Sentences with phrase «encourage school»

While the State Education Department (SED), the Attorney General's Office, and the NYC Department of Education have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do; recommendations include that SED reiterate that questions about national origin should not be asked during the student registration process; encourage school districts to adopt — and in some cases, strengthen — their protocols for how to respond to any request for access by ICE; and reinforce the importance of providing social - emotional support.

We encourage school districts and community organizations to start preparing now for this competitive grant opportunity.

encourage school administrators to work together to improve their instructional leadership; and

2.3 Maintain information on a grant system to encourage school nurses to attend conferences at the state, regional, and national levels.

The bill will encourage school districts to work in coordination to break down barriers that sustain racial and socioeconomic isolation by creating interdistrict or regional magnet programs.

We encourage school leaders and assessors to consider the real risks, is it appropriate for a school to close due to 75 mm of snow on the playground, when all teaching staff and parents know full well that 80 per cent of the pupils will take the free day to go sledging and snowballing while carers will have to take an enforced days leave of work, or other planned activities (and hopefully go sledging and snowballing with the kids).

The federal initiative uses the lure of grants to encourage school districts to raise standards, make better use of data to track student achievement, and take more forceful steps to intervene in failing schools.

I encourage school leaders to think about the richness and breadth of the opportunities they currently offer their young people and to seize the opportunity the new curriculum offers all schools to create new and exciting opportunities alongside the hard work that is needed in raising expectations and standards in our schools.

Know the risks We encourage school leaders and assessors to consider the real risks; is it appropriate for a school to close due to 75 mm of snow on the playground, when all teaching staff and parents know full well that 80 per cent of the pupils will take the day free to go sledging and snowballing while carers will have to take an enforced days leave of work, or other planned activities?

However, Greening has said she is still committed to the academisation programme, but will work to «encourage school to convert voluntarily».

I encourage school leaders and educators to read the source material to learn more about the views of parents and guardians on these and other issues, including school choice, diversity, wraparound services, and more.

From where I'm standing, the benefits really do outweigh any concerns, so I'd encourage all school and academy leaders to consider making this small step to making a big difference.

The idea is to encourage school children to take ownership of their own health by becoming their school's «Ambassadors» for the week — flying the healthy eating flag and motivating their peers.

Another fundraising plan is to make a Wishing Tree, where each leaf of the tree describes an item of kitchen equipment the school needs, to encourage the school community to donate items.

* Encourage school districts to cooperate with other institutions to share playgrounds and parking areas.

For example, a positive performance signal might encourage a school to continue to pursue and augment existing instructional strategies.

Chief executive of AAT Mark Farrar believes apprenticeships offer a fantastic opportunity for young people and is eager to encourage school - leavers to consider all their options.

If resources are to be used effectively, policies must create incentives that encourage school personnel to behave in ways that do not necessarily further their own interests.

First, the dynamics of public funding and the budgeting process encourage school districts to spend their entire funding allocation, creating a cost structure that is difficult to adjust down when revenue drops or fails to grow at an expected rate.

In the comments section below, please share how you encourage your school community's participation on Twitter.

GoLandscape is an initiative that seeks to encourage school leavers to consider a career in landscaping, challenge false perceptions and demonstrate the broad range of skills that are used within the industry.

While we encourage readers to be cautious about applying our findings without qualification to all public schools, we also encourage school districts to support research that can identify middle - school effects in other settings, especially since we find the consequences of attending a middle school for student achievement to be substantial and troubling.

Arlington, Va — America's corporate executives must encourage school reforms and parental involvement in education if they are to ensure a steady supply of technologically literate employees, the head of a major corporation told educators last week.

To reach this goal, researchers encourage school districts to provide ongoing professional training for teachers to help them define writing and reading goals for their specific subject areas.

In parallel with their these efforts, promising initiatives like the Project Unicorn pledge encourage school systems to increase demand for interoperability.

We encourage school - based, district, and mixed teams that leverage the collective expertise of those who work directly with students and those whose decisions influence the structures and systems that define how teaching and learning happens.

I'd encourage every school to become part of this program.»

Arizona shows signs of a virtuous circle: suburban charters and private choice programs helped to encourage school districts to offer open enrollment.

I have a few thoughts on how school leaders can encourage a school culture that is feedback tolerant - one that, over time, comes to actively seeks it out as a part of its cultural and structural DNA.

In an ideal world, transparency would suffice in prompting families to move their students to better schools and encourage the school system to make needed improvements to keep more families from exiting.

We encourage school districts nationwide to apply for one (or more!)

Federal policy should encourage school choice, require baseline achievement standards to receive Federal money and promote academic innovation by the states.

Summer Reading focuses on fun activities and programs to encourage school - aged children to read during the summer months in an effort to advance their academic performance.

ADVOCATE OUTREACH: Encourage school administrators, staff, board members, and parents to share your fundraising efforts through their personal contacts and social media accounts.

We encourage school districts that do not currently serve breakfast after the bell to adapt their School Breakfast Program to a BAB model to participate in this challenge.

We encourage school districts nationwide to apply for one (or more!)

«If there can be this mandatory funding of $ 10 million a year, it would encourage school communities all around the country to go out and form partnerships to make this happen.

The lunch was part of India's Mid-Day Meal Scheme that covers 120 million children and aims to tackle malnutrition and encourage school attendance.

If the children complain about the healthy lunch options, share these ideas on how lunchrooms can encourage school children to make healthy food choices.

My concern about this loophole is that it might encourage school districts to keep what some call «carnival food» — e..

Guidance Materials: The Department of Education is required by Statute 18.1003.453 to provide on its website links to information regarding the nutritional content of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture and provide examples of wellness classes that offer nutrition education for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition department.

We encourage school districts nationwide to apply for one (or more!)

Meat Free Monday is a global citizenship project which aims to encourage school communities to reduce their meat and fish consumption in order to help children and young people make healthier food choices whilst simultaneously encouraging a responsible attitude to the planet.

Try it, get your friends and family to try it and why not encourage your school to try it too?»

«Most recently, they announced emergency funding for school bus programs — the same programs they encouraged school boards to cut, just months ago.

Every year, the community involvement competition encourages school teams to log volunteer hours and raise money for charitable organizations by working with external organizations and through our annual Chillin» For Charity event.

In fact, Mylan had recently started a major lobbying effort to encourage schools to stock EpiPens by arguing that people with serious food allergies are always at risk, and that EpiPens were a necessary supplement to emergency medical treatment.

Shortly after the Newtown massacre, a task force created by the Ohio attorney general's office released a report encouraging school staff to be more aggressive:

Further, the CES could helpfully encourage schools to be completely transparent and open about the content and delivery of SRE.

[12] This link has been encouraged by some groups as one which should be made with school children, for example see www.schools-out.org.uk/teachingpack/awholeschoolissue.htm which encourages schools to have «inclusions of oppression of gays and lesbians when looking at the Holocaust in history.»