Sentences with phrase «real change at this school»

An ex-principle at Desert Trails recently told the Weekly that in his experience, real change at the school would require a total shake - up:

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This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

At the event, which was hosted by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law in New Haven, Powell highlighted three specific areas where blockchain technology is affecting change in regard to the Federal Reserve's «broad public policy objectives»: the creation of real - time payment systems, use of blockchain technology for clearing and settlement services, and the issuance of digital currencies by central banks.

And not to beat another dead horse here, but for those who want to learn how to work effectively with their school district's student nutrition director and school board to make changes in their own schools» food, there is plenty of free advice, based on real - world experience, at http://www.peachsf.org.

After a year of attempting to give classroom parties at my son's elementary school a healthy makeover, I've concluded that it can be difficult to make real change without one.

It seems to me that the most promising mechanisms for real change are at the federal level, by influencing Congress at it considers the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, and at the most local of levels — the individual school — where parents and sympathetic principals can work together to, for example, eliminate treats in the classroom or the sale of objectionable a la carte foods.

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Our engaging online courses give you a front row seat in Chef Ann Cooper's classroom, where you can learn directly from a leader in school food change on how to transition school meal programs to scratch - cooked operations that provide real, healthy food to kids at school every day.

That is why at our conference, instead of trying to create some artificial dividing lines between Liberal Democrat policy and Conservative policy, my message will be: if you want rid of Gordon Brown and the big brother state, and if you care about our schools, our quality of life and our liberties, then join us in one national movement that can bring real change.

Some real - life changes, however, are being made in a number of schools around the country that focus on the critical - thinking skills of one student at a time instead of the collective test scores of a class, or a whole school, or a state.

In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Jaideep Bains, PhD, and his team at the Cumming School of Medicine's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), at the University of Calgary have discovered that stress transmitted from others can change the brain in the same way as a real stress does.

According to Stephen Axon of the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, addressing real and present climate change has looked to technological solutions.

But the world has visibly changed from the year 2000 when no one had ever heard of American Idol, the term «9/11» meant you were calling the police, Michael Jackson was still alive (if a tad creepy), we thought we'd never have a black president, and a «high school musical» was where you were subjected to an amateurish attempt at entertainment, lacking any real talent or depth.

As to what this means for education, it implies that we should be changing the goals of education to focus on deeper learning: Relevance of what is taught, to build motivation, and personalization of the What and How; Versatility, to create «Renaissance humans», which brings robustness to face whatever life throws at us; Transfer, insuring that what we learn in the narrow confines of schools, translates into actionability in real - life situations.

«We should be changing the goals of education to focus on deeper learning: Relevance of what is taught, to build motivation, and personalization of the What and How; Versatility, to create «Renaissance humans», which brings robustness to face whatever life throws at us; Transfer, insuring that what we learn in the narrow confines of schools, translates into actionability in real - life situations.»

Without the incorporation of student voice, I'm sure this effort at making school - wide change would have ended up as yet another committee whose efforts lead to no real change.

But this strategy, if well executed, could probably effect meaningful change in some schools, and that would be a real win for children at very little cost.

If awareness and action at home is set to increase, there is a real opportunity for schools to introduce programmes that are really fit for the future of recycling, reflecting the changes in attitudes and behaviour and influencing the critical formation of new recycling habits right across the school community.

At the same time, real transparency around school results — and common gauges by which to compare them — would maintain healthy pressure on schools, districts and states, and the competitive - grant programs would sustain the momentum for change.

Senior Lecturer, and future chair of the National Institute for Urban School Leaders (USL) at The Principals» Center, Deborah Jewell - Sherman notes the job is much too big for any individual educator to handle alone and that learning how to lead change alongside fellow school leaders can make a real diffeSchool Leaders (USL) at The Principals» Center, Deborah Jewell - Sherman notes the job is much too big for any individual educator to handle alone and that learning how to lead change alongside fellow school leaders can make a real diffeschool leaders can make a real difference.

Still, if states» higher standards and tougher tests are leading to real changes in the classroom — especially as schools adopt high quality curriculum like Eureka Math — we ought to start seeing a bump soon, at least at the fourth grade level.

The Arizona Charter Schools Association, through events such as «Charters at the Capitol,» is committed to highlighting the real people behind the numbers — bringing together charter leaders, students and families from across Arizona as they share their own stories of charters changing lives.

To determine the real value of rising high school graduation rates in the wider societal context, it is important to look at how youth outcomes have changed across other indicators.

Don't make math something that's just practiced in school, give it some real world application — measure distances when you travel, count change at the grocery store, divide whole pizzas into fractions (or slices) on family movie night.

«I think everyone is willing to take a breath and step backwards to see if he can get indeed some real change to happen at the schools,» said an LAUSD watcher.

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On Feb. 23, ten days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida Gov. Rick Scott released a Major Action Plan to address the demands of the hundreds of MSD students who have been calling for the government to make real policy change in light of this tragedy.

«It is far more likely that we will see a version 3.0 than we are to see this pass without significant changes or amendments,» says Sam Chandan, Ph.D., an associate dean at the NYU School of Professional Studies Schack Institute of Real Estate.