Sentences with phrase «local schools across the country»

Charter school opponents and unions point to what has happened here as proof that the reformers» goal is just to privatize education and strip families of their voice in local schools across the country.

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Students across the country are walking out of class at 10 am local time on Wednesday, March 14, for the National Student Walkout to honor the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

There exists a myriad of learning opportunities available to students outside of the regular school day, whether on campus, through local museums and science centers, or elsewhere in communities across the country.

More than 125 high schools across the country currently serve as local testing centers.

That's a great distinction... I am part of a community who seeks to follow Christ; this community is both local, my friends at school and the church, and distant, my friends across the country and world; I interact with both to further my walk with God.

Schools are doing local food right all across the country.

Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is excited to be celebrating National Farm to School Month this October, paying homage to the hard work and dedication of food service professionals, farmers and educators across the country who are connecting their communities with fresh, healthy and local food.

If you really want to improve school meals, here are 10 effective ways to support the hard - working school nutrition HEROES who are reshaping local and national food systems, teaching kids about where food comes from, and feeding millions of children their best meals of the day — every day — in thousands of schools across our country.

It has since grown into a collaborative effort of over 700 local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens across the country.

For Couric to see the delicious, healthy, often local fare that is becoming the norm in school cafeterias across the country.

Thanks to the commitment of teachers, principals, parents and community leaders, along with No Kid Hungry's national and local partners across the country, 3 million more kids are eating school breakfast since 2010.

Schools are doing local food right all across the country.

Camp Kesem boasts over 100 chapters across the country - all run by highly motivated college student leaders who work together during their school year to organize all aspects of their local camps - which are held at fantastic, fun sleep - away campsites.

The requirements and laws about starting kindergarten vary across the country, but local school districts often post their own kindergarten readiness requirements on their websites.

What does this partnership mean for HUMAN franchisees across the country: 1) Franchisees provide AACS students / future professionals with convenient access to nutrition education and healthful food and beverage options, including hot meals 2) Franchisees have increased access to high - traffic AACS schools in their area 3) Franchisees have increased visibility and impact in their local communities

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

«You do want somebody to think about the planning of school places, capital investment... If the government doesn't have some local tier to do this you are running the risk of... the horrendous prospect of the Department for Education trying to allocate capital across the country without having that local knowledge.»

The Local Content Unit in the Petroleum Directorate of the Ministry of Energy, is embarking on a gender mainstreaming tour of some selected Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country.

Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is excited to be celebrating National Farm to School Month this October, paying homage to the hard work and dedication of food service professionals, farmers and educators across the country who are connecting their communities with fresh, healthy and local food.

The students had just found out that they — like middle and high school students across the country, boosted by fundraising campaigns and the wise support of their principals, teachers, parents, and local community leaders — were taking a school trip to see Black Panther for free.

Specifically it should set out how it sees academies, maintained schools and local authorities working together to provide an integrated, efficient and effective school system across all parts of the country.

Since the ASD launched three years ago, it has been touted by policymakers in Tennessee and across the country as a promising approach for states looking to improve their lowest - performing schools — and criticized by some local educators and communities for not showing results quickly enough.

The day is also a chance to share your experiences with others facing similar challenges, and to learn from best practice from schools and local authorities across the country.

Taylor also commented: «Local construction companies will also benefit from the construction work in these and other schools across the country under the wider Priority School Building Programme.

More than 4,500 schools across the country now have a Let's Get Cooking club, and the network covers every local authority area.

Backed up by solid evidence that the Partnership impacts positively on children's life chances, the partnership is now offering unique, tailored solutions for local areas and delivers real, evidence - based, impact in schools and communities across the country.

NASBM also has affiliated local groups across the country where you can meet other school business managers and gain insights and advice on the process first hand.

It comes as no surprise, then, that their perceptions of schools across the country remain unmoved when they receive information on their local district's ranking.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

The plan will also boost careers support in the areas of the country most in need, with # 5 million funding to create 20 careers hubs across the country that will link schools and colleges with local universities and employers to help broaden pupils» horizons.

Local West Suffolk MP and Digital Minister Matt Hancock said: «Wonde are at the cutting edge of technology, helping schools across the country use their data productively.

We work with health and education commissioners in local authorities, and directly with early years settings, schools, parents and children across the country.

In response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risk.

Children in North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, Sunderland, County Durham, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton on Tees will enjoy better schools in the years to come from the new initiative agreed today and local construction companies will play a key role in building better schools across the country under the wider Priority School Building Programme.»

Schools are becoming independent entities and local authorities are rapidly being replaced by academy clusters as key players in the delivery of education across large swathes of the country.

To be fair, all of the groups in the survey grossly underestimated the actual levels of spending in their local schools and across the country.

Local construction companies will also benefit from the construction work in these and other schools across the country under the wider Priority School Building Programme.

Despite the nation's troubled economic times, voters across the country approved several state and local ballot measures Nov. 5 that call for billions of dollars in new spending on school programs for students of all ages.

Our new GreatSchools Summary Rating offers expanded information about important aspects of school quality — including student access to advanced courses, student progress information, and equity data to help parents see whether or not all students are being served similarly — that parents across the country can use to support their children's education and take action to improve their local schools.

«When you look at the annals of state intervention in local school districts across the country... there's virtually no track record, nor extant examples of states effectively turning around academic performance in local school districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Educschool districts across the country... there's virtually no track record, nor extant examples of states effectively turning around academic performance in local school districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Educschool districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.

The White House is announcing new steps to combat chronic absenteeism and calling on states and local communities across the country to join in taking immediate action to address and eliminate chronic absenteeism by at least 10 percent each year, beginning in the current school year (2015 - 16).

The local Trenton AROS (Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools) coalition was one of 200 districts across the country advocating for schools that our students dSchools) coalition was one of 200 districts across the country advocating for schools that our students dschools that our students deserve.

An analysis by Schools Week found that of the 87 schools across the country that lost 5 per cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per cent were local authority - run, and 55 per cent were acaSchools Week found that of the 87 schools across the country that lost 5 per cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per cent were local authority - run, and 55 per cent were acaschools across the country that lost 5 per cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per cent were local authority - run, and 55 per cent were academies.

Across the country, the number of community schools continues to grow, as local educators, community leaders, and others look for equitable, efficient, and effective ways to provide the broad range of supports and services that allow young people to become truly well - prepared to enter college or a career.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

NSBA is committed to equity and excellence in public education through school board governance, and with the onset of a new administration and a new Congress, will amplify the voice of 90,000 school board members across the country, to maintain and strengthen the ability of local districts and school boards to act in the best interests of students, parents, and communities.

They represented a range of academies and local authority maintained schools, with 17 mixed, three girls» schools, and one boys» school across the country.

And with one out of every four ed schools allowing students to practice their teaching abroad or across country far away from local classrooms, far too many aspiring teachers aren't getting the supervision they need to either stay on course or get additional tips for improvement.

And they're using the power of their fundraisers» purses and sophisticated messaging outfits to push their agendas in local and school - board elections across the country.»