Sentences with phrase «decisions by the administrators»

December 16, 2015 • Los Angeles public schools are reopening Wednesday morning, after a terrorist threat on Tuesday led to a controversial decision by administrators to close all of the district's roughly 1,000 schools.

In an era in which female teachers were routinely fired for getting married or wearing pants, teachers needed protection from paternalistic employment laws, unfair rules, and arbitrary decisions by administrators.

This is a wise, science - based decision by Administrator Scott Pruitt and President Donald Trump.

Not exact matches

And I am quite sure that if I were to mention to one of these administrators this recent decision by Wyoming Catholic, he would sigh and mutter, «Those lucky folks.»

And although their decisions are approved by higher - level administrators after they have been made, approval is unrelated to candidates» religious beliefs.

For my good friends at the Georgia Family Council, I wrote a post on a recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Jennifer Keeton's suit against faculty and administrators in the graduate counseling program at Augusta State University.

(a) Persons subject to the Act who believe they are adversely affected by a noncompliance decision of the National Organic Program's Program Manager may appeal such decision to the Administrator.

(c) Persons subject to the Act who believe that they are adversely affected by a noncompliance decision of a certifying agent may appeal such decision to the Administrator, Except, That, when the person is subject to an approved State organic program, the appeal must be made to the State organic program.

Portsmouth's administrator Andrew Andronikou confirmed to Sky Sports News on Friday that he had been told by the Premier League to pay Tottenham but that he would appeal their decision.

«The PDP holds that the governor and the APC are jittery and unpopular of going into the grass roots elections in the state, thus the decisions to control the councils by nomenclature of executive secretaries and sole administrators, which are alien and offensive to the provisions of our Constitution, which under section 7 guarantees only democratically elected local government council administrations.»

But former D.O.E. administrators and education experts say there's no question that the mayor's authority over charters has been partially absorbed by the state, leaving de Blasio's (and future mayors») hands tied when it comes to charter - related policy decisions that could shape his education agenda.

WNY teachers, School Board members and administrators plan to ramp up their voices during the next month to air their displeasure with a decision by Cuomo to tie increases in school aid to his controversial education agenda.

Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, also defended her decision to appoint her brother as the Acting Administrator of the National Premix Secretariat, saying he was competent enough and has since left the position, and replaced by a substantive appointee.

Both conferences were attended by key decision - makers from industry, academia, consultancies, research administrators, the patent office, and the EC.

Scientists were to pass a single recommended site up the management chain for a final decision this spring by NASA Associate Administrator Edward Weiler.

It presents evidence that «there had been a campaign of discredit» against De León, prompted by his complaints against another administrator, and that the decision to dismiss him was motivated in part by professional envy.

Within 90 days [due approx January 2011] after the date of enactment of this Act, or upon completion of reference designs for the Space Launch System and Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle authorized by this Act, whichever occurs first, the Administrator shall provide a detailed report to the appropriate committees of Congress that provides an overall description of the reference vehicle design, the assumptions, description, data, and analysis of the systems trades and resolution process, justification of trade decisions, the design factors which implement the essential system and vehicle capability requirements established by this Act, the explanation and justification of any deviations from those requirements, the plan for utilization of existing contracts, civil service and contract workforce, supporting infrastructure utilization and modifications, and procurement strategy to expedite development activities through modification of existing contract vehicles, and the schedule of design and development milestones and related schedules leading to the accomplishment of operational goals established by this Act.

There are two conditions that I'll argue are essential for deeper learning to be experienced by our students, which lie in the decision - making domain of administrators.

They construct an image of parents who need the help of school administrators and government agencies, and, if left to their own devices, would make ill - informed decisions that are not motivated by school quality.

The court also stressed that judges «should refrain from second - guessing the disciplinary decisions made by school administrators.»

As noted above, this initial estimate of the variability in principal effectiveness may partly reflect differences in school characteristics that are not under the principal's control, such as the quality of the school building, or decisions made by district administrators as well as unmeasured parental influences.

While such preferences could theoretically be set by district administrators or other policymakers, it is likely that principals would retain some autonomy over personnel decisions, so their preferences are important to investigate.

Long - term success depends on decisions made by administrators before the workshop occurs.

Most importantly, OCR's 2011 and 2014 guidelines contained page after page devoted to «second - guessing the disciplinary decisions made by school administrators.»

Nudge theory is being discussed worldwide and used by administrators to motivate people to take the right decisions.

By participating in the competition, each Entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Administrator, which shall be final and binding in all respectBy participating in the competition, each Entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Administrator, which shall be final and binding in all respectby these Official Rules and the decisions of Administrator, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

Actions of this sort must be taken by acting on core values that are clearly articulated and that support the administrators rationale for making difficult decisions in times of adversity.

Boren said the trial revealed some «deplorable staffing decisions by local administrators.»

When the teachers had little authority or power over instructional decision - making, or when administrators were controlled by district staff, an «assessment - as - test» mentality drove instruction.

The rationale given by teachers and administrators for this decision was a desire to maximize individual participation and ensure that all students were working on skills and materials that were «within their reach.»

An estimated 150 teachers, school administrators, parents and others from around the state came to the conference at the University of Washington Tacoma to learn about charters, which are public schools that permit significant decisions to be made at a school level, rather than by a school district or state officials.

Teachers have not been granted a COLA since 2006; administrators say they simply can't afford one, a decision that has been protested by a small but vocal group of retirees.

CEC supports student success by training and empowering teachers and administrators, and by creating and supporting collaborative structures for shared decision - making and accountability.

After being forced to shut down by the State Charter School Board in July, Kairos administrators appealed the decision to the Utah Board of Education, which initially scheduled a hearing for August 29.

District administrators ensure that labor contracts support, not detract, from a good working environment by enabling principals to make critical personnel decisions based on educator effectiveness and other school contextual factors.

To the extent charter schools allow principals and administrators to engage in flexible decision making — including flexible decision making in human resources policy forbidden by union contracts — they are an improvement on traditional district schools.

ST.GEORGE — Washington County high school administrators are making the final decisions this week regarding the proposed change to a 5 - by - 5 block schedule from a 4 - by - 4 schedule.

By providing no criteria for determining whether a teacher is «effective,» he leaves this decision to the whims of site administrators.

The decision is one of several in recent months by federal appeals courts grappling with cases involving students who create Web pages ridiculing school administrators or fellow students.

Teachers» explanations indicated that the shift of teachers» perceptions on useful PD and their technology PD needs may have been triggered by the changes at the school and district level, including technology infrastructure and resources, budgets for technology PD, technology integration agendas, and decisions made by administrators.

Answering the question of how students can be effectively involved in district and state decision - making is one that has been grappled with by educators, administrators, and policy - makers across the country for decades.

At a charter school, decisions about how best to serve students aren't made at a district office; instead, those decisions are made in the school by teachers and administrators who know the student population they serve.

If the teacher quality lawsuits are successful, won't they make teachers vulnerable to capricious decisions by school administrators?

On this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis added].

Another survey released in 2015, sponsored by the pro-reform group Teach Plus, found that 65 percent of California teachers think that a probationary period between three and five years makes sense for administrators making tenure decisions.

The NAMM Foundation's Community Action kit will guide you in communicating with school board members and administrators, who are the decision makers for every local district and who are influenced by the interests of the local population.

By baselining where they are now, districts are giving teachers and administrators a voice in decision - making.

It will guide you in communicating with school board members and administrators, who are the decision makers for every local district and who are influenced by the interests of the local population.

Learning targets, when shared with and used by both halves of the classroom learning team, are key to creating schools where teaching is effective, students are in charge of their own learning, and administrators lead communities of evidence - based decision makers.

Further, they charged that bad decisions by board leaders and administrators had violated their fiduciary duties.