Sentences with phrase «helping hold schools»

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

Here are questions that parents and stakeholders should ask in order to help hold schools accountable fiscally:

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Held annually at top - tier graduate schools across the U.S., the workshops aim to help players who are interested in owning, operating or building their own businesses.

Last month, as part of its Building a Healthier Future Summit, the PHA held an «innovation challenge» to bring together designers, developers, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs to develop apps and other tech - based tools to help schools and families teach kids about healthy eating choices and fitness.

«Schools are uniquely placed to support young people to hold positive discussions around body image with their peers and help reduce the negative impact low body confidence can have.

Hopefully, adult education experiences in the church school will help rectify the distorted views held by parents.

While holding appointments at both the School of Theology at Claremont and the Claremont Graduate School, Robinson helped establish a translation team based at a new Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont.

Elizabeth felt the sting of the latter when she tried to set up a boarding school for boys, with the help of a kind Episcopalian pastor — who didn't hold her Catholicism against her — only to have parents angrily withdraw their sons, once they discovered Elizabeth was a Catholic.

What they are not considering is that these are young people and while some may hold tight to the chasti.ty issue, you can't expect all to but it goes beyond that, this school is failing to take in to consideration the basic health issues here... why would they not want a female to take the pill to potentially prevent cancer or help with numerous other issues?

This weekend, our elementary school is holding its annual Halloween Fall Fair, a huge fundraiser that helps pay for all the fun educational programs for our children.

His athleticism allowed him to play above the rim in high school; in the SEC, it may help him hold his own against the conference's top defenders until he adjusts to the speed of college ball.

When I was in graduate school my counselor told me something (actually many things) that has helped me these past 20 or so years... «The only way to get out from under the crap that's holding you back and making you miserable... is to go right through the heart of it.»

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a keynote speech at the first Trauma in Our Community conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's School of Continuing Education and held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

It's worth looking into if there is a thirteen year old who might like to hold your baby for half an hour after school, and maybe she would like to make a bit of money or maybe he would like some help with homework.

Attending parent information nights and cultural activities for families held at the school will help you learn to provide the best support for your child.

I'm hoping to hold additional screenings in my community to help fuel the discussion because I think this movie is a great way to get people together to start talking about how to create real changes in school food!

They might hold study hours after school or offer to meet privately with your teen to help them review the material before a test.

A seminar to help home buyers will be held May 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Marriott Oak Brook, 1401 W. 22d St.. The Home Buyers «School is sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago.

The Waco Diaper Bank is calling on church groups, school groups, girl or boy scout troops, fraternities & sororities, sports teams, community organizations or workplaces to hold a diaper drive during the week of Sept. 26th to help replenish the shelves of places across Waco and McLennan county that provide diapers to Waco families in need.

I am never more aware of just how fast my daughter is growing up than in those moments and breastfeeding isn't helping me hold on, it's helping her hold on as she gradually transitions from baby to toddler to preschooler to school aged child.

We need to hold the line on property taxes, continue helping Superstorm Sandy victims get back in their homes, work to increase aid to our local public schools, and fight the scourge of opioid abuse that has plagued Long Island.

The Assembly Democrats held a joint ballot vote for the next comptroller with the help of the Lieutenant Governor Stanley Lundine, according to Ben Liebman, of Albany Law School's Government Law Center.

On Monday, Republican senators who hold the Senate majority with the help of a group of breakaway Democrats passed 15 bills involving school safety.

But, I have to believe that school administrators, having once been teachers themselves, will help find the proper balance between holding teachers accountable and holding teachers to an impossible standard.

At 1 p.m., US Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hold a press conference to announce federal bill to help launch small businesses, Urban Future Lab at N.Y.U. Polytechnic School of Engineering, 15 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn.

This «accountability mechanism», as Laws described it, will «hold schools to account» and help «spread best practice».

Also at 8 a.m., NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilwoman Jessica Lapin and others hold an open hearing for small business owners in Brooklyn who are seeking help to cut through bureaucratic red tape and thrive in NYC, Brooklyn Law School.

The state significantly expanded its testing and funding for installation of private systems only after students from the Hoosick Falls school district held a press conference to ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo for help.

Charter - school supporters will need all the help they can get to try to get a charter - school bill through the Assembly, where the teachers unions hold considerable sway.

But because the GOP holds a precarious 32 - 30 advantage, Zeldin and Martins should get help in delivering school aid and pork - barrel spending to their home districts.

The Cuomo Administration's Department of Taxation and Finance is holding a webinar to help school administrators comply with the new property tax rebate program.

Fed up with the seeming inaction of their local and state government, or in this case the adults, the students of Hoosick Falls High School held an emergency meeting to demand that Governor Cuomo help them find a reliable safe source of drinking water, that did not come in a plastic bottle.

The heart holds its own pool of immune cells capable of helping it heal after injury, according to new research in mice at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Thanks to support from Sparkfactor.org, the knowledge and insight gained from Purdue WIEP and girlSPARC events has been compiled into a Best Practices resource designed to help guide program coordinators in planning and holding successful Raspberry Pi Projects Kit events in out - of - school, classroom, or other group settings.

To help ensure they don't persist in primary care and to figure out ways to address them in the Patient Centered Medical Home model, the Brown Primary Care Transformation Initiative will hold a symposium titled «Race, Ethnicity, and PCMH: Ensuring Everyone Has a Voice» at the Alpert Medical School Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Mr. Holland's Opus tells the story of an aspiring composer who puts his dream on hold while he helps inspire young high school music students.

For example, at the start of the pilot, Linda Rogers, a teacher at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., was already practicing the move of helping students hold themselves accountable, but found that the things she was doing weren't translating into increased learning gains for all of her students.

In short, our provision of technical assistance was a good - faith effort to help schools improve but, at the end of the day, they were responsible for their results and we were responsible for holding them to account for those results.

At L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion School, in St. Paul, Minnesota, a group of sixth - grade students volunteered to help Books for Africa with this type of work after holding a book drive for the organization.

A Chicago native and perpetual graduate student — he holds degrees in law and business, among others — Kelley got the inspiration for Arete while volunteering to help the rowing team train at his old high school.

This assistance cost Fordham about $ 70,000, but held out hope of helping the schools to boost student achievement relatively quickly.

His memory will be held dear not only by his family and friends but also by thousands of low - income families, for whose children he helped find better schools.

Both the SSA and the ECAA are smart, constructive bills that hold out the promise of helping to get the federal role right when it comes to America's schools.

Helping in the classroom or, as Mapp has written, holding a school bake sale is not the only way for parents to support their children.

Perhaps you can design a bridge - building / engineering theme with the help of a local engineer (maybe one of the parents) or study plants by creating a garden in the school courtyard or hold an invention convention.

Stemming from conversations she had with her students, Edwards held a «Lego Drive» appealing to parents by asking if they were «tired of stepping on Legos at home» or «ready to clean out a closet to help their child's school.»

Nevada holds schools accountable for student performance by publishing test data on school report cards and using the results to help rate schools.

Should schools be held primarily responsible for improving student achievement, or do they need help from health and social programs to ensure their students» success?

As policymakers call on schools to help combat childhood obesity, Education Next takes a close look at an innovative P.E. class that holds students accountable for how long and how hard they work out.