Sentences with phrase «from civil»

The same goes for fires resulting from civil disruption after the storm, for example.

I took an early retirement from civil service four years ago to pursue a lifelong dream of writing.

Amazon's move to pull copies of George Orwell's 1984 novel without warning from Kindles has opened it up to attack from civil libertarians and others concerned about the Big Brother implications.

I love what Project Gutenberg is doing and already have downloaded a number of free ebooks from the Civil War era.

With our Civil law assignment writing service, you would be able to seek help from our civil law assignment writers who have covered all the in - depth aspects of this part of the legal space.

Styled much like a romance novel from the Civil War era (which in timing it parallels), but told with a stoniness that separates it from more romantic, sweeping novels, Conquistadora is simple in its purpose: to tell the story of those who lived and died in Puerto Rico.

Picture of Clalin from Civil War Women blog Picture of Pritchard from Civil War Soldier Women blog Picture of Hodgers from Civilwar.org

Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war - for a huge fee - by taking them to safety.

From Civil Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, to Electronics and Communication, and others we have covered almost all the fields of engineering.

Other Pulitzer winners include Annette Gordon - Reed, who took the History prize for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (BookPage review here); Douglas A. Blackmon, who won in General Nonfiction for Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II; and W.S. Merwin, whose collection The Shadow of Sirius won the Poetry prize.

I love to read history when it is personal, and this story of Gail Lumet Buckley's family from the Civil War to the present is extraordinary.

The colorful and intriguing story they recount spans five generations of Quirk family ancestors, from the Civil War era to Caelum's own troubled childhood.

And when I was dabbling in antique book collecting, I «picked» books that were 50 or more years old, one was even from the Civil War era.

A master at building flawed characters, Mitchell emphasizes Scarlett's business smarts and adaptability, not just her feminine wiles and ruthlessness, as she emerges from the Civil War as a woman uniquely suited to thrive among the wreckage.

Use the provided DOT policies, laws, regulations, and websites taken from the Civil Rights Library to research equal employment opportunity in the Federal sector.

This should be a cooperative, interactive process and involve the individual requesting the accommodation, the decision - maker, and any other appropriate personnel, such as representatives from Civil Rights, Human Resources, Counsel, or Facilities.

If the UA was registered or operated in another country then a statement is required from the Civil Aviation Authority of the exporting country confirming that registration in that country has ended or that the UA was never registered.

As Dropout Nation noted last month, AFT, along with National Education Association, is struggling to gain support for its efforts against accountability (and, more - importantly, standardized testing) from civil rights groups such as Education Trust and NAACP.

«I come at this entirely from a civil rights perspective.»

In the wake of a devastating segment by John Oliver on the charter school business, and calls from civil rights groups like the NAACP and Black Lives Matter, the public is finally starting to question the wisdom of funding two parallel school systems when public resources are in such short supply.

The Department for Education has confirmed that a new National Schools Commissioner is to be appointed following the excellent work of Sir David Carter, who is retiring from the civil service after four years at the department.

The module, entitled «Changing Neighborhoods, Changing City,» focuses on the period from the Civil War through post-World War II, using major national events throughout that time to examine the geographical and demographical changes in DC.

Nowicki and her team interviewed administrators, visited schools across the country, and used 2013 - 2014 data from the Civil Rights Data Collection, which includes disciplinary actions in more than 95,000 schools across the country.

The Supreme Court began its long withdrawal from the civil rights fray in the early 1970s, after two decades of activism on racial integration.

Attendees voiced their support for a letter to the secretary from civil rights organizations representing girls, students with disabilities, and students who are LGBTQ, Native American, and Latino who were excluded from the summit.

Closing the School Discipline Gap: Equitable Remedies for Excessive Exclusion may be purchased from the Civil Rights Project or at Teachers College Press.

Florida's initial submission of its draft state plan to US ED was met with widespread disapproval from civil rights advocates and some federal legislators.

Denise Marshall, executive director of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, said the findings from the civil rights data are concerning.

Why do you think teachers focus so heavily on the household names of leaders from Civil Rights movements and slavery when there are many more luminaries that students should know about other than renowned figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman?

Retrieved August 31, 2016, from The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles website: https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/integration-and-diversity/segregation-again-north-carolina2019s-transition-from-leading-desegregation-then-to-accepting-segregation-now/Ayscue-Woodward-Segregation-Again-2014.pdf Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, once a national model for school integration efforts after Swann v. CMS (1971) has found itself with a large number of racially and socioeconomically isolated schools (a condition known as «double segregation»).9 Ibid.

Considering the general opposition to the plan from civil rights - based reformers and teachers» union affiliates alike, as well as the lack of incentive on the part of their puppets, California Gov. Jerry Brown and Supt. Tom Torlakson, to defend their plan, the CORE districts can find their efforts stymied before the new school year is over.

were clear Thursday that they have serious concerns with the way the bill handles accountability and would prefer it have a stronger federal role from a civil rights standpoint.

-- The proposals come amid concerns from civil rights groups about the potential harm of heightened law enforcement for students of color and those with disabilities.

Some of them argue from a civil rights perspective, noting that parents with financial means are able to seek out school options for their children and propose that opening urban schools to parental choice gives those options to families in poverty.

Last but not least, Dan Losen from the civil rights project in UCLA.

A widely circulated report from the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Education found that in 2009 - 10 students of color, students with disabilities and English language learners were suspended and expelled at higher rates than their white peers.

States and districts are under intense pressure from Washington, from major philanthropies such as the Gates Foundation, from civil - rights groups, from employers, and from public opinion to boost their high - school graduation rates — and indeed most have done so.

To both continue ED / DOJ efforts in connection with SSDI and fulfill the administration's commitment to «Now is the Time,» the guidance package was developed with additional input from civil rights advocates, major education organizations and philanthropic partners.

The rubrics are aligned to the research based practices documented by Drs. Patricia Gandara and María Estela Zárate in their recent publication titled «Seizing the Opportunity to Narrow the Achievement Gap for English Learners: Research - based Recommendations for the Use of LCFF Funds» from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA.

Student data from the Civil Rights Data Collection also tells us that suspended, arrested, or expelled students are disproportionately students of color.

The national schools commissioner will retire from the civil service at the end of this academic year, he has announced.

We've turned away from civil rights in education.

Retrieved from The Civil Rights Project: https://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/integration-and-diversity/

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

He frames that argument in language from the Civil Rights Movement, which really?

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

As Dropout Nation detailed in this week's review of the AFT's finances (as well as in analysis of the NEA's spending), another way that nonpolitical dollars become political is when unions pass along millions in taxpayer - funded dues to organizations, from civil rights groups to feminist groups, so as to enlist future loyalty.

Even before Ed Trust issued its latest report, there have been plenty of concern (especially from the civil rights wing of the school reform movement) about the displacement of AYP with new accountability systems.

He says Hrabowski's activism, from the civil rights movement forward, inspires students to consider the world beyond their studies.

«Seeing the places and hearing (sometimes directly) from Civil Rights giants also made it clear that the centuries of struggle were fought by ordinary people.