Sentences with phrase «white teachers who»

I've seen White teachers who teach high school give their students work that Black teachers gave those same students in middle school.

Have we never encountered White teachers who are afraid of their students for no other reason than their misconceived notions of their students» skin color?

In 2012, the black and white teachers who applied for jobs in the district were equally qualified, researchers found.

This was what bothered Kelly Pickett, one of the young, white teachers who started teaching in New Orleans after the storm.

The fact that the profession currently has significant incentives for people to stay in the teaching profession for long periods of time means that white teachers who entered the profession 20 years ago often stay until they retire.

Do we intend to continue to ignore a system that promotes and protects mostly white teachers who don't do right by their largely minority students?

As White teachers who did not grow up in the city of Chicago, we understand that we do not share the same lived experiences as many of our students.

A friend, mentor, and my co-author in an upcoming piece about White teachers who wish to develop anti-racist ways of being,

A friend, mentor, and my co-author in an upcoming piece about White teachers who wish to develop anti-racist ways of being, Shelly Tochluk, cites a time when she wore a lappa (African skirt), an ankh around her neck, and carried a djembe to class in a misguided effort to connect.

For many of us White teachers who grew up with little - to - know exposure to people and cultures of Color and who don't have a connection to our own ethnic cultural identities outside of Whiteness (notably,

This is consistent with the notion that the apparent achievement gains associated with having a black teacher reflect in part the relatively low quality of white teachers who work in more disadvantaged schools and in schools with large populations of African - American students.

I'm a 43 year old single white teacher who «s just looking to start with casual dating and then sees where it goes.

Not exact matches

T. H. White's description of the older Guinevere, who became a nun after the death of Arthur, could easily describe these Ephesian teachers: «She became a wonderful theologian, but cared nothing about God.»

The gop has alienated so many people from so many walks of life that the only voter represented by them will be a 50 year old white man who mistrusts minorities and women and unions and non christians and seniors and government employees and teachers and librarians and nurses and postal workers and immigrants and firefighters and I have probably left out quite a few of you who they have managed to insult this past year.

I think the only folks Jesus used ugly words for were the «sons of vipers», «whited sepulchers» «child of hell» Pharisees and teachers of the law... or in short those entrusted with teaching people God's ways but who were in fact either driving them away of making serving God burdensome.

By Joanne White Over 50,000 students Australia wide use the new (and free) Australian Organic Schools resources, and as a teacher — and someone who can now call herself a successful gardener — I highly recommend them to anyone who has always wanted to try gardening.

«When I arrived, I had a lot more trouble with the white community than the black community,» says Gregory, who is a high school art teacher and football coach in Reedley, Calif. «But a lot changed during my years there.

White students, who have little reason to believe they'll be judged via teachers» stereotyped views of their race, were only slightly more likely to revise their paper if they got the «high expectations» message.

I asked Brynien if he thought Cuomo, who is at odds with progressives in general, but at war with the teachers and state workers unions, might have sufficient time to patch things up between now and a potential White House bid.

For instance, he said, a premature infant who spent critical developmental weeks listening to white noise in the hospital may «prioritize» that kind of noise later in life, preferentially tuning into background sounds instead of paying attention to the voice of a parent or teacher.

The actress, who is currently promoting her new movie, Bad Teacher, was dressed in a short but classy get - up consisting of light neutral pieces — a blazer, a white top, and a super short blush pink wrap mini skirt that showed off her mile long legs:

Viewers who have been paying close attention (though why they would is a mystery) won't be terribly surprised by this development, since the Colleens earlier received an extended lecture from their history teacher (Vanessa Paradis) on the area's latent Nazi population — as illustrated through black - and - white mock - archival footage of the villainous Adrien Arcand (Haley Joel Osment) trying to start his own Third Reich by blaming unemployment on «the fault of the Canadian Jew» and proposing the launch of «Le Solution Finale.»

Silvia Broome is a U.N. translator who was born in America, educated in Europe, but raised by her white parent farmers in a fictitious south African country called Matobo, ruled by Dr. Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), a liberator who became a tyrant when in power and in his old age is referred to by his followers as The Teacher.

The movie is about the process of learning, and the teacher, the movie suggests, is Cecil (based on Eugene Allen, whose story in an article by Will Haygood serves as the basis for the screenplay), a White House butler who serves for seven Presidents over the course of 29 years.

Samantha is, to some extent, the best possible version of the decent, liberal but unavoidably white, middle - class woman, and a patient, inspirational teacher too — but it is Jasmine who, by being so completely herself, makes the film's most important point: No matter how good your intentions, «rescue» is not ever really yours to give.

Austrian director Michael Haneke has often been accused of casting a cold, even sadistic, eye on the characters who suffer through cruelly uncompromising films like Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, Caché, and The White Ribbon.

One of those sketches involves parents (Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts) who homeschool their son (Jeremy Allen White) while trying to give him an accurate experience of what school is actually like, from the teacher who can't be bothered to remember the students» names to bullying.

His teacher, who is white, asked him to put it away, but the boy refused.

Taking issue with the AFT's involvement in opt - out, Stewart wrote, «Why waste an opportunity to exploit the energy of white moms and the teachers that serve them who now see the obsession with closing racial disparities in schools as stealing joy from children of relative privilege?»

This year, we've got Andrew Coy, senior advisor for making in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, sharing why making is critical in schools today; Alixandra Klein, a Vermont - based entrepreneur who makes jewelry using a laser cutter and upcycled materials, talking about the importance of art and creativity; and Dr. Jorge Valdes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and also a high school science teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mindset.

Rather than getting mad at a student with poor working memory who constantly forgets to write down homework assignments, a teacher could easily help that kid by verbalizing assignments and writing them down on the white board.

Public school teachers do have lower unemployment rates than other white - collar professionals, lower even than private school teachers, who lose their jobs almost twice as often.

Low - income schools often have great difficulty retaining effective teachers, who tend to transfer to whiter, wealthier schools when positions become available.

On the other hand, Delpit provides counterexamples of success, for instance, Afrocentric assignments, inspiring teachers who love and sympathize but maintain rigor, and a beloved white teacher whom the students consider «black» for this reason: when asked «how he felt as a white man teaching black history... tears came to his eyes as he answered that when he learned about Emmett Till and other terrible things white people had done to black people, it sometimes made him ashamed to be white.»

Her kindergarten teacher was a Puerto Rican woman who spoke Spanish and English, but «besides that, all teachers were white in elementary school, all of them were white in middle school other than, I believe, my PE teacher.

Johnson says minorities who are unhappy in their schools are more likely to leave the profession than white teachers, who are more inclined to transfer to wealthier schools.

Screencasting is an easy entry point for teachers who already utilize slide decks, interactive white boards, or other presentation software.

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.

Given that the targeted school population for charters is almost all low - income minorities, the contrast seen during school visits can be startling: black and brown students who are taught by white teachers.

The teachers in predominantly poor, minority schools, who are reportedly mostly black and have adopted the more teacher - centered, authoritarian style of instruction that they view as appropriate for their students, are turning off white, upper - middle - class parents who want school climates similar to their own progressive homes, where problems are discussed.

More troublingly, we also find that white teachers, who comprise the vast majority of American educators, have far lower expectations for black students than they do for similarly situated white students.

I have mixed up all the original Thinking Hat colours and done away with black and white as I had teachers who felt these were not appropriate in a primary classroom and relaunched it all as Thinking Scarves - I hope you like the changes and leave me a nice comment below!

White met «heroic educators who were saving lives,» and he saw quickly «what an impact one teacher could make, and I thought, what an extraordinary thing it would be if we started creating groups of teachers and even schools and school systems that were doing this kind of thing.»

The only way to sort it out is if you have a given teacher who has taught lots of different types of students — high - income, low - income, African - American, white, Latino — where you can disentangle the effect of a specific teacher from the effect of students» backgrounds.

«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.

Bronwyn Hinz, researcher and teacher of public policy and Australian politics at the University of Melbourne who is currently completing a PhD on school funding and federalism, has taken a keen interest in the Federal Government's white paper.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

By the end of 1st grade, however, the black - white test - score gap is greater for students who have at least one black teacher.

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 titles.

Waldo, who leads the Reach Higher initiative, noted that starting next year the White House plans to honor the School Counselor of the Year with the same Rose Garden ceremony it currently has for the Teacher of the Year.