Sentences with phrase «of teacher issues»

Rahm Emanuel's mishandling of teacher issues in Chicago and the CTU's subsequent strike set off this era.

After the election, the United Federation of Teachers issued a report calling the group «a letterhead stacked with super-rich backers.»

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.

The American Federation of Teachers issued a report last year blacklisting money managers who support nonprofits that advocate for school and pension reform.

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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.

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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.

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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.»