Sentences with phrase «about federal involvement»

Although it quickly becomes clear that neither agent is being completely honest about their motives for pursuing the case, it is equally apparent that the locals also have something to hide, and aren't happy about federal involvement.

To help educators become that trusted voice, ASCD's next issue of Policy Points, to be released in the coming weeks, dispels those aforementioned Common Core myths, addressing widespread questions about federal involvement and local control of schools as well as other misunderstandings related to the standards» relationship to curriculum, their cost to states, student privacy, and more.

ASCD sends an open letter (PDF) to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that raises deep concerns about federal involvement with the standards.

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«Unfortunately, as a result of a reference in the federal corruption indictment of six public officials and public figures, questions have been raised about the potential involvement of Senator Carlucci.

Michael Levitis, an attorney and restaurant owner, admitted in Brooklyn federal court last week that he lied when questioned about his involvement in an effort to pay off Kruger through intermediary.

«On the right, the Common Core is really a proxy fight over Obamacare and concerns about slippery slopes and federal involvement in state and local self - determination,» says Hess.

Pressure by the Obama Administration, using the carrot of incentives (RTTT) and the stick of proposed penalties (denial of access to Title I funding), to induce states to sign on to the common standards initiative raises serious questions about further federal involvement in standards - setting and assessments.

The irony is that in promoting the Common Core in its high - profile federal initiatives, the Obama administration may have blurred the line between where the state development ends and federal involvement begins and given some state leaders pause about adopting the very standards that were the goal in the first place.»

His opponent is Diane Douglas, a former school board member who focused everything about her campaign in protest of the Common Core Standards and the federal government's involvement in state - level educational policies.

All the federal legislation says about identifying students for involvement in the RTI process is that schools must have a screening process in place.

Given she was so impressed with a school that had no principle how about the American education system run without any Secretary of Education or ANY federal involvement whatsoever.

Recognized as a top expert on parent involvement, she frequently receives calls from federal policymakers with questions about research and trends, and she works with groups like the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, which she helped found, to advocate for legislation that protects the interests involvement, she frequently receives calls from federal policymakers with questions about research and trends, and she works with groups like the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, which she helped found, to advocate for legislation that protects the interests Involvement in Education, which she helped found, to advocate for legislation that protects the interests of parents.

But Common Core has become a lightning rod for those concerned about too much testing, overly rigid teaching methods and federal involvement in education.

At the same time, we've heard a lot of political debate about Common Core, mostly about the involvement of the federal government in our classrooms.

Though the law was initiated and signed by a Republican president, presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, who once supported it, now talk about getting the federal government out of education, echoing Tea Party members who deem federal involvement a constitutional travesty.

After recent disclosures about potential Federal Trade Commission (FTC) violations within the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) community, Valve has come out with a statement about the matter, dismissing their involvement in the gambling sites as well as putting those sites on notice that their usage of the Steam API is against terms and conditions.

«[T] he weight of authority suggests that accurate news reporting — even when it is likely to have an adverse impact on the subjects of the report — usually does not give rise to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress»: Yesterday, a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a federal district court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault.

As to bar involvement, one need look no further than firm founder Leo V. Boyle, who as president of the American Association of Justice at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks (when it was still ATLA) was instrumental in bringing about the federal Victim Compensation Fund and in creating Trial Lawyers Care, a national organization of volunteer attorneys created to help victims» families.

According to documents set to publish in The Federal Register, if you want to come to the US on a non-immigrant visa you'll have to answer questions about your family's involvement in terrorist activities.

Through the active involvement of Ministers and secretaries of federal departments in the trials, a clear message is being sent through mainstream federal departments that these trials matter and that government is serious about improving outcomes for Indigenous peoples.