Sentences with phrase «white school leaders»

The white school leaders that are trying to make change will be heartbroken if the years of work they put into improving public schools don't pay off, but we will be crippled.

Rausch noted that certain localities, such as Indianapolis, have had many charter - school leaders of color, but the movement, particularly on the coasts, is mainly the province of white school leaders and organizational heads who tend to hold homogeneous views on test scores, school structure, and «what works.»

Not exact matches

In the memoirs of Asian and African leaders who were graduates from these schools it has become almost obligatory, as part of an attack upon white Christian colonialism, to express bitterness and recrimination about the loss of native roots that came as a by - product of missionary education and of imperialist schools both in the mission field and in the home country.

«As we continue to work toward creating school safety programs that protect all children, the president will be meeting with video game industry leaders and members of Congress to discuss violent video game exposure and the correlation to aggression and desensitization in children,» White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told CNN.

The mission leader was shocked to discover that some of the white church members were unhappy that the children of the language students were being allowed to play with the Sunday school toys during the lessons, on the basis that their own children might «catch something».

Despite seeing little time in the cage while backing up Harmon, White understood that he would be assuming the role of anchor and team leader as «the man» in goal for his final high school season.

Yesterday, at a White House meeting with school nutrition leaders, you made headlines by giving what's being called «one of the most overtly political speeches during [your] tenure as First Lady.»

Their new documentary Lunch Line (Uji Films) follows the story of six Chicago high school students who enter a cooking contest to create a healthier school lunch and end up serving their winning meal to congressional leaders and touring the White House with executive mansion chefs.

White is a retired public school teacher and community leader.

A former councilwoman from Manhattan, Ms. Moskowitz could have been a natural choice for a hodgepodge of communities frustrated by Mr. de Blasio, including white voters in Manhattan who have soured on the mayor, business leaders who have long viewed Mr. de Blasio with hostility and a diverse set of charter - school parents across the city.

Diffenbaugh says leaders sought to show respect, keeping the school colors (purple and white), mascot (the dragon), hymn, and motto.

«Bravery, Not Perfection» (Harvard Magazine) Girls Who Code Founder: Brown Girls Can Do «White Guy Things» (CNN Money) Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani: To Create Women Leaders, Let Girls Fail (New York Magazine) Coverage of convocation speaker Reshma Saujani's speech during Commencement Week at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Sandy White, an aide to a state lawmaker from Vancouver, Wash., maintains that area high school students should not have been allowed to attend a talk last week by the exiled Tibetan religious and political leader.

But evidence suggests that the traditional principal pool is already stretched thin, and many of these leaders who are successful in schools that are already good wouldn't fare well in the white - knuckled process of leading a turnaround.

The Department for Education said: «Since launching our proposals in the education white paper, the government has listened to feedback from MPs, teachers, school leaders and parents.

Our White Paper reforms will ensure we continue to spread excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best, alongside new measures to more swiftly tackle failing and coasting schools.

It's true that a single school - board member with an agenda or strong political views can jeopardize an entire curriculum, but the teacher - leader network that White and Kockler have constructed in Louisiana seems likely to insulate students from the passions and politics of the moment.

At Oklahoma City High School, for example, school leaders suspended 65 percent of all black students and 33 percent of all white stuSchool, for example, school leaders suspended 65 percent of all black students and 33 percent of all white stuschool leaders suspended 65 percent of all black students and 33 percent of all white students.

Its executive suite in Grand Rapids, Mich., isn't staffed by a former Ivy League university president, a former White House lawyer, or a famous media entrepreneur, as is the case at the industry leader, Edison Schools Inc..

«Our white paper reforms are the next step in achieving excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best, alongside new measures to more swiftly tackle failing and coasting schools.

The full white paper, Driving the Performance Agenda in Education, created by Affinity Workforce, explores the steps that school and MAT leaders are taking in order to tackle the skills crisis, and to attract high - quality teaching staff.

It was in this unsettled environment in 2002 that Williams — together with a small group of other black Washington Democrats previously opposed to school vouchers — began back - channel talks with supporters close to White House and congressional leaders.

At the White House Maker Education Roundtable, where school and district leaders met to talk about maker education, we found that many across the U.S. shared this sentiment.

«I was the leader of Team White, a group of Year 10 and 11 students from a combination of winning schools.

From the abysmal record (and recent statements) of Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White, to Los Angeles Unified School District's lousy handling of teacher performance management, we have far too many school leaders who aren't worth of their tSchool District's lousy handling of teacher performance management, we have far too many school leaders who aren't worth of their tschool leaders who aren't worth of their titles.

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In this white paper, Public Impact explores how New Orleans and Indianapolis are developing robust talent pipelines to expand the supply of effective charter school teachers and leaders in their cities.

John King, John White, and Kaya Henderson are the leaders of New York's, Louisiana's, and Washington, D.C.'s schools, respectively.

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * We need your immediate action on illegal CalPERS policy - Action Alert below * LCAP Draft Template Released * Charter School Leaders are Making Advocacy a Priority * Facilities Survey * PCSGP Dissemination of Charter School Best Practices Sub-grant: Request for Applications & Webinar * CSFP Preliminary Apportionment Applications * White House Video Contest

Then - U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy would dispatch officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to the County in order to assess how the federal government could help.21 In a summer of student protests against the continued closures, black and white leaders in the County finally landed on a plan to temporarily operate free private schools for black students.

Ms. Sadia White, Chief Academic Officer of the NPS made this point crystal clear to school leaders in that district when she stated «we do not and will not seek a silver bullet, we will focus on the work of improving instruction every day in each of our schools.

The proposed new powers were announced by Morgan last week as a compromise on the government's white paper proposal to force all schools to convert to academies by 2022, which were widely criticised by school leaders and politicians, including those inside Morgan's own party.

Meanwhile, the local teachers» union and black community leaders organized a drive to reclaim «our schools» from the mostly white Legislature in Lansing.

The public school system has mostly failed to provide those urban minority communities with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.

Summary: This white paper is the result of 20 years of experience working with secondary school leaders and classroom teachers.

Mr White said school leaders cared deeply about their students and their families and were reluctant to speak out, but the fact that they were doing so showed the gravity of the situation.

Community leaders led protests against the schools, arguing that changes were coming from the top down and the top was made up of mostly white decision makers.

A DfE spokesperson said the white paper reforms were the next step in ensuring every child had access to an «excellent education by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best.

The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter school, contracting with external providers, turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.

African - American students no longer languished in the failing classrooms of White America's schools, but developed as thinkers and leaders in their own liberated space.

Charter Management Organization Leaders / Charter Operators De-Lea Deane - Allen, Achievement First Frances Teso, Voices College - Bound Language Academies Greg White, LEARN Charter School Network Kara Bobroff, Native American Community Academy / NACA Inspired Schools Network Roblin J. Webb, Freedom Preparatory Academy

The two white men were inspired by Jarvis - Cedeño, a Latina leader for a school serving black and Hispanic students.

Urban charter schools, many of which are run by white leaders, have been stereotyped as embracing a boot camp - like environment that elevates test prep and tough discipline, while downplaying arts and athletics.

Indianapolis — The Mind Trust today announced the addition of two local education leaders — Joe White and Kristin Hines — to its team as the nonprofit gears up to launch new, innovative schools to serve more students in Indianapolis.

Philadelphia — School leaders and educators need support to successfully integrate education technology into schools, and Monday hundreds of attendees at ISTE 2015 learned about opportunities for assistance from the White House and the Office of Education Technology.

Too many school leaders rely on having their teachers make predictions about pupils» grades — but no - one's any good at it, explains Ben White

Too many school leaders rely on having their teachers make predictions about pupils» grades — but no - one's any good at it, explains Ben White We recently launched a...

«I've got to think that any good school leader is looking at it and thinking, «Thank you, Lord Jesus, we finally have a tool,»» said Boran, a white - haired mother of two who grew up on a farm in Wisconsin.

The school district owns a 10 - gigabyte fiber connection, and while it has a good internal wireless network, IT leaders plan to expand the network with federal E-rate dollars so students can access the Internet at home and on school buses, said William Sperin, technology director for White County Schools.

But White called attention to several other charter chiefs in the room, including the leaders of Choice Foundation, KIPP New Orleans, New Orleans College Prep and International High, as well as interim Superintendent Stan Smith of the Orleans Parish school system.