Sentences with phrase «from local school»

This table came from a local school and is one of my favorite pieces in the house because it has this awesome patina and is sturdy as all get - out, which is important since our 1.5 - year - old's current favorite hobby is climbing on tables!»

Since the data is provided by third - party vendors and not sourced directly from local school boards, you'll want to confirm the information with a local agent.

Students from the local school boards regularly visit the area to study the ecosystem.

The trailer rents for $ 500 and rents easily since it is two blocks from local school.

State judges often have strong ties to the local community, so a strong letter of recommendation from a local school could have more clout than an Ivy League recommendation.

I studied French at A level, so I've got involved in conversation classes with children from the local school and I'm taking classes to build on my own proficiency.

Gardening was given a big boost in the spring of 2009 when U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama worked with children from a local school to dig up a piece of lawn by the White House to start a vegetable garden.

Tate's reach is increasingly far - ranging: from local school children in Southwark; to audiences in Australia and Japan for the Turner exhibition; to artists and curators in Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria; and new geographical areas for acquisitions committees in South Asia and Russia and Eastern Europe.

Learning Matter was developed in collaboration with his mother, educator Agneta Almborg, and a group of 7 to 10 - year - olds from a local school in east London.

Kids meet children from the local school, play basketball, plant trees together, and forge new friendships.

The process also gave states points for garnering broad support for their plans from local school districts, school boards, and union leaders.

Meanwhile, the reaction from school districts has been mostly positive, school leaders say, aside from a smattering of «disappointing» reactions from local school administrators, according to Jewell.

The Republican - dominated task force is composed of state Senate and House appointees, many of them among the most powerful K - 12 lawmakers in their respective chambers, although legislators opted not to include membership from local school finance leaders.

However, we receive no funds from the local school district.

Reading the misleading letters that Connecticut parents are still receiving from some local school superintendents it remains clear that Governor Dannel Malloy's administration and more than a handful of school superintendents need to take a deep breath and actually read Connecticut's State Statues... and then consider those statutes in the context of their moral and ethical responsibility to Connecticut's students and their parents.

Charter public schools are operated independently from local school districts.

Parents could opt for a public charter school, which is public yet separate from the local school district.

The bill could also allow charters to collect damages from local school systems in the event they won a court fight with the system over funding.

Following the Korean War, the government took control of education from local school boards and concentrated it in the Ministry of Education, where it has been ever since.

After Katrina, the state legislature had wrested control of New Orleans» public schools from the local school board and turned most of the schools into charters.

Mentors should have the following skills: knowledge of adult learning theory and peer coaching techniques, the knowledge base and skill to address performance evaluation criteria and outcomes to be met by each mentee, an advanced professional certificate or be retired from the local school system, a positive reference from principal or supervisor.

In the past decade, the debate over school control has shifted to include «takeover districts» in which schools that are deemed «chronically failing» are removed from the local school district and placed in a statewide district with a separate governance structure that is far less transpar - ent and accountable to the public.

In June 2008, the Department of Education received a request from a local school district regarding whether they could provide services for home education students.

After the CAP is developed, the school principal will seek approval of the plan from the local school board.

Enactment of such a proposal — which has been pushed by a private company that runs several of Connecticut's state charter schools — would drain money from local school budgets.

It has been nearly 90 days since the Georgia Supreme Court wrongly struck down the Georgia Charter Schools Commission, our state's only alternative charter authorizing body aside from local school districts.

Additionally, 42 percent of parents enrolling wanted a change from their local school.

A charter school is a public school whose operation is autonomous from the local school district and based on a contract with the State Board of Education.

Regional partners include the Seattle Aquarium, the Rochester Museum and Science Center and the Worcester EcoTarium along with teachers and administrators from local school districts.

The information was compiled from local school district reports submitted each October to the Wyoming Department of Education.

Performance in a similar district in Tennessee has been lackluster, according to a recent Vanderbilt University study, and parents have been highly critical of wresting control of their schools from local school boards.

A new report looks at the phenomenon of rich, white neighborhoods splitting off from their local school districts.

In addition to adopting one of these bold reform models, selected schools were also required to gain support from their local school boards and teachers» unions.

Holtz, who is backed by conservatives, opposed the idea of a state school board, saying unelected appointees would usurp power from local school boards.

27a — 8 In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status, evidence that the proposed formation of the charter school has received majority support from certified teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if applicable, from a local school council, shall be demonstrated by a petition in support of the charter school signed by certified teachers and a petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a vote of the local school council held at a public meeting.

From local school districts come examples of labor and management working through divisive issues, in areas such as performance pay and teacher evaluation.

The problem is that while the college sends out surveys to graduates and employers, Spagna says it does not receive information from local school districts about how effective graduates are in their classrooms.

«It also exhibits a lack of faith in the abilities of education professionals at the New Hampshire Department of Education, leaders of the state Board of Education, and board members from local school districts to make sound decisions regarding education standards designed to raise student performance.»

Now public education advocates are asking what happens to the public funding diverted from local school districts to bankroll the controversial pilot program?

Allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

Charter Schools: SB 2161 would allow for the creation of charter schools in «C» rated districts (without local school board approval), allow students to cross district lines to attend a charter school, permit employees to participate in PERS and other benefits programs, and allow for conversion charters to purchase or lease the school building from the local school district at market value.

With an assist from some local school boards and 275 district superintendents, the union's main arguments against the proposition are their usual ones — charters drain money from traditional public schools, charters cherry - pick their students, yada, yada, yada.

Accountability doesn't have to come solely from local school districts.

Last year, the program served about 7,300 children from local school districts and charter schools.

But implementing the law requires some minimum cooperation from the local school establishment, which in California has resisted parent trigger from day one.

Standardized grade - level achievement tests may be available from your local school district or state department of education.

This is also in keeping with the government's efforts to present the policy in terms of improving chances for the poorest families, rather than funding an escape route for middle class families from the local school system.

Horace Mann charter schools are granted by the state with approval from the local school district and the local teacher's union.

The proposal to create an «achievement school district» that wrests control of low - performing schools away from local school boards and into the hands of charter operators is being developed behind closed doors as the legislative session marches on, with numerous lawmakers and advocates working in tandem on successive drafts of the legislation.

Her proposals would end school board salaries, impose term limits, require appointed superintendents, and promote funding for private schools, and strip charter school authorization authority from local school boards.