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His recent coverage of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL was praised across the board for the clarity and compassion he conveyed during the early hours of a tragic and chaotic event.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

The cuts will be across the board, including nurses, managers and staff at both the Loyola University Medical Center and the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

Over the past year, I have met with community leaders and stakeholders from across the country — parents and teachers, school board members and principals, suppliers and food service workers — about the importance of making sure every child in America has access to nutritious meals at school.

Speaking about the study Professor Hannah Dahlen, from Western Sydney University's School of Nursing and Midwifery said, «Across the board, the results indicate that the odds of a child developing a short or longer term health problem significantly increase if there was a medical intervention at the time of their birth.»

At the briefing event, Rosie Boycott, Chair of the London Food Board, stood side by side with Matthew Patten, Chief Executive of the Mayor's Fund for London, along with Myles Bremner, Director for the School Food Plan, and representatives from across the GLA.

This knee - jerk whining was Albany old - think at its worst - and sent a wrong message to school boards and superintendents across the state.

Administrators and boards in many school systems across Long Island and the state expect to face difficult financial decisions because this year's state - imposed cap is at a near - zero base.

Bloomberg announced his revamped discipline code in 2002, at a time when crimes in schools were increasing across the board.

Most Primary Schools in the Local Government Areas hitherto occupied by Boko Haram were completely destroyed, the Universal Basic Education Board is to undertake reconstruction of all primary schools, renovate existing schools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» ShettimSchools in the Local Government Areas hitherto occupied by Boko Haram were completely destroyed, the Universal Basic Education Board is to undertake reconstruction of all primary schools, renovate existing schools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» Shettimschools, renovate existing schools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» Shettimschools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» Shettima said.

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The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

As a result, school boards across Canada have had to become very competitive in their recruitment processes, and some are reportedly offering jobs on the spot at job fairs.

Just make sure to check in with your MD first: «Because every woman is unique, it's difficult to make recommendations across the board, so consult with your doctor before changing the timing of your birth control,» says ob - gyn Mache Seibel, MD, a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School.

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Across the board at the federal, state, and district level the role of partnerships between home and school is becoming a more important factor in education reform and student achievement, Mapp said.

While the proponents of these NSF - sponsored math programs may be able to claim that the research shows no evidence that the programs are «ineffective,» the mathematics community, and parents who are protesting to the various school boards across the United States, can now claim that the research can not be used to support claims of superior effectiveness — or any effectiveness at all.

Further schools are set to join the CAT within the next few months and the plan is to implement BlueSky across the board, with typical costs for a secondary school at # 2500 and # 500 for a primary.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Across town at Sheldon High, building trades teacher Jeff Merker says lumber companies are more than happy to part with extraneous boards — as long as the school comes and gets them.

It's the school board's responsibility to bargain with at least as much firmness as those across the table.

The takeaway: SEL should exist everywhere at school, across the building — with every adult in the building on board.

AP is a College Board program that offers college - level courses at high schools across the country.

«At a time when budgets are under pressure across the board, boroughs can not continue to subsidise the cost of school places in London,» said Peter John, London Councils» executive member for children, skills and employment.

«One thing is clear from Education Next's poll released today: despite the wording of the questions, when looking across the board at the dominant forms of educational choice options like charter schools, vouchers, and tax credit scholarships, this poll finds more support for these programs than opposition.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

«We searched for two decades to support a program that wouldn't be just a Band - Aid and create a national model that could be replicated at districts across the country,» said Melanie Lundquist, who was honored with her husband by the school board last week.

Under McQueen's leadership, Tennessee recently announced the state's highest graduation rate in its history at 89.1 %, best overall ACT at 20.1 — a number that represents all public school students in the state, across the board improvements in the 2nd year of the new state assessment, and a record high number of students taking and attaining credit for early college coursework.

In The Problem Solvers, Leadbeater's latest report for exam board Pearson, the innovation specialist examined different approaches to teaching at schools across England, and warned that schooling had become a way to train young people to simply follow instructions, which would not be enough in a «more volatile world».

«All across the country people are paying attention to what California is doing,» Linda Darling - Hammond, the president of the Learning Policy Institute, said at a recent California School Boards Association conference.

The Park City School District last year brought in nearly 40 new employees and adjusted teacher salaries with an across - the - board increase of $ 7,000, resulting in a budget spike of about $ 3.4 million for this year, which was discussed at Tuesday's school board meeting, along with master planning and potential bond iSchool District last year brought in nearly 40 new employees and adjusted teacher salaries with an across - the - board increase of $ 7,000, resulting in a budget spike of about $ 3.4 million for this year, which was discussed at Tuesday's school board meeting, along with master planning and potential bond ischool board meeting, along with master planning and potential bond issues.

Leanne Winner, director of governmental relations for the N.C. School Boards Association, pointed to allegations of discrimination in at least seven schools, spread out across the state in places like Raleigh, Matthews, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Greensboro, Harrisburg and Pineville.

The NSBA building is across the side street, Holland Lane: a 5 - story brown brick building with «National School Boards Association» at the top.

Parents from half a dozen other schools across the city also spoke at the May board meeting — the last one of last school year — to praise improvements they had noticed in their schools.

In partnership with organizations across the state, Families In Schools will be coordinating a bus trip of more than 50 parents / caregivers who will be traveling to Sacramento to testify at the State Board meeting.

The letter, from state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and the Rev. James Meeks, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, also warned that if CPS or any other district doesn't test students, Illinois as a whole could be at risk of losing federal funds for schools, affecting districts across the state.

Board members were «knee - deep» in the controversial process of streamlining school attendance boundaries at the time but began gathering information about how other districts across the country were handling superintendent searches, he said.

«In working together with the parents and the charter school operator to arrive at this decision,» said Desert Trails Parent Union lead coordinator Cynthia Ramirez in a press statement, «the school board has set an example for other parents and districts across the country on how to use Parent Trigger legislation to transform otherwise failing public schools.»

At LPI Learning, we place and support students who attend Public, Private and Boarding schools across the United States.

Across the board, student protesters pressed for similar change: Broaden background checks for weapons purchases, restrict access to assault rifles, enforce mental health screenings for gun owners and increase security at schools.

Parents apply through a citywide lottery to scores of schools runs by dozens of boards; there are at least 15 different first days of public school across New Orleans.

The bipartisan congressional supercommittee's failure to negotiate a national deficit reduction plan triggers automatic, across - the - board spending cuts that will have devastating consequences for schools and students already reeling from deep education cuts at the state level.

Thus, the AASA report noted, the across - the - board cuts threatened in the looming sequestration will have dramatic impacts on the nation's schools — especially those serving at - risk students.

Your state school boards association represents you with policy makers and engages you in direct advocacy to get the message across at the state level, and through the National School Boards Association, at the national school boards association represents you with policy makers and engages you in direct advocacy to get the message across at the state level, and through the National School Boards Association, at the national boards association represents you with policy makers and engages you in direct advocacy to get the message across at the state level, and through the National School Boards Association, at the national School Boards Association, at the national Boards Association, at the national level.

Ms. Schmidt facilitates community and family engagement at all 14 of CICS» campuses, coordinates more than 150 after - school and community - based programs across the network and facilitates the CICS Advisory Board.

The Philadelphia School District is an anomaly — unlike many school districts across the country, it has no elected board of education, and never has, at least in modern mSchool District is an anomaly — unlike many school districts across the country, it has no elected board of education, and never has, at least in modern mschool districts across the country, it has no elected board of education, and never has, at least in modern memory.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

We learned early on that several factors are especially important in making sound decisions about technology: the support and active engagement of school boards and affected stakeholders, the need for systemic efforts across districts rather than just at the building or classroom level, and a clear line of sight between what was being purchased and how it would be deployed and actually used.

Board meetings are the first Thursday of every month from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at the UH CTAHR extension office in Kainaliu, across from the Aloha Theater and above the yellow school buses.