Sentences with phrase «rewarding schools who»

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Those who prefer to play it safe in the business world often preach a «stick with what you know» mentality, but plenty of successful entrepreneurs have operated under the «no risk, no reward» school of thought and come out on top.

Students who have attended schools that assigned great works of Western civilization — or who home - schooled using a Great Books curriculum — will be pleased to find an exam that rewards them for the knowledge they've acquired.

Bench, who had been valedictorian of his high school class three years before, rewarded them with more than the customary words of the modest hero returned.

As richly rewarding as hosting young stars of the game can be (many ruggers who've played at past KOTs have gone on to play for, and even Captain, our USA National teams), there's no greater joy than watching U-8s and U-10s blossom into feisty U-12s and eventually become skillful, competitive Middle Schoolers!

At their schools, they typically rewarded students who had straight A's or who had GPA's above a certain cut - off point.

At our school, grades in advanced courses are multiplied in the calculation of GPA, which attempts to both incentivize and «reward» those who take on challenging coursework.

My heart goes out to the family of this first - grader, who's death prompted an alert reminding schools not to use «food rewards».

Hello Bettina, I am a teacher who has attempted to advocate for our at - risk students in requesting that colleagues stop giving candy as a «reward» to our middle and high school students.

The site is truly comprehensive, not only covering all aspects of school food reform (including competitive food) but also related topics such as drafting a solid wellness policy, starting a school garden, or dealing with teachers who hand out candy rewards.

Yesterday's letter from Paul, a former high school teacher who defended the use of junk food classroom rewards, received an overwhelming response.

«Schools like ways they can reward good kids, «said Kopanda, who spent the morning grilling hot dogs.

Pinpoint other parents who don't want their kids to be rewarded with junk food — and approach school officials as a group.

Why should parents who move home, fake religion, bribe schools or use any of the other dubious methods employed to ensure children get into a good state school be rewarded just because they have not gone down the route of the «evil» private schools?

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

Cuomo's policies will punish teachers, students, and schools in communities disadvantaged by poverty, segregation, and under - funding, while they will reward the hedge fund managers who invested more than $ 10 million in last year's election and stand to profit from their charter school investments,» Hawkins said.

And in order to foster talent, we're planning to give schools more freedom to set their own pay structures, giving the teachers who add the most value the biggest rewards.

«If our losses today are part - payment for every family that is more secure because of a job we helped create, every person with depression who is treated with the compassion they deserve, every child who does a little better in school, every apprentice with a long and rewarding career to look forward to, every gay couple who know their love is worth no less than everyone else's, and every pensioner with a little more freedom and dignity in retirement, then I hope our losses can be endured with a little selfless dignity.»

Veteran board members and those who regularly advise school boards agree that while being a school board member can be a rewarding job, it is also one of the most difficult and daunting elected positions that exists for anyone who wants to do the job well.

«We must reward donations to support public schools, give tax credits to teachers who pay for classroom supplies out of pocket, and ease the financial burden on families who exercise choice in sending their children to a nonpublic school.

«The pay of so called executive headteachers who «run» more than one school, despite the fact that in most instances these schools already have headteachers, and the pay and rewards of academy principals are unacceptable secret gardens in the education system.

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is set to reward school children who partake in the assembly's «Me and my tree competition», which forms part of the Kumasi Urban Forestry Project.

And according to Gerald Stancil, a Johns Hopkins physical chemistry Ph.D. who recently retired from a teaching career at New Jersey's Orange High School, the benefits and salary earned by a high school teacher with a doctorate compare favorably with median earnings at colleges and universities — although teacher salaries and reward for advanced degrees vary greatly in different parts of the coSchool, the benefits and salary earned by a high school teacher with a doctorate compare favorably with median earnings at colleges and universities — although teacher salaries and reward for advanced degrees vary greatly in different parts of the coschool teacher with a doctorate compare favorably with median earnings at colleges and universities — although teacher salaries and reward for advanced degrees vary greatly in different parts of the country.

And in the case of both revolutions, the pioneers were rewarded with unprecedented levels of wealth that would make their high school friends wake up in a pool of sweat at four every morning wondering what kind of sick, sadistic God would bestow such fortune on a pigeon - chested geek who couldn't even throw a football properly.

Denying pupils the opportunity to study this subject that can be simultaneously academic and practical and lead to rewarding careers is unfair on the pupils, their parents who want their children to have fulfilling school and working lives and the companies that could benefit from skilled and innovative personnel at all levels and contribute around # 500 billion to GB plc..

It's a «reward to people who have worked in urban public schools,» McCartney said in 2006, after the first group of scholars arrived.

When Duryeas teachers sat down to develop their school - wide PBIS expectations, they looked at research that showed how students who do the right thing 80 percent of the time are only noticed or rewarded 1 percent of the time.

The program the school plans to institute this year includes rewards for students and staff who display good character behaviors.

For those companies who had immersed themselves in understanding schools» needs, huge rewards were reaped.

The sacrificed tenure would provide for the Chancellor of the city's schools the authority to demote or dismiss principals who are not performing, and to reward those who are.

Organised by BESA and Brilliant Marketing Solutions, its Sponsors and supporters include some of the best known names in the education industry including MapedHelix and YPO — the UK's largest publicly owned buying organisation, who is currently rewarding over a thousand schools across the UK, with a share of # 2 million of YPO's Share of Profits Loyalty Scheme.

Education World talked with administrators in several districts who use everything from fines to rewards to keep kids in school.

Principals McNeely, Davis, and Potter have offered a few ways in which they recognize their schools» office teams during Administrative Professionals Week and all year long, but maybe you're still looking for the perfect way to reward the efforts of the person who keeps things running smoothly 180 days a year, and then some.

Yet there is a small chorus of naysayers who claim rewards actually act as a disincentive and prevent children from doing well in school for intrinsic rewards, such as personal satisfaction and pride in their work.

In our zeal to measure educational output and teacher quality — to reward those who do it well and punish those who don't measure up — we remain resolutely incurious about what exactly kids do in school all day.

Although the federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations already have invested nearly $ 200 million in producing and rewarding National Board - certified teachers, this is the first study assessing whether the National Board has actually succeeded in identifying «expert» or «master» teachers who perform better than their uncertified peers.

For example, suppose it is school policy to reward teachers who score in the top 10 percent.

But when policy intervenes to reshape the teacher's priorities, it is invariably on behalf of the laggards, for they are the beneficiaries of major governmental efforts — such as NCLB and IDEA — to advance the education of youngsters who face difficulties and to reward schools and teachers that accomplish this.

She proposes rewarding teachers equally with school - based bonuses, a nonstarter with Rhee, who is zealous about getting rid of those she calls «bad teachers.»

Mr. Burns, who often champions the educational uses of technology, is the co-author of a pending measure that would reward the nation's regional telephone companies for connecting schools with a fiber - optic network by the year 2015.

On the student side, schools in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are experimenting with financial rewards, including cash payouts to students who make good...

Part of that solution may include allocating more money for teachers who work in low - income schools or in in - demand subjects, such as science, and rewarding top - performing teachers.

At the Francis Scott Key middle school meeting, the mentors told a 7th grader who had been tardy 58 times in three months that her attendance hadn't improved enough for her to graduate from the program and receive the promised reward, an MP3 player.

Students do not lack rewards for caring about succeeding in school or information about those rewards, since almost everyone knows that students who do better and go further in their education tend to make a lot more money.

at your school Teachers in Oklahoma found the perfect reward for their students, who read 4,500 books in a single month.

School leaders can use the SPTQ to gain a useful overview of the quality of teaching in their school, identify professional learning needs, and provide a basis for rewarding and recognising teachers who attain high teaching stanSchool leaders can use the SPTQ to gain a useful overview of the quality of teaching in their school, identify professional learning needs, and provide a basis for rewarding and recognising teachers who attain high teaching stanschool, identify professional learning needs, and provide a basis for rewarding and recognising teachers who attain high teaching standards.

It simply asks officials in participating countries whether the base salary for public - school teachers could be adjusted to reward teachers who had an «outstanding performance in teaching.»

In March 2004, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce results.

Policymakers therefore need to take a much closer look at how to support and reward those principals and superintendents who help turn around hard - to - staff schools.

The Jacob - Lefgren study also shows that school principals are good at identifying the very best teachers as well as the weakest ones, exactly the capability needed to reward the topflyers while weeding out those who belong in another profession.

On the student side, schools in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are experimenting with financial rewards, including cash payouts to students who make good grades or show other achievement.