Sentences with phrase «developed voluntary school»

For example, the EPA has developed voluntary School Siting Guidelines, released in 2011 under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

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According to the TD report, recent research indicates that boys demonstrate more confidence in math and more voluntary participation in high school and university math classes, implying that more effective methods of «developing numeracy skills and confidence» in young girls are needed.

Though compulsory chapel was indeed coming to an end in state institutions and some states banned the teaching of theology in their schools, compensatory efforts to support voluntary religion developed elsewhere.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that between 4 to 6 percent of children in the United States have one or more food allergies and that approximately 90 percent of schools have one or more students with a food allergy.4 The CDC developed voluntary guidelines to help staff, teachers and students create a healthy school environment for children with food allergies.

After congratulating the nation for working to amass current successes — including financial aid options that have «finally opened the doors of college to all Americans,» state - developed academic standards, the creation of a voluntary national test, technology in the schools, and an emphasis on class - size reduction — Clinton outlined his proposal to drive public education into the 21st century.

This grant program should give priority to local districts that are developing innovative, voluntary approaches to school economic integration and are including community engagement as a key part of their strategies.

The legislation includes the first federal proposal to address school facilities when developing voluntary national opportunity - to - learn standards.

The Obama administration is helping communities take the leap of faith through incentives like Stronger Together, which would offer grants to help districts create and implement strong voluntary, community - developed plans to increase socioeconomic diversity in their schools while improving student achievement.

The eight 2015 Model Principal Supervisor Professional Standards are the first - ever standards developed for supervisors of school principals and are voluntary.

The SIG grant was also used to provide extra tutoring for students and to develop a voluntary Saturday school, where students could pursue their topic of choice.

Cities seeking voluntary methods of desegregating schools developed Montessori magnet schools, first in Cincinnati, and then in other urban systems, most notably Milwaukee and Kansas City.

Magnet schools first developed in the 1970s as a voluntary desegregation tool and an alternative to forced busing.

As a result, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) joined in a voluntary effort to develop shared academic standards.

The ISLLC standards, originally developed through CCSSO and more recently known as the Educational Leadership Policy Standards, provide voluntary guidelines to states and districts regarding on - the - job expectations for principals and other school and district leaders.

Andrew Parker of the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told the New York Times that George's actions had apparently violated an international convention on ocean dumping and a U.N. convention on ocean fertilization for geoengineering purposes, along with a set of voluntary principles on geoengineering developed at Oxford.