Sentences with phrase «other public school educators»

As we grow, KIPP continues to seek opportunities to facilitate the exchange of ideas with other public school educators, so that we can all help students achieve at the highest levels.

Not exact matches

After all, it was through political and legal struggles over many years, and as a result of compromises, that other Western democracies recognized the pluralistic nature of a free society and adopted policies protecting the rights of parents and of educators to maintain and receive public funding for faith - based schools.

Public schools across Long Island and other metro area suburbs already are winning high grades — and they've barely begun opening their doors — according to results of a back - to - school poll by Phi Delta Kappa, a global organization of professional educators.

«Further, they would have the effect of leading potential educators through an essentially fake certification process,» the suit continued, «one not valid for employment in New York's public school districts, other charter schools, or the public schools of other states.»

As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.

Coherent missions and moral socialization through networks that incorporate family, school, and other aspects of life (in this case, churches) are among the hallmarks of Christian schools and may provide direction to public educators who are worried about alienated adolescents and withdrawn families.

Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis on American precollegiate education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the general public.

Educators are also supporting each other as design thinkers in regional collaborations like Atlanta's #AK12DC, a collection of 30 public and independent schools working to accelerate design challenges, and Henry Ford Learning Institute's work in Michigan to gather regional enthusiasts and design thinking leaders.

The exhibit, in which 15 teachers demonstrated their work through posters, attracted an audience of graduate students, administrators, and educators from other communities, as well as representatives from Project Zero and the Center for Collaborative Education, an organization that partners with public schools and districts «to create and sustain effective and equitable schools.»

When the family changed schools a couple of years later, to Dulwich Hill Public School, she was given the opportunity to work with the assistant principal and Marrickville Council Environmental Educators network to create a series of lessons that could be used as a model for other schools.

These and other education - related issues affect parents and educators more than they do other citizens, particularly those citizens who do not have children enrolled in public school.

It's run by BetterLesson, an organization that was started by a group of public school teachers from Boston and Atlanta who were frustrated that it was so hard to find and share great curriculum with other educators.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

Included: McLeod reflects on the challenges reservation educators must overcome and how those challenges are often similar to those of other rural public schools.

Indian Island Principal Reflects On Native School's Goals, Challenges Linda McLeod, principal of Indian Island School, reflects on the challenges reservation educators must overcome, and how those challenges are often similar to those at other rural public schools.

Minnesota's charter school law allowed educators and other concerned individuals to apply to the state for permission to operate a government - funded school outside of the public education system.

The California Department of Education and other organizations have created several resources to help educators and the public understand and navigate the new California School Dashboard, which includes data that will be used for school and district accountability purposes beginning nextSchool Dashboard, which includes data that will be used for school and district accountability purposes beginning nextschool and district accountability purposes beginning next fall.

Williams and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators were convicted of racketeering charges.

California's new Accountability and Continuous Improvement System helps educators and the public to see how districts and schools are performing on test scores, graduation rates, and other measures of student success.

The current push for mass school closings comes from business and political interests, not parents, educators, students or other stakeholders who are part of the public school community.

Today they boast 1.5 million members and include PK - 12th grade school educators, higher education faculty and professional staff, nurses and other health care related employees, state public employees, educational paraprofessionals and other school support members, and retirees.

I hope the Newark experience inspires parents and educators across the nation to find more ways to work together, and with other public education partners, to find innovative solutions that not only help your own school but transform public education system for your city or state as a whole.

On Monday, April 3, we would like to encourage parents, students, community members, educators, etc. to gather in front of one of their local public schools and encourage others to #GoPublic.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

These SDC Toolkits are available to parents, students, educators or community members, who want to organize others in their school community to stand up for public schools.

Educators from other school districts from across the state are also planning to travel to Raleigh that day to show support for public education.

Proponents say charter schools allow local educators to escape the smothering bureaucracy that entangles other public schools and to find creative solutions that help struggling students.

The Local Wellness Committee will represent all school levels (elementary and secondary schools) and include (to the extent possible), but not be limited to: parents and caregivers; students; representatives of the school nutrition program (e.g., school nutrition director); physical education teachers; health education teachers; school health professionals (e.g., health education teachers, school health services staff (e.g., nurses, physicians, dentists, health educators, and other allied health personnel who provide school health services), and mental health and social services staff (e.g., school counselors, psychologists, social workers, or psychiatrists); school administrators (e.g., superintendent, principal, vice principal); school board members; health professionals (e.g., dietitians, doctors, nurses, dentists); and the general public.

I think Drew successfully integrates community resources because there was a clear plan and vision for how schools would contribute to and interact with other community institutions (a large percentage of the staff are former Atlanta Public Schools educschools would contribute to and interact with other community institutions (a large percentage of the staff are former Atlanta Public Schools educSchools educators).

For one, education schools and elementary and secondary schools have not done enough to promote the science of learning to educators — or the public — and a number of teacher education schools continue to push the idea of learning styles and other inaccurate concepts about learning.9

That ticked her off so she became a public school educator who works to help change that for others.

The nonprofit KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas both within the KIPP network and with partners including other public schools, non-profit organizations, and institutions of higher learning.

The Education Practices Commission may suspend the educator certificate of any person as defined in s. 1012.01 (2) or (3) for up to 5 years, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for that period of time, after which the holder may return to teaching as provided in subsection (4); may revoke the educator certificate of any person, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for up to 10 years, with reinstatement subject to the provisions of subsection (4); may revoke permanently the educator certificate of any person thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students; may suspend the educator certificate, upon an order of the court or notice by the Department of Revenue relating to the payment of child support; or may impose any other penalty provided by law, if the person:

Standards for teachers, administrators and other educators in Virginia's public schools recognize the link between preparation and content knowledge and student achievement.

As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.

AAE, the premier national professional association for educators, will offer teachers and other employees of TCSA member schools full AAE membership at a low monthly rate in an effort to advance best practices and advocacy opportunities for public charter school teachers in Texas.

As head of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 stuSchools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 stuschools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 students..

ASCD and other members of the Learning First Alliance (LFA)-- a permanent partnership of 12 leading U.S. - based education associations — have developed A Practical Guide to Promoting America's Public Schools, a new communications tool to help educators promote the value of public education in the United SPublic Schools, a new communications tool to help educators promote the value of public education in the United Spublic education in the United States.

As Ted Kolderie, one of the founders of chartering explained, it's a «simple yet radical idea: allowing enterprising people — including teachers and other educators — to start innovative public schools.»

While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.

Those who enter the program are diverse in background experience: some are licensed educators with experience in public school settings; others hold graduate degrees in fields other than education and have had experiences in various educational settings, including private or community education settings or organizations such as Peace Corps and Teach for America.

Other educators think that the state and the Jefferson County Public Schools will have to take much more radical steps to give black and low - income students what they need to compete on a level playing field with their peers.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools pulled together a varied group of seasoned educators, authorizers, attorneys and other stakeholders from across the country to share best practices and experiences.

Maine's proposed bill is supported by the Maine State Board of Education, the Maine PTA, Advisory Council on Alternative Education, the Maine Association for Public Charter Schools, and hundreds of parents, educators and other citizens, including the Commissioner of Education.

As an educator who has taught in public schools for nine years, I can tell you something that only other teachers and professional educators really understand: You're mistaken.

Through her other role as the executive director of the Personalized Mastery Learning Network, she is committed to helping all public schools provide personalized mastery learning for both students and educators.

«I congratulate the superintendents, principals, teachers and other educators in all of the divisions and schools that earned VIP awards this year,» said Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright, who proposed the awards program in 2007 as a means of rewarding high - achieving schools and divisions.

This report card is essential to educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders in the public school system for the information it provides us.

«We support great neighborhood public schools and high - quality public charter schools, and we will help them disseminate best practices to other school leaders and educators.»

The nonprofit KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.