Sentences with phrase «school power moves»

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Then I could see moving on to including walkable schools in our County and State Carbon Reduction Programs, retrofitting the school with solar or wind power, and more...

«In areas where schools are performing badly, the councils should have no power to stop such a move, a Tory policy review will recommend this week.

Austin Shafran, a spokesman for Senate Democrats, called the move a «typical Albany power play» that would add uncertainty to how state aid is doled out to schools.

In the latest twist in the effort to rezone elementary schools in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a parent council with the power to approve or reject the city's plans issued a plea Tuesday: Move a popular school 16 blocks south.

In the latest twist in the effort to rezone elementary schools in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a parent council with the power to approve or reject the city's plans issued a plea: Move a popular school 16 blocks south.

Through its Reforming Energy Vision initiative, the Cuomo administration is actively working to help municipalities — especially towns and schools — move toward getting a significant portion of their power from renewable resources.

The petition, which was posted on the Power of Ten's website and has been signed by over 4,000 people, was submitted to Legislator Ellen Jaffee, who will deliver it to Education Commissioner John King at the capitol building, a move made to raise awareness for issues in the troubled school district.

I recently had the opportunity to teach children's yoga at the Autism Partnership School in Hong Kong as part of the Yogananth Andiappan Community, and was very moved by these little yogis and the power of yoga to connect with them.

A moving story that portrays the power of personal motivation, overcoming negative peer pressure, and how both young and old can contribute to a positive relationship, many would argue that Finding Forrester should be recommended high school viewing.

Chloe Moretz and Nicholas Hoult for «Dark Places:» After playing a high school student with telekinetic powers and a zombie with a heartbeat, Chloe Mortez and Nicholas Hoult keep it, well, dark, by moving on to Gilles Paquet - Brenner's «Dark Places.»

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The film's biggest moment is a deeply harrowing, unfathomably moving scene where Brenda helps a group of at - risk high school girls to talk about their sexual abuse as a children, and it's there that the skill, power and importance of Longinotto's film is cemented.

Armed with new power under state law, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has moved quickly to put his stamp on school policy by overhauling the state school board and taking an active role in hiring at the state education agency.

America's deeply conservative public education system is striking back at this disruptive innovation, which shifts power from producers to consumers; demonstrates that more can be done with less at the school level; and moves control of resources from central bureaucracies to autonomous schools.

To take one example, if reading Deborah Meier's moving book (The Power of Their Ideas) about turning around a school enabled her readers to duplicate her performance as principal of Central Park East, urban education in the United States would be very different.

That said, what this Race to the Top very clearly does is signal to districts that moving away from our current factory - model schools toward personalized learning designs powered by digital learning is critical for student success.

Other tips to avoid squandering power in the school kitchens include keeping fridge and freezer doors closed, and defrosting them regularly to save energy and prolong the equipment's life; reducing drying times on dishwashers and allowing residual heat to finish the drying process; moving storages fridges and freezers into well ventilated areas; and to avoid using open boiling water steriliser systems because they can be dangerous and wasteful.

Concludes Larann Foss: «Our calculations suggest that we'll save a fortune in power and money by moving the schools» network printers, which we oversee, to WorkForce Pro business inkjet printers.

It was primarily about blended learning and how blended learning, especially its online component, can destroy the notion of seat - time as a measure of how we move kids through school by giving students the power to progress at their own rate.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Monday signed into law a sweeping series of education bills that give the state new power to close failing schools, dump bad teachers and administrators and measure if students are moving ahead.

Kenny's book is not and does not purport to be a how - to manual; it is a moving work about the power of well - placed determination matched to a political opportunity: the freedom through accountability that is the charter school.

Parents have had too few options and too little power to compel school improvement and often lack the resources to move so their children can attend a better school.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law a series of reforms that give the state new power to close failing schools, dump bad teachers and administrators, and measure if students are moving ahead.

Rather than using the tools at their disposal to defend measures that move the Lone Star State forward, dozens of legislators have used the power of rhetoric to paint a bleak picture of the state of our schools in order to dismantle accountability.

Partisan gerrymandering, control of public schools and legislative moves to curtail new Gov. Roy Cooper's power played out in the courts this year.

What would really jump - start Parent Power activism was a move in 2009 that no one among the rest of the school reform movement would have thought possible.

It was a move that aligns with King's goal of shifting more money and power from central control to local districts and schools.

Districts Move to the Cloud to Power Up, Save Money Schools need to be aware of the reality that putting a student - information system in a cloud environment means the cloud provider has access to personal information about students Education Week

The trigger also gives more political power to parents — if a school district refuses to implement changes to improve a failing school, parents can take action and move forward with a Parent Trigger.

The move, in which the Philadelphia School Reform Commission invokes emergency powers, comes after the teachers» union spent more than a year resisting concessions...

Other Colorado school boards may have begun to realize that moving on without a local monopoly of teachers union power may not be as difficult as previously thought.

As students head back to school, the Obama administration is using executive power in an unprecedented move to circumvent a congressional standstill on No Child Left Behind, arguing that the federal education law thwarts states» distinct policymaking abilities.

, one of the chief architects of the new education law, is urging states to sue if the administration moves forward with the plan, arguing that it would interfere with the law's specific intent of shifting power from Washington to state and local school officials.

Despite almost every manufacturer moving towards electronic power assisted steering, the Ford GT sticks with a more old school hydraulic system.

After Mao took power in 1949, she moved into education, working for the women's federation and running the Jiangsu provincial nursery school.

A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, Hamann's first novel follows Eveline Auerbach from her high school years in East Hampton, New York, in the 1970s through her early adulthood in the moneyed, high - pressured Manhattan of the 1980s.

Cities depend overwhelmingly on powered transport for obtaining raw materials for manufacturing (nearly all of which occurs in or near cities); for importing and exporting manufactured goods; for moving people to and from home, work, shopping, school, and cultural events; for importing food; and for exporting wastes of various kinds.

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Registration — refusing to accredit professional programs, in the public interest: Courts in three provinces have moved forward to address the power of law societies to refuse to accredit a Christian law school, based on a public interest concern about the school requiring students to sign a covenant abstaining from sexual intimacy outside of marriage between one man and one woman — a covenant that would effectively discriminate against students of certain sexual orientations.

Fears says that while home owners may choose to spend money on a private school or adding on to their current home instead of moving, such expenditures don't have the tax benefits or equity - building power that a home purchase does.

Plans get altered, situations change, and a move could come sooner than expected, so do everything in your power to make sure you could get a good resale value for your home - and a good school district is one of the best ways to do this.