Sentences with phrase «on holding teachers»

At the same time, Cuomo has been intent on holding teachers more and more accountable for their students» performance on those tests.

A dismissive rant on holding teachers accountable?

Of course, if the governor had not peevishly insisted in the first place on holding teachers» feet to the fire on test scores while simultaneously making watershed changes in their practice, New York would likely never have experienced the immune response we have seen — particularly among affluent parents in the state's politically powerful suburbs.

Not exact matches

On top of having one of the best cohorts of teachers in the world (even primary school teachers are required to hold master's degrees), Finland has made hands - on subjects a prioritOn top of having one of the best cohorts of teachers in the world (even primary school teachers are required to hold master's degrees), Finland has made hands - on subjects a prioriton subjects a priority.

United has apologized to a Hawaii teacher who was forced to hold her 2 - year - old son on her lap after an employee gave the toddler's purchased seat to a standby passenger.

The no - holds - barred piece draws on recent research published in Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as older reviews of the scientific literature on so - called digital natives, to review whether the recent mania for tech in education has solid scientific foundations.

Mr. Ma, who holds a bachelor's degree in English from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute, serves on the board of SoftBank Corp..

The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Today is World Teachers» Day, which is held annually on 5 October as part of a UNESCO initiative to appreciate, assess, and improve the educators of the world.

Some educators in Arizona are volunteering to care for students and holding food drives as a historic teacher strike that has closed schools stretches on.

Though this ringing silence on the subject would have been typically Lutheran — as Luther saw it, the works of humankind appear attractive and good, but they are likely to be mortal sins — I suspect that my Sunday school teachers weren't holding back out of any Reformation - based fear of «works righteousness.»

And now, after the chain of continuity going back to the apostles has been broken, how on earth can anyone identify those following the true Way approved by Jesus Christ, with so many aggressive false teachers claiming to be approved by Christ and holding and gaining such incredible fame and power?

On the other hand the present form of the apocalypse of Mark 42 is held by some scholars to indicate its composition in the late fifties, and the emergence of the earliest gospel is widely held to have been most probable at a time when the first generation of Christian teachers was beginning to die out, c. A.D. 60 - 70.

NoTheism, It's hard to hold the first Christians responsible for being ignorant of the great teachers of their own past when they put such a premium on being ignorant.

Finally, a vertical group composed of two trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, excellent students, and failing or dropout students is held on the theme: «Our schools: What I like and don't like about them, and what I want them to be.

Thus almost all of the church's teachers have held that the existence of God is knowable, if not indeed demonstrable, even to reason, and that the dependence of all things on their primal cause is as definitely affirmed by the truest philosophy as by a theology whose source is the Christian revelation.

A recent seminar in Religion, Drama and Literature at Drew University, held with the help of the Danforth Foundation under the auspices of the Commission on Literature of the National Council of Churches, attracted a good number of teachers of English.

Similarly Paul was a called apostle, legitimately recognized by the community as a teacher of faith, yet he approached the Corinthians with exceptional empathic affinity: «Do not think we are dictating the terms of your faith; your hold on your faith is secure enough.

Pagels (1984 p. 101) tells a story of a teacher in post-revolutionary Iran who began a lecture on probability theory by holding up a die which he was going to use in a demonstration.

Jesus Christ's wisdom You believing something doesn't make it true I'm not holding my breath You own those labels Humble yourself and ask Jesus for forgiveness Reprobate minds Jesus told us he would give you reprobate minds After their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears Satan's lies causes confusion Atheists write this garbage Satan is death You are fooling yourself if you don't tell gays they suffer for eternity Tortured for eternity Pathetic Blame it on the Christians for having the guts to tell idiots God's truth Your father Satan End of days taught in Jesus» truth is nothing new to Christians Another rock.

While Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone holds the line on the teaching of orthodox moral doctrines of the Catholic Church out in San Francisco, here in New Jersey a theology teacher in Immaculata High School in Somerville is threatened with dismissal from her position for... agreeing with orthodox moral doctrines of the Catholic Church.

When he studied the lives of those who gave themselves to the search for truth, he saw that they might be classified in four groups: the scholastic theologians, who proclaimed themselves the followers of reason and speculation; the Isma`ilis and other Shi`as who held that to reach truth one must have an infallible living teacher, and that there always is such a teacher; the philosophers, who relied on logical and rational proofs; and the Sufis, who held that they, the chosen of God, could reach knowledge of Him directly in mystical insight and ecstasy.

By a vote of 9 - 8, the court held that Spain did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it declined to renew the contract of a public school teacher who had been offering classes in Catholicism.

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?

The things that motivate me to get on my mat each day are my physical and mental health, someone else (my husband) holding me accountable, and the respect and admiration I have for my yoga teacher and the Ashtanga lineage.

I will definitely make these, school is to commence here on Sept. 2, if the teachers strike is over which they seem to be holding out for all they can get, at the students expense.

This hasn't stopped advocates from trying to develop those measures — and even to hold teachers and schools accountable for students» performance on them.

I've held the same salaried teachers position for 4 years, in addition to taking on odd jobs and side hustles to support us while he studied his trade.

Ms. Bridgeman - Bunyoli also holds a Bachelor's Degree from Antioch University (OH), and held an Elementary Teacher's certificate for grades K - 8 from the state of Ohio with a focus on primary education.

On the other hand, while providing all of those supports, we understand if teachers and principals are not held accountable to high expectations for these children.

It's not uncommon to hold parent - teacher conferences on Sundays, she says, because many parents whose children attend John Jay juggle two or more jobs, working 16 - hour days six days a week at factories, restaurants and cleaning services.

The teacher could hold a bug discussion using your child's materials as the visual aids, or create a bug station based on your child's supplies.

CCSD will hold its annual job fair for teacher candidates, as well as future bus drivers and school nutrition workers, on Saturday, March 3, from 9 am to 12 noon at River Ridge High School in Woodstock.

Workshop Description: This is a two session workshop, typically held on a Saturday, for parents, caregivers, teachers and anyone involved with children who wants to bring more understanding, love and joy to their relationships with children of all ages.

Babysitters, nannies, preschool teachers provide many different services as well: counseling / behavioral therapies (think children fighting in a sand box who need to be directed to «use words» rather than hit one another), nutritional guidance (our son's teachers have given us great ideas and resources for healthy meals), arts training (music class, creative arts class), occupational therapist (correct hand hold for four year old grasping a pencil), physical therapist (Hop on one foot, kids!

Lewis, who has rejected the district's offer to serve on an advisory committee for instituting a lengthened school day next fall, when the district can do so without teacher approval, held her position Monday.

Or maybe a foodservice staffer, or teacher, or school administrator who has been dreaming about a breakfast program but a lack of funding has been putting things on hold?

She's so happy working in school nutrition, Dodge has even put her plans to become a teacher on hold, saying that working in the school cafeteria is the «best of both worlds.»

The teacher could hold a discussion using your child's materials as visual aids, or create a bug station based on your child's supplies.

He will then meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, participates in a federalism event with governors and signs an education federalism executive order, drops by an all - senators briefing on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, holds a National Teacher of the Year event, and conducts several briefings.

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has put on hold a planned nationwide strike which was due to begin today [Tuesday].

He spoke out as sources at the civil service PCS union, which joined teachers on strike in June in a row over the Government's pension reforms, said its national executive had agreed to hold another one - day walkout in the autumn.

The delegates approved two resolutions: one calling for the proper use of assessments to further education, and the other calling for the state Board of Regents to hold public hearings on the implementation of the required changes to the teacher evaluation system.

In an intense Delegate Assembly on Jan. 18, UFT President Michael Mulgrew explained to delegates the competing visions of teacher evaluation held by the UFT and the city Department of Education that have resulted in the union being in Mayor Bloomberg's direct line of fire.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says NYSUT's Southwest Regional and the Olean Teachers Association holds its annual march and rally.

New York City Councilmember Robert Jackson will receive the United Teachers Federation's (UFT) most prestigious award, the John Dewey Award for Excellence, at the UFT's Spring Conference, which is to be held on Sat., May 12th at the New York Hilton.

The proposal to clamp a four - year hold on using student «growth» scores on Common Core tests in evaluating teachers was advanced just last Thursday by an advisory task force appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

That move was criticized by the teachers unions, which does not take children out of the public schools, and holds their events after school hours and on weekends.

Elia told reporters after the Regents meeting that teachers still would be held accountable in their jobs on the basis of the «transition» ratings.