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But as I told you in my «State of the Tray» piece for Civil Eats last month, the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is pushing back against these changes.

How did the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, go from being a vocal supporter of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to the moving force behind current efforts to gut that... [Continue reading]

As you know by now, the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is seeking to use the CNR to permanently weaken the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) nutritional standards for school meals (specifically, those relating to whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and lower sodium) on the grounds that kids are spurning the healthier meals en masse.

-LSB-...] The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, has asked USDA to revert to the old system under which children can pass on fruits and vegetables at lunch.

Even the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is asking for roll - backs of some of the HHFKA's core requirements on the same grounds, i.e., that students are rejecting healthier offerings.

The School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, has just released its 2015 position paper.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is currently lobbying Congress to weaken federal school meal standards regarding whole grains, sodium and fruits and vegetables.

But, perversely, this good news actually poses a serious threat to the SNA, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals.

His piece traces the evolution of the School Nutrition Association, the largest organization of school food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on Capitol Hill.

How did the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, go from being a vocal supporter of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to the moving force behind current efforts to gut that legislation?

This so - called «waiver» provision has been enthusiastically supported by the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, despite the fact that the SNA supported these same healthy nutritional standards when they were first adopted.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food workers, has been leading the charge for school meal roll - backs and, so far, it seems to be getting a sympathetic ear on Capitol Hill.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

These multiple aims of churches and schools are again multiplied as one proceeds from grand statements about the purpose of the large organizations to the specialized goals of boards and departments, of courses and classes, of rural and urban congregations, of ministries of preaching and education and pastoral work and of preparation for such particular functions.

On behalf of the Islamic Society of North America, the largest organization of Muslims in the United States and Canada, we would like to request that in view of the above teachings of Islam, Muslim students in your school system should not be required to:

Community organization as a political methodology and the drive for «community control of schools» in large urban areas are further instances of hope in that they strike me as strong efforts at — in Arendt's phrase — constituting or structuring

«We welcome the opportunity to lend our support to charitable organizations, and we are pleased to sponsor a large number of community events,» Kolache Factory says, noting that it also supports events that help schools, children, disease prevention organizations and the elderly.

Down the line, Bandy and other COF leaders have ambitious plans for the organization; theascaa.com touts the league as a place for smaller schools «to gain national experience and have many of the same opportunities as larger institutions.»

Large organizations such as school districts may wish to have a designated point person address all conditional clearances so that multiple coaches or other people in the organization don't render inconsistent or inappropriate interpretations of the recommendations on the conditional clearance.

Waldorf schools form the largest organization of independent schools in the world.

Entitled «Transforming School Food: A National Gathering of Peers and Partners Taking on School Food Change,» the conference will draw over 160 school food service professionals and community organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and fuSchool Food: A National Gathering of Peers and Partners Taking on School Food Change,» the conference will draw over 160 school food service professionals and community organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and fuSchool Food Change,» the conference will draw over 160 school food service professionals and community organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and fuschool food service professionals and community organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and fuschool districts, as well as government agency partners and funders.

, one of the largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare organizations in the country dedicated to promoting social and emotional development, fostering resilience and building skills for school and life success in children.

That's why many of our favorite books of 2016 do something a little bit extra: They take our science to a new level, looking at how schools, organizations, and society at large can apply the research to create a more compassionate world.

Dr. Rotbart regularly speaks to large national audiences of parents, school, and youth sports organizations, as well as to community groups around the country, and national professional organizations of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.

There is a large segment of allies that de Blasio can count on this session: progressive grassroots organizations that will likely turn out en masse to support increasing the minimum wage, mayoral control of schools, and rent regulation renewal.

A diverse coalition of charter advocates rallied at City Hall on Friday to raise the cap, including several small independent charter operators who don't usually ally themselves with larger organizations, such as Families for Excellent Schools.

StudentsFirstNY, a local chapter of the national reform organization, and Success Academy, the city's largest and most powerful charter school network, quickly joined suit, along with other charter networks like KIPP and Achievement First.

The Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation (SASF) is a non-profit organization and one of the largest providers of school - based afterschool programs in New York City and the metropolitan region.

The letter also says that «we feel the need to alert you and every member of your organization, because Senator Lanza's obstruction is allowing an untold number of pedophiles in Staten Island to remain at - large — free to roam the streets, work in our schools and churches, coach local sports teams, and abuse again.»

Chanting slogans like «Profits, not pupils,» «We want money, not textbooks» and «First the banks, then the schools,» a large and spirited group of gaudily dressed faux hedge - funders expressed their enthusiasm for siphoning profits from charter schools on May 4 at a rally in front of the New York City Charter School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -School Center, the organization of charter school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal -school management that receives significant funding from hedge - fund operators and anti-union corporations such as Wal - Mart.

In October, Drakes and Donovan will be among a group of teachers giving a presentation on their experiences using the Toward High School Biology unit and helping to lead a workshop to introduce the new unit to attendees of the 2017 Area Conference of the NSTA, the world's largest organization of science educators.

«This paper details an approach that we feel capitalizes on the best aspects of both research techniques to advance our understanding of the behavior of large groups and advance the field,» says Ned Smith, an associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, who is co-lead author of the paper.

To that end, Evans is heading up the NCGENES clinical trial, part of a larger effort by three organizations, including the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

«Compared to Americans in the 1970s - 2000s, Americans in the last few years are less likely to say they can trust others, and are less likely to believe that institutions such as government, the press, religious organizations, schools, and large corporations are «doing a good job,»» explains psychological scientist and lead researcher Jean M. Twenge of San Diego State University.

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

The fact that many virtual schools are operated by for - profit education management organizations (EMOs) has surely contributed to the degree of scrutiny, prompting such publications as a recent report by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) on the largest operator of these schools, K12 Inc..

The findings, which were released here last week during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, are part of a larger research effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation to explore how the organization of schools and classrooms affects student achievement.

«My former principal (from the second school I taught at) reached out to me last summer and asked me to come out to Los Angeles to work with her in what is one of the largest turnaround organizations in the country.

The average tenure of teachers at Partnership Schools is more than ten years, over four times that of some the larger charter management organizations in the city.

Either high schools will really have to embrace family incentives by becoming significantly smaller and more informal, or they will have to admit that they are large, modern organizations that require explicit systems of rewards and sanctions to enhance productivity.

Jointly conducted by two prominent research organizations, the study charts the progress of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's effort to support the launch of hundreds of new, small high schools and convert hundreds of large high schools into smaller units.

The board — which oversees the country's largest standardized - testing programs, including the Scholastic Aptitude Tests, the Achievement Tests, and the Advanced Placement tests for high - school students — is a membership organization of more than 2,500 colleges, schools, school systems, and education associations.

Through visits to secondary schools and community organizations, the Peer -2-Peer educators hope to provoke more kids into thinking about the source of their food and their own eating habits, and to connect those personal experiences to larger social phenomena surrounding food, nutrition, and food access.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

Case studies of single turnarounds comprise most of this research, including studies of both large, stand - alone entities and small units within larger organizations, closer in size to schools.

According to Educational Testing Service, the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, between 75 and 98 percent of college students currently admit to cheating in high school.

While there are a myriad of reasons to say that can't happen in my organization because we are too large, we are too small, we are too diverse, we are too international, or we are too specialized, the reality is that I have always been a teaching principal in schools as large and diverse as 3400 and as small...

Organizational rigidity and complexity are classic pathologies of scale that most large organizations, including schools districts, encounter.

If large, centrally planned organizations like CMOs come to dominate charter schooling, much of that advantage may be lost.

In addition, it may be that operating within a larger communal organization reduces agency problems; encourages interactions between parents, teachers, administrators, and students; and influences the development of professional school communities.