Sentences with phrase «more schools across the country»

At the time Paul Barber told Premier he supported the plans, saying it would allow the Catholic Education Service to open more schools across the country.
«As more and more schools across the country are connected to the Internet, it is becoming increasingly important for teachers to become involved in collaborative, engaging projects,» she stated.
We also see this guide as a contribution to the advancement of the wider school design field, which can help create more schools across the country that our partners can share with and learn from.
Playworks is excited to be a part of the broader AFHK coalition as a national member given the alignment in our missions and the opportunity to bring our shared tools and resources to many more schools across the country.
More and more schools across the country are encouraging teachers to meet parents outside the classroom as part of a drive to build stronger relationships with students and their families.

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Since launch, users from more than 14,000 different high schools across the country have already downloaded the app, says Levy.
Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.
(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.
As Muhammed Chaudhry, CEO of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, recently explained, schools across the country are rapidly transitioning to Common Core Standards, a more rigorous standard of instruction, and as they do, they're investing heavily in technology to help students meet those standards.
For more than a week, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have held the country's attention as they join with peers across the country to demand a change in America's gun laws.
More than 125 high schools across the country currently serve as local testing centers.
More recently, we have extended free healthy meals at lunchtime to all little children in reception class and years one and two in all primary schools across the country.
But it's a terrific assignment, and one that should be used at more high schools across the country.
Of course, The Laurels and The Cedars are just two schools and much more could be said about the good work that is being done in schools across the country, about the sterling work done by Catholic home educators, and about a range of other initiatives including the steady growth of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and the projects arising out of Stratford Caldecott's two books on education: Beauty for Truth's Sake and Beauty in the Word.
After receiving more than a dozen proposals from major research organizations across the country, the group settled on the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania to he the primary contractor, conducting Phase One (the content analysis) and Phase Three (the regional survey).
Across the country, there are more than 200 full - time schools, according to the Council of Islamic Schools of North Aschools, according to the Council of Islamic Schools of North ASchools of North America.
«Take a look, for example, at U.S. schools where 4,322 districts across the country now have farm - to - school programs — a more than four-fold increase since 2006.»
We removed full - calorie soft drinks from all schools across the country and replaced them with more lower - calorie, smaller - portion beverage options.
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The Taste of Home Cooking School is America's leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 300,000 passionate home chefs each year and hosting approximately 300 events across the coSchool is America's leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 300,000 passionate home chefs each year and hosting approximately 300 events across the coschool program, inspiring more than 300,000 passionate home chefs each year and hosting approximately 300 events across the country.
Since its inception in 2014, Tour de Fresh has generated more than $ 300,000 in donations to support the placement of more than 100 salad bars in schools across the country.
In its first two years (2014 - 2015), Tour de Fresh received over $ 300,000 in donations to support the placement of more than 100 salad bars in schools across the country.
This year, there are more than 4,200 schools in almost 600 school districts across the country where kids will be introduced to the game of golf along with character education.
Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.
Demand for our program is growing, and Challenge Success is working hard to ensure that we continue to provide research - based assessment and interventions that reduce student stress and increase academic engagement for more schools and families across the country.
Today, Cyber Education Consultants provides workshops, professional development and consulting services to more than 100 schools across the country.
I read Janet Poppendieck's «Free for All: Fixing School Food in America», and also became more aware of the wide variety of challenges across the country as we started to follow the process of the implementation of the new regulations.
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 across the country are utilizing various locations and methods to reach more students and ensure every child starts their day with a balanced, nutritious breakfast.
This annual analysis looks at school breakfast participation and policies in 75 large school districts across the country to evaluate successful practices in reaching more low - income children with school breakfast.
Schools all across the country are gearing up for another school year and many of them will be cooking more items from scratch than ever before.
Even more important than the obvious accomplishment of bicycling across the country, I hope I can say that my visit was the precursor to constructive conversations about how schools can enact tangible change towards healthier kids.
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They were designed to allow flexibility for state associations that collectively oversee the more than 15,000 high schools across the country that have football programs.
As has been chronicled by nutrition, hunger, medical, national security, education and community organizations across the country, the bill is harmful to children's health, heaps administrative costs on schools, and plans to bury parents in more bureaucratic red tape, all while subsidizing well - off children at the expense of our less fortunate kids who need help.
While writing the School Food Plan, Henry and John visited more than 60 schools and held 7 regional events across the country.
We wanted to follow up with some additional information for our readers, readers who may not be school food pros but who are looking to learn more about what meal patterns are, what they mean, and how they will affect meals served in elementary and secondary schools across the country.
With links to more than 800 companies and 50 academic institutions across 40 different countries, Nottingham Business School has partnerships with leading management schools across the globe.
In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Kingston Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.
Government is also building and commissioning more Community Day Senior High schools, to increase access and to reduce imbalance in the provision of education across the country.This is the vision of the government; to transform Ghana into a leading education hub, for the West African Sub-region, and it was also building new universities, training colleges and vocational schools across the country.
Teachers, parents and pupils from across the country joined politicians at Westminster calling for more money to be spent on schools.
«Before we talk about what more we must do, we must understand what is at risk if we do not continue to live up to the collective commitment we have made to Afghanistan and its people», he told MPs, before detailing the schools, mosques, roads and wells built across the country.
«Today's announcement shows that we will not waver in pressing ahead with our plans to open 500 more of these innovative and exciting schools over the next five years, creating 270,000 places, delivering an excellent education and giving parents across the country real choice for their children.»
Education secretary Nicky Morgan also wants 200 new book clubs set up in schools across the country to encourage more kids to develop a love of reading.
More than $ 1 billion in federal aid is now available to schools across the country for physical education.
A further 22 free schools have been will soon be open - creating 18,000 more school places across the country, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.
KINGSTON, N.Y. >> In response to a series of school shootings across the country, the Common Council may seek federal and state action for more stringent gun control, including a freer hand for research into firearm violence.
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP)-- Pressure is growing for tougher gun - control laws after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, with thousands of angry protesters at state rallies demanding immediate action from lawmakers, and more demonstrations planned across the country in the weeks ahead.
The fight is not likely to end with Dover: Across the country, school systems are embroiled in more than 80 struggles over evolution.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.
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