Not exact matches
The Houston - based schools have extended days,
learning contracts signed by students and parents, school - issued cell phones for teachers, and
classrooms bearing the names of colleges — the now - familiar features of what David Whitman dubbed «New Paternalism» schools in his 2008 book Sweating the Small
Stuff (see «An Appeal to Authority,» features, Fall 2008).
A second administrative challenge suggested by Figure 1 has to do with curriculum coherence or the challenge of ensuring that as students move from one
classroom to another, they
learn the right
stuff from all those teachers.
The schools have introduced a social and emotional
learning program, using
stuffed animals that sit atop bookshelves in the
classrooms.
At the end of the presentations, each
classroom is given a
stuffed Cooper and a copy of «Love Me Gently» (in English and Spanish), as well as certificates of completion for each student for their participation in the Humane Education Program, free spay / neuter clinic flyers, and a one - page information sheet for each student to take home to their parents detailing what they
learned.
Employers will value your internship experience over the
stuff you
learned in the
classroom any day of the week.