Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
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Related Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers. RON SILVER This is going to be a Palestinian process, and I think we have to give the Palestinians some room fo... CONDOLEEZZA RICE They demonstrate their military strength to give a message that their willingness to be part of the ... YUBARAJ GHIMIRE The public should know the board has met a high standard in their (hiring) process, ... We appreciat... GERARD KENNEDY To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It's too expensive to have your due process or day in court. BILL FLEISCHLI We want to make a window for the students who are still interested to complete their applications or... KATHY CUNNINGHAM Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligati... HENRY PAULSON It's due in part to budget cuts to school music programs. Most people who did know the words, learne... JULIE BRUHN When teachers participate in a literary experience with a professionally presented children's play, ... JAMES HUGH COMEY Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution ... ADAM COHEN I have repeatedly called for residency programs for teachers, like those you see in the medical prof... RANDI WEINGARTEN Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core... TZIPI LIVNI To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD My hat's off to them for doing their process in the light of day. JOANNE DAVIS In particular, it gives them a strong foundation as they're heading toward high school, because they... DEBORAH MURRAY We're still not sure whether CMI is due to a single disease or pathological process. DR. MELVIN BLANCHARD The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process. ERIC HOLDER The quality of the relationships that students have in class with their peers and teachers is import... BOB PLETKA Based on the physiological researches there is a connection between self confidence and the person�... MARYAM ABDULLAH ALNAYMI We have also expanded our selection of office accessory supplies and products for teachers, many of ... GARY RHODES Teachers knew every one of the students, their secrets, their grades, their home situations. And all... VICTORIA KAHLER We have had inquiries from different organizations that want to help as far as school supplies. Teac... GINGER EAST Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies wi... REBECCA MACKINNON We wanted to incorporate things that the students were learning about in their classrooms and tie in... JAN SULLIVAN Due process policies such as tenure are put in place to protect good teachers from being fired witho... DONNA BRAZILE To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life... WILLIAM OSLER We've submitted our resignation due to the insistence of the prime minister's office that members of... HANNA NASSER We don't advocate our students to break any law in any way, shape or form, but our students are advo... BRIAN WAGNER Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the proces... PATRICK MURPHY We're starting to teach these students how to advocate for themselves, because we've seen a problem ... JEAN TREDUP The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The p... JUAN WILLIAMS Whether it's the courts or regional offices of executive agencies, members of Congress want some con... DAVID LEWIS Today's graduate and professional students are as pressed for time as they are for funds to pay for ... FABRIZIO BALESTRI Many people suffer in life due to ignorance or not having the right knowledge. They even don't know ... ARVIND MEHTA People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content ... JONATHAN ZITTRAIN In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsm... OSCAR GOODMAN Employees are usually motivated to stay or leave due to their managers. RAJEN JANI This is more of a chance for parents to get more involved in the process than the students. I've tal... ANDREW HUDSON I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's a political piece. It is full of ideas and that's the reason I was drawn to it. The central iss... HUGO WEAVING I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both t... ALBERT EINSTEIN To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for... GLENN GREENWALD The highly sensitive [introverted] tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rathe... SUSAN CAIN When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was ac... TAYLOR MALI The teachers need to be trained in using the materials, and the kind of training we do helps them in... ALAN LEVENSTEIN Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental f... WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR. Selling pressure on tech sector is relatively heavy as investors continue to unload their holdings d... JEFFREY CHENG The lawsuit challenges the practice of the Minneapolis School District of using Abraham Lincoln High... DAVID SHULMAN [The phrase] right to privacy ... deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due proces... LOUIS D. BRANDEIS Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk t... THOMAS E. MANN Companies that want athletes to use their products pay us to participate in the program, which allow... KATHY JORDAN We are taking this very seriously. The process is cumbersome, but it does provide for due process. ERIC BEHRENS We have individuals who have families, and to have their names partially leaked out is unfair. All w... JOE TAMBURINO Holding him without due process is improper, and either ICE or the prosecutors should explain why. STEPHEN BERNSTEIN The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe ... HERMAN CAIN (Students) had to use the school colors, red and white, as much as possible, ... The project was not... MARGARET MYERS It is not unusual for them to be subjected to financial exploitation by people who use threats of ph... LYNN BARNES We had to randomly distribute the students overloaded in that school into their second choice. That'... LAURIE COOPER It became too much to not be able to speak my mind or defend my students without fear or retribution... WENDY DEVORE Police officers are subject to arrest for perceived violations of the law like anybody else. This of... CMDR. LEE VANCE The political process in the Congo is due to end with the swearing in of a president on 30 June. The... IBRAHIMA FALL The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching a... MICHAEL N. CASTLE Although in all likelihood Rolling Valley will not be involved in the conclusion of this study, it d... BETH CURTIS They want their due rights and government need to begin political negotiations instead of military o... ASMA JAHANGIR Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep p... REBECCA MACKINNON The mediation process is due to start next Tuesday. IDELFONSO CIPRIAN The due process of law as we use it, I believe, rests squarely on the liberal idea of conflict and r... JUNE L. TRAPP God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine,
For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;
An... JAMES I OF ENGLAND We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. cit... TED CRUZ We really think it is a good thing for scientists to spend a little bit of their time either in the ... THOMAS R. CECH Discussions related to structure and the due diligence process are moving forward. But we are not cl... JACKIE LANG Teaching is a dialogue, and it is through the process of engaging students that we see ideas taken f... MARTHA BOLES School authorities have some ability to regulate students' expressive activities on school grounds a... HUGH GOTTSCHALK There is a difference between judgment and feedback. Your critics use you as a mirror for their own ... VIRONIKA TUGALEVA Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundament... WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR. Out of us all/ That make rhymes,/ Will you choose/ Sometimes -/ As the winds use/ A crack in a wall/... EDWARD THOMAS All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared... MAGIC JOHNSON True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having... NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD Life in expectation of miracles is to expect blessings and provisions without due process. SUNDAY ADELAJA The hearing today was a sham. These officers were supposed to be afforded their rights to due proces... FRANK DESALVO The U.S. Navy cannot, and should not, force the people of Puerto Rico to live in fear for their live... CHARLES SCHUMER Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their c... JIM MCKAY It certainly did not comport with due process. DONNA NEWMAN They boycotted the last elections and now they are trying to register their votes and get more parti... HUMAM HAMOUDI It's not a how-to-do-it school but more nearly a confessional in which people who have spent their l... JOHN CIARDI Volunteering youth can kind of get involved to learn the educational process about the legal system.... GREG PUCKETT These decisions on Jerusalem and their timing have nothing to do with the political process. DANNY NAVEH We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us ... ADORA SVITAK The Italians have always had a more kind of political view of the process ... for them it's their el... DAVID GIBSON Companies have to invest in research and development, lest their competitors pass them by. And they ... JEFFREY MAXICK In the strongest school districts there is stiff competition for teaching positions. Being able to b... JEFF LABROAD If one business' rights are violated, it opens the door for the mayor and police to shut down other ... JOSEPH ROBINSON The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS
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