Sentences with phrase «faced by high schools»

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At the town hall, Rubio faced Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was murdered during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last week, and stood by his opposition to the assault weapons ban.

I remember this myth being thrown in my face little more than ten years after the Holocaust, when, as a Jewish teenager, I was confronted in our Chicago high school by another Jewish student — Sam, who screamed at me for wanting «to be chosen by that god,» after most of his family in Europe was murdered in Auschwitz.

I insist that the Church would not condemn guerrilla action taken to free concentration camp inmates facing Nazi gas chambers, or the use of force by a civilian to stop killings such as those that took place at Columbine High School, or in a situation such as my example of a man killing infants in a nursery.

Associates know customers by name, root for the same high school sports teams and provide a familiar face at the cash register and in the aisles.

The For the Record (Scorecard) item about Paula Creamer challenging the LPGA over a ruling on Annika Sorenstam's drop during last month's ADT Championship was contrasted nicely by the mention in the Sportsmanship Edition of Faces in the Crowd of Halsey Copp's decision to assess himself a one - stroke penalty that may have cost his high school team the state title.

And while the Spartans had already played Mater Dei - Santa Ana three times by then, they hadn't yet faced Poly, which is known for producing more NFL players than any other high school in the nation.

During his first months on campus, freshman point guard Greg Paulus has faced a steep learning curve, accelerated in part by his added experience as one of the nation's top high school quarterbacks.

Few students on the team, from what I could tell, faced quite the daunting array of disadvantages and obstacles that the average student at Fenger High School in Roseland did, but with 87 percent of IS 318's students eligible for federal lunch subsidies, the school had come by its Title I designation honSchool in Roseland did, but with 87 percent of IS 318's students eligible for federal lunch subsidies, the school had come by its Title I designation honschool had come by its Title I designation honestly.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the blizzard of questions and assumptions faced by students navigating to and through high school toward a future college.

All of this reflects the fact that school food programs in this country are expected to operate like independent businesses, facing the same high food costs and overhead as any restaurant, but further hindered by inadequate funding, reams of regulations (no food operation is more heavily regulated), often grossly inadequate infrastructure and a notoriously fickle clientele.

The principal and assistant principal of a high school on Chicago's Northwest Side face disciplinary charges after a yearlong investigation by Chicago Public Schools» inspector general revealed abuses ranging from nepotism to fraud, district officials confirmed Wednesday.

But I've often wondered if the skills acquired in a high - end restaurant kitchen have much to do with the problems faced by school food departments: extremely tight budgets (just a dollar per meal for food), reams of federal regulations, often seriously deficient infrastructure, and a notoriously fickle and hard - to - please clientele.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

Policy Think Tank, IMANI Ghana has opined that the much hyped free Senior High School policy by the New Patriotic Party is likely to face some setbacks.

The company also is facing the possibility of revenue losses from restrictions placed on gun sales by retailers following a shooting that killed 17 people and wounded 15 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.

As part of this, Hempstead High School is identified as «persistently struggling» and Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School as «struggling,» with each given requirements and deadlines to meet federal and state standards — or face potential takeover by an outside manager.

Jan. 25: State Comptroller DiNapoli, in his annual report on schools» financial conditions, says the Hempstead and Wyandanch systems on the Island face the highest degree of fiscal stress encountered by any non-urban districts in the state.

SUNY Poly is the innovative high - tech school formerly run by Alain Kaloyeros, who recently resigned and is facing federal and state charges related to alleged bid - rigging of several upstate development deals.

Children from the high poverty neighborhoods surrounding Coney Island's PS 188 faced a number of challenges when the school joined our first CLS cohort in the 2012 - 13 school year — worsened by Hurricane Sandy.

Michael Borges, with the Association of School Business Officials, says the costs that face schools, are mainly related to pay roll and other personnel expenses They are rising much higher than the consumer price index or CPI, which is calculated by pricing a market basket of consumer goods.

It really depends on the acupuncturist, their training and experience, and their credentials (let's face it the standard to get into acupuncture school is not high and it varies by state).

Best friends Alexa (Paris Berelc) and Katie (Isabel May) face their first year in high school and Alexa's cancer treatments in this comedy created by Hannah Montana writer Heather Wordham.

Synopsis: «Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student (Wolff) who comes across a supernatural notebook that gives him the ability to kill anyone by writing their name while picturing their face.

Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook that gives him the ability to kill anyone by writing their name and picturing their face.

Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows Light Turner (Nat Wolff) a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die.

With a high - profile cast, in addition to a screenplay co-written by Bogdonavich and ex-wife Louise Stratten, the project — in which Wilson plays a Broadway director who falls in love with a prostitute — holds the potential to realize some of Bodgdonavich's old school charm with a fresh set of faces.

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The film, from directors Anne De Mare and Kirsten Kelly (and made in collaboration with Chicago doc house Kartemquin Films), is an unstinting look at the reality faced by three high - school - age people in Chicago who are...

The film stars Cobie Smulders as Samantha Abbott, a high school teacher in Chicago who discovers she is pregnant around the same time she finds out Jasmine, a student of hers played by Gail Bean, is also facing an unplanned pregnancy.

Higher - performing schools facing pressure to achieve favorable recognition appear to have responded primarily by finding ways to exempt their low - scoring students from counting toward the school's results.

Our study overcomes the limits of short - term analysis by asking: when schools face accountability pressure, do their efforts to raise test scores generate improvements in higher education attainment, earnings, and other long - term outcomes?

Greene makes an attempt at distinguishing between these two effects by narrowing the comparison to the highest - performing F schools and the lowest - performing D schools (so that the only real difference between the schools was whether they faced the threat of vouchers or not).

I actually think the greatest obstacles are faced by those who don't make it to college or some form of higher education beyond high school (a four - year degree is not the right path for everyone).

Begun in 1976 by Margot Strom, C.A.S.» 77, Facing History is an international educational nonprofit organization that engages middle and high school teachers and their students in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism by relating the past to the world today.

Begun in 1976 by Margot Strom, C.A.S.» 77, Facing History is an international educational nonprofit organization that engages middle and high school teachers and their students in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-...

The Institute of Fiscal Studies estimates that schools in the UK will face up to 12 per cent real term cuts over the next Parliament while forecasts suggest pupil numbers will increase by seven per cent, a result of rising immigration and higher birth rates over the next five years.

For the fourth time since 1973, the high court found that the state has failed to supply its 28 poorest city school districts with enough money to overcome the myriad disadvantages faced by their 285,000 students.

Second, Rick thinks there is an inconsistency in my suspicion that test - prep and manipulation are largely responsible for test score improvements by Milwaukee choice schools after they were required to take high - stakes tests, while I interpret research from Florida as showing schools made exceptional test score gains when faced with the prospect of having vouchers offered to their students if scores did not improve.

However, as we have all become more aware since the recent high - profile security issues faced by public organisations and large companies, e-safety isn't just about having anti-virus software in place; it is vital to ensure a school's complete internet infrastructure is appropriate and secure.

Each of these results is statistically significant at a very high level, meaning that we can be highly confident that the test - score gains made by schools facing the actuality or prospect of voucher competition were larger than the gains made by other public schools.

If schools facing voucher competition were only appearing to improve by somehow manipulating Florida's high - stakes testing system, we would not have seen a corresponding improvement on another test that no one had incentives to manipulate.

Blanco forced herself to face her tormentors as an accomplished professional at her 20th high school reunion — and was stunned by how warmly she was greeted by people who once made her existence almost unbearable.

«Rising cost pressures faced by schools, sixth form and FE colleges have led to serious challenges in the provision of high quality education which can be a key driver for social justice and productivity.

In a little - known twist, students applying to colleges and universities out of state can also face roadblocks if their high school isn't accredited by one of the four regional accrediting agencies.

The Newark school district, long under control of the state of New Jersey, faces challenges driven in part by strong parent demand for high - performing schools and the rapid growth of a high - performing charter sector: The sector currently serves 27 percent of Newark's students and is anticipated to serve 40 percent by 2018 — 19.

For poor and minority students, risks are higher: 26 percent of those who face the «double jeopardy» of poverty and low reading proficiency fail to earn high school diplomas, and Hispanic and African American children who lack proficiency by third grade are twice as likely to drop out of school as their white counterparts.

By pushing new school board members to pick on a top performing charter school whose focus is to graduate seniors and encourage higher education is ignoring the real issues public schools are facing.

It is discouraging that our elected officials, including our Governor supported legislation that so glaringly fails to recognize the inherent challenges faced by high poverty schools.

In 2013, the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) faced high rates of exclusionary and disproportional discipline and was being investigated by the New York State Attorney General's Office.

There are now a few high - profile projects to create new boarding provision: Holyport College, sponsored by Eton College, is due to open in September 2014; Durand Academy, currently a primary and middle school in Lambeth, has plans for a boarding school in Sussex for pupils 13 - 18, although this is facing obstacles in the planning process and criticism from the chairman of the SBSA.