Sentences with phrase «agencies as»

In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

TXCC assisted TEA to meet HB 4 requirements and document implementation progress to the Texas legislature and monitoring agencies as well as to increase effective delivery of prekindergarten services to children in public and charter school PreK programs.

A national network of people who can assist states and other agencies as they consider assessment issues.

The reason that schools are spending so much on recruitment agencies as well is because of the shortage of teachers.

Represent the school and program to local and State groups as assigned maintaining a positive and professional image; interact with outside agencies as necessary.

«It is unrealistic to bet on state education agencies as the engine to drive radically new models of assessment and accountability.»

While the prescription to shrink the size of SEAs may be an attractive one to those who see these agencies as ineffective, it is at best an incomplete fix.

None of the districts described state agencies as a significant source of support, although three states (Texas, Missouri, and New Jersey) have well - funded regional service agencies whose role is to support professional development and to enhance the capacity of district offices.

In September 2017, we jointly released a new report, Empowering Parents So Children Succeed, which provides recommendations for child welfare agencies as well as an easy - to - use toolkit to support parent involvement in education when their children are in foster care.

In putting the course together, Butler sought help — and continues to seek input — from such local and state agencies as the fire department, Connecticut State Police, the state medical examiner's office, and local insurance companies — which often review crime scene materials related to claims.

While there are more than 800 citations in state laws recognizing the nation's accrediting agencies as gatekeepers for scholarships and college admissions, there is no definitive catalogue of what individual states require, much less what is required by colleges and universities after students graduate and want to enroll.

Texas Schools Project supports and conducts independent, high - quality academic research through the use of individual level administrative data from Texas state education agencies as well as other sources of Texas education data.

Cynthia G. Brown, et al, «State Education Agencies as Agents of Change,» American Enterprise Institute and the Center for American Progress, July 2011, available at http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/StateEducationAgenciesasAgentsofChange.pdf (accessed April 5, 2018).

They work in nonprofit organizations and government agencies as policy researchers and analysts.

In a society where it's almost impossible to make any major purchase without a line of credit, we don't have much of a choice other than to accept credit reporting agencies as vanguards of personal lifetime data, knowing full well that an error on their part could literally affect ordinary citizens for the rest of their lives.

Where most of its mega-budget studio brethren treated its characters» freak agencies as vehicles for brand extension, Chronicle was the rare work that managed to convey a sense of the burden of those powers, at least until it decided to become a tentpole showreel, anyway, which is probably why we're here.

As someone with a sadly light amount of knowledge of history and government agencies as well as someone who can have a rather tough time digesting thick British accents, much of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy went right over my head.

In opposition to the current image of Russian women portrayed by marriage agencies as submissive, serving and sacrificing, Russian Brides Cyber Guide offers the image of Russian women as intelligent, educated, smart, beautiful and sexy.

There are rumors that this operation has been purchased by the owners of AsianDate, or that the two are utilizing the same Chinese agencies as their fronts in China, but we can't verify this information one way or the other.

Dear friends, Today, we continue to discuss the topic of Ukrainian marriage agencies as mediators in the relationship.

Helen quickly began to view dating agencies as an attractive option, but didn't really like the idea of being computer - matched with someone.

Tinder's co-founder, Justin Mateen, has heard of the app being used by modeling agencies as a scouting device and by party promoters to send invites en masse.

The FMD database contains entries for more than 16,000 fashion models, 1,500 fashion designers, 5,000 fashion brands, 3,300 magazines, 23,000 fully credited fashion editorials, and 1,800 modelling agencies as well as one of the largest fashion archives on the web, with over 600,000 photographs.

Culling of bats in areas where the disease is present is one of several options that have been considered by state and federal agencies as a way to control the disease.

CSD plans to expand the reach and availability of the Job Club through recruiting partner organizations and agencies as well as leveraging existing partnerships with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas School for the Deaf, Educational Resource Center on Deafness.

Specifically, the new center will bring together a centralized group of all constituents within this area creating a multi-disciplinary interest group whereby industry, big pharma, physicians, scientists, government and regulatory agencies as well as other stakeholders can convene to share ideas, develop education offerings and advance the utilization of radionuclide therapy.

A coalition of some 125 people, including officers from local and state police agencies as well as park rangers, have participated in the search, says Detective Michael Bitsko, a Nassau County Police Department spokesperson.

Demonstrating the link between the dead zone and nutrients from the Mississippi River, this annual forecast continues to provide guidance to federal and state agencies as they work on the 11 implementation actions outlined by the Task Force in 2008 for mitigating nutrient pollution.

Creating networks among science advisers to various E.U. agencies as well as staff involved in «horizon scanning» activities.

... There was a need to have someone in Haiti who would be able to provide scientific advice while interacting with the U.N. and its agencies as well as the Haitian government, someone with enough understanding of the politics of Haiti and the institutional intricacies of Haiti who also had a strong scientific understanding of the earthquake hazards.

The plan that Obama unveiled yesterday calls for BRAIN to be funded by three federal agencies as well as private foundations.

Representative Harold Rogers (R - KY), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, is proposing deep budget cuts in some agencies as part of an overall Republican plan to trim federal spending.

The techniques they developed are applicable to other employment - related statistics produced by other countries or agencies as well, such the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee today scaled back proposed funding levels for three key science agencies as part of its reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act.

«There is a perception that other countries regard their agencies as national assets to be encouraged,» he says.

The data, much of which will be stored at NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center, and through NOAA's Digital Coast, will be open to local, state, and federal agencies as well as academia and the general public.

History lesson With the advent of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the CEQ was set up to ensure that the federal government adequately conducted the newly required environmental impact statements, resolved disputes on environmental subjects among agencies as well as states, and generally ensured that NEPA's goal of «productive harmony» among human economic pursuits and the natural environment came to pass.

Although artificial sweeteners — among the world's most widely used food additives — are approved by most food regulation agencies as safe for humans, the researchers who led the work suggest that their use should be reassessed.

Many are hunted illegally, struck by vehicles or legally killed by governmental agencies as a means of protecting livestock.

Day apparently took great care to try to address the issue in 2016 by reorganizing the agencies as they relate to the structure of county government.

The stage in the Sumner Redstone Theater was packed with representatives from more than 30 city agencies as well as political leaders and the commander of the 114th Precinct.

«We have written to National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other governmental agencies as regard Tuesday's major oil spill from ExxonMobil facility.»

«Aware of the repercussions of any reprisals, church leaders are advised to calm their members and report threats to security to the law enforcement agencies as soon as possible.

«The Youth Bureau looks forward to working with these agencies as they provide safe, positive and innovative programming to our youth.»

It's important because the comptroller oversees audits of city agencies as well as the city's $ 140 billion in pension funds.

«In fact, the Moreland Act itself identifies executive branch agencies as a proper subject of inquiry,» he said.

The cash is the outstanding sum in the accounts of five of the six companies owned by Ogor with which he allegedly secured contracts from some agencies as constituency projects.

Any suspicious movement or gathering should be reported to the Police and other sister security agencies as quick as possible and quick and adequate response will be accorded such report.

Ahmed described the alleged killings as the outcome of clashes between rival cults in the state as most victims have been identified by security agencies as members of cult groups.

«I also urge you to cooperate with the security agencies as they discharge their duties,» Ahmed said.