parents and teachers annoyed that the time - consuming, and sometimes confusing, change in classroom life has come from top - tier school administratorin classroom life has come from top - tier school administrators.

Sarah Kupski, a senior school leader from Ely College, introduced the idea of choice by noting that the initial resistance to working collaboratively in her school was partially overcome when teachers were offered an element of freedom in the focus of their planning and moving away from a very top - down model.

With resistance coming from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, the 3000 - member professional association for reading teachers, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction appearing cool to the idea, the bill languished in committee.

Finds that student involvement in decision - making is limited to inconsequential matters, partly due to teacher resistance.

The collaboration is aimed at engaging teachers and students across the globe in an exploration of resistance through the narratives of Jewish partisans.

Indeed, the simplicity of the guided video viewing activity may help overcome the resistance that Shepherd and Hannafin (2008, as cited in Rich & Hannafin, 2009, p. 64) encountered from teacher education faculty, preservice teachers, and cooperating teachers to using video annotation tools for analyzing the teaching practice of student teachers.

A measure of student academic growth extracted from PARCC scores will be a 10 percent weight in the evaluation of some teachers, and skeptics have questioned whether the NJEA sees the PARCC resistance movement as a way to escape the use of student data in teacher performance reviews.

Never in U.S. history have more students, parents, and teachers engaged in acts of resistance to standardized tests.

Students have marched along striking teachers in West Virginia and Oklahoma, and teachers share their students» impatience with the GOP's resistance to gun control measures most voters back.

The entire series can be viewed in the playlist above - or check out the individual episodes here: Episode 1: Setting Her Sights on Change (October 1, 2007) Episode 2: Facing Expectations (November 19, 2007) Episode 3: Facing Resistance (February 7, 2008) Episode 4: Facing Tough Choices (April 2, 2008) Episode 5: Teachers Struggle With Reforms (June 18, 2008) Episode 6: Tough Changes and Controversy (July 23, 2008) Episode 7: Targeting Teachers, Angering Unions (September 18, 2008) Episode 8: Finding Good Principals (January 13, 2009) Episode 9: Well Known Nationally, Struggling at Home (May 4, 2009) Episode 10: Testing Michelle Rhee (August 18, 2009) Episode 11: Tensions Rising (November 17, 2009) Episode 12: Michelle Rhee's Impact (August 31, 2010)