Not exact matches
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.
«It was exactly the right prize for Kickboard at the time,» Medbery says, noting it's «near impossible» to place a price tag
on the insights she gleaned from the financiers and business analysts she met — not to mention the relationships she forged with potential investors, advisors and senior
leaders at the region's
public schools.
We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early education, raising standards in our
public schools as a
leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community
on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.
If a dozen different
public school systems were to embark
on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community
leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.
Our country was founded
on the biblical values we had christian
leaders, we had prayer in our
public schools now we have hatred no love.
Right now the Association of Theological
Schools in the United States and Canada is conducting a major study of the
public character of theological education, with a special focus
on how seminaries can educate
leaders who take their
public role seriously.
Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community
leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter -
school opposition
on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter
public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still
on waiting lists.»
As much as we might fight against prayers in
public schools, churches
on city property and political
leaders who have the nerve to declare that this is a Christian country, we must accept the fact that we are a minority.
We woefully underestimate the power of business
leaders if we think they are engaged in private enterprise, for their decisions have huge
public impacts not only
on their stockholders but
on the jobs we need, the neighborhoods in which we live, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the
schools in which we learn.
This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based
on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business
leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American
public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.
The Chicago - based Thomas More Society,
on behalf of former Arlington Heights resident Jim Finnegan, sent a letter to Park District officials and village
leaders this week asking that a privately funded Nativity scene be allowed in the
public North
School Park.
Senate Majority
Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive of the effort to strengthen charter
schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap
on the alternative
public schools by 100.
«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional
public schools, and cracks down
on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its
leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»
A group of religious
leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent
public figures have signed a joint letter calling
on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious free
schools.
Republican Senate Majority
Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information
on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of
public schools.
The mayor also predicted dire consequences if he loses his showdown with state Senate Majority
Leader John Flanagan, who wants to lift the cap
on the number of privately run
public schools in the city, now set at 23 new charters.
At 11 a.m,
public charter
school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter
Schools, join parents
on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.
PS 58 Chapter
Leader Dan Lupkin said the governor's attack
on public education had spurred a level of protest that was new for his
school.
«We strongly urge you to hold a new
public hearing
on Success Academy's application to open a new charter
school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen F
school in
School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen F
School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input
on the revised application,» said local
leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.
Negotiations are now centering
on additional ethical disclosures and an overhaul of the system for evaluating
public school teachers, the governor and legislative
leaders said.
Parents were split
on the decision to open city
schools, which had drawn some ire from local
leaders like
Public Advocate Tish James and state Senator Jose Peralta.
«
On behalf of our more than 13,000 parent members, we welcome the new Chancellor and hope that Alberto Carvalho will be the independent
leader that
public school children desperately need.
Also at noon, NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Liz Accles, the executive director of Community Food Advocates and Monique Lindsay, a
public school parent
leader and food advocate hold conversation
on universal free lunch, food access and nutrition for New York City's
public school students, NYSHealth's office, 1385 Broadway, 23rd floor, conference room, Manhattan.
At 9:40 a.m.,
leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call
on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter
schools in
public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
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.
The mayor also said he wants to work with student
leaders to provide them with opportunities «to lead meaningful discussion»
on the Boston
Public Schools budget process.
Ed Balls went to a good
public school, to Oxford, over to Harvard for a stint teaching, returning to write
leaders for the FT,
on to working for Gordon Brown in opposition and government, to MP and into the cabinet two years after entering parliament.
The
leader of the Buffalo
Public School District discussed critical education issues
on Facebook Live in the WNED WBFO studio Wednesday.
Some Buffalo
school parents, students and community members left for Albany early Tuesday morning to call
on state
leaders to fully fund
public schools.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Union
leaders with the Buffalo Teachers Federation recently announced they've agreed
on an arbitrator in its dispute over City Honors with the Buffalo
Public School District.
There are three ballot propositions
on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative
leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for
school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for
public and nonpublic
school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding
school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»
Todd is also the statewide
leader on access to diplomas for special needs students, as well as fixing New York's broken standardized testing system for
public school students.
The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State
on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union
leaders from New York City and across the state converged
on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for
public schools.
At recent
public meetings, the DOE did not give parents and
leaders enough assurances that construction of the Beacon
School's new Hell's Kitchen campus is
on schedule, Community Education Council 3 members said in a Dec. 9 letter to DOE officials.
Phil Haberstro of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a key volunteer
leader of the policy writing team, noted that the work of policy implementation is the next phase of work that is currently being accomplished through the newly formed District Health Council, the Board and the community at large - The
public may view the District wellness policy
on the Board of Education Web Site or by contacting Sue Ventresca, the Buffalo
School District's Director of Health Related Services.
With
schools and other
public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor
leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally
on Oct. 17
on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.
*** Photo Left to Right: Althea Williams, Founder and President of «Youth
Leaders On The Move;» Loretta Masterson, President of the Sack Wern Houses Residents Council; April D. Horton, Director of External and Government Affairs at Verizon; Senator Jeff Klein; Darrin Speight, President of the Shorehaven Condo Association; Paul Moore, Principal of Moore Development Group; Debra Stern, Founder and Executive Director of the Amani
Public Charter
School.
Liberal Democrat
leader indicates he would consider vote
on on Britain's EU membership in coalition talks in return for deal
on schools and
public sector pay
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leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and
public figures sign open letter calling
on Education Secretary to keep faith
school admissions cap
However, Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria, Osun State, YOWICAN - OS, has earlier said the judgment of Justice Jide Falola that legitimises wearing of Hijab in
public schools was in direct opposition to the mutual agreement
leaders of National Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, Osun State chapter, reached
on the issue.
«My concern is that independent trials are
on the decline and that means we have less high - quality data to inform
public health that are not influenced by commercial interests,» says study
leader Stephan Ehrhardt, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Bloomberg
School's Department of Epidemiology.
«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program
leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale
School of
Public Health, and principal investigator
on both studies.
The research was conducted by international group of researchers from Indonesia (Summit Institute of Development, the study
leader, and the Center for Research
on Language and Culture, University of Mataram), the United States (Harvard T.H. Chan
School of
Public Health, the University of California, Davis, and Georgetown University) the United Kingdom (University of Lancaster) and Australia (Deakin University).
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94, state superintendent of
public instruction for Montana, discussed
school improvement efforts in her state and the importance of being a
leader at the Askwith Forum
on Friday, March 1.
On Tuesday, Caprice Young was inducted into the National Alliance for
Public Charter
Schools» Charter
School Hall of Fame, which recognizes the movement's pioneers and
leaders whose contributions have made a sizeable, lasting, or innovative impact.
«She's a strong
leader — both here
on campus as the director of the Language and Literacy Program and in the field through her ongoing collaborations with Boston and Cambridge
Public Schools.
Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the
public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis
on American precollegiate education for
school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the general
public.
In
Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced
Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the
school's teachers in their focus
on literacy, and how the
school combined her leadership with online instruction.
President Bush included business
leaders, university presidents, union and association
leaders, policy analysts, and a
public -
school teacher, among others,
on his 24 - member education - policy advisory committee, established last fall to provide him with innovative ideas.