Sentences with phrase «held each school term»

This series will be presented during 2017 with one session held each school term.

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And then there was the «funeral» they held for five B - school terms that have lost all meaning: synergy, leadership, innovation, development, and «building on your last point.»

Also, MEFA's eligibility requirements for student loan refinancing do not include having completed a degree, so borrowers who have put school on hold and are repaying their loans may be able to refinance into lower rates with MEFA — or at the very least, into a longer loan term and therefore lower monthly payments.

Moderator: William V. Harris, William R. Shepherd Professor of History and Director, Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University Speaker 1: L. Randall Wray, Research Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and Professor of Economics, University of Missouri - Kansas City Speaker 2: Michael Hudson, President, Institute for the Study of Long - Term Economic Trends and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Missouri - Kansas City Tuesday, September 11, 2012 About the Seminar Series: Modern Money and Public Purpose is an eight - part, interdisciplinary seminar series held at Columbia Law School over the 2012 - 2013 academic...

Now let us build schools, long term care homes, roads, and all those things that were put on permanent hold by the PC's.

This term, popularized by Yale Law School professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua, reflects the belief that «academic achievement reflects successful parenting,» a belief held by the vast majority of Asian parents.

The problem is, school districts are left holding the financial bag in terms of increased costs and food waste when kids don't get on board immediately with the new regime.

Asked what he meant by «New York values,» Cruz defined the term as values held by liberal politicians who reject charter schools, school choice and support for fearless police officers.

Multimillionaire commodities trader Adam Haber, who's trying to buy a State Senate seat, raised school taxes, opposed the property tax cap, and supports holding legislation ensuring equal pay for women hostage so that non-doctors can perform late term / partial birth abortions.

The CYT project involves weekly sessions of 1 - 2 hours held during the school term but outside school hours, although some topics will be connected within General Studies.

On teacher qualifications, the Tories complain that in trying to hold Free Schools to a national standard in terms of teacher recruitment, Clegg is trying to centrally control something that was always supposed to be locally driven.

After serving his three - year term on the school board, Dr. Hardwick was elected councilman in the Town of Binghamton, New York; a post he held for eight years.

We talked to first - term school board members, county legislators, women who are the first of their gender to hold roles in the Democratic conference or to represent their senate district, and we talked to women who've served at the national level.

But now the power that Osborne holds in Whitehall threatens independent institutions (BBC, universities), as localism in education has come to paradoxically mean schools being run from the Department of Education and local government securing extra powers only on Osborne's terms.

«Review of the Non-Radiological Contaminants in the Long - Term Management of Uranium Mine and Mill Wastes,» R.T. Pidgeon, School of Physics and Geosciences, Western Australian Institute of Technology; Taken from: «Proceedings Series, Management of Wastes from Uranium Mining and Milling, Proceedings of an International Symposium on Management of Wastes from Uranium Mining and Milling Jointly Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and held in Albuquerque, May 10 - 14, 1982.»

Data showed that on the last day of Term 1, when the school held its cross country, attendance dipped below 80 per cent.

Some might argue (quite rightly in some cases) that local authorities were never up to the challenge of managing these contracts and there is a poor history of holding contractors to account both for defects in design and now the longer term maintenance of the school buildings.

12 Schools offer nutrition lessons both in and out of school; undoing the hold of fast food; developing a long - term plan so kids can keep weight off; video games moving into physical education classes.

It's a legitimate concern, and one I share... the experience of attending a private school in the nation's capital could bring benefits that might not show up until years later: exposure to a new peer group that holds higher expectations in terms of college - going and the like; access to a network of families that opens up opportunities; a religious education that provides meaning, perhaps a stronger grounding in both purpose and character, and that leads to personal growth.

NAIDOC Week runs nationally from 2 - 9 July, but some schools have been holding their celebrations early due to the end of term holidays.

And our practice of holding schools (and now teachers) accountable for year - to - year gains on reading tests only encourages them to focus on things that might get a short term bump (skills and strategies) and ignore the things that will make an impact over the long - term (such as content knowledge).

To date, the first - term Democrat has held five public forums throughout Ohio on K - 12 education, drawing crowds of 200 to 300 willing to consider such options as an extended school day or school year, and nontraditional age groupings for classes.

In Bob Jacobs» government class at Fauquier High School, the introductory lesson on political jargon and other pertinent technical terms that he opens with each fall has held uncommon intrigue for this year's seniors.

In her annual report, Schools Adjudicator Elizabeth Passmore argued that complains which held «no connection in terms of seeking a place for their child» is «not good use of an adjudicator's time and public money».

Sociologist Seymour Papert, a perhaps less charismatic precursor to Ken Robinson in terms of editorializing about education, held that that schools were not only screwed together all wrong, but that they were in danger of making themselves obsolete:

Among the recommendations, the report said the department needed to clarify the role of school councils and principals in terms of asset planning and management, and how they can be held accountable.

Ohio needs to resolve its long - term funding crisis, develop a more coherent system of preschool through higher education, adopt stronger academic standards and graduation requirements, create a better pool of teachers and principals, and ensure that all schools are held to the same accountability standards, the group says.

The school holds an Ignite Talks event each summer term, involving the whole school community, including parents.

The contract is an essential document, separate from the charter application, that establishes the legally binding agreement and terms under which the school will operate and be held accountable.

I think it's helping hold schools accountable in terms of gender equality, which might always be necessary.

The only answer that makes sense to us is for a state to make sure that its math and reading standards are clear, coherent, and rigorous; that its tests line up with those standards; that its schools and educators are held to account for getting better results in terms of real student learning; and that research is done to examine the effectiveness of various curricular products.

But I can also imagine that the experience of attending a private school in the nation's capital could bring benefits that might not show up until years later: exposure to a new peer group that holds higher expectations in terms of college - going and the like; access to a network of families that opens up opportunities; a religious education that provides meaning, perhaps a stronger grounding in both purpose and character, and that leads to personal growth.

Nancy Keenan, Montana's superintendent of public instruction, began a one - year term as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers at the group's annual meeting, held in San Francisco Nov. 5 - 7.

«Since launching last session, the Anti-Bullying Caucus has helped shine a light on bullying in the United States and the long - term impacts it has on young people who experience, witness, or perpetrate it,» said Representative Honda, «To truly make a difference, we need to explore ways to prevent bullying before it takes hold of a school or community, and we are delighted to highlight the groundbreaking steps being taken by the RFK Center and the Bully Project to achieve these goals.»

At a minimum it looks like states will gain more flexibility in terms of how they hold schools accountable.

If school leaders do not move the needle, the district still holds the the authorizing authority to intervene as they would for a charter in terms of phasing out or closing the school.

Despite relative satisfaction with some of the services that their school districts provide them in terms of keeping them informed about school activities, providing school counseling activities, communicating with parents, some communication - related services, it was fascinating to me to see this really high level of support for choice policies as well and how that held up.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) creates a long - term stable federal policy that gives states additional flexibility and encourages states and schools to innovate, while at the same time holding us accountable for results.

The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust started from the largest base — holding 22 schools in September 2016 — and took on five new schools over the following 12 months to also reach a total of 27 this term.

Proponents of the program believe that holding schools accountable to enforceable regulations and laws is the best way to achieve long - term reform (Dubnick & Justice, 2006).

Outside of education, many cuts proposed in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget — including stripping funding for Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs, and short - term federal income assistance for low - income families — would slash much - needed services or leave states holding the bag.

A new study offers its own take on the issue: Holding students back at third grade can give them a short - term boost to their academic achievement, lead to higher grades in high school, and doesn't reduce their chances of graduating high school.

Chris Minnich, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers: «Congress must reauthorize ESEA this year to create a long - term, stable federal policy that gives states additional flexibility and encourages states and schools to innovate, while at the same time holding us accountable for results.»

As a result, approaches necessitate professional development and long - term commitment by the school leadership for this innovation to take hold.

She said energy efficiency was a «long - held goal» of the Department for Education, although some schools were currently in long - term deals with energy companies that «may have punitive get - out clauses».

And last November, voters in all New Orleans - area parishes and East Baton Rouge Parish overwhelmingly supported a measure holding school board members to three consecutive terms.

Just after New Year's Day, Illinois educators introduced a major reform proposal to hold school administrators, school board members and teachers accountable for their work on behalf of school children statewide.Three unions representing more than 230,000 Illinois education employees, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability for All.

Such examples of sources hold value in terms of school websites.

This article applies to educators who hold probationary, term or continuing contracts working in Texas public school districts.

But the 2nd term governor fails to address the oncoming Common Core Testing debacle, commit to holding charter schools more accountable or announce that he will fix his unfair Teacher Evaluation program by decoupling it from the unless Common Core Test scores.