Sentences with phrase «leading educators such»

Created in partnership with leading educators such as Dr. Marian Small, these maths activities provide both teachers and students with an interactive, open - ended and deeply engaging learning experience.

Inspired by leading educators such as Robert Marzano and Mike Schmoker and working with the nonprofit group Great Minds, she led a two - year effort to design what would eventually be called the KIPP - Wheatley curriculum.

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«Sometimes, transmitting «boiled - down» messages about the brain to educators can just lead to misunderstanding, and confusions about concepts such as brain plasticity are common in discussions about education policy.»

As students are claiming their rightful place in today's ongoing dialogues on gun control and school safety — leading powerful demonstrations such as March for Our Lives and National School Walkout Day — there are an increasing number of educators who urge schools to allow students to voice their opinions, and make these conversations a regular occurrence.

Educators who leverage these standards to teach and assess such competencies as critical thinking, problem - solving, and collaboration will lead the way to post-secondary and career success for more students.

SBA is leading to an increased emphasis on student achievement, and many educators laud this focus, but a single - minded emphasis on student proficiency on tests has some potentially negative consequences such as narrowing curriculum and declining staff morale.

The retention of deductibility has been a top priority for educators, who claim that its elimination would lead to massive cuts in education spending, especially in states such as New York that have high state and local tax rates.

Educators across the globe can now choose between traditional professional learning and nontraditional styles of learning such as teacher - led conferences.

Missy Friedman, the school's lead educator for math and a Grades 3 general studies teacher, recalls that teachers struggled some in the beginning, a common occurrence for schools making such a profound shift in their teaching approach.

Now, many charter school leaders are heeding this evidence and leading educators across the public school system away from such punitive policies.

«As we continue to increase fine arts offerings for students, we are grateful that we have extraordinary educators such as Mr. Zabor and Ms. Marks, who are helping us lead the way,» said Anthony Soyak, music curriculum specialist for Milwaukee Public Schools.

But this does not mean that value - added measures can not be useful for educators and leaders to improve instruction through other means, such as identifying practices that lead to higher academic achievement or targeting professional development toward teachers who need it most.

June 14, 2017 (Chicago)- Educators for Excellence - Chicago (E4E - Chicago), a teacher - led organization, released its policy paper, «Sounding the Alarm: Building the Climate and Culture our Students Need,» at an event that brought together over 150 Chicago educators and representatives from health care, criminal justice, education and city and state government to explore how Chicagoans can better support students struggling with issues such as citywide violence, food instability and homeEducators for Excellence - Chicago (E4E - Chicago), a teacher - led organization, released its policy paper, «Sounding the Alarm: Building the Climate and Culture our Students Need,» at an event that brought together over 150 Chicago educators and representatives from health care, criminal justice, education and city and state government to explore how Chicagoans can better support students struggling with issues such as citywide violence, food instability and homeeducators and representatives from health care, criminal justice, education and city and state government to explore how Chicagoans can better support students struggling with issues such as citywide violence, food instability and homelessness.

In this suite of resources, authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral lead you through the building blocks of such a culture and show you how to move along the path to excellence by becoming a reflective educator.

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

Jon Star, a Harvard education professor, said he thinks most high school math educators across the country have not changed their teaching practices according to the Common Core in the same way that elementary teachers have done, such as by leading discussions about math and facilitating group projects.

There, you and a group of your K - 12 talent management leaders will come together to help advance student achievement and learn from influential educators, such as Todd Whitaker, whose experience as a teacher, coach, principal and middle school staffing, curriculum and technology coordinator has made him one of the leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership and principal effectiveness.

The NYC Leadership Academy is a nationally recognized 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that prepares and supports passionate, high - quality educators to lead schools that accelerate student learning and that increases the capacity of systems across the country to develop and support such educational leaders.

NTC also partners with states and districts to report data on teaching and learning conditions using its Teaching, Empowering, Leading, and Learning (TELL) survey to help states develop policies and practices that connect related factors, such as school leadership, teaching, and learning conditions, and specific educator policies.

The biennial budget of $ 39.5 million will continue to sustain important educator initiatives such as the School District Collaboration Fund and Leading for Learning.

Here are the common threads that emerged: There are no blanket solutions, and as such, principals and other front - line educators must lead the charge to determine how best to meet each student's unique needs.

Leading Educators partnered with the district to provide sessions focused on relationship management, addressing topics such as difficult conversations, team dynamics, influence with and without authority, and conversations about difference.

Some advocates are hoping that if Duggan can bring district and charter school leaders together around supporting families for the Detroit Children's Success Initiative, that could lead to other kinds of collaborations, such as efforts to recruit and train educators to teach in Detroit.

As an educator in DCPS it is true that many factors are contributing to poor student achievement such as a lack of curriculum, no content specialists for support and ill - prepared administrators to lead the schools.

Over the past three years, we have had the chance to interact with hundreds of educators and to present emerging versions of this book at venues hosted by leading organizations such as ASCD, the Education Trust, the National School Boards Association, High Schools That Work, the Center for Innovation and Improvement, the American Association of Educational Service Agencies, the National Title One Association, the Kentucky School Boards Association, the Idaho State Department of Education, Boise State University, Castleton State University, Georgia Southern University, Hosei University (Tokyo, Japan), and Louisiana State University, as well as the Minneapolis Principals Network and the following school districts from our fieldwork: Boise, Idaho; Fairfax, Virginia; Godwin Heights, Wyoming, Michigan; Granger, Washington; Lapwai, Idaho; Molalla, Oregon; Port Chester, New York; Queens, New York; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Tekoa, Washington.

Deborah Meier is responding to a writing prompt in Richard Elmore's new book: I Used to Think... And Now I Think... 1 In this book, 20 leading educators, researchers, and policy analysts individually reexamine their longstanding views on such school reform topics as community schools, inclusion, the role of unions, the effectiveness of turnaround strategies, and even their faith that any single public policy can make a difference in improving schools.

Such paralysis has often led educators to recast wicked problems as tame problems.

The Obama administration, with Duncan leading the way, solidified the federal government's claims to authority over not just school outcomes, but also school practices, such as setting curricular standards and evaluating teachers and other educators.

I've been teaching meditation since 1993, and have assisted in the development of curriculum and courses for leading - edge authors and educators, among them notables such as Debbie Ford, Margo Anand, Deepak Chopra, and Byron Katie.

It also led to the formal training of a large group of judicial educators, among them a number who have gone on to national and international education programs: judges such as Katherine McLeod, Miriam Bloomenfeld and Joseph Bovard, to name but three.