Sentences with phrase «in the government school felt»

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5) Religious Clothing in Public Sector: «Do you agree or disagree you feel uncomfortable when served or attended to by a government employee wearing a turban, a hijab or a yarmulke or other religious clothing or symbols in a government institution like a school or hospital?»

Responses like those of the NSS are part of the knock - on effect that church schools may feel, and could result both in wider public scrutiny and increased government regulation.

Maxwell: I know a lot of people feel as you do: why is the federal government even in the business of feeding school kids?

There was no school breakfast program when I was in school, and poverty was common enough that the government felt the need to declare war on it, and yet the streets weren't littered with young corpses.

Schools got addicted to this extra revenue stream back in the 1980's and now many feel they can't give it up, but that's because the government reimbursement is not high enough to cover the real cost of the meals.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

The government says it feels forced to act due to the number of strikes called on the London underground, railways or in schools based on small turnouts or two - year - old ballot mandates.

Further, her call for a state takeover of far more of the cost of public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of cuts in staff and services to schools and local governments, experts said.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

pupil behaviour remains a major concern for teachers, with nearly three - quarters of teachers saying they believe there is a widespread behaviour problem in schools; 84 % stated that they did not believe that the increased powers to search pupils, introduced by the Government, would help tackle pupil indiscipline; 55 % do not believe that same - day detentions, a power initiated by the Government, will assist them in maintaining discipline; 52 % did not feel that the power to confiscate items from pupils would be of assistance to them.

With the government pushing for higher standards in education, schools are feeling the pressure to invest in new textbooks and learning materials and can easily forget the importance of the environment in which the children learn.

Having the freedom to decide term times, teaching structure and curriculum are key drivers for those schools considering academy conversion, as many in the education sector feel controlled by central and local government decisions.

The polling results also show that children like to speak to a range of people when they are feeling troubled and call into question the Government's Mental Health Green Paper proposal to train just one senior lead in each school about mental health.

Whilst the current conservative government maintains spending in schools is at record levels, most, if not all of schools are feeling the pressure of tightening purse strings.

With over one million EAL learners in UK schools, research carried out for the government in 2013 revealed that teaching these students is the area of work newly qualified teachers say they feel least equipped for.

And both national polls released this month show that adults have mixed feelings — and perceptions — concerning the federal government's role in the financial affairs of local schools, which provides just about one - tenth of U.S. public K - 12 education funding.

The Prevent strategy is widely felt to be inhibiting free speech in schools and encouraging teachers to avoid «toxic» issues of extremism, according to a government watchdog.

The government won the vote, but Labour said that the strength of feeling showed ministers would not be able to go ahead with the school plans in their current form.

In the same way, DeVos's denunciations of the federal government and her refusal to make even a tepid call - out to the value of the public education system, can't help but have an effect on the way some Americans feel about their neighborhood public schools, which educate the vast majority of the country's schoolchildren.

«Expanding government feels good to some, but the reality is it would give more power to bureaucrats in Madison and not to the school districts and parents where it belongs.»

In explaining how she handled Young's case, Henderson told investigators that she «has given discretion to a lot of government officials» and «if she could help these government officials feel safe about where their children attend school, then she should extend that courtesy.»

Today's «Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential» paper states that the government will «invite a new wave of mainstream free school applications in early 2018, with a particular focus on enabling more challenging areas to feel the full benefit of the programme».

Given the cuts to Government spending that are kicking in everywhere, is it time to ask what role green groups should play in a shrinking state?Transition Movement Gets Political I started pondering this question having read a heart - felt and passionate account by Sarah Nicholl and Marietta Birkholtz over at Transition Culture of how climate change and peak oil activists are fighting swinging cuts to schools, libraries and other essential public services.

«I just think it's a testament to the sick immaturity and broken state of our government when these people feel the need to peddle conspiracy theories about people that were in a school shooting where 17 people died, and it just makes me sick,» David Hogg told BuzzFeed News.