Sentences with phrase «elected leaders of their schools»

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Two of Broward's top elected leaders, one Democrat and one Republican, came together Thursday to consider how best to prevent a repeat of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre — but they couldn't bridge the deep and wide gulf between them on...

For nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and more.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

At 7 p.m., state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and other elected officials attend a forum on providing diploma options for students, South Side High School Auditorium, 140 Shepherd St., Rockville Centre.

Both education and elected leaders gathered at South Park High School to dedicate a new sign identifying the high school as the home of their joint adult education eSchool to dedicate a new sign identifying the high school as the home of their joint adult education eschool as the home of their joint adult education effort.

His visit, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, was the second installment of «Newsmakers 2015,» a roundtable series with CCEM members and elected officials, stakeholders and leaders as funded by the Revson Foundation.

[citation needed] When Jim Murphy was elected Scottish Labour Party leader in December 2014, Griffin was appointed as Shadow Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages, covering school education, qualifications, science, HM Inspectorate of Education, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and languages.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Following the news of the tragic school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared an open letter to President Trump and elected leaders in Congress imploring them to take up legislation to help prevent more mass shootings.

He suggested that the NDC leadership should prioritise the establishment and operationalisation of a training school and programme for elected party officers at all levels to ensure that the next generation of party executives and leaders are people of integrity and are able and willing to defend these ideals of social democracy so as to make the NDC more competitive in future elections.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

Partnership for Student Advocacy (PFSA): An advocacy organization that closely collaborates with schools and school communities, PFSA takes an inventory of local elected officials and reaches out through letters, phone calls, and personal visits to enlist the active support of key leaders on behalf of the schools it serves.

At 9 a.m., NYC Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan join leaders from the I.S. 125 community, elected officials and members of the Woodside community to cut the ribbon on the completed $ 100 million school extension to I.S. 125, 46 - 02 47th Ave., Queens.

Mark - Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.

Mount Vernon, NY — Westchester County Legislators Lyndon Williams (D - Mount Vernon) and Ken Jenkins (D - Yonkers) joined a number of other elected officials along with community leaders at a rally Wednesday, October 29th to announce their support of the «Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014,» to fight «digital divide.»

In this week's education news: NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott reflects on accomplishments during the Bloomberg administration, columnists discuss the future of NYC education under Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, and NY State education leaders and Teach For America support the Common Core standards.

2) International PB Conference: During this two - day conference organized by The Participatory Budgeting Project, Pratt Institute, and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CVH leaders and staff, along with over 200 elected officials, community leaders, and activists from across the world, will discuss key topics and trends for this model of grassroots democracy, including PB in Public Housing, PB in Community Organizations, Online Participation, and the PBNYC Briefing (see below).

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

One day before voters decide school budgets across New York state, Schenectady School District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incschool budgets across New York state, Schenectady School District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incSchool District officials welcomed elected leaders to Mont Pleasant Middle School to discuss the impact of a significant funding incSchool to discuss the impact of a significant funding increase.

«As elected parent leaders we demand that the irregularities be worked out,» said Upper West Side dad and CEC 3 president Noah Gotbaum, who said the elections should be delayed until the end of the school year and wants oversight of all parent groups, including parents» associations, transferred from the DOE.

Jesse Hamilton has spent his entire career helping people, including over 15 years as an elected official in Crown Heights, eight years as President of the School Board and the last eight representing our community as District Leader of the 43rd Assembly District.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Hundreds of students joined Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, uptown elected officials and community leaders Friday morning for a ribbon - cutting ceremony at Washington Heights» newest school building.

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

«I was impressed with what Stephon's brother Stevante said that how proud he was of Sacramento, of his city, how people turned out and made this case a national one and brought attention because I think too often, our elected leaders, they will talk about things when it's a lot of children in a school, but when it's young black men of color who are being shot by the police unarmed... I think if we're gonna say black lives matter, we have to mean it, and we have to implement change,» she continued.

In 2008 he was elected as member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, whose members are chosen among the scientists of all countries who have distinguished themselves by the value of their scientific work, their role of pioneers or leaders of a school in the broad field of the application of quantum mechanics to the study of molecules and macromolecules.

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.

And, compared to the earliest days of the movement, greater numbers of community leaders, elected officials, and philanthropies support public charter schools in their communities.

Create a coalition of elected, school and civic community leaders to sign a school - wide pledge to say No Bullying: Not In Our School / Not In Ourschool and civic community leaders to sign a school - wide pledge to say No Bullying: Not In Our School / Not In Ourschool - wide pledge to say No Bullying: Not In Our School / Not In OurSchool / Not In Our Town.

The Council of Chief State School Officers has elected several new leaders.

This public «edu - trip of open learning» is just a taste of what primary, secondary and post-secondary schools are able to offer if they elect to become «connected and transparent learning environments,» granting students, teachers and leaders access to today's social media tools.

CMO leaders also say it is easier to keep the organization nimble and focused on the mission without the politics of elected school boards.

«What has traditionally made this country great is that the leaders don't have to be the elected officials,» says Olson, the president of the Parents for Public Schools national board of directors.

The names of 32 academy leaders elected to help shape the future of schools in their local areas, have been announced by the Department for Education (DfE).

Alexandria, Va. (March 26, 2015)- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) elected leaders and new members to its Steering Committee as part of NSBA's 75th Annual Conference in Nashville, TN.

New Orleans (April 5, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orleans.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

As they spoke, many of Bridgeport's elected leaders focused on the importance of offering a choice of schools for Bridgeport children.

Proceeds will be used to purchase books for city school libraries about topics including the U.S. Civil Rights movement and biographies of contemporary leaders such as President - Elect Barack Obama.

It can help teachers, parents, and elected leaders understand how well our schools are working to meet the needs of children.

Alexandria, Va. (April 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA's) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, MassachuSchool Boards Association's (NSBA's) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, MassachuSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, Massachuschool districts, elected new leaders and directors at its recent annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

No school can succeed for long without doing so, but, especially for community schools, success depends on the quality of the relationships that school and district staff maintain with various partners, including teachers, counselors, social workers, parents, clergy, elected officials, business leaders, volunteer tutors, and others.

We keep the public, business leaders and elected officials abreast of what is working in schools and classrooms — and what isn't.

In the wake of the CCJEF ruling, charter school parents, leaders, and elected officials came together last week to call for charters to be part of a new, equitable school funding system.

Wednesday's event will include opportunities for media to speak with school leaders, students, and families, as well as local and state elected officials, regarding the history of charter schools in Connecticut and current challenges faced by our schools.

During the school year, I would make it a priority to discuss the limitations and flaws of standardized testing with teachers, school and central office leaders, the board, elected officials, parents, students, and the community.

A resource to charter leaders to effectively engage Legislators and other local officials in charter school issues: includes useful information on how you can get involved, as well as the life cycle of a bill, the budget process, and the protocols for scheduling a meeting with your elected officials.

Nashville, TN (March 21, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashville.

One of the union leaders stated matter - of - factly that things ran so smoothly in their district because everyone even sniffing at a run for the school board knew that they couldn't get elected without the union's endorsement.

We have begun by sharing the results of our listening campaign with Gregory Thornton, the Baltimore City Public Schools» new CEO; elected leaders and a variety of community and foundation organizations and stakeholders.

Different people who can foster the engagement of students as partners include students from the individual school who requested it, elected officials such as the school board or mayor, teachers, school leaders such as superintendents, principals, or other administrators.