Sentences with phrase «leaving the district better»
He said he felt he'd accomplished his goal of leaving the district better than it was when he took over.
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Slate's Rebecca Gale reports on the five states (plus the District of Columbia) that already have such laws — as well as the 21 states that currently have pending legislation for paid leave laws in the works.
Not in the form of some «how to» guide or some «five step» program, but, first and foremost, by way of metaphor: «If the state of contemporary Catholic literary culture can best be conveyed by the image of a crumbling, old, immigrant neighborhood, then let me suggest that it is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogeneous, characterless suburbs of the imagination, and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts which have such grace and personality, such strength and tradition.»
He left Cherokee High School in North Carolina with the best rebound record in the state, both All - District and All - State, and was named his school's Academic Athlete of the Year.
While Hobbs said modeling can provide better information for would - be swimmers, she wonders whether it is wise for the Park District to completely leave the decision to enter the water in the hands of individuals.
But now — less than a month after a proposal to create a park district was defeated at the polls — there is a new park - management proposal to consider, leaving residents and the Village Board with a decision about how best to control the community's recreational resources.
He responded well to criticisms of the law's meal standards, including allegedly increased plate waste (debunked by the Harvard School of Public Health) and tales of districts leaving the NSLP in droves (actually, only 59 out of 99,000 have left, according to Vilsack, and Dana Woldow has reported they often suffer financially as a result).
And with the Democratic enrollment edge in this district, even despite the Senate GOP's best gerrymandering efforts during the redistricting process, it certainly didn't help Amodeo to be splitting the left - of - center vote with Davis.
Republicans in the state Senate have resisted the idea of a special monitor, saying it's best left to local district attorneys.
«If the best settlements are those in which each side leaves unhappy, then it could be that Mr. Thompson has himself emerged a winner, if a battered one, near the end of the sort of polarizing police misconduct case that can define a district attorney's career.»
He was shorted on discretionary funding as well, leaving him open to criticism that he was an inadequate representative for the district.
«It is fantastic news that Sergei Skripal is well enough to leave Salisbury District Hospital,» Cara Charles - Barks, the hospital's chief executive, said in a statement.
«It is fantastic news that Sergei Skripal is well enough to leave Salisbury District Hospital,» the hospital's chief executive said.
Erie County Health Commissioner Gale Burstein said that testing children for lead is better left to primary care practices, but she didn't elaborate on why she doesn't support the school district's proposal.
Good government groups and other critics have knocked the backroom process, though these same critics also questioned how Mr. Cuomo's failure to call special elections left districts for many months without political representation.
This would mathematically work out very well as it leaves four Congressional Members entirely in Suffolk and Nassau counties, which can house exactly 4.05 districts under the new maps.
«These actions, as well as testimony that Percoco required employees to obtain his permission to leave State employment and otherwise attempted to control their post-State-service employment, also demonstrate Percoco's control over State employees, making it more likely that Percoco directed State employees to take official action,» a letter from prosecutors to U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni stated.
But Belling, forced to leave the Erie County district attorney's office at the end of last year, may be best known for two high - profile cases: the acquittal on the most serious charges against Dr. James G. Corasanti and the murder conviction (later resulting in a manslaughter plea) of Jeffrey J. Basil.
Of the 4,444 signatures gathered, 3,160 were ruled invalid, most because they were gathered from outisde the 46th Senate District, leaving Tkaczyk with only 1,284 signatures, well short of the 3,000 needed to secure the line, Amedore said in a press release.
«Zephyr» is Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law school professor, author of a well - regarded book on political corruption throughout American history and hero of the progressive left who's running for Congress in our House district against veteran Albany politician John Faso.
Both Libous and Gianaris predicted contested races in the new 46th District, between Amedore and Tkaczyk, as well as the Westchester County seat left open by the retirement of Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer.
But — in response to a suit brought by a group of Staten Islanders — Eastern District Court Judge Jack Weinstein declared on Monday that governors do not have the power to leave New Yorkers without a voice in the House of Representatives without good reason, and demanded Mr. Cuomo set a date for the special election by today.
Still, Cuomo remains proud of the property tax relief enacted under his administration, including the property tax cap that, while good for taxpayers, has left some local governments and school districts scrambling to constrain spending despite rising health care and pension costs.
Put simply, we left the district's pension in better shape than any other district in Colorado.»
But Saturday was full of Sonia Rykiel at H&M Herald Square and Bally (prices, left) at Soiffer Haskin at 33rd & 8th, so I had a good Saturday morning tour in the district.
Costume Designers Renée April — «Arrival,» «The Red Violin» Erin Benach — «Loving,» «Blue Valentine» Suzy Benzinger — «Café Society,» «Blue Jasmine» Arjun Bhasin — «Three Generations,» «Monsoon Wedding» Diana Cilliers — «The Last Face,» «District 9» Michele Clapton — «Queen of the Desert,» «Separate Lies» Bina Daigeler — «The Zookeeper's Wife,» «Only Lovers Left Alive» Julian Day — «Inferno,» «Brighton Rock» Jenny Eagan — «Beasts of No Nation,» «Now You See Me» Steven Noble — «A Monster Calls,» «Under the Skin» Karen Patch — «Seven Psychopaths,» «The Royal Tenenbaums» Monique Prudhomme — «The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,» «Best in Show» Trish Summerville — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Melissa Toth — «Manchester by the Sea,» «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind»
All is not well in the rest of Panem — as the post-apocalyptic remnants of the United States are called — however, as Katniss's act of defiance at the end of the last games — her refusal to kill Peeta by threatening to have them both eat poisonous berries, thereby leaving the games without a victor — has lit a spark in the tinderbox of rebellion, and mutinies are breaking out in various districts.
Districts need to consider policies that better retain early career teachers who have a higher probability of leaving, especially early career teachers who are already highly effective.
Districts are reimbursed through another funding stream for students who have left traditional district schools for charters: 100 percent of per - pupil in the first year, 25 percent for the next five years, as well as an annual per - pupil facilities cost of approximately $ 900 dollars.
Graduates of the Los Angeles Unified School District will leave high school equipped with a «skills warranty» as well as a diploma, beginning in 1994, district officials announced laDistrict will leave high school equipped with a «skills warranty» as well as a diploma, beginning in 1994, district officials announced ladistrict officials announced last week.
Certainly, improvement was not universal, and some very good teachers decided to leave the district.
Districts that are overpaid have no incentive to attract new students, as their state aid would not go up, and, in fact, would be better off on a per - pupil basis if some of their current students left.
To be sure, there are often good reasons to place children out of district at public expense — no district can serve all students equally well — but neither are there always clear and obvious distinctions to be made between who can be educated in a regular school, those who need alternative settings and those like Adrian who run afoul of the rules so frequently, or who are penalized so often and systematically, that they simply give up and leave.
That being said, if I do my job well, my hope is that I can leave DCPS as a district where students are achieving at high levels no matter their backgrounds, families are choosing DCPS schools because of the world - class education we provide, and parents and community members feel like they've contributed to DCPS» amazing successes.
Public school districts are thus left better off both academically and with respect to per - pupil funding.
The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.
Such gaming between the city and state can leave the district uncertain about its exact funding until well into its fiscal year.
Because a tenure decision involves thousands of future students as well as future colleagues and supervisors at other schools in a district where a teacher might work, it makes no sense to leave the decision in the hands of their current supervisor alone.
No Child Left Behind is important in the efforts to continue this progress, and urban districts must continue effective practices that have brought about promising results: high standards, strong and stable leadership, better teaching, more instructional time, regular assessments, stronger accountability, extra resources, and efficient operations.
The notion that youngsters can leave their school for one they like better in a neighboring district began in 1988 in Minnesota and has since spread in some form to nearly every state, according to the Education Commission of the States.
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After its fourth year in practice, the federal No Child Left Behind Act is changing the way schools and districts provide instruction — for better and for worse, concludes a wide - ranging study released today.
Third, as explained by Checker Finn, financial considerations make some closures unavoidable — and the likeliest targets are the district's lowest performers, both because they're not serving kids well and because they've typically seen their enrollments reduced by, among other things, students leaving in search of better educational options.
If school vouchers bettered the educational opportunities only of children who use the vouchers to attend private schools or schools in another district, many reformers would be left holding cups half empty.
Nebraska's open - enrollment law appears to have left some residents with a choice not foreseen by lawmakers — opting to sign up with a school district that charges relatively low taxes, and then sending their children to a district with better — and presumably more expensive — schools.
Participants will leave the session with numerous practical examples of blended and differentiated PD models as well as with a wealth of suggestions about how to begin transforming PD organically and / or District - wide at home.
Perhaps the best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts of the story Russakoff leaves out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).
The federal No Child Left Behind Act has helped prompt some school districts to develop, for the first time, a well - articulated curriculum for English - language learners — and even to work together in tackling what can be a daunting task for local educators.
The Roosevelt district, an inner - city district in Phoenix that was hit hard by charters, sent letters to local charter parents asking why they had left district schools and explaining how the district would serve them better.
A new school - finance plan has left Alabamas best - funded school districts struggling to make ends meet and financially strapped districts hoping the change is just the tip of the iceberg.