Not exact matches
The well ORGANIZED effort
by Florida
school students demanding gun
control has GEORGE SOROS» FINGERPRINTS all
over it.
The walkout unfolded amid a reinvigorated national debate
over gun
control and
school safety, spurred in part
by student survivors of the Parkland shooting.
The letter signed
by 31 state headteachers says: «The Conservative party tells us that it believes that to ensure a high - quality education for all pupils, headteachers need to have
control over how they run their
school.
The Legislature and governor ended the extraordinary session
by granting a two - year extension of mayoral
control over New York City's
schools, ending months of uncertainty
over Mayor Bill de Blasio's leadership of the nation's largest
school system and its 1.1 million students a day before it was to expire.
«Speaking more generally, this looks to us like a clear example of a wider policy
by the Church of England to slowly gain influence and
control over former community
schools that are now Academies — initially
by affiliating with them, before slowly increasing the religious nature of
school life.
Like Iain, I noted the role of ideas, but for me, the key ones were Manchester
School Liberalism (as propagated
by the pamphlets, letters and speeches of the Anti-Corn Law League); the appeals to class conflict and religiosity (again, as exploited
by the League); and Peel's own redefinition of Conservative ideology as a means to preserve traditional aristocratic
control over Parliament.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was called out
by name on Thursday
by National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre as the national debate
over gun
control continues following the death of 17 people at a Florida high
school.
The Legislature snubbed Mr. de Blasio last year
by granting him only a one - year renewal of his
control over the public
schools.
While the Labour leader decried rising class sizes in primary
schools, David Cameron countered
by yah - booing at trade union
control over the opposition.
They should be ensuring
school leavers are equipped with the skills they need for work, including the 50 % who don't choose to go to university; that employers are given more
control over the funding for training and skills; and
by ensuring that young people who have been unemployed for longer than a year are guaranteed a job - so that no young person is allowed to fall completely out of touch with the world of work.
The district has been fighting for some time
over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish -
controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private
schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public
schools attended
by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.
Key legislative Democrats, with strong teachers - union backing, have sought to give the Regents, who are
controlled by the Legislature's Democratic majority, sole
control over charter
schools.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday said an era of «corruption and chaos» awaits the city's public
school system if state lawmakers do not renew a law
by Wednesday that grants his office
control over city
schools.
As a proposal to extend mayoral
control of New York City
schools by three years gains momentum in Albany, Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz says Mayor Bill de Blasio has not earned his authority
over city
schools.
She embarrassed the administration during a public fight
over charter
school space in the spring of 2014
by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral
control over city
schools in the latest legislative session.
Duffy, a former police chief, is a very popular politician known statewide for following in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's footsteps
by pushing for mayoral
control over the Rochester
school system.
Before the Legislature gave the mayor
control over the
schools in 2002, they were governed
by a Board of Education and 32 elected community
school boards.
On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated
by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter
schools, leaves the charter
school cap at current levels and provides more local
control over the city's
schools.
As these
schools are set up
by volunteers and not
by the government, the government has no
control over where they get set up.
Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio
over space issues for her charter
schools on Thursday
by casting doubt on his worthiness to maintain mayoral
control of the city's
schools, perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.
In the final hours of the session, legislators agreed to extend mayoral
control over New York City
schools another year, after Mayor Bill deBlasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter
schools to be regulated
by the state, not the city.
In the final hours of the session, legislators also agreed to extend mayoral
control over New York City
schools another year, after Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter
schools to be regulated
by the state, not the city.
Regaining mayoral
control of
schools was one Michael Bloomberg's greatest legislative achievements as mayor; it marked the first time City Hall gained discretion
over education policy since the Lindsay administration, when those powers were decentralized and major decisions were made
by an education board.
The bill
by state Sen. Brian Benjamin (speaking), a Democrat, would weaken mayoral
control over the
schools.
The study's authors recommend that educators, administrators, and parents work to strengthen students» positive emotions and minimize negative emotions related to
school subjects, for example,
by helping students gain a greater sense of
control over their performance.
Members are given
control over who can access their profiles
by filtering through
schools, departments, location, age range, and personal attributes according to their preferences.
They soon come across an angry, out of
control young mutant named Russell (Julian Dennison) who conjures fire and hates the abusive private institute where he's lorded
over by a creepy
school master.
Her 1974 book The Great
School Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the sc
School Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte
over its long public
school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the sc
school history
by moving apparent
control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of
control to the
schools.
Academies were first introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government back in 2000 as a way to raise standards in
schools by taking them away from the
control of local authorities and offering more autonomy
over finances and day to day
school management.
According to a report
by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the
school district, which funded the campus, has more
control over student enrollment than the charter management organization does.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state
control over school finances, California
school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed
by other branches of state government.
• too much
school time is given
over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of
school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local
control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and
schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and
school resources, and the many other services that
schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.
In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision
by a local
school board to deny a charter
school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing
school districts»
control over the approval of charters even where
school districts are given a role.
This includes harassment
by non-students
over whom the
school has no
control.
The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's
control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on
schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more
control over support and funding for their child: individual budget
by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of
school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded
school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal
By giving these schools true control over their programs, staff, and curricula, and by opening them to all families, authors of the charter school law resurrected the true American vision of public schooling: equal access to great instruction and accountability for result
By giving these
schools true
control over their programs, staff, and curricula, and
by opening them to all families, authors of the charter school law resurrected the true American vision of public schooling: equal access to great instruction and accountability for result
by opening them to all families, authors of the charter
school law resurrected the true American vision of public
schooling: equal access to great instruction and accountability for results.
By capping the number of charter
schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of
schools per district, and providing for input from the local district before approval of charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more
control over the establishment of charter
schools than some states.
You may feel that claims are outside of your
control, but it is no coincidence that academies with the most interest in risk management and proactively taking and implementing risk advice are often those with the very best claims experience, and it is worth bearing in mind that any money left
over from the insurance settlement can be retained and spent
by the
school.
They are calling for trainees to receive more practical experience in
schools and the proposed changes would allow them to have
control over areas which are currently overseen
by the government.
The regulation will strengthen and unify the safety and security of the information held
by schools, replacing the Data Protection Act of 1998 which gives individuals
control over what information is held on them
by organisations.
In October 2003,
over opposition from the Orleans Parish
School Board, voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment,
by a 60 to 40 percent margin, allowing the state to assume
control of public
schools that received an «academically unacceptable» rating four years in a row, applied retroactively so that failing New Orleans
schools could be taken
over sooner.
It states (in section 103b): «No provision of a program administered
by the Secretary or
by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or
control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution,
school, or
school system,
over any accrediting agency or association, or
over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials
by any educational institution or
school system, except to the extent authorized
by law.»
A New York State judge has approved a plan
by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island to retain
control of and reopen a
school it closed last year, rejecting an attempt
by a group of parents, alumni, and teachers to take it
over.
Pell Grants for Kids would provide more federal dollars for
schools while also encouraging more local
control - I mean more
control by parents and teachers -
over how that money is spent.
Because we observe
schools over several time periods, we can subject the program to an even stricter test
by controlling for all characteristics of
schools that remain constant
over time (
by «differencing out» the effect of attending a particular
school on exam scores).
Yes, America's
schools are often outscored
by other nations on international exams, but to what extent do those comparisons measure
schools and to what extent are they reflections of cultural attitudes
over which
schools have little
control?
See, e.g., Coleman, The Struggle for
Control of Education, in Education and Social Policy: Local Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&r
Control of Education, in Education and Social Policy: Local
Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&r
Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its
school board, has some
control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&r
control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the
schools are in fact, local
schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that
control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&r
control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state
control of the functions supported by these taxes...&r
control of the functions supported
by these taxes...»).
State policymakers should reclaim
control over the content taught in their local
schools by resisting the imposition of national standards and tests and preventing their implementation.
Although many states moved to adopt the Common Core national standards and tests prior to the 2010 election — an unprecedented surrender of state educational
control to Washington — conservative leaders can reclaim
control over the content taught in their local
schools by resisting the imposition of national standards and tests and preventing their implementation.
It was run
by a government body (the
school district) that had been given exclusive
control over public education in that area.