Sentences with phrase «back against the testing»

Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against teachers

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Here's some of what's going on in the health care world as we head into Easter weekend: payers are pushing back against PTC Therapeutcics» controversial Duchenne muscular dystropy drug; insurers are cautiously lauding new rules for Obamacare's marketplaces; a fascinating lawsuit in Arkansas explores the ethics of drug making; and a new test for Zika virus can produce results within an hour.

During the back test period, Japanese investors saw their local currency appreciate considerably (over 300 %) against the USD, while the other 3 investors saw their local currency fall (between 20 - 40 %) against the USD.

Of course one could argue that the model was not back tested far enough and needs to be back tested against a larger amount of time but it is interesting none the less.

Golden State will endure its toughest test of the season in late March with a stretch of five games in eight nights — including one back - to - back — against the West's toughest opponents.

Most could be forgiven for thinking the stats and goals meant Arsenal were back to their flowing selfs but in truth, it was a tuff test against a good Sunderland team under Big Sam.

In wenger we trust COYG u spoilt little brats, you muppets ain't even been tested in your arsenal fan career never seen your club finish lower then fourth every year we play in cl against the big boys and you lot act like were in crisis and things are so bad wow I'm beyond belief just can't get my head around the way you lot act sometimes step back a bit a think a little you twats most of you in your life time have never seen your team finish lower then fourth yes fûc #ing fourth most of you don't even no what it's like to be a real fan wen your team are struggling finishing mid table and still saying you love the club and protect them never in my life have I heard a generation of arsenal fans critise manager players board everything about our club wen things our knowere near as bad as you make out to be and could be.

The 19 - year old has already proved his versatility, impressing at centre back and right back and he might even get a chance to show what he can do against his former club at left back tonight, with both of the first choice left backs facing late fitness tests.

Minus Russell Westbrook, it might still be a challenge for the Thunder to get back to the NBA Finals, but thanks to performances by two point guards — one untested and the other very tested — maybe even a little too tested — against the Houston Rockets, there's less reason to panic.

It's always a tough test against them, especially after going a goal behind as well in a pre-season game, but we did well to come back and win the game.

Playing in the MLK Classic against a veteran and battle - tested Sacramento team, O'Dowd jumped out to the lead, controlled tempo, and weathered through Sacramento's push to get back into the game.

Meanwhile, as Owner Woodward and Trainer Fitzsimmons led their 3 - year - old champion back East for a fall season of tests at long distances (up to two miles) against older horses, the handsome Swaps was being headed for rest and, if necessary, an operation on his sore foot back home in California.

The 26 - year - old has predominantly played at right - back this season, and also in central midfield, but his versatility was tested to the full against Leganes.

In defence, Trent Alexander - Arnold and Andrew Robertson are strong candidates to start in the right and left - back positions respectively, and the former has a huge test on his hands against Leroy Sane, having previously struggled to cope with the pace of Wilfried Zaha and Marcus Rashford.

Indeed, they have won 16 of their last 17 tests going back to the start of 2013, including four against England and three against Canada, racking up 703 points and conceding just 157.

The recent match against Liverpool was a test of how good the midfielder is and he passed with flying colours, winning back possession on eight occasions.

David Ospina will surely start in goal, and if Nacho Monreal passes a late fitness test it's possible he will join Laurent Koscielny and Skhodran Mustafi in a back three which we have used successfully against Chelsea in recent meetings.

Trent Alexander - Arnold: I said a few weeks ago that the Champions League fixture against Manchester City would be a massive test for full - backs Andrew Robertson and Alexander - Arnold.

Leading 2 - 0, Pellegrini insisted on sitting back — where another goal would see his team top the group and avoid a test against a mammoth European heavyweight.

TEAM NEWS Arsenal will hand fitness tests to midfielders Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain (groin) and Tomas Rosicky (thigh) as well as full - back Kieran Gibbs (ankle) ahead of Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Wigan at Wembley.

Fresh from scoring in back - to - back fixtures for Southampton Under - 23s, Callum Slattery is relishing the chance to test himself against senior opposition when Saints travel to Cambridge United on Tuesday evening.

We have not been tested at the back yet but we will soon especially in Europe and against top 4 rivals.

Having seen off Spain in Saturday's final, TJ is now back with our Academy as we prepare for another tough test against Spanish opposition — Real Madrid Under - 19s in the UEFA Youth League on Wednesday afternoon.

With Laurent Koscielny having suffered a dead leg, Chambers was pressed into action as a second - half substitute against Leicester City last weekend as a centre - back, and, despite having to deal with the considerable threat of Jamie Vardy, he came through that test with his reputation enhanced.

Sanchez will be hoping that he comes back from the international break on form to face Swansea before a big test against Manchester City in the Premier League.

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The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

«He has also been a leading voice for banning standardized tests for our youngest students, supported a three - year moratorium against the use of Common Core testing for student promotion and placement, and has backed giving the city and state Comptrollers the power to audit charters, particularly charter practices that limit the enrollment and retention of high - needs students.»

Pellegrino, a West Islip resident and leader in Long Island's «opt - out» movement against standardized student testing, is facing Conservative Tom Gargiulo of Babylon, a retired teacher and coach who also has the backing of Republicans and the Independence Party.

With backing from AstraZeneca, Targacept is testing two compounds against Alzheimer's disease.

as a hobby athlete I learned from the pros and skipped whole grain back in the 90s: digestive problems, anti-nutritients lead to micro-deficiencies, increasing LDL (especially the small ones, I recommend a pattern test if you do a lot of whole grain), NOTE: the grain is protecting itself against predators, there are vitamins in the bran but all the nasty anti-nutrients as well.

[Ultimate Edition] DVD Review by Kam Williams Patience - Testing Adventure Pits the Man of Steel against the Caped Crusader Let's face it, Christian Bale's Batman was going to be a hard act for any actor to follow, especially Ben Affleck who had already proved underwhelming as a superhero when he played Daredevil back in 2003.

For these two men - especially Rodriguez, they will discover an ultimate test of faith, trying to find a reasoning behind the message of God, and push back against the possible reality that God might not exist at all.

1) Uniform national standards and tests of student performance against those standards gather broader public backing than do the specific sets of standards and tests known as the Common Core.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

Faced with an endless cycle of memorize, drill, spit back and test, teachers have become the wardens of a new educational reality that pits the head against the heart.

When conversations plummeted into a tirade against testing or veered into rants that «our students can't learn, because they don't come to school / don't speak English / have special needs,» and so on, I redirected them back to the basics: What are you teaching?

Miller is a senior researcher and consultant for the Alliance for Childhood, an advocacy group based in College Park, Maryland, that has already become known for pushing back against what it sees as the over-commercialization of childhood, unfair standardized testing, and unnecessary technology in schools.

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Garcia has pushed back against the federal requirement that schools test students every year in math and reading from grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, calling it «toxic testing» that has turned schools into test - prep factories.

Teachers and Rutherford County administrators have also seen some low - performing children sent away from the charter and back to the traditional public school system just before end - of - grade tests, an important measure of how schools stack up against each other, said Dr. John Mark Bennett, the chair of the county school board and a local family physician.

Testing: Continued justification of the Florida Standards Assessment, high stakes and push - back against altering the flawed Florida A-F accountability system.

At the union's annual convention last week in Denver, where Eskelsen García was officially elected, some teachers said it's time for a leader who will play hardball with the feds and push back against Education Secretary Arne Duncan's agenda, which includes evaluating teachers in part by student test scores and supporting the growth of charter schools, often staffed by non-union teachers.

The half - million mark is a milestone in the national fight to push back against the overuse and misuse of standardized testing.

We see that our state legislature is the same legislature who had a big push on over testing our children, I mean it turned into a testing regime, and we had to fight back against that.

«While it's true that currently the students opting out are disproportionately white, to portray opting out as a white people thing is to make invisible the important leadership role that people of color have played around the country,» writes teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian in an article he wrote to push back against the perceived wisdom that high - stakes standardized testing will somehow right the wrongs done to generations of children.

The only thing that will stop the Common Core and Common Core Testing scam from completely destroying our system of public education will be if our elected officials stand up and fight back against the Corporate Education Reform Industry.

On behalf of Connecticut parents, students and teachers, I'm writing to request that the Working Families Party of Connecticut follow the lead of your colleagues in New York State and join us here as we fight back against the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing program.

It was an ambitious initiative that, in subsequent years, fell victim to a political backlash against Common Core and led more than two dozen states to back away from the standards - based tests.

As Diane Ravitch, the nation's leading public education advocate, noted on one of her blog posts today, «one of the crucial elements in the grassroots movement to roll back the tide of high - stakes testing started in Texas, when school board after school board voted to oppose high - stakes testing, and eventually more than 80 % of the state's school boards voted against high - stakes testing.»