Sentences with phrase «on teacher grants»

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They're both high school teachers: Grant takes on English / literature while Bonnie tackles math.

Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped schools and other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide other public services.

A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disability.

Granted, it takes more time for some of us... I shook so badly the first time on stage, my 12th grade teacher kindly helped me continue a bit further... and then, walked me off carefully.

Tia is also involved in all aspects of the sanctuary's educational programming — developing curricula and interpretive materials, developing and implementing classroom teacher professional development, working on numerous grants in communities and schools, and developing and teaching natural history and food - based programming.

I have had repeated conversations and pleaded with our mayor in Salem (who is a mother herself) where I live to help volunteer, write grants, and work on upgrading the school lunch program, and even though she cares, it is not a priority — especially when budgets are tight for good teachers and other necessary school supplies.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Science Teaching Network (STN) is a grant - funded program focusing on teacher professional development built around best practices in science instruction, including the Next Generation Science Standards and local nature and science topics.

To help out in those situations, McWilliams relies on funds from school vending machines, grants and the parent - teacher organization.

State Commissioner John King suspended federal improvement grant funding for 10 districts — including NYC — that failed to live up to their commitment to reach agreements with their teacher and principal unions on new performance evaluations).

«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current on obligations to statutory funds, restore teacher and nursing training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?

The failure so far to agree on the teacher evaluation plans is also jeopardizing up to a billion dollars in federal Race to the Top grants.

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

«Even when teachers are granted flexibility, there are countless cases where unfairness and exploitation flourishes, with many teachers still expected to undertake work related activities on days they are not supposed to be working, invariably without payment.

The committee will review and award enrichment grants for programming outside of the annual school budget, based on requests by administrators, teachers, and during the annual grant cycle.

The Education Department says it approved six of seven school improvement grants, but only if the district is able to reach agreement with on a teacher evolution plan with the Buffalo Teachers Federation by July 1.

Commenting on today's announcement from the Labour Party that it will reinstate student grants and EMA support if it wins power at the next general election, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

«Even when women are granted flexibility the unfairness and exploitation continues with many teachers still expected to undertake work related activities on days they are not supposed to be working, invariably without payment.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher speaks with Kevin Ahern, a product of the Syracuse City school system, a longtime English teacher in the system, and currently President of the Syracuse Teachers Association.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a scathing critique of teacher training colleges on Feb. 15 as he unveiled a $ 5 billion competitive grant program to encourage states to overhaul the teaching profession.

New York State's latest teacher evaluation system, which was supposed to be in place by Nov. 15, has essentially been put on hold as 90 percent of school districts have been granted waivers to delay its implementation.

«There is a fear out there, and it's understandable on the part of school districts, that... when the grant comes to an end, there will be pressure for them to continue the work, and they clearly don't have the resources to do that,» said Richard Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers.

Head teachers of Senior Secondary Schools in the Upper East Region say the quality of teaching and learning is under threat due to inadequate accommodation for staff and students, encroachment on school lands and inconsistencies in the payment of feeding grants.

The legislation follows through on New York's commitment to establish a real and effective teacher evaluations as a condition of the $ 700 million granted through the federal Race to the Top program.

Dozens of teacher trainees besieged the Ministry of Education Wednesday morning to put pressure on the government to pay the feeding grant, which they claimed had not been paid to them.

The teachers created the classroom after doing research on their own, using grant funding and assistance from Erie 1 BOCES.

The state's latest teacher evaluation system, which was supposed to be in place November 15, has essentially been put on hold, as 90 percent of school districts have been granted waivers to delay its implementation.

Personal No Numerario de la Universidad de Malaga (PNN) The Asociación of Docente e Investigador No Numerario represents staff at the University of Malaga working on grants or contracts, including researchers, teachers, and technicians.

Now, with a $ 2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, AAAS's Project 2061 and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) are embarking on a project to develop chemistry and biochemistry materials for middle school students and teachers, based on the latest research in learning.

[BOX 3: Grants and Contracts] Financial Statements, 1957 - 1959 Financial Reports, 1957 - 1959 Financial Statements, 1958 Financial Reports 1960-1961 1962 1963 1964-1965 1966-1967 Report on Review of Source Data Preparation for Accounting Purposes, Oct. 1961 AAAS Budgets, 1968 - 1969 Financial Reports, 1968 - 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1970 Financial Reports, 1970 - 1971 Financial Reports, 1972 Financial Reports from Operations, 1979 Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1974 and Projections to 1963 Report for Examination of Financial Statements and Additional Information, 1983 - 1984 Closed out Funds and Stocks AAAS Grants Committee, 1955 AID Audit - Mexico City, 1974 Asia Foundation, 1955 - 1975 Boston Concerts Carnegie Corp. - Grant to AAAS for Science Teaching Improvement Program Graham Chedd - Contract [3 folders], 1973 - 1977 DOS - AID Irene Tinker, 1973 - 1977 RISM Research for the Study of Man, 1973 - 1977 Smithsonian, 1971 - 1977 Audit, 1973 - 1977 Close Out, 1976 - 1978 GE Grant - Regional Consultants on Science Teaching, 1956 Gordon Marshall, Exhibits Contract, 1952 National Endowment of the Arts, 1973 NSF Grant - Soviet Science, 1952 Training Talented Students, 1955 Travelling High School Library, 1956 Gordon Conference on Teacher Education, 1956 Junior Academies Workshop, 1957 Proposal to NSF for Development of Science Teaching Materials for Elementary and Junior High Schools, 1961 Progress Report to the NSF on the Holiday Science Lecture Program, 1963 Proposal to the NSF for 1964 Visiting Foreign Staff Project, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Comparative Science Program, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Cooperative Science Program, 1964 WGBH, 1972 Willis Shapley, Contract Agreement, Oct. 1978 DHEW - Barrier Free Meetings, Oct. 1977 CBS News - Conquest Program Series, 1959 MISCO Contract - original, 1972 Basic Books Publishing - New Roads to Yesterday, 1963 - 1966

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers National Academy of Engineering NAS, Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable NAS, Committee on International Relations NAS, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China NAS, Committee on Science and Public Policy (COSPUP) National Academy of Science, National Research Council National Association of State Universities and Land - Grant Colleges (NASULGC) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science National Conference on the Advancement of Research (NCAR), Les Cook National Council of University Research Administrators National Engineering Action Council (NEAC) National Science Teachers Association National Society of Professional Engineers Science and Technology Political Action Committee Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America, 1977 - 1979 Sigma Xi Parapsychological Association Phi Theta Kappa Power Engineering Society Social Science Research Council Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Society for Applied International Development State Academies of Science Union of Concerned Scientists United Community Centers, Brooklyn, New York

November 2, 2017 Chicago students to get hands - on cancer research experience through $ 1.9 million grant to UChicago Medicine The Chicago EYES on Cancer program will recruit students from underrepresented backgrounds and teachers from Chicago Public Schools for a two - year summer research apprenticeship.

The money is wrested directly from teacher paychecks as an add - on to their monthly dues (unless teachers specifically object), a power granted unions by school boards as part of collective bargaining deals.

In that position, in addition to his management responsibilities, his grant making work focused on education reform and the development of quality teachers and administrators.

Later, I was fortunate enough to become involved with Inquiry for the 21st Century, a teacher training grant from the UW Fast Plants and the UW, and that focused on teaching inquiry in science.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

As Reckhow and others have noted, the focus in grant making has been on pushing new approaches and broader policy changes that might indirectly foster improvement in high schools — through higher standards, stronger graduation requirements, and better teacher training.

Even in the minority of cases where flexibility was granted, teachers reported still being expected to undertake work - related activities on days they were not supposed to be working, invariably without payment.

Morrison trained as a high school English teacher at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, and after student teaching, earned her master's degree in education at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, on a Fulbright grant.

The U.S. Department of Education so far has granted conditional waivers to 26 states from mandates such as the 2013 - 14 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency on state tests and the NCLB law's teacher - quality requirements.

The DOE collects information from states on teacher shortages for the purposes of its loan forgiveness and TEACH grant programs.

She has presented at teachers» conferences on incorporating interactive literacy strategies in the classroom, and she is a seven - time recipient of a competitive grant allowing her to incorporate project - based learning in her classroom.

The New York City - based foundation said it hopes its new «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learning.

Dyck was granted release time to work with teachers who signed on to be part of the group, and group members have cheered one another on to tech success.

Even so, despite the urgings of the caucus and the local chapters of E4E and Teach Plus, UTLA refused to endorse the Los Angeles district's application for a $ 40 million Race to the Top grant, because it required the adoption of a teacher - evaluation system based in part on student achievement.

In 1906, Congress granted a federal charter to the National Education Association that exempted the teachers» group from property taxes on its national headquarters in Washington.

The center will use the grant, announced this month, to develop educational resources for teachers, disseminate information on curriculum developments, and establish a national advisory board of early - adolescence experts and education leaders.

The Maine legislature recently failed to act on a bill that would have provided incentive grants for the preparation of mathematics and science teachers and for the further training of teachers who teach math and science but are not fully qualified.

The district plans to offer tutoring and extracurricular activities on Fridays, and administrators have applied for grants to pay some teachers to come in Fridays.

Wood, who began his career as a social studies and history teacher in South Carolina, says he didn't really understand the impact of policy on what he did in the classroom until U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley invited him to Washington in 1993 to write the guidelines and serve as chief reviewer for the department's new Technology Innovation Challenge Grants program.