Sentences with phrase «lessons learned about school»

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Bill Gates knows a thing or two about some of engineering's most complex concepts, but the Microsoft co-founder recently learned an important lesson from an elementary school teacher.

Whether it's joining a scouting troop, participating in sports or joining the school band, children learn valuable lessons about teamwork through these activities.

Andy Dunn, CEO of Bonobos, the clothing brand which he cofounded in 2007, recently spoke with the Stanford Graduatue School of Business web site about the lessons he's learned at the helm.

And as the kids head back to class for another school year, it made me think about all of the valuable lessons that I learned as a boy that continue to resonate and apply to my daily routine.

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One of the things that put my son off Christianity was learning about all the wars that had been fought by Christians in His school history lessons.

I learned this lesson in a discussion about school uniforms: someone will decide what «the well - dressed student» will look like.

One little boy came home from Sunday school very excited about the lesson he had learned in Genesis 2 and how Eve was taken from Adam's side.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn's schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and borough president Eric Adams announced the initiative on Monday, underlining the fact that schools are the perfect place to learn lifelong lessons about nutrition and the environment.

While I kind of wished she had just skipped the stuff altogether - I think an even bigger lesson was learned - about looks and taste - and we have fed them such quality food that they don't like school food or prepackaged treats!!!

Students participated in 25 farm to school standards based lessons, including using math skills to measure garden spaces and mark off rows, learning about how weather affects plants, and exploring different types of soil.

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While it is understandable to worry about your child's future when they begin to struggle, remember that learning how to overcome difficulties is a valuable lifelong lesson that can lead to success in school and in life.

And thanks in part to both national and state Farm to School grants, Milton students now learn about food and where it comes from through school gardens, field trips and nutrition - based lessons integrated into the curriSchool grants, Milton students now learn about food and where it comes from through school gardens, field trips and nutrition - based lessons integrated into the currischool gardens, field trips and nutrition - based lessons integrated into the curriculum.

When my sons became teenagers, I wanted to teach them all the lessons I had learned about school, friends, jobs, and dating.

«The things that you learned in this program have to stay with you, and you have to remind your fellow students about the lessons that you learned in this program,» Oddo told students gathered in the auditorium at the Michael J. Petrides School in Sunnyside.

She spoke with host Gary Axelbank about her abstention in the vote on mayoral control, the concept of mayoral control, charter schools, how the system mgiht be run to maximum effiency, lessons learned from her tenure as president at Hostos CC, and numerous other topics.

«We're glad the governor went to global warming school, but he didn't learn the lessons from it,» said David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, about the governor's recent meetings with climate scientists.

By the way, over the next several years, I predict we'll learn these lessons about dysfunctional measurement all over again from the craze over testing in our public schools.

Nevertheless, he learned a valuable lesson about patient care in the rotations he and his peers did in their first 2 years of medical school: «That's where I learned I really didn't like it,» he says.

For example, what Kepler scientists are learning about potentially habitable planets, she says, can be easily turned it into a lesson that's aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, a state - led, voluntary effort to improve science instruction in elementary and secondary schools across the country.

In the previous lesson, you learned about standards for building high - quality after - school programs.

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point, suggests that our public schools would benefit from a spirit of innovation rather than one of regimentation.Those of us who have been hanging around public education for more than, say, 15 years may remember a time when words like creativity and imagination were an important part of our conversations about curriculum design, teaching, learning, and lesson planning.

In the report's introduction, Ferguson writes about the important lessons that can be learned from these schools, and links them conceptually to prior research on the topic.

After watching a clip, students could then construct a Venn diagram comparing two types of insects they learned about, providing accountability and insight on whether they've absorbed the lesson, and later go outside to see if they can find any of those insects in the wilds of their school playground.

When you see how the kids embrace these lessons, hear them tell how art helps them remember concepts better, and learn about the improvements teachers have noted in student understanding and retention, it makes you wonder why more schools aren't integrating the arts in every class.

Educators should view an integrated learning day as a critical piece of a rich school year, thinking about how we can extend the day's connections and collaboration into the lessons that we craft throughout the year.

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Middle school students create their own 3D virtual worlds and learn lessons about communication, collaboration, and digital citizenship through the first - person sandbox - style game called Minecraft.

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Whether you are from Brownsville or Boston, from Bogota or Beijing, the gathering and sharing of different experiences, different life - lessons, and different points of view is what learning at this grad school is all about.

«I appreciated [Mitchell's] interest in lessons that could be learned from other countries and jurisdictions, and his generosity in always finding time to speak to various education delegations from other countries that visited Massachusetts to learn about the State's efforts to improve our public schools,» said Professor Fernando Reimers in a remembrance piece.

This year there is a desire to go bigger and better, extending this to showcase commercial rooftop solar, household solar and solar on schools, as well as solar farms.If your school has solar and you would like to invite people to come and learn about it, if you would like to organise a trip to a solar farm, or even if you would simply like a solar - specific lesson plan, please get in touch at the Solar Trade Association to get involved.

Teachers learn about the school's lesson - plan template in Microsoft Word and Excel, review the essential elements of the plan, and find out how to name and save each lesson plan in their own folder on the school's server, which allows for safe storage and easy access.

A bundle worth # 27 with speaking and writing mats and a transition pack from primary school to secondary school offered (# 5 worth)- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power - point - Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities - Speaking and writing activities to be able to talk about yourself (age, name, family)- Learn this alphabet (link to songs on the power - point)- Countries + game on flags - Talk about your nationality (gender and adjective agreement)- Definite and indefinite articles (le / la / les - un / une / des)- Say where you live and where you used to live (survey activity with editable worksheet)- Work on formulating simple questions in French - Avoir with a dice game and grammar activities to practise this irregular verb - Numbers up to 31 + months + seasons + birthday + date - Talk about your favorite object - Colours + adjective agreement - A worksheet to accompany each power - point - A revision worksheet to practise the vocabulary and grammar points seen in the unit - Writing end of unit test + a vocabulary test - Mon autoportrait (description of your hair and eyes)- An adjective agreement game to do in class with all the students (see explanation under the slide)- Grammar explanation on adjective agreement - A lesson on the verb «être» with various activities to practise the irregular endings (also some activities with être and adjective agreement)- A written activity on yourself and your family with a nice worksheet.

A bundle worth # 45 with a transition pack from primary school to secondary school offered (# 4 worth)- A starter activity for each lesson on the first slide + learning objective + challenge activities throughout the power - point - Vocabulary games and worksheets with challenge activities - Speaking and writing activities to be able to talk about yourself (age, name, family)- Learn this alphabet (link to songs on the power - point)- Countries + game on flags - Talk about your nationality (gender and adjective agreement)- Definite and indefinite articles (le / la / les - un / une / des)- Say where you live and where you used to live (survey activity with editable worksheet)- Work on formulating simple questions in French - Avoir with a dice game and grammar activities to practise this irregular verb - Numbers up to 31 + months + seasons + birthday + date - Talk about your favorite object - Colours + adjective agreement - A worksheet to accompany each power - point - A revision worksheet to practise the vocabulary and grammar points seen in the unit - Writing end of unit test + a vocabulary test - Mon autoportrait (description of your hair and eyes)- An adjective agreement game to do in class with all the students (see explanation under the slide)- Grammar explanation on adjective agreement - A lesson on the verb «être» with various activities to practise the irregular endings (also some activities with être and adjective agreement)- A written activity on yourself and your family with a nice worksheet.

Focus Education's «Becoming an Academy» events are aimed at primary school leaders and governors and will provide real life learning and lessons learned about becoming an academy.

Many of the winning schools have said their pupils have learnt about the enjoyment of the outdoor world through being involved in the maintenance, as well as through specific curriculum lessons.

In an interview just posted on the Ed Next website, Dale Mezzacappa talks about lessons school reformers can learn from the School of the Fschool reformers can learn from the School of the FSchool of the Future.

Dale Mezzacappa talks with Education Next about lessons school reformers can learn from the public school that Microsoft helped design and launch in partnership with the Philadelphia school district.

One lesson is an introduction lesson on coasts focusing on the features by the coast and the importance of learning about it in schools.

Rafi.ki Kidogo provides lesson plans and interactive student resources, as well as protected and moderated chat, messaging and collaboration tools, which allow schools to connect to learn about global issues.

The researchers developed a hands - on curriculum and professional development lessons teaching basic physics using the popular toys, then conducted a randomized controlled trial in about 60 fourth - grade classrooms in a California school district comparing student learning under the project - based and traditional textbook based instruction over three weeks.

First, people have learned so much about what to do and what not to do to implement the kind of middle grades school reforms talked about in the original Turning Points that we felt compelled to bring those lessons to broad public attention.

Seldom does a day go by when most school leaders don't learn something new about the importance of communication, which evolves as new tools are introduced, old approaches revised, and new lessons learned.

In addition, schools can provide information about the class in question ahead of time, so that the teacher can prepare themselves for the content of the lesson, as well as the needs of the students in the classroom, further reducing any disruptions to learning that are often associated with having a cover teacher.

Writing a Character Sketch Pauline Finlay, who teaches at Holy Trinity Elementary School in Torbay, Newfoundland (Canada), submitted this lesson, in which students use a graphic organizer to learn to write a character sketch about someone they know.

* Strategies to Keep Kids in School States can learn a lesson from a recently released report about dropout rates in 16 states.

Abraham Lincoln: An Internet Buddy Activity Peggy Chauncey Cramer, who teaches at Hamilton Elementary School in Kentwood, Michigan, submitted this week's «Internet buddy» lesson in which younger and older students team up to learn about Abraham Lincoln.

You will learn so much from just talking with colleagues about what projects and lessons they are using with their students.I teach at a summer program for gifted and advanced students, where I work with other teachers of gifted in the school district, and I always pick up new ideas and methods from hanging around them.