Sentences with phrase «into classroom funds»

(For more on the funding issue, check out school food reformer Dana Woldow «s excellent piece on how the new nutrition requirements will effectively force many districts, especially those in which labor and food costs are high, to start (or continue) dipping into classroom funds to pay for school meals.)

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What began as a handful of tutoring videos the former hedge fund analyst uploaded to YouTube to help his cousins with their algebra homework has since mushroomed into a massive digital classroom for the world.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

The point here is that religion has to be treated equally by gov» t and if a cross is allowed then all other religious symbols would need to be allowed as well and then the classroom turns into a religious marketplace instead of a gov» t funded place of learning.

But on Saturday morning, as dozens of community members packed into a classroom to hear a presentation from the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund about the nonprofit's hotly contested plans for the relocation and renovation of the Galley Ho restaurant, the mood was more combative than cheerful.

Governor Cuomo's plan will give our best teachers $ 20,000 bonuses, will cover tuition to get the best and brightest into our classrooms, and will increase funding for all children.

The centerpiece of classroom mischief will come into its own this weekend when amateur aviation engineers test the mettle of their paper planes at the non-for-profit Public Art Fund's New Millennium Paper Airplane Contest in New York City.

It was around 2007 that there was an injection of ring fenced funding from the government to implement audio visual (AV) technology into classrooms.

This includes funding major renovations to the school's campus, most notably, turning the first floor of Gutman Library into a desperately needed cafe and student center hub that has truly brought the whole school together, and making sure that every classroom renovated during the past few years was done using green, sustainable materials.

Last year, Brave Little Company, with funding from Young Audiences of Houston, a theater troupe, brought puppets into my high school classroom.

VideoAmy has collected a wealth of resources for teachers looking into classroom fundraising campaigns to help fund technology or other classroom projects.

«In combination with more investment in teachers and school funding, deeper connections between schools and workplaces will ensure tomorrow's students will move seamlessly from the classroom into productive jobs.»

It's worth asking administrators if these kinds of supports exist, and it's important to keep in mind how valuable it is to fund them, even if the money doesn't appear to go directly into the classroom.

For grant - funded programs like College YES, the platform affords researchers a window into what's happening in the PBL classroom.

Hampton High School initially received funds from the state - funded «Classrooms for the Future,» Pennsylvania's three - year grant program that gave schools technology equipment and required them to turn a classroom teacher into an instructional coach to help support technology use.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

But charters, which get significantly less funding than traditional district schools, are able to direct more funding into classrooms.

In the absence of well - considered, adequately funded programs, new teachers are thrust into a classroom, assigned a nominal teacher «mentor» who has a full teaching load of his or her own, and perhaps invited to attend a support group for novice teachers, where participants meet at the end of a school day and often sit in a circle and wonder why they don't get the professional support they need.

As part of the initiative, the zoo, in collaboration with Peoplescape Theatre and supported using public funding by Arts Council England, has also taken theatre into the classroom in an innovative way to further children's understanding of the issue.

The funds must be used to help train bilingual teachers who have been in English - only classrooms for more than three years transition back into bilingual settings or to help bilingual instructional assistants become teachers.

The funds will help Digital Wish fulfill requests from educators looking to bring more advanced technology into their classrooms.

According to AAE's Colorado state chapter the Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE), a whopping 77 % of teachers agree with a policy that would require the deposit of a percentage of per - pupil funding into a classroom account to be used by a teacher on the classroom level.

Education funding belongs to children, not bureaucrats — so allow more of it to follow the students into their classrooms when they attend charter schools.

The high cost of e-glasses certainly makes them inaccessible to the average individual, but it also ensures that only the best funded schools will have the resources to integrate them into the classroom.

Because their funding actually gets into the classroom — to the school level.

Responsibility For School Spending Belongs At Local Level November 7, 2016 by Brett Kittredge A recurring theme that has been emphasized by legislative leaders during the education funding formula revamp process is a desire to get more money into the classroom.

«The 20 - year extension of Prop 301, which otherwise would have expired in June 2021, cements into statute a vital funding stream that drives more than $ 640 million into public education every year — with the lion's share going directly into Arizona K - 12 schools to support teachers» salaries and classroom operations.

That's where charter schools have a real competitive advantage because they can target a lot more of their funding directly into classrooms,» Lytle says.

The Department of Education and district school boards may, and are encouraged to, enter into public - private partnerships in order to increase the total amount of Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Programs funds available to classroom teachers.

And I will continue to prevent wasteful spending so more of our money goes into the classroom — and fight for a fair share of funding from Sacramento for local schools.

Additionally, the school funding system should take into account varying classroom and district sizes, districts in geographically isolated areas and differing transportation costs.

She knows education and funding from every perspective, beginning in the classroom up through the federal level and into the corporate education world.

Any unused funds that are returned to the district school board shall be deposited into the school advisory council account of the school at which the classroom teacher returning the funds was employed when that teacher received the funds or deposited into the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program account of the school district in which a charter school is sponsored, as applicable.

As a winner of an Association of American Educators Foundation Classroom Grant, Ms. BJ McChesney used her funds to illustrate how nonfiction reading can be integrated into the classroom effectively.

Price says while there has been an increase in overall spending on public education in recent years, most of those funds haven't gone into the classroom.

Federal stimulus funds helped plug in gaps primarily by saving as many educators» jobs as possible — but it was still not enough money to keep pace with the growing numbers of schoolchildren coming into North Carolina classrooms, in particular with regard to classroom supplies.

Learn more about our Art Contest for college scholarships, George's Art Closet that gives art supplies to schools in need, our Education section of our website that gives teachers the ability to bring arts into their classrooms, and our Print Donation Program for charities seeking to raise funds.

Eight - five million dollars was moved out of teacher assistants and into classroom teacher funds.

Lawmakers moved a large chunk of that $ 105 million dollars out of teacher assistants and into a fund to pay for classroom teacher positions.

Funding should go into the classrooms, not the pockets of out - of - state consultants,» she said.»

He described the funding formula as a «revolutionary education reform that puts more money into those classrooms where challenges are the toughest.»

North Carolina's class - size problem is complicated, but its roots date back to a 1995 decision by the state legislature to merge teacher funding allotments which had previously been split into separate allocations for classroom teachers and «specialty» or «enhancement» teachers in the arts, music and P.E.

The Maths Excellence Partnership has secured funding worth # 1 million from Stoke - on - Trent City Council and a charity set up by a bookmaker to lure trainee teachers into the city's classrooms and boost pupil attainment.

It has also created some worry for those schools whose budget for the 2014 - 15 school year will remain the same under the state's new Local Control Funding Formula, but will now have to dip into their pockets for classroom necessities.

Research calls into question the assumption of many program funders and designers that student test scores will rise if after - school programs are tied closely to what goes on in the classroom.

«Classrooms & Kids» takes the 186 million dollars that is currently divided into many «extra» categorical funds, and removes the many strings attached to those dollars.

The funding will be used to make SunBay Digital Math as cost effective as possible, to improve instructional and teacher development processes, to recruit school districts to contribute to the scale and sustainability of the effort, and to identify and enable broad adoption of effective practices to introduce digital technologies into the classroom.

Funding from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is supporting outdoor classroom projects in Atlanta, Dallas, and Charlotte, and the development of a nutrition education curriculum to be integrated into our teacher training programs.

If you are looking to bring assistive technology into your classroom or school, funding these learning tools with grants can be an actionable way to alleviate some of the financial burden.

More than 55 teachers union groups in Washington state have voted to go on «rolling walkouts» not only to protest the lack of funding for public schools but also the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars away from the classroom and into the pockets of Wall Street corporations that make the high stakes tests.