Sentences with phrase «city districts try»

Most big - city districts try many reform initiatives, some mutually contradictory, all at once.

Not exact matches

As New York Fed president I try to get out of my New York City office as much as I can to get a sense of regional economic conditions across what is known as the second Federal Reserve District.

The city is trying to sweeten the idea of rezoning the Garment District by offering tax breaks to certain landlords.

Chris has his own blog, as he describes below, and I asked him if he would be willing to share here his efforts to try to improve this situation in his Iowa City school district, where he is now the parent of three children and teaches legal writing and analysis at the University of Iowa College of Law (but the opinions he expresses here are entirely his own).

In the past, park officials tried to establish man - made ice rinks by flooding large areas of city parks during winter, Park District Supt. Forrest Claypool said.

The attorney for a Naperville resident suing the city's Park District over trapshooting in Sportsman's Park said he plans to try to delay the issuance of a federal permit that would permit the sport to resume.

Former Park District official Laura O'Malley was back on the stand Thursday as City Hall tries to void the contract for the Park Grill restaurant in Millennium Park.

In 1999 the city and Park District tried to acquire property east of the park, but that plan got caught up in litigation.

«Along with allergies, childhood obesity is one of the things we are trying to address with our new policies,» explained Susie Poulton, the director of health services for the Iowa City School District.

So if a city or county is smaller than a congressional district, try to put the whole thing in one district.

Richard Buery, a New York City deputy mayor who tried to build bridges between the district and charter schools, will leave to take a senior post this month at KIPP, a national charter - school network.

Councilmember Lander said the district needed someone like Sikora who would «fight for progressive values in government, try to win a more equal city, address the challenges of climate change, make sure the rights of workers are respected, address the issues of health care on the policy level, and fight in the neighborhoods to improve our schools and make them better.»

Robert Perris, district manager of Community Board 2, said the jail as it is now has been a good neighbor but he expects opposition if the city tries again to increase capacity.

Bruno was tried by the Northern District in Albany, while Silver faces U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Southern District, a much more closely watched office that has made a point of rooting out corruption in state and city government.

Both Hunter and Kessner said they've tried, along with district Councilor Nader Maroun, to convince other city councilors to put money in Syracuse's budget to address the growing herds.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In a secret court proceeding last month, three lawyers tried to block Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick from forcing Syracuse City Hall lawyers to testify in front of a grand jury about their work.

The year that saw conventional - wisdom mayoral frontrunner Christine Quinn try to drape the identity politics that work so well in her Greenwich Village City Council district across all the five boroughs, only to discover that New York wasn't buying it.

Just days before Hurricane Sandy struck the city last October, Queens District Leader Albert Baldeo (D), who ran for the City Council twice before, was accused of trying to boost his matching funds by using phony donaticity last October, Queens District Leader Albert Baldeo (D), who ran for the City Council twice before, was accused of trying to boost his matching funds by using phony donatiCity Council twice before, was accused of trying to boost his matching funds by using phony donations.

The mayor should be trying to replicate this school's success in every district in the city, but instead, he keeps interfering with what's working.

Among other benefits for the district attorney offices across the city, the funding will provide Bronx County with a vertical integration system which proposes delegating every stage of the prosecution to a single assistant district attorney in order to eliminate delays and backlogs in trial cases, a Rikers Island prosecution bureau and a Conviction Integrity Unit to review past convictions and ensure the fairness of tried cases.

When asked what letter grade he would give himself as he nears two years as the leader of the city's school district, Cash replied, «I always am trying to improve.

The Senate's inclusion of a «district inspector» for the city's public school system comes after de Blasio tried and failed to unseat the Republican majority in the Senate in the 2014 elections.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is running unopposed in this election year, but he's trying to stay visible, giving NY1 an exclusive first look at a new public service announcement opposing federal legislation that would allow more guns to be legally carried on city streets.

He's in the middle of a tour of upstate members» districts (he plans to hit all of them), during which the Bronx Democrat is trying to familiarize himself with issues outside his comfort zone of New York City.

«Andrew Cuomo and his liberal allies in New York City are desperately trying to bring their far - left agendas to the 19th district,» Martin said.

As city of Buffalo's eighth graders are trying to decide where they will go to high school, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High School.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have joined forced to try to get more funding for urban school districts.

After decades of not collecting fees or updating billing on more than a hundred special lighting districts, Syracuse is trying to update its regulation of ornamental street lights, but it means bills for thousands of city resident could skyrocket.

Groups like the Southwest Community Center and the Syracuse City School District have joined the Prevention Network in Syracuse to try to stop the persistent abuse of drugs and alcohol by kids in Syracuse.

Last year, she took to Twitter to criticize the governor for trying to block de Blasio's universal pre-kindergarten proposals, for supporting charter schools, for not raising the minimum wage, and for not showing up when a fatal gas explosion devastated a city block in her East Harlem district.

«We try to go into some of the most challenged neighborhoods in the City of Buffalo and we have been in every single councilmatic district.»

But Mr. Weprin's old district has one of the most diverse electorates in the city and Mr. Grodenchik, a white candidate, is trying to knit together a multi-ethnic coalition.

City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, who represents the district, did not attend the August 2 forum focused on the project — she was just days from giving birth to a son — and when representatives of her office tried to speak, they were shouted down.

Among the issues Micchiche is pushing for, is trying to put the city aid for the school district in escrow until substantial improvements are made, and also pushing back against the idea that Rochester should be a sanctuary city.

It is the city's third - largest business district, after Midtown and Lower Manhattan, but it is still trying to define its identity after decades of fitful, relentless redefinition and rebirth.

The city school district is setting up programs as early as pre-kindergarten to try to ensure fewer students have the academic problems that lead to academic failure and dropping out.

«All the evidence that was collected by the police department clearly indicated this individual was the prime suspect, and, it's unfortunate, but we will continue to allow the district attorney to proceed with her case and weighing the case to prosecute for the break - in of our office,» said DeMaio, a former San Diego city councilman trying to unseat Rep. Scott Peters (D - Calif.)

The New York Post reports that the city Department of Education is trying to fast - track plans for the placement of a Moskowitz charter school in an unnamed district school in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.

«Folks, it's simply this — trying to expand or start or develop a business in the city of Syracuse is an onerous task,» said 2nd District Councilor Pat Hogan, a supporter.

As in Salt Lake City, «districts are starting to create lab schools to try personalized, student - centered strategies with hopes of finding what will transfer to traditional schools,» said Calkins of Educause.

The city will start growing again, and the district at that point will have to start shoving the co-located charters off our school district property because we need the space for our public school population,» he said, also noting the legal challenges involved in trying that.

Meanwhile, union leaders, city officials, and school board members were trying to pull together a contract and head off a walkout in the 210,000 - student district.

Another district, Cambridge (Mass.) Public Schools, is trying an entirely new model: This fall it moved away from its long - held K — 8 configuration with the creation of a lower school and an upper school, with sixth - through eighth - graders in the upper school still housed within four of the city's elementary buildings.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Chalk Beat «As districts across the country try to drive down absenteeism, New York City leads the way»

Rather than accepting this reality and winding down the district, the city's leaders are trying desperately to bail it out, utilizing numerical legerdemain to make the district look better.

Summer school is sometimes associated with long hours spent wasting away the summer, but the Rochester City School District is trying to paint a different picture.

As Park City School District's 15 TO CLEAN initiative introduces up to 18 new recipes for our students to try this school year.

Park City school district officials are trying to strengthen out the confusion surrounding the proposed professional studies building that has received little support from the community.

The mayor should be trying to replicate this school's success in every district in the city, but instead, he keeps interfering with what's working.