Sentences with phrase «in public school libraries»

Over the past year, two manga titles were challenged in public school libraries, because some parent thought the material in it was «inappropriate» for children.

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They are located primarily in schools, libraries, museums and other public spaces.

A client asked me the other day why in the world he should care about getting links from a few K - 12 public school library Web sites, most of which look horrible, have very few visitors, and live way out in the middle of nowhere in the.

I live in a state where a woman here is on a crusade to have the Potter books removed from every public school library.

And as far as socialism goes, I bet there are millions of those evangelicals who wallow in it every day: public schools, state highways, medicare, medicaid, libraries.

In this country, at least, we tend to divide childhood into a series of discrete chapters, segmented like clothing sizes or the aisles in a public library: infants and toddlers over here, elementary school students over there, teenagers somewhere else entirelIn this country, at least, we tend to divide childhood into a series of discrete chapters, segmented like clothing sizes or the aisles in a public library: infants and toddlers over here, elementary school students over there, teenagers somewhere else entirelin a public library: infants and toddlers over here, elementary school students over there, teenagers somewhere else entirely.

All books must to be available to the public in schools, libraries and bookstores no matter what they're about.

Due to its popularity, events at schools, bookstores, and public libraries are popping up in different cities, including Los... more

State lawmakers doled out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before leaving Albany, including $ 500,000 for a solar - powered carousel in Buffalo and more than $ 29 million to local schools and libraries, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

«In the past, successful entrepreneurs funded schools and hospitals, public parks and libraries.

The impasse means a range of public services including libraries, courts and schools are expected to be hit in the mass walkout this Wednesday.

Skelos's investments reveal bonds in local government, school district, hospital, library and public works projects.

To supporters, the public pension system - covering workers in villages, towns, police and fire departments, libraries and schools - is an unchangeable pact between government and its workers.

First introduced in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and recognized by public and school libraries across the country each year in April.

According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.

The Lagos State Government has opened newly renovated public libraries in eighteen secondary schools in the State with top class facilities.

• Proposition 3 - authorize the Hamilton Central School District to levy a tax in the amount of $ 132,535 and pay the trustees of the Hamilton Public library for the support and basis of the library.

Presented in collaboration with Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Public Schools, City of Buffalo, Erie Community College, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Praxair, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Buffalo State and University at Buffalo, this collaborative effort continues to underscore the critical importance of STEM fields to future employment in Buffalo's emerging life sciences and advanced manufacturing industries.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has launched the distribution of seven hundred thousand free textbooks and library resources materials to public primary schools in the...

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

A library in the Broadalbin - Perth Central School District did not fare as well: a proposition that would have taxed each parcel in the district $ 1.56 every year to provide a $ 10,000 annual contribution to Amsterdam Free Public Library went down.

In addition to approving a new school budget, Albany voters saw fit to green - light the public library's 2018 budget, approving it by a vote of 2,165 to 691.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

Projects funded this year include numerous classroom upgrades, the creation of new media centers, library renovations, technology upgrades, playgrounds, auditorium renovations and other physical plant improvements in public schools across The Bronx.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer said, «The final plan secures our fair share of state funding for our school districts in Western New York, and restores funding — initially cut under the Executive Budget proposal — to our local public libraries.

Upper West Side City Councilwoman Gale Brewer, who emphasized the need to combat overcrowding in public schools, also said building libraries and parks needs to be a priority.

In addition to potentially using library and NYCHA space, the mayor's office plans to generate the needed seats through a combination of converting the more than 27,000 existing half - day pre-K seats in public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources saiIn addition to potentially using library and NYCHA space, the mayor's office plans to generate the needed seats through a combination of converting the more than 27,000 existing half - day pre-K seats in public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources saiin public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources said.

Established in 1964, NSU now includes 16 colleges, the 215,000 - square - foot Center for Collaborative Research, a private JK - 12 grade school, the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development with specialists in Autism, the world - class NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center, which is Florida's largest public library.

Established in 1848, by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library Boston Latin School Association 27 School Street, Suite 300 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: [phone]

Those are the words of one educator, words that are echoed in many schools and the majority of public libraries.

Public libraries will be joining in with a line - up of family events, including exclusive screenings of a brand new short film about a young William Shakespeare, produced especially for the Week and titled «Unwillingly to School».

The impetus behind creating an after - school system in Providence started with the mayor, David N. Cicilline, who jump - started the process by bringing together all middle school principals, directors of city recreation centers, and the heads of the public libraries.

Although Family Friendly Libraries is focusing on public libraries, its founder says the organization is interested in school, prison, and other librariesLibraries is focusing on public libraries, its founder says the organization is interested in school, prison, and other librarieslibraries, its founder says the organization is interested in school, prison, and other librarieslibraries as well.

The National Education Technology Funding Corporation will aim to stimulate private investment in school technology and encourage states to sponsor information networks for public schools and libraries, said James E. Murray, a member of the group's board and a former president of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

The deterioration of libraries in California's public schools is jeopardizing education - reform efforts, a study by the state education department contends.

WASHINGTON — In a carefully circumscribed venture into the sensitive area of book banning in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that First Amendment guarantees limit the power of school boards to remove books from school librarieIn a carefully circumscribed venture into the sensitive area of book banning in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that First Amendment guarantees limit the power of school boards to remove books from school librariein public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that First Amendment guarantees limit the power of school boards to remove books from school libraries.

said Bill Derry, supervisor of library media services for public schools in New Haven, Connecticut.

Until she managed to help launch a movement in 1995 to locate and restore a neglected trove of historic art at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) campuses, as many as 440 murals and smaller paintings had been gathering dust in school hallways, libraries, and auditoriums, often crumbling, obscured by grit, stuffed in closets, or forgotten in boiler rooms.

Thirty years later, in a brightly colored library in a public elementary school in Milton, Massachusetts, Howard greets a group of fifteen teachers gathered for their third day of Efficacy training — an intensive, four - day seminar that he and his staff of twelve have spent the last two decades developing.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

The school district also has set up computers in the district office, the public library, and other locations, where students and parents who don't have computers can still check grades online.

Most adults today can relate to the magic of traditional fairy tales that create nostalgic memories of childhood story - times at home, in schools, at public libraries.

These initiatives range from mobile gaming in after - school programs to high - tech public libraries that target youths.

Privatization of libraries, hospitals, prisons, and other basic services had long been hailed by those on the political right, but how could one persuade entire communities to hand over their children and their public schools to private sector corporations, some of which hoped to turn a profit off their children, in order to reward their shareholders?

More than two - thirds of parents see the following as reducing the quality of public education: teacher and staff layoffs; increased class sizes; school closings; high turnover rates; and cutbacks in art, music, libraries and physical education.

«Public and school libraries are spearheading the makerspace movement in K - 12 education.»

Case in point, the high school juniors recently explored a series of questions around what drives poverty and how their class could begin to combat poverty in neighborhoods near the school; the students decided to build public street libraries in their fabrication labs and install them on targeted blocks.

She resides in Princeton, N.J.) When Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush were President and Vice President, I was a child who walked from my Catholic elementary school on Princeton's Nassau Street to the public library on Witherspoon Street.