Sentences with phrase «about school delays»

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Wasn't there an article a few days ago about the possibility of school opening being delayed a week because of a Jewish holiday?

In both cases, the GAO found that communication gaps between USDA and FDA were largely to blame for delays in schools receiving important information about the recalls.

While General Mills supported some of the new rules, the company had previously urged USDA to delay implementation of the standards and asked for more flexibility about what kinds of food could be sold in schools.

Besides delaying school aid, Mr. Paterson tried to impose a temporary freeze on state employee salaries and to furlough about 100,000 government workers — both moves have been struck down by courts — in steps that the governor insisted were necessary to keep the state afloat.

The state Education Department has acknowledged there's been some grumbling among school districts about bureaucratic delays.

On advice from Interim Schools Superintendent Donald Ogilvie and some complaints from Albany about the plan, the decision was delayed.

An ongoing lawsuit over the closing of nineteen public schools has delayed notification for 80,000 of the city's eighth - graders waiting to hear from the Department of Education about where they'll be going to high school, and parents are steaming mad.

The delay, she said, in scheduling the first meeting is because she's waiting to hear back from school districts about whether they'll attend.

Huntley and Clark were asked about the delayed state budget and what they would do to keep funding for necessary services such as school resources.

But it calls for a delay in using the test results to make high - stakes decisions about students, teachers or schools.

Many studies however show a significant delay between the time concerns about a child's behavior are first reported by parents and the eventual ASD diagnosis, with some kids not having a diagnosis until well after they have begun school.

Fair funding for schools campaign group, f40, has met with the Secretary of State for Education to discuss concerns about the delayed 2nd Stage consultation on a new national funding formula.

Psychologist and education academic Dr Amanda Mergler, Senior Lecturer in the Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, and co-author Professor Susan Walker, also of QUT, has published the results of a study into the factors that affect parents» decisions about whether to voluntarily delay their child's entry into formal schooling.

Worrying about its impact to the point of delaying the opening of virtual charter schools, which provide an option that is critical for some students» success, does not make sense.

Districts also have reportedly become more sophisticated about fighting Proposition 39 requests, and those bureaucratic delays can make it too time - consuming and expensive for a charter school to fight a resistant district for space.

It reads: «Given concerns about both the design and administration of the new assessments, the lack of preparation for schools, the inadequate time to implement the new curriculum for the current cohort, and the variations in approaches between schools resulting from delayed and obscure guidance, it is hard to have confidence in the data produced by this round of assessments.»

About half had been retained a year, and the other half had been delayed in starting school by their parents or by a school's cutoff date for entry.

We have two different interventions and what we're looking at is, on one arm, to see if delaying the school start time — starting lessons at 10 am versus 9 am — if that improves academic performance in GCSE exams (which people take in the UK when they're about 16).

Whether it be a four - day school week, trimester schedules, year - round school, extending learning time, or delaying starting times for secondary schools based on the latest research about teenagers» sleeping and waking behaviors, there are more options for school calendars than ever before.

«I had to think about closing or delaying school about ten times a year,» McAndrews told Education World.

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There is concern about time and energy required for overseeing a charter school and the possibility a legal challenge will be filed to delay or derail the law.

Charter schools were vindicated by these new findings, but the debate about both reports failed to include the most important issue facing charter schools: an inability to effectively serve students with special needs due to excessive delays and insufficient staffing in the NYC Department of Education's Committees for Special Education.

Delaying by just two years, to 2021, would save about $ 2 billion, and give schools time to plan how to get the most out of the extra cash.

The shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised the delay of an announcement from the coalition government about funding for 20 school repairs.

The delay leaves about 300 students attending Magnolia Science Academy 6, in Palms, and Magnolia Science Academy 7, in Van Nuys, uncertain of where they will attend classes when schools reopen.

The Madison School Board on Monday delayed approval of an agriculture - themed charter school by two weeks after learning the school could cost the district about $ 318,000 more than previously thSchool Board on Monday delayed approval of an agriculture - themed charter school by two weeks after learning the school could cost the district about $ 318,000 more than previously thschool by two weeks after learning the school could cost the district about $ 318,000 more than previously thschool could cost the district about $ 318,000 more than previously thought.

The delay comes from a stir around school funding caused by the Assembly Republicans again floating the idea of creating their own education budget, which could cut about $ 90 million from the budget proposal currently on the table.

But computer glitches and controversy about the state's accountability system delayed ISTEP + scores until September and school letter grades until December, meaning some teachers are just now getting their ratings from last school year.

And this report did give the AFT and The Times the opportunity to mutter dark insinuations about how the federal government has «repeatedly delayed» the release of the charter - school results.

Janet Downs, a campaigner with the Local Schools Network who wrote about the revelation in a blog earlier today, said the delays mattered because «outstanding» judgments nearing 10 years of age are «not likely to reflect what is happening in such schools today&Schools Network who wrote about the revelation in a blog earlier today, said the delays mattered because «outstanding» judgments nearing 10 years of age are «not likely to reflect what is happening in such schools today&schools today».

Since then, the LA TImes has reported that District 4 School Board challenger Kate Anderson supports Superintendent John Deasy's teacher evaluation guidance and that District 4 School Board member Steve Zimmer supports the idea of a district - wide guidance but is concerned about potential delays caused by union objection.

School leaders had expressed fears about their ability to prepare for the teaching of new frameworks and the impact on the publication of materials like textbooks as a result of the delay.

Eagle Arts Academy issued delayed paychecks to its teachers and staff Wednesday that the cash - strapped charter school had withheld for two weeks, soothing some teachers» worries but stirring new questions about the school's fate.

As per an article in Capitol Confidential, two weeks ago New York's Governor Cuomo — the source of many posts, especially lately (see, for example, here, here, here, here, and here)-- was questioned about the school districts that throughout New York were requesting delays in implementing the state's new teacher evaluation program.

Our decisions about school closings, delayed openings, and / or early dismissals are based on local weather reports.

Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese of New York utilize the IRIS Alert System to notify parents directly about delayed openings and closures due to weather.

The SNN text messaging service is designed to provide parents and other subscribers with alerts about school closings and delays due to inclement weather.

In a review of the latest research about the consequences of keeping children out of school an extra year shows that delaying kindergarten entry often has negative effects.

Because the city entities are the only defendants named in the lawsuit, Orleans Parish School Board interim superintendent Stan Smith said the school only recently received word about the issue, and that he holds out hope it can be resolved without delaying renovaSchool Board interim superintendent Stan Smith said the school only recently received word about the issue, and that he holds out hope it can be resolved without delaying renovaschool only recently received word about the issue, and that he holds out hope it can be resolved without delaying renovations.

That design process typically takes about a year, but the delay may benefit the school by giving its community more opportunity for input on what they would like to see in the building, Castro said.

Keeping the students at Cohen during construction will add about $ 6 million — in both safety expenses and delays to the demolition of the old campus — to the school's $ 30 million price tag, officials have said.

Massachusetts, which is frequently heralded as a leader among the states in education, decided last month to delay a decision about a Common Core assessment until fall 2015, saying that requiring schools to test students on the Common Core that spring, as previously planned, would have been «too precipitous a transition.»

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Its been over 21 days now my bars have disappeared and the website says its still processing my refund and it will provide a date when available i called and asked them about the school credit i claim and one rep. Told me people who claim school credit refund will be delayed til may 6.

I don't really mind about the delays because what Act 1 was pretty much covered what was promised in the Kickstarter, a short old school point and click from the mind of Schafer.

Educate young people about science throughout their school years and we might not have this tragic delay in responding to the crisis (or have half of the people in the most scientifically and technologically advanced nation on earth believing that the earth was created less than ten thousand years ago for that matter).

«Law schools are informing students about snow delays, on campus events, website updates, and student accomplishments,» he writes.

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