Sentences with phrase «members said schools»

On one hand, state board members said schools must be held accountable for poor test scores.

When asked what qualities make a great school, 92 percent of Black parents and family members and 88 percent of Latino parents and family members said a school that welcomes parent feedback and is responsive to their concerns, according to our first - annual «New Education Majority» poll [i] released earlier this year.

Several task force members said the school board will have to refine dozens of the recommendations, which include having an effective teacher in every classroom by 2016.

Not exact matches

Pitch your company to several firms and try to simultaneously line up more than one offer, says Noam Wasserman, an entrepreneurship professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business (and a member of Inc.'s advisory board).

Farquharson's CV says he spent a summer as an intern with the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building in Northern Ireland, appeared in a rugby video played at the World Cup opening ceremony in 2015 (which Prince Harry also appeared in), and was a member of the Rugby School's chemistry club, the Blue Bunsen Society.

«Family members are good but independent persons are even better, [like] a school teacher, a grocery store owner he may have come into contact with, someone in the neighborhood,» says Ms. Warburton in an interview.

«They're really kicking ass with video,» says Katie Hawkins - Gaar, a digital innovation faculty member at the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism training and educational school in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The group said its members had been voluntarily trying to reduce sugar consumption by making calorie content information more visible on labels, as well as discontinuing sales of full - calorie sodas to schools nationwide, and replacing them with more lower - calorie or no - calorie beverages, along with smaller portion size options.

«Since the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, a number of companies have decided to sever their relationship with the NRA, in an effort to punish our members who are doctors, farmers, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, nurses, shop owners and school teachers that live in every American community,» the NRA said in a statement.

«You have to reduce the power of the CEO, and one of the very few ways to do that is to separate the chairman - of - the - board position from the CEO position,» Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills said in Corporate Board Member magazine (March / April 2003).

«Our company sells organic produce, so we are informing our members of healthy snacks for school, how to get over your sugar craze at Halloween, and some amazing vegetarian recipes for Thanksgiving,» Scherr says.

«We want to pass something great, and to me the something great has to be where we prevent it from happening again,» Trump said, referring to the shooting deaths of 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.

On Monday, FedEx said it would keep its discounting program for NRA members, breaking a trend in which scores of marketers, including MetLife, Delta Air Lines and Hertz, have publicly ended their own discount relationships following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Carlos, in support of your point, Barry Cooper, a man described in Wikipedia as «a member of an influential group of conservative political scientists, the Calgary School», said the PC party lost its way in the second half of Ralph Klein's tenure.

In his Douglas High School polo shirt — authorities said Cruz had such a shirt from his time as a member of the school's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — he blendSchool polo shirt — authorities said Cruz had such a shirt from his time as a member of the school's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — he blendschool's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — he blended in.

(Let me just say, I'm no average church member; I grew up in the Lutheran church; I attended a Christian high school and a Baptist college, and ultimately was a pastor's wife in an Assemblies of God church) What if none of them completely resonates with you?

She also said that a board member participated in gambling, despite the school's prohibition against it.

The variety ranges from cases in which faculty elect some members of the board of trustees from among their number, to cases in which faculty as a group is formally charged with certain responsibilities (say, nominating new faculty, or establishing policies governing the academic program of the school), to cases in which faculty effectively have neither responsibility, authority, nor power in the school's polity.

In the wake of Friday's massacre in Newtown, Conn., members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., posted Twitter messages saying they would picket outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

The faculty members of the school of world mission at Fuller Seminary say that it ought not to be so.

Mr Lowe and his wife Hilary said in a joint statement after the hearing: «Lizzie was a wonderful exuberant and loved member of her church, school and community.

Before you say another word, think for a minute about how members of your faith continuously push for legislation to force others to your way of life, force your morality, spark witch hunts for radicalized members of other religions even though it's more often than not white guys gunning down crowds in schools, theatres, grocery store parking lots, etc..

«I think it's blown out of proportion, you know,» said Robert Kirby, who is not a church member but was attending Sunday's church service in support of his daughter, who teaches Sunday School there.

That said, the reason many Old Catholic and Independent Catholic denominations have avoided the pedophilia scandals has more to do with the form of governance (synod - based decision making, laity inclusive or laity directed), recognition that clergy are mere humans with a special calling and ministry (as opposed to «always to be obeyed» representatives of the «monarchy» / Vatican and king / Pope), clergy are often members of the community at large (married or not, they have homes, careers, and lives outside a rectory), and the fact that clergy have not been brought up in seminary / parochial schools as young boys where they learned how to be abusers because they were abused themselves, but in homes.

A Member of Parliament — or a magistrate, or the Head Teacher of a school, or a borough councillor - who dared to say «Children should be taught that marriage is the lifelong union of a man and a woman, bringing new children into the world» would in all probability be denounced with vigour and forced to resign.

School officials had appealed to the league to find another time for the game, but the league said in a statement Wednesday the appeal was unanimously voted down by the league's nine - member board.

Chair of the Accord Coalition, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, said: «Accord is regularly made aware of qualified teachers who are excluded from jobs at faith schools, including serving members of staff who are forced to leave their post for behaviour deemed to go against a school's religious tenants, such as for seeking a divorce.

Paying tribute to the 17 year old from Aldershot, a spokeswoman from the combined school and sixth form said: «Nye was a warm, well - loved and popular member of our school community.

Said Brendaliz Davila, a member of the Miami - Dade school district's crisis team: «Some students will randomly say, «Hey, did you feel that tremor?»

In his entire time here I never heard a student or faculty member say any but positive things about him, rare for a star athlete in a competitive high school milieu.

Other members of Baylor's administration have also been dismissed, but the school said it won't identify all of them publicly.

«The NCAA's current rules severely restrict the ways in which the players can market themselves and license their name, image, and likeness — all to the benefit of the member schools and the NCAA,» says Sathya Gosselin, a Hausfeld LLP attorney who has served as trial counsel in the landmark O'Bannon v. NCAA litigation.

While some of the high school students joining the trap shooting team have experience with firearms through hunting with family members or shooting BB guns and air rifles for sport, Jenson says that a large number of interested participants have never handled a firearm or ever done trap shooting.

The parents say that frequent moves — Mike Jr. lived in a dozen houses before graduating from high school — have made the family members uncommonly reliant on one another.

And though it's no disgrace to be beaten by Eastern schools, the Pac - 10 can't very well hold its head high so long as members go around losing to North Carolina - Asheville, Richmond and Boston U. Says Arizona coach Lute Olson, «I'm not responsible for the rest of the Pac - 10.»

Reacting to evidence of a point - shaving scheme involving Tulane's basketball team (SI, April 8) and allegations of improper payments to players, Kelly said he would recommend to Tulane's 23 - member Board of Administrators that the school's basketball program be disbanded.

He did say that if only two schools left, staying at 10 would be an option for the AAC because conferences with 10 members now can play a championship football game.

Today I am enjoying things that I could not do when playing for a club like spending more time in the morning with my father, visiting my friends, my family members, taking my children to school and picking them up» Diego Milito said.

«Player safety has been and will continue to be the top priority for members of the NFHS Football Rules Committee,» said Brad Garrett, chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee and assistant executive director of the Oregon School Activities Association.

Ron Crawford, a member and past chairman of the Park District Soccer Advisory Committee, said the district's 220 soccer teams play 125 games each week on school land because the Park District doesn't have enough fields for the program.

Mary Kalou, assistant superintendent for business, said Park District officials and members of the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association met with school officials last month to propose a baseball diamond and soccer fields at South.

One possible plan is to ask Des Plaines School District 62 to allow park district staff members to pass out books to students as they leave school on certain days, HeckerSchool District 62 to allow park district staff members to pass out books to students as they leave school on certain days, Heckerschool on certain days, Hecker said.

Bill Banning Corporal Punishment in Schools to Be Introduced in Congress «There are two Americas out there for young students right now — one where they go to school knowing that they'll be guided positively by caring adults, and one where they live in constant fear of getting beaten,» said Rep. McCarthy, a member of the Committee on Education and Workforce.

«I have an assistantship at KSU while I'm going to school, and I work for the Center,» said Watkins, who became an SNA member in 2013.

Over and over again we hear School Nutrition Association members say things like, «If it weren't for my director, I wouldn't have applied for my scholarship,» and «My manager told me about SNA, and encouraged me to become a member.»

In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security and a say in how the longer school day plays out next year.

As a longtime school nutrition director and SNF board member, Joanne Kinsey has a passion for professional development and she says Jessie stood out right away.

«Eventually the other board members said it was the best idea we ever came up with; that's what got me thinking about school nutrition, and it evolved from there.»

Phil Crusius, an Arlington Heights school board member, died Tuesday after battling pancreatic cancer, Superintendent Sarah Jerome said Thursday.

The Near Northwest Neighborhood Network, which serves Latinos, African - Americans and others in Humboldt Park, West Town and Logan Square, has 138 members, including social service agencies, churches, banks, hospitals and schools, said executive director Eliud Medina.