Sentences with phrase «most schools dealing»

We asked 200 school leaders of high minority, high poverty, high achieving schools why they have been successful when most schools dealing with this population are unsuccessful.

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It's unclear who that would be, but most likely «someone at the center — or close to the center — of this criminal enterprise,» Jens David Ohlin, a professor at Cornell Law School, told Business Insider, adding that the fact Flynn was «charged with and is pleading guilty to such a minor crime suggests a bombshell of a deal with prosecutors.»

No teacher should be or need be at a loss to deal intelligently and fairly with most religious issues that might arise in public schools in a pluralistic society, and every teacher can be and ought to be prepared to grasp the religious dimensions in any subject of study and to use sectarian differences to clarify issues and enrich the learning of all.

Ironically, this newsworthy curriculum evidently teaches a good deal less about etiquette than we learned back at Margaret M. Amidon Elementary School in the «60s, but that is still a good deal more than children learn in most places.

Chaplains are seeing the firsthand results of materialism, secularism and interfaith marriages and are dealing with young people where they spend most of their time and energy — in school.

I think the most difficult part of dealing with this issue isn't just the stares or questions from other parents, friends or acquaintances... For us it has been SCHOOL.

In fact, most people assume that their kids will not have to deal with bullying once they graduate from high school.

The most important thing is not to escalate to the fact that my child is having trouble in school, but try to be as specific as possible and to work in a partnership with professionals that are also dealing with your child.

Dealing with a pre-teen in middle school and all of the changes — both emotional and physical — those years bring can make it seem like the most trying period of parenting.

In truth, what I'm most worried about is not deep fryers, since schools may not want to invest in equipment they only just got rid of a few years ago, but instead the clear message coming from the TDA, through Mr. Miller's public statements, that junk food is not a big deal.

Every year my fantastic Post colleague Jay Mathews takes a great deal of time to assemble his list of America's Most Challenging High Schools, and he's just done it again for his 2014 list, which you can read all about here.

We're unlikely to see him poring over dense regulations, struggling to meet an underfunded budget, lamenting the lack of a real school kitchen in which to cook and store food, dealing with a cafeteria too small to accommodate his students, competing with fast food outlets because of an open school campus, or, most importantly, battling an unyielding Congress for more school food funding.

Most surprising is how common and unrecognized this trait it and also, how unequipped public schools often are to deal with sensitive children.

Every store claims to offer the best deals and most durable clothing for the school year.

Most public and private elementary schools today have dealt with a child with severe, life threatening food allergies.

In the deal with D.C. schools, there's just one hitch: the kitchen can't use most of the cooks it trains because so many of them are convicted felons.

It's true, moms do much of the heavy lifting when it comes to the kids; handling their childcare needs, dealing with the school stuff, even most of the housework falls to mom.

Still, event with a raise the agreement in place — believed to be one of the last and most contentious of the policy matters in the budget — there are remaining matters that must be dealt with, including a push to bolster charter schools and funding for education.

Most of their day was spent debating a «big ugly» revenue language bill that dealt with dozens of Issues like authorizing ride - hailing services, subsidizing tuition at state schools, reviving the 421 - a tax credit and expanding Gov. Andrew Cuomo's power to make mid-year budget adjustments.

But while most of the attention went to negotiations about teacher evaluations and standardized tests, new policies also were put in place for dealing with failing schools.

The prosecutor, Preet Bharara, speaking at the New York Law School on Friday, castigated how deal - making has long been done in Albany — by «three men in a room» (the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader), who work in secret and without accountability to decide most vital issues.

ALBANY — One day after Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced a «framework» deal on rent regulations, 421 - a and mayoral control of New York City schools, most of the details of the proposed session - ending legislation were still unavailable, and sources familiar with discussions said lawmakers are continuing to negotiate on major pieces of the tentative agreement.

The legislative leaders and the governor made some progress yesterday, reportedly reaching a deal on education that adds $ 300 million in additional spending to the $ 807 million boost Cuomo proposed, spends $ 340 million on pre-K — most of which is going to NYC — and also hikes per - pupil state aid for charter schools, though they would have to agree to be audited by the state comptroller.

An e-mail the Success Academy Charter Schools sent to teachers after the storm confirmed the priorities: «We know [getting to school] means you have to wake up a bit earlier and deal with a few more hassles, but WE and most importantly your SCHOLARS and FAMILIES truly appreciate your dedication and tenacity!»

The deal will force most educators accused of misdeeds to work for their earnings in district offices or in non-teaching roles in schools until their cases are resolved.

«In a three - way race, I think that a candidate who wants a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, health care for all, a Green New Deal to provide full employment while acting on climate change, and who supports progressive taxes to adequately funds our schools and local governments will have the most support among the voters,» stated Hawkins.

Many students in some of Buffalo's most - troubled schools aren't receiving afterschool help, as the district deals with new procedures and the expanded Say Yes to Education program.

«I've helped secure two new public schools for the district (an elementary school on 17th Street and most recently, a new middle school at 75 Morton St.), fought NYU's irresponsible campus expansion plan, established a legal defense fund for rent - stabilized tenants... and brokered a deal to renovate Washington Square Park,» he said.

Most Ph.D. s are likely to have sailed through school academically; it can be a shock to deal with students who find learning difficult.

Recent studies by Sood and colleagues at USC Schaeffer Center, the USC Price School of Public Policy and the USC School of Pharmacy have found that most consumers on high - deductible plans are not comparing prices to find the best deals on services or on prescription drugs, even though the research indicates that some patients could potentially save hundreds or thousands of dollars per year.

I am often asked what I do, and when I reply with a great deal of satisfaction that I'm a teacher, the most common remark is «I don't know how you can manage; when I was at school I used to cause all sorts of trouble.»

How to name species can be another hot button among biologists (more beers, more arguments)- but again, for those dealing with extinction issues, naming is most commonly done in accordance with the Linnaean taxonomy you might have learned (and forgotten) in high - school biology.

I know most of us have memories of a few itchy days off school and what is the big deal.

The most dreaded part of getting my children ready for school in the morning is dealing with my daughter's long tangled hair.

Wherever it is lawful and practicable to do so Abby Eagle School of Meditation will endeavour to deal with you anonymously, however in most cases it is not possible to do business with you unless we have appropriate identification.

While we do not have much experience with such policies, they seem like the most feasible way to deal with the problems of schools serving low - income and minority students.

Interestingly enough, most of the philosophies that ground these approaches have a good deal of validity, and a great deal of potential to affect change in our schools and districts.

Most notably, they've created networks of schools, like those in New York or Newark where I have worked a great deal, that are particularly good at closing achievement gaps for low - income and minority kids.

«It will put around $ 2300 per student on average into schools across the country, but delivers the fastest growth to the public schools who need it most and to the public schools who got the most unfair deals in the past,» he said.

Most schools have strategies in place to deal with the most obvious risks of cyberbullying and access to inappropriate content, but the risks to students» physical health may be overlooked because the effects are less immediMost schools have strategies in place to deal with the most obvious risks of cyberbullying and access to inappropriate content, but the risks to students» physical health may be overlooked because the effects are less immedimost obvious risks of cyberbullying and access to inappropriate content, but the risks to students» physical health may be overlooked because the effects are less immediate.

«Society is not doing itself a favor by taking kids we see as the most troubled and removing them from the one institution we have established to deal with children,» said Ray Wallace, a lawyer for several expelled children in Massachusetts school districts.

Not surprisingly, most Massachusetts school districts, including Boston's, tend to support more Horace Mann charter schools but oppose any increase in the Commonwealth variety, since Horace Mann charters provide host districts with a great deal of discretion and ongoing oversight authority.

Commissioner Gordon M. Ambach said his department was studying the proposal, under which most graduating students would be 16 years old, because schools need «bold thinking» to deal with demographic changes and declining revenues.

Observe, too, that when schools achieve this kind of fusion they're dealing only with a portion of the P - 21 agenda, what most educators would term the cognitive portion: reasoning, analyzing, solving multi-part problems, organizing ideas and synthesizing information, writing cogently and speaking persuasively, etc..

Meanwhile, more parents in D.C. neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park are sending their kids to public schools, resulting in fewer spots for «out of boundary» students in the most sought - after neighborhood schools such as Lafayette, Murch and Eaton elementary schools or Deal Middle School.

Recent revisions to the most prominent federal law dealing with school quality — the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — mark a sharp rollback of the federal role in teacher evaluation and accountability.

What's the most effective way to deal with cyberbullying and / or teen suicide in school?

This sums up how most American schools are dealing with the homework issue.

The CCSS requires students to engage more deeply with complex text than most have dealt with in past schooling.

The third most quoted source of financial pressure reported by school leaders was the cost of dealing with the additional needs of pupils, reported by 83 per cent of respondents.