Sentences with phrase «local school boards sit»

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I get to work on Adirondack conservation issues and assist those who are fighting global warming; I've helped my wife start a new school in our town; I can teach Sunday school and help run a nationwide effort to decommercialize Christmas and sit on the board of the local college.

And 30 years ago, they started running people for school board, and people need to pay attention to who is running for and sitting on their state and local school boards if they really want to guard against some rather unscientific ideas being spread to the next generation.

Most High School Seniors Aren't College or Career Ready, says «Nation's Report Card» NPR Ed, 4/27/16» «In our era of incredibly volatile state and local testing practices, it is our North Star,» says Andrew Ho, a measurement expert at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who sits on NAEP's bipartisan governing board.»

«In our era of incredibly volatile state and local testing practices, it is our North Star,» says Andrew Ho, a measurement expert at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who sits on NAEP's bipartisan governing board.

Liz sits on many local and state - wide committees including the Community Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Morris; the CampaignConnect Center for Supportive Schools - New Jersey Advisory Board, the Social - EmotionalLearning Credentialing Advisory Panel Rutgers / CSE Joint Partnership and on the New Jersey School Board Association Health and Wellness Task Force.

The real power, however, sits in CCSA's related organization, CCSA Advocates, a not - for - profit 501 (c)(4) whose mission is to increase the political clout of charter schools on local school boards, on county boards, and in the state capital of Sacramento.

Local school boards could appoint a member to sit on the board of the charter public school, and the school must report to the local school board at least once a Local school boards could appoint a member to sit on the board of the charter public school, and the school must report to the local school board at least once a local school board at least once a year.

-- so that a large percentage of families who have «won» the Norwich Free Academy bonanza are those who sit on appointed or elected boards, or who work in the Town Hall... it's unclear who got this year's bonus special dispensation... But one family seems to believe that all of their children will get the NFA benefit — at a cost of over $ 100K of local taxpayer dollars (with increased segregation and isolation in the impoverished Windham schools).

State Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, who sits on the state school board, said state law has allowed for «local charters» in prior years, but no proposals ever got off the ground.

A bill under consideration in the California legislature would allow local school boards to replace standardized tests given in 11th grade with a college entrance exam like the SAT or...

About 15 school boards oppose provisions making them share local funding with charter schools, and the Florida Education Association is suing over a bonus program that uses a teacher's score on standardized tests like the SAT in its formula.

While local school superintendents seem to be sitting out the fight against Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuschool superintendents seem to be sitting out the fight against Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on TuSchool District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuschool boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuesday.

«Just because teachers unions block reform efforts in state legislatures and local school boards, reform advocates don't have to sit idly by while children and our education infrastructure suffer.»

Most participate in their community and / or sit on boards of directors of charities or on local school boards.

Liz sits on many local and state - wide committees including the Community Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Morris; the CampaignConnect Center for Supportive Schools - New Jersey Advisory Board, the Social - EmotionalLearning Credentialing Advisory Panel Rutgers / CSE Joint Partnership and on the New Jersey School Board Association Health and Wellness Task Force.

Elspeth, who also sits on the Board of Bright Light Relationship Counselling, has a background in academic teaching and, as Director of Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS), led a team working with staff in local schools and universities to support young people disadvantaged by economic, social or cultural factors into higher education cSchools (LEAPS), led a team working with staff in local schools and universities to support young people disadvantaged by economic, social or cultural factors into higher education cschools and universities to support young people disadvantaged by economic, social or cultural factors into higher education courses.