Sentences with phrase «of high school students about»

I have no problem telling a group of high school students about ways they can live more sustainably (ok, I suppose my teaching methods generally do not include telling, it's more about facilitating a conversation or tricking them into telling me).

Together, we've talked to hundreds of high school students about climate change solutions, and we were keynote speakers at a clean energy rally in Salt Lake City this winter.

Not exact matches

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone chairman and CEO, talks about why he gave a $ 25 million donation to his suburban public high school, and the need to prepare students for the workplace of the future.

The world famous duo were interviewed for about seven minutes by a giggly pair of high school students.

But that all changed when he started attending the Bronx High School of Science, where kids spoke in «hushed tones in the hallways about the real heroes» — students who had won what was then known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Black also hosted a series of informal «town hall» gatherings on college campuses, inviting college students and local high school kids to talk about how they see their futures.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two deschool safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two deSchool is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

Max Lance dug himself out of six figures of student loan debt and travels to colleges and high schools around the country teaching people about financial literacy.

Eureka High School in Eureka, Calif., postponed its drill that had been scheduled for Thursday, partly because officials were concerned about the mental state of students, said Fred Van Vleck, the district superintendent.

An article about salary and bonus data at top business schools highlights Tuck as the school with the highest percentage of students receiving signing bonuses among those ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.

At West Boca Raton Community High School, about 50 students held a «die - in» on school grounds with some of the «dead» wearing targets pinned onto their School, about 50 students held a «die - in» on school grounds with some of the «dead» wearing targets pinned onto their school grounds with some of the «dead» wearing targets pinned onto their backs.

(CNN) To those who say it's too soon after the school massacre to talk about politics and gun control, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High see your point.

About 60 survivors — and student activists — born out of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, traveled to the infamous Columbine High School in Colorado as part of the Vote for Our Lives rally.

Stevens offered not a word of concern about whether religious students might feel themselves to be less than full members of the political community if, by order of the nation's highest court, their messages and only their messages are categorically excluded from the school's public arena.

«A New Hope» is a brutally dark anthem about the days after Columbine, only a few short blocks from the bands practice studio, and it is disclosure into the thoughts of high school students.

In the midst of the national conversation about arming teachers and right before high school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high school teacher...

About 60 survivors — and student activists — born out of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, traveled to the infamous Columbine High School in Colorado as part of the Vote for Our...

Twice each year, I take two bus - loads of high school students on retreats at which they worship, walk labyrinths, talk in small groups with adults who care about them, and «hang out» in Christian community.

On this variable, younger theological students closely resemble law students, about four - fifths of whose fathers also have education beyond high school.

At some university divinity schools and a few independent institutions the quality of resources and students is much higher (though there one often can worry about how few of their students are headed toward ministry).

Kozol shares part of one conversation he had with several high school students about the racial segregation of their neighborhood and school:

And after reading some of this Mystery Genocide Manual (Qur «an), I'd have to say that it's about as peaceful as Freddy Krueger ripping up high school students.

Trying to argue for intellectual diversity and good faith by sticking up for kink is like trying to get high - school students excited about reading Romeo and Juliet by comparing it to Fifty Shades of Grey — it's not just ridiculous, but dishonest.

The 2009 biographical film about a black high school student adopted by a white Christian family is rated PG - 13 and became something of an evangelical darling when it released, receiving endorsements from Christianity Today and Focus on the Family.

The Houston Press: San Benito Teacher Replaced After Bizarre Classroom Rant About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, UFOs & The Apocalypse A ninth - grade teacher at San Benito's Veterans Memorial High School has been replaced for the remainder of the year after her lesson plan went badly awry last Tuesday and her 12 - minute rant was filmed by a student and uploaded to YouTube.

In fact, about 17 percent of students in Catholic schools in the United States are non-Catholic (more than 300,000 students), and inner - city black Protestants account for a high proportion of that group.

O'Malley has been writing, not about college professors or committed adult Christians (or about those, like myself, who are faithful readers of First Things), but about teenagers» American high school students, primarily those from middle «class and affluent families, who are the objects of Catholic «catechesis.»

Does your «About Me» section express the interests of a potential college student, or of a silly high schooler?

For many American Indian student - athletes, already just a sliver of a minority (the NCAA estimates about 3 percent of all high school basketball players will make it to the next level) this is the best opportunity they have to play college sports.

It's about the value of high school sports, and that value applies equally to every student who wants to put on a uniform and go out and try to do his or her best.

They talk about the dream possibility of playing for the same pro team, how Rick, Kay, Norm and Kelli could still caravan to games and how the two players would marry their high school sweethearts (Greene's girlfriend, Veronica Clark, and Pollack's, Lindsey Hopkins, are Georgia students) and continue the family - getaway tradition.

I just had a great conversation with some of the students at Stoneman Douglas High School about some important / impactful things that they have planned.

«How to Succeed takes readers on a high - speed tour of experimental schools and new research, all peppered with anecdotes about disadvantaged youths overcoming the odds, and affluent students meeting enough resistance to develop character strengths.»

I think about the debates around how many AP courses a high school student should take or whether to apply to 8 schools or 10 and realize the luxury of worrying about problems like these.

The right high school for your student goes well beyond statistics available about standardized testing results and the number of advanced or honors level courses offered.

Fearing that two girls voted «cutest couple» would be denied the honor because of their sexual orientation, about 60 students at Crete - Monee High School walked out of class Tuesday in a show of support.

«Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today — the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious, not getting enough sleep and locked into rigid definitions of success that don't leave room for genuine engagement, critical thinking skills and creativity.

The statute requires that each year, before beginning a practice for an interscholastic or intramural sport, each high school student athlete and their parent sign an information sheet about the risk of concussion or head injury.

Interesting article:» «Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today â $ «the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious,» Anxiety is comorbid with suicide, and yet PAUSD teachers criminalize anxiety through everyday worst practices in the classroom: excessive homework, test stacking, project stacking, inflexible deadlines, and uncaring response to pleas for relief.

Pope, a former high school English teacher, stumbled upon her findings about student stress while doing research for a doctoral dissertation at the Stanford School of Educschool English teacher, stumbled upon her findings about student stress while doing research for a doctoral dissertation at the Stanford School of EducSchool of Education.

Buffalo Grove — Yuvy Golub, 17, a student at Buffalo Grove High School, was in good condition at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after he lost control of his auto about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday while negotiating a curve on westbound Bernard Drive near Greenwood Court, police said.

The mild - mannered Onstott is one of about 20 students from various Chicago high schools who plan to protest the district's food at the board meeting and present members with other possible paths as they review the bids.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

About 100,000 Chicago public high school students, 80 percent of whom qualify for free and reduced - price lunches, can choose nachos as an entree every day.

One of the oldest and most well - established Waldorf schools in North America, Green Meadow Waldorf School enrolls about 350 students from Early Childhood though High School.

The Parsippany Hills, NJ high school mentioned in the Times report, at which school food is being boycotted, has about 1,100 kids, 5 % of whom — or 60 students — qualify for free and reduced lunch.

However, research shows only about 9 percent of high school students are getting enough sleep on a regular basis, which is detrimental to the brain's development.

You might hire a high school student to provide individual or small - group lessons, just to give your child a taste of a sport he's curious about.

If you're like most parents of high school students (especially boys), you probably find out about things either very last - minute or after the fact.