Sentences with phrase «schools and educators like»

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Classical pianist Ivan Davis, a music educator at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music for 42 years, won international awards and played alongside luminaries like Vladimir Horowitz, Leonard Bernstein and Van Cliburn during his career.

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

For parents like me, who see their children struggling to maintain the still, quiet expectation in school, I encourage seeking out educators and schools that allow opportunities for children to learn through their bodies.

Many British home educators, who start by using structure a bit like a school day, find themselves veering more and more to autonomous child - led learning, exploring new topics together, and following the child's own need to learn at their own rate.

3) Educators and parents should encourage positive school identity and help kids make connections at school that will help them feel like they belong and are valued.

I am wondering when educators — EDUCATORS... SCHOOLS — are going to stand up as adults and say, «Hey, sorry you don't like this food, kids, but this what we know to be healthy and the best form of nutrition for performing well ieducators — EDUCATORS... SCHOOLS — are going to stand up as adults and say, «Hey, sorry you don't like this food, kids, but this what we know to be healthy and the best form of nutrition for performing well iEDUCATORS... SCHOOLS — are going to stand up as adults and say, «Hey, sorry you don't like this food, kids, but this what we know to be healthy and the best form of nutrition for performing well in school.

But the dietary guidelines were not intended for the public but for educators and nutritionists and for government officials who oversee federal nutrition programs like school lunches.

Guests at the 10 - year celebration in the Cutler Union at the Memorial Art Gallery enjoyed a silent auction featuring high - end items like 5 nights in NYC, restaurant and spa gift baskets, and music played by city school educators Steve Copeland, Vito Cricati and Greg Detwiler.

At Success Academy Harlem 4, like other schools in the Success Academy network, educators demand excellence and orderliness from students.

Alas, it is very much a Hollywood treatment, full of glossed - over characterizations and trumped - up conflicts (the other school educators are painted as the villains), and, at best, we are given everything we expect, delivered tidy and sterile like a formula film always tends to.

Dance uses the tours of his 112,000 - student school district both as an opportunity to share the district's successes, like its mobile makerspace bus, and as a way for his staff to learn new tricks from the educators who attend them.

It also describes more «traditional» educators like Mary Laurie, a high school principal who eschews data on students for relationships with them and «no - excuses» for a kind of personalized tough love.

To move their 765 - plus students onto a more promising track, like their counterparts at other YES Prep campuses, educators at North Central run the school day from 7:30 to 4:30, Monday through Friday, and hold sessions on certain Saturdays for community service and extra instruction.

According to the ASG Parents Report Card 2017, 69 per cent believe schools should do more to teach students social skills and around half would like educators to do more in teaching their child how to behave in public.

Educators working with middle and high school students likely are aware of the explosive interest and involvement of youth in such online sites as MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, Live Journal, and the like.

«It is completely unacceptable for students, families, and educators in the wealthiest nation in the world to be handed schools like that.»

The chief executive officer of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that advocates upgraded Internet access for schools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Mschools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. MSchools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Marwell.

But we've also had to consider what newcomers might want from an English language class, which could be as something as simple as talking to them about things they know and care about, say educators like Darren Chase, an ELL teacher with New Design High School in New York City.

«We are so lucky to have one of the world's best teachers right here in the NSW public schools system and now we would like to see Eddie's magic rubbing off on our educators across the State,» Ms Berejiklian said.

School leaders summit Exclusively focused for those with a leadership role in a school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share School leaders summit Exclusively focused for those with a leadership role in a school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share ideas.

Edmodo is a popular social network application designed for educators and students to connect and share information — like a safe and secure Facebook for schools.

Those who are already skeptical about using tests to judge schools and educators will find a lot to like, while those in favor of the practice will be challenged by the evidence presented that test - based accountability can lead schools to engage in unproductive practices.

While organizations can, like EdSurge, provide a «concierge» service to help schools and districts find digital tools, many educators won't have access to such supports, nor will they have the time to pour over multiple websites to find research - based tools.

And when educators find ways to increase opportunities for students with disabilities through frameworks like Universal Design for Learning, they will see benefits for students with and without disabilities across their schooAnd when educators find ways to increase opportunities for students with disabilities through frameworks like Universal Design for Learning, they will see benefits for students with and without disabilities across their schooand without disabilities across their schools.

«I think as middle school and secondary educators we can get caught up in the pressures of covering academic content and skills, and it sometimes feels we don't have enough time for rituals like this and that students will feel that they're being babied anyway,» she observed.

Given the powerful incentives that are in place, there is no reason to expect school administrators or their organizations to support reforms that would provide a more modern and mobile retirement system for young educators, like those found in nearly all other professional employment settings.

Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.

Like the pre-2004 Sox, many educators have long resisted the kind of rigorous research and scientific analysis that could identify the curricula and teaching strategies most likely to help children succeed in school.

By so organizing and conceptualizing high schools, we underemphasize the need to provide secondary - school educators with incentives that are more like the incentives of their closer relative, college.

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.

Schools don't yet have reliable measures for how to develop and assess so - called «noncognitive» skills like these, although a number of researchers and educators are working on approaches, reflecting a growing recognition of their importance not just on labor market outcomes but on educational attainment.

If tests like these succeed, they could not only provide better information about children's readiness for real life but also give educators incentive to do what they want to do anyway: teach kids in engaging ways to be well - rounded people and lifelong learners, not drill the life out of school with dry test preparation.

Using resources and tools like the ones below, educators at KIPP King Collegiate High School focus on honing critical thinking skills across all subjects.

Courtesy of events like Bett, the EWF and associations such as Naace, which supports schools and educators in the best use of technology, the UK has long played a central role in developing the best pedagogies when it comes to using technology in the classroom.

Take a moment to contemplate that fact: The positive impact of years of work done by thousands of educators to build networks like KIPP, YES Prep, Achievement First, Noble, Mastery, Uncommon, Aspire, IDEA, Harmony, and others is literally negated by the performance of virtual charter schools.

Educators should be able to proactively make social justice and issues of race a part of the school's conversation — long before an incident like Ferguson occurs.

Jargon may be the mother tongue of educators, said Sean Duffy, a spokesman for the secretary, but «schools belong to Moms and Dads and teachers, and talking like some of these folks do is outrageous.»

I want every child to have quality school choices, I want stronger (and broader) external standards, I want more open paths to becoming an educator, I want empowered school leaders (really empowered, in ways that would also break the union stranglehold) who are compensated like CEOs, I want super pay for great instructors and no pay for incompetents, and I want a complete makeover of «local control.»

So why are NCLB and its «external standards» so troubling to educators like me who work today in and for public schools like Parker?

I would like to invite you to join with other teachers and educators who are passionate or curious about environmental education and the benefits it brings for schools, society, children and the natural world.

Summed up by a former Lucas associate, it goes like this: «School life should resemble real life,» which sounds like a rather innocuous statement until you get into the trenches and watch educators try to duplicate factory lines and nursing stations — or whatever they think is «real life.»

Assessing student learning during and at the end of complex projects can be tough, even at a school like San Francisco's Downtown High School, with its many thoughtful educators and supportive administrschool like San Francisco's Downtown High School, with its many thoughtful educators and supportive administrSchool, with its many thoughtful educators and supportive administration.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

For public school educators who want to jump start this process, like Scott Spector, the Los Angeles Unified School District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university seschool educators who want to jump start this process, like Scott Spector, the Los Angeles Unified School District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university seSchool District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university setting.

The documentary questions the virtues of the education system in place for decades and brings the «groundbreaking» vision of teachers, educators and pediatricians who believe in challenging postures models like the Montessori, home schooling, free schools, education for projects, active schools or Waldorf pedagogy.

«In a lot of ways, it looks like a traditional school,» says Will Richardson, an educator and consultant on learning technologies who has visited SLA (and a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).

The programme helps people develop digital and enterprise skills for free: https://idea.org.uk iDEA would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this film from the fantastic range of iDEA Pioneer learners who agreed to take part; and the brilliant educators and inspirers who are rolling out the programme in their communities and institutions (in the order they appear in the film): • Naomi Timperley Co-founder, Tech North Advocates and Wakelet Partnerships Consultant • Melanie Powell Associate Head for Student Employability, Manchester Metropolitan University • Alison McKenzie - Folan Deputy Chief Executive of Wigan Council and Director for Customer Transformation • Jeff McCarthy Senior lecturer, Digital Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University • Jayne Sherwood Founder / Director, Joining Communities • Mark Rodaway Headteacher, Calday Grange Grammar School • Nicola Mounsey Computer Science Teacher, Calday Grange Grammar School Special thanks also to all the institutions and learners around the world who are participating in iDEA; and to Jooka who made the film to help us show iDEA in action.

The mark of the cage - buster is not a particular stance on things like career ladders or differentiated pay but the belief that educators should have much more leeway to create great schools and systems.

Working in collaboration with a diverse group of educators, advocacy groups, community organizations, and policymakers, the project ultimately aims to grow the number of quality schools where all children can have equitable learning outcomes, feel like their culture is valued, learn to live together with appreciation of differences, and be engaged in understanding how to dismantle racism and systemic oppression.

Sensing the opportunity, simple communication apps like ClassDojo, Spotlight, Remind, and Seesaw allow educators to send mobile texts, video summaries, and other alerts to parents about important school activities or their child's recent academic or behavioral progress.