Sentences with phrase «in district culture»

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For the last 15 years, Partners for Progress, a group of private and public - sector leaders in St. Charles County, Missouri, have invested a significant amount of time and money to create a culture of STEM education in the area's school districts.

We're sitting in the company's headquarters in San Francisco's Mission District, discussing the philosophy of Asana's culture, which they conceived around the time they were trying to recruit old friends and colleagues.

A number of young adults from The District Church explained that in the often - polarized culture of DC, they've learned that they need to earn the right to be heard before assuming their neighbors will want to listen.

Not in the form of some «how to» guide or some «five step» program, but, first and foremost, by way of metaphor: «If the state of contemporary Catholic literary culture can best be conveyed by the image of a crumbling, old, immigrant neighborhood, then let me suggest that it is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogeneous, characterless suburbs of the imagination, and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts which have such grace and personality, such strength and tradition.»

From the moment he opened the doors in the Warehouse district of Minneapolis, Moose became the home of coffee culture.

Usha Mistry, Project Manager for Lakes Culture, says: `' PaperBridge is a unique large - scale temporary installation made entirely from bright red paper traversing a flowing river in the iconic Lake District landscape as part of «Lakes Ignite», Lakes Culture's showcase spring arts programme.

Inspired by the brand's longtime alignment with nightlife, culture and art, District Perrier is the latest in a series of innovative digital campaigns Perrier has created in recent years, including the acclaimed Perrier Secret Place in 2013 and Le Club Perrier in 2011.

Women's History Month, now celebrated annually in the United States, grew out of a weeklong celebration of women's contributions to culture, history and society organized in 1979 within the Sonoma School District.

The district pursues excellence in education for every child at every level by focusing on quality instruction, managing systems efficiently, and sustaining a culture of excellence.

It's common to think that Japanese culture is so repressed that their sexuality leaks out the sides in super-pervy ways - pervasive bondage porn, enema fixations, hostess clubs, red light districts, sexual tourism to poorer Asian countries.

But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood education; when a culture of school food reform is the new normal in districts nationwide; when the work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge, and begin work anew.

Not only are we up against a school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is passed.

For instance, with two dual - language Vietnamese schools in the district now, Tanner and her team added banh mi and pho to the menu served at all the schools, not just the two with a focus on that language and culture.

«I believe that the work we do as CYSAs is essential in providing the correct environment and culture for youth sports in each of our communities,» said CYSA Leadership Committee member Jeff Ryder, athletic and fitness manager at Huntley Park District in Illinois.

Alvord Unified School District — Pamela Lambert Innovation: Systems Change by Cultivating Community In order to create a culture supportive of healthy food and lifestyles, Pamela Lambert designed events that brought the community together around health and wellness — arranging walks with the mayor, parents, and students and a health fair in the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline parIn order to create a culture supportive of healthy food and lifestyles, Pamela Lambert designed events that brought the community together around health and wellness — arranging walks with the mayor, parents, and students and a health fair in the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline parin the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline park.

I responded to the reader in a series three posts: Part One offered advice for bringing about change at the classroom level (e.g., teacher rewards and snacks); Part Two dealt with changing the school - wide food culture (fundraisers, wellness programs, etc.); and Part Three talked about change at the district level.

The state capital's culture is notorious for its male privilege — the New York Times once summarized the infamous «Bear Mountain Compact» as «any liaisons with interns or young staff members that occur north of Bear Mountain Bridge, which spans the Hudson River between Orange and Westchester Counties, are not spoken about in the home districts in New York City or elsewhere.»

«He's become over these many years a part of the culture in Albany, more responsive to special interests than to the immediate needs of the people in the first district.

He said he was running «because I'm a native resident of the district who wants to see a change of culture in our government.»

For the past four months, the people of Manhattan have grappled with accusations of their District Attorney cultivating a pay - to - play culture in which the rich and powerful skate by serious criminal charges — if their lawyers contribute sizable donations to DA Vance's campaign.

Cancel faces a spirited challenge in the heavily Democratic district from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who has attacked Cancel for her ties to Silver and focused her campaign on the need to reform Albany's tangled political culture.

One day after charging one of New York's leading lawmakers with exploiting his office to obtain millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York delivered a stinging condemnation of the culture of corruption in Albany and said the system was set up to breed misdeeds.

The Voting Rights Act did not prohibit geography in determining Legislative Districts (contrary to liberal pop culture which also says that First Amendment separated church and state.

In one of Brooklyn's most rapidly changing districts, where brownstones sell for millions of dollars around the corner from deteriorating public housing complexes, Council Member Laurie Cumbo believes that arts and culture can be a unifying factor.

The Times, in a strongly worded editorial, chastised Cuomo not only for failing to follow through on his vow to veto gerrymandered legislative districts but for engaging in tactics that represent a step backwards in Albany's already undemocratic culture.

«We need jobs in this district and we need to reverse Washington's tax and spend and regulatory culture so that we can add jobs and spur Upstate's fragile economy.»

This is not a partisan issue, this is about sweeping out a culture of abuse and corruption in the district attorney's office.»

Tim is the best candidate to clean up the culture of corruption we've seen in the district attorney's office,» Lipton said.

According to census figures, this district, historically known as one of the centers of African - American culture, has experienced a gradual gain in Hispanics over the past two decades and is about 45 percent Latino and 28 percent black.

You have Dominicans and other people from Spanish speaking cultures, you have Jews, blacks... it's probably among the most diverse communities in any district.

In a motion sponsored by Senator Fatima Raji - Rasaki representing Ekiti Central Senatorial district, she explained that Nigeria's Culture and Tourism sector runs short of United Nations standards as a result of unworkable policies of the Federal Government.

But the culture of criminal justice would also have to shift — among lawyers, judges and district attorneys — to ensure that fewer New Yorkers languish in city jails awaiting trial, experts said.

«As District Attorney, he will bring the culture of the Southern District of New York to the top law enforcement office in Suffolk County.»

Venn Frederic, who immigrated to Maryland from Sierra Leone at age seven, is currently working on a culture podcast with The Line D.C., a boutique hotel housed in a cavernous former church, opening in the Adams Morgan district this month.

Istanbul is a city that wears its cultures and history well, blending them into an exciting city that has much to offer travelers from around the world The Arena Hotel is a charming 4 - star spa hotel located in the Sultanahmet district in the Old City of Istanbul near Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace.

Start planning your stay now at Hotel ZERO1, a stylish urban hotel in the heart of downtown Montréal's vibrant arts and culture district.

District 9 is not only an action thriller, but a thought provoking critique on our own culture that can't be ignored as the Aliens or Prawns (derogetory term given to them by the humans) play a much larger emotional and dynamic role in the film than the trailer or bits of viral marketing let on.

Executive produced by Dick Wolf, Law & Order: Los Angeles — The Complete Series follows Detectives Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich) and Tomas «TJ» Jarusalski (Corey Stoll), members of the L.A.P.D.'s elite Robbery Homicide Division, as they work with Deputy District Attorney Morales (Alfred Molina) on cases rooted in the unique attitudes and cultures of the West Coast.

It can be read as a critique of the Industrial Revolution in Blackbeard's destruction of the «Lake District,» or a similar critique of Imperialism and crimes against native cultures — though that one tends towards an ugly paternalism.

Founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001, following the attacks on the World Trade Center, to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music, and culture, the Festival brings the industry and community together around storytelling.

His goal is not just to increase results in the district, but to create a sustainable, long - lasting culture of student achievement, community support, and educational quality in Holyoke.

Food is a feature of just about every Culture Night, but here they invite the district's food services to join in on the excitement.

After the «professional development day» is over, how does a school or school district go about the process of moving teachers continuously in the direction of doing formative assessment digitally and creating a culture that accepts and consistently implements this approach?

In doing so, the district has created a culture of making.

Might it describe the broader culture you want to cultivate in your school or district community?

School districts want to import some of the classroom culture and sense of urgency they see in charter schools.

Superintendent Dale Marsden has built a culture of safety in the San Bernardino, Calif., schools even as his district withstood two shootings.

The goal of the Portland, Ore., public schools» multicultural - education programs, in the words of the district's school board, is to «develop in all students a better understanding and appreciation of the history, culture, and contributions to society of different ethnic groups and cultures.»

In these three districts in 2015 — 16, 74 percent of Opportunity Culture schools were eligible for Title I based on the percentage of low - income studentIn these three districts in 2015 — 16, 74 percent of Opportunity Culture schools were eligible for Title I based on the percentage of low - income studentin 2015 — 16, 74 percent of Opportunity Culture schools were eligible for Title I based on the percentage of low - income students.

Districts and charter schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an Opportunity Culture, creating pilot schools that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.