Sentences with phrase «between schools in states»

We believe that such a chart provides users a more nuanced view of reading achievement differences between schools in states with relatively low minimum standards.

Since the majority of schools have remained public, school choice — which allows parents to choose between schools in the state sector — appears to have contributed to the decline in achievement rather than privatisation.

Not exact matches

In 2011, Canyon joined Agassi Venture to invest in the construction of charter schools in the United States; an investment that they expect will generate between $ 300 million and $ 50 million in profits, and opened their first school in 201In 2011, Canyon joined Agassi Venture to invest in the construction of charter schools in the United States; an investment that they expect will generate between $ 300 million and $ 50 million in profits, and opened their first school in 201in the construction of charter schools in the United States; an investment that they expect will generate between $ 300 million and $ 50 million in profits, and opened their first school in 201in the United States; an investment that they expect will generate between $ 300 million and $ 50 million in profits, and opened their first school in 201in profits, and opened their first school in 201in 2012.

«We find the gaps between the stated procedures for MFP estimation [a measure of productivity commonly interpreted as technical progress] used by Statistics Canada and the BLS are substantial,» Michael Harper concluded in an open, written response (pdf) he co-authored with Alice Nakamura, another renowned expert on productivity, and Lu Zhang, both from the University of Alberta School of Business.

It doesn't matter what role we play in life whether you're a janitor at a school or President of the United States, or everything in between.

Some continue to believe, mistakenly, that our constitutional «wall of separation» between church and state prohibits serious study of religion in public schools.

Between them, the three authors have taught religion full - time in eight different academic institutions, including state universities and denominationally connected schools.

If a wall of separation is erected between religion and the state (and its schools), that wall will prove to be a tomb in which church, state, and schools will decay with a civilization that has lost its soul.

In reflecting upon Vashti McCollum's death, J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, told the CENTURY: «The 1948 case that bears her name set the tone for the Supreme Court's view on the proper relationship between church and state in public schools.&raquIn reflecting upon Vashti McCollum's death, J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, told the CENTURY: «The 1948 case that bears her name set the tone for the Supreme Court's view on the proper relationship between church and state in public schools.&raquin public schools.»

According to Edward J. Larson's scholarly, informative, Pulitzer Prize - winning book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, the prosecution of young John Scopes for presumedly violating a state law restricting the teaching of evolution in the public schools need not have resulted in the now legendary high - pitched standoff between the atheistic radical Clarence Darrow and the robustly religious populist William Jennings Bryan.

As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education program.

The commission's final report guided the legislature and administration in establishing the relationship that exists to this day between the French state and nonpublic schools in need of financial assistance.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

There need not be an either / or situation, with education divided between Christian schools that teach religion and public schools that exclude it — all in the name of the separation of church and state.

School prayer and abortion — the items highlighted in the survey — are comfortably within the realm of family values, but they are something else, too: questions closely allied to the First and Fourteenth Amendments, to civil rights as much as to family values, and, above all, to the nature of the relationship between the individual and the Creator who, as our Declaration states, endows each one of us with every right that matters.

A unique partnership between a state school and local organic marketplace in Queensland's hinterland is delivering enormous benefits to students.

In between winning state championships in high school, conquering the grassroots circuit, and rising up the recruiting rankings, the basketball world has learned one thing: Michael Porter Jr. can't misIn between winning state championships in high school, conquering the grassroots circuit, and rising up the recruiting rankings, the basketball world has learned one thing: Michael Porter Jr. can't misin high school, conquering the grassroots circuit, and rising up the recruiting rankings, the basketball world has learned one thing: Michael Porter Jr. can't miss.

Even though Michigan and Michigan State are weeks away from playing each other, the rivalry between the two in - state schools is always tState are weeks away from playing each other, the rivalry between the two in - state schools is always tstate schools is always there.

Annually he generally has between 3 to 5 of the top 20 high school pitchers in ERA and strikeouts in the state of California and does so by consistently developing many of the region's top pitchers.

Because of differences in high school requirements between Canada and The United States, St - Juste doesn't yet know which class he will be in

Thomas, a Detroit King High School product, will likely decide between Michigan and Michigan State sometime in December (and enroll early).

That 2008 year, you may recall, included a three - way tie for the Big 12 title between Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech, as well as a pair of undefeated non-BCS schools in Boise State and TCU.

4A: Capital Christian - Sacramento vs. Terra Nova - Pacifica «'' Again, there will be matchups in these bowls for state titles between schools that are quite large enrollment-wise vs. those that are quite small.

According to state data, high school obesity rates have oscillated between 13.9 percent in 2005 and 15.7 percent in 2011.

Havelock Middle School has implemented an intermediary «Second Chance» breakfast program, served between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., for students who miss the 7 a.m. cafeteria meal; the school received a $ 1500 No Kid Hungry / Share Our Strength North Carolina state grant, intended to increase breakfast participation in scSchool has implemented an intermediary «Second Chance» breakfast program, served between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., for students who miss the 7 a.m. cafeteria meal; the school received a $ 1500 No Kid Hungry / Share Our Strength North Carolina state grant, intended to increase breakfast participation in scschool received a $ 1500 No Kid Hungry / Share Our Strength North Carolina state grant, intended to increase breakfast participation in schools.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that between 4 to 6 percent of children in the United States have one or more food allergies and that approximately 90 percent of schools have one or more students with a food allergy.4 The CDC developed voluntary guidelines to help staff, teachers and students create a healthy school environment for children with food allergies.

Sadly, the fact is that, while they are one of the most - if not, the most - preventable of all catastrophic sports injuries, heat - related deaths among high school and college football players in the United States nearly tripled between 1994 and 2009, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia, with an average of nearly three players dying each year during that time period versus about one death per year during the previous 15 years.

He worked between October 2009 and September 2013 as a senior research fellow with Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the United States.

With the state facing its grimmest budget outlook in years, the legislative session shows signs of becoming a tug - of - war between public schools and health care — the two biggest recipients of state spending and, not coincidentally, the two heaviest - hitting lobbying forces Albany.

The removal of the schools has become a point of contention between the Education Department and state Division of Budget and is now playing out in state Supreme Court after parents brought a lawsuit against the state.

That is why at our conference, instead of trying to create some artificial dividing lines between Liberal Democrat policy and Conservative policy, my message will be: if you want rid of Gordon Brown and the big brother state, and if you care about our schools, our quality of life and our liberties, then join us in one national movement that can bring real change.

ALBANY — With nearly $ 2.32 billion in state school aid increases on the line, Assembly Democrats are attempting to decouple the link between aid and implementation of the teacher and principal evaluation system, Speaker Carl Heastie told POLITICO New York on Thursday.

The race for Skelos» former state Senate seat in Nassau County has turned into a proxy war between charter - school advocates, who support Republican Chris McGrath, and teachers unions, which back Democrat Todd Kaminsky.

Counsel Alphonso David and risk officer Linda Lacewell each earned between $ 5,000 and $ 20,000 for positions at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law and the New York University School of Law, respectively, and deputy director of state operations Matthew Millea, who was with the Department of State in 2014, brought in between $ 1,000 and $ 5,000 from Syracuse University's Maxwell Scstate operations Matthew Millea, who was with the Department of State in 2014, brought in between $ 1,000 and $ 5,000 from Syracuse University's Maxwell ScState in 2014, brought in between $ 1,000 and $ 5,000 from Syracuse University's Maxwell School.

The Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) has created a widening gap between Syracuse and the wealthier school districts in New York, even though was implemented in the 2010 - 11 school year during the recession in order to alleviate the hole in the New York state budget, according to New York State United Teachers, a teachers» union in the sstate budget, according to New York State United Teachers, a teachers» union in the sState United Teachers, a teachers» union in the statestate.

This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Councilman Jumaane Williams, state Sen. Kevin Parker, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein and the Christopher Rose Community Empowerment Campaign sponsor the Last Day of School: Movie Night in the Park, Amersfort Park, Avenue I between E. 38th Street and E. 39th Street, Brooklyn.

Under this governor, New York is the single most unequal state in the country, and the gap between our richest and poorest schools is wider than it's ever been.

It would, Gove says, be a contest between two northern, state - school candidates, with Williamson the «tough and gritty» defender of a «pur et dur» [hardline] conservatism, while Hinds represents a form of conservatism «in which the Catholic church has a part to play and authority is tempered with mercy».»

But because these exams are not available in most state schools, Mr Willetts warned a «worrying divide is opening up in British education» that could lead to a bigger gulf between state and private schools than there had been in a generation.

With nearly $ 2.32 billion in state school aid increases on the line, Assembly Democrats are attempting to decouple the link between aid and implementation of the teacher and principal evaluation system, Heastie said.

J.H.S. 162 in the Bronx — the only public school threatened with a state takeover since the establishment of the receivership program — is caught in a power struggle between the governor and the state Education Department.

Bill Hammond: «With the state facing its grimmest budget outlook in years, the legislative session shows signs of becoming a tug - of - war between public schools and health care — the two biggest recipients of state spending and, not coincidentally, the two heaviest - hitting lobbying forces Albany.»

It was a cross between football pep rally and awards ceremony yesterday as the South Park High School Sparks — the first Buffalo public school to win a state football championship — were feted in City Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and theirSchool Sparks — the first Buffalo public school to win a state football championship — were feted in City Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and theirschool to win a state football championship — were feted in City Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and theirschool, their parents and their city.

In a 2014 report on the state of the arts in the schools, City Comptroller Scott Stringer delved into the Department of Education's own records and found that between 2006 and 2013 there was an 84 percent decrease — from $ 10.6 million to $ 1.7 million — in spending on art supplies, musical instruments and equipmenIn a 2014 report on the state of the arts in the schools, City Comptroller Scott Stringer delved into the Department of Education's own records and found that between 2006 and 2013 there was an 84 percent decrease — from $ 10.6 million to $ 1.7 million — in spending on art supplies, musical instruments and equipmenin the schools, City Comptroller Scott Stringer delved into the Department of Education's own records and found that between 2006 and 2013 there was an 84 percent decrease — from $ 10.6 million to $ 1.7 million — in spending on art supplies, musical instruments and equipmenin spending on art supplies, musical instruments and equipment.

ALBANY — The tensions between the Jewish and black and Hispanic communities in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district were mirrored Thursday in the state Assembly, where lawmakers debated and ultimately approved by an unusually low margin a bill establishing state oversight of the public schools.

According to Percoco's state financial disclosure forms, an entity called Chris Pitts LLC paid Percoco's wife, former middle school teacher Lisa Toscano - Percoco, between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 in 2014, and between $ 5,000 and $ 20,000 in 2012.

The Fiscal Equity suit resulted in an agreement between the state and its schools, in which the state committed to a plan to fund high and average need districts.

It's estimated that nearly one third of school aged children between 12 and 18 are bullied at some point in school, and 16 percent of New York State students, have been victims of cyberbullying off of school property.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade