Sentences with phrase «at schools across the nation»

During the first minute of her speech at CPAC, she made a joke that many found to be distasteful and understandably wrong regarding the lunch program at schools across the nation.

Since the 1992 - 3 school year, 270 violent deaths have occurred at schools across the nation according to The National School Safety Center's Report on School Associated Violent Deaths.

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Una Osili, professor of economics and associate dean for research and international programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, predicted at least a $ 13 billion drop in charitable giving, and with colleges» non-profit status, that total includes universities across the nation.

Public Waldorf schools across the nation are at the forefront of defining themselves as exemplary educational models that value measurement of growth in meaningful, developmental, and authentic ways.

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Government - School - at - Home Programs are seriously hurting homeschooling families and threatening homeschooling freedoms across the nation.

Tensions were heightened Friday across the nation after 10 people were killed at a Texas high school, many of them students, just three months after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,school, many of them students, just three months after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,School in Parkland, Fla..

School walkouts are planned across the nation at 10 a.m., including in New York state.

Students across the nation Wednesday staged a mass walkout to protest gun violence — exactly one month after the massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Since then, thousands have tested themselves against the Blob in various venues across the Nation and around the World, only to have it laugh in their face like the bully at school.

At last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core StandardAt last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core StaSchools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Standardat Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Staschools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Standards.

Across the nation there are 608 school districts that have at least one magnet school; the top three school districts have over 100 magnet schools (Los Angeles Unified = 161, Miami - Dade = 107, and Houston ISD = 102).

Looking closely at case studies of five models of school - based rounds, Teitel examines critical lessons from each and provides a resource for instructors and administrators across the nation.

And it's now at the tipping point of becoming mainstream practice in schools across the nation.

«We have no Y2K - related problems, all the schools are open, and everything's as it is supposed to be,» Joseph J. Kirkman, the director of educational technology services at the Broward County, Fla., schools, summed up in an assessment that was echoed in districts across the nation.

NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the Status of Women, by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI).

For the 17 students at St. Johnsbury, as well as other elementary school and middle school students across the nation whose teachers have been deployed to the Middle East, someone has left who not only taught them but also bonded with them.

While the document may be helpful for elementary schools, it is targeted at secondary schools and was developed through discussions with middle schools representing 28 states across the nation.

At the University of Notre Dame, the Alliance for Catholic Education program trains recent college graduates to become teachers and principals in needy Catholic schools across the nation.

Texas could be a national leader in supporting these innovative schools and it could not come at a better time with race relations suffering across the nation and schools experiencing severe racial segregation.

«So if you really wanted to take a look at spending in a very detailed way, you'd have a lot more information... analysis this is just a first cut across all the 200 odd school districts of size across the nation.»

WEAC President Ron Martin joined staff and students at Viking Elementary School in Holmen on March 2, 2017, to celebrate Read Across America, the nation's largest reading event.

Across the nation there are charter schools with the stated purpose of educating groups like pregnant teens, high school dropouts, delinquent youth, or even the broadly defined group of at - risk children.

However, a similar, more in - depth study authored by Caroline Hoxby, an economics professor at Harvard University, examined children of the same age in 99 percent of charter schools across the nation.

What interests me here, however, is not the magnitude of the cuts and layoffs, both at my school and across the nation.

Candace previously worked at Teach Plus, as founding executive director of the Washington, D.C. office, to empower teachers» voices to improve outcomes for their students through leadership opportunities in schools, districts, states, and across the nation.

Across the nation, the leaders of major urban school districts recognize that lessons in creativity and imaginative problem solving must begin at an early age if our children are to thrive in school and in a global economy.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

There was little controversy when the bipartisan governors association in 2009 helped develop the common education standards aimed at improving schools and students» competitiveness across the nation.

Originally established by the SF Sheriff's Department (2003) as the first charter school in the nation to operate inside of a county jail, today Five Keys is a nationally recognized education management (non-profit) corporation that operates accredited charter schools and programs for TAY youth and adults at 70 locations across California.

Federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that we can bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and support all students to succeed in communities across our nation.

Twenty - three major organizations from across the country also signed a letter sent to Secretary DeVos, in which they stressed: «This federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that communities can work together to create solutions that bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and provide support so that all students can succeed in our nation.»

At CEI, as with many across the nation, we were stunned by the senselessness of the acts of a lone gunman on a December day at a small school that was very much like many schools across the U.S. Like others, we keep asking: «why, and when will it stop, what will it take?&raquAt CEI, as with many across the nation, we were stunned by the senselessness of the acts of a lone gunman on a December day at a small school that was very much like many schools across the U.S. Like others, we keep asking: «why, and when will it stop, what will it take?&raquat a small school that was very much like many schools across the U.S. Like others, we keep asking: «why, and when will it stop, what will it take?»

The outbreaks of violence that routinely occur at schools and universities across the nation are a stark reminder that education institutions must continue to be vigilant about providing safe and secure facilities for students and staff.

However the charter school industry's «no - excuses» approach, primarily aimed at children of color, is the hallmark of the charter school industry across the nation, including at Achievement First, Inc., the large Connecticut - based charter school chain with schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.

I missed last week's PSAT because I was in NYC at the fabulous Parents Across America kick - off, meeting so many amazing parents from all over the nation and planning new ways for parents to support our public schools: «our children, our schools, our voices» (the PAA motto)!

Like schools across the Nation, there is not a large number of children of color succeeding academically at my school.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at computer use among 15 - year - olds across 31 nations and regions, and found that students who used computers more at school had both lower reading and lower math scores, as measured by PISA or Program for International Student Assessment.

We are also pleased to see that many publications across the nation - from the New York Times to the Washington Post to many California newspapers - as well as literally thousands of other community leaders have been galvanized to express new levels of support for charter schools at the very moment when the NAACP has made this misguided decision.

On March 14, exactly one month after the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students, teachers and administrators across the nation plan to walk out of their classrooms, at 10 a.m. in each time zone, for 17 minutes — one minute for each student and teacher killed in the attack.

For more information: Jesse Hagopian, Teacher Garfield HS, 206-962-1685, [email protected] SEATTLE — In perhaps the first instance anywhere in the nation, teachers at Seattle's Garfield High School will announce this afternoon their refusal to administer a standardized test that students in other high schools across the district are scheduled to take in the first part of January.

Current Legal Issues in School Technology: A Look at the Tech Trends that are Causing Liability, Invading Privacy, Threatening Security, and Putting eRate Funding at Risk in Schools Across the Nation and How Schools Can Avoid Them

The public in Washington just as in California and across the nation, supports charter schools at very high levels especially the flexible, personalized learning environment they offer to students.

At Latin College Prep in East Point, we celebrated National College Signing Day like many other schools across the Nation.

He is an engaging, fun, highly requested nationwide speaker, and as Senior Consultant at the Rutgers Center for Effective School Practices, Denis delivers workshops and professional development for school districts across the nSchool Practices, Denis delivers workshops and professional development for school districts across the nschool districts across the nation.

At a time when economic, social and educational inequities have contributed to a widening achievement gap across the nation, Community Schools have emerged as a promising strategy for addressing this opportunity gap and promoting success for all students, in school and in life.

At grade 12, the national sample of schools and students is drawn from across the country, and results from the assessed students are combined to provide accurate estimates of the overall performance of twelfth - graders in the nation.

Huge Spending Gaps Between School Districts, Report Finds Vast inequities still exist in education funding across the nation, contributing to an academic achievement gap that separates the students at well - funded schools from those who attend campuses with fewer resources, according to a report released Tuesday.

The nation's two major teachers unions and a coalition of education groups called the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools are coordinating protests at schools across thSchools are coordinating protests at schools across thschools across the U.S..

States across the nation are taking another look at their school accountability systems in response to the Every Student Succeeds Act, a rewrite of the main federal law for K - 12 education.