Sentences with phrase «know teachers across the country»

We know teachers across the country are already doing excellent work to promote character and we have recognised 27 schools and organisations who are leading the way in this work through our character awards.

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Educators across the country are faced with ethical dilemmas every day and, as one teacher shares in her first year teaching at a large urban school, they don't always know how to respond.

But, collectively, this work matters because debates like those in West Virginia, at the Supreme Court, or in other states and districts across the country — debates about teacher rights and responsibilities — have been happening for years and are no closer to resolution.

Public school systems across the country have been re-thinking how they describe instructional excellence and let teachers know when they've achieved it,» said Tom Kane, Professor of Education and Economics at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and leader of the MET project.

In Los Angeles and across the country, education officials have long known of the often huge disparities among teachers.

«We know that teachers across the country are already doing excellent work to develop character and resilience, and we are committed to helping them continue that work.

In recent years, more schools in Indiana and across the country are granting digital badges to help students and teachers show what they know.

But after almost 15 years of supporting the growth of teachers across the country, we also know that maximizing the reach of professional development into the classroom requires one key ingredient — the instructional leadership of the school's leadership team.

«In their diverse roles and with their great range of experience — in the classroom and in advocating for accomplished teaching — they are sure to help the National Board team continue its work to elevate the profession and advance accomplished teaching, leading to Board Certification that I know will help teachers and students across the country.»

And teachers across the country are trying to do just that, using a pedagogical theory known as trauma - informed education, which calls for muted reactions to misbehavior, direct instruction on interpersonal skills, and strong teacher - student relationships.

Known as the Common Core, the new standards adopted across the country and in New York City classrooms this year have become a platform for opponents of school reform to sound off on everything else they dislike about the current education landscape, from teacher evaluation to testing.

The Mayor's task force, the E4E teacher policy team, and teachers and advocates across the country know that restorative approaches to discipline and a focus on social emotional learning make students» lives better, and make them more effective learners,» said Rosalynn Bristol, 8th Grade ELA teacher at IS211 in Brooklyn.

He's referring to former top White House aides Robert Gibbs and Ben LaBolt, who have signed on to battle teachers unions in a series of lawsuits across the country, aligning themselves with Republican operatives who no longer worry the Obama whiz kids and their army of small donors will wipe them off the map.

It is important to note that we developed No - Nonsense Nurturer by observing some of the highest performing teachers across the country.

As we reported this spring, you know, there's been a big drop in enrollment in college teacher training programs across the country.

Independent of the California ruling, teacher union leaders across the country have left no doubt how they feel about the role of parent as teacher.

What I know is that in classrooms across the country where I see educators flipping the way they think about and use assessments, teachers are connecting planning and assessment and instruction.

We want public schools and districts across the country to know about PowerMyLearning's approach to personalized learning and to access the free, open educational resources they have created to help to teachers reach all learners.»

And my supreme delight is derived from seeing the critics realize what I have known since all the essays were first submitted to me by the many parent, student, teacher, and administrator contributors to the book: There is a new leadership emerging across the country, with stirring stories of personal courage, in defense of public education.

We do not know the precise numbers of teachers who participate in such networks across the country.

NAEP is known as a gold standard of assessment, because it samples students from across the country in a secure test that does not impact teacher evaluations or student promotions.

Beyond that, the strike is based on union discontent with sensible policy changes — including the teacher evaluation system required by Illinois law — that are increasingly popular across the country and are unlikely to be rolled back, no matter how long the union stays out.

States across the country have followed the District's lead, many in pursuit of rewards — such as billions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds and waivers from the most onerous provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law — that the Obama administration granted to states that agreed to use student test scores in teacher evaluations.

According to leaked internal documents, Heartland paid a well known climate denier, David Wojick, to create the curriculum, which Heartland then planned to send to teachers across the country.