Sentences with phrase «charge schools based»

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Police have charged a New Jersey school superintendent with relieving himself in public, after school officials reported seeing human waste near an athletic field on a daily basis.

And, of course, the research refutes the charge that faith - based schools promote intolerance and divide society, so that parents of all faiths and of no faith are right to enroll their children in them.

The charge of the council was to develop guidelines (Healthier Schools: A Brighter Tomorrow) for best practices regarding nutrition education, physical activity for students, school - based activities and school - business partnerships that promote student wellness.

Now, though, the newly elected top prosecutor in the county has dropped the charges, saying there was no legal basis for the criminal complaints against Mark Haller and Katherine Keylor, who oversaw the state's school lunch program.

What they gave the USDA was a modeled prediction based on all sorts of data the firm collected from 2,314 students at 398 schools that year, including the types of food served, the amount of time kids were given to eat, prices charged, and interviews with children and their parents revealing what the kids typically ate in the course of a day and family income.

Certainly, proposals around free school meal charging, provisions for pupils with special educational needs, school based counselling and the reduction of bureaucracy, are all positive steps forward.

Let us start anew with space - based research worthy of a great city, where schools and universities work together, where citizens and communities partner to ensure the success of future generations, where Houstonians lead the charge for students, teachers, parents, scientists and engineers far and wide.

But then it could be argued that the hoops action is almost incidental in this fact - based story, for the title character, Richmond High School (though actually filmed at my alma mater, Long Beach Polytechnic High School, which somehow became the go - to ghetto high school filming location after I graduated) basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), is less concerned with how his young charges fare on the court than they do in the classroom and, ultimately, in the game of adultSchool (though actually filmed at my alma mater, Long Beach Polytechnic High School, which somehow became the go - to ghetto high school filming location after I graduated) basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), is less concerned with how his young charges fare on the court than they do in the classroom and, ultimately, in the game of adultSchool, which somehow became the go - to ghetto high school filming location after I graduated) basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), is less concerned with how his young charges fare on the court than they do in the classroom and, ultimately, in the game of adultschool filming location after I graduated) basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), is less concerned with how his young charges fare on the court than they do in the classroom and, ultimately, in the game of adult life.

For a small charge, based on a three - year contract, schools are visited at least once a year to clean, service and, where required, carry out portable appliance testing (PAT) of the equipment.»

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

The BASIS curriculum and its hard - charging teachers go a long way toward explaining the schools» success.

Indeed, city - based organizations can take charge to attract and grow excellent charter schools using these strategies.

Lawyers representing Hartford, Conn., parents who face felony charges for illegally sending their children to school in nearby Bloomfield said last week that they intend to base their defense, in part, on the state's constitutional guarantee of an equal education for all children.

Paige quickly convened a task force and charged it with developing a research - based approach to reading for the district and a plan for starting the program in all schools.

If we are saying schools are in charge of these things, but also social - emotional development for students, then it really needs to be incorporated in the classroom on regular basis.

«The BASIS curriculum and its hard - charging teachers go a long way toward explaining the schools» success,» Kronholz wrote.

Based on ratings from the organization GreatSchools, the schools participating in the Louisiana voucher program were not of lesser quality than those that did not participate, though the voucher - accepting schools did charge lower tuition.

Community eligibility allows high - poverty schools to offer school meals at no charge to all students while streamlining school meal program operations, including eliminating school meal applications, which many states and localities have used as the basis for distributing resources to schools and students.

Jason Kamras, deputy to D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of human capital, talks with Education Next about the new teacher evaluation system put in place in D.C. Beginning this year, teachers in D.C. will be evaluated based on student test scores (when available) and classroom observations (by principals and master educators), and poorly performing teachers may be fired, regardless of tenure.

To help children distinguish between real and imaginary violence, the National PTA has for years promoted a school - based workshop called «Taking Charge of Your TV.»

Supporters of choice claim that parents look mainly for the best academic opportunity for their children; critics charge that parents will just as often search for a school on the basis of ethnic, religious, or ideological preferences, the quality of the sports program, or how blue the student body's blood is.

Hillcrest Shifnal School told Schools Week it has «no standardised fee», and charges different amounts based on individual pupils» needs.

The ECT will acknowledge that School Voucher programs are not 100 % perfect — however we continue to believe (as demonstrated in other States today) that putting Parents in charge with School Vouchers and market based competition between neighboring Schools will be a big improvement over what Colorado has today.

Every principal and every local school board should have such a faith in the students they are charged with educating that they should be honored to hear their input on a regular basis.

Two weeks ago, seven members of the 17 - member New York State Board of Regents issued a vigorous dissent (included below) charging that the state's «new and improved» teacher evaluation system, being forced into policy primarily by the state's Schools Chancellor Merryl Tisch, with the support and prodding of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, is not (at all) research based, research supported, or research wise.

Critics charge that charter schools can not adequately replace traditional neighborhood - based public schools.

Further, while we already had a network of school - based teams charged with coordinating social services and academic supports (the district had a long history of doing this kind of work), we realized that we had to expand it, given that our EWI system promised to identify many vulnerable students who had previously slipped through the cracks.

Public charter schools may not charge tuition and may not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability.

Most provide religious - based education and may charge tuition to private - paying students and, in some cases, to high school students receiving vouchers.

Payment to Louisiana Scholarship schools is variable and is based on the tuition and fees charged to each non-Scholarship student at a given school.

Officials from Charter Schools USA and EdPower, the Indianapolis - based non-profit now in charge of Arlington High School, confirmed with StateImpact that fewer students were enrolled this year than last year earlier this week.

When it comes to «heads», as I see it the person in charge of a school on a day - to - day basis, I can not see how this could be done by someone who hasn't come up through the education ranks.

Based on similar logic, charter school authorizers — the various state, local, or independent agencies charged with approving new charter schools, monitoring their progress, renewing charters for successful schools, and closing schools that fail to meet performance requirements — may favor high - poverty charter schools.

The applicants had help from Education Evolving, a St. Paul - based think tank that advocates new forms of school governance, particularly «teacher - owned» schools where classroom educators are in charge of everything from the day's lesson plan to school policy.

CTCL programs are free of charge, but many public schools and community - based organizations need assistance with transportation to these events as well as reference materials for their college counseling services.

Charged with a criminal violation for a school based offense — for which there is also school discipline.

Charged with a community based offense with nexus to school — for which there is also school discipline

Answer: «I'm hoping to expand my use this upcoming year, but last year I used ClassTag for all events in the classroom so parents could understand what was coming up on a classroom and school wide basis so they could be in charge of those things.»

With the shift to spending on technology and other materials, schools can retain the fees they previously charged based on textbook prices.

The public school benefits include accountability to a governing body, do not charge tuition, and can not discriminate based on religion, disability, or gender.

Melinda is the president of NCTAF and she has the charge for building a research based framework of policies and practices that ensure every student has success and access to a competent and caring teacher in a school organized for success.

The Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) is a federally funded national center charged with focusing research - and evidence - based technical assistance to increase states» capacity to support their districts and schools in this implementation effort.

Boasberg said schools have no incentive to hire a lower - paid teacher over a higher - paid teacher because DPS charges their budgets an average rate based on all the teachers in the district.

Instead, they work for American Preparatory Schools, a Draper - based company that charges roughly $ 900 per student — more than $ 4 million in 2014 — to provide comprehensive management of curriculum and operations, according to Carolyn Sharette, the company's executive director.

For example, the New Haven - based CMO called Achievement First charged Achievement First - Hartford Charter School a $ 1.14 million management fee in 2013 - 14.

And yet the D.C. agency charged with coming up with a new school accountability plan — the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)-- wants to base a full 80 % of the rating for middle and elementary schools on (wait for it...) reading and math scores.

The funding we receive will enable us to provide a one - year, free of charge programme for teacher and leadership development, based upon the successful NAHT Aspire school improvement model.

This includes the over 60 family liaisons and other school - based folks across the district who are charged with leading family and community engagement at the school level.

The school's founders created a radically different format for education — one based on the belief that students can take charge of their own learning, working with advisor - teachers who help them gain the necessary knowledge and skills.

Busing is provided free of charge on a first - come, first - served basis to scholars who live more than two miles from the school.