Monday, Feb. 15th and Wednesday Feb. 17th URI's Learning Landscape Program 1:00pm-3:15pm. -This is a environmental program where children will have the chance to feel a coyotes's fur, compost, plant their own seed and many more activities. -The cost is $5.00 per person -Available by advance registration only. Space is limited. Call (401)874-2900 or email [email removed]!
Tuesday, Feb. 16th, Thursday Feb 18th and Friday Feb 19th Children's Botanical Illustration Class 10:00am-11:30am -Let your child's creative side shine! Each day will feature a different artistic media such as watercolors (Tuesday) or pastels (Thursday and Friday) -You MUST register in advance by calling 401-874-2900 (URI Outreach Center-Kingston) or emailing [email removed].
I am currently enrolled in the M.A.T. program at JWU and am taking methods of teaching Social Studies this semester. I would be interested in volunteering to judge. This is a second career for me after having spent 25 years in business. My son is also a middle school student in E.G.
Across America, young people are thinking and talking about equality. From the environmental justice movement to the trial of the Jena 6 – young people continue to come out in force, speaking their minds and making their voices heard on the issues they believe in. The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights (NCRCR) is interested in hearing what today’s youth have to say about the question, “What does equality mean to you?†To that end, NCRCR seeks your assistance in reaching out to young people to let them know about our exciting essay and visual media contest.
In 1951, thirteen parents filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of their children, calling for their school district in Topeka, Kansas to reverse its policy of racial segregation. This landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), established that "in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place," making it illegal to segregate students on the basis of race. Brown v. Board was a milestone, helping to lay the groundwork for major victories in court, on the streets, and in the halls of Congress. Within a decade, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, banning discrimination in employment practices and public accommodations and soon afterward passed laws restoring and protecting voting rights and prohibiting racial discrimination in housing.
The concept of legal equality - the principle under which each person or group is subject to the same laws – remains a cornerstone of American life. Through legal and legislative battles over race, gender, orientation, the environment, health, education, age, housing, immigration, and disability issues, the struggle for equality continues. NCRCR invites young people between the ages of 14 and 18, to answer the question, “What does equality mean to you?†Participants can enter the contest in one of two ways – by sending an essay of no more than 750 words or submitting a visual media entry, such as an original photograph, drawing, or cartoon. Please contact NCRCR at [email removed].
We appreciate your support and assistance in distributing information about this contest to students.
Many thanks,
Naoma Nagahawatte The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights __
The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights (NCRCR) is a non-partisan movement working to ensure that our courts protect and preserve equal justice, fairness, and opportunity. We achieve these goals through raising awareness, outreach, and building alliances. Recognizing how little information about the status of civil rights in the courts is reaching people across the country, NCRCR is focusing on public education and outreach, finding ways to get the message out about the impact of court rulings on our neighborhoods, our schools, our opportunities and our rights.
I will soon be starting a Postcard lesson to learn about the 50 states. I am hoping to receive a postcard from every state with a state fact written on it.... can someone please send us one from RI?
Thanks in advance!
Mrs. Anderson's Class Toledo Blade Elementary 1201 Geranium Ave North Port FL 34288
Hello, I've been teaching at Montessori schools (grades 4-8) for the last six years, have a Masters in Elem. Ed., and am two courses and my Praxis tests away from being state certified. What are the chances that I'll get hired while working toward my certification? Any thoughts? Thanks, Lis
If you can be considered highly qualified a district could hire you and apply for temporary certification. The key is whether or not you could be considered highly qualified. The RIDoE website states With the start of the 2009-10 school year, the HOUSSE rubric and process is no longer an available option for districts to use to ensure teachers’ Highly Qualified status. All newly hired teachers of core academic subjects must be Highly Qualified through either an academic major or the appropriate content tests.
Are active and retired teachers from Rhode Island concerned the WEP/GPO will REDUCE their earned Social Security distributions because they were public servants? Go to http://WWW.SSFAIRNESS.COM and join the efforts of a grassroots organization trying to overturn these unfair offsets.