Sentences with phrase «excellent state schools»

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Well, bring it on: it is all an excellent opportunity for bishops to explain what Catholic education is really for, and to declare plainly that if the State expects our schools to abandon the Catholic faith as a quid pro quo for receiving Catholic tax - payers» money, then that is an expectation we are not prepared to satisfy: and then, we will have to take the consequences.

For further exploration of these issues, see the following excellent studies: Dean, William, American Religious Empiricism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986); Frankenberry, Nancy, Religion and Radical Empiricism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987); and Hynes, William J., Shirley Jackson Case and the Chicago School (Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1981).

Its universities in the United States have larger enrollments and more academic prestige than ever before, Jesuit high schools are attracting large numbers of excellent students, and some Jesuit publications and parishes are very successful.

While there are excellent and well - stated «conservative positions» with regard to certain biblical issues, there is, no such thing as an «evangelical body of scholarship» which constitutes anything like a rival «school» to mainstream scholarship.

Nebraska has only its sister institution, Nebraska - Omaha, a school with an excellent Division II program but one that furnishes as much recruiting competition as, say, Muhlenberg gives Penn State.

This will be the third edition of the College Football Playoff and, although Penn State would likely disagree, the selection committee did an excellent job selecting the four most deserving schools.

Since then, we have expanded the reach of our ministry to deliver excellent educational products at a great value to home schools and Christian schools across the United States and throughout the world.

Just wanted to point you to an excellent piece in today's New York Times taking stock of the current state of school food.

Robert Kennedy has an excellent private school map that will allow you to click on your state and find a list of private schools.

If you're looking for ammo, give your school principal a copy of The Use of Food as Reward in Classrooms: The Disadvantages and the Alternatives (while geared toward the state of Kentucky, a national version of this excellent white paper is in the works — so stay tuned!).

«Free schools are new schools in the state sector they are an excellent innovation and two - thirds of the first free schools got good or excellent ratings from Ofsted.»

The pro-charter-school group Families for Excellent Schools said even more needs to be done to comply with state and federal bullying laws, which is why the organization is a plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit against DOE, filed in April 2016, along with 23 parents whose children have experienced bullying and harassment in city sSchools said even more needs to be done to comply with state and federal bullying laws, which is why the organization is a plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit against DOE, filed in April 2016, along with 23 parents whose children have experienced bullying and harassment in city schoolsschools.

Charter school's students of the poorest neighborhood of New York City are doing excellent test scores in the state exams & the traditional public schools are falling miserably where those charter schools are co located.

Parents Urge Governor and State Legislature to Place All Priority Schools Under Receivership this Fall, Providing Bold, Structural Change for Chronically Failing Schools Includes 91 Priority Schools in New York City New York, NY — On Wednesday, Families for Excellent Schools (FES)-LSB-...]

This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

NYC students who struggle the most with state reading and math tests are unlikely to achieve mastery of the subjects while enrolled in the city schools, according to a new report from the pro-charter group families for Excellent Sschools, according to a new report from the pro-charter group families for Excellent SchoolsSchools.

Families for Excellent Schools, an education reform group that supporters charter schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public sSchools, an education reform group that supporters charter schools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public sschools, will call on the state to lift the cap on the alternative public schoolsschools.

He stated: «Having a Free School entrepreneur & Conservative on the Office for Students is an excellent idea.

Also at 11 a.m., charter school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will gather on the steps of City Hall and demand that de Blasio apologize for insulting charter school students» achievement on 2016 state exams, Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., New York City parents and Families for Excellent Schools call on the state Legislature to establish an independent monitor for school safety in New York City, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morstate, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morState registered voters released early Monday morning.

The top of the tally featured three education groups: the pro-tax credit Invest in Education Coalition, labor union New York State United Teachers, and charter school advocates Families for Excellent Schools.

Families for Excellent Schools reported spending $ 9.7 million, comfortably surpassing the New York State United Teachers» $ 3.2 million.

The organization, StudentsFirstNY, and another group with a similar focus called Families for Excellent Schools have formed a counterweight to teachers» unions, long among the top spenders in the state capital.

Families for Excellent Schools, a pro-charter advocacy group out of New York City, took umbrage with NYSUT's statement Tuesday, demanding it «immediately apologize» to the 120,000 charter school students across the state and their families for «calling them a distraction.»

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

Charter school advocates have also spent heavily on lobbying, with one group, Families for Excellent Schools, spending close to $ 9 million last year, according to state filings.

On the other side, some of the state's most confrontational and influential charter groups — Families for Excellent Schools and Success Academy — have halted the massive (and expensive) rallies they held twice a year to push for charter - friendly legislation.

A report issued by Families for Excellent Schools (FES) stated that a violent incident occurs in city schools once every 4.5 minutes, and a weapon is recovered every 28.4 mSchools (FES) stated that a violent incident occurs in city schools once every 4.5 minutes, and a weapon is recovered every 28.4 mschools once every 4.5 minutes, and a weapon is recovered every 28.4 minutes.

While Families for Excellent Schools» 2015 lobbying effort fell to $ 3.4 million from $ 9.7 million the year before, the group's total was still likely enough to place it among the five biggest lobby clients in the state.

And she has given several recent interviews about her schools» excellent performance on recent state tests.

It has a beautiful heritage of excellent schools including Dr Are's GCI, Loyola College, Ibadan, Olivet Baptist High School, Ibadan Grammar School, Yejide Girls, St Annes, St Teresa's and Maryway Grammar School, but Oyo State can not even maintain these schools!

In the German Excellence Competition of the federal and state governments it was able to prevail with a graduate school, an excellence cluster and its concept for the future, and it is now among the eleven universities in Germany that were recognized as excellent.

«Potatoes can be an excellent part of a healthy diet, but are not a healthy single source diet,» said Barry Swanson, regents professor and interim director of the School of Food Science at Washington State University and University of Idaho, a guy who traverses the two states that produce about half of North America's potatoes.

In consultation with the head of the SVR's Americas Department, Maj. Gen. Vladimir Korchnoi (Irons, excellent as always), Egorov talks up the clandestine State School No. 4, where students train to become «sparrows,» experts in the use of psychological manipulation and sexual seduction to extract information from gullible Westerners.

In the morning, I listened in to an Alliance for Excellent Education panel including Stanford professor Kenji Hakuta and Carrie Heath Phillips, director of Common Core implementation at the Council of Chief State School Officers.

«This accountability system works,» the Republican said during his Jan. 13 State of the State Address, arguing that Colorado has the best learning environment in the nation, with 114 schools rated «excellent» or «high» under its own accountability system since the 2001 - 02 school year.

Our best school districts may look excellent alongside large urban districts, the comparison state accountability systems encourage, but that measure provides false comfort.

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

Even on a trial basis in grades four through eight, such a program could help states shave school spending by two or three percent — tallying hundreds of millions in some cases while rewarding excellent educators.

Increasing the number of high school graduates could reap big economic benefits for the United States, a policy brief by the Alliance for Excellent Education says.

Only one in four teachers claims that the state's standardized tests offer excellent or good information about the quality of schools, compared to the 69 percent who believe that the information is either fair or poor.

While both states deserve plaudits for innovative moves in recent years — Arizona for its excellent approach to school ratings under ESSA, and New Hampshire for its work on competency - based education — they have erred in enacting laws that would let local elementary and middle schools select among a range of options when it's time for annual standardized testing.

Then, to achieve excellent learning at scale, state policymakers must change state policy to enable and incentivize a better blend in large numbers of schools, through:

I would argue that excellent charter schools, no matter how traditional or progressive, can handily meet the achievement expectations of state accountability systems while maintaining their distinct character.

Parents, philanthropists, taxpayers, and teachers all pitch in to ensure excellent programs, top - notch instruction, and a state - of - the - art learning environment, despite the school district's small - town budget.

During the past decade, virtual K - 12 schools have developed from far - flung hatchlings to a full - fledged industry that has allowed high school students to make excellent use of their high school years by cherry picking among the best teachers in several states.

In that world, the schools, districts, states, and nations that excel will be the ones that give more of their students access to teachers who are excellent in these ways.

It is one of the reasons I decided to join the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, where we are currently working in five states to construct a strong pipeline of excellent STEM educators for our nation's high - need schools.

According to the News and Star, after Kirby Stephen Grammar School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school.»