The American Federation
of Teachers issued a report last year blacklisting money managers who support nonprofits that advocate for school and pension reform.
This is why, when the American Federation
of Teachers issued its Setting Strong Standards report in 2003, it emphasized repeatedly the importance of knowledge in all the disciplines, including English.
After the election, the United Federation
of Teachers issued a report calling the group «a letterhead stacked with super-rich backers.»
Rahm Emanuel's mishandling
of teacher issues in Chicago and the CTU's subsequent strike set off this era.
Not exact matches
A version
of this article appears in the December 15, 2015
issue of Fortune with the headline «Three Key Lessons From «
Teachers.»
Apple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State
Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS) are urging the company to address the growing
issue of iPhone addiction among youths
The
issue is how we are preparing society — it begins with the students and their
teachers — for the realities and dangers
of an increasingly online world.
Insights on key
issues, proxy votes and shareholder advocacy from the California State
Teachers» Retirement System, Ceres, ICCR, Sustainable Stock Exchange, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Trillium Asset Management, As You Sow, Walden Asset Management, Center for Political Accountability, AFSCME, Arjuna Capital, Miller / Howard, Oxfam, Calvert, ClearBridge, Green Century, UAW, Mercy Investments, Sisters
of St. Francis, Azzad Asset Management, International Campaign for Rohingya, Responsible Sourcing Network, Sustainable Investments Institute, Proxy Impact, and more.
The briefing, entitled «STEM 101: Major Policy
Issues for the 115th Congress,» featured expert panelists Dr. David Evans
of the National Science
Teachers Association, Allyson Knox
of Microsoft, Dr. Norman Fortenberry
of the American Society for Engineering Education, Domenic Giandomenico
of -LSB-...]
The Trump administration has left the
issue of arming
teachers up to states and local communities
I feel like he is trying to frame the
issue to make himself appear that he is on the side
of the
teachers, when in reality, many support this bill because it supports the mental health
of some
of our most vulnerable students.
Other education related initiatives include resolving the
issue of the Alberta
teachers» pension plan shortfall and preventing a
teachers» strike for five years; creating 1000 new spaces for post-secondary education students in energy, the environment, and economic studies; and creating 6000 new apprenticeship seats.
Annuity contracts and certificates are
issued by
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
of America (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York, NY.
But rather than incentivize teaching innovation that would allow science educators to discuss religion and ethics --- for example, creationism in light
of evolution and vice versa, or the scientific and ethical implications
of stem cells and in vitro fertilization — many
teachers are afraid to even mention these
issues, despite their importance, for fear
of losing their jobs.
Undergraduates always believe that they can avoid those outcomes, and
teachers and administrators think they can warn against them without having to address the broader
issue of unchaste conduct.
Gareth Cheeseman from the Christian charity Acet UK which runs sex education classes said: «Our concern at the moment is the number
of young people who don't receive any relationship and sex education because their
teachers are untrained and they don't have the curriculum time to cover it, anything that can help tackle that
issue has the potential to be a positive force.»
In this edited volume, McClosky has included a vast number
of case studies written by
teachers of their experiences using drama, simulation techniques, filmmaking, literature related to social values and ethnic
issues, and so forth.
No
teacher should be or need be at a loss to deal intelligently and fairly with most religious
issues that might arise in public schools in a pluralistic society, and every
teacher can be and ought to be prepared to grasp the religious dimensions in any subject
of study and to use sectarian differences to clarify
issues and enrich the learning
of all.
We're a colorful group, composed
of members
of the great right - wing conspiracy like me, old - time Southern Democrats, retired union stewards, tree huggers, school
teachers, Jews, evangelicals, atheists, Catholics ¯ but we are united in our passion for simple, honest government, and that isn't a partisan
issue.
I remember one
of my
teachers, Dr Don Burt, who said that as we teach about spiritual principles and spiritual healing that if
issues in our own lives don't come up we aren't teaching effectively.
Along with my partner, author and
teacher Marc Gafni, we are developing a new series
of books, courses and practices to bring further clarification to these
issues.
I guess most
of my high school science
teachers were pretty conservative and simply didn't address controversial
issues like evolution or the Big Bang.
There are many similar non-profit and para-church organizations working on
issues of public education from places
of public Christian faith, like the Memphis
Teacher Residency (MTR) program.
Confusion about Vatican II and poor understanding
of the Church's central teachings were also identified as
issues among both
teachers and students.
The Birmingham programme laudably does not avoid the duty to confront the masturbation
issue and its setting out
of Catholic teaching on the wrongfulness
of masturbation is rightly accompanied by a warning to
teachers to treat this subject with a great deal
of care.
As a longtime admirer
of Russell, and as an occasional student and (in due turn)
teacher of his views, I have long believed that the similarities between Whitehead and Russell on metaphysical
issues were much closer than we imagined, and I am grateful to Kuntz for laboring to point out some
of these.
Of course, if you are referring to a formal
teacher, that is standing up as a
teacher / leader I can see the
issues, but i expect most readers / listeners are not in that category and would want to be encouraged to «teach Scripture» rather than told to «correct yourself».
It is a warning to all
teachers that motion pictures using biblical themes often have less religious significance than secular ones that deal with the real
issues of life.
They spoke much about the «disarray,» «confusion» and «decline»
of theology in congregations and urged seminary
teachers to attend to the «foundations» and to link them with current
issues and the mission
of the church.
These
issues are present in the lives
of students,
teachers and staff.
The willingness
of teachers to engage in discussion
of issues of faith and conduct makes a strong impression on their students.
[15] Focusing on the cup, Cyprian writes that he has been constrained to address this
issue because
of the «ignorance or naïveté»
of some people, who in consecrating the Lord's cup and in its administration «do not follow the precepts and practices
of Jesus Christ our Lord and God, the Author and
Teacher of this sacrifice» (1.1).
Those who want to be «
teachers of the law» have forced the
issue of the law's rightful use.
In a world where
issues are ever more complicated, where ideas are ever more complex, and where politicians and
teachers and preachers are less and less sure
of themselves, we ask: what does it all mean?
The decisive event in the whole Kung episode was the declaration
issued by seven (out
of 11)
of Küng's colleagues on the Catholic faculty on February 5, when they maintained that any professor without a missio canonica (i.e., official endorsement as a
teacher of Roman Catholic theology) should not remain on a Roman Catholic faculty (Der Fall Küng, pp. 235 - 44).
For
teachers and students, and for the graduate student teaching assistants who were organizing as well, the
issue was whether, in the event
of a strike, classes should be moved off campus, so that no one would be crossing a picket line.
Christian
teacher Tom Wade, who is head
of RE at a Hertfordshire school, believes the game is having a positive effect on pupils: «I spoke to one student who said that they'd left their house early that morning so he and his sister could walk via a location that a specific Pokémon had been spotted at, and this is a student that we'd previously dealt with [who had] anxiety
issues in leaving the house.
But in a time when value confusion reinforced by growth - strangling faith systems often is at the center
of the problems that bring people for help, it is essential that counselors, therapists, and
teachers be competent and free to deal with these
issues explicitly whenever appropriate.
Graham Coyle, a Christian
teacher and member
of the Christian Schools Trust told Premier why the
issue is worrying.
A follow - up inspection published in 2014 reported that «at the time
of the emergency inspection, the head
teacher was unaware
of the regulations regarding the promotion
of partisan political views in teaching... This
issue has now been appropriately addressed... The regulation is now met.»
And if nothing is done, as Eric Hester (another former head
teacher) has predicted in these columns [in the November
issue of 2006], «then in as little as five years, outside the independent sector, there could be no truly Catholic schools remaining in England.»
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services
of the church would be held; the church needed to be told
of the impending visit
of an apostle, or
of some prophet or
teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith
of one
of these visitors, and there must be some discussion
of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member
of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter
of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two
of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the
issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means
of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one
of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one
of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf
of his family in the emergency; differences
of opinion exist in the church on certain questions
of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and
teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
when people get all huffy over my misuse
of words or just plain wrong use
of them i laugh, because i can bet my life that you still understood my meaning but rather then discuss the
issue i brought up chose to insult thru the means
of an english
teacher — that i care not for... my point was a valid one and it makes me sad that you think yourself so far above me that you won't even bother with the conversation... tisk tisk.
Cynthia is a retired
teacher and academic who has written extensively on animal
issues, including the use
of alternatives to animals in education, and provided substantive submissions on government legislation relating to animals.
I remember as a kid in the 90s reading some batshit insane conspiracy theory about them getting people knocked off in some
issue of Newsweek the
teacher was making us read.
My son is in preschool, but his
teacher said they do snack first thing because
of the handwashing
issue.
I'm currently taking a lactation support class (taught by RN and IBCLC Gini Baker, who trains many doctors, nurses, doulas,
teachers and other breastfeeding counselors / educators), and it has really opened my eyes to many
of the points you make — including the possible relationship between fertility
issues and breastfeeding
issues (and between breast augmentation and breastfeeding
issues).
This workshop examines the tension that parents, students, and
teachers often experience over
issues such as homework, grades, and the culture
of competition, and offers tools for creating a healthier school climate.
I was in awe
of the articulate and mature manner the students addressed these
issues with their
teachers and administrators.
These were the responses to a
teacher's comment about wanting to address, «Very creative and out
of control cheating
issues that high schools are experiencing.»