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The Broward County School Board has formally entered the gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.

When the topic was raised in the Debate Prentice said school boards had $ 460 million in their reserve funds and should use these funds to deal with overcrowded classrooms.

After a long debate, the board on Monday postponed the vote on transferring operation of the before - and after - school care program from Twinbrook YMCA in Schaumburg to the Park District, because the park board has not formally committed itself to the program.

HOFFMAN ESTATES — After months of debate, the Hoffman Estates Park District board has voted 4 - 2 to build a new playground next to MacArthur Elementary School, 1800 Chippendale Rd.

Mayor Bill de Blasio dug in his heels on charter schools Monday, as the fierce debate threatened to cost him control of the city's school system and bring back the bad old days of the Board of Ed.

«My service over last the four years on the town board and nine years on the school board has proven my dedication to this community and understanding of this community,» she said at the debate.

In materials distributed to the audience at the debate, Ms. Burke - Gonzalez, who prior to serving on the town board was a nine - year member of the Springs School Board, wrote that she is proud of «how I have worked with my colleagues on the town board to return civility, dignity, and respect to the business of the board.&rboard was a nine - year member of the Springs School Board, wrote that she is proud of «how I have worked with my colleagues on the town board to return civility, dignity, and respect to the business of the board.&rBoard, wrote that she is proud of «how I have worked with my colleagues on the town board to return civility, dignity, and respect to the business of the board.&rboard to return civility, dignity, and respect to the business of the board.&rboard.»

Reacting to the bill's passage, East Ramapo school board president Yehuda Weissmandl said the Assembly's «spirited and lengthy debate» served well to educate members on the complex challenges faced by the unique community.

More than 15 protesters dressed in black essentially shut down the meeting from the start, each taking turns reading statements or comments in opposition to Paladino — while School Board members debated whether to walk away, call the police or try to talk over them.

The Buffalo school board debated issues surrounding the state's teacher and principal evaluation system Wednesday night.

Two weeks after debating whether or not to comply on time with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, the Buffalo School Board has come to a final decision.

With the Buffalo school board election a week away, eight candidates turned out Tuesday night for a debate in Lafayette Presbyterian Church.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.Nearly 150 people turned out at Wednesday's meeting to have their say on the proposed policy.It was a discussion marked by emotional com...

Those in support of the plan — including the current principal and PTA from the playground's adjoining school P.S. 166, elected officials, Community Board 7, parents and nearby residents — shared perspectives, bringing the commission up to speed on past debates and public meetings.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says without debate, city school board members voted unanimously to hire Dr. Kriner Cash as new schools superintendent.

The continuing debate in Buffalo schools over a policy for transgender students drew such a large crowd Wednesday night that the meeting was moved from the usual, cramped board room to the much larger Common Council Chambers.

The controversies appear headed for debate on Thursday night, when the audit is to be formally presented to the district's five - member school board.

Although the ID debate was not an issue in most congressional races, voters may have punished Santorum because the once - vocal ID supporter tried to distance himself from the movement after a federal judge struck down an attempt last year by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to insert ID into the curriculum.

In episode 108, the magicians examine the beliefs behind a Biblical interpretation of the world's creation, including a visit to a vigorous debate over separation of church and state at a Georgia school board meeting.

Two weeks after the New York City Board of Education adopted a controversial plan to distribute condoms in all of the district's high schools, local and national debate about the plan's merits, and its possible influence on other districts, continues unabated.

«Our hands are tied,» school boards commonly complain when school budgets are debated or far - reaching reforms are proposed.

Nowhere has the debate over the power and perquisites of schools» building engineers been more heated than in New York City, where the board of education is now engaged in contract negotiations with Local 891 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.

At the next meeting, the school board passed a resolution condemning the incident and calling for an investigation — but only after some heated debate, and even that bipartisanship was short - lived.

In that spirit, this past summer we conducted an e-mail interview with Sandy Kress, a lawyer and former school board member who, as a domestic policy advisor in the White House, served as President Bush's chief negotiator during the original NCLB debate.

Anne Bryant, Gene Maeroff, Christopher Barclay and Chester Finn square off in a debate / discussion hosted by the Fordham Institute about the role of local school boards in the 21st century.

Having diversity in the board membership and independent voices from outside the community that set up the school, brings different perspectives to discussions enabling healthy debate and, ultimately, a more balanced approach.

«A Time for Sight: The Debate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inDebate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK indebate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inschool integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

In this country, debates over textbooks have been known to shake up a few school board meetings and, in extreme cases, even incite violence.

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

(10) Jim Hull, The Proficiency debate: At a glance, Center for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2007.

This debate has two sides, one calls for a democratically elected school board while the other argues that a mayor - appointed board will be the best option for the schools.

Alexandria, Va. (July 15, 2015)- As the U.S. Senate approaches the end of debate on the nation's largest education law, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) continues to actively engage with our nation's lawmakers in support of a comprehensive, strategic modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

With Wake County and Charlotte - Mecklenburg school board members packing the room, Rep. Bill Brawley, the committee co-chairman, said the group isn't targeting any specific school systems but is trying to inform the debate about whether some districts are too large.

(Kemble, New Paltz schools to discuss proposed new starting times (Jan. 22, 2017) Daily Freeman News; McMahon, New Paltz joins growing number of districts to consider starting school later (Jan. 5, 2017) N.Y. Upstate; Liu, New Paltz school district debates later start times (Jan. 4, 2016) Times Herald - Record; Staff, New Paltz seeks feedback on later start times for school day (Oct. 15, 2016) Hudson Valley One; Nani, Hudson confidential: New Newburgh ethics board to elect officers (Oct. 6, 2014) Times Herald - Record.)

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Fifty years after the March on Washington, a major challenge facing California and the West in general is increasing segregation of black and Latino students, reviving a debate that Brown v Board of Education was supposed to resolve: whether it is possible to have «separate but equal» schools.

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Sonenshein said there was a time when charter schools were dominating the entire debate among school board candidates.

Burningham, of Bountiful, served as head of the state school board for many years, including during the tumultuous statewide debate over private school vouchers.

Amidst years of debate in the legislature about how to evaluate and measure the performance of students and schools, the state board of education adopted new, more rigorous education standards in 2010.

The Pittsburgh school board has been steadfast in its commitment to providing a safe and supportive school environment for immigrant and transgender students — and protecting them from the divisive and sometimes frightening public debate surrounding these children.

In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act, prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

In this video clip, LAUSD Board Members Tamar Galatzan and Steve Zimmer debate the risks the grant application veto could pose to school funding opportunities during the Tuesday, December 11 meeting: Despite Galatzan's — and Superintendent John Deasy's — objections, Zimmer voted yes on the proposal, and the grant application veto passed with a 4 - 3 vote.

Allegations made about activists on both sides of the trigger debate at other schools prompted the Los Angeles Unified School Board to adopt parent trigger guidelines to ensure future campaigns are transparent, and to prohibit either side from using incentives or intimidation to win or sway parent support.

After much debate at Monday's meeting, the School District U46 Board of Education will continue its membership in the Illinois Association of School Boards in the coming schoolSchool District U46 Board of Education will continue its membership in the Illinois Association of School Boards in the coming schoolSchool Boards in the coming schoolschool year.

July 7, 2015: State and Local Governance Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance Coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

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It is imperative that we openly debate the merits of having private corporations with unelected school boards control education (and its accompanying public tax dollars).

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