Here are the stories of five union leaders who were featured on the magazine's cover and who are helping to drive reforms aimed at improving student achievement
at priority schools.
,» and a beloved Dr. Seuss character, NEA's «Read Across America Tour - Driven by Mazda» is making stops
at priority schools in California and Nevada.
Instead of trips to the beach or a day at the ballpark, hundreds of teachers went to «summer school» to dive into professional development and to learn from their peers about what's working — and what's not — to improve education for needy students
at priority schools.
Union - led reform can't be accomplished without collaboration, and NEA members
at priority schools across the country are teaming with parents, principals, community organizations, and elected leaders to raise student achievement.
Not exact matches
Mandy Manning, a teacher
at Joel E. Ferris High
School in Spokane, Wash., wore several buttons that seemed to rebuke the president's
priorities as she accepted a crystal apple trophy.
Since its inception in 2011, the Haskayne Founders» Circle has advanced
priority initiatives
at the
school.
Christopher Buchanan is an articling student
at Miller Thomson LLP, and while
at the Schulich
School of Law
at Dalhousie University in Halifax, he made sleep a
priority.
Through philanthropic support, the Haskayne Founders» Circle advances
priority initiatives
at the
school.
It means we will be able to use that money to invest in our
priorities at home, such as housing,
schools and the NHS, and it means the days of paying vast sums to the European Union every year are coming to an end.
Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three
priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and
at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used
at the Florida high
school.
We are based
at MIT Sloan
School of Management and we are a member of the MIT Innovation Initiative and of MIT - Africa, the initiative that encompasses the Institute's global
priority for collaboration with Africa in the areas of education, research and innovation.
The remarkable preference for efficiency we see in the overwhelmingly Democratic student body
at Yale Law
School also sheds light on today's progressive
priorities, which focus on identity politics, especially sexual identity.
Between chaperoning
at a
school dance and then a staff party and after - party the next night, I actually enjoyed the few
priorities of Sunday.
Modeled on the community - centric approach to improving youth sports safety highlighted in MomsTEAM's PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High
School Football Safer», the program will award SmartTeam status to youth sports organizations which have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing the risk of physical, psychological and sexual injury to young athletes by implementing a comprehensive set of health and safety best practices, providing safety - conscious sports parents a level of assurance that they have made health and safety an important
priority, not to be sacrificed
at the altar of team or individual success.
You'd think there would be a collective sigh of relief and a reordering of
priorities at every
school and around every kitchen table.
Teachers can also make physical activity a
priority throughout the year by creating a Project ACES Club
at their
school to teach and learn healthy lifestyle food and exercise choices.
Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of
school meals... Big food companies have their
priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods
at high profits.
In my experience visiting many
school cafeterias, I have learned that a parent's # 1
priority at lunchtime is nutrition.
The staff
at J.J. «Jake» Pickle Elementary and Mendez Middle
School welcomed us with open arms, and answered our many questions about why BIC is a
priority in Austin ISD, and how
schools are making the program not just work, but succeed.
Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of
school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing
at risk:
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Tom Kenny, interim dean
at the
School of Engineering, said that as the school developed the programming, one of its priorities was to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of engine
School of Engineering, said that as the
school developed the programming, one of its priorities was to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of engine
school developed the programming, one of its
priorities was to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of engineering.
As states prepare to implement ESSA in the upcoming
school year, many — like Kentucky — have been gathering feedback from stakeholders and creating state accountability plans, and
school districts are beginning to identify
priorities for funding
at the
school level.
It is just not an urgent
priority in the financing of
school s or career metrics of anyone
at the local level.
I just joined ours this year and feel like I'm just getting my feet wet, but we've made competitive food (both the authorized foods sold by HISD but also the unauthorized fast food sold by student and
school groups
at lunch time to raise money) our number one
priority this year.
At a time when high
schools are receiving lots of attention and acclaim for their sports teams, it would seem only logical that having full - time certified athletic trainers to take care of their athletes would be a
priority.
Breakfast is a
priority at Indian Creek
Schools — the importance of breakfast is even explicitly stated in the
school district's wellness policy.
Starting young with offering healthy varied food choices could be a
priority at school and home.
If food allergy management is a
priority for your
school nutrition program, we hope you will join us
at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
If menuing whole grain - rich recipes is a
priority for your
school nutrition program, we hope you will join us
at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
Changes can come, in fact we must make feeding our children correctly a high
priority, both
at the
school menu level and
at home.
These included not allowing students with no religion to be admitted, if the
school was undersubscribed — something the
school has now changed; and having a «Catholic service criterion», which gives
priority to parents who, for
at least three years, have carried out activities including «Assisting in the Liturgy: for example by reading, singing in the choir or playing an instrument, altar serving, flower arranging.»
Nasrul is also a guest lecturer
at the
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol for the Commissioning and
Priorities Setting Module.
Trump, addressing a bipartisan group of more than 30 governors
at the White House, said securing the nation's
schools following the Feb. 14 shooting
at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Fla. remains a top
priority for his administration.
At 8:15 a.m., New York Law
School's CityLaw Breakfast Series features NYC
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña speaking on «Setting the
Priorities: Equity and Excellence for All,» New York Law
School Events Center, 185 W. Broadway, Manhattan.
We are proud that the final agreement not only includes these longstanding
priorities of our conference but also makes significant investments in our public education system, community
schools, and struggling
schools while holding the line on tuition increases
at our SUNY and CUNY institutions.
We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key
priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals
at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.
Ensuring that the imminent move of the town clerk's office to the new shared space
at the old Rosendale Elementary
School in Cottekill is «smooth and productive» is a high
priority for Tierney.
And individual politicians and public representatives
at all levels - from the Prime Minister to an opposition backbencher and from a
school governor or local councillor - have an important role in working with us and with people with diabetes to make diabetes a
priority.
Speed cameras have less legislative momentum, but language was included in the Assembly's budget
priorities that would allow them to be placed in 290
school zones — double the existing authorization, which expires
at year's end — and allow cameras within a quarter - mile of
schools, not just on adjacent streets.
The proposal calls for giving students who score below grade level
priority access to 25 percent of seats
at each of the district's 18 middle
schools starting with next year's application process.
«This government has made it a
priority to help children in their early years and this initiative does just that, providing every child with a free
school meal in their first years
at primary
school,» she said.
Bill Gates» philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education
priorities to focus on networks of traditional public
schools aimed
at improving student achievement.
«Class size is a major issue, for example
at School # 6 they have class sizes in elementary level of over 30 - students with students that have a high amount of students with special education needs, ELL - English Language Learners, and so lowering class size is something that has been
priority and that's been a part of those plans.»
«Dana has made it clear: she will protect the NRA's
priorities at all costs, including the safety of our
school children, and she's not afraid to walk out on her responsibility as a Senator in the process.»
Forcina, a former Marine who worked
at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign
priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter
schools in his district.
She told lawmakers
at a joint legislative budget hearing in January that it is a top
priority, citing studies that indicate children who participate in high - quality preschool programs are 50 percent less likely to be placed in special education courses, 25 percent less likely to drop out of
school, and 60 percent more likely to attend some college.
The immediate
priority must be universal primary and secondary education — all children in
school at least through to age 15 — everywhere in the world.
But I also recognize that they are only able to secure a very small supply of vaccine and there are many competing
priorities,» says Andrew Azman, an epidemiologist
at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, who in the last month has been part of a team advising WHO on how to allocate the cholera vaccine in Yemen.
«Restoration
priorities are typically based on the evidence for environmental degradation without explicitly accounting for the benefits people receive from ecosystems, which include recreational opportunities,» said lead researcher David Allan, professor emeritus of aquatic sciences
at the U-M
School of Natural Resources and Environment.