Sentences with phrase «make changes at the school»

If someone wanted to make a change at the school, they would be wise to seek the goodwill of these hubs.

Yet, like all the city's public school principals at that time, Litt was granted very little power to make changes at the school.

In sum, while principals believe that districts prioritize improved instruction, variations appear in responses to particular questions about whether principals receive clear guidelines and support for making changes at the school level.

The Parents Union tried for nearly three years to make changes at the school and threatened to file a parent trigger petition last year but withdrew it when the district promised to make changes.

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«We regularly review our course materials and textbooks to ensure they are up to date, and any changes that need to be made will be done at the appropriate moment to ensure least disruption to schools and students,» a spokesperson for the company told CNBC.

«We regularly review our course materials and textbooks to ensure they are up to date, and any changes that need to be made will be done at the appropriate moment to ensure the best learning outcomes for schools and students,» a spokesperson for the company told CNBC.

Our students want to change the world; 80 percent of Haskayne undergraduate students surveyed at the beginning of their program say that they come to business school to make a difference.

Since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, governments and businesses have made changes to gun and safety policies in response.

Dr Lawrence Hrebiniak, Professor of Management in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, states in his book, Making strategy work: leading effective execution and change: «What's absolutely critical... is that the organization celebrates success.

everything is made up of atoms (don't believe me do some research) its the different variables of heat and light and things like that that cause different reactions to make different things and these things when they interact can create something completely different and you and slowly the process of mitosis or miosis starts to work and form stuff hell i learnt that in high school and it was a catholic one at that a millions of years ago i bet the universe was completely different and had things in it that our minds cant even imagine that have since changed over time from action and reaction to what we have today and in another million years who knows with all the different gases we pump into the air and the weather getting more intense on both ends of the scale life as we know it will be different the human race will have to evolve to survive and will probibly form into a slightly different species hell maybe well evolve into 2 different species like in the movie time machine

At bottom, changes in a school's concrete identity come by decisions it makes, deliberately or inadvertently, about three factors we noted in chapter 2 that distinguish schools from one another: Whether to construe what the Christian thing is all about in some one way, and if so, how; what sort of community a theological school ought to be; how best to go about understanding God.

The change in our weather got me in the mood for all things fall yesterday, and I woke up extra early to make the kiddos a special breakfast, well at least more special than the usual quick hurry up and eat before school breakfast.

Is the coaching staff crafting a tailor made offensive scheme for that player to maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses while still allowing him to grow and get better at all aspects of the game, or is the staff trying to squeeze that player into an already developed system expecting him to make mistakes in that system in order to learn and master that system (the, this is what we run, so this is what you will run, you mess up, you learn from it, we ain't changing it school of thought)?

Wenger last won the premier league when most of our squad were at school his status amongst them is far less than it was with the lies of Pires and Henry etc al He's lost his touch lost his mettle and he doesn't have the respect of the players any more The board keep him on because he spends next to nothing and makes them a fortune Its time he went and the board changed tact but I really doubt it will happen anytime soon

These videos are based on the best practices from our partner schools, and provide useful information on how similar changes can be made at your school.

Those changes impair the development of an important set of mental capacities that help children regulate their thoughts and feelings, and that impairment makes it difficult later on for them to process information and manage emotions in ways that allow them to succeed at school.

While changing the work and school environments is helpful, lasting changes really need to be made at the family level.

Since the inception of our project in 2003, we have learned a lot about what makes an effective school team and the general progression that teams go through as they create changes to reduce student stress and increase health and engagement at their school sites.

Opportunities for creative learning have changed so much since I was at school too, my children frequently have external theatre groups or workshops visiting to introduce new topics as well as trips out, all things that make their learning more relevant.

And not to beat another dead horse here, but for those who want to learn how to work effectively with their school district's student nutrition director and school board to make changes in their own schools» food, there is plenty of free advice, based on real - world experience, at http://www.peachsf.org.

A lot of good changes were made at Gunn in preparation for school this year: - limits on AP classes - limits on the number of classes a student can take overall - changes to the overall schedule - adding skills for managing stress to the Phys Ed curriculum.

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And despite years of lobbying by the School Nutrition Association, Perdue made no change to one of the most important advances of the HHFKA — a requirement that kids must take a half - cup serving of fruits or vegetables at lunch, instead of passing up those healthy foods on a daily basis.

USDA made this change for a variety of reasons, but regardless of its motivation, starting in school year 2016 - 17, the ONLY competitive foods which may be offered to kids are fruits, vegetables, dairy products, whole grain rich foods, protein foods or combinations foods with at least a 1/4 cup of fruits or vegetables.

I'm lucky to have one at my first grader's school but it's still proving difficult to make changes.

After a year of attempting to give classroom parties at my son's elementary school a healthy makeover, I've concluded that it can be difficult to make real change without one.

We have several types at our house and as our needs change, our lunch containers change too which helps make bringing lunch to school a bit easier.

Another light bulb turned on: I understood that our parenting approach at home was not effective as his behavior at school and that we had to make changes to see a difference in my son's behavior at home.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

She didn't question the fact that the increased emphasis on writing and thinking — all stressful activities — at my alma mater, Hillsdale High in San Mateo, Calif., is a good thing, after I noted many of the changes were made by Stanford education school graduates.

On Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the La Cañada High School auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famSchool auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famschool officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and families.

Looking back at 2013, while the food movement made progress in certain areas (such as school food and GMO labeling), when it comes to exploitative food marketing to children meaningful change remains elusive.

We've made it through lots of transitions in the last 6 months — started full day nursery school, potty trained, moved into a big kid bed — and although each of those changes had bumps in the road, we are in a good spot except going back to sleep at night.

Administrators in Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and Elgin - based School District U-46 said they were making changes to the snacks sold at school to comply with the new regulaSchool District 203 and Elgin - based School District U-46 said they were making changes to the snacks sold at school to comply with the new regulaSchool District U-46 said they were making changes to the snacks sold at school to comply with the new regulaschool to comply with the new regulations.

So when someone succeeds in making positive changes, I can't help but wonder: How the heck did they do it?!? A few weeks ago, I wrote about the very impressive activities of the Healthy Lifestyles Committee at Matoaka Elementary School in Williamsburg, Va..

Rather than asking her to make what could be a very expensive permanent change in the food at your school, ask her to do a pilot program for a few weeks; if the pilot is successful, it can be made permanent.

We recommend that parents, advocates, and teachers utilize CAF's Get Involved resources to begin that process and let us know what changes you are making in your school district and at home.

Looking at the work ahead of us in 2018, we are inspired and motivated that schools across the country are so engaged in making change.

To its credit, my son's elementary school has made some positive changes in recent years, including stopping the sale of cookies and brownies at morning recess; banning vending machines in student access areas; and restricting bake sales to once a month or less.

Changes can come, in fact we must make feeding our children correctly a high priority, both at the school menu level and at home.

No one wants to waste time and energy reinventing the wheel when it comes to fixing school food, so before getting started, it is a good idea to look at what changes have been made in other schools and other districts.

Ann asked to meet one day — she had this idea of how she could help more than one school at a time by creating a free online resource center that would offer school food support to any district that was looking to make change.

Rumore said a State Supreme Court judge has now ordered a stay in the case, putting a hold on start time changes at the school and New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will decide if Cash has the authority to make the adjustment.

«On mayoral control of schools,» Savino continued, «I think we should look at changes to make it better, like doing away with the Panel for Education Policy, which is essentially a staff meeting for the mayor's office.

Some real - life changes, however, are being made in a number of schools around the country that focus on the critical - thinking skills of one student at a time instead of the collective test scores of a class, or a whole school, or a state.

He has severely attacked black members of the school board but he has also worked hard at the school board to make changes he believes will help students including struggling black students living in dysfunctional homes.

In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's ruling that Superintendent Kriner Cash can circumvent the union contract to make changes at receivership schools will likely end in a court battle with one of the most powerful teachers unions in the country.

«The consultation on ICT should however be considered in the context of the current review of the National Curriculum and any changes made to the ICT curriculum in schools should happen at the same time.

The Senate bill has further changes, such as including donations made to charter schools and expanding the pool of available credits, capping it at $ 150 million for calendar year 2017, $ 225 million for 2018 and $ 300 million for 2019 going forward.