Sentences with phrase «about areas of school»

«Hearing their stories, looking at the work they've done to promote character education and identify the values they want to embed in their schools and seeing how positive they are about this area of their school life has confirmed to me that focusing on character sits alongside gaining knowledge.

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In the meantime, NCEI will partner with schools, exhibits and events such as the Maker Faire in D.C. next year, with a goal of reaching about 50,000 students making class trips to the area over the next three years.

Yet one of the areas that gained hiring momentum in 2014 was the technology sector, where tech companies and startups have been increasingly aggressive about hiring BBAs for entry - level jobs, schools said.

Priscilla Chan, the wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, speaks with NBC's «Today» about the $ 120 million donation the couple made to San Francisco area public schools - and her rules on her husband's ubiquitous hoodie.

Zoom in to see all of the schools in a specific area and click on the marker to find out more information about the school.

Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the 1963 case Abington Township School District v. Schempp, which held that tax - supported schools were only allowed to teach about religion.

Now comes an even more comprehensive claim about the positive impact of these schools: For, according to two law professors at the University of Notre Dame, Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett, inner - city Catholic schools are important factors in urban renewal as builders of «social capital» on inner - urban areas.

It is a shame, but true, that people who are well - educated in secular subjects and have an adult understanding of many areas have a very limited education about Judaism, as most Jews who are not Orthodox stop going to any form of Hebrew school sometime in the elementary years.

The most disturbing thing about the so - called «Trojan Horse» affair wasn't that Muslims are teaching their children to be Muslims (we should be used to that) but rather the reports that followed on the back of the story of The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) inspections of Muslim independent schools in other areas.

The report calls for the creation of innovative public - private partnership arrangements, as well as partnerships involving different levels of government, civil society organizations, and donor organizations, in areas from crop technology to the provision of school feeding programs to help bring about sustainable food security throughout Asia.

Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

Paul metropolitan area during the 2009 - 2010 school year to a series of five questions about muscle - enhancing behaviors, two healthy (changing eating patterns and exercising more) and three unhealthy (using protein powders or shakes, taking steroids, or employing another muscle - building substance such as creatine, amino acids, HMB, DHEA, or growth hormone), researchers at the University of Minnesota and Columbia University found that almost all students surveyed (90 % of boys, 80 % of girls) reported doing at least 1 behavior with this as the goal, and up to one - third reported the use of unhealthy methods.

I spend the better part of the spring and the summer researching about every school in the area, and ended up applying for open enrollment for 2 public schools, enrollment at the elem.

Ed: I know what you're saying, but my fear is that if you rely too much on the individual locality, you get a patchwork of «haves» and «have nots» depending on how concerned your local area is (or is not) about school food.

Harris and Campbell will travel together to San Antonio for ANC 2016, and they both say learning more about alternative delivery models for school breakfast is an area of particular interest.

From a recent article in The Bay Citizen I learned that about two dozen small, affluent public schools in the California Bay Area have opted out of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and instead have hired small catering companies (such as... [Continue reading]

After a couple of examples, I'd hoped for a more general education about where and how to look for areas to improve in my own school (again, as I said, I do realize that may have been expecting too much of the book!).

If you live in one of these areas, you will probably have to jump through a few hoops to get the funding, but you will want to find out about it, and make sure you talk to other home schoolers in your area about this, to find out how to get the funding and if it is worth the trouble.

If there is a local one for your city or area, they can be an excellent place to find out about all kinds of activities in your area, and to meet other home schoolers.

In order to affect change, the first task is to take the initiative to pull together of sphere of people who are interested and concerned in the same things, and to then start conversing with the schools or feeder patterns in your community about how to help them improve in the areas of your concern.

Whether you have concerns about school lunch or child nutrition happens to be a passion for you, joining your school districts local wellness policy committee could give you the opportunity to have a positive impact on school food for all of the school children in your area.

And think about it this way, if the school is already setting an arbitrary deadline for toileting skills and not taking into account the individual needs of each child, what other areas will they apply this thinking to as well?

In certain subject areas, such as mathematics, children learn in school most of what they know about a subject.

Instead of school and preschool we read stories, we paint, we play games, we explore our local area, we cook and bake together, we talk about everything and anything - and the girls play endless dressing up games that I don't even pretend to understand.

As is true in all aspects of development, how your child feels about his skills and competence in other developmental areas (e.g., how he is doing in school) effects how he feels about himself socially, and impacts what challenges he is willing to take on.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

As I've written about before (most recently in a Houston Chronicle op - ed), here in Houston ISD we have one of the nation's most advanced central kitchens for the preparation of school food: a state - of - the - art, $ 51 million facility that takes up 15 - acres, with 95,000 square feet devoted to baking, «cook / chill» and cold food preparation, as well as football - field - sized freezer and dry storage areas.

«This is really gaining momentum now,» said Gary Cuneen of Seven Generations Ahead, a Chicago - area non-profit that has worked with schools in Oak Park and elsewhere to improve lunch menus and to educate students about food.

The bipartisan Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 mandated that the USDA set guidelines for what needed to be included in local school wellness policies in areas such as setting goals for nutrition education and physical activity, informing parents about content of the policy and implementation, and periodically assessing progress and sharing updates as appropriate.

Current Topics in Food Allergy Law (December 2015) The three attorneys from the legal blog Allergy Law Project share their perspective about the connection between the law and food allergies in areas such as places of public accommodation, restaurants and travel, and school.

While your child might show some warning signs at home, chances are that he or she spends more time at school (and is tired out when he or she gets home), so your child's classroom teacher can provide specifics about potential areas of concern.

The BHA complained about the school's policy in May, and the OSA determined in August that ten separate areas of the policy breached the School Admissions Code, which all state schools must fschool's policy in May, and the OSA determined in August that ten separate areas of the policy breached the School Admissions Code, which all state schools must fSchool Admissions Code, which all state schools must follow.

The traditional leader talked about the provision of potable water in the district that was of grave concern to the people, saying water delivery was in short supply in the district because of the growing population He further called for a senior high school to be cited at Gbentri in the East Mamprusi District and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around that area.

GBENGA ADENIJI and SIMON UTEBOR write about the hideous face of cultism which is dangerously polluting the academic milieu in the nation's public secondary schools Looking forlorn and weak, Miss Lillian Friday, a 16 - year - old pupil of Community Secondary School, Otuoke in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has yet to get over her -LSB-...]

GOP sources told The Post that Marc Cenedella, 41, a Yale and Harvard business - school graduate and native of upstate Fredonia who is believed to be worth about $ 150 million, is «seriously considering» running against Gillibrand — a flip - flopping congresswoman from the Albany area who was initially appointed to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2009 before winning election to a remaining two - year term in 2010.

It was accompanied by the infamous «Ripa» (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) laying down rules on data access, and under which dwelt such horrors as a local council snooping on parents to see if they have lied about living in the catchment area of a popular school.

DailyPost reporter gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:10 am on Monday around Ruwan Zafi area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, where six suspected Boko Haram sect laid ambush to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School, and killed a teacher who can not exactly be identified at the moment.

High school students across Westchester County will have the chance to learn firsthand about careers in healthcare and medicine thanks to a unique workshop hosted by one of the area's premier care centers.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Amina Gwar, said the school feeding programme would create about 10,000 jobs and that about 5,000 would be cooks already engaged from the 274 wards across the 25 local government areas of the state.

About 200 primary school headteachers in four local government areas of Anambra may be demoted for selling workbook to pupils in their respective schools in the...

«The network currently consists of 950 speakers who donate their time to go into state schools to share their insights, experiences and more about their area of expertise as leaders in their fields through high - profile assembly talks with students.»

But it is about the lives of people, in all areas of our society, who are working on essential projects like hospitals, schools, and roads.

Among them was a one - year extension of mayoral control when he wanted at least three and a mandate that the city show it funds each of its schools, which theoretically could prove embarrassing to a mayor who speaks out about income inequality if it shows schools in poorer areas are losing out.

It was learnt that Essien was shot on Wednesday at about 11.48 am on the school premises by armed men, led by a leader of a wanted criminal gang in the area.

Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy's proposal to redistribute state school funding from wealthier areas to struggling cities has sparked opposition from well - off towns that are concerned about footing more of the bill.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about issues regarding free college tuition at SUNY / CUNY schools, a teenager who fell down an open manhole into an upstate sewer system, and the impact of winter road salt on area lakes and water resources.

According to the CP, One Christian Ojechi of Abor village, Ogidi in Idemili North local government area reported that armed men operating with about four motorcycles snatched from him a Mercedes Benz SUV model 350 with Registration No LAGOS FST 141 FB when he stopped to buy something in a shop along Abatete road by Ogidi Boys Secondary School Ogidi.

Riverside Center would bring thousands of new residents to the area, and locals worry about the impact the project would have on the Upper West Side's already crowded schools.

One of Gaab's newest projects, which she is developing in collaboration with at least one Boston - area school for children with dyslexia, is a blog that will provide useful information about emerging research to parents, teachers, and community workers.

«In the United States, only about 10 percent of physicians practice in rural areas, and less than 3 percent of entering medical students nationally plan to practice in a rural community or small town,» said Kevin Kane, MD, a professor of family and community medicine at the MU School of Medicine and lead author of the study.