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Talk of elementary schools as "soft targets" and making them "harder targets" or having more "boots on the ground" is everywhere in the media. Saner voices are promoting a restorative justice approach to school safety that aims at the school culture and seeks through mediation to build relationships.
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Many countries have not been able to adjust staffing levels to a rapidly declining student population, so class sizes have declined and costs have risen, without automatically changing and improving the nature of teaching and learning.
Building on the successes of its pilot year that saw 12 of 16 student businesses generate revenue, year two of Startup Summer kicked off in early July 2012.
So the education crisis is not a public sector problem, and it won't be solved by Washington alone. Building the workforce of tomorrow is our problem, too. And if we don't see that now, we'll be forced to face it soon.
Despite these objections, the NRA's proposal could be a good one for a number of reasons. Here are the arguments for it.
After the dust from Hurricane Sandy settles and schools resume their normal activity, many may wonder how the disruptions from Sandy might affect student performance. There could be effects simply from the lost days of school.
I am speaking out because I want others to know that there are so many families like ours who are suffering. The system must change
Let us be advocates for our children. Let us be their voices when they cannot. Let us prepare them for success. Let the loving care that parents and teachers demonstrate extend all the way up to the policies enacted by our federal government. Let us do right by our children.
We have given up certain rights in order to travel safely. We must now give up some rights to remain a civil society. And security on school campuses must be more stringent.
Indiana Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse is attempting to fool us again, and apparently he is succeeding with some local newspaper reporters and editors. Last year Kruse introduced a bill that was as simple as it was crazy, as anti-intellectual as it was unconstitutional. And he's at it again.
My opinion is that the next big thing in health promotion will be a rediscovery, and reaffirmation, of the family. Because children and parents shape one another's culture. Because adults and kids will get to health together, or probably not at all. Because in unity, there is strength.
The skills our students need to succeed are dramatically different today from what students needed 10 years ago. To prepare our students for success in the 21st century, we must change the way we support our teachers and students.
The major drawback is the assumed detriment to family structure. This concern is not to be dismissed, as it is important to children's development to spend quality time with their families.
Loss -- albeit much less tragic -- is inevitable, natural and something we all face. While dealing with a loss is never easy, it can be peculiarly disorienting for children, who are developing emotionally and have fewer past experiences to relate to.
If you had told my mother, who I believe would have laid down her life to protect any child, to carry a gun as part of her teaching duties, she would have walked out the door and never come back. If schools must be protected, then do so. But don't do it by turning teachers into weapons.
If we really want to help kids, we should craft a fair and private system of performance evaluations and build a fire wall between that rubric and other statistical systems. We should then concentrate on public data systems to help schools improve.
When I was younger, I used to love cutting out and decorating snowflakes. Using paper and coffee filters, I'd spend hours constructing intricate designs. With a pack of Crayola crayons at hand, five-year-old me would make masterpieces.
It's time we reclaim the arts for our kids. The benefits are just too great to ignore and it's a true win-win for everyone.
Schools identified as high-poverty or high-needs often pose the biggest challenge to educators. How can kids learn, people ask, when they lack adequate food, clothing or safety on the way to class?
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