Sentences with phrase «seen in the classrooms of»

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For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

«We're looking at the master schedule to see where there are classroom vacancies in certain times of day and locations,» Runcie said.

Samuel Dykes, a freshman, was on the third floor of the school when he said he heard gunshots and saw several bodies in a classroom.

Students will no longer lock eyes with Brothers Steve and John and Michael in the hall, or hear their intonations in the classroom, or, when returning to their own families at the end of the day, see the brothers» cars in their usual spots by their attached residence.

If I were to live up to my experiences as a child, I wouldn't have a woman doing anything in a church or a classroom because what I saw then was out of control aggression and bullying.

In terms of pedagogy and the classroom, I have always seen my classrooms as laboratories.

During the 1950s and 1960s, when Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds coaxed classrooms full of kids to join them in the singing of folk songs, no one paid much attention, not even those who, in the middle of the Cold War, saw America's «singing left» as a threat to the republic....

I want to know why I see so many religious types saying that our country is going down the drain due to lack of religion in society (classrooms, public buildings, etc)...??

She also points to the revolutionary educational possibilities: «Other applications involve things in the classroom, where students are able to not just see a picture of Niagara Falls or some alien world like Venus — we have maps from our various spacecrafts of Mars and Venus that would allow students not just to hear about far - off places, but will allow them to scroll around the world at will.»

I'm seeing a lot of comments where people accept that evolution per se occurs, but either deny that there is evidence of life arising by the theory of evolution by natural selection or just want to treat creationism as equal to that theory in the classroom.

(Imagine switching it out in every classroom with the star of David, the crescent and star, the Om...) And it fails to see how others may see it... a distraction, an assertion against their own beliefs that is sanctioned by the state.

I wonder how she would feel about seeing the cross in her son's classroom if this were the only place her son's were being fed a decent meal or only meal of the day and if they were being clothed by the generosity of the same establishment and so on.

I have / do both — daily classroom activity, a turning of tricks (see me, hear me, like if not adore me, as David describes in his Pastor / conductor) cartoon.

As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»

I know the temptation to catch up on housework or waste the day away sitting on the computer will be great, but I hope to use some of that time every Wednesday to nurture myself (as well as volunteer in Ava's classroom for two hours every other week — see, I can't give up focusing on my kids that easily).

Do you work in a district in one of our ten target states, and would like to see breakfast - in - the - classroom in your school?

As a former math teacher with 23 years in the classroom, I have seen too many children struggle because of hunger.

Whether they are highlighting expanded universal breakfast - in - the - classroom, farm - to - schools, or chefs - to - schools, we are excited to see our message of healthy school food spreading across the country!

«Oftentimes, if a school sees the child and thinks they might be strong in a single subject, that's a reason to put them in a classroom with students of the same physical age, not the developmental age,» he says.

This school year, after McMinnville implemented the Community Eligibility Provision — making breakfast and lunch free for all students — Hiatt - Henry saw another uptick in the number of breakfasts served, but not to the magnitude she saw when she brought breakfast into the classroom.

All schools participating in the National School Lunch Program are required to have a wellness policy (see Getting Junk Food Out of School: How Your School District Wellness Policy Can Help) that includes goals for classroom food, nutrition education and more.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

It's really refreshing to see the outdoor space being incorporated into the classroom in this way and I can't wait to see how BB enjoys it when she starts school in a couple of years.

Parents concerned about food rewards in the classroom or out of control birthday parties should go directly to their district superintendent and ask to see a copy of the district's wellness policy.

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

The purpose of a kindergarten screening is not to test how much your child knows, so much as to see if your child is developmentally ready to start kindergarten and if a child will need any additional support in the classroom.

All of what I envision — the shiny classrooms, piles of books, and endless snack supply — lies in stark contrast to what I'm seeing on the ground in Ethiopia, whether at traditional schools or at the Population Council's safe learning spaces for girls suffering in urban slums.

I have seen students enthusiastically eating all sorts of healthy options, especially where they have first encountered the foods in a school garden or classroom cooking demonstration, helped to plant or harvest the vegetables or even met the farmer growing their greens.

Much of my research was done in a school setting, and some of the most effective programs that I've seen are the ones that develop community within a classroom or within a whole school.

I know many of us parents say, «If I could be a fly on the wall of their classroom...» While it would be kind of silly to see one of us sitting in an elementary school desk or hiding under our college student's dorm room bed, there are plenty of ways that our kids can «take us with them» to school, or at least the most important advice we can give them.

JD: It's one thing to know what the research shows about breakfast - in - the - classroom, but it's another thing completely when you see first - hand and hear the testimonials of people who say how much they have benefitted from the program.

If you're following the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom on Facebook you may have seen us share some recent media coverage about some of our breakfast - in - the - classroom grant recipients; in Kansas, in Arizona, and in Erie, Pennsylvania.

They will get specific recommendations for food served in the classroom and learn the ins and outs of healthy celebrations, non-food rewards (SEE Why Food Rewards are Bad for Our Kids — and Ideas for Healthy Classroom Alternatives), the importance of physical activity and recess, and more.

I also saw the amazing confidence of children who started school with a strong foundation of skills, and how that confidence fueled their success in the classroom.

E F / M: As a newcomer to this blog, you may not have seen this post which directly addresses the question of whether childhood hunger justifies food in the classroom.

Along with other stakeholders we were fortunate to experience the energy and excitement of #NSBW18 ourselves, and to see the direct impact of our breakfast - in - the - classroom grants in districts around the state.

When we change from traditional universal free breakfast to universal free classroom breakfast we see a 300 to 500 % increase in participation at that school because we have removed several barriers to participation including the stigma of the free and reduced meal program, students who arrive at school just before the bell or who would rather play and socialize during the traditional before school breakfast period.

Just about one year ago, we were checking in with some of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom districts to see how their first year of breakfast - in - the - classroom was progressing; check out what Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines, Iowa and with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, had to say about the value of BIC.

We talked about what's been going on in her schools as universal in - classroom breakfast has been implemented, and Lilly's enthusiasm was clear: «We're excited to be part of the program and to see the benefits for the children.

So that you will know, my Sunrise Learning Lab blog is currently set to private while I convert my photos to watermarked ones, but if you would like to see my blog during the Ultimate Blog Party, please contact me at [email protected] and mention that you are part of the UBP 2010 and tell me a little about you, your family, your classroom or homeschool, and the methods you use in your homeschool or classroom and then, I will send you an invite to see my blog.

Throughout the center, you should hear children talking and see them playing in different areas of the classroom.

«Seeing young pupils crying and being unable to support them under the guidance of the tests is a bizarre and unfair sight for teachers in a Welsh classroom.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

«It is also clear that many of the teachers who are working daily with the pupils eligible for the funding can not see any evidence of extra resource in the classroom or how the funding is being used to support their work or the pupils.

While he says he believes in the election of board members, he says he would like to see different decision makers at the board table to deal strictly with education issues and how that will affect students in the classroom.

According to the poll, having a quality teacher in every classroom is seen as the most important factor in providing a good education of the twelve factors that were tested.

They will be able to log in using the same username and password they use at school and will see the same desktop that they see in most of our computer labs, libraries and classrooms.

Seeing each of us in turn, she sat me down in the classroom and asked what my next steps might be.

The rest of us haven't had the same luck: workers in New York have seen cutbacks in hospitals and classrooms and promises of more hardship to come.

Having a quality teacher in every classroom is seen as the most important factor in providing a good education of the twelve factors that were tested.