Sentences with phrase «encourage state efforts»

And, while we do not support a complete waiver from the state's accountability system for this school year, we do encourage a state effort to recognize and make an accommodation in the academic accountability system for those schools and students impacted by Harvey.

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Among these layers are a variety of tax rules, which encourage religions to reshape themselves so as to be eligible for tax benefits, and the recent legislative efforts, certainly constitutional but perhaps of dubious value to religion, to allow religious groups to share in the rather substantial largesse of the programmatic side of the welfare state.

The American separation of church and state, despite its flaws, both supports and encourages democratic, religiously inflected efforts — such as the civil rights movement — to advance this process.

Challenge Success has since worked with almost 800,000 students, faculty, administrators and parents throughout the United States and across the world on efforts like changing bell schedules, reforming homework policies, shifting to alternative assessments and encouraging project - based learning with the goal of creating «healthier and more productive pathways to success.»

In Washington State, as a statewide effort to provide guidance to encourage schools to offer salad bars that feature produce from school gardens and local farms, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) published «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide to School Food Service» to minimize the risk of foodborn illnesses.

In addition to Annual Fund fundraising, ambassadors will be encouraging other SNA members in their state to apply for available scholarships, use resources provided for Breakfast in the Classroom and other Foundation programs, join in research efforts to develop best practices, and nominate individuals for the annual School Nutrition Hero awards.

Western New York's largest business group, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, once again plans to focus its lobbying efforts on core issues familiar to its members: the high cost of doing business in the state, the need for more trained workers and the importance of encouraging investment in the region.

However, making every vote in every state count toward electing the president under direct election would stimulate state party - building efforts in the weaker party, especially in less competitive states, and encourage both parties to campaign actively.

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman launched a statewide effort on Monday to encourage the State legislature to pass the Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act he proposed earlier this year.

«These new standards will reduce pollution, further encourage the development of renewable resources and support this state's efforts to combat climate change,» the governor said in a statement.

Leaders of Long Island's anti-testing movement, whose boycott efforts captured national attention last year, are expanding their campaign of encouraging parents and students to opt out of the state's standardized Common Core assessments, scheduled for next month.

Disclosing that efforts are being made to enhance the operational capacity of officers of the Nigeria Police force through tailor made training programme that will give them the right civil orientation in their roles as guardians of the constitution, the President said his administration will encourage the development of state - level community policing under a model that will integrate members of the community to policing functions at the grassroots level.

Senator Ortt should be commended for his efforts to address the problem and Unshackle Upstate encourages other legislators to get serious about improving the state's business climate.»

«I was encouraged when you approached me after the hearing and said that if we can find a collaborative path forward, you would help champion Airbnb's efforts to support working and middle - class residents across the five boroughs,» Lehane stated in his letter.

«This task force will continue our efforts to modernize laws in order to encourage investment and expand opportunities for small businesses and craft retailers across this state.»

He also said he'd continue an effort on his «signature issues» of making the state more competitive in economic development, encouraging job growth and reducing regulatory burden on businesses so they can more effectively compete with enterprises elsewhere.

Despite the efforts of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to encourage politicians to shun StudentsFirstNY, its parent organization, the New York State United Teachers, has endorsed Jeff Klein.

The Cuomo administration loosened state rules on local craft wineries in 2011 to encourage more off - site sales, and followed with similar efforts aimed at breweries in 2013 and at cider makers and distillers in 2014.

Whereas a victory for the teachers and school service employees in West Virginia would greatly encourage teachers everywhere, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers, to continue in our increasingly stronger efforts to combat damaging and abusive cuts in New York; and

Is this investigation motivated by a much bigger political game in which Governor Cuomo encouraged / spurred / initiated Sugarman's investigation to achieve a number of goals: (a) torpedo the efforts of democrats to regain the state senate by scaring off potential big democratic donors (it is widely reported that the governor prefers working with a GOP controlled senate); (b) distract the press from Albany's complete failure to pass meaningful ethics reforms; (c) hurt his political foe, Mayor de Blasio.

In the federal court order, Cote stated that the county's campaign to encourage support for affordable housing has been inadequate thus far — that Westchester County «sought to undercut public confidence in the consent decree... [in a] concerted effort to influence public opinion against the settlement and its stated goal of improving communities.»

The judge, who is encouraging the parties to negotiate their differences, is considering a motion by the state to dismiss the entire suit, which would make moot the efforts to question Andrew Cuomo, who is now in private law practice.

Parties familiar with the state's broadband efforts have said the economics in places like the rural Adirondack Park has made it difficult to encourage companies to apply for grants in prior rounds — even with a relatively high state share of costs.

High - level Clinton aides» interest in the Ohio Democratic Party's growing field program as a tool for the lead - up to November 2016 «encourages us, our volunteers and our donors, to put more resources into this effort,» said state party executive director Greg Beswick.

The fact that AI is a young field also works in China's favor, argues Chen Yunji, by encouraging a burgeoning academic effort that has put China within striking distance of the United States, long the leader in AI research.

NASA, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and other science funding agencies are expanding adventurous undergraduate research opportunities in the United States and other countries in an effort to encourage students to choose careers in science and engineering.

Despite the Rwandan state's best efforts to encourage nationwide Tutsi annihilation, local conditions shaped how the 1994 genocide unfolded, Nyseth Brehm reported in February in Criminology.

It is because of the known benefits of good diet that Doctors are encouraged to follow best practice guidelines which state that patients with high cholesterol must first be advised to modify their diet and lifestyle in an effort to lower cholesterol to the desired range.

In an effort to encourage initiative and creativity, the state gave the 30 participating counties freedom to run the program as they wished.

Whether countervailing forces — federal pressure, political pressure from organized parent groups, or conscientious officials committed to the law's goals — are strong enough to force states and districts to implement meaningful turnaround efforts remains to be seen, but the evidence so far is not encouraging.

«I support the growing effort of states and school districts to create new incentives that encourage more of America's teachers to take the challenge to become National Board Certified.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

Imagine a national effort to improve the education of disadvantaged children that focuses extra funds on poorer schools, gives principals and teachers the authority to decide how best to help children, and encourages states to raise their academic standards and to hold accountable low - performing schools.

In an article in the Winter 2017 issue of Education Next, Matthew Steinberg and Johanna Lacoe describe efforts by the federal government and many state governments to reduce suspensions and expulsions and encourage other approaches to discipline.

In their decision, the judges encouraged the state and the plaintiffs to renew efforts at mediation.

Although these results are based on a single state, they should encourage efforts to promote greater diversity in the teaching workforce, which remains overwhelmingly white.

All 55,000 Minnesota high - school seniors next month will be encouraged to register to vote, under an effort sponsored by state officials and People for the American Way, which is based in Washington.

He cited quiet efforts to encourage states and systems not to misuse test scores.

Secretary of State Elaine Baxter said such an effort should be part of an overall campaign to improve students» understanding of the political process and to encourage their participation.

His efforts encouraged the district and schools to examine local data rather than relying only on what the state provided.

Council of State Governments Justice Center released a school discipline publication that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting teachers of color; improving the teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice teachers; increasing teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

The money is intended to encourage states» efforts to improve education.

that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

Public school administrators all over the state compound these efforts using their district email systems and websites to stump for candidates and encourage parents to raise their incomes and job security.

A proposed provision that declares that nothing in future education policy would prevent the passage of Parent Trigger laws or other Parent Power efforts would be meaningful if it also proposed a competitive grant program to encourage states to enact such laws; as is, there is nothing in federal law that restricts states from passing Parent Trigger laws or keeps families from using them.

Seeing himself as a mirror and role model to these very students, Tunji has been authoring op - eds and policy papers, as well as providing public testimony to encourage our district and state to focus its reform efforts on improving outcomes for our most vulnerable students.

«We encourage organizations and schools to join us in our effort to improve postsecondary attainment in communities across the state.»

A + Colorado is encouraged by the legislative efforts to update the accountability clock A + believes that a deeper challenge than the accountability policy structure is a lack of political will to intervene in even the most dramatic circumstances A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact...