Sentences with phrase «policy watch this year»

«If this is not done carefully, it has the potential to be the mother of all unintended consequences,» Public School Forum President Keith Poston told Policy Watch this year.

«There are far too many questions about their track record in other states, combined with how new these schools are to North Carolina, to already be proposing ways to make them less accountable,» Keith Poston, president and executive director of the nonpartisan, Raleigh - based Public School Forum of N.C., told Policy Watch this year.

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«Policy makers will continue to watch this metric, but rising interest rates and better income growth should stabilize, then nudge this ratio lower over the next few years.»

«But having watched the Japanese economy for the past 15 years, you have to have a degree of skepticism about the degree of follow through there will be from this type of policy action.»

Investors there are watching a meeting of the Bank of Japan later this week that will set monetary policy for the coming year.

The FBI watched Page, who was a foreign policy adviser to Trump, for almost a year beginning in October 2016.

Emma had witnessed first - hand the unintended consequence of this policy: single parents going off to work and, in the absence of affordable child care, leaving eight - year - olds to watch three - year - old siblings.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

Carmona said she created the policy six years ago after watching students bring «bottles of soda and flaming hot chips» on field trips for their lunch.

Watch as BBC Daily Politics host Andrew Neil gets his hat handed to him — ever so politely - by a 10 - year - old girl named Charlotte in a debate over soda taxes and policies to curb unhealthy foods in... [Continue reading]

The key message of Right to Food and Nutrition Watch this year is that people's participation in the planning, development and implementation of alternatives to dominant policies in food, agriculture and nutrition is needed to challenge the current balance of power and effectively tackle hunger.

«Under the Prime Minister's watch, 3.7 million children in the UK are now living in poverty, a figure set to rise by 600,000 over the next two years, as a result of the Government's continuation of its economic and social policies.

Participation in a centre - left coalition will lose us credibility as we would spend most of the time helping to undo the Tory policies that we helped implement (academy schools, NHS fragmentation, bedroom tax, etc. etc.) and continuation with the Tories would be unpalatable as we have lost hope of dragging them in a progressive direction, or even anywhere near the «centre» as Nick Clegg imagines (just watch this year's Tory conference).

They have watched the haemorrhage, over the past four years, of activists from their constituency associations, people who have abandoned the party over disillusion with its policies and its failure to be more robustly and unapologetically conservative.

Murray serves as a regular conference keynote, was named one of «20 to Watch» by NSBA, the «Education Policy Person of the Year» by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and «Education Thought Leader of the Year» in 2017.

State policy in Ohio requires school districts with a three - year average graduation rate of 75 % or less (in addition to academic watch and academic emergency districts) to administer practice versions of the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) to 9th - grade students.

While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.

N.C. Policy Watch reported last fall that the school was in serious financial trouble, threatening to close its doors the year prior thanks to a $ 150,000 shortfall.

Billy Ball at NC Policy Watch reported earlier this year that one school that qualifies to receive the taxpayer - funded vouchers, Lee Christian in Sanford, requires students and parents to sign a «lifestyle statement and covenant» agreeing that «gender confusion» reflects a state of depravity and that sexual relationships between people of the same sex are «sinful and immoral.»

Last year, Policy Watch reported that state officials, at the behest of the virtual programs, agreed to nix daily attendance reporting requirements, meaning schools would only lose state funding if a student failed to show activity for ten consecutive days.

The percentages would indicate a clear decline for the schools — which were taking in a combined $ 14.5 million in public funds this year — since Policy Watch reported in March that both schools had apparently surpassed the state - mandated, 25 percent - threshold, although the schools later contested the accuracy of those figures before the State Board of Education.

Mills told NC Policy Watch that for the first time in 22 years, he will randomly select five home schools to visit and inspect for compliance this month.

Earlier this year, Medley told Policy Watch that he believes virtual charters in North Carolina were being unfairly criticized for high dropout numbers, noting students often flow into and out of virtual charters.

One veteran teacher with approximately 30 years of experience told N.C. Policy Watch he only received a 0.3 percent pay increase, thanks — or no thanks — to the new legislation.

[12] N.C. Policy Watch report found to be experiencing significant financial troubles just last year: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/10/07/biggest-recipient-of-taxpayer-funded-school-vouchers-greensboro-islamic-academy-in-financial-trouble/

«We want to see a reduction in the number of high stakes tests students are required to take,» NCAE's Ellis told N.C. Policy Watch, adding that reducing testing was another of the teachers» association's top priorities for this year's legislative session.

Poston explained to NC Policy Watch that the consortium is working with staffers in the legislature's Fiscal Research division to figure out what it would cost the state to provide pay increases for all teachers and reinstate supplemental pay for those teachers who have master's degrees, which was eliminated last year.

«The tests we see today are a result of the General Assembly's requirements that were passed into law over the past several years, and the result of the federal No Child Left Behind law,» State Superintendent of Public Schools Dr. June Atkinson told N.C. Policy Watch last year.

Murray serves as a regular conference keynote speaker and was named the 2015 Education Policy Person of the Year by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of 20 to Watch in 2016 by the National School Board Association, and the 2017 Education Thought Leader of the Year by PR with Panache.

In the last two years, Policy Watch has reported on anti-LGBTQ admissions policies in some North Carolina private schools while a Duke University law report in March questioned the classroom benefits for voucher students, as well as the state's monitoring of voucher - eligible schools.

Barefoot did not respond to Policy Watch requests for comment, but Jewell called that allegation «simply incorrect» this week, arguing K - 12 funding cuts in recent years left districts unable to fill in funding gaps to preserve teaching positions for specialty educators.

WCPSS spokesman Tim Simmons told Policy Watch there is no «drop dead deadline» for the school system, but he emphasized the district's precarious position, particularly as it relates to year - round schools that will begin the new school year in about ten weeks.

As we've reported at Policy Watch, the schools have experienced high dropout rates throughout the year.

For the past few years, we have painfully watched as the Ogden City School Board has blindly approved every policy the Ogden superintendent has proffered.

According to the Choice Watch Report released in 2014 by policy analysts Robert Cotto and Kenny Feder, in the 2011 - 2012 school year, 76 % of public charters, 64 % of magnets, and 56 % of technical schools in the Greater Hartford Area (GHA) had substantially lower enrollment percentages of ELL students than the local, traditional public schools in their districts.

«We weren't really able to tell how long students were actually logged into the system,» said Golovich in an interview with N.C. Policy Watch earlier this year.

Recent awards include being named «20 to Watch» by the National School Boards Association, the «Education Policy Person of the Year» by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the 2017 Education Thought Leader of the Year.

In the 2009 - 10 fiscal year, Mitchell received more than $ 3 million from the two charter schools for management fees and the cost of renting the buildings from another company Mitchell owns, according to publicly available copies of the charter school's tax returns, as reported by NC Policy Watch's Sarah Ovaska.

For almost 16 years, across two administrations of different parties, America's teachers have watched federal education officials embrace destructive policies.

Part II of an NC Policy Watch series State Superintendent for Public Instruction, Dr. June Atkinson, told attendees at a luncheon last month that among all of the insults to public education that this year's state budget offers,...

Joyce told Policy Watch Wednesday that she hopes legislators will come to the same conclusion on Tillman's block grant proposal this year.

As Policy Watch reported last year, one Christian school in Lee County required students, parents and school employees sign a document declaring same - sex relationships «immoral and sinful.»

Members were initially expected to complete a final report in 2018, although Horn told Policy Watch last week that, while he expects an interim report to be released next year, the group's work could take two years or more.

Big, lifeproof rubber bumper, a 2 - year no - questions - asked replacement policy, a kid - friendly web browser you can turn off or add whitelisted sites to, and 10,000 pre-approved titles for junior to safely watch.

During WRI's Annual Stories to Watch event, Andrew Steer highlighted how these trends may affect U.S. and international climate policy, business and investment, global energy markets and more this year.

Watch out for a flurry of climate change policy developments over the final months of this year -LSB-...]

Specifically, this post will describe a looming issue with New York State energy policy and environmental regulations that will bear watching in the next few years.

For nearly 15 years, he has worked at the intersection of civil liberties and national security, litigating numerous cases involving airport security policies, government watch lists, surveillance practices, targeted killing, and torture.

You need to fully understand what you are getting throughout your contract — especially if you are signing a contract for over a year — and of course watch out for long cancellation policies.

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