Elmore and Burney's (1997) case study of the transformation of New York
City Community School District # 2 from an average performing to one of the highest performing elementary school districts in the city brought the district role to the forefront as a potentially positive force for change (Stein and D'Amico, 2002).
In May 2015, in order to increase instructional time for elementary school students, the Iowa
City Community School District School Board voted to advance the middle and high school start times by 10 and 5 minutes respectively, to 8 a.m., while delaying the elementary school start time by 15 minutes to 8:45 a.m..
In Feb. 2016, the Iowa
City Community School Board voted 7 - 0 to start elementary school at 7:55 a.m. and start junior high and high school at 8:50 a.m..
In Redwood
City community school coordinators used this tool to help families prepare for Parent - Teacher Conferences.
In 2005, the Bloomberg Administration began the selection of parents to serve on the newly instituted Community Education Councils (CECs) in the 32 New York
City community school districts.
Dean took an additional year to become certified as a public school teacher and in 1986 accepted a teaching position at West High School in the Iowa
City Community School District.
September Rose City Area Schools — West Branch, MI Edmonton Catholic Schools — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Anaconda High School — Anaconda, MT Arizona State University — Phoenix, AZ Edward Roybal Learning Center — Los Angeles, CA Charles
City Community School District — Charles City, IA
New York
City Community School District # 2, whose reforms are widely touted as a national model, also benefited from the fact that its superintendent had a virtuoso's grasp of community and school - system politics.
Much has changed since the fledgling Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), 14 New York
City community school boards, and 23 individual parents and their children lodged the initial complaint charging the State of New York with denying «thousands of public school students in the City of New York their constitutional rights to equal educational opportunities.»
A New York
City community school district, in collaboration with a local college, has opened an alternative school in East Harlem for junior - high - school students that combines community - service work with regular classroom instruction.
«Addressing Food Safety in School Produce Purchasing» will feature Julie Skolmowski (MPH, RD, SNS) Food Safety Specialist, Office of Food Safety, USDA Food & Nutrition Service; Loren LaCorte, USDA Farm to School Lead Team, Child Nutrition Division, USDA Food & Nutrition Service; Stewart Eidel, Section Chief, Professional Development & Technical Assistance, School & Community Nutrition Programs Branch, Maryland Dept. of Education; Sarah Trist (MS, RD), Program Specialist, Maryland State Dept. of Education; Dian Duncan - Goldsmith (MS, RD, LD), Director of Food Service, Iowa
City Community School District.
The New York
City Community Schools initiative, a central aim of the de Blasio administration, seeks to transform local schools in high - needs areas into central community hubs, in which personalized instruction, family involvement, and community partnerships are prioritized.
We also help colleagues craft local policies that can be presented to their boards of education; and we frequently host study visits to our New York
City community schools for delegations of elected officials from other cities and countries.
This training has helped to ensure her effectiveness as an Instructional Coach, delivering guidance to teachers in districts across Michigan, including Buena Vista School District, Tuscola Intermediate School District, Imlay
City Community Schools, Detroit Public Schools and numerous charter public schools.
The New York
City Community Schools Initiative strategic plan requires partner organizations to develop strategies to support students who identify as LGBTQ.
In 2014, Mayor Bill DeBlasio launched a Community Schools Initiative to expand UFT's initiative, promising to create 100 community schools by 2017 («New York
City Community Schools Strategic Plan»).
Not exact matches
After Playworld selected six finalists, consumers who «liked» the company's Facebook page were able to vote for the
community or
school they considered most deserving; Parker's Woods park in Mason City, Iowa, and St. Norbert School in Northbrook, Ill., were the wi
school they considered most deserving; Parker's Woods park in Mason
City, Iowa, and St. Norbert
School in Northbrook, Ill., were the wi
School in Northbrook, Ill., were the winners.
One of the criticisms of Newark's
school reform has been the lack of input from the
community, according to The New Yorker, which examined the
city's efforts.
She has been active in the Toronto
community promoting startups, female entrepreneurship and has been a guest speaker at Ivey
School of Business, University of Waterloo and
City of Toronto Small Business Forum.
The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great
city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional
schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural
community will be Stopped alter high
school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.
The Haskayne
School of Business and Calgary Chamber steadfastly believe that celebrating ethical leadership is essential to ensuring the success of our
city and business
community.
In Oakland, one of the nation's most diverse
cities, Jackson says he would like to see Uber hire local workers and businesses and invest in the
community, including the Oakland Unified
School District.
The
city also has the best
schools in the state, low crime rates and a very tight - knit
community.
Ross dolled up friends at her kitchen table in South Baltimore, but she never considered trading in her stable teaching job at a
city school and, later, the
Community...
EDMONTON - Today, Rachel Notley announced that an NDP government will reinvest in Alberta's
cities and growing
communities through Family and
Community Support Services (FCSS), which supports after
school programs for kids, child development programs, and counseling for individuals and families.
Mega
communities including for - profit businesses,
community organizations,
schools and otherwise disconnected citizens all contribute to the Smart
City environment.
Indeed, the first round of treaties, from 1842 to 1844, stipulated that Westerners be permitted to build churches,
schools, and other
community buildings in five key coastal
cities.
In a large, fragmented, opportunity - rich American
city, the way to restore
community is by attending to the
city's institutions — from
schools to businesses, from shopping centers to entertainment centers.
Curry: One of the best things about CSU is the relationship the
school has with the
city of Fort Collins and its business
community.
Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical
school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed
community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a
city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his
city is a center.
Who should attend
city meetings,
school board meetings and get involved in the
community?
Our purpose was to encourage New York
City to give permanent recognition to its Muslim
community by adding two holidays observed by Muslims to the public
school calendar: Eid ul - Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, the sacred month of fasting and Eid Ul - Adha, which celebrates the end of the Hajj, the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca.
The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner
cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our
schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a
community at risk.
As we are seeking to do in Grove
City, I believe our children need us to come together,
community, church and
school.
Visualize a
city with a network of growth groups in each neighborhood available to people of all ages and sponsored by
schools, churches, and
community agencies as well as corporations unions, professional associations, and fraternal groups.
The turbulence of a rapidly changing scene surrounds us, and the same forces that are creating turmoil in the
cities, on the campuses, and in the local
schools are shaking up this infant movement —
community mental health.
New York
City churches tread the line between
community center and place of worship; they are a mixture of ESL classes in the basement, bi-vocational pastors, after -
school programs and co-op gardens behind project buildings.
New York
City churches tread the line between
community center and place of worship; they are a mixture of ESL classes in the basement, bi-vocational pastors, after -
school programs and co-op...
Noting that more than 10 percent of New York
City school students are Muslim, he suggests that the public
school calendar grant the Islamic
community the same holiday leisure as it already gives to Christian and Jewish students.
If a theological sketch of the idea of a theological
school is a utopian exercise, the
community it describes is less an ideal
city than a crossroads hamlet with an overwhelmingly white male population.
Neumark is the founder of The Sylvia Center, which holds year - round programs in
schools and New York
City Housing Authority
community centers to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands - on learning experiences on the farm and in the kitchen.
As numerous
cities make energy choices to tackle climate change, so too should municipalities invest in farm - to - hospital and farm - to -
school programs that deliver healthier food and strengthen rural
communities while emitting fewer greenhouse gases.
«Gardens of Hope» everywhere, in villages and
cities, in backyards and rooftops, in
schools and
communities are the answer to vit A and other nutrient deficiencies.
The café, which aims to become a mainstay in the University
City and Drexel
communities, features several tables and chairs that were reclaimed from the former University
City High
School on 3601 Filbert Street in Philadelphia.
Tom Carlin jumpstarted his culinary career in his hometown of Kansas
City, Missouri by studying culinary arts at Johnson County
Community College and coaching the
school's award - winning culinary competition team.
He clearly has created a strong
community of passionate high
school cyclists, up in the Nevada
City area.
Aymeric Laporte and Brahim Diaz took time out to take some of the youngsters who attend our
City in the
Community Soccer
School in Abu Dhabi.
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school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold
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City in
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Paul will discuss grit, character, and How Children Succeed with David Levin, co-founder of KIPP, and Dominic Randolph, head of the Riverdale Country
School, at the Jewish
Community Center in New York
City as part of the JCC's Learning Matters conversation series hosted by John Merrow.
Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a keynote speech at the first Trauma in Our
Community conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's
School of Continuing Education and held at the Hilton Milwaukee
City Center.