Sentences with phrase «where public school teachers»

Founded in 2000 by a social studies teacher in the Bronx, DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school teachers describe specific educational projects for their students, and donors can choose the projects they want to support.

But critics note that TFA teachers can go to newly opened charter schools in districts where public school teachers are being laid off.

Not exact matches

Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High Sschool bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High SchoolSchool.

After all, they have their own houses of worship where no other religion is allowed (public schools), where people teach the religion with no regard for anyone else's thoughts (teachers).

Even though I attended a public high school, where I took two biology courses, my teachers essentially skipped the first few chapters of our science textbook and declared them «too controversial» to teach.

Playdates where you drop your child off are helpful, longtime Chicago Public Schools teacher Stacy Hauser says.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaSchool Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaschool where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaschool officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachers.

Mr. Rodriguez, the representative of the district where the rally took place, argued that the Assembly had given a great deal to teachers unions and public education advocates by proposing a $ 1.8 billion outlay for schools in the budget.

«You feel punched in the stomach,» said Ms. Parker, a high school science teacher in Madison, Wis., where public employees» two - week occupation of the State Capitol has stalled but not deterred the governor's plan to try to strip them of bargaining rights.

Just months after Percoco and his wife, Lisa Toscano Percoco, moved from a home on Staten Island to the country colonial in Westchester County — where the governor resides — she left her job as a public school teacher in New York City, Penland wrote in the criminal complaint.

Describing the deputy Prime Minister as «two - faced» pointing to the fact that Mr Clegg went to the Westminster, a prominent public school where he «probably had unqualified teachers who were probably brilliant.»

SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14 - year - old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents» relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

The Dublin - set feature follows 14 year - old Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from his parents» strained relationship and money troubles while trying to adjust at the inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

The teacher unions are also battling against charter schools - which, while public, need not be unionized, and which draw students and money away from the regular public schools where union members teach.

As a teacher at a small Oakland, California public high school called Life Academy, where each teacher also holds a mixed - grade level advisory class of about 20 students, I began conducting home visits for my advisees as a way to clarify my relationship to them as more than a teacher.

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.

Teachers in two Chicago Public Schools — Autumn Laidler, Kristin Zeimke, and Ben Kovacs — developed a cross-school, cross-grade-level project where students both learned and taught each other.

Teacher attrition rates are especially bad in Hawaii, where only about half of the state's public school teachers remain teaching after five years.

Yassine's dedication to working on literacy problems both real and theoretical led her to a collaboration between a group of HGSE students and the litigants of the first federal case asserting a right to literacy based on gross inequity in Detroit Public Schools (DPS) that culminated in an on - campus event where parents, teachers, and students from DPS led a conversation.

In fall 2006, James O'Brien, a former teacher and first - time principal, started the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the povertySchool, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the povertyschool in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty line.

The Los Angeles - based Green Dot Public Schools and the United Federation of Teachers have selected a site in the South Bronx where they will open a new charter high school in New York City next fall.

With the importance of education fresh in her mind, Vegas went on to pursue a master's in public policy at Duke and then a doctorate at the Ed School, where her dissertation was an economic and research - based evaluation of «how we could design policies to attract, retain, and motivate better teachers,» she says.

He is currently the lead English teacher at a high school on Long Island, where he teaches AP Literature and Composition, Creative a Writing, and Public Speaking.

And I don't feel at all confident that public education is going to attract and retain teachers of color unless schools where they want to teach become better places for them to work.»

Jacobsen first began developing the physics program as a volunteer at a public school where teachers lacked the resources to involve their students in interactive physics experiments.

After controlling for all these factors, I compared teachers in areas where parents have more choices among public schools with teachers in areas where they have fewer.

Having flexible plan options can give mobile teachers, especially in urban and rural public schools where turnover is high, more secure retirement benefits.

It is also where the vast majority of public school teachers will work for the foreseeable future.

These teachers are presumably just as middle class, public spirited, and committed to education as other teachers are; but because they don't work in the district where they live, they do not have an occupational stake in their local school - board elections.

Shanker had been a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at Columbia University, but he quit for lack of funds and became a substitute teacher in the New York City public schools, where he had once been a star debater at the elite Stuyvesant High School.

In a Public Agenda survey, more than 85 percent of teachers indicated that they would choose a school with well - behaved students and supportive parents over one where they would earn a significantly higher salary.

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

-- Tim O'Brien is a professional development specialist with Washington, D.C., public schools, where he is working with instructional coaches to help teachers craft rigorous and relevant work for students.

In the Chicago Public Schools, where 85 percent of the 400,000 - plus students live below the poverty line, test scores, attendance, and teacher retention all went up during Duncan's seven - year tenure, while the dropout rate declined.

For example, schools might focus on those few places where the public can see students and teachers during the school day, such as on field trips or at dismissal.

She has also served as a consultant for the Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) in the Atlanta Public Schools, where she focused on assisting school leaders and teachers in implementing small school reform model in select high sSchools, where she focused on assisting school leaders and teachers in implementing small school reform model in select high schoolsschools.

A state investigation had found a public «school system fraught with unethical behavior that included teachers and principals changing wrong answers on students» answer sheets and an environment where cheating for better test scores was encouraged and whistle blowers were punished.»

She joined Citizens of the World after serving as the Chief Talent Officer of Newark Public Schools, where she led the implementation of a ground - breaking pay - for - performance teacher contract.

Charter schools are tuition - free public schools that foster a relationship between parents, teachers and students to create an environment where parents can be more involved, teachers are given the freedom to innovate, and students are provided the structure best suited for their learning.

He spent nine years teaching math as a founding teacher of the New York Harbor School, an innovative public high school where he also worked closely with teachers, families, and college admissions offices directing the college access process for first generation college - going stuSchool, an innovative public high school where he also worked closely with teachers, families, and college admissions offices directing the college access process for first generation college - going stuschool where he also worked closely with teachers, families, and college admissions offices directing the college access process for first generation college - going students.

At Alliance, «where Exceptional is the Rule», over 1,100 high - performing and committed teachers, school leaders, and support staff are working together to transform the future of public school education

«Vouchers in any form divert tax money to private schools or homeschoolers and take it from under - funded public schools, where the vast majority of school children will continue to be educated,» said Clay Robison, a spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association.

Our goal is to create safe and supportive school climates in all New York City public schools without the need for school police or metal detectors, where young people are not suspended and removed from class, and where teachers and students have training and support to prevent and resolve conflicts in positive ways.

This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three - quarters of public school enrollment.

Juan Gabriel previously taught at a project - and inquiry - based public high school in Philadelphia, where he learned the affordances of encouraging teachers to take both leadership and inquiry stances.

In education's public sector, by contrast, the work is actually less interesting than it is in private schools, where teachers enjoy more control over the curriculum and more autonomy in the classroom.

For today's public school teachers, unlike most professionals, time in the saddle rather than performance determines where they work, how much they are paid, and whether they can be fired.

A member of Congress for whom I once worked, Leo Ryan, had been a public school teacher in Nebraska, where he rose to become the youngest superintendent in the state.

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 the Boston School Committee met again to hear public testimony on the budget for the next school year, where they heard testimonies from E4E - Boston teaSchool Committee met again to hear public testimony on the budget for the next school year, where they heard testimonies from E4E - Boston teaschool year, where they heard testimonies from E4E - Boston teachers.