Sentences with phrase «most decisions about school»

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In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

And yes, I get it that we don't let kids make decisions about the most important things in life; on the other hand, we didn't have a whole lot of support from school admins, or even from parents (who relied on the sale of soda and junk at school events to fund enrichment programs) at that time to eliminate junk from schools.

When I was young I breast fed all three of my kids way past the time my husband was comfortable with (until about age 2 +), but he respected my decision for the most part, even if he could not help himself from reminding me on occasion, that I should not continue this until they go to school.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards, the people who care the most about their local school children, make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards and people who care the most about their local school children and the make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

«Most people think that it was a mistake,» says Jules LaPides, outgoing president of the 400 - member Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), about the NRC's decision to gather lots of kinds of data, but to rank programs simply by reputation.

Teachers took the lead in most schools, and in others they worked collaboratively with administrators to make decisions about what reach models to adopt and flesh out the design details.

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

«I make decisions about what is most important for the current school year, and then I focus on those goals all year long,» said principal Teri Stokes.

And the situation is even worse because most regulators making decisions about what choice schools should be opened, expanded, or closed are not relying on rigorously identified gains in test scores — they just look primarily at the levels of test scores and call those with low scores bad.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

Perhaps most schools across the country are making wise decisions about how to use personalized learning to enhance the educational experience, rather than squeeze all of the joy and inspiration out of it.

I am not suggesting that the Arnold Foundation (or the charter movement in general) abandon all quality control efforts, but I think quality is best promoted by relying heavily on parent judgement and otherwise relying on a decentralized system of authorizers with the most contextual information to make decisions about opening and closing schools if parents seem to have difficulty assessing quality on their own.

Most tests gaining attention today are achievement tests, including those commonly referred to as «high stakes,» meaning that crucial decisions are made about a student, teacher, or school based on the results of the test.

A public governing board or official — typically elected — made the most important decisions about the school's operations.

While nonparticipating schools cited a number of concerns that were major factors in their decision not to participate, concerns about possible future regulations were the most cited across all three states, followed by concerns about the effect of participation on schools» independence, character, or identity.

Evidence about collective leadership reported in Section 1.1 reveals the extent of influence exercised by most stakeholders in and around schools on decisions in the school.

To most people, a test is a test, and test results ought to be used to make major decisions about schools, teachers, and students.

While research can inform the use of value - added measures, most decisions about how to use these measures require personal judgment, as well as a greater understanding of school and district factors than research can provide.

Education advocates, though, say they have noted the concerns about teacher background checks and, for the most part, they believe educators» right to protest will continue unabated, particularly if hiring decisions are left to local school boards and administrators, rather than state officials.

Principal leadership and support are among the most important factors in teachers» decisions about whether to stay in a school or in the profession (see Figure 1).

In most schools, teachers and parents traditionally have not been involved in critical decisions about budget, personnel, and other policy issues.

In any case, democratic control of actual day - to - day school operations shouldn't really be a concern, especially if parents can make choices about the kind of schools their kids attend and that the schools engage parents in school decision - making (most - directly, in what their kids learn).

And it's what matters most to Arizona parents making decisions about where to send their kids to school.

Likewise (7) «Using VAMS to make high - stakes decisions about teachers also may have the unintended effect of driving skillful and committed teachers away from the schools that need them most and, in the extreme, causing them to leave the profession» in the end (p. 121).

Jean Stiles, principal of Jasper Place High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, shares how she created conditions within her diverse school for teachers to take ownership of their teaching practice, pursue their own professional learning and, most important, make the necessary decisions about what approach was best for their students» leaSchool in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, shares how she created conditions within her diverse school for teachers to take ownership of their teaching practice, pursue their own professional learning and, most important, make the necessary decisions about what approach was best for their students» leaschool for teachers to take ownership of their teaching practice, pursue their own professional learning and, most important, make the necessary decisions about what approach was best for their students» learning.

While SB 213 makes a quantum leap in providing greater equity, adequacy and accountability for school funding, it will require our citizens to know enough about school funding (not the most glamorous topic) to make an informed decision at the ballot box.

Diploma types vary from school to school, although in most states, decisions about diploma requirements are made by state education officials.

«The new frontier holds tons of promise, but most school district communication and management systems aren't built to manage and educate all decision - makers about which products work best for which students.»

Step 3: Study the school's structure: For most parents, this meant learning everything they could about the school - it's programs, it's policies, the identity of the key decision - makers and, especially, the educational point of view of the decision - makers.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the players in this initiative are absolutely and totally silent about the biggest issue of all; If the Renzulli teaching model works, and I'm sure it does knowing his level of expertise on the subject, the logical and appropriate public policy decision would be to insert Renzulli's approach into more schools and provide a broader range of children, included those «most gifted,» with the benefits of curriculum that includes «enrichment clusters that stimulate investigation and creativity, making learning fun.»

Most graduate schools consider the verbal and quantitative sections to be particularly important in making decisions about applicants.

Most of the people who draft education policy and who make life and death decisions about teachers and schools could not do what they ask teachers and principals to do.

«These elected, parent - majority bodies make critical decisions about school programs, budgets, and leadership at most CPS schools,» she says.

In response to the ruling, the Commission released a statement about their disappointment in the unexpected decision and its negative effects on the state's most at - risk students enrolled in these schools.

These are the most pressing reasons why this is an unjust and unfair takeover that is very clearly about the re-colonization of our city and pulling away our resources: Specifically, we are requesting the governor make a decision to not sign the take over of the Jackson Public Schools for the following reasons: 1.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

From there, you can determine which schools offer the most competitive financial aid package and make an informed decision about which to attend.

Making the decision to hire a virtual worker or pay for legal process outsourcing can be as simple as hiring an independent contractor fresh out of law school to do easy tasks, but if you are serious about using virtual workers on a larger scale in your firm and really getting the most out of it, it is important be aware of ethics considerations; price benefits and initial investments; and intangible benefits and costs when weighing the options of paying for a full - time staff, hiring on - site independent contractors, using outsourced service providers or juggling all of the work on your own.

On the business side, I still think most of those hiring decisions are made by other lawyers who have friends and law school buddies at law firms that they know all about.

Programs can vary in content, purpose and theoretical basis, so KidsMatter has created guides to assist schools and ECEC services make informed decisions about which ones are most appropriate and effective for them within the context of KidsMatter.