Sentences with phrase «by excellent schools»

Led by Excellent Schools Detroit, the civic community is working hard to address the challenges facing Detroit's families.

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Late - twentieth - century theological schools in North America, however, exhibit the strain of trying to appropriate two quite different models of excellent schooling, both of which are by this time traditional in our cultural setting.

[14] In his view, excellent theological schooling is in conversation with its host culture not only by learning from it but also by contributing to the host culture's arts and letters.

A second set of marks of excellence in theological schooling comes into view when we turn to reflect on the concreteness of a theological school: Its concreteness consists in part in its having institutionalized practices of governance, and its schooling is excellent to the extent that its polity leaves room so that the effort to understand God can be genuine by being free to err.

Can we reconceive theological education in such a way that (1) it clearly pertains to the totality of human life, in the public sphere as well as the private, because it bears on all of our powers; (2) it is adequate to genuine pluralism, both of the «Christian thing» and of the worlds in which the «Christian thing» is lived, by avoiding naiveté about historical and cultural conditioning without lapsing into relativism; (3) it can be the unifying overarching goal of theological education without requiring the tacit assumption that there is a universal structure or essence to education in general, or theological inquiry in particular, which inescapably denies genuine pluralism by claiming to be the universal common denominator to which everything may be reduced as variations on a theme; and (4) it can retrieve the strengths of both the «Athens» and the «Berlin» types of excellent schooling, without unintentionally subordinating one to the other?

The program is excellent; the universe is a place where things are followed by other things that both correct and fulfill them; and a logic which gave us something like this movement of fact would express truth far better than the traditional school - logic, which never gets of its own accord from anything to anything else, and registers only predictions and subsumptions, or static resemblances and differences.

might suggest that, with its roots in «Jerusalem,» Christianity in fact theologically mandates a third type of excellent schooling altogether, one hitherto ignored by major Christian communities.

Both types of excellent schooling are deeply institutionalized in the practices that constitute American theological education of all sorts; neither one can simply be abandoned by a faculty vote!

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

The model of excellent theological schooling symbolized by the inclusion of a faculty of theology in the University of Berlin tied «practical» education for a socially necessary profession (the clergy) to the «theoretical» education of a research university on the grounds that future clergy would be best equipped for their ministerial functions if they acquired capacities for rigorous critical research.

Alderweireld made an excellent covering tackle on Pierre - Emerick Aubamayeng, then strongly went through Henrikh Mkhitaryan and finished it off by absolutely schooling Lukasz Piszczek!

Blessed with excellent hand - eye coordination, Kevin was a scratch player by his junior year in high school.

There is a very readable Q - and - A format in USDA Summary, excellent materials from a webinar by USDA and Food Research Action Center (FRAC), and the School Nutrition Association page with links and member - only comment section.

In fact, I would recommend Lunch Money to parents precisely because it serves as an excellent tutorial regarding the many challenges — financial, cultural and regulatory — faced by most school food programs.

The salad bar has also been an excellent way to engage with Madison's agricultural community by incorporating local produce into the school menu.

However we have discovered an excellent series of thorough science courses written from a Christian perspective by an American high school teacher, designed to be used by home educating families.

by Seattle Tilth [external link] This school garden guide serves as an excellent resource for providers looking to start a school garden curriculum in Washington.

Group programs for kids of divorce run by schools or faith - based organizations are an excellent resource for kids and families who need some help to get through these early stages.

Hiring Professional Baby - Proofers The Pros and Cons Below is an excellent article written by Brad Miller Posted on Primrose Schools that I felt was worth sharing.

Last year I had the pleasure of reviewing Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School, an excellent guide to feeding children co-written by registered dietitians and moms Maryanne Jacobsen (Raise Healthy Eaters) and... [Continue reading]

(And there is such a book, by the way, which is excellent: Free for All: Fixing School Food in America.)

Some of these are offered by local universities and offer excellent opportunities to do fun experiments, get creative, and take part in advanced problem - solving that isn't part of the normal school curriculum.

«Once again, New York City's public charter schools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kitschools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah KitSchools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

«It's long past time for the teachers union and their elected allies to stop stifling the growth of these excellent public schools by disparaging their results and denying them access to public space.»

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

Recently, Ms. Moskowitz and a charter lobbying organization with which she is closely associated, Families for Excellent Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public sSchools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public schoolsschools.

Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., Assemblymen Marcos Crespo, Michael Blake, and Mark Gjonaj Call for More Excellent Schools in the Bronx 65,000 Bronx Children Trapped in Failing Schools BRONX, NY — A coalition of Bronx elected officials led by Senator Ruben Diaz -LSB-...]

The disparity between the numbers was highlighted Thursday in a report by the advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a vocal de Blasio critic.

Sanchez's comment neatly summarized the sentiments of the «Don't Steal Possible» rally, which representatives for Families for Excellent Schools said was attended by 13,000 students and parents.

«Regrettably, all the excellent support, guidance and information that was previously available to schools was discarded by the Coalition Government when it came to office and replaced with a few inadequate paragraphs of advice which amount to little more than telling schools that «bullying is bad and you shouldn't tolerate it».

At 9:45 a.m., parents organized by Families for Excellent Schools will protest NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's refusal to attend the Senate's hearing on mayoral control, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., parents organized by Families for Excellent Schools will counter de Blasio's claim that the Renewal Schools program has demonstrated progress, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Commenting on the DfE announcement of a new # 2m fund to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «It is a great pity that on coming into office the Coalition Government not only withdrew all the excellent advice which had been produced by the previous Government on homophobic and other forms of prejudice related bullying, but also removed the requirement on schools to log incidences of bullying.

The pro-charter event, paid for by the pro-charter advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, featured an performance by Ashanti.

New data released by the pro-charter advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYPD school safety agents seized 1,678 weapons in the 2014 - 15 school year, up from 1,508 weapons in 2013 - 2014.

At 10 a.m., members of New York Communities for Change, Alliance for Quality Education, Public School Parents «call out Families for Excellent Schools» reports and ads that promote racist discipline practices, and criminalize Black and Latino children by playing fast and loose with facts,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 3:30 p.m., Families for Excellent Schools holds a rally calling for the charter school sector to grow to 200,000 students by 2020, Foley Square, Manhattan.

In a peace - making move Mr Gove is expected to pay tribute to the «excellent» education offered by the borough's grammar schools.

The rally, which was billed as «Don't Steal Possible,» was organized by Families for Excellent Schools (FES) and by elected officials, including Senate Co-Majority Leader Jeff Klein and Assemblymembers Robert Rodríguez and Marcos Crespo.

The Facebook post was eventually sent to members of Families for Excellent Schools» board by several people involved in the education reform movement.

His campaign's been funded by donors such as the pro-charter Families for Excellent Schools and former New York City first daughter Emma Bloomberg.

The roughly 9,000 students and many of their parents will participate in a rally organized by pro-charter group Families for Excellent Schools, which will push for an «end to New York's failing schools crisis.Schools, which will push for an «end to New York's failing schools crisis.schools crisis.»

For more on the reports issued by Families for Excellent Schools, please visit www.manhattantimesnews.com.

A significant number of schools that are safe but below average in absolute academic performance (perhaps half to the 10 % of schools that over perform) are excellent by a value added measure.

«While there are some excellent governing bodies that do a commendable job in providing challenge and support to school leaders, this is by no means the case everywhere.

Also at 11 a.m., charter school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will gather on the steps of City Hall and demand that de Blasio apologize for insulting charter school students» achievement on 2016 state exams, Manhattan.

A pro-charter school rally sponsored by Families for Excellent Schools.

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.

Samantha Tweedy, head of School at Excellence Boys, a charter school in Brooklyn, address a rally organized by Families for Excellent ScSchool at Excellence Boys, a charter school in Brooklyn, address a rally organized by Families for Excellent Scschool in Brooklyn, address a rally organized by Families for Excellent Schools.

The march was intended by its organizers, the reform group Families for Excellent Schools, as a celebration of a decade of relatively free rein under the Bloomberg administration, and as a warning to the prospective Blasio administration that the charter - school movement is still a force to be reckoned with.