Sentences with phrase «who lead independent schools»

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Steve Zimmerman, who leads a coalition of independent charter schools in New York City, said Loeb's remark «certainly isn't going to help the charter movement, which is already being tarnished by association with the current administration.»

Alex Hill: I mean it was actually part of a big study looking at 160 academies [independent but state - funded schools], where we were given remote access to their systems so that we could actually observe what they did and how they operated, and we worked with them for seven to nine years, and during that time there was 411 different leaders who led those schools.

But a school devoted to literacy ought to envision more than just sustained, quiet, independent reading, suggests Snow, who leads an intensive mini-course this month at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on what education leaders need to know about how kids learn toschool devoted to literacy ought to envision more than just sustained, quiet, independent reading, suggests Snow, who leads an intensive mini-course this month at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on what education leaders need to know about how kids learn toSchool of Education on what education leaders need to know about how kids learn to read.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

The School Development Strand is for those students interested in leading nonprofit, for - profit or philanthropic organizations, independent and faith - based schools, and for those who want to launch their own schools or educational organizations.

Speaking to the Guardian, Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who chairs the government's social mobility commission, has said that grammars lead to social selection and warned that in England's current 163 selective state schools pupils were four or five times more likely to come from independent prep schools than from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.

Mr Vincent and Henry Dimbleby, who co-founded the Leon restaurant chain, led a government - commissioned independent review of school food and recommended the free school meal policy in their School Food Plan inschool food and recommended the free school meal policy in their School Food Plan inschool meal policy in their School Food Plan inSchool Food Plan in 2013.

As the man who will establish and lead the new Office of Educational Opportunity for the University of Wisconsin System, Gary Bennett will have a lot of influence over what kinds of independent charter schools Madison and Milwaukee students and their familieswill be able to choose from in the future.

Girls who attend single sex schools face being at a «huge disadvantage» in the world of employment because they may be unable to communicate with boys, according to the headteacher of a leading independent school.

Richard Carranza, who has led San Francisco schools since 2012, is the sole finalist to become superintendent of the Houston Independent School District.

In 2015, the San Antonio Independent School District School Board passed a resolution supporting the program and defining the rationale for its creation as, «new teachers who receive concentrated, coordinated support are more likely to remain in the district, thereby saving precious district funds and resources and contributing to a culture of continuous growth and improvement, leading to improved student performance.»

Candidates who have spent a significant amount of time with children — from student teaching jobs, leading camps, or co-teaching, among other activities — are particularly attractive to independent schools.

This «No Sub-Concentration» option is ideal for those interested in a career leading independent and international schools, as well as those who plan on working in education - related community organizations, institutes, think tanks, and state and federal service.

As President of Scholastic Book Fairs, Alan leads a team of 3,800 passionate book experts who partner with schools to host in - school reading events to spotlight the importance of independent reading while helping students build their reading skills.