Sentences with phrase «measure schools by»

Most states want to measure schools by growth in student test scores.

READ MORE: Measure schools by «success» of pupils at 25, says George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse Partnership

The draft School Quality Snapshot says clearly and unambiguously that the days of measuring a school by academic performance in New York City are over.

(The conservative organization, headed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, supports the greater use of education technology, promotion of charter schools and measuring schools by student test performance.)

Not exact matches

Reputation may seem like a superficial measure by which to judge an MBA school.

Monitoring how walloped employees are feeling by weather or cyclical events is one of the functions of measuring workplace mood so closely: by taking the pulse of a workplace and offering feedback, employers can develop happiness - boosting policies and practices (flexible hours in September, for instance, could help parents deal with the start of the school year).

She points to a 2011 study by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which found that students who started school at 8:30 a.m. got almost an hour more sleep and performed better on tests measuring attention levels than peers who started at 7:30 a.m.

Bumble is also making a $ 100,000 donation to March For Our Lives, a national rally on March 24 organized by the Parkland shooting survivors demanding increased gun control and school safety measures.

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

«We find the gaps between the stated procedures for MFP estimation [a measure of productivity commonly interpreted as technical progress] used by Statistics Canada and the BLS are substantial,» Michael Harper concluded in an open, written response (pdf) he co-authored with Alice Nakamura, another renowned expert on productivity, and Lu Zhang, both from the University of Alberta School of Business.

The school data used for the ranking by the FT measures such several factors that have little, if anything, to do with the actual quality of the education received by graduates.

For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

Now, after the Florida high school shooting, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) and other top Democrats think that Trump could help muscle through a measure long opposed by the NRA and many GOP lawmakers.

The Best Employers in Canada study measures the level of employee engagement at participating organizations and is based on results from a national survey conducted by Aon Hewitt, in association with the Queen's Centre for Business Venturing at the Queen's University School of Business.

Ernst & Young recently published a white paper that proves the material superiority of our forensic accounting research and measure of ROIC, and the technology that enables this research was featured by Harvard Business School.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

He did not measure himself by the cultural standards of his day, as did some others, who scoffed at the fact that he was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), nor by the greatness of the order of the intellect (his education was that which could be gained at the local synagogue school) Some of the creatures made by the Word of God are greater in these respects than the one who is the Word of God incarnate, and that one is not ashamed of his inferiority.

The intact mother - father team seems more invested in its children and has more success in raising children, measured by children's mental and physical health and their capacity to handle school, make friends, relate to the opposite sex and have confidence about the future.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

It is measured by the quality of godly life a «recovered» and «delivered» person is actually enjoying in sobriety — individually, with his family, with his job, with his business, with his schools and churches, with his community, and in fellowship with his Creator.

A recent presentation about sustainable school catering in Turin suggested schools ought to be aiming to reduce meat - based meals by 50 %, through measures such as cutting down on certain meats; introducing vegetarian meals twice a week; and offering alternative veggie meals if children ask for them.

While I am not prone to writing in the somewhat snarky and definitly sarcastic tone Wise employed in his Tuesday column, and although he seemed to mostly align himself with the group at Aspen - led by Dr. Bob Cantu - that views football as too dangerous to be played before the age of 14 (a position with which I respectfully disagree), I did find myself agreeing with what seemed to be his main point: that whatever measures are instituted to protect player safety will get us nowhere if the culture on NFL fields (and by extension, the high school, middle school, and youth gridiron) doesn't change.

«Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well - known standard effects: (1) escape — education has its own name for that: truancy, (2) counterattack — vandalism on schools and attacks on teachers, (3) apathy — a sullen do - nothing withdrawal.

They fall behind on measures of cognition and language development, and they have executive - function problems, too: They struggle with attention regulation; they are perceived by their teachers and parents as inattentive and hyperactive; they have trouble focusing in school.

September 14: Take in a screening of Beyond Measure: Schools at the Heart of Change, a new film by the makers of Race to Nowhere (Natick)

By any objective measure, there was a lot of school lunch reform «power» in that room, and the conversation was intelligent, insightful, and informed.

Districts complete a self - reported School Wellness Policy Implementation Assessment Tool, approved by the state Education Data Assessment Committee that measures the level of policy implementation.

For a more detailed review of the school's academic performance, as measured by the CAASPP program, check back soon for the most current information.

It is promoted as a voluntary best practice standard and has been used by a majority of school divisions as benchmarks for measuring progress of local wellness policies.

At a Waldorf school, education is not measured by competition and test scores, but is viewed as a life - long journey.

Village President Elliott Hartstein was scolded this week by Buffalo Grove trustees over a lack of cooperation and his refusal to follow their recommendations on a school funding reform measure.

Whether your multiples are in an Early Intervention program or receiving therapy through the school district, their development is measured by how well they meet goals and objectives.

An alternate plan to build in Clarendon Hills» Prospect Park won citizen approval at the polls, but construction has been beset by disputes between the School District and the Park District over whether District 181 abided by its agreement in site development, especially measures to avert possible flooding in the area.

This written form should tell you exactly what your child is being disciplined for, and outline the exact disciplinary measure as indicated by the school's policy.

The measure was inspired by first lady Michelle Obama's efforts to have children eat healthier foods and exercise more, and it would move breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom in many D.C. schools to improve participation.

phcraniometer looks a lot like the protractors we all used in elementary school for drawing circles and measuring angles, and depends on subjective decisions by your baby's practitioner.

And for extra credit, bring in a large sample size of American elementary school students and serve them all of the meals, and measure the amount of food waste generated by each meal both in terms of weight and dollars.

DENVER, Nov 5 (Reuters)- Supporters said on Tuesday that a Colorado measure to levy taxes on newly legalized sales of recreational marijuana and earmark the first $ 40 million in revenue for public schools had been approved by voters.

The Breakfast Initiative, which concluded in 2014, focused on a healthy school breakfast by evaluating its impact on several measures, including obesity prevention.

The report measures participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs by comparing the number of children receiving summer meals to the number of children receiving school lunch during the regular school year.

FRAC measures how well the Summer Nutrition Programs are reaching children in need by comparing the number of low - income children receiving summer meals to those receiving free and reduced - price school meals during the normal school year.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

By that measure, charter schools are a complete failure, since nothing has ever come out of a charter school and been incorporated into a public school — nothing has even been tried.

In a vain attempt to fill the hole left by the potential removal of the 50 % cap, the Government has suggested a range of alternative integration measures for schools.

Despite this, their detailed tax policies are a net giveaway of 0.1 % of national income, their detailed social security measures would only provide a tenth of the cuts that they have said they want to deliver, and their commitments on aid, the NHS and schools would (relative to a real freeze) increase spending on these areas by 0.3 % of national income.

It's a measure that is also strongly opposed by the New York School Boards Association, which believes the bill would put in place the state's «first private voucher system.»

At the same time, the measure requires public schools, government agencies and public colleges to have multiple - occupancy bathrooms, along with locker rooms, be designated to be used only by people of their «biological sex» — or what was stated on their birth certificate.

Lawmakers last year agreed to linking Common Core - based testing to the results of teacher performance evaluations, a measure that was sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and linked to a boost in school aid.

The last major piece of gun control legislation approved by New York was the 2013 SAFE Act, a controversial package of measures backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the wake of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

One compromise measure could be to link an extension of rent control to the passage of the tax credit, a bill that has an uncertain future in the Democratic - led Assembly and is backed by parochial and private schools.