Sentences with phrase «working in schools around the country»

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The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

Although many philosophers in history have written from a process perspective, the term today is reserved for a particular school of thought centered around the works of Alfred North Whitehead, whose philosophical writings spanned the two decades of the 1920's and 1930's and the two countries of England and the United States.

Held back - to - back, we were able to share our breakfast - in - the - classroom journey with many ANC attendees, and we also had the opportunity to hear from you — school nutrition professionals who are working to implement and expand access to school breakfast for students around the country.

As the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (PBIC) initiative enters its third round of funding, the founding partners — NEA HIN, the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), School Nutrition Foundation (SNF), and the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF)-- are working to increase access to school breakfast for students around the coSchool Nutrition Foundation (SNF), and the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF)-- are working to increase access to school breakfast for students around the coSchool Principals Foundation (NAESPF)-- are working to increase access to school breakfast for students around the coschool breakfast for students around the country.

But in the intervening four years, in which I educated myself about the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), started this blog, continued to work closely with my district, and also met school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food prSchool Lunch Program (NSLP), started this blog, continued to work closely with my district, and also met school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food prschool food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food prschool food program.

Because of my volunteer work with Houston ISD, several readers around the country have written to ask how they can specifically help Houston school kids, perhaps by donating school supplies or by raising funds in their own school to send to our... [Continue reading]

«There are examples around the country where progress is being made,» says Alicia Moag - Stahlberg, a dietitian who has worked to develop more nutritious lunches in Chicago schools.

Susan C. Miller, professor (research) of health services, policy and practice in the Brown University School of Public Health and lead author of the study in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, worked with colleagues to survey nursing directors at more than 1,900 nursing homes around the country between July 2009 and June 2010 to assess their knowledge of palliative care and their facility's implementation of key palliative care practices.

She currently works as a Senior Finance and Strategy Manager at Worldreader, an organization bringing digital books on tablets and cell phones to schools in low - income countries around the world.

While these statistics reveal unacceptably high levels of school bullying, research in a number of countries has begun to show antibullying programs and intervention strategies have actually worked, with bullying reduced by «around 20 per cent in schools where they have been employed and rigor ously monitored» (Rigby, 2010).

Like KIPP and EdVisions, part of High Tech High's scale - up work involves helping others found similar schools in nine sites around the country.

Csar Chvez faculty members also have to work with parents who move frequently, whether that means going back to Mexico for the month of December, or students who move in and out during the school year as their parents relocate around the country for work.

As the summer drew to a close, Senior Lecturer James Honan, one of many HGSE faculty members who devote their time to guiding these administrators through the many challenges in their work, reflected on how the Ed School is making a difference in the professional practice of scores of higher education leaders from across the country and around the world.

When they're not working with schools and districts around the country, Nancy Gutierrez and Liliana Polo - McKenna sit next to each other in the offices of the NYC Leadership Academy.

In addition, the fellows will have access to the unique network of more than 60 school agencies around the country with whom the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard currently works.

In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomeIn their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomein Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomes.

I feel that pupils have a lot to gain from working in partnership with pupils from other schools around the country, or even the world.

In The Flickering Mind, Oppenheimer amplifies his earlier theme by visiting schools around the country to get a firsthand glimpse of how technology is or is not working in schoolIn The Flickering Mind, Oppenheimer amplifies his earlier theme by visiting schools around the country to get a firsthand glimpse of how technology is or is not working in schoolin schools.

Levin and Feinberg, more than a decade later, have invented something very rare in American education: a way of teaching low - income children that actually works in 36 public middle schools, producing the largest and fastest learning gains around the country.

The environment in which we learn impacts greatly the learning that happens, and Dr. Dillon continues to stress this work as he consults with schools around the country on how learning spaces and the culture of learning in these modern spaces can facilitate big change in a short amount of time.

There is so much good work being done to improve school food by people in schools around the country.

But what got in her way of making more progress was her commitment to implementing corporate school reforms that have failed to work as supporters around the country have promised.

Below is a three - step process that our team has seen work well for integrating video observation in schools and districts around the country.

«I work with artists, arts educators, and organizations around the country, and the work in Connecticut's HOT schools is among the best done anywhere.

She is committed to working to assist in turning around schools in her home state of Michigan and across the country.

Teachers working with the Carnegie Foundation in other schools around the country have reported similar gains.

School districts around the country are being accused of funneling kids from schools to juvenile jails at an alarming clip, but Connecticut has worked hard in recent years to reverse course.

By the time her daughter started kindergarten in the early 1980s, Anne T. Henderson had worked for years to reform schools around the country by increasing parent and community involvement.

He works with schools around the country, helping to sustain curriculum upgrades, design curriculum, and modernize instruction in immersive technology.

Mr. Kieschnick has worked with teachers and school leaders from every state in the US and more than 30 countries around the world.

Working directly with schools to empower teachers and heads to generate a self - improving system with systematic peer review and inter-school collaboration, the programme contributes to improving learning outcomes in schools around the country.

D'Agostino: It's already working in Catholic schools in dozens of places around the country.

For the past 20 years, we have worked as teachers, administrators and advisors in public schools around the country.

Since then, DataWORKS has steadily expanded, working with over 750 schools and districts, in 25 states, in 10 countries, and on five continents around the world.

We look forward to a productive and inspiring year of sharing work and ideas, learning from each other, and moving Deeper Learning forward in schools around the country.

Ms. Williams was placed with the University of Virginia's Darden - Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education in Charlottesville, Va., where she works with school districts around the country to support their school turnaround efforts.

But around the country, many districts are working to create strategic school systems and improve the teacher value proposition to accelerate student learning — in many cases, without spending more.

In past years, she has facilitated several professional development classes and lectures around the country working with Expeditionary Learning Schools network.

School administrators around the country are working on strategies aimed at lifting the performance of students in their worst schools, including longer school days and greater individualized atteSchool administrators around the country are working on strategies aimed at lifting the performance of students in their worst schools, including longer school days and greater individualized atteschool days and greater individualized attention.

The program's approach of focusing resources and policy efforts on its most at - risk student population inspired work in school systems around the country, especially after President Barack Obama launched his My Brother's Keeper initiative, which focuses on the needs of boys of color.

In addition, the non-profit side of the Cooperative, called EdVisions Schools and the professional development center, called EdVisions Leaders Center, has worked with over fifty replication school sites around the country.

In these sessions, based on your district size, you will have an opportunity to discuss with board members from around the country relevant and timely issues facing urban school districts and share best practices and policies that are working.

The Gallaghers happen to be the owners of a school uniform company and therefore work closely with educational settings around the country, so their interest in children's education paired with their special concern for orphans led them to grow both this charitable organization and the ebook.

Additionally, these views arise in a context where strong majorities of adults consider themselves «lifelong learners» and libraries around the country are working to fit their programs and services into local educational ecosystems — both the formal parts of it (such as schools) and the informal parts of it (such as «do it yourself» learning opportunities).

Darrin, working in tandem with South Kent's Chief Information Officer Gonzo Garcia, has been advising schools around the country looking to making the switch to digital.

In fact, people can obtain a dog from any of the schools, save five (which serve only their own geographical regions), and many dogs from The Seeing Eye, Leader Dogs, Guiding Eyes and the other schools work on the west coast, while many dogs from Guide Dogs for the Blind work all around the country.

Some of the many strong solo exhibitions around the country this month include: Angelbert Metoyer at Deborah Colton Gallery in Houston; Donald Moffett at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin; a beautiful show of figurative works on paper by New York School founding member Jack Tworkov at Valerie Carberry Gallery in Chicago; Brian Bress at Cherry and Martin and a major show of new work by Jonas Wood in David Kordansky's cavernous new gallery space, both in Los Angeles; and Whiting Tennis at Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle.

Clay Nation February 8 - March 17, 2002 David Hiltner, assistant professor in the WSU School of Art and Design, organized this exhibition of ceramic works by four outstanding young artists / educators from around the country: Susan Filey (South Carolina), James Brashear (Alaska), Matt Long (Florida), and Brad Schwieger (Ohio).

His work has been featured in exhibitions around the country, including TRANSPORT... Where we go from here at Pro Arts, Oakland, California, in 2013, as well as at the Latent Image Gallery, Indianapolis; the Cal State University Gallery; the Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis; Mills College, Oakland, CA; and the Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.

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