Sentences with phrase «learning advocates say»

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That said, devil's advocate, seems like Manning guys learn pretty well from the bench and in off - season, so maybe there's something we don't know about

but if enough real food advocates step up and say «does it really make sense to serve candy and soda at an elementary school function» or «can we encourage parents to send non-food treats for bday celebrations» or better yet, «can you do what you do best and help my child learn to like fresh produce just like you taught him to read?»

And we'll say to high school students, if you can tell your roommate, to turn down the music, you're going to learn how to ask for a raise some day; because it really all comes down to the muscles that we all use, the skills that we need to express ourselves, to advocate for ourselves; and relationships can be the place where we learn how to do that.

There are posters here who say they used to be homebirth advocates but were open - minded to learning, and once hearing the truth (or in some cases learning it the hard way), left that community.

As always, a few parents advocated more harshness: «Parents just need to learn to say No and back it up with punishment!»

The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute applauds the Mayor, the City Council, the Office of School Food and Nutrition Services, and all of the advocates in the Lunch For Learning Campaign who have worked so hard to bring us to this day,» said Jan Poppendieck, Senior Fellow, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and author, Free For All: Fixing School Food in America.

The mesothelioma advocate said she learned through Taub's patients that he had been referring them to law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which made money suing over the rare cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos.

A third Cuomo ad advocates delaying implementation of new testing of the Common Core learning standards, which Cuomo says has been «premature».

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

Liz Accles, executive director of Community Food Advocates, and leader of the Lunch 4 Learning campaign, said in a press release, «Hungry children face great disadvantages academically.

Marshall says she and other advocates have learned, through the fracking fight, where years of protests eventually led Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process, that applying political pressure can work.

Oddo said the «greatest outcry» from parents and advocates was for schools that better serve children with learning disabilities.

«Clearly the Department of Education has not learned its lesson,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew said at a press conference, joined by education advocates and city school parents.

Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool programs — programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. - based After School Alliance.

We need examples of curriculum materials that are informed by practice and research and by what we know about how students learn, and the core concepts that we've agreed all students should learn,» said Malcom, an advocate of a more diverse and inclusive educational approach for students, including those from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences.

«In textbooks you learn that civilization starts with Sumer, and everything else is peripheral,» says Algaze, who was once an outspoken advocate of the dominance of the south.

Not only should a good adviser help students explore new ways of thinking and learning, they should also act as their advocates, helping them to network and develop professionally, willing to «put their careers at least on an equal footing with their own,» says Soffa.

Even though his adviser was a great advocate, Kilpatrick says that he learned to look out for himself.

Advocates say that by having control over what goes in their mouths, babies learn to regulate their food intake, refine motor skills and perhaps even become more adventurous eaters.

«Parents may want to learn more about how their child's school works to identify and support students struggling with mental health issues, and advocate for increased resources if needed,» she says.

«This contest is a reflection of the Graduate Division's commitment to helping our graduate students learn how to talk about their research and to become better advocates for the research enterprise,» said Watkins.

Koontz says she sees big dividends in the hands - on approach to learning that Journey North advocates, from better writing to deeper investigation skills.

By intertwining social and academic learning, advocates of the Responsive Classroom system say, children become more independent learners and more considerate people.

It was the misguided advocates of a science of pedagogy, he said, who had insisted on separating methods of teaching from mastery of subject matter; it was they who taught courses in education theory detached from the learning of academic content.

Teachers should understand that introverts are not disinterested, says Silverman, although they have to learn how to advocate for themselves.

Toppo advocates games as the best tools for learning, but he says practically nothing about what students are supposed to learn.

«The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives through the many people committed to reducing the opportunity gap in education by engaging families as partners and advocates in children's learning,» says Lopez.

«Students who had been accompanied by a teacher - chaperone to camp transitioned back to their school context better than their peers who were unaccompanied by teachers,» says Nalani, noting that the teacher - chaperones served as advocates for the students and support for their ongoing learning once they returned to school.

The Palisades School District, of which Durham Nockamixon is a part, sent a small group of interested teachers to a national conference on looping and multiage classrooms where, Tubiello says, they were inspired by the writings of educator Jim Grant, a passionate advocate of continuous learning and author of several books about looping.

«Over the past year, when I've been talking with people about the problems in schools, the answer is always «distance learning,»» says Rachel Tompkins, president of the Rural School and Community Trust, which advocates for online learning.

That is best done through observation, said Sparks, who advocates learning in the school, rather than through «pull - out» training, such as workshops.

Enthusiasm alone isn't enough of a justification to advocate project - based learning, but the results of that enthusiasm argue in its favor, say educators and researchers who have studied or used project - based learning.

Advocates say that developing and administering tests that measure students» knowledge against learning standards will ensure that all students have certain proficiencies and are not left behind or falsely promoted from grade to grade.

Advocates say that testing all students is the best way to measure how effective schools are, and that state or local content standards ensure that all students are learning the same curriculum.

«If you change things like language learning at home, if you work with parents in helping them feel like they have a right advocate for their kids, and if you help parents learn to communicate effectively with teachers, all these things can really help students achieve,» he said.

But far from it, advocates say: Social and emotional learning, when combined with traditional academic education, prepares the whole child for life separate from school.

«As a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unified.

Advocates for dyslexia awareness say not enough teachers know how to identify and help students with the learning disability early on, but a bill the General Assembly approved this week aims to change that.

«Advocates of public schools are needed now more than ever to ensure that all our students are learning the skills they need to pursue college and careers and thrive in a 21st century environment,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, executive director of the National School Boards Association.

Another speaker, kindergarten teacher Kember Kane from Silver Spring, Md., said it is through negotiating collectively that educators can advocate for the conditions that support student learning such as safe schools, small class sizes, and for resources that help educators do their jobs.

«We want to capture the changes people make over time — it's a process,» said Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, the San Francisco - based nonprofit think tank that advocates for blended learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe Learning Universe project.

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.

All that sounds good, education advocates and parents said Thursday, but many said it was unclear how much these plans would actually boost student learning, and how the nitty - gritty details would play out.

Dan Weisberg, general counsel of The New Teacher Project, a national nonprofit that has advocated for overhauling teacher evaluations to improve student learning, said there is new momentum for change.

Students Would Do Well to Learn Cursive, Advocate Says For many, cursive handwriting is a thing of the past, an archaic method taught in the days before keyboards and touch screens.

«I'm thrilled millions of educators like me can continue to work together through their unions to advocate for the best teaching and learning conditions of their students,» said HaSheen Wilson, a network administrator at Youngstown State University in Ohio.

Advocates of online learning say programs like UPSTART, which is free for most families, may increase access to educational opportunities, which can be critical to ensuring the youngest learners don't start behind and stay behind.

We were proud to offer an opportunity to amplify teachers» voices in advocating for the professional learning that will make a difference for educators and students,» said Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of Learning learning that will make a difference for educators and students,» said Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of Learning Learning Forward.

«There's a sense that is a lot more mainstream now and we need to take a closer look at it,» said Michael Horn, an advocate of digital learning at Innosight Institute, a think tank focused on education policy.

Jamey Bell, the state's Child Advocate, who requested the numbers on suspension, said young children with problem behaviors often are acting out in response to trauma or troubles at home or because of an undetected disability that is impairing learning.