Sentences with phrase «adopted by other schools»

designed and implemented an Urban Science Program successfully utilizing the city as a learning environment which has been adopted by other schools.

«We think this will lead to more impactful and more durable systemic changes, which with any luck will be attractive enough to be widely adopted by other schools,» he said.

TLT: So how much of what you do at Holy Trinity can be adopted by other school districts, in your opinion?

They want the ability to try new measures — ones that may be adopted by other school districts and even other states.

It's a focused, highly strategic take on the community schools concept that has been adopted by some other school systems, and community members say it's been very successful.

Not exact matches

The company, which recently airdropped a massive cache of XRP into US public school coffers is hoping to stimulate interest in the creation of applications that use its currency and blockchain, which has attracted a lot of interest as a back - end technology in the banking industry, but has only been adopted by one other Coin thus far — the somewhat mysterious Allvor.

3rd, It's a little confusing that the adult entertainment industry, one of the most socially destructive industries there is, is highlighted but foster and adopt ministries, hospitals, schools, relief organizations, homeless ministries, special needs ministries, nursing home ministries, pregnancy crisis ministries, prison ministries and a host of other ministries, most often sponsored and run by the organized churches of multiple denominations, is ignored.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

Other: The Education Service Center Child Nutrition Program (ESC / CNP) Specialist in the Department of Agriculture reviewed all local wellness policies adopted by the school districts in their region and completed a Wellness Policy Checklist to verify all local wellness policies meet the minimum federal requirements.

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

We urge the Board to work with USDA and other stakeholders to identify and adopt solutions to challenges encountered by school food professionals..

Schools have tried to recreate this revenue by adopting other fundraisers, adjusting their budgets, or using the lunchroom strategies mentioned earlier to encourage kids to buy healthier foods.

By the time children start elementary school, many have begun to adopt other learning styles, but some children maintain a strong affinity for physical learning.

Acts, P.A. 87 requires public school boards to adopt a policy to require each school to provide an appropriate, private room, other than a restroom, that may be used by an employee to express breast milk.

I'm heartened by the fact that Berkeley, and other schools like Wisconsin's Appleton Central Alternative School (ACAS), have adopted programs harnessing the power of delicious and satisfying food to improve not just health but performance.

Our long - standing views on the funding of schools, the National Curriculum and our stance on violent and disruptive pupils, excessive workload and bureaucracy are now being adopted by others and heeded by Government.

Adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers in 2011, the property - tax cap mandates that school districts, town boards, county boards and other local governments keep the growth of their tax levies at 2 percent or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower.

«In the federal government's first response to a lawsuit brought against it by Texas and several other states, U.S. attorneys write that the guidance to schools was just that — guidance — and not a mandate to adopt programs.

Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, show that young children who watch too much television are at risk of victimization and social isolation and adopting violent and antisocial behaviour toward other students at age 13.

Many were told by administrators to adopt practices aligned with other teachers at the school, Ihrig said.

A teachers» contract adopted last year, which was engineered by Gov. Roy Romer, established «collaborative - decisionmaking» committees at each of the city's 110 schools and gave them broad authority over instructional and curriculum issues, faculty selection, and other matters.

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

But others have attributed the Florida gains to an amendment to the Florida Constitution, adopted by the voters in 2002, which requires every school district to reduce its average class size.

Children and young people should: keep themselves fit through regular physical activity; have a positive self - image; talk about the benefits to their health through participation in physical outdoor activities; adopt a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating appropriate to the demands of their activities; understand the risks to fitness and health posed by smoking, alcohol and drugs, and set an example in their own lifestyle; walk or cycle where this is a realistic and safe option, or take other regular exercise; want to continue their interest in outdoor activities beyond school and into adult life; independently participate in follow up courses where these are available; understand how much exercise is required to remain healthy; and are aware of the links between physical and emotional well - being.

We adopted the standard definition of school choice programs, developed by others, before we actually collected the studies and data, to guarantee that we weren't engaging in «specification searching.»

Notably, the bill prohibits any actions by the federal government to require or incentivize states to adopt Common Core or other school standards.

official resolutions or other approvals to phase out or close the existing school have been adopted by the local board of education (in New York City, the chancellor or chancellor's designee);

The other $ 4 billion was intended by Congress to fund grants to help states improve in four key areas: building data systems, adopting «career - and - college ready» standards and tests, hiring great teachers and principals, and turning around low - performing schools.

Among other reforms encouraged by Race to the Top, Washington, D.C., adopted a new teacher contract that raised salaries across the board while adding performance pay, and New York City increased its allotment of public charter schools, to cite just two notable examples.

By banning two novels and adopting a policy that prohibits the use of more than 60 other books, the Bay County (Fla.) School Board has violated the First Amendment rights of students, teachers, and parents, a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court charges.

Apple iPads and other tablets were adopted early by many schools because of their easy interface and touchscreens.

Charter schools, like all other public schools in the state of Connecticut, have been working to implement Common Core State Standards since they were adopted by our state in July 2010.

Obama and the Gates Foundation share some goals that not everyone embraces: paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state.

by: Jeffrey S. Solochek Tampa Bay Times October 20, 2015 The Florida School Boards Association has formally adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Rick Scott to waive the use of 2015 state test results for school grades, personnel evaluations, student progression and otherSchool Boards Association has formally adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Rick Scott to waive the use of 2015 state test results for school grades, personnel evaluations, student progression and otherschool grades, personnel evaluations, student progression and other uses.

The law, known as «parent trigger,» passed in California in 2010 and has since been adopted by six other states — Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas — though parents have not yet taken over schools in any of them.

The Century Foundation Report, Louisville, Kentucky: A Reflection on School Integration, recognized that the city's «adoption of stronger socioeconomic measures, as well as its regional approach to desegregation, careful timing, and continued emphasis on school quality represent critical lessons that could be adopted by other regions and school districts willing to put in the work.&School Integration, recognized that the city's «adoption of stronger socioeconomic measures, as well as its regional approach to desegregation, careful timing, and continued emphasis on school quality represent critical lessons that could be adopted by other regions and school districts willing to put in the work.&school quality represent critical lessons that could be adopted by other regions and school districts willing to put in the work.&school districts willing to put in the work.»

... art, health, physical education, and other assigned district curriculum to pupils in a classroom, utilizing course of study adopted by the school district, and other district approved learning...

He is the author of several strength - based assessments for children which have been adopted by more than 5,000 school districts, out - of - school - time organizations, and other programs.

Pastchal - Smith said the school's success can be boiled down to a few key strategies that can be adopted by other struggling schools:

Although I am urging the adoption of a growth - based approach to NCLB school evaluation, I am not advocating the adoption of «value - added» evaluative models, such as those first used in Tennessee but now adopted by a number of other states.

A key part of the KIPP code, adopted by many other schools, is to «be nice.»

Already, the demands have been adopted by a number of groups leading youth - led campaigns to end the school - to - prison pipeline, including Leaders Igniting Transformation in Milwaukee, the Urban Youth Collaborative in New York City, and others.

Model programs and practices should include standards - based activities, projects, strategies, and practices that schools have adopted during this transitional period, which can be replicated by other local educational agencies.

By 1999, the time of the books writing, Clinton's Goals 2000 was in force and many states were already adopting high school exit exams and other standardized testing practices.

Without the benefit of any public hearing, S.B. 2 would overturn decades of giving priority to funding of neighborhood public schools by adopting the «money follows the child» concept which shifts taxpayer money away from traditional public schools to charter schools without requiring these charter schools to meet the same accountability standards as other public schools.

Schools applied for the award based on a model program their school has adopted that includes standards - based activities, projects, strategies, and practices that can be replicated by other local educational agencies.

This bill would have eliminated the State Board of Education authority to adopt and prescribe certain K - 12 educational functions by requiring each district board and each charter school governing body to, among other provisions, adopt academic standards that meet or exceed the standards adopted by the SBE during or after the 1998 - 1999 school year.

Tuition Increases: Method adopted by Universities and Colleges in which the cost of education is increased by a specific percentage each year to cover the cost of inflation in addition to any other extraordinary operating expenses that the school may be absorbing.

This included: pressure on Defra and other bodies to supply long term funding for the Dog Advisory Council; extending the Council's powers so that it becomes an independent regulatory body; compulsory microchipping; the licensing of breeders who breed 3 litters or more a year; the KC to adopt the Advisory Council's Breeding Standard; improved education of the general public including Animal Welfare as part of the core curriculum of schools; the Defra Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs to include breeding and genetic welfare issues; endorsement of the RSPCA Puppy Contract by all stakeholders.

Barbizon provided a more true - to - life alternative to Impressionism, which was adopted by the Hague School in the Netherlands - as well as by Max Liebermann and other «Impressionists» in Germany - for more please see, German Art: 19th Century.