In the case of «Lifeboat» he calls out the warning about something that was being taught to many of our grade school children
in public schools around the country, namely, values clarification.
For the past 20 years, we have worked as teachers, administrators and advisors
in public schools around the country.
Not exact matches
While tooling
around the Internet one day I stumbled upon the story of Sara Salo, a
public health advocate
in Bend, Oregon who is going to be biking across the
country to bring attention to
school food reform.
At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead
in school drinking water
around the state and the
country, a coalition of New York
public health, environment, and healthy
schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.
«Every
school and
public building
in the
country will be emblazoned with a new «national motto» under Gordon Brown's drive to encourage patriotism and Britishness... Members of the
public will be asked to come up with five or six - word slogans, perhaps based
around ideas of fair play or national pride.»
Susan C. Miller, professor (research) of health services, policy and practice
in the Brown University
School of
Public Health and lead author of the study
in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, worked with colleagues to survey nursing directors at more than 1,900 nursing homes
around the
country between July 2009 and June 2010 to assess their knowledge of palliative care and their facility's implementation of key palliative care practices.
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.
McCoy and colleagues at the Harvard T. H. Chan
School of
Public Health, where the research was conducted, used data collected between 2005 and 2015 from caregivers of about 100,000 three - and four - year - old children,
in 35 low - and middle - income
countries around the world.
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 folks
in Virginia Beach City
Public Schools (VBCPS) probably put more time into building community consensus
around their Compass 2015 initiative than any district
in the
country.
«It will put
around $ 2300 per student on average into
schools across the
country, but delivers the fastest growth to the
public schools who need it most and to the
public schools who got the most unfair deals
in the past,» he said.
The President and members of his Cabinet visited
schools and universities
around the
country later
in the week to drum up
public support for the Administration's «Middle - Class Bill of Rights» and...
Comprehensive
school reform has been identified by both Democratic and Republican administrations and Congress as a key strategy
in turning
around the
country's lowest performing
schools, but this fact does not make NAS just like any other education group
in D.C. Instead, it means that after a great deal of review, comprehensive
school reform emerged as one of the
country's best hopes for
public school improvement on a grand scale.
To be sure, the population of
public school children
in New York City is different from that of many other
school districts
around the
country.
As anyone at the company would freely admit, Edison does not foresee making money until it assumes management of many more
schools; it would do well, say company sources, to capture
around 1 or 2 percent of the 92,000
public schools in the
country.
Lately ~ he's been bouncing
around the
country talking to educators and the
public at both K - 12
schools and institutions of higher education ~ all
in an attempt to better...
The administration has yet to release a proposal for how the federal government might foster more
school choice
in states and localities
around the
country, although its initial budget proposal included additional funding for charters and other forms of
public school choice, as well as funding for a new private
school choice program.
Producers from seven
public - television stations across the
country followed high
school seniors around for a day last May for «High School Stories: One Day in America's Schools.&
school seniors
around for a day last May for «High
School Stories: One Day in America's Schools.&
School Stories: One Day
in America's
Schools.»
Formed
in 2003, PELP continues its mission with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence
in District Improvement, and with the annual executive education summer institute which brings
public school leaders from
around the
country to Harvard to focus...
That's rare
in the world of selective - admission
public high
schools, as Jessica Hockett and I learned
in our recent examination of some 165 such
schools around the
country.
Last year, under the NCLB rules, more than 8,600
schools around the
country were listed as «
in need of improvement» by state departments of education-less than 10 percent of all
public schools in the
country.
Formed
in 2003, PELP continues its mission with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence
in District Improvement, and with the annual executive education summer institute which brings
public school leaders from
around the
country to Harvard to focus on their districts challenges as well as possible solutions.
In the 2013 — 14
school year, 651 new charter
schools opened around the country, and 202 charters closed, a 3 - to - 1 ratio that has held steady for the past five years, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, an advocacy and research
schools opened
around the
country, and 202 charters closed, a 3 - to - 1 ratio that has held steady for the past five years, according to the National Alliance for
Public Charter
Schools, an advocacy and research
Schools, an advocacy and research group.
MetWest is one of twenty - seven small
public schools around the
country — enrollment
in each is limited to 150 students — opened since 1996 under the aegis of the nonprofit Big Picture Company.
In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcome
In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation
in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcome
in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with
school districts
around the
country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers,
public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot
schools on student outcomes.
To celebrate this milestone, our team at the Ed
School —
in collaboration with teachers from
around the
country — asked hundreds of
public K — 12 students, «What would you tell your friend about Scratch?»
The movement to bring healthy foods into
public schools has been growing; first lady Michelle Obama has thrown herself
in to it, and there are efforts
around the
country to change the traditional
school meals lunches into something edible and nutritious.
Levin and Feinberg, more than a decade later, have invented something very rare
in American education: a way of teaching low - income children that actually works
in 36
public middle
schools, producing the largest and fastest learning gains
around the
country.
In fact, the New York Times reported, «there are about 750
public schools around the
country with at least one single - sex class and 850 entirely single - sex
public schools.»
In 2010, Steve formed Future Is Now
Schools, built on the successful secondary Green Dot
Public Schools model, union reform and systemic district change, to take the foundational principles, lessons learned and successes achieved on the local level of Southern California and expanded this base to other communities
around the
country.
Throughout Washington, D.C., and
around the
country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy
schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million
in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's
public education system.
The Alliance to Reclaim Our
Schools is linking together parents, educators, students, school staff and community members in dozens of cities across the country on and around February 17 as they WALK - IN to support the quality public schools that all our students d
Schools is linking together parents, educators, students,
school staff and community members
in dozens of cities across the country on and around February 17 as they WALK - IN to support the quality public schools that all our students deserv
in dozens of cities across the
country on and
around February 17 as they WALK -
IN to support the quality public schools that all our students deserv
IN to support the quality
public schools that all our students d
schools that all our students deserve.
«Along with our friends at the National Alliance for
Public Charter
Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students in publicly - supported private school choice programs and charter schools around the c
Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students
in publicly - supported private
school choice programs and charter
schools around the c
schools around the
country.
Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of
school voucher programs
around the
country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low - income students with funds to flee the
public school system
in...
This e-news features a link to a video documenting the
school pushout crisis
in Florida, a report on Restorative Justice Practices
in Chicago
Public Schools, the DSC's comments on the Department of Education's Proposed Teacher Incentive Fund, and education news from
around the
country.
Public Impact and the Clayton Christensen Institute examined innovative staffing arrangements and use of blended learning
in eight district, charter, and private
schools around the
country.
Tom Toch takes us inside four very different small
schools around the
country - from an entrepreneur's high - tech charter
school in San Diego to a
school formed out the of the breakup of a huge
public high
school in Manhattan.
Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of
school voucher programs
around the
country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low - income students with funds to flee the
public school system
in exchange for a private education.
Charter
public schools are helping students
around the
country learn and excel
in academic achievement.
Recently a distinguished group of
public school superintendents
around the
country signed off on an essay which appeared
in many major newspapers.
Although state laws vary widely
in terms of the policies governing charter
school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of traditional district
schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students
in more than 6,700
schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools around the
country (National Alliance of
Public Charter
Schools [NAPCS],
Schools [NAPCS], 2015).
He could have bolstered the free
public school system
in this
country and demonstrated its success to
countries around the world who struggle with this concept.
Not all
school districts have middle
schools in fact, of the over 97,000
public schools in the
country, only
around 13,100 are middle
schools.
As DFER president Shavar Jeffries said
in a response to the dustup
in Colorado this week: «If our intra-party opponents would prefer counter-productive family warfare as opposed to unity
around shared values, this should be clear too: We stand with the millions of families across our
country demanding access to high - quality
public schools and the thousands of elected Democrats who fight tirelessly to ensure they get it.»
Columbia, SC — As
schools around the country celebrate National Charter Schools Week (May 1 - 5), SC Whitmore School, a tuition - free public virtual charter high school, is celebrating another banner year in 2017 in what Principal John Loveday calls the school's most successful year t
schools around the
country celebrate National Charter
Schools Week (May 1 - 5), SC Whitmore School, a tuition - free public virtual charter high school, is celebrating another banner year in 2017 in what Principal John Loveday calls the school's most successful year t
Schools Week (May 1 - 5), SC Whitmore
School, a tuition - free public virtual charter high school, is celebrating another banner year in 2017 in what Principal John Loveday calls the school's most successful year to
School, a tuition - free
public virtual charter high
school, is celebrating another banner year in 2017 in what Principal John Loveday calls the school's most successful year to
school, is celebrating another banner year
in 2017
in what Principal John Loveday calls the
school's most successful year to
school's most successful year to date.
In 25
schools districts
around the
country, more than 20 percent of all students attend a
public charter
school.
«It was really wonderful to visit this
school, and I look forward to many visits of many great
public schools, both
in D.C. and
around the
country,» she said.
21st Century is a free
public school, and one of six charter
schools around the
country run by the GEO Foundation, which aims to provide students
in impoverished neighborhoods with access to quality education.
While charter
schools might be innovative
in terms of organizational structure, studies from
around the
country show that the characteristics that make charter
schools effective are the same ones that make
public schools effective.
The founder, Brenda MacDonald, is a seasoned
public school administrator who has spent the last eight months visiting high - performing charter
schools around the
country and being taken through intensive training
in how to start up, finance, and run a charter
school.