Sentences with phrase «against placing students»

Officials have said the district also hopes to guard against placing students into special education programs unnecessarily.

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I had done something similar when, in 1963, as a student in Chicago I had visited Reba Place Fellowship, an intentional community in suburban Evanston, and discovered among its members a great interest in Bonhoeffer's Discipleship, but an equally passionate aversion to his involvement in the conspiracy against Hitler.

But to place a higher priority on challenging students» faith than on teaching them how to defend their faith against attack is simply imprudent.

First, discussion of Intelligent Design's argument against neo-Darwinism is out of place in a high - school science classroom because most scientists working in the area do not accept the Intelligent Design criticism of neo-Darwinism and because understanding the scientific issues involves sophisticated arguments far beyond the capacity of nonspecialists, let alone high - school students.

After besting seven middle school teams at designing a structure made entirely of marshmallows and spaghetti, they topped that achievement by winning First Place against Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering students and alumni.

As the eviction took place, a number of students from the university gathered at the site to protest against the action.

The huge outpouring of opposition already beginning in student organisations is likely to place huge pressure on some of the party's backbenchers to rebel against the move, however.

The «Columbia University Rally Against Anti-Muslim Racism,» hosted by International Students» Working Group of the GWC - UAW, will take place at the university's Low Steps at 5 pm.

«All you have to do now is not only feel sorry for the liars, but you have to go against them and pray to God that the lies can be crushed and the liars can be silenced so that real measures can be put into place to actually save children's lives,» Nugent said about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students.

Buhari said his government was committed to the fight against terrorism and insurgency, adding, «The security services have since been directed to put in place further measures around all schools vulnerable to attacks to ensure the safety of our pupils / students and teachers and school workers.

Organized by the Westchester Student Coalition Against Gun Violence, school security was a major topic after multiple violent incidents took place near New Rochelle High School earlier in the year.

Undeterred as a devoted student of God's word, he climbed onto the roof and lay down, pressing his ear against the skylight, in order to listen in on the spirited conversations taking place below.

Inspired by students from the targeted Florida high school, as many as 500,000 people are expected to rally against gun violence and in favor of stricter gun laws on March 24 in Washington, D.C., with sister marches taking place in cities across the world.

To investigate whether hydrodynamic pressurization could refill deflated cartilage, Burris and A.C. Moore, a Ph.D. student, placed larger - than - average cartilage samples against a glass flat to ensure the presence of the necessary wedge.

«I hope the university is using this opportunity to re-evaluate it's process and policies so that vulnerable students have better protections in place to guard against sexual harassment from faculty moving forward.»

Sometimes if she notices that a student's belly isn't moving with the breath, she'll place the spine of a book into the belly horizontally and tell the student to press against it with the abdomen on an inhalation and then release the pressure against the book on an exhalation.

A great place to start is the National Women's History project, where students can explore this year's theme, «Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.»

Schools have a vital part to play in our fight against knife crime by creating a safe, positive place for students, spotting danger signs and spreading the message that carrying a knife is more likely to ruin your life than save it.»

Although many states and districts made worthy changes to their evaluation practices in response to long - ago - spent Race to the Top dollars, the pushback against those changes has been intense, the methodology usually had flaws (especially when linking student learning to teacher performances), and lots of places have been backing down.

Placing students at increased risk of dropping out is one of the major objections that critics lodge against any kind of testing regime that imposes harsh penalties on students.

The decisions have the immediate effect of allowing two students to press forward with claims for damages against the Bradford Area school district in Pennsylvania for negligence in failing to prevent the incidents, some of which took place during summer vacation.

As activists and as students, we recognize that beyond the political nuances of the recent executive orders on immigration, there are many students and families who feel incredibly vulnerable as they watch their government place bans against their countries.

While many in state capitols and Washington, D.C. are placing bets against state and national accountability systems that range from No Child Left Behind to Common Core State Standards, the public remains faithful to its long - standing commitment to hold schools, students and teachers accountable.

This bundle contains 11 ready - to - use Battle Of Somme Worksheets that are perfect for students who want to learn more about the Battle of Somme which took place on the 1st of July 1916 near the Somme river in France, and the joint Franco - British campaign that took place against the Germans was considered one of the bloodiest military battles in war history.

View a statement from Jed Wallace, President and CEO, CCSA, about CCSA's decision to discontinue pursuit of two facilities - related lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and to focus renewed effort on working collaboratively with LAUSD to ensure every public school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to learn.

Achievement First — Hartford should not be able to use taxpayer dollars, and certainly shouldn't be able to expand, as long as they appear to have policies in place that serve to discriminate against students and families who speak Spanish or face language barriers or discriminate against students who have special education needs.

Investigate md fox principal dr Marge Jackson and see the list of cronies hired to sway votes from teachers having any recourse from her brutal treatment of teachers, anti community policies, and lack of corrective action against unruly students and placing responsibility on the teachers.

Very interesting what you say about the «lack of corrective action against unruly students and placing responsibility on the teachers» — how familiar!

As per Rothstein's testimony (again summarized by Pew) he cautioned «against placing too much weight on the «value - added models» now being used by many states to try to determine the impact of a teacher on student learning.

The truth is that Malloy has not announced a moratorium on additional charter schools until mechanisms are developed and put in place that will ensure that taxpayer funds are not being misused, wasted or stolen and that charter schools must not discriminate against Latinos, non-English speaking students and students with special educational needs.

While school districts may develop local promotion criteria, the prohibition against promoting students who fail one or more TAKS exams at the fifth or eighth grade level (unless the local grade placement committee unanimously agrees to promote) remains in place.

Teachers» unions and some supporters caution against placing too much weight on student exams.

Although typically brought up in discussions about unequal opportunities in women's athletics, the law also requires that schools have a Title IX coordinator to handle complaints and address concerns if related issues arise, and that they have policies in place to combat sexual harassment as well as discrimination against pregnant students.

Plagiarism is against academic integrity and students will place their academic life in risk if they plagiarize.

Student - loan debt collectors should be brought under control and some limit should be placed on the amount of fees and penalties that can be assessed against debtors who default on their loans.

Auburn's team of Haney, Shumack and Casey Randle, a third - year student from Trussville, Ala., placed second in a sudden death double tie breaker against North Carolina State.

Rarely was there a situation where a student is capable of attracting so much attention with her piece as was the case with Kara and her mouthful of a mural — it wasn't just the theme of the piece that caught the notice of critics, but its notorious form of placing black paper silhouette figures against a white wall.

Pratt Institute Graduate Communications Design student Yoon Kyung Eom won first place in the European and International round of the 2009 Design Against Fur poster competition and a cash prize of approximately $ 1,500 for her...

Taking place against the backdrop of Emily's exhibition at IMMA, this student workshop provides a rich model for future student collaboration and exchange which we hope to build on in the development of IMMA as a site for research and learning.

As Banksy notes, «there's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place,» and with that in mind, and with many more plans for direct action, we continue to fight against tuition at Cooper Union and the rising tide of student debt.

As the popularity of social networking sites increases, so too has the number of cases in which schools have taken disciplinary action against students for off - campus speech that takes place in these online forums.

The Summit took place against the backdrop of another turbulent week in US politics including the Stormy Daniels interview and the student «no guns in schools» march on the Capitol, as well as the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica revelations and Mark Zuckerberg's interview acknowledging that Facebook breached its users» trust.

That is the new market in which legal firms find themselves; you are no longer competing only with the Magic Circle firms to attract the crème de la crème, you're up against Tesco, the Government Legal Service, anyone who has a good place for an in - house lawyer — and when talking to students or school children you're up against every other potential discipline into which they might throw themselves.

The events of the case in SAIA v. Carleton University took place in February 2009 when the Students Against Israeli Apartheid, a club at the school, tried to publicize Israeli Apartheid Week with about 100 posters around campus.

The students are first placed into teams which are pitted against each other, spurring competition and teamwork.

Make sure you take a student travel insurance that will help you out in situations that you would not have ever thought off and put in a cushion against places where you fall down.

At Hialeah Senior High School, more than 4,000 students nearly filled the football field as they stood against a fence with signs that read, «Fear has no place in our schools,» «Stop gun violence» and «Enough is enough.»

March for Our Lives is a student - organized rally against gun violence that will take place Saturday, March 24 in Washington, DC, just blocks from the Capitol building.

«All you have to do now is not only feel sorry for the liars, but you have to go against them and pray to God that the lies can be crushed and the liars can be silenced so that real measures can be put into place to actually save children's lives,» Nugent said about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students.

Breslin cautions against placing too much emphasis on test - taking at the expense of a more balanced approach to how we define student success.