Sentences with phrase «high schools around the city»

Along with students from half a dozen high schools around the city, they work to affect the changes they wish to see in their schools and to support one another along the way.

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Upon moving to L.A. after high school to pursue his acting career, Levi found «lots of groups of Christians» gathering around the city but never felt he belonged with any of them.

As a Single Parent / Mother of a high school student at Detroit Cass Tech (Donovan People - Jones) here in the City of Detroit I am initiating this Petition on behalf of all students and parents around the country and even Canada.

We will be playing at all the major high schools throughout the city, making it easy to get around and be seen.

HUMAN Healthy Vending, headquartered in Culver City, Calif., places high - tech and eco-friendly healthy vending machines in schools, gyms, hospitals, corporate and government locations and cosmetology schools around the world.

The program, which began in three schools last year, now operates in 11 elementary schools around the city and in Cicero, where the population of students eligible for free or reduced lunches is 85 percent or higher.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

So far, his campaign relies on volunteers and friends, with around 20 other students at some of the city's top high schools helping him out.

«Under Mayor Miner's leadership and Colleen Deacon's assistance as Sen. Gillibrand's point person in the region, the infrastructure in our city is crumbling, there is decreased police presence on our streets, the poverty rate is skyrocketing, and the high school graduation rate hovers around 50 percent,» O'Connor said.

Last year, the program was instituted in middle schools, where all students are now provided lunch at no charge, but the mayor said that the results of the program were underwhelming and that instead of expanding it to elementary and / or high schools, the city would first look to do more outreach around the middle school offering and see if there is a noted improvement in year two.

The Rochester City School District is expected to submit its final plan to the State Education Department on May 15th to turn East High School around.

The city school system is looking for state cash to completely turn around schools, whether it is McKinley High School or School 3, the D'Youville Porter Campus sschool system is looking for state cash to completely turn around schools, whether it is McKinley High School or School 3, the D'Youville Porter Campus sSchool or School 3, the D'Youville Porter Campus sSchool 3, the D'Youville Porter Campus schoolschool.

«Under Mayor Miner's leadership and Colleen Deacon's assistance as Sen. Gillibrand's point person in the region, the infrastructure in our city is crumbling, there is decreased police presence on our streets, the poverty rate is skyrocketing and the high school graduation rate hovers around 50 percent,» she said.

«Our once proud state has become a laughing stock around the country, with the highest taxes, the worst business climate, high energy costs, a failing transportation and infrastructure system, failing schools and rising unemployment in every region of the state, except New York City,» DeFrancisco said.

Mayor Reardon hopes the high school internship and mentoring programs he has helped establish within the city government and within some of the county's high - technology firms will help turn around those low scores on education.

We also like to bring high school students from around the city together.

I also thought it was funny when I did my internship in Chicago and next to no one I'd see walking around the city used Vera Bradley, while everyone at school / from high school was still crazy about it.

I remember trying to get into it in high school, but we just don't have many quality thrift shops around my city.

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This is a sturdy, old school biopic centering around an Oscar - winning performance from Sean Penn and following Harvey Milk from his high times in New York City to lobbying for gay rights in California.

Pressure Cooker (Unrated) Uplifting documentary chronicles the efforts of Wilma Stephenson, a demanding Culinary Arts teacher at an inner city, Philadelphia public high school, as she inspires underprivileged students to apply themselves in her class in order to earn college scholarships to some of the most prestigious cooking institutes around the country.

Taking a cue from a number of public and charter high schools across the country, administrators in charge of the eleven high schools in California's capital city opted to reorganize the system around a school - to - career theme.

The Metropolitan Opera's Live in High Definition series, which transmits liveperformances to movie theaters around the world, is now available freeto students in New York City schools, as well as at select theaters inregions across the country.

Baltimore's Western High School, says Martin, «has been around for 150 years and has a great reputation in the city.

Teachers complained of out - of - control students: The city's Ballou High School was closed for a 35 - day cleanup after students stole chemistry - lab thermometers and scattered the mercury around hallways.

Separate from NCLB, however, many states and cities have undertaken high - profile and often controversial initiatives to take over, reconstitute, or turn around low - performing schools.

I started my interviews close to home, in a city known as the epicenter of liberalism, with Ed Byrne, the current diversity programs coordinator at Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School, just around the corner from Harvard.

For years, battles for school board control in high charter growth cities have revolved around unilateral opposition to charters or benign collaboration.

On average, around 10 percent of all high school students in 2011 - 12 enrolled in an advanced math course across the 50 cities.

But he is simultaneously relieved to have the power to make changes and worried that he won't be able to go far enough if the district doesn't allow him to make outside hires.Quitman a school of 493 pre-kindergartners through eighth - graders in Newark's high - crime, high - poverty Central Ward has become a symbol of Superintendent Cami Anderson's new push to turn around the city's struggling schools by closing down the worst of them and replacing staff at others.

Quitman a school of 493 pre-kindergartners through eighth - graders in Newark's high - crime, high - poverty Central Ward has become a symbol of Superintendent Cami Anderson's new push to turn around the city's struggling schools by closing down the worst of them and replacing staff at others.

And it has helped bring together city officials, higher education, school officials, community organizations, county public health, and philanthropy to turn around attendance in Oakland schools.

Charter schools in Los Angeles, and around the country, usually must find — and pay for — their own facilities, a tricky prospect given their specific design needs and the high cost of real estate in big cities where many charters are located.

Our programs build on the growing momentum around personalized learning in D.C., moving the city closer toward an environment in which personalization is a standard component of all high - performing schools.

Then their efforts kicked into higher gear in 2014 when P.S. 123 became part of New York City's broad efforts to turn around dozens of low - performing schools by injecting them with a range of health, social - emotional, and academic support services for students and their families.

Demond Means, a Milwaukee Public Schools graduate who heads one of the state's highest - performing school systems, has been tapped to lead — at least for now — a Milwaukee turnaround district mandated by the Legislature in hopes of turning around some of the city's poorest - performing schools, County Executive Chris Abele is expected to announce ThSchools graduate who heads one of the state's highest - performing school systems, has been tapped to lead — at least for now — a Milwaukee turnaround district mandated by the Legislature in hopes of turning around some of the city's poorest - performing schools, County Executive Chris Abele is expected to announce Thschools, County Executive Chris Abele is expected to announce Thursday.

If NYC is to meet the Mayor's worthy goal of «ensuring no child in the City goes to a school that does not provide a high - quality education,» then it must develop a new strategy for turning around traditional public schools, which will always serve the majority of city studeCity goes to a school that does not provide a high - quality education,» then it must develop a new strategy for turning around traditional public schools, which will always serve the majority of city studecity students.

Through workshops, online training, observations and feedback, and the opportunity to shadow experienced coaches in New York City, NYC Leadership Academy has worked with the Rhode Island coaches to build their skills and help them develop a community of practice around supporting school leaders who are driving change in the state's highest needs schools.

The schools, which have some of the highest percentages of poor students in the city and state, have consistently outperformed their peers around Maryland.

Since 2013, our organization has partnered with school districts, networks, and charter management organizations around the country to design and launch 12 new high schools in six cities.

2009: The Foundation for the National Capital Region and the City Bridge Foundation selected AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School as an example of a high quality preschool for 25 foundation leaders from around the country to tour.

The board will also receive a report on school construction projects around the city, including Audubon Charter's Broadway campus renovation, the construction of Lawrence Crocker campus in the Milan neighborhood, the gym construction at McMain High School, the design of the Booker T. Washington High School, and the installation of solar panels at the International School of Louisiana's Camp Street cschool construction projects around the city, including Audubon Charter's Broadway campus renovation, the construction of Lawrence Crocker campus in the Milan neighborhood, the gym construction at McMain High School, the design of the Booker T. Washington High School, and the installation of solar panels at the International School of Louisiana's Camp Street cSchool, the design of the Booker T. Washington High School, and the installation of solar panels at the International School of Louisiana's Camp Street cSchool, and the installation of solar panels at the International School of Louisiana's Camp Street cSchool of Louisiana's Camp Street campus.

Walter L. Cohen High School is slated to be gradually taken over by NOLA College Prep over the next two years, one of nine struggling Recovery School District campuses around the city to be placed under control of a new charter operator, officials said this week.

In addition to the two new schools KIPP New Orleans plans to add to its portfolio of seven in the city, the charter - school network has been cleared for an additional high school in New Orleans plus seven other schools here or in Baton Rouge — part of a trend of charters expanding from New Orleans around Louisiana, reports Jessica Williams of The Lens.

«The current narrative of fear around refugees however, reinforced by some of our countries most influential and high - ranking public servants governors, mayors, city councils, and teachers has made schools increasingly susceptible to anti-refugee and Islamophobic prejudice.»