Sentences with phrase «as students in public schools»

The rights which you enjoyed as a student in public school are not necessarily the same when you attend private school.

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Bill Gates was the most public face of Microsoft, but of course the company started as a partnership with the kid Gates met one day in a group of students crowded around a teletype machine in a Seattle high school.

Within the next decade, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer computer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Oh, so you admit that it isn't «illegal» to have students sing Christmas carols in public schools, as long as they are learning them for the musical concepts embedded in them?

Tom > «Oh, so you admit that it isn't «illegal» to have students sing Christmas carols in public schools, as long as they are learning them for the musical concepts embedded in them?

When black students are unable to gain admission at the same rate as whites to the elite public exam school in Boston, let's ask a federal judge to mandate black excellence.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

Thus, in recent years the Supreme Court has invalidated a Connecticut law (passed to replace the prior Sunday closing law) allowing workers to select their Sabbath day as their day off from work, struck down a Massachusetts statute allowing churches and schools to object to the issuance of liquor licenses in their near vicinity, and abolished an Alabama law allowing students in public schools a moment of silence.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

And so are public school teachers across the country who are being told via this fiasco not to be creative as teachers, not to challenge their students to think in new ways.

In the remedial education case, New York City provided remedial teachers to parochial (as well as public) school students.

What is to keep states from requiring medical students to learn to perform abortions as a condition to becoming licensed to practice medicine, from requiring medical schools to offer training in abortion, or from requiring public employees to subsidize abortion through health insurance?

I say that as a public school teacher because our students need to be in school everyday all day!

Yet at least one student, in every Bible - as - literature course I have taught in a public high school, looks around conspiratorily the first day and asks in a stage whisper, Can we get away with this?»

Likewise, homeschooling seems to mitigate the negative effects of low levels of parents» education on student achievement — a finding that's especially intriguing since these parents are the educators — as well as the negative effects of family socioeconomic variables and race displayed in public schools.

Some of those that are religious are certainly not Christian, and to display Christian icons in public schools is not only unfair to the students, but to the population as a whole.

Francisco Kjolseth The Salt Lake Tribune Constantly practicing, Madeline Black, a 19 year old Utah Valley University culinary student applies her knowledge in the school kitchen as she prepares for a public luncheon recently.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

However, if your child is a student who can finish at the top of his or her public school class while securing the support needed to navigate the college admissions process, then he or she may be better off as a giant gerbil in a pint - sized Habitrail.

A family with a child who does not have an IEP but who might qualify for one should contact their local public school system about setting the IEP process in motion as soon as possible, since it takes time for the public school system to determine each student's eligibility.

Character Education: Idaho has no specific policy requiring character education; however, Statute 33 - 1612 requires public schools to instill certain basic values, such as honesty and unselfishness, in students.

A Tribune investigation has found that nearly 32,000 Chicago students in public elementary schools - or roughly 1 in 8 - missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem a devastating problem.

The condition is common among African - Americans like Beckwith, as well as Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans — groups that make up 91 percent of students in the Chicago Public Schools.

Asia Snyder, 16, a student at Julian High School in Chicago addresses the Chicago Board of Education as she speaks in favor of healthier meals in public schools.

Permit teachers of physical education and school health professionals as well as paretns, students, and representatives of the school food authority, the school board, school administrators, and the public to participate in the development of wellness policies.

Stay tuned to Beyond Breakfast for Part Two of our interview with Burke County Public Schools» Nutrition Director and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics president - elect Donna Martin, to find out how teachers reacted to breakfast - in - the - classroom as the program was expanded district - wide, and some student - favorite school breakfast menu items.

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Nina Hansen, vice president of operations for the Enosburg Falls - based Abbey Group, which runs the food service programs at 70 Vermont public and private schools, as well as schools in New York and New Hampshire, said these unpaid bills are a problem in many districts, but none of the schools her company serves would stop a student from eating because of it.

This news comes at a time when healthy vending is a hot issue, especially as the USDA recently launched its proposed guidelines for competitive foods (i.e. foods sold in school vending machines, a la carte and in student stores), which are currently undergoing public comment.

As the chairperson of the nutrition committee of HISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), I'm working with a dedicated group of parents and public health professionals to address the issue of a la carte foods in HISD — both the items sold by the district itself (like the Flaming Hot Cheetos above) and items sold by parent and student groups (usually in violation of state rules) as campus fundraiserAs the chairperson of the nutrition committee of HISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), I'm working with a dedicated group of parents and public health professionals to address the issue of a la carte foods in HISD — both the items sold by the district itself (like the Flaming Hot Cheetos above) and items sold by parent and student groups (usually in violation of state rules) as campus fundraiseras campus fundraisers.

Here in Britain, however, Tough's central tenet appears less radical; our Public School system is founded on the importance of character, so much so that rounded individuals are fast becoming a key national export, as foreign students flock here and schools open satellite campuses overseas.

Any public school or private school student who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in such activities as a charter school student until the student has successfully completed one grading period in a charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2.

(2014) Directs each local school board to adopt a policy to set aside, in each school in the school division, a non-restroom location that is shielded from the public view to be designated as an area in which any mother who is employed by the local school board or enrolled as a student may take breaks of reasonable length during the school day to express milk to feed her child until the child reaches the age of one.

As you'll read in this year's annual report, BNC is committed to deepening this commitment to the natural world through our work with Boston Public School students, our participants at camp and vacation week programs, and with the Willow Tree Youth Leaders.

Look for people with a medical background, or those with youngish kids in the public schools, or those who have fought similar battles in the past, especially battles based on the idea of social justice, that low income students deserve the same respect and services as higher income students.

It was reported that Chef Boundas serves his students delicious, scratch - cooked food (meals like «white [fish] fillets... in a crunchy panko - cornmeal crust or baked in olive oil, lemon and herbs, with collard - flecked teriyaki brown rice, olive oil roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli and freshly squeezed lemonade») while spending the same amount as public school lunch programs.

As you'll recall, Cuomo said during his State of the State address that he would be the self - appointed «lobbyist» for public school students this year, taking on what he perceives to be the bloated bureaucracy in the education system.

During his first official meeting as a Buffalo School member, a Buffalo woman brought her own bat during the public comment session to «combat any actions that are not in the best interest of the students.»

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

As part of a national survey, 12,000 Buffalo Public School students were queried about life as they see it, in school and in their home neighborhoodAs part of a national survey, 12,000 Buffalo Public School students were queried about life as they see it, in school and in their home neighborSchool students were queried about life as they see it, in school and in their home neighborhoodas they see it, in school and in their home neighborschool and in their home neighborhoods.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organization.

The Post's interviews with parents and staffers at JHS / MS 80, as well as public documents, painted a picture of a school where students are allowed to shirk their studies, hurt each other and play on computers in rat - infested buildings, while administrators turned a blind eye and even discouraged staffers from reporting violence.

He held his head slightly above the ground as he and about 200 students from the Leadership and Public Service High School in Lower Manhattan participated in a «die - in.»

She therefore appealed that the programme be extended to the Junior High department of various public schools as there were equally students in need at that level as well.

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

«As children begin another school year, I'm proud to sign this legislation, which marks a major step forward in protecting the public health and ensuring the future growth and success of students across the state.»

The circular released the fee items the government has absorbed for all day public senior high school students in the country in line with its commitment to implement the progressively free secondary education policy as expressed in President John Mahama's State of the Nation Address last year.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

Thousands of young Buffalo Public Schools students fell further behind in key literacy benchmarks as they progressed through the district's early grades, according to a study from 2006 to 2011 ordered by a former superintendent.