Sentences with phrase «making of district leaders»

Not only do the statements represent collaborative work of a variety of stakeholders but they also can serve to guide the work and decision - making of district leaders.

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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: PM Modi will address a rally in Santhemarahalli town of Chamarajanagar district, where the party has never been very strong, as local leaders believe the BJP has the opportunity to make gains in the region.

A review of the policy and interviews with district leaders make it clear that PROMISE had nothing to do with Cruz's treatment by school officials; in fact, according to Superintendent Robert Runcie, Cruz wasn't even in PROMISE.

But it would at least give your food service leaders a chance to control the food choices Aramark is making, since the school district would be paying for all of the meal components by invoice, in addition to whatever management fees and per meal fees it has agreed to pay Aramark.

The project also gathered insights on the survey data from a panel of school nutrition leaders whose districts are recognized for their success in serving healthy meals and snacks.3 The research makes clear that multiple strategies, particularly those that engage children's creativity and invite their input, have helped instill healthy eating behaviors at schools across the country.

«We're going to be reviewing everything in our state so we can support those districts and leaders and teachers and make it clear the importance of testing,» Elia said.

Times Ledger: This time around civic leaders in eastern Queens are saying they have learned the lessons from past battles and are planning to make their message loud and clear: The neighborhoods of Glen Oaks, Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Bellerose and Queens Village should be joined in one state Assembly district.

When it came to representing his district, Silver often echoed the voices of key community leaders and the many thousands they represented, so they were in a sense in «the room» helping make decisions on vital issues like schools and affordable housing.

District leaders typically do not have a one size fits all characteristic, rather individuals make of it what they can.

Today's endorsement in a battleground swing district proves to the Democratic faithful in New York state that Cuomo is not just a member of their party, but the leader of it, backing an incumbent lawmaker who made a tough but valuable vote at a critical time in the campaign.

As a result of his demonstrated commitment to the working families and residents of the district, District Leader Hector Ramirez has earned the support of his community and peers to make the move to Albany to advocate for theirdistrict, District Leader Hector Ramirez has earned the support of his community and peers to make the move to Albany to advocate for theirDistrict Leader Hector Ramirez has earned the support of his community and peers to make the move to Albany to advocate for their rights.

The Senate, on Wednesday, suspended former Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, for six months for not «making due diligence» before filing a petition against the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki and lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye.

The Senate, has finally suspended former Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, for six months for not «making due diligence» before filing a petition against the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki and lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye.

Ali Najmi, an attorney and activist, Bob Friedrich, a local civic leader, Sally Frank, a staffer to Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Rebecca Lynch, a former Democratic district leader, are all said to be considering campaigns for the bucolic eastern Queens district, where public transportation options are limited and a booming South Asian population is changing the make - up of the once predominately white neighborhoods.

Lopez held onto the unpaid party position of district leader, and last year was widely rumored to be looking to make a political comeback.

Sources tell the Observer that many leaders in the Asian - American community based in Liu's native neighborhood of Flushing consider Chinatown, which makes up a large chunk of Silver's old district, as part of their rightful turf.

«The Legislature, assemblymembers, senators on both sides, both political stripes, they have very good working knowledge of what goes on in their district,» said Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, «and I think we should play a pivotal and critical role in making those decisions.»

The leader of the biggest opposition party also made a firm commitment to introduce a regime that will implement a policy for the election of District Chief Executives (DCEs) explaining that: «The time has come to bring accountability to local government through competitive politics.

Ojudu made the disclosure at separate meetings he held with APC leaders, party executives and other stakeholders in some of the local government that make up the Ekiti South Senatorial District on Friday in continuation of his Community Mobilisation Outreach Programme which he had kick - started in Ekiti North earlier in the year.

ALBANY — Albany County District Attorney David Soares is facing a personal injury lawsuit filed by two leaders of a law enforcement union who claim they suffered «mental anguish» from comments Soares made about them during the 2008 election cycle.

Mike Anich April 10, 2018 The Leader - Herald JOHNSTOWN, NY — A caravan for Democratic Congressional candidate Tedra Cobb of Canton made its last stop in the sprawling 21st Congressional District in Fulton County on Monday night.

Since her run for Jim Gennaro's seat in 2009, Taylor made the most of out of her Democratic District Leader position (24th A.D Part A) by aiding constituents and being a central figure in civic activism.

The first big sign of trouble came in the late afternoon, when Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco ended a brief session by saying senators were going to return to their districts, possibly until Sunday, «as the final touches are being made on the bills.»

Maloney, a Democrat elected to a Hudson Valley House district in 2012, reiterated in the statement that Cuomo has been «a national progressive leader and his record of accomplishments has made New York State the progressive capital of the nation once again.»

The labor - backed party didn't make a decision on the 31st SD race when it held its state convention in Buffalo a few weeks back, in part because a number of its affiliates were divided between Espaillat and one of his primary opponents, District Leader Mark Levine.

On May 15th, voters across New York will go to the polls to consider school district budgets and for the first time, schools will be under the constraint of a property tax cap, and school leaders say they've had to make «sacrifices» to live within those limits.

Two years later, he ended DeSapio's hopes of making a comeback as district leader, this time beating him by 600 votes.

A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.

«He has tried to make the lives of these tenants a living hell, and that's exactly what we are going to do right back to him,» added Quinn, who was joined by Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Democratic District Leader Mark Levine and Community Board 12 Chairman George Fernandez.

For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.

It's all too easy to make mistakes when you're emotional about the rigged teachers» contract by an incompetent Board of Education majority who sold out the school district as payback to teacher's union leader Phil Rumore for his election support.

«District leaders would no longer be able to give others any assurance that the state would reimburse a consistent share of a proposed project's cost, making it harder to gain approval from those voters,» the state Council of School Superintendents testified Wednesday.

Emerging from a district where socially conservative Evangelical Christianity has taken hold in recent decades — making it, in Torres» words, the Bible Belt of New York City — his ability to win over leaders across the spectrum, including most major unions, the Working Families Party, and politicians from reformer Gustavo Rivera to political dynasty scion Ruben Diaz, Jr., was striking.

Fred Cerullo, former minority leader and councilman, said, «There is no question that Dan would make a great member of Congress representing this district with the qualities he has proven he possesses - intelligence, thoughtfulness and bipartisanship.»

«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.

Where I get hung up, though, is with the idea that great leaders can make schools — and especially school districts — work well, given the dysfunction of the larger system within which they must work, and the Gordian knot that's been tied by decades of contradictory, often compromising, laws and regulations, not to mention the impossible politics often created by unruly elected school boards.

In addition, Russell Quaglia, president and founder of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, and Lisa Lande, executive director of the Teacher Voice and Aspirations International Center, have recently proposed three steps that school and district leaders can take to ensure teacher voice is represented in decision - making:

Newspaper editorial boards, civic leaders, local chambers of commerce, and parent groups have made it eminently clear that they want everyone to find a way to «get along,» and they expect district leaders to find a way to avoid upsetting the apple cart.

Ultimately, however, district leaders must ensure that their staff members know how to take advantage of management rights, and school boards must charge the superintendent and senior staff with actually making full use of managerial prerogatives.

Experience suggests that when parents, policymakers, or civic leaders are made aware of the costs, rules, and protections the agreements impose, they are much less willing to accept the status quo and more willing to back hard - nosed district leadership.

Facilitate school district bankruptcy: Congress can help free local leaders from the burden of bad decisions made long ago.

Kane argues that a system of efficacy networks, making it easier for district leaders to pilot and evaluate initiatives with their own data, would be better integrated with the way local leaders make decisions.

But rather than having district leaders make those cuts from the top, adjusting to current enrollment becomes the responsibility of each school and program manager.

But each time enrollment falls, district leaders seem to be caught off guard, forced to dip into reserves, pare down extracurriculars, and make out - of - cycle pleas for rescue funding in order to avert salary freezes, seniority - based layoffs, or school closures.

Even though students are often the ones most directly affected by the school funding decisions made by state and district leaders, their voices are rarely a part of those conversations.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

«SDP offers districts and states a terrific opportunity to catalyze their analytical talent,» said Glover, «We look forward to working closely with SDP partners to develop and expand methods of identifying, collecting, and analyzing data to help education leaders make policy decisions that are likely to have significant impact on raising student achievement.»

Initially, the pair thought that the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), in New York City, would provide them with the platform they needed to make their views known to district leaders.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

Senior Lecturer Kay Merseth, faculty leader of LEV, explains that there can be many advantages to attending institutes as a team of practitioners, including working together on district challenges, planning strategies to address problems, and making plans to carry out actions at home — all with colleagues who can hold them accountable.