Sentences with phrase «time an educator told»

«One time an educator told me that she heard eight languages being spoken,» Talbott said.

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His strict Scotch Presbyterian mother had wanted him to become a preacher, and as a Times man he had become one, his column being the podium from which he could spread his Calvinist view of life throughout the land, thrilling thousands with his sound logic and clarity, influencing students, educators, and politicians, sometimes infuriating such presidents as Eisenhower, who once asked, «Who the hell does Reston think he is, telling me how to run the country?»

«The concept of a moratorium has been out there for a while, but the urgency really comes from the commissioner's decision to cancel the forums at the very same time that the parents and educators are more and more wanting to speak out,» NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi told Capital on Friday.

«So many times all this falls on the schools or the church or the home,» Linda Sloan, a Charlotte health educator, told members of the National Association of Pupil Personnel Administrators.

«Joel Klein is not an educator,» she told The New York Times.

I find it intriguing that we have not fully realised the affordance that technology offers in relation to real - time (just in - time) formative assessment practices that research tells us makes a significant impact on student learning (Wiliam, Black, Hattie) I have a pre-school age child whose school uses a «reporting / communication» tool where daily updates are captured by the educators including work samples, outcomes linked, photos of my child engaged in learning tasks etc..

I was recently told by an opinionated stranger, who was happy ignoring the etiquette of conversation whilst queuing, that outdoor education should certainly be part of a child's education, but it was not something that schools should be involved with; the time and effort of educators should be spent on the academic attainment of students, not on getting students up hills.

Veteran New York educator Kathleen Cashin, a regional superintendent in the city's sprawling system, explained the trend away from middle schools six years ago, before it was a trend, when she told the New York Times that parents «were clamoring» for a return to K — 8 schools.

So unlike summative data, surveys provide a rapid, formative feedback loop — telling us not just how our students did after the fact, but getting to the why and helping educators make real - time changes to improve students» experiences, and ultimately their outcomes.

But states and districts have had a difficult time collecting reliable data; therefore, educators have been using estimates to tell the full story of how many students graduate from high school with a standard diploma within four years.

However, as frightening as the conditions are currently, I can tell you that I personally know many educators who take this moment to reignite their fire for teaching, for leading, for making sure that students have the language skills to navigate themselves and their families through these complex times.

«We are excited as Managed Services is a brand - new offering from Follett, and comes in response to educators telling us they are spending too much time on operational activities, which takes attention away from their primary goal of student learning,» said Tom Schenck, president, Follett School Solutions.

So I suppose in the first instance for educators it's actually being a little bit mindful and aware of the various ways that parents undertake the role of being a parent, and listening again carefully to what parents tell you about their role as parents but our job in a context of early childhood education and care setting, is to respect the role that parents have with their children, and to at times, when it is appropriate, support and guide decisions that work in the best interests of children and their families.

As a retired educator I also told parents that there will be times when the «daily schedule» has to change at the last minute.