Sentences with phrase «teachers and parents who»

While psychologists are the experts in delivering effective psychological care, the good news is that most health care professionals, teachers and parents who are equipped with the right knowledge can provide a good level of psychological assistance to at - risk children in their care.

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was challenged at a town hall Wednesday night by angry students, teachers and parents who were demanding stronger gun control measures after the school shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school.

Rubio is being challenged by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun - control measures.

Hartley is encouraged by teachers and parents who wish to educate their children about insects and plants.

Because billionaires evidently need to be defended against public school teachers and parents who are concerned about hedge fund managers bent on destroying their kids» schools and turning teaching into an entry - level gig.

Donning yellow scarves, most of the students, teachers and parents who attend the rally each year are from charters and private schools.

Not in Our School Not In Our School (NIOS), a project of Not In Our Town, offers solution - based films, online resources, and tools for change to students, teachers and parents who are working to address bullying and create safe, inclusive and accepting climates.

Morse said that she frequently hears success stories from other teachers and parents who have noticed rapid improvements after children begin working on the Fast ForWord program.

This has upset and alienated the teachers and parents who are critical to maintaining schools» middle - class character.

The reality that the teachers and parents who joined me in Sacramento know is that closing gaps in access, resources and achievement in our district is no easy task.

«Teachers and parents who boycott standardized exams are taking the lead to reduce over-testing and the consequences attached to it.

We hope that the hundreds of teachers and parents who helped submit those applications will continue to participate in the Public School Choice process, and continue their work to fight for the needs of their communities and children.»

Shadow education secretary Ed Balls said the decision was a «tragedy» for teachers and parents who would have benefited from new facilities.

More disturbing, it's rhetoric backed by militaristic language such as wanting to «mobilise» teachers and parents who will in turn enforce PTE's view of what passes as educational «excellence» on the entire English education system.

Perhaps the best evidence of the value of a games approach to word study comes from teachers and parents who actually use them.

Former Edina teacher Debbie York and former St. Paul teacher John Ekblad were among a group of Minnesota teachers and parents who met with officials from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and other departments, according to Thomas B. Fordham Institute president Michael Petrilli.

They are commonly launched and governed by teachers and parents who believe their local schools are failing their students...

In other words, teachers and parents who say their district is implementing the standards are the ones most likely to offer a critical assessment of their impact.

Yet it is cold comfort to teachers and parents who desire Core Knowledge or Montessori education to know that in some distant county, a district school has what they want.

Which isn't to say that the millions of teachers and parents who flooded social media and the Congressional switchboard to urge her rejection had nothing to worry about.

It provides outlets for teachers and parents who are unhappy with existing district schools, and it forces district schools to improve their outreach, provide popular curricular options, and, in some cases, change leadership.

Wonderful book for both teachers and parents who care about education and the path it should take.

Hawks: Unlike teachers and parents who have had some experience managing credit cards, bank loans, and their own medical records, students typically have not been exposed to the concept of data privacy and identity theft.

The National Education Association also suggests creating a speakers bureau with teachers and parents who are prepared to give interviews, field questions on call - in shows and make presentations to community groups on partnership activities.

Many thanks to the following teachers and parents who contributed to the Education World idea file:

That's news to most teachers and parents who have never used social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook — and even to some of us who have.

Careful design, highly skilled teaching, and a degree of compromise among teachers and parents who come from different cultures and professional backgrounds are all required.

For example, as Michele Cahill of the Carnegie Foundation explains, when it comes to reversing Bloomberg's small high schools initiative, «There are several hundred high schools now that are functioning in New York and they have students and teachers and parents who affiliate with them, and are showing tremendous results.»

In Shanker's view, these schools should be set up by groups of teachers and parents who wanted to try innovative educational approaches.

So we conducted an informal survey among the teachers and parents who often serve as advisors to Education World editors.

Everyone in the education ecosystem, from headteachers concerned about truancy, right through to teachers and parents who spot the warning signs, and of course the child, can benefit from an online approach.

The monitoring of literacy and numeracy achievement against a set of absolute proficiency levels would require a shift in thinking on the part of students, teachers and parents who are used to interpreting test performances only in terms of year level expectations.

«We have a whole generation of teachers and parents who have not had the advantage of arts in their own education,» says Sandra Ruppert, director of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a national coalition of arts, business, education, philanthropic, and government organizations.

«Gov. Cuomo seems to have a problem with teachers and parents who are speaking their mind about education,» said another.

Astorino repeated throughout the 45 - minute question - and - answer session with reporters that «Stop Common Core» was a grassroots movement fueled by teachers and parents who are dissatisfied with the standards, dismissing any connection to the conservative and tea party opposition on the national level.

Penny Roberts is a former teacher and a parent who is one of those behind the plans for St. Luke's Primary School in Camden, London.

The film, starring Oscar nominee Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal, reportedly portrays the struggle of a teacher and a parent who work to transform a low - performing Pennsylvania school, despite resistance from the local union — cast as the enemy of reform.

Not exact matches

Students, parents and teachers who visit www.khanacademy.org/sat will find quizzes based on the math and reading sections of the new SAT scheduled to make its debut in March, as well as full - length practice tests written by the College Board.

In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology, students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they would be happier to work on more in the future compared with students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and teachers in childhood.

She talked to his parents, neighbors, and old school teachers, people who had known him long before the Beltway shootings, reconstructing a history of abandonment and neglect that would form a cornerstone of his defense.

Specifically, the NRA's extremism makes many reasonable Americans, including, importantly, NRA members, seem like gun nuts who don't give a damn about the mass slaughter of children, teachers, and parents.

Instead, he must find the individuals who can influence its purchase, such as teachers, school district administrators and parents.

«And once we know exactly who they are, then we conduct village meetings and get the village leadership, the teacher, the headmaster, the parents, everybody involved.&raqAnd once we know exactly who they are, then we conduct village meetings and get the village leadership, the teacher, the headmaster, the parents, everybody involved.&raqand get the village leadership, the teacher, the headmaster, the parents, everybody involved.»

To every parent, teacher and child who is hurting so badly, we are here for you, whatever you need, whatever we can do, to ease your pain.

«Christy Clark needs to apologize to parents, teachers, and especially the generation of B.C. children who have spent their time in overcrowded and undersupported classrooms.»

He says, «Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves talk, or speak,» and he goes on to say, «The ability to lock in and listen is a skill that has served me well in life,» says Branson, «Although, it seems to be a dying art, I believe that listening is one of the most important skills for any teacher, parent, leader, entrepreneur, or just about anyone who has a pulse.»

The bill would protect the privacy of students who decide to participate in a student - organized Gay - Straight Alliance and prevent those students to be outed to their parents by teachers or school administrators.

I have always been a questioner who doesn't like formulaic thinking and was a real pain in the butt to my teachers and parents when I suspected I was being fed drivel.

Instead, it was a priest, teacher, parent, or friend who demonstrated the ideas and doctrines of our religion to us in a living way.

God and Man at Georgetown Prep is warmly recommended for young people, their parents, and teachers who have tired of trivial alternatives to the majesty of the tradition they are called to transmit.