Sentences with phrase «what public educators»

It's simply a question of what public educators believe is the best strategy to improve achievement in their districts.

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She and the authors of the report, «Education to Employment, Designing a System that Works,» call for countries to create the role of «integrator» — a government appointee or someone designated by a public - private partnership, to make sure employers, educators, and students are getting what they need out of the system.

Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine kingdom on earth.»

What seems to be excluded by the nature of the current debate is the possibility of trying to understand the intentions (however clumsily implemented) of public educators on the one hand, or the concerns of religiously conservative parents (however clumsily expressed) on the other.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

«What's striking in these numbers is that a few dozen Wall Street financiers and billionaire hedge fund managers are able to far outspend more than 600,000 educators who believe in the promise of public education and voluntarily give a few bucks out of each paycheck to ensure they have a voice,» said Carl Korn, NYSUT's spokesman.

Educators from Brooklyn Technical HS and Murrow HS attended the press conference to drive home what their students are missing as a result of the state's failure to meet its financial obligation to public schools.

This capability will also allow researchers to share what they learn in real - time with scientific colleagues, policymakers, educators, students, and the public.

Information provided by SMD - funded E / PO programs is disseminated via this section of the SMD E / PO Community Workspace (/ page / 5324) with the goal of providing information about what E / PO efforts are being carried out, the numbers of individuals reached, program effectiveness, and how program outcomes are benefiting students, educators, and the public.

Now as a nutrition educator and researcher, she is passionate about increasing the public's knowledge about all aspects of nutrition — including what is being done to our food supply, and its link to chronic conditions.

Every once in awhile I visit a school that reminds me of what public education can be at its best, a place where I'd like to be, as a child or a teacher, a place that elicits the best in me as an educator.

At the VOISE Academy, a Chicago Public Schools campus that opened in fall 2008 with a mission to teach underprivileged children through digital technology, here's what educators did:

EW: What do you think needs to be done to help the public — and educators - understand the value and role of the arts in learning?

NCTQ is rating the quality of individual teacher - preparation programs using a set of measurable, objective standards that reflect what public school educators view as important attributes in new teachers.

During an emotional public safety forum in Broward County, Fla., shaken students and enraged parents and educators demanded fixes for what they consider lax security, district indifference, and failure to act to prevent the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Framing a discussion around her recent book, Schooling America, Warren Research Professor Patricia Albjerg Graham provided insight into what the American public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what may come in the future on Wednesday, May 10, at this semester's final Askwith Forum, Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what may come in the future on Wednesday, May 10, at this semester's final Askwith Forum, Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing Needs.

Though educators and the public will never agree on precisely what «citizen competence» demands of schooling, the best strategies for teaching reading, or the most appropriate curriculum for cultivating critical thinking or a sense of justice, most will agree that schools that teach or practice racism, deny boys and girls equal opportunities, or neglect mathematics do not merit public support.

Educators whine that: Critics of public schools don't know what they are talking about; parents aren't involved and leave their children home alone; children aren't motivated.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment should test.

How can states and districts possibly prep their students, their educators, and their publics for new standards (and heightened risk of failure) if nobody knows in advance what sort of performance will be deemed passable?

And in a week where eight educators were sentenced to up to seven years in prison for their roles in a widespread cheating scandal in the Atlantic Public Schools (APS), what are some of the questions facing educators and policymakers tasked with ensuring student progress?

In what is probably its most visible form for educators, though, the term refers to the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Tucson, Ariz. - based public - private initiative that has put the provision of all those skills at the center of its agenda.

In this video gallery, Memphis educators and community leaders sound off on how its public schools are coping with a wave of changes that challenge how the schools are run and managed — and what that all means for local control.

Feeling safe at school from potential violence and health hazards is critical to effective learning and teaching, and International Horizons Unlimited is trying to learn through an Internet survey what educators and the public know about school safety issues.

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By partnering with these educators, 93 % of whom work in or with California public schools, we hope to shift mainstream ideas about what maker - centered learning looks like, who it's for, and how to document and assess it.

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New York City public school teachers share their ideas about what works in their classrooms with fellow educators in the New York Teacher's biweekly Teacher to Teacher column.

A new survey of public school educators reveals how the barriers to equity affect their students — and what they are willing to do to help close the resource gap.

«Dr. Richard DuFour's In Praise of American Educators takes a surprisingly fresh approach to the traditional education blame game by spending the first four to five chapters talking about what schools and namely schoolteachers are doing right in America's public education system.

OER might have great potential for homeschoolers, private schools, or parents who wish to supplement what their kids learn in school, but public - school educators will be hard - pressed to fit them into curricula that are driven by state standards and assessments.

And when the district recently made public the average teacher salary increases under the new pact — ranging from 2.5 percent to 4 percent per year — it didn't include what can be lucrative raises given to educators who earn master's degrees and other graduate credits.

The report, «Investing in What Works,» also urges a grassroots - based community - visioning process to determine what students, families and educators want to see change in their public schoWhat Works,» also urges a grassroots - based community - visioning process to determine what students, families and educators want to see change in their public schowhat students, families and educators want to see change in their public schools.

This window into how public schools are funded and what they spend their money on should help educators, parents, and the public see how differences in resources and spending affect student outcomes.

«We probably didn't do — and I say this collaboratively, educators themselves, lawmakers, those types of people — we probably didn't do a very good job of educating the public about what was happening,» she says.

Ramona Edelin, executive director of the D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools, a membership group for charter school administrators, says, «What's so powerful to me as an educator of 45 years is that some of these schools are having stunning success with the students that so many are concerned about.

Not the back - to - school jitters kind of worried; she has deep - seated concerns about the challenges she will face this year as educators grapple with a public school budget that spends $ 500 million less than what was spent in 2008.

«These results reinforce what thousands of Arizona parents, families, educators and school choice champions have known for years: when it comes to academic performance, Arizona's public charter school students are setting the pace,» said Eileen B. Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association President and CEO.

«So, what we're doing is going to Raleigh on that day to fight for public education, but we're also making sure that our community is going to hold us down here,» said Bryan Proffitt, president of the Durham Association of Educators, a teacher advocacy organization that organized the Durham teacher walkout on May 16.

What we are doing is stating sound principles that are aligned with and underscore the responsibilities we have (or should have) agreed to take on in exchange for public dollars and the autonomy that we have (or should have) to innovate in our schools and create the kind of learning environments that families aspire to for their children and educators aspire to for their careers.

Karen Magee, president of the New York State United Teachers, also admonished Cuomo, suggesting that he should rely on advice from the «real experts — parents, educators and students — about what's best for public education.

The events transpiring in Washington D.C. have heightened public awareness of the intense scrutiny and criticism educators face, while what is right in American education is largely ignored.

Removing these out - of - date materials will make it easier for schools, educators, parents and the public to understand what guidance is still in effect.

Although North Carolina might not be considered union - friendly — it's a right - to - work state — the Priority Schools Campaign is still changing perceptions about public educators and what NEA has to offer to reform efforts.

Bernal hopes that by listening to what teachers have to say and pursuing needed changes to school finance law and assessment, the state could be a better friend to public education instead of continual adversary in the eyes of educators.

We are also asking educators to go back to their communities with the school success indicators developed by the NEA Great Public Schools project, and have discussions about what kinds of changes we all want to see in our schools, and how we can express our values through the school accountability system under ESSA.

Educators Dipping Into Their Own Pockets To Help Fill Funding Gaps A new survey of public school educators reveals how the barriers to equity affect their students — and what they are willing to do to help close the resoEducators Dipping Into Their Own Pockets To Help Fill Funding Gaps A new survey of public school educators reveals how the barriers to equity affect their students — and what they are willing to do to help close the resoeducators reveals how the barriers to equity affect their students — and what they are willing to do to help close the resource gap.

Other educators think that the state and the Jefferson County Public Schools will have to take much more radical steps to give black and low - income students what they need to compete on a level playing field with their peers.

When legislators are treating educators as non-entities, their professional training as of no import, and you report «Republicans ignored amendments and cut off public testimony to force a vote», one has to wonder what the real agenda is - to punish teachers for political leanings?

On Monday, November 4, many teachers and support staff across North Carolina plan to take part in a «walk - in» to encourage a richer dialogue between community members and educators about what is happening in the state's public schools.