Sentences with phrase «from other city schools»

For instance, according to the teachers» contract, half of Stuyvesant's teaching vacancies each year must be posted and set aside for teachers seeking transfers from other city schools.

The 309 schools included in the study differed from other city schools in the following ways: They had a higher proportion of English Language Learners (ELL), special education, minority students, and students eligible for the Title I free or reduced - price lunch program, as well as lower average math and reading scores.

Not exact matches

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Indeed, the first round of treaties, from 1842 to 1844, stipulated that Westerners be permitted to build churches, schools, and other community buildings in five key coastal cities.

And other texts: Letter of Consolation to all who Suffer Persecution (1522), Temporal Authority: to what extent it should be obeyed (1523), covering a wide range of the responsibilities of the state, Ordinance of a Common Chest (1523), That Jesus Christ was born a Jew (1523), a defence of the teaching that Jesus was the promised «Messiah» of the Jews, To all Christians in Worms (1523), Concerning the Ministry (1523), Trade and Usuary (1524), stricter than some earlier medieval theories but not in practice greatly different (and he sent a letter to the Saxon Chancellor, Gregory Bruck on the same topic), To the Councillors of all Cities in Germany that they establish and maintain Christian Schools (1525), How God rescued an Honourable Nun (1524), the story of an escape from a convent, A Christian Letter of Consolation to the People of Miltenberg (1524).

In New York City, it is generously estimated that one out of ten poor children beginning first grade will graduate from high school prepared for a real college education --» real» meaning not majoring in «black studies» or some other pseudo-discipline, and not dropping out in the first or second year.

Leonor Espinosa was chosen as winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize from a final Top 10 by a Prize Jury of the world's most respected chefs and experts in other fields, and announced today at the El Claustro de Sor Juana, a culinary school in Mexico City.

I got a letter the other day from a teacher in the John F. Kennedy Junior High School in Redwood City, California.

These two cities are also full of graduates from Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and other Big Ten schools, which helps the whole conference make millions off the Big Ten Network.

Don Bosco will join 14 other schools from different cities for the national final in Sikkim.

Thanks to initial funding from Trust for London, we ran a project with City Gateway (a women's and youth charity in the London borough of Tower Hamlets) and other local partners, including schools, careers advisors and early years providers, aimed at recruiting young men to new, male - friendly childcare courses.

It's probably not an possibility for most city dwellers, but our second homebirth was just on the other side of the fence from a public school (and recess ended just as active labor came on...)

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The phase - in factor varies from 0.47 percent to 13.6 percent, with specific rates for the five largest city school districts (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers) and more general rates for other districts based on district demographiccity school districts (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers) and more general rates for other districts based on district demographicCity, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers) and more general rates for other districts based on district demographics.14

In particular, the budget means that New York City charters will never see a rise in per - pupil funding that matches the jump for other schools from the 2014 UFT contract.

At 9 a.m., hundreds of charter school parents from Brooklyn join state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. and other Brooklyn community leaders at a rally to celebrate the impact of charter schools on Brooklyn's communities, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

From the University of Edinburgh website, stating their policies for Humanities and Social Sciences, among a variety of other criteria: «08 Additional credit is given to students who:... * Apply from schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and WeFrom the University of Edinburgh website, stating their policies for Humanities and Social Sciences, among a variety of other criteria: «08 Additional credit is given to students who:... * Apply from schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wefrom schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wefrom schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wear).

The board is also responsible for vetting and approving most charter school applications, and its rejection of a round of new schools in the city this year earned her ire from the other side of the aisle.

The new laws prevent de Blasio from charging rent to charters as he had said he would, require the city to find space for charters in D.O.E. buildings or to fund those schools up to $ 40 million for space in private buildings, and implement other safeguards for charters after an intensive charter lobbying effort in Albany.

From Molinaro's view, groups of people were leveraged against each other, whether it was county leaders seeking certainty for their finances, the New York City school system and how it's leadership structure is formed or the communities affected by flooding that are in need of aid.

One would suspend the license of a driver for 60 days after they get two speeding violations in school zones in an 18 - month period and the other would expand the number of speeding cameras near schools around the city from 140 to 290.

The decision is a stunning blow for Bloomberg, who has repeatedly defended his choice amid intense criticism from parents groups, elected officials and other advocates who said the city needs a schools chancellor with a background in schools.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

The governor had been a mild supporter of charter schools throughout his tenure as governor until he made «saving» charters from Bill de Blasio a key issue in recent months, as the mayor made promises to charge some charter networks rent and put other restrictions on the city's charters.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

Tourists, office workers and other city denizens lined the route for the polyphonic scene and students from Battery Park City School cheered the musicians as they passedcity denizens lined the route for the polyphonic scene and students from Battery Park City School cheered the musicians as they passedCity School cheered the musicians as they passed by.

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

Other attendees included Erie County Legislator Peter J. Savage; Kimberly Trent, representing the City of Buffalo's Commission on Citizens» Rights and Community Relations; a dozen local human service agency partners; students from Bennett Park Montessori School, singer Kevin McCarthy, young entrepreneur Daniel Gibbs; and the Library System's new owl mascot «Reada Book.»

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Students, parents and others can now report bullying and other troubles that may impact students in the City School District of New Rochelle from their cell phones and tablets with an app that is available from Anonymous Alerts ®.

Twenty - five city schools are being honored — eight for the second time — for their work creating programs that teach the importance of respecting others, celebrating diversity and creating a school culture that is free from bullying and harassment.

With schools and other public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally on Oct. 17 on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Negotiations over an extension of soon - to - expire mayoral control of New York City schools have sucked most of the oxygen from the proverbial room — though not the room, of «three men» fame, which sat empty for months, until Monday — leaving little time and attention for de Blasio's other top priorities needing state action.

While Chicago is singled out in the study as one of the six cities with the most incidents from 1990 to 2013, Chicago schools are not any more dangerous than schools in other large cities.

Laurence Kalkstein, a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who was not involved in the study, observed that there are other variables that influence how much a city can benefit from warming mitigation.

Intended to reach low - income schools with students who are primarily from underrepresented minorities, BioEYES is now a partnership between the Carnegie Institution and Johns Hopkins that has worked with 100,000 students in Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities.

Other co-authors include Kenneth Lynn, Ian Frank, and Pablo Tebas from University of Pennsylvania; Carla Serra - Peinado, Meritxell Genescà, and Josep Castellví from Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain; Adam M. Spivak, Racheal A. Nell, and Vicente Planelles from University of Utah School of Medicine; Guoxin Wu, Sai Vemula, Kara Cox, Daria Hazuda, and Bonnie Howell from Merck & Co., Inc.; Perla M. Del Rio Estrada, Mauricio González - Navarro, and Gustavo Reyes - Terán from Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico; Karam Mounzer and Jay Kostman from Jonathan Lax Center, Philadelphia FIGHT; Yanmin Wan and Qingsheng Li from University of Nebraska — Lincoln; Colin T. King and Mirko Paiardini from Emory University; Douglas Richman from University of California San Diego; Javier Martinez - Picado from IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.

In other news, I escaped from the city for a quick trip to Maryland this weekend for my high school ten year reunion... yes I said TEN years!

Tom and I are running a different entry each day (we'll also reblog the other's post) and today I'm very pleased to welcome Natasha from it's the turn of the one and only Zoe from Life of this City Girl who is too - cool - for - school in her choice of QT's Jackie Brown.

This was a basic finding from my interviews with adult graduates of Boston's voluntary city - suburban school desegregation program, METCO (recounted in The Other Boston Busing Story, Yale University Press, 2001).

While it is reasonable to extrapolate the findings to other urban students who are similar to New York City applicants, we would argue against these results being applied to students who differ substantially from applicants to the charter schools.

Drawn from a broad demographic range of teaching experience, some of the group came from San Francisco's inner city Mission High School, others were from San Francisco University High School, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, others were from San Francisco University High School, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin Cschool also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, in nearby Marin County.

According to an interim report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, BPS and the city's charter schools are still «getting to know each other.»

But other, less - heralded attributes helped just as much, including provisions in the state's 1995 legislation that greatly expanded Vallas's power over teachers and schools; school construction and other appealing initiatives undertaken in part to soften the accountability focus; and characteristics in Vallas that aren't necessarily the trademark of the latest fashion, the big - city superintendent who rides in from another walk of life.

To summarize, data from voucher experiments in other cities indicate that about 10 percent of low - income voucher users would have attended private school anyway.

It included how well the schools work with other city agencies (to get sidewalks plowed in the winter, for example), how many and which colleges new teachers come from (the wider the net, the better), how quickly managers return phone calls, and whether teacher absenteeism is down.

However, state and federal courts last week temporarily exempted two groups from the background check and from compliance with the financial - disclosure statement — members of the city's 32 community school boards and the 4,000 members of the union representing the city's principals, assistant principals, and other supervisory personnel.

To be sure, the population of public school children in New York City is different from that of many other school districts around the country.

James J. Kemple, the executive director of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&raCity Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&racity's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&raCity students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.»

The other half has resulted from other factors: parents enrolling their children in private schools, families moving out of the city, and a decline in the birthrate.