Sentences with phrase «social classes of their students»

Varied in size and in the social classes of their students, they represented, he said, a healthy sample of American schools.

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To figure out when the more social among us flourish and when they struggle, the team studied 162 Belgian business students who were separated into 27 teams as part of a class project.

I teach a social media class at the University of Toronto, and I'm lucky enough to have such a range of students that come in for that course.

GREENBLATT: Well you know I taught at Columbia as I mentioned for the last 22 years and so I tell my students that first day of class actually, I tell them that you know I don't think there's a lot of social value in being an investment manager, it's not that I don't think investors who do work set help set prices and allocate capital and all those things, but I just think A, they're not very good at it, and B, it'll get done without you.

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Finally, most institutions apply criteria to the profile of the whole student body, hoping that their student bodies will incorporate a variety of experience and perspectives based on gender, race, ethnic ties, social class and prior occupations and involvements.

The undemocratic class bias in education extends even farther than the tests that automatically discriminate against students from the lower social and economic strata of society.

The distinction between social class and functional classification is discussed particularly in the field of education and the dangers of grading students abilities and the grades in which students are placed.

Furthermore, just as comprehensive schools are desirable as a solvent of social class lines, so classes with students of differing abilities are valuable, provided the classes can be internally organized so as to let students proceed at their own pace, with enrichment through greater depth and scope of materials independently mastered by the most able students, and with special assistance by the teacher for the less able.

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

Selective preschools, tracked classes, small schools within schools and enrichment programs are presented as open to all students but in reality are open only to the children of the most savvy parents — that is, to the children of rich white parents who possess the social and cultural capital to manipulate the institution to serve their needs.

One example I've heard students say is that they wish that all of us were required to take a class on Catholic Social Teaching so that we are more aware of the option for the poor and vulnerable.

Public Speaking & Debate was requested by my social studies students a year ago as an extension of discussions we hold at the end of each year's History classes in a current events unit.

Social - studies work may also include a basic discussion of citizenship: What is your child's role as a student in the class, in the school, in the community?

Students who received inferior degrees from Governors State University would be allowed to get temporary social work licenses, but ultimately should go back to school and retake classes, the Illinois Board of Higher Education said Thursday.

Mulgrew said the full payment of the CFE funds would help New York City public schools reduce class size and better serve the growing population of English language learners and special education students with more teachers, guidance counselors, social workers, school psychologists and school nurses.

Some graduate students at Syracuse University's Maxwell School will be tracking Twitter accounts and Facebook posts of presidential candidates as part of a new class on social media and politics this fall.

In companion testimony, former Oxford student Azita Chellappoo suggested that lower social class is one of the factors at play.

It isn't just a lack of financial capital that puts many working - class students and faculty at a disadvantage; they lack social and cultural capital as well.

Students whose circadian rhythms were out of sync with their class schedules — say, night owls taking early morning courses — received lower grades due to «social jet lag,» a condition in which peak alertness times are at odds with work, school or other demands.

The researchers surveyed two groups: 333 college students from an introductory psychology class at a Midwest college and 437 adults participating in Amazon's Mechanical Turk workforce database, an online database of individuals who often participate in social science research, among other tasks.

In the collegiate setting student athletes are faced with a multitude of stresses from class work, mid-terms, finals, workouts, practices, meetings, social life, scheduling, and time management.

However, I realized that we all have our daily struggles and responsibilities to manage alongside our dreams, so I started sharing more about student life on social media and the response from all of you was so supportive that I kept going; because ultimately I don't want to pretend my life is something it isn't and I wanted to share that going to class in the morning, photoshoots in the afternoon and events in the evening is 100 % possible if you love what you do!

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During an opening rundown of a familiar high school caste system, Greg (Thomas Mann — the titular «Me») reliably informs us that he has student life sussed thanks to a carefully cultivated social indifference towards canteen politics which, ironically, makes him the coolest kid in class.

When grade seven social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) challenges his class to think of a way to change the world and put it into action, Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) takes the assignment to heart more than any prior student.

Nor, as Frederick Hess explains, is there any scientific evidence that requiring teachers to have certain views about «sexuality or social class» ensures that they teach all students: «Screening on «dispositions» serves primarily to cloak academia's biases in the garb of professional necessity.»

TOPIC: The Impact of Social Media on Society This resource is two pages, the first is a blank copy that my students complete in class and the second is an «answer» sheet that I provide the students, either on the board as a reflective exercise or in hard copy for intervention purposes.

Ask any teacher what their students spend most of their time doing in the halls, not to mention during class, and they will tell you that their kids are always on their smartphones — for academic as well as social reasons.

In a similar vein, middle - class and more - educated parents tend to shape Christian schools toward less tension with the outside world, greater emphasis on academic excellence, less rigid social control of students, greater room for individual creativity and expression, and less denominationally distinctive ways of integrating religion into school life.

Summit Prep in Redwood City, California, uses a variety of activities in the weekly, 90 - minute Habits, Community, and Culture (HCC) class, where students learn Habits of Success and develop social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.

Guest blogger Sarah Wike Loyola, known for using authentic materials in her Spanish classes, explores ten ways that social media can engage a generation of students who prefer creative and collaborative learning over memorizing vocabulary lists.

In Social Studies class, groups of students who had focused on a particular poster discussed their thoughts.

The educational priority was to create world - class university buildings that were open and approachable to the community, to attract students through student - led learning environments, to provide better quality social space and to foster a strong sense of community for staff and students alike.

Loyola, known for using authentic materials in her Spanish classes, explores ten ways that social media can engage a generation of students who prefer creative and collaborative learning over memorizing vocabulary lists — including some suggested tools to use.

A handful of eighth - grade students began their training last September and then accompanied the school's prevention specialist to the third grade class to assist with a social skills curriculum.

At the end of a social studies or science unit, Coley breaks the class into groups of two or three students so they can develop podcast scripts by discussing and summarizing what they've learned.

During a class discussion, Karina, a third - grade student in the plants - and - animals group, incorporates a social - history perspective into her description of the ranch's stand of eucalyptus.

I watched as students started rolling into configurations that appealed to them: partners like Cittlaly and Sara, best friends and a predictable pairing; trios like Matt, Carlos and Eddie, all athletes working on sports - themed essays; mixed - gender groups of kids, like one from the leadership class working on social justice pieces; and a few students who chose to slide off for some solo work.

Under a state plan to turn around James Lick High School, a persistently failing school in San Jose, low - performing students in those grades will be put in intensive skills classes, leaving some of them little time to pursue science, social studies, physical education,...

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Rothstein insists that «the best predictor of test scores has always been students» social class.»

The film talks about «transfer of knowledge» and how valuable it is when a student can take what they learn in science and apply it to their social studies class or their math class.

It is impossible for a student to get the same amount of social interaction as in a class, but one should avoid completely working in a bubble.

By undercutting these reform strategies and presenting evidence on the powerful influence of social class on student achievement, Rothstein hopes to convince us that we can expect little from focusing on reform within the school system.

Outside of students» work being seen by other classes across the globe and by experts chiming into their class discussions, Albemarle also uses social media to involve their local community by:

The goal of any PE class is to find engaging activities that promote physical, mental, and social well - being in all students.

Several years ago, I read a book by educator Ron Clark called The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck — 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers, in which he describes an event that involves having students practicing social skills in a competition called The Amazing Shake.

Others have focused on the student's display of disrespect for authority by refusing to comply with a request to put her cell phone away in class, and see it as representative of a much larger social problem that should not be tolerated.

According to Timothy Shanahan of the University of Illinois, Chicago, «Devoting 80 percent of reading instruction to literature may improve students» performance in their English classes, but what about social studies, science, and math?»