Word: classroom
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...must renovate, expand and modernize our public school facilities. I propose a $22 billion school construction and expansion program to renovate the classrooms we already have and to reduce class sizes, and a $7.5 billion education technology program to put calculators, computers and Internet access in every classroom...
...cliche among Institute reformers, the "educational triad" of education, research and community is a battle cry for a more integrated academic and social life--ending the traditional divide between frat and classroom...
...Wartmanns, you will be pleased to learn, actually can afford to send their son to Dayton. Christopher did his part by earning good grades--a 3.5 GPA--and participating in activities outside the classroom (he was captain of the varsity tennis team and an Eagle Scout...
...spent one hour a week in that classroom, consciously devoting at least the first three sessions to distinguishing names and faces. A final round question in the game of "Peaceful Jeopardy" which we played at the beginning of second semester was, "What steps can you take to keep conflicts from escalating?" The contestants of both teams had quick answers. "Communicate, listen, take a deep breath...
What's caused these jabs at one of the sacred cows of Democratic politics? In part it reflects parents' pent-up demand for the very changes to public education--school choice and, in a larger sense, classroom accountability--that teachers' unions have consistently resisted. "There's broad frustration and even antagonism out there," says Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota. "Americans perceive unions as people who put the interests of their members first. They don't feel the unions pay enough concern to getting rid of ineffective teachers. They see unions...