Sentences with phrase «of kids and teachers»

That would have been in the best interest of kids and teachers.

[Steiner]'s got more substantive contributions to make than run a sprawling bureaucracy 150 miles north of the Bronx that doesn't really connect to the lives of kids and teachers.»

«I knew there was a gap in understanding between the cultures of the kids and the teachers, not only by race, but also by economic level and by background,» Lee said.

«There are hundreds and thousands of kids and teachers that will benefit from our model,» Nathan Currie, superintendent at N.C. Connections Academy, told a committee of influential state lawmakers Tuesday, one day after making a similar pitch to a state charter school oversight panel.

But leading a school full of kids and teachers has got to be one of the most stressful jobs there is.

«For example... every one of our workshop - style classes [will] begin with a meeting of the kids and the teacher to talk about a feature of mathematics or writing or reading... then kids will go off to do independent work and the teacher will circulate among them and help them with their individual projects.

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«If you are a parent or teacher looking to foster grit in kids, the first step is to let go of what you want for them, and watch for what they are passionate about.

You may have heard of Fortnite, the new, free game that's sweeping the nation and irking teachers everywhere, but parents and school administrators may have to re-think their disciplinary plan: Fortnite could actually help kids stay in school.

Sinek said he also advocates for teaching kids independence and resilience; the best teachers I've found on these two points are former Stanford dean of freshmen Julie Lythcott - Haims and former Navy SEAL commander Eric Greitens.

«Education used to be thought of as a teacher sort of opening up a kid's brain and pouring in the knowledge,» Dr Meghan Groome, Executive Director of Education and Public Programs at the New York Academy of Sciences, said.

And then we test them in front of kids and bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepaAnd then we test them in front of kids and bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepaand bring in groups of teachers on every single 40 - minute class we prepare.

Instead of teaching to the lowest common denominator or watching the smartest kids complete their work and put their heads down with nothing else to do, the teacher is able to track, react, and adjust the information being provided to each student — as needed and on the fly.

«But all it takes is a couple of dedicated teachers with a little support and guidance to run important research programs that can produce winners in this competition and more importantly kids who are going to go on to become scientists and change the world.»

As genial as he is — he is the quintessential cheerful Sunday - school teacher and kids» - little - league - coach kind of dad — he has the personality of a zealot.

It wasn't a revolutionary idea — college kids and moonlighting teachers have done it since the time of Socrates — but by vetting tutors, most of whom are state - certified teachers or professionals like CPAs or engineers, Lucas took a lot of the guesswork out of private tutoring.

Contrast that with the average teacher, who peppers kids with 300 to 600 questions a day and waits an average of one second for each reply, and you have a recipe for what I call the «Global Questioning Crisis.»

One example that I read about, Stanford University, a teacher in artificial intelligence offered a class, a couple of hundred kids in the class, he offered it online to 30,000 people, or 20,000 people, and if I remember correctly when he gave the test there were 400 people, or something like that, that did better than the number one kid at Stanford.

As a kid, Williams dreamed of playing professional baseball — he grew up loving the fast feet of Rickey Henderson and the 1980s Oakland Athletics — or becoming a teacher.

Because children are increasingly digitally wired, parents and teachers are becoming aware of how difficult it is to extricate kids at home and in school from using screens.

We'll have some of Seattle's top teachers — from schools like Kidspace Childcare Center, Seattle Country Day School, Holy Names Academy and Creative Coding 4 Kids — leading workshops.

Kids will participate in age - appropriate tech activities and some of Seattle's top teachers will lead workshops.

Even with the promise of a special classroom, getting anxious kids to Roxbury High each morning demands a herculean effort from the program's teachers and therapists.

Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

All the time you hear of teachers and couches molesting kids?

As we saw in South Hadley, instead of challenging these definitions, or even the kind of cruelty endured by kids like Phoebe Prince, teachers and administrators often adopt a hands - off approach.

One of the Sunday school teachers was aghast and asked.me why he had been doing that to the kids week after week.

teachers have to walk a very thin tightrope of classroom management because if one kid even hints at a teacher molesting, improper touching, saying or doing something wrong towards that child, the teacher is automatically put on suspension and kids know this and use this to their advantage.

She was an academic - turned stay - at - home - mom writing a dissertation, and I was a full - time teacher - mom driving 45 minutes to and from work with 2 young kids, one who puked regularly out of carsickness.

If I am a teacher instructing children about how to read, and every child in the room has learned to read but one, should I just say «tough toenails, kid» or should I try different ways of instructing the child (that doesn't include punishing or killing them) so that the child understands?

So compelling, in fact, that almost on the spur of the moment you turned your back on the fishing business, left your wife and kids who were perplexed if not put out at your departure, and went off with the wandering teacher.

She advised teachers to play a bigger role in preparing kids for the «avalanche of pressure» from things like Facebook and Instagram.

Over the years, I have pulled many of the Sunday school teachers and youth workers in my children's lives aside to ask them to treat my children like any other kid in the youth group.

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

As a bookish kid struggling to find a place in a world of hunting, fishing, and athletics, I was offered refuge in art, literature, and music my ninth - grade English teacher.

The other students laugh at me and make fun of me and call me «That creationist kid» The teacher says that evolution is THE FOUNDATION of modern biology.

And although parents and teachers pretend to look the other way, I contend that it's somewhat easy to pick the gay kid out of a croAnd although parents and teachers pretend to look the other way, I contend that it's somewhat easy to pick the gay kid out of a croand teachers pretend to look the other way, I contend that it's somewhat easy to pick the gay kid out of a crowd.

So when said husband encouraged me to go on a health and wellness retreat last week, I frantically packed my bags before he could change his mind and ran out the door (OK that's not true, I argued with him about the what, when, where for each kid and the logistics of leaving a 9 month old who's nursing around the clock and a 9 year old who's out of school for weeks because her teachers are on a strike that seems like it will never end.

I just made it for the 3rd time in 2 weeks, (once was for a class of kids, so my hips aren't entirely hateful... lol,) I have no idea what Symphony bars are, I used a combination of Skor bits, white chocolate and semi sweet chocolate in the centre... the kids love it, I love it, Hubby loves it, all the teachers asked for the recipe... LOVE this recipe!!!! Thanks!

And if you're quiet and listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAAnd if you're quiet and listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand listen very hard, you'll hear the sounds that make up that buzz — the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand the fervently whispered prayers of thousands of kids (and their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAand their teachers)-- because, OMG, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST.

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I have to work out how to pack all of Paloma's food in a way that is convenient enough for her to eat, how to store it safely during the day, and last but not least, I have to think about how the kids (and sometimes the teachers!)

«(It's a) new way to give kids access to golf in the school system,» said Joe Meunier, a physical education teacher at Alisal and Program Director of The First Tee Tri-Valley chapter.

Team Dragon's teachers are coaches who have played a lot of soccer and love working with kids as they start on their soccer journey.

Larry Bird chose my high school to do his student teaching after the ISU Sycamores run to the NCAA championship game and several of us from orchestra kids got to shoot around with him at what would have been our fourth hour orchestra class which was delayed half an hour for one semester while the teacher had younger students from the new middle school built together with the high.