Sentences with phrase «kids and teachers in»

When Martin Luther King Jr. said, «We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation,» he wasn't suggesting that black kids need white kids and teachers in the classroom with them to learn.

Those kids and teachers in the Bronx struggle all year and fail to get ready for this?

Not exact matches

A retired prison warden, he's seen teachers, parents and grandparents bring kids in to «make sure they never wound up in [a prison].»

«If you are a parent or teacher looking to foster grit in kids, the first step is to let go of what you want for them, and watch for what they are passionate about.

You may have heard of Fortnite, the new, free game that's sweeping the nation and irking teachers everywhere, but parents and school administrators may have to re-think their disciplinary plan: Fortnite could actually help kids stay in school.

«Education used to be thought of as a teacher sort of opening up a kid's brain and pouring in the knowledge,» Dr Meghan Groome, Executive Director of Education and Public Programs at the New York Academy of Sciences, said.

And then we test them in front of kids and bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepaAnd then we test them in front of kids and bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepaand bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepare.

«But all it takes is a couple of dedicated teachers with a little support and guidance to run important research programs that can produce winners in this competition and more importantly kids who are going to go on to become scientists and change the world.»

I read books about the female brain, met with science and math elementary school teachers and nonprofit educators who were doing programs to get kids interested in STEM.

One example that I read about, Stanford University, a teacher in artificial intelligence offered a class, a couple of hundred kids in the class, he offered it online to 30,000 people, or 20,000 people, and if I remember correctly when he gave the test there were 400 people, or something like that, that did better than the number one kid at Stanford.

Just a teacher that loves her job and kids in her room.

Because children are increasingly digitally wired, parents and teachers are becoming aware of how difficult it is to extricate kids at home and in school from using screens.

Kids will participate in age - appropriate tech activities and some of Seattle's top teachers will lead workshops.

He's hit the nail on the head, about making our kids safe in school, arming teachers who are qualified and having law enforcement on the premises.»

Create a mentoring program where Amazon engineers, economists, data scientists, accountants, and other professionals are partnered with hard science teachers in our school districts to help show kids what it's like to work in STEM;

«These teachers were fantastic; kept our kids safe, kept my daughter calm, sitting in a closet for two and a half hours and they're coming back to something I couldn't imagine — coming back to work, so just want to show them a little love, let them know the community's with them,» Kravitz added.

Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

Yes and how we still have children in schools because there are child rapist teachers and how we still have kids in sports because there are child rapist coaches, that's all beyond me as well.

As we saw in South Hadley, instead of challenging these definitions, or even the kind of cruelty endured by kids like Phoebe Prince, teachers and administrators often adopt a hands - off approach.

When I was a kid, I once asked my Sunday school teacher if little children got washed away in Noah's flood along with all the other animals and rebellious people.

If I am a teacher instructing children about how to read, and every child in the room has learned to read but one, should I just say «tough toenails, kid» or should I try different ways of instructing the child (that doesn't include punishing or killing them) so that the child understands?

FACT: kids and teachers alike are free to pray in school as much as they want, AS LONG AS THEY»RE NOT FORCING OTHERS INTO IT and AS LONG AS THEY»RE NOT DISRUPTING THE LEARNING PROCESS.

In home schooling, women are the chief teachers, and one may think that their decision to stay at home with the kids is a protest against regnant feminisms.

I'm in my first year as a Sunday school teacher to 8 and 9 year olds kids.

So compelling, in fact, that almost on the spur of the moment you turned your back on the fishing business, left your wife and kids who were perplexed if not put out at your departure, and went off with the wandering teacher.

She advised teachers to play a bigger role in preparing kids for the «avalanche of pressure» from things like Facebook and Instagram.

Over the years, I have pulled many of the Sunday school teachers and youth workers in my children's lives aside to ask them to treat my children like any other kid in the youth group.

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

As a bookish kid struggling to find a place in a world of hunting, fishing, and athletics, I was offered refuge in art, literature, and music my ninth - grade English teacher.

In later years, I was busy getting my kids ready for back - to - school time, and for many years, as a teacher myself, I was preparing classroom activities.

My oldest son brought it in for culture day way back in elementary school (he's headed to college in the fall), and couldn't understand why the kids were hesitant to try it (although the teachers loved it).

I just made it for the 3rd time in 2 weeks, (once was for a class of kids, so my hips aren't entirely hateful... lol,) I have no idea what Symphony bars are, I used a combination of Skor bits, white chocolate and semi sweet chocolate in the centre... the kids love it, I love it, Hubby loves it, all the teachers asked for the recipe... LOVE this recipe!!!! Thanks!

And if you're quiet and listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAAnd if you're quiet and listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST.

Parents and / or teachers of students in grades 1 - 3 who would like to participate in the program can visit the «Just for Kids» section on www.idahopotato.com.

As a teacher, I, and my kids go back to school in exactly two weeks.

With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

I have to work out how to pack all of Paloma's food in a way that is convenient enough for her to eat, how to store it safely during the day, and last but not least, I have to think about how the kids (and sometimes the teachers!)

«(It's a) new way to give kids access to golf in the school system,» said Joe Meunier, a physical education teacher at Alisal and Program Director of The First Tee Tri-Valley chapter.

«He's interested in every kid and knows about all of them,» said Campolindo teacher and former cross-country coach Chris Walsh.

Here in my home, my kids use Skype to talk to friends, family, and even their teachers.

If they don't and the teacher is differentiating in the classroom and observe a classroom where she's truly differentiating for different levels of kids, fine.

I've been that last kid stuck in the room with the teacher, holding up everything because a task is taking you longer than it took everyone else and you don't know why you're so much slower than everybody else, but you're really trying.

There is a special place in hell for people who prey on kids — especially when coming from the trusted and revered role as a teacher.

The teachers were so rigid and the workload was so overwhelming that the kids were always in a state of panic, afraid of answering a question incorrectly or getting a detention for incomplete work.

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

I wrestle with this question in my own classrooms and with my kids, especially these days, living in what Chris Gallagher has called the age of quantification in education: teacher - proof and child - proof classrooms, a widespread sense that if it isn't measurable, it must not be valuable.

Create an outdoor space that encourages creative, brain - building play for toddlers using basic, inexpensive materials, says Mary Kingsley, director and lead teacher at The Kinder Garden Preschool in Raleigh, a nature - based school where most of kids» time is spent outdoors.

In elementary and middle schools, the end of the school year tends to bring with it a long string of outdoor games, field trips, and parties, as teachers let kids rejoice over having made it through to June (and try to keep them from getting so much spring fever that they actually gnaw through their desks in frustrationIn elementary and middle schools, the end of the school year tends to bring with it a long string of outdoor games, field trips, and parties, as teachers let kids rejoice over having made it through to June (and try to keep them from getting so much spring fever that they actually gnaw through their desks in frustrationin frustration).

We argue with the teacher about our kids» less than perfect grades in middle and high school, as if the teacher has made a mistake instead of our perfect kid.

Plus, I volunteered in a lot in classrooms and was a teacher's aide for a while and worked closely with some of those kids — I know that having a «perfect life» when it comes to raising kids is relative.