Sentences with phrase «created by the law school»

Catapult 2013 is an innovative new conference — created by the Law School Toolbox and The Girl's Guide to Law School and hosted by the Bar Association of San Francisco — to empower law students and young lawyers to...

It is my contention that the problems that lawyers face upon graduation with dim career prospects are not solely, or principally, created by the law school, but are rather a culmination of factors.

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The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: Rhode Islands» Coordinated School Health Program, THRIVE, has produced a comprehensive District Health & Wellness Subcommittee Toolkit to aid subcommittees in creating and implementing wellness policies as required by state and federal law.

He criticized the «chief law enforcement officer of the state» for not standing up for Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to close charter schools, «for the corruption in Albany» and for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to close the Moreland Commission, an anti-corruption panel that was created by Cuomo in 2013.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, which was created as part of a sweeping school - safety law (SB 7026) signed by Gov. Rick Scott last month, will hold its initial meeting at the Broward College campus in Coconut School Public Safety Commission, which was created as part of a sweeping school - safety law (SB 7026) signed by Gov. Rick Scott last month, will hold its initial meeting at the Broward College campus in Coconut school - safety law (SB 7026) signed by Gov. Rick Scott last month, will hold its initial meeting at the Broward College campus in Coconut Creek.

University at Buffalo Law School professor Monica Wallace beat Democratic primary challenger by over 50 points in the race to fill the vacancy created by Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak's pending departure.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

Efforts to limit access to voting, compounded by election security concerns, have created a lack of confidence in the U.S. voting system, said Myrna Perez, professor of law and director of the Brennan Center for Justice Voting Rights and Elections Project at the New York University School of Llaw and director of the Brennan Center for Justice Voting Rights and Elections Project at the New York University School of LawLaw.

In an article he wrote for Scientific American, the director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences and professor (by courtesy) of genetics at the Stanford School of Medicine, has said that he does not think we are currently at risk for creating a possibility for genetically engineered «designer babies.»

Where I get hung up, though, is with the idea that great leaders can make schools — and especially school districts — work well, given the dysfunction of the larger system within which they must work, and the Gordian knot that's been tied by decades of contradictory, often compromising, laws and regulations, not to mention the impossible politics often created by unruly elected school boards.

Congress, under pressure from TFA and perhaps taking account of the severe disruption of schools that could result from the 9th Circuit's decision, resolved this judicially created imbroglio by writing the DOE's regulation into law.

«Laws created by people who have never tried to teach a child, never seen how out - of - control behavior can disrupt learning, and never even been in a school building since their own school days make the principal's job harder every year,» said Harbin, principal at Duryea Elementary School in Hoschool building since their own school days make the principal's job harder every year,» said Harbin, principal at Duryea Elementary School in Hoschool days make the principal's job harder every year,» said Harbin, principal at Duryea Elementary School in HoSchool in Houston.

At Tuesday's ESSA hearing, Gail Pletnick, president of the school superintendents» association, said that «uncertainty created by shifting interpretations of the ESSA law continues to be a concern.»

Book that you remember reading over and over during childhood: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Currently reading: Bibliotech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google by John Palfrey The thing that drew you to it: This past March, I attended the Ed School's professional development institute Library Leadership in a Digital Age where John [Palfrey], a former Harvard colleague at the law library, challenged us to create new and different partnerships, including those outside of academia, as we transition to a digital future and redefine the role and work of libraries.

Improving Access and Creating Exceptional Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Public Charter Schools, authored by Lauren Morando Rihm and Paul ONeill of the newly - formed National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, outlines the federal, state, and local laws that govern special education in all public schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabiSchools, authored by Lauren Morando Rihm and Paul ONeill of the newly - formed National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, outlines the federal, state, and local laws that govern special education in all public schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabiSchools, outlines the federal, state, and local laws that govern special education in all public schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabischools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabischools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabilities.

The school's charter holder had created numerous self - dealing operations (all legal under Arizona state charter school law) where the school contracted directly with private companies owned and operated by himself and his wife.

NCSECS works to actively engage key stakeholders to fully leverage the innovative opportunities created by charter school laws.

The Won't Back Down movie and the 8/17 Teacher Rocks concert are propaganda for the parent trigger law created by charter school operators and promoted by ALEC.

Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counschools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counSchools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counschools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counselors.

But a 2008 law that created the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as an independent charter - school authorizer gave Madati some recourse by allowing him to apply for approval under that new entity, rather than the local district.

These groundbreaking schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS the authority to create these high - quality, autonomous public schools within the school district.

The NC school grading system was created by a law passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor.

A Florida law creating a state charter board was struck down in 2008 by a court in that state, but no schools had been opened under the Florida panel.

The WBD movie promotes a parent trigger law created by charter school operators and promoted by ALEC, which wrote the Stand Your Ground law.

The complaint says the law violates the state's constitution by «improperly diverting public school funds to private nonprofit groups» not subject to local voter control and creates another roadblock to funding basic education.

Consistent with NSBA's position as outlined in its «friend of the court» (amicus) brief, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the Court's unanimous opinion and found that the school officials in this case should not be viewed as law enforcement agents, and the statements made by the young child to the teachers were not given with the «primary purpose of creating an out - of - court substitute for trial testimony.»

The creation of Chapter 16 and the separation of gifted education from Chapters 14 and 342 are not intended to circumvent the statutory protections afforded to gifted students by the School Code, nor is it the Board's intent to create a need to relitigate case law already established in this Commonwealth pertaining to gifted students.

This social value is recognized by our constitutionally created public schools and our compulsory education laws.

To truly create change for our students, teachers and lawmakers have to work together by bridging the gap between those that make education laws and policies and those who enact these laws and policies in our schools.

Perspectives For A Diverse America (PDA) was created by Teaching Tolerance, a division of the Southern Poverty Law Center for schools and teachers to use alongside Common Core.

Welcome to this web site, created by The California Endowment to help parents, students and residents increase their understanding of the state's new funding law and how to advocate for what is most needed in local schools.

The law created an evaluation system that grades sponsors in part by how well students at their schools are performing.

Palm Lane parents, disheartened by the school's abysmal academic record [1] and the governing district's resistance to change, sought relief by attempting to exercise the Parent Trigger Law, an option that enables them to petition the school district to transform the failing institution into a newly created public charter school.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has had to abandon plans to force all schools to become academies, but Mr Laws says their political protection went back to the early days of the first academies created by Labour governments.

A school district attorney was quoted saying, «The law does not provide for a means by which to create a student position on the board, whether it's a voting position or not.»

Fed up with the «constant battle over the co-location issue,» school board member Steve Zimmer responded by drafting a resolution, which will be taken up at the board meeting tomorrow, to persuade state lawmakers to create guidelines for applying the law.

Tuesday's event, hosted by law firm Hogan Lovell, was aimed at creating ideas for schools on how they could collaborate with outside partners.

On top of the flexibility created by last year's alternative certification law, CSP's bill would give charters where at least half of students are impoverished the ability to hire teachers who are licensed in other states and those who have completed alternative licensure programs in other states and taught for at least two years in high - poverty schools.

Although overshadowed by more spectacular conflicts over desegregation, community control, and open schooling, the movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s generated more than 70 state laws seeking to create educational accountability and hundreds of articles, pamphlets, and books about how to create more efficient and accountable educational systems.

Similarly, state law creates barriers for recently settled immigrants to attend charter schools by establishing restrictive enrollment practices.

The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, created by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2004, is a federally - funded school voucher program for low - income students living in our nation's capital.

The House Workforce Committee took testimony but no votes this week on a pair of education bills: SB 344 would create an optional state - recognized STEM diploma endorsement that school districts could give students at their discretion and HB 5907 would require districts to inform students about college - credit - by - testing options like AP, IB, and CLEP, which is not a new requirement, but would add some additional specificity to an existing state law.

The following year former Superintendent John Deasy argued that the district was exempt, for one year, from the parent trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law that allowed LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

, created by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2004, is a federally - funded school voucher program for low - income students living in our nation's capital.

Or they might opt to create additional categories that further distinguish school performance, such as an A through F or five - star system, while also identifying schools for support and improvement as required by law.

The original federal education law was created by Congress 50 years ago to fund schooling for the neediest students.

Former Superintendent John Deasy had argued that the district was exempt from the Parent Trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, allowing LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

This new initiative works to fix Maryland's current restrictive and vague charter public school law by creating an independent authorizer within the state, allowing for much needed increased autonomy.