Sentences with phrase «for dramatic school»

In doing so, they posit an entirely different approach than the tweaks exercised by current NYC Mayor Bill de... Continue reading Politics vs. Policy: The «Urgent Moral» Case for Dramatic School Intervention

Three cheers to a front - line educator for kicking off a new genre of non-fiction writing in education: a practical guide for dramatic school improvement that proves that children from every background can achieve at high levels when we as adults get our part right.»

In this new presentation by Public Impact, nine strategies are proposed to address these Read more about Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic School Change -LSB-...]

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This will have dramatic impact on the old - school listing agents who would make viewing their listing difficult for buyer agents.

Young people fear for their safety at school more than ever, despite dramatic increases in security measures.

Which is where I attended The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts - The School for Film and Television for 2 years, studying on camera acting.

Torchy's success, first as a high school coach in Wisconsin and later in college, is based on an amalgamation of Lombardian philosophy and a flair for the dramatic.

Not only will The Wellness Impact help you make your case for the positive impact school breakfast has on student cognition and behavior, it can help you make your «dollars and cents» case as well; BIC often has a dramatic impact on participation numbers at breakfast, which means leaving fewer federal reimbursement dollars on the table.

While Lunch Line does a tremendous job explaining the mind - numbing complexities of the USDA's sorted relationship with the School Lunch Program, the good news is that we don't need to wait for a drifting barge to self - correct — parents and principals can make dramatic improvements, right now, for free.

The famously raunchy former frontman of the rap group 2 Live Crew, Luther «Uncle Luke» Campbell, was one of dozens of locals who begged Carvalho not to leave for a job running New York's schools — right before Carvalho made the dramatic announcement that he's staying in Miami after all.

A dramatic spike in the use of a particular type of electronic cigarette among middle and high school students has local parents, educators and activists, clamoring for action.

The union is proposing a wide range of changes to restore balance to the city's system of school governance, including dramatic changes to the composition of the Panel for Educational Policy that will eliminate the mayor's majority.

The de Blasio administration's complicated relationship with the city's charter school sector is being put to the test as the city prepares for another dramatic increase of its pre-kindergarten offerings.

«If we had higher performing and safer schools, I wouldn't be calling for such dramatic action as mayoral responsibility of the schools,» Lavine said.

The Buffalo school board plans to appoint former Erie 1 BOCES Superintendent Donald Ogilvie as interim superintendent — the first in a likely series of dramatic changes to come for the district.

The struggling urban school system continues to look for dramatic fixes.

He has promised dramatic changes to the state's pension system and its formula for funding schools, over the objections of his old enemies in organized labor.

Another candidate aligned with the Buffalo School Board majority was knocked off the ballot Monday in the latest twist in a fierce contest for control of the board.The continued challenges to petitions of would - be candidates underscore the dramatic politics that make this an unusually tense election, drawing interest from political, labor and business factions not typical...

A dietary experiment producing dramatic success in teenage athletics, academics and morale over a ten year period in the 1960s at Helix High School in San Diego County, California, has been preserved on video.5 This documentary gives specific recommendations for improving cafeteria lunches, and suggests that the money saved reducing athletic injuries and insurance costs was significant.

Michelle Myers is mom to four kiddos ranging from elementary thru high school, each with strong opinions and a flair for the dramatic.

British actor Patrick Macnee barely had time to earn his Eton school tie when he began training for his career on a scholarship to the Webber Douglas School of Dramatischool tie when he began training for his career on a scholarship to the Webber Douglas School of DramatiSchool of Dramatic Art.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

But Fogelman is smarter than that and so are his characters, especially Cannavale's Tom and his no - nonsense wife, Samantha (Jennifer Garner), who initially resist Danny's dramatic intrusion (complete with football - field - sized tour bus) into their placid suburban lives, but soon realize that there are certain advantages to having a rock star in the family — like jumping to the front of the line for an elite Manhattan school specializing in the needs of children like their ADHD - afflicted daughter, Hope (Giselle Eisenberg).

This looks like a dramatic but intensely fascinating study of what life is like «in school», for everyone, teachers and students.

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The film finds dramatic visuals, an invaluable and often challenging part of any documentary, for its conclusion, as the profiled families attend public lotteries where they hope to beat the long odds of getting into a high - performing charter school whose applicants may outnumber its vacancies by more than ten times.

Although the research showed a reduction in expenditure in furniture of -3.9 per cent in primary and 4 per cent in secondary schools, the projected reduction appears to be less dramatic for 2012/13.

If the momentum holds, a century - old pillar of the school system could crumble entirely, leading to dramatic transitions and potential pitfalls for students and schools alike.

That theory of action has proved challenging for a number of political and methodological reasons, but the investment helped spur dramatic changes across schools and states.

The result: Schools and libraries have pounced, as seen in the dramatic increase in applicants for so - called Category 2 E-rate funds, devoted to internal connectivity.

He states that the time is right for a dramatic rethink on school level accountability

Big changes to the E-rate program made by the Federal Communications Commission over the past 18 months are showing up in dramatic ways in this year's requests for telecommunications - related funding by schools and libraries.

Houston ranged between 0.2 and 0.25, except for one year, while Dallas had the highest levels of inequality, hovering around 0.3 until the 2000 — 01 school year, when it experienced a dramatic drop in the level of inequality in the district, indicating that a greater percentage of schools were funded at or near the district's average allocation per pupil.

In a dramatic change of opinion over the past year, support for charter schools has declined by 12 percentage points, from 51 % last year to only 39 % this year (36 % opposed).

The dramatic oversupply of public schools has turned what should be a healthy competitive market into a frenetic bidding enrollment war for students.

For Smith, this is also a dramatic change from when he attended school.

STANFORD — Legislation to limit course offerings and funding for the state - run Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is making its way through the state Senate despite the fact that the online education program continues to see dramatic increases in enrollment, especially among minority students, according to a new article published in the summer issue of Education Next and available online.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter schools, the Buffalo, N.Y., school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated public schools.

«For large rural states like Montana, and for inner - city school systems struggling with limited resources, the impact on education could be dramatic,» according to Mr. BurFor large rural states like Montana, and for inner - city school systems struggling with limited resources, the impact on education could be dramatic,» according to Mr. Burfor inner - city school systems struggling with limited resources, the impact on education could be dramatic,» according to Mr. Burns.

And so far, Mr. Price's dramatic recorded rendition of the weekly lunch menu for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., schools is a big hit.

Extra points for creativity on this highly dramatic video from King Philip Regional High School.

Dramatic scenarios of moral and ethical lapses are everywhere on the Internet: the college student who used his webcam to secretly film his roommate, who later committed suicide; the high school students who tweeted about the rape of a fellow student; the hackers who stole compromising photographs from celebrities and posted them to a public site, where commenters blamed the celebrities for their predicament.

For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if implemented faithfully by states and school districts.

Their earlier work on this topic includes School Turnarounds: A Review of Cross-Sector Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement (Center on Innovation and Improvement, 2007), and Julie Kowal and Emily Ayscue Hassel, Turnarounds with New Leaders and Staff (Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2005).

For the first time in history, the federal government has assumed a dramatic new school - funding role, that of banker of last resort, providing stopgap revenues to the nation's schools during economic downturns.

As part of this, the UAE has implemented its plan for «First - Rate Education», which outlines dramatic reforms to the curriculum, a strategy for improving teaching through professional development and a commitment to encouraging the development of 21st Century skills in schools.

He supported the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB), but also called for dramatic increases in spending to help schools meet the law's targets, and additional flexibility for districts like his own.

On Friday, sterling lost more than 7per cent of its value against the dollar, a dramatic slump that while detrimental in some areas, might mean independent schools in the UK become a lot more affordable for foreign families looking to send their children overseas.

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools — or play it politically safe by backing programs that brought only marginal changes.