Sentences with phrase «prominent voice teachers»

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The president's comments about the deputy come as he's promoted the idea of training and arming teachers to defend against shooters, a controversial proposal to which prominent Democrats and Republicans have voiced opposition.

The letter is signed by world - renowned scholar Noam Chomsky, along with journalist Naomi Klein, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and a host of other prominent scholars and activists, including some of the most established pro-public education voices.

I hope that as a prominent teacher and voice in the yoga community, you can reconsider your viewpoints, and consider how they can be complicit in furthering the experience of trauma and silencing the voices of victims.

Moreover, prominent voices in teacher preparation continue to question whether clear - cut measures of student outcomes — such as graduation rates or test performance — are legitimate measures of educational performance.

Encouraging those voices is important, since «most educators — just like most Americans — don't have personal experience with the military,» says Mary Keller, the longtime leader of the Military Child Education Coalition, a prominent advocacy and resource center for teachers and parents, and one of the sponsors of the OEE campaign.

Likewise, many of the ideas we regard today as education reform's conventional wisdom - linked standards and assessments, consequences for poor performance, testing new teachers, paying some teachers more than others, and charter schools - were given prominent public voice by a teacher union leader, the late Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Tteachers, paying some teachers more than others, and charter schools - were given prominent public voice by a teacher union leader, the late Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Tteachers more than others, and charter schools - were given prominent public voice by a teacher union leader, the late Albert Shanker of the American Federation of TeachersTeachers.

Commenting on the letter, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said: «We have long campaigned to make PSHE a statutory subject in our schools, and welcome further calls from prominent voices within parliament.

In the aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, several prominent voices, including former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett and U.S. Rep. Louis Gohmert, R - Texas, have argued that allowing teachers and principals to carry firearms could prevent such incidents.

Since winning a Minnesota Senate seat in 1992, the teacher - turned - legislator has become a prominent advocate for equitable school funding and a leading voice for improving public schools.

The appointees, each an expert and prominent voice in the field, included current and former education officials from all levels of government, academic and policy researchers, civil rights leaders, the presidents of the national teachers» unions, education policy advocates and associations, and public interest lawyers.

With that in mind, we asked a variety of prominent voices in education — from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents — what their vision of a perfect school system would be.