Sentences with phrase «which schools and educators»

We must change the underlying policy environment in which schools and educators operate, the mechanisms through which our schools are funded and the way we hold schools accountable for the progress of their students.

Research from PISA shows that students from single - parent families aren't performing as well on average as students from other types of families, and this month, Burns explains some of the ways in which schools and educators can help, including «raising awareness of achievement gaps, providing hands - on support, establishing a good relationship with the student and his / her parent (s) or helping with homework and academic difficulties.»

For that reason, even standards that are developed locally should be humble about what they can accomplish and the extent to which schools and educators ought to change their practice as a result.

Which would also mean that implementation of the Common Core by states and districts could be distorted in the direction of the soft stuff that will be on the tests and for which schools and educators will be held to account.

Not exact matches

Conversely, 36 % of Canada's employed labour force falls into the low - risk category, including registered nurses, elementary teachers, early childhood educators, and secondary school teachers — all of which fall within a less than 1 % chance of automation.

Combativeness may appear in a gunman, swaggering, contentious and violent, or in an educator who has declared war on the ignorance of a Chinese province, and against all obstacles is building schools with which to win his fight.

Clearly Catholic educators would not wish to remove the Gothic, the detective story (which W. H. Auden claimed was part of a Protestant tradition) or the novel from their school curricula, not least because redemption is a central Catholic concept and even the novel can be redeemed.

After 28 years working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.

As you may know from the many times I link to her writing on TLT's Facebook page, Dana Woldow of PEACHSF (Parents, Educators & Advocates Connect ion for Healthy School Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily in San Francisco, in which she tackles all manner of food - related topics, from school food reform to childhood hSchool Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily in San Francisco, in which she tackles all manner of food - related topics, from school food reform to childhood hschool food reform to childhood hunger.

The Georgia PTA, which is led by Cherokee County's own Lisa - Marie Haygood as its President, presents statewide awards to outstanding educators and school PTAs at its summer conference.

Tough finally addresses in the last chapter the elephant in the room, which educators and politicans acknowledge behind close doors that the family a child is born into will predict how well a child will succeed in school and life.

Tough finally addresses in the last chapter the elephant in the room, which educators and politicans acknowledge behind close doors that the family a child is born into will predict how well a child will succeed in school and

In addition to GENYOUth, the summit partners included National Dairy Council, the National Football League, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American School Health Association; health professionals, educators, athletes, students, chefs, and corporations came together not only to explore the connections between health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and lives.

Saturday, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, which represents about 13,700 public and charter school educators endorsed Ige.

Beverly Usher of Rochester pointed to a «doughnuts for dads» and «muffins for moms» initiative at an elementary school there, which brings parents into the school for conversation about best practices for families and educators.

She is a full - time Albany City School District educator, teaching theater at ASH and advanced theater at Albany High School — partnering the two through the Theatre Mentoring Program, in which high school students lead the elementary students in acting and storytelling pracSchool District educator, teaching theater at ASH and advanced theater at Albany High School — partnering the two through the Theatre Mentoring Program, in which high school students lead the elementary students in acting and storytelling pracSchool — partnering the two through the Theatre Mentoring Program, in which high school students lead the elementary students in acting and storytelling pracschool students lead the elementary students in acting and storytelling practices.

She and Mattituck - Cutchogue school board members plan to attend Saturday's annual Longwood Regional Legislative Breakfast, at which educators meet with state elected state officials, Dr. Smith said.

Driven by a shared goal of creating jobs, increasing funding for schools and lowering property taxes, a broad coalition of business leaders, labor unions, economic development professionals and educators announced the formation of NY Jobs Now in support of Referendum # 1 on ballots in November, which would authorize up to four new casinos in upstate New York.

Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.

As part of the CLS program — which is funded by the state, the city, the UFT and private donors — a full - time community school director is hired by each school to secure and manages services in six areas: health and wellness, educator supports, academic supports, expanded learning time, parent supports and community outreach.

We believe that education is a human right and we want to ensure that New York City public schools are places of learning in which all stakeholders (parents, students, educators, non-pedagogical staff, administrators and the community) are engaged in a democratic process to provide a free and quality education to all its students, from Pre-school to College.

«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback on school quality indicators, teacher preparation, school improvement, and accountability system design.»

Cuomo said school teachers are not equipped to deal with gang violence, which reinforces the need for a police presence that can work with educators to identify early warning signs of gang activity, interact with students, instructors and the community, and serve as a needed resource.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

«As more middle - and high schools begin to implement dating violence prevention programs it is imperative that educators and policymakers understand which programs have been successful.

Educators at YES Prep, which serves students in grades 6 - 12, say the first year or two at the school, as students adjust to high expectations and long hours, can be a struggle.

One way to do this is avoid complex index systems that only confuse educators, parents, and the public and which ultimately undermine efforts to improve schools.

Despite the rhetoric dominating the national media, which gives the impression that our schools are struggling and that educator quality is to blame, 71 percent of parents give the school their oldest child attends an «A» or «B» (these numbers drop substantially when it comes to the national level, perhaps because of the media's rhetoric — a mere 18 percent give the nation's schools as a whole an «A» or a «B»).

While well - meaning progressive educators might be willing to criticize the manner in which humans are turned into dead objects that Marxists refer to as fetishized commodities, they are often loathe to consider the fact that within capitalist society, all value originates in the sphere of production and that one of the primary roles of schools is to serve as agents or functionaries of capital.

«We see a solid base of schools and educators committed to using those important tools for improving their students and the communities in which they live.»

GE offers a way in which educators can take all the good that is inherent in their school and build on that to become a truly excellent school.»

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

Educators opened a large number of schools, and collectively parents took the lead in deciding which would grow and which would close.

In our elementary schools, educators capitalized on our existing responsive - classroom model, which has built - in social and emotional conversation time and established routines for safe and open conversations with children.

But we've also had to consider what newcomers might want from an English language class, which could be as something as simple as talking to them about things they know and care about, say educators like Darren Chase, an ELL teacher with New Design High School in New York City.

Greg Whitby speaks to one educator about his school's programs which use real life tasks to get girls in Years 9 and 10 engaged in engineering and science.

The program allows experts from all over the world to work closely with the MIT BLOSSOMS Team to create culturally rich STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) content - for high school teachers and students, which educators can then access for free.

Over 120 people attended the conference, which was held to bring together community organizers, parent leaders, education researchers, and educators to focus on community organizing and school reform in low - income communities.

Today, as has been widely noted, U.S. schools and educators discourage competition in favor of «collaboration» (which has its place, albeit a limited one).

ISEEN sees itself as «an international learning laboratory and networking opportunity through which independent school experiential educators and administrators can share their program challenges and successes, learn of and from model programs, and explore the developing role of experiential practices within our educational communities.»

Mr. Zarowin, 45, previously served as vice president and general manager of Boston - based Pearson Education School Success, which provides educators with Web - based assessment tools for early - childhood education.

While Cohen says closure is a key reform tool («carrots alone will not get you there»), because of the divergent ways in which educators and families views schools, he says that how leaders engage the community matters — a lot.

And school leaders should be committed to creating the conditions in which educators can thrive.

The only film that I remember capturing kids and educators in the inner city as effectively was season four of the great TV series The Wire, which focused on a middle school.

Additionally, Khan noticed that though the school's educators were passionate and caring for the 140 students, few had received advanced education in special needs, which limited what could be offered to many children.

Balancing those funder desires, New Visions created a Request for Proposals to all community school districts and high school superintendents in the city, inviting any group of educators to propose a small high school — limited to some 100 students per grade — with a focus on the Bronx, which had the highest concentration of low - performing schools.

There are many ways in which technology can improve education, as schools and educators are demonstrating worldwide.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

Robert Pondiscio and Kate Stringer recently made a compelling case about the civic role of schools, which is seldom discussed in the context of educator evaluations.