Sentences with phrase «school environments so»

Many of these students are called «test killers» because of their inability to retain learned information from changing school environments so frequently.

Dear Parents and Guardians, At Hollywood High School, we care about the safety and well - being of our students, and are committed to creating safe, productive school environments so your child can learn and thrive for success.

This commentary argues that we must understand and respond to the emotional issues posed for students by violent school environments so that all students can begin to prepare for the academic challenges envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

The main goals of «The Military Child Initiative» are to raise awareness of these and other problems encountered by children from a military family, and to adapt research - based practical approaches to the school environment so that all students may thrive.

Instead, it is a school leader who is capable of transforming a school environment so that its students and teachers can flourish.

A passion for finding the best way to enrich the learning environment with technology, the use of the Edgenuity curriculum and the belief that adults need to reshape the school environment so as to best engage today's young minds.

Not exact matches

As the economic environment continues to soften, many young professionals are contemplating returning to graduate school so they can «take shelter» during the downturn and be set to reenter the workforce as the job market turns around a couple of years from now.

«Business school is potentially the most «safe» environment to take risks, so I would like to look back in two years and genuinely believe that I took full advantage of being in such an environment.

The additional dollars are making sure our schools are well maintained so our students can study in safe, supportive environments.»

In this world, so full of fictitious forms of freedom that destroy the environment and the human being, let us learn true freedom by the power of the Holy Spirit; to build the school of freedom; to show others by our lives that we are free and how beautiful it is to be truly free with the true freedom of God's children.»

In an environment where so many of the «unchurched» have an image of Christianity derived exclusively from childhood Sunday school and from television evangelists, the announcement of substantive discussions - with hard questions welcome - provides an alternative image of Christian faith.

A second approach has been what she calls values integration, one version of which «seeks to incorporate various themes such as social justice, peace, the environment, etc, into the total life of the school so that the student may incorporate the Catholic values demonstrated in the way the school lives the theme».

It was the schooling in local self - government and the institutions so developed back in the hills and valleys of ancient Palestine that gave the uprooted Jews immediately a social organism able to withstand the shock of exile and to support and adapt the community in its struggle to live in an alien environment.

The so - called God Debate and recent educational changes have combined to change the environment in English Catholic schools.

So in a fluid, constantly changing environment such as high school basketball, no collection of Xs and Os is going to work for every team every time.

So if we want to help kids to persevere, these researchers say, we need first to figure out how to improve their environment, both at home and at school.

And so in these schools, where students are most in need of help internalizing extrinsic motivations, classroom environments often push them in the opposite direction: toward more external control, fewer feelings of competence, and less positive connection with teachers.

-LSB-...] it the school environment itself, which is eliminating recess and free time left and right, introducing academics younger and younger, and is structured so as to eliminate the -LSB-...]

Great schools like Colchester High School and their associated schools offer a great learning environment with small classes so your child can get the attention they deserve.

Visit the school with your child so he can explore the environment and in the safety of your presence.

Make a visit to school and take pictures of the teachers and environment so your child can remember and talk about school while at home.

And one absolutely critical point left out here (indeed, it's so important to me that it was the subject of my very first post on TLT) is that schools are a key learning environment for children re: food and nutrition.

School readiness refers to a stage in a child's development when she is ready to learn in a formal learning environment and can do so effectively and without emotional disturbance.

Nor do homeschoolers miss out on the so - called socialization opportunities, something considered a vital part of a traditional school environment and lacking in those who don't attend regular schools.

My nonprofit, Better School Food (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the time.

I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

So if we want to help kids to persevere, we need first to figure out how to improve their environment, both at home and at school.

Also, be sure to let teachers and school staff know about your child's needs so the school environment can be adapted if needed.

That piqued my curiosity, so for those of you with children currently in public school in grades K - 12, I'd be so grateful if you'd share more details via this second survey, which focuses exclusively on your children's school food environment: the food offered in the cafeteria, classrooms and campus fundraisers.

This chapter outlines a range of actions that families, communities, businesses, and governments at all levels can take to improve school foods and the school nutrition environment so they support and foster healthier food choices and help reduce childhood obesity.

Making a decision to place your child in any educational environment is vitally important, so we want to give parents an opportunity to see for themselves how a Waldorf school works.

So while the Massachusetts rules are a great first step, I think San Francisco's policies represent the next move in greatly improving a school's food environment.

Nevertheless serious bullying can so damage self - esteem that a bullied child may need several months learning at home before (perhaps) returning to the school environment, even if the bullying problem is resolved.

... I have to say I'm disheartened by an environment where nuts are villainized and banned in so many schools, but highly processed foods that have «clean» allergen statements are not perceived to pose a threat.

Many children hold in their emotions all day while at school, so when they get home into an environment that feels like a safe space for them, those emotions tend to come out in full force.

«Being «out» in the workplace is a matter of personal choice, but too many LGBTI teachers tell us they would like to be out but do not feel their school is a safe environment for them to do so.

This partnership features a significant expansion of social work, mental health services and clinics into Buffalo public school buildings so that students in need of these services can easily access them in a safe environment — their own schools.

«Perhaps because the public perception of dingoes as «sheep - killers» is so firmly entrenched, it has been commonly assumed that dingoes killed off the thylacines and devils on mainland Australia,» says researcher Dr Thomas Prowse, Research Associate in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Environment Institute.

Scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle's (U.W.) School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences think they know why Bristol Bay is so productive year after year: Several hundred discrete populations of sockeye salmon inhabit the network of rivers and lakes that empty into the bay, and this tremendous population diversity buffers the entire fishery against the vicissitudes of the environment.

So, upon graduating from high school, I chose to attend the smallest of the majority institutions that offered me a full scholarship, assuming that it would offer me smaller classes and a more close - knit environment.

Predominantly white schools — and workplaces — face significant challenges in creating inclusive and welcoming environments, but various methods are available to do so.

«Investigating the long - term history of reefs and their geochemistry is something that is difficult to do in many places, so this was a unique opportunity to look at the relationship between reef growth and environment,» said Kim Cobb, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

«The inclination in some secondary schools is that young men of color from urban environments need a lot of help, that they're behind, so we give them all of this support that doesn't really challenge them to actually be better,» said Warren, MSU assistant professor of teacher education.

In this context, the thematic school allows to provide a friendly environment that fosters strong connections between students, young researchers who would never have the opportunity to meet, and so a warm relationship between researchers, and the organizers and stakeholders.

There is a wide range of courses and classes, all of which come with ample time for tasting, testing and chatting, so for a great date in a relaxed environment, with wine on hand if needs be, for singles in Colchester, this may be the most fun you've ever had at school.

Still, he says the school is taking active steps to keep teachers interested and the environment vibrant enough so they'll want to stay on longer.

Investing in quality If we are to encourage schools to continue investing in appropriate 21st century furniture based on the fact that children respond better when seated in a conducive learning environment, then it is so important that schools carefully consider the quality and design of their investment.

So - called «green schools» — which are designed specifically to provide healthier and more productive learning environments — cost just 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent more than conventional schools, but provide significant long - term financial benefits, concludes a study by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in Westborough.

There should also be opportunities to create a variety of differentiated roles for teachers — so that they can pursue their strengths and don't have to be frustrated by their weaknesses (much as happens in other fields)-- as well as increasingly creative opportunities for team teaching, both in a school environment as well as virtually across geographies, to make teaching far less isolating and provide far more opportunities for recognition among one's peers.