Sentences with phrase «for running the school system»

The new board is vested with full responsibility for running the school system.

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Hetrick - Martin runs the Harvey Milk High School for gay and lesbian teenagers, an institution that is part of the New York City public school sSchool for gay and lesbian teenagers, an institution that is part of the New York City public school sschool system.

Having grown up in the disproportionately Christian state of Kerala in southern India and studied at a church - run school, Narayanan condemned the Hindu nationalists thought to be responsible for violence against Muslims and resisted efforts to shift the secular education system.

Run by radicals for approximately twenty years, Berkeley has experienced the virtual ruin of its public school system, a vastly increased municipal bureaucracy, a greatly diminished housing stock (thanks to stringent rent controls and other restrictions on property rights), increased crime and drug abuse, widespread corruption, and wholesale waste of public funds.

Is the coaching staff crafting a tailor made offensive scheme for that player to maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses while still allowing him to grow and get better at all aspects of the game, or is the staff trying to squeeze that player into an already developed system expecting him to make mistakes in that system in order to learn and master that system (the, this is what we run, so this is what you will run, you mess up, you learn from it, we ain't changing it school of thought)?

The lunch ladies he worked with here — they didn't have the power either, but he got a system up and running for fresh and healthy school food before he went to the British government.

Serving healthful food to children should be central to the school system's mission and run by school officials, not by a for - profit company, she said.

«Mayor Bloomberg ran for Mayor in 2001 on a platform of Mayoral control of the school system.

Jessica is running to increase funding for our schools, pass real rent reform, and fix the broken subway system.

Steiner was roundly criticized for heeding Mayor Bloomberg's request to grant Black a waiver to run the nation's largest public school system even though she had no experience as an educator.

In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

Some members of the District Parent Coordinating Council are ready to force the issue of failing schools in Buffalo by filing complaints this week with the state and federal governments asking for a federal receiver or special master to run the school system.

Back in 2001, the Partnership for New York City worked closely with legislative leaders to design the laws that replaced a dysfunctional and highly politicized system of central and community school boards with a governance system that holds the Mayor accountable for running the city schools.

He ran against Hillary Clinton for Senate in 2006, receiving 1.2 percent of the vote, and his platform calls for «universal single - payer health care, fully funded public schools, tuition - free SUNY and CUNY, building a carbon - free clean energy system — all paid for by restoring progressive tax rates on Wall Street and the rich.»

ALBANY — In a shot directly at Mayor de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

The donation proposal seeks to create a system whereby taxpayers, if they want, can donate money to one of the new local, for instance, school - run charities.

Of the nine candidates running for Syracuse mayor, many have vowed to improve the city's school system.

For the third year in a row, Albany agreed to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority to run the city public - school system for just one yeFor the third year in a row, Albany agreed to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority to run the city public - school system for just one yefor just one year.

For 15 years, one of the biggest suppliers of alternatively certified science and math teachers to the Chicago Public Schools system was a program called NU - TEACH, run by Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

To help address these issues, researchers at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego are running a Diabetes Intensive Medical Management (DIMM) «tune up» clinic for complex type 2 diabetes patients at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.

«We needed to take our previous work further and develop kill switches that are stable in the long run and would also be useful in real - world applications,» said Silver, who is also the Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and a member of the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology.

Being back at school can also mean there are more opportunities for illness — which in the long run does strengthen their immune systems — but can be tough to deal with in the short term.

This «investigative» thread is used narratively to allow us into flashbacks about key moments in Madalyn's life, like her activism for religious freedom and the estrangement from her son Bill Jr. (Vincent Kartheiser), who now runs a fight for religious inclusion in the school system.

The system also tracks the shuttle bus service which runs between the Upper School and Lower School for swimming lessons, and after school School and Lower School for swimming lessons, and after school School for swimming lessons, and after school school clubs.

All this would, in turn, lead to more effectively run school systems, a more sane hiring process for teachers, and better outcomes for kids.

My argument here is that a «diverse provider» environment (where an area has an array of operators running an array of schools) allows for a very different kind of accountability system.

As important as a company's expertise and systems are to its schools, the quality of the school - level leadership is still critical for the success of EMO - run schools.

He has since accepted the job heading the turbulent Philadelphia school system, where tensions between the city and state have been escalating for years and Edison Schools, Inc., has taken responsibility for running 20 schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «Schools, Inc., has taken responsibility for running 20 schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «-RRB-.

At the time — it feels like just yesterday — Lone Star Governor Rick Perry was riding high in the polls, making an issue of education, and taking flak from Secretary Arne Duncan for running an inadequate school system.

about mayoral control, non-educators running public school systems, Klein's legacy, and who Cathie Black was — and wasn't; we saw Steiner appoint an eight - member panel of experts to advise him on whether to grant a legally - required waiver to non-educator Black, Checker call the need for a waiver «antiquated,» the special panel recommend no waiver, polls showing New Yorkers opposing Black, a flurry of celebs — including Gloria Steinem and Whoopee Goldberg — weighing in to support her, Steiner losing sleep.

After a career that includes stints teaching high school history, vetting nominees for President Clinton's first presidential administration, running a couple of businesses (Edison Schools and Sangari Global Education), and helping Joel Klein reinvent New York City's education system, he is arguably one of the most seasoned education - reform leaders in the land.

Gov. Jim Edgar of Illinois released a proposal last week to restructure the Chicago public schools that calls for creating a powerful «superboard» to run the system for the next four years.

Over the last several years, we have seen new approaches to Catholic education that shake free of the older models of how schools should be organized and run and provide proof points for a new type of Catholic school system.

In 2006, widespread student protests of inequalities in the education system prompted debate over whether entrepreneurs should be able to own and run private voucher schools for profit.

And it's cheap: states have to run a high school test anyway, plus parents pay for the college entrance exams if the school system does not.

In addition, students at Belle Vue participated in a school - wide economic system, in which they earned «salaries» for positive attitudes and behaviors and for running enterprises such as a school store, post office, and bank.

If states are truly to be re-empowered to shape and run their K — 12 education systems, transparency and comparability seem (at least to me) to argue for more reliable external data by which state leaders can see how their schools are faring.

While some may find it unusual for Powell to speak on education, he said he felt certified on the topic, arguing that he ran the largest school system in America and the world — the U.S. Armed Forces.

When schools choose a cashless system, they should be choosing a supplier that's in it for the long run.

Despite the demise of the Building Schools for the Future programme, the use of heat pumps in schools offer a number of advantages: • a simple and cost effective installation compared to some alternative technologies • ongoing schools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable obliSchools for the Future programme, the use of heat pumps in schools offer a number of advantages: • a simple and cost effective installation compared to some alternative technologies • ongoing schools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable oblischools offer a number of advantages: • a simple and cost effective installation compared to some alternative technologies • ongoing schools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable oblischools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable obligation.

Bennet teaches one session per day and has responsibility for ongoing whole school tasks such as daily organisation, timetabling and running the reporting system.

Concerned Women for America held a conference outside Kansas City, Mo., this weekend that opened with denunciations of Common Core and built to an address by state Sen. Ed Emery, a voucher proponent who has compared the current public education system with slavery because it traps students in government - run schools.

These education experts have forsaken the reform consensus; they now argue instead for an improved version of the «one best system» of American public schools — which harks back to the Horace Mann - era conviction that a single, uniform public - education system, run by professional educators, is the surest path to both literacy and civic unity.

But for at least a subset of charter schools, researchers can come fairly close to running a clinical trial where some applicants are enrolled at charters and others are left in the public system purely by chance.

The stars of the film are Geoffrey Canada, the CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, which provides a broad variety of social services to families and children and runs two charter schools; Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system, who closed schools, fired teachers and principals, and gained a national reputation for her tough policies; David Levin and Michael Feinberg, who have built a network of nearly one hundred high - performing KIPP charter schools over the past sixteen years; and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who is cast in the role of chief villain.

So it's something of a surprise that a higher fraction of Swedish students go to privately run (and mostly for - profit) schools than in the U.S. * The system was put in place in the early 1990s by a center - right (by Swedish standards) government, inspired by the ideas of the godfather of free market economics, Milton Friedman.

But the current school system is not being run for the efficient instruction of all of our children, particularly children in our poorer districts.

The search for more competent executive leadership can often roil interest groups within the school system, such as teacher unions and school administrators, whose power is in part tied to having one of their own, a former teacher and administrator, running the system.

School officials in Fairfax County, Va., have changed their procedures for running criminal - record checks on substitute teachers after discovering that a convicted killer who had escaped from prison had been working in the school system for almost two mSchool officials in Fairfax County, Va., have changed their procedures for running criminal - record checks on substitute teachers after discovering that a convicted killer who had escaped from prison had been working in the school system for almost two mschool system for almost two months.

I actually deprecated that approach to philanthropy in favor of much more ambitious end - runs of the entrenched K - 12 system: all sorts of great charter schools, policy changes (e.g. for special ed), unconventional human - capital development programs, better information for kids regarding their progress (or lack thereof) in school, personalized learning via sophisticated technology, and much more.