Sentences with phrase «stand over the student»

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Religious illiteracy inevitably carries over into moral illiteracy and the increasing reluctance of students (and their parents) to take principled stands on school policy or student behavior.

Chris Abbott, a researcher and academic who was punched in the face when Police Officers suddenly surged forward, Hannah McClure, a Masters» student who mentors foster children, who was pushed over by an officer who then stood on her stomach, and Josh Moos, a Plane Stupid campaigner, who was knocked to the ground as a baton - wielding officer vaulted over him.

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

«It's sort of like you are standing on a diving board as a medical student and you are right at the end and you are doing okay, but then something happens in your personal life and you just tip over,» says Liselotte Dyrbye, an internist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and lead investigator of the study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

► There has been a long - standing debate, especially in Europe, over whether institutions ought to treat Ph.D. candidates as students or employees.

Just as the students would disagree on whether the clock tower was to Ellis» right or left, depending on where they stood, two people in Einstein's block universe could even argue over the order in which events occurred.

Through his stridency, Terence towers over his students and even the other professors in the school, who stand down whenever he loudly enters the room.

Students are then told they will be participating in a performance task in which they will read about the debate over the Internet's effects on young people's reading and write an argumentative essay taking a stand on the issue.

Even though Powell Jobs stands squarely on the reform side of education's long - running civil war over how to make things work better for American students, the XQ effort seemed to represent a refreshing change of direction.

If I meant it, why was I still standing in front of a classroom of 50 students, using the same old standard lecture format I employed as an assistant professor over 40 years ago?

That level of spending may be necessary to serve our neediest students, but in no way represents an obvious cost saving over school districts and stand - alone charter schools.

This can often be interpreted as leaning over a student rather than standing above them or sitting down next to them.

Perhaps the best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts of the story Russakoff leaves out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).

For example, Facing History has a long - standing partnership with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) through which we have developed units for the district's civics and history curriculum in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11, reaching over 12,000 students each year.

In a decision that underscores long - standing rifts over how to teach mathematics, Texas officials have rejected one of the most widely used elementary textbooks in the country in that subject after complaining that it does not encourage students to memorize multiplication tables and solve problems without calculators.

Today, Chicago Public Schools — the third largest school district in the nation serving over 400,000 students — will stand with its sister cities in adopting a policy and programming blueprint that increases the access to, equity in, and quality of arts education.

While we applaud the UFT leadership for standing their ground, the MORE Caucus has no intention of giving up the fight to prevent our teachers and students from being given over to the standardized testing regime.

Over the course of three hours, Coulson revisits the story of Jaime Escalante, the real - life Los Angeles teacher whose success preparing low income public school students for the AP Calculus exam was made famous in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver.

A growing research base shows that high - quality pre-k programs have both short - and long - term benefits for students, but bringing those programs to scale remains challenging due to long - standing questions over funding and teacher quality.

Standing only a few inches taller than some of her fifth - graders, Mlodzinski circulates around her 24 students, sprawled over desks and on the floor at work on a final project for their geometry unit, drawing different shapes and turning them into objects from everyday life.

Over the summer, she analyzed their CMT scores and compared them to an end - of - year assessment from fourth grade, developing individual tests for the first week of school to see where students stood.

[28] This stands in sharp contrast to a philosophy of character education like Wynne's, which decrees that «it is specious to talk about student choices» and offers students no real power except for when we give «some students authority over other students (for example, hall guard, class monitor).»

Long - standing state law and a more recent court order demand that the district use results on the state's annual standards exams as part of the teacher evaluation process, which the district plans to do by examining how much improvement individual students have shown over the year under each teacher.

As the third largest school district in the nation serving over 400,000 students, Chicago will now stand with its sister cities in prioritizing arts education for every student, in every school, with every art form, every day.

Marlin Stutzman has a consistent record of standing with Hoosier parents and students and supporting policies that reduce federal control over education.

Give a Summer, a Boston based education nonprofit, released a report today on its research into what middle school students do over the summer, what they want to do, and what stands in their way.

Over the years, it has found that in countries where the majority of students perform at high levels, two factors stand out.

In Wake County, North Carolina, frequent student reassignments created controversy over the school district's long - standing socioeconomic integration plan.

Superintendent Carstarphen reiterated throughout the year that as it stands, the district is operating inefficiently; the current infrastructure doesn't match the district's needs, which is currently equipped to accommodate over 100,000 students, while having an enrollment of less than 55,000.

As I look back over the past six months, one teaching and learning experience stands out as a true highlight — the Year 3 iMovie Book Trailer Project, which was developed and brought to life by the amazing students of Year 3B, and their wonderful teacher.

All over the world students were gaining momentum, standing up to exploitative systems.

CourseSmart has learned from the original pilot program that both the students and the teachers were in favor of the subscription model, which affords students a significant savings over purchasing stand - alone titles while also giving them nearly limitless portability and access to their course materials.

Over the years, we have accumulated a writing staff of Ph.D.'s from all academic fields who stand ready to collaborate with doctoral students in the dissertation writing process.

A common pitfall that stands in the way of paying off federal or private student debt earlier is the accumulation of interest over time.

The average debt per borrower stands at $ 28,400 with over 7 million people defaulting on their student loans.

«We believe that out of a million international students our brand recognition stands at over 10 percent.»

You always know where you stand and who to call with questions about your student loans and any other financial issues that arise over time.

So federal student loans are standing at over $ 1 trillion.

Stand up on your first lesson Board and wetsuit provided free of charge * Students must be over 8 years old

The saving grace of this institution and where it stands are the students that go here and the faculty that give over their time and energy into making us better individuals.

I have NO IDEA where either of these students stands on the issue of attribution of global warming (note the complexities of attribution are nicely summarized in a current post over at RC); none of us conducts specific research in that area and that is not what we talk about.

Over the course of the semester, students will advise a community group on an environmental justice advocacy strategy, help clients determine whether they have standing to bring an environmental case, negotiate a RCRA enforcement settlement and a regional - scale habitat conservation plan, design a litigation strategy to address changes to air quality standards, and testify at a hearing on water pollution reduction — among many other exercises.

Over the course of the semester, students will advise a community group on an environmental justice advocacy strategy, help clients determine whether they have standing to bring an environmental case, negotiate a RCRA enforcement settlement and a regional - scale habitat conservation plan, design a litigation strategy to address changes to air quality standards, and testify at a hearing on water pollution reduction

Our Indiana driver safety program stands out next to our competitors and over four (4) million of our students agree!

Because many students apply to college after high school without having completed an internship, your experience over the summer can help you stand out from the crowd of students applying.

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Received Outstanding Leadership award for serving as Duty Section Leader while attached to Center for Seabee Facility Engineering detachment Sheppard Air Force Base responsible for monitoring adherence to security policies, directives, regulations, writing watch standing bills, accountability of 55 student duty section, writing / issuing liberty passes, and safety / accountability of over 250 sailors housed in barracks.

Volunteerism Stand Up For Kids (New York, NY) 02/2008 — 3/2011 Co-Executive Director • Reestablished an all - volunteer organization focused on assisting and advocating for homeless youth in New York City • Coached over 25 volunteers in the mission of SUFK and techniques to effectively work with the homeless population • Coordinated Thanksgiving dinner that served over 30 homeless youth in Midtown Manhattan • Drove successful partnerships with corporate sponsors to acquire donations and publicity to expand reach of the mission • Lobbied successfully for changes in administration of Regent's testing for students in shelters and / or unstable situations • Participated in national advertising campaign with Stand Up For Kids» partnership with Jedidiah Clothing Company