Sentences with phrase «many classrooms across the country»

On the Classes 4 Classes website, students have already worked hard in classrooms across the country to raise money to buy Samsung Chromebooks and iPads for students in other schools.

Close to a million students stood up and streamed out of classrooms across the country last week as part of the National School Walkout, which honored the victims of the Parkland shooting one month ago and called on lawmakers to pass gun control legislation.

Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.

The most commonly heard selling points for computers in schools — and what the author discovered to be true in classrooms across the country.

In doing so it makes itself out of touch with the reality of a vibrant part of what is going on in many RE classrooms across the country.»

Think of board games like Monopoly, card games that teach math or vocabulary, and video games, which are popping up in classrooms across the country.

«He has been called to Washington to be a very important voice for what goes on in classrooms across this country, and therefore, even though it was not our first choice for John to leave, a, on such short notice or, b, in the middle of the school year, we are deeply gratified that the president and secretary... think so highly of the work that John has done with the board,» she said.

After that, they will test the new items in classrooms across the country to see if the changes can improve ELL students» test performance.

In addition to research support and housing at Schoodic Institute, the Fellows will receive science communication training, and will contribute to development of resources to bring park science to classrooms across the country.

In an effort to make retrieval practice a common strategy in classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning.

Such events were a topic of intense discussion and debate in homes and classrooms across the country.

We also teamed up with other classrooms across the country to do the same.

The program — for and about teachers — will focus on the most important challenges and opportunities facing America's teachers, and feature examples of great teaching from various schools and classrooms across the country.

From what I've seen in classrooms across the country, today's educators make going beyond the call of duty their everyday call of duty.

Students can register as individuals, or compete against «buddies» in their classroom, or in classrooms across the country!

In the interim, TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) is placing computer scientists in high school classrooms across the country.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed a curriculum package for grades 4 - 6, and volunteers from state CPA societies are available to teach it in classrooms across the country.

Many school classrooms across the country today were designed before the invention of computers and possibly, for some, prior to the invention of electricity.

In the late 1980s, Whittle had earned a reputation for blending the sacred — education — with the profane — business — when he launched Channel One, a TV program produced by and for teens that delivered 10 minutes of news with 2 minutes of commercials to classrooms across the country.

The National Education Association reports that, as of 2004, nearly every general education classroom across the country includes students with physical and / or learning disabilities.

Bottom Line: With Mac products popping up in classrooms across the country, this site is a must - see for getting the most out of them.

Proponents of the technology can point to real success stories: Here are some of the more promising uses of VR and other immersive technologies already underway in K — 12 classrooms across the country.

With a focus on improving educational outcomes in classrooms across the country, what role could a survey play in determining the similarities between teachers and their students?

Prowise, a brand that specialises in digital learning solutions, is becoming increasingly popular in classrooms across the country, as teachers and decision makers learn more about what this innovative brand can offer.

Jaimie Cloud, founder and president of the Cloud Institute, sees no reason why sustainability education can't continue to thrive in classrooms across the country.

In classrooms across the country, pupils as young as 11 are embracing 3D printing.

For more than twenty years, my educational foundation has joined forces with teachers, parents, students, administrators, and business and community leaders to illuminate the most innovative learning strategies to be found in K - 12 classrooms across the country.

The STEM in Schools event, run by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, forms part of National Science Week and will see classrooms across the country come alive with science as students participate in a virtual classroom discussion with STEM professionals working in the international space industry.

The projects — models of high - quality student work in subjects across the disciplines, from classrooms across the country — were the focal point of a workshop for arts - inspired educators, part of a three - day professional development summit earlier this month called Arts and Passion - Driven Learning.

Technology & Innovation magazine reports on the products and resources that are making a real difference in schools and classrooms across the country.

Teaching has many goals, but for years, didactic lectures dominated classrooms across the country.

This is the case in classrooms across the country, but especially so in urban settings, where many students need literacy instruction that addresses their difficulties while still nurturing their love of reading.

My experience with online content started back in 1989 when I worked for a service called Learning Link, connecting classrooms across the country and around the globe.

With the plethora of resources available to teachers and students, creating customized learning paths is an increasing reality happening today in classrooms across the country.

In many classrooms across the country, neither students nor teachers feel very smart.

Visual learning strategies such as graphic organizers, diagrams, outlines and more are being used in classrooms across the country.

Be A Learning Hero allows parents to navigate the changes happening in classrooms across the country so they can help their children be successful in school.

Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.

Each year, thousands of middle grades preservice teachers assume their places in classrooms across the country, through practica, internships, and student teaching experiences.

The Chartered Teacher programme aims to support teachers» personal, professional and career development, and acknowledges and celebrates the fantastic work that happens in classrooms across the country every day.

Only one in 10 elementary classrooms across the country emphasizes the development of cognitive skills; other researchers have advocated for explicit instruction of metacognitive, cognitive, and other strategies to facilitate the process of learning as a way to engage and motivate middle and high school students.

The Chartered Teacher programme aims to support teachers» personal, professional and career development and to acknowledge and celebrate the fantastic work that happens in classrooms across the country every day.

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education said separate schools for children of color were unacceptable, the same deep - seated inequalities that drove parents to the courtroom in 1954 haunt classrooms across the country.

Once these are agreed we can look to build a set of descriptors and in turn rigorous, meaningful assessment processes that recognise (and indeed serve to support and develop) the high - quality teaching already happening in many classrooms across the country, rather than adding to teacher workload.

«Collaborating with Discovery Education to bring free financial education to high school classrooms across the country continues our commitment to providing students and their parents with the personal finance skills they need to help them achieve a brighter financial future,» said David Nelms, Chairman and CEO of Discover.

As students return to school this year, many will be in one of the more than 100,000 classrooms across the country staffed by an instructor not fully qualified to teach.

Standards ensure that students in different schools and classrooms across the country are taught the same basic information on a particular subject.

Based on the works by best - selling ASCD authors, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, the FIT Teaching approach is transforming classrooms across the country through proven, research - based methods that positively influence student achievement.

Extend the impact of the Discover Your Happy Virtual Field Trip by connecting your students with classrooms across the country through a live online conversation.

Like most things in life, there are positives and negatives and I, for one, believe that the potential for the CCSS to connect classrooms across this country is a great positive.