Sentences with phrase «schools debate ways»

As schools debate ways to most effectively use the funds, the United States Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, asserts that school leaders should strive to think in new, different, and creative ways.

Not exact matches

A female colleague once described him as «incredibly aggressively competitive, in a kind of... high - school debate champion kind of way.»

our sharpest minds would be schooled HARD by a supreme creator... not the other way around... an average joe off the street could write a better, more moral book than the Bible and utterly destroy the god of any of the holy books in a general knowledge debate with ease.

Answer: I wrote you about viewing anything through the ways of the world, as usual, you keep your silly debates going because you ignore anything I write on His truth, that, and know your school didn't teach you diddly so you sharpen your knowledge on His truth through other Christians that read the Bible and explain their knowledge of His truth..

But it does seem that a debate — between those who interpret Christian social thought in a social - democratic idiom and those whose idiom is that of the Austrian School of economics — would go a long way toward establishing a richer vision of Catholic social thought.

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Debate won't begin until later this month, but Haas says «I'm optimistic there is some bipartisan support for continuing the school lunch program the way it is.

I think just the debate alone may backfire in some ways, regardless of whether your kid actually eats the school lunches (most of the time she does not).

From the time when the Columbine school shooting rocketed through the news, to now when cry - it - out sleep training is being openly debated rather than just merely accepted as the norm — reflecting the huge change we, as a culture, are having on the idea of relationship — there was 1 or 2 generations of individuals who were transitioning from the «old» way of relating — hierarchical and fear - based authority — to this «new» way: collaborative, emotionally literate, and focused on problem - solving.

In the film, leaders from all sides of the school food debate, including government officials, school foodservice experts, activists, and students, weigh in on the program and discuss ways to continue nourishing America's children for another 60 years.

The response to arming teachers as a way to combat school shootings sounds like any other debate about guns.

Semenitari added that sporting activities such as school sports and debates, which the commission plans to introduce, will go a long way to promote socialisation.

In the wake of the deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the 18th school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shooSchool in Parkland, Florida, the 18th school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shooschool shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shooschool teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shooschool employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shooschool shootings.

The debate comes on the same day as a former advisor to Tony Blair and Charles Clarke said that the way to lift failing schools in Britain is to partner them with schools that are reaching high standards.

As the summer begins its slow resignation and people anticipate the start of school, our pages revive the ongoing societal debate about the best way to teach our kids.

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS Scholars have debated for decades why Henry VIII acted the way he did.

There is no easy way to wade into debates about a community's culture and the level to which it should or should not be included in schools.

As New York City continues to debate ways to make their schools less segregated following a very contentious rezoning process, a new narrative has emerged:

It's Hollywood, of course, so he ultimately comes to believe that the union's interests stand in the way of school reform, but the discussion along the way adds depth that is often missing in education debates.

On one side of that debate: educators and parents who argue that the no - excuses approach is not only defensible, but the only way to solve racial and class inequities in schools and beyond.

In an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next, Rick Hanushek and Kati Haycock debate the best ways to get more effective teachers into high - need schools.

Newsweek sums up the debate over single - sex schooling, which has gained attention as a way of addressing the performance of boys in school.

The internal debate has serious implications for the organization, several of its leaders say, because any changes in the way teachers are rewarded would inevitably affect how instruction is delivered, how schools are organized, and what role teachers» unions play in such areas as collective bargaining.

One problem with the school reform debate today is the way we cut the debate.

Presenting essays written by authorities in the fields of education, political science, and law, West and Dunn highlight the many areas of education policy that have made their way into U.S. courts to be debated and decided, and consider the implications of heightened judicial involvement for schools...

From creating tradable «enrollment rights» to help integrate schools to providing parents with better school performance information, a new book that aims to stake out a middle ground in the debate over school choice offers ways to enhance the benefits while mitigating the risks.

Two years ago, President Clinton sought a third way and came forward with new guidelines on school prayer that have done so much to defuse this debate and find common ground.

Whether it is the current math debate in California, the 30 year debate over school prayer, or the long running debate over phonics vs. whole language — this unhealthy habit of thinking in dogmatic ways does our children little good.

Researchers need to consider ways to measure other outcomes that are meaningful in the debate, such as by designing studies with long follow - up periods to enable future research on high school graduation, college - going, and labor - market outcomes.

Spurred by concerns about international competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals, measure progress, and hold schools accountable.

The school system currently in place evolved over centuries of back - and - forth debate about the purpose of education, the best way to prepare children for their futures and the right way to test and evaluate kids, schools and states.

Ever since our president - elect nominated school choice champion Betsy DeVos to be education secretary, there's been a vigorous debate amongst us education nerds about the proper way to think about school choice.

Jason Crye of Hispanics for School Choice argued that the way race gets framed in education debates can feel out of step with the real world.

In the New York Times, Kate Taylor writes about New York City's transfer schools and debates over the best way to hold the schools accountable for results.

Similarly, if schools like the Expeditionary Learning Schools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same ouschools like the Expeditionary Learning Schools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same ouSchools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same outcomes.

While interest in judging school performance based on the gains individual students make over time is high, the best way to do so is not even part of the current debate, one veteran testing expert argues.

But it is clear that the typical arguments that drive charter - related controversies and public debate fail to capture the ways in which district and charter schools affect one another.

by Kati Haycock and Eric Hanushek In this forum, two experts debate the best ways to identify effective teachers and to increase the number of effective teachers in high - poverty schools and communities.

Some specific ways your donation contributes to closing the achievement gap include: ensuring that all Brooke eighth graders participate in an annual experiential learning experience in Washington, D.C., purchasing books for every middle school student who participates in Brooke Book Club with Boston professionals, support for Brooke High's Debate Team, assistance with the costs of college text - books for our alumni, and much more!

You can change the way schools are inspected as many times as you like (and Ofsted does — on average two substantial changes a year to inspections frameworks or guidance since Michael Wilshaw became chief inspector in January 2012) but until you can guarantee the quality of the process (let alone the contentious debate about whether the right aspects of education are being looked at in a methodologically sound way), Ofsted inspections will be flawed.

Funded by the Pearson Foundation, these twelve first - person videos that make up this series explore three related themes, each in its own way at the center of current debate about what works, and what's needed, to help students succeed during school and in life.

«The big debate really is whether students who are receiving vouchers who have never attended public schools, whether they would have attended public schools if it weren't for the voucher or if their parents always intended to send them to private schools, figured they'd find a way to pay for it and now here's a voucher so they're doing it,» Hinnefeld says.

She added that she was talking «in terms of preparing children for employment, and the importance of activities such as sport, creativity, debating and the list goes on, ways in which schools will develop the young people they are educating».

In my view, if we stick to these guidelines we will work our way through the debate more quickly and have an assessment system that meets each school's needs.

Meanwhile, a new nonprofit group in New York City, Educators 4 Excellence, seeks to give teachers more voice in policy debates, but its agenda parts company in some ways with the Save Our Schools march.

A public debate is under way to rename a high school honoring Confederate General Thomas «Stonewall» Jackson.

As the National Funding Formula (NFF) debate rumbles on, beneficiaries of NFF will claim it is the only way they can survive, whilst currently generously funded schools will fear the consequences of significant cuts to their allocations.

Louisiana The Advocate Panel at Southern University debates best ways to turn around struggling schools

In similar ways, Duncan has stepped into legislative debates in Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and Massachusetts to advance or defend charter schools, though he points out that he wants to shut failing charter schools as much as he wants to open new ones.

The Advocate Panel at Southern University debates best ways to turn around struggling schools