Sentences with phrase «teachers and communities»

Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., and Jack Dieckmann, M.A., discuss the shared responsibilities and contributions that parents, teachers and communities make in students» success.

We considered a breach in the labor - management divide, the official differentiation of teachers, the growth in teacher leadership, the growing direct connection between teachers and their communities, the emergence of teacher - led schools, the call for appropriate professional practice, and the emergence of professional quality assurance.

Traditional public, conversion charter, career tech center, open - enrollment charter, virtual and private schools - all these represent school choice in action, and all are serving the needs of students, teachers and communities.

The direct connection between teachers and their communities restores a relationship that predates collective bargaining.

Highlighting the utter absurdity of the entire event was the presentation of a 27 slide PowerPoint presentation that these public servants used to «educate» local school officials about how to communicate with students, parents, teachers and their communities.

«This grant competition is the next step as part of that plan, and will help states and districts improve tests to allow for better depiction of student and school progress so that parents, teachers and communities have the vital information they need on academic achievement.»

Ah, yes, that infamous word «accountability» that has a thirty year record of failing children, parents, teachers and communities.

Parents, students, teachers and communities must unite to stop these takeovers and fight for the resources to build the schools all our children deserve.

«This report shows that stable and diverse schools lead to more inclusive partnerships between teachers and communities and to better overall achievement.

Come listen and join in a discussion of democracy and the future of public education: Â What can we do to stop the privatization of our public schools, and empower parents, teachers and our communities to ensure all our students have the opportunity to learn?

Caring for America's children involves the cooperation of families, teachers and communities working together towards a common goal - creating happy, healthy, responsible and productive adults.

But first, the outcome I was expecting from the first day that this «independent, objective» group announced their intentions to develop recommendations to address the shocking «crisis in our schools» using the same scare tactics that have preceded every other attack on public schools, their teachers and communities:

In its own support of Salman Khan's eponymous online learning and tutoring initiative, Gates may actually succeed in building up DIY education, giving parents, teachers and communities the tools they need to start their own schools.

The entire story is a great case study in how the corporate education reform industry is trying to destroying our public education system and how parents, teachers and communities can fight back.

Charter schooling was and still is a tool to empower teachers and communities.

In this way, the Residency impacts both resident teachers and the communities of practice in which they work.

«By placing Common Core implementation on pause, we can take the time to discuss what standards we should be using for Hoosier students and hear from Indiana parents, teachers and communities,» Schneider said in a statement.

Lasting ties between teachers and the communities they're in, White says, can keep children on the right path.

«We are looking for people who work well with children, and have an interest in building relationships with teachers and communities,» said Weiss.

Lisa Delpit, an African American literacy researcher and 1990 MacArthur grantee, has written persuasively for many years about the «culture of power» in American schools and classrooms and the «schism between liberal educational movements and that of non-White, non-middle class teachers and communities.»

Since 2005 we have been working with teachers and communities to encourage and promote good work in school settings, using a set of materials we've dubbed the GoodWork Toolkit.

The Teacher Next Door program not only offers educators a chance to achieve that dream, but it helps build important ties between teachers and their communities.»

The annual WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) Awards celebrate projects that are providing solutions to education challenges affecting students, teachers and communities across the globe.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Far from being consigned to the textbooks of history, racism continues to blight the lives and life chances of black and minority ethnic children and young people, teachers and communities.

I am honored and blessed to be doing this work to help families, teachers and communities all over.

Another Google - led program, CS First, makes it possible for teachers and community volunteers to form computer science clubs for young kids.

The group supports teachers and community organizations in their effort to teach pre-teens, teens and young adults the financial skills they'll need for financial independence and decision - making.

We are also preachers, liturgists, teachers and community organizers, and we hope conceptually to keep all these together in a viable discipleship.

Parents, preschool teachers and the community will become more knowledgeable about the importance of early math and science learning as it impacts both school readiness and later math success

In the end, even with support of family, friends, teachers and community members, the job is ours and we need to trust ourselves.

Parents, teachers and community members contribute to community life by sharing their particular skills as Board members.

«While public policy and legal approaches are important, what's especially exciting to me is that individual schools, principals, teachers and community members are in many cases taking this problem into their own hands and saying, «What we can do to solve it?»»

She has been active in NYC Opt Out and Change the Stakes, a grassroots coalition of parents, teachers and community members who are concerned with the destructive use of high - stakes standardized testing.

White is a retired public school teacher and community leader.

It aims to mobilize clergy, parents, teachers and community leaders around their schools.

«School boards should make the decision locally, in conjunction with students, teachers and the community.»

District 25: Danny Dromm In the three - way race in District 25, voters will choose between the two - term incumbent Councilwoman Helen Sears; Danny Dromm, a school teacher and community activist; and Stanley Kalathara, an immigration lawyer who is a relative newcomer to local politics.

«The voices of the parents, teachers and the community have been heard,» said Leonie Haimson, the executive director of education blog Class Size Matters, who delivered 13,000 signatures to Steiner's apartment on the Upper East Side Monday evening urging him to deny the waiver.

The spot asks parents, teachers and community members to contact their legislators and City Hall to urge them to protect schools from devastating budget cuts that will mean «overcrowded classrooms, an end to tutoring and after - school programs, and the loss of thousands of great teachers and school staff.»

Parents, teachers and community members can weigh in on the proposal by sending comments to [email protected] or by calling 212-374-0208.

The Calgary Science Network: This nonprofit organization matches scientists with local teachers and community groups to judge science fairs, give demonstrations and presentations, and help with science enrichment ideas.

K - 12 teachers and community college instructors in scientific disciplines interested in increasing their knowledge of scientific research and bringing to their classrooms advanced info... read more

On May 22, 2008 Mount Vernon Middle School Career Day Rebecca Mitchell, M.S.N., C.N.S. spoke to approximately 250 students, teachers and community members about various career opportunities available in the genetic research community, including nursing, advanced practice nursing, bioinformatics, genetic counseling and translational research.

Yoga has given me a feeling of peacefulness, a sense of optimism that I can do things that I once would have thought impossible and a connection to the wonderful teachers and community of O2.

Baltimore school officials are standing by their decision to use popular magazines and other nontraditional texts as part of a strategy to engage middle school students, despite criticism from some teachers and community members that the new language arts curriculum lacks rigor and downplays formal grammar lessons.

New research, special programs, and dedicated teachers and community members are helping to make a solid case for putting music «Bach» into our schools!

[They] are terrific teachers and community members, and I'm honored to be placed with them,» Willett said.

The management committee includes between 12 and 20 members appointed by the headmaster from among parents, teachers and community leaders.

But Silver, then 29, persevered, determined to create an elementary school with strong family involvement and collaboration between teachers and community, all united around the vision that every student would one day go to college.

This process was driven by the head teacher and community manager, supported by the governors.