Sentences with phrase «national schools campaign»

Bush's national schools campaign called America 2000 was announced in April.»

168 Pennies: A National School Campaign to Build the Oklahoma City National Memorial Students around the globe have an opportunity to raise 168 pennies — one penny for each victim of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Stephen Evans, campaigns manager at the National Secular Society (NSS) says: «We welcome the government's robust response to the specific allegations against schools in Birmingham, but it has a long way to go before we can be confident that children's education isn't being compromised by groups with a religious agenda.

We are also excited about the announcement from National Dairy Council and Fuel Up to Play 60 — with support from Dean Foods and Share Our Strength — about the Spring 2014 «It Starts with School Breakfast» campaign!

Speaking of stories missed, that's what today's blog post is all about — we're featuring National School Breakfast Week campaigns, blogs, and articles that inspired us, and that we wouldn't want you to miss.

This year, as part of the National School Breakfast Week campaign, SNA offered students the opportunity... Continue reading →

The National Gardening Association offers grants for school garden programs through their Kids Gardening campaign.

Most public schools, and some private schools and local resources, participate in the National campaign but homeschools do not often consider Red Ribbon Week as part of their homeschool curriculum or activities.

That fact has not been lost in the Department of Agriculture's three - year campaign to make federally funded school menus meet national nutrition guidelines for fat, calories and sodium.

As a result of my recent efforts to end the use of LFTB in USDA - procured beef for the National School Lunch Program, I've been chosen as one of eight finalists for Healthy Child Healthy World's 2012 Mom on a Mission campaign.

Second, I happened to start a blog about school lunches right as the topic entered the national discussion early this year (The Let's Move campaign started in January and Jamie Oliver's show Food Revolution came out in March).

Also in support of Farm to School, Slow Food USA launched a Time for Lunch campaign yesterday, to organize a national day of action on September 7 with grassroots Eat - Ins around the country, reminiscent of their monumentally successful event in San Francisco last year.

1987 FRAC's Fuel for Excellence, a guide to the School Breakfast Program, is the launching pad for a multi-year National School Breakfast Expansion Campaign with 70 national pNational School Breakfast Expansion Campaign with 70 national pnational partners.

Hosted by Healthy Schools Campaign, Cooking Up Change is a dynamic culinary competition that puts student voices front - and - center in the national conversation about school food.

The National campaign is sponsored by the School Nutrition Association and Kellogg's.

Cooking Up Change was sponsored by the Healthy Schools Campaign and the national Farm to School Network as part of the annual «Taking Root» confab in Detroit that gathered school food and farm to school advocates from around the coSchool Network as part of the annual «Taking Root» confab in Detroit that gathered school food and farm to school advocates from around the coschool food and farm to school advocates from around the coschool advocates from around the country.

The New Balance Foundation Billion Mile Race is a national campaign challenging America's schools to collectively run, jog, and walk one billion miles at school.

The campaign launched this month and will run through March; National School Breakfast Week will be celebrated at schools across America March 5 - 9, 2012.

This year, as part of the National School Breakfast Week campaign, SNA offered students the opportunity to design their own breakfast t - shirt; the students were challenged to highlight the benefits of eating a healthy school breakfast with an original, creative illustrSchool Breakfast Week campaign, SNA offered students the opportunity to design their own breakfast t - shirt; the students were challenged to highlight the benefits of eating a healthy school breakfast with an original, creative illustrschool breakfast with an original, creative illustration.

For a good example of how the virtual can combine with the real to yield results, see Food and Water Watch «s campaign last year to get federal approval for schools to buy hormone - free milk through the National School Lunch Program.

Humanists UK, which leads the national campaign against religious discrimination and segregation in schools, has stated that such a decision would ignore the evidence that the cap has boosted integration in faith schools and instead show that the Government has bowed to the demands of the religious lobby instead of sticking up for the interests of children.

Read the OSA's decision: https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/AD2410The-London-Oratory-Hammersmith-Fulham-28August13.docx Read the BHA's previous press release on the OSA decision: https://humanism.org.uk/2013/08/29/schools-adjudicator-london-oratory-school-must-overhaul-admissions-criteria-after-bha-complaint/ Read the BHA's press release on the threat of judicial review: https://humanism.org.uk/2013/11/05/london-oratory-school-challenges-schools-adjudicators-decision-must-rewrite-admissions-policy/ Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-schools/faith-schools View the BHA's table of types of school with a religious character: http://www.humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/schools-with-a-religious-character.pdf The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

I often share digital best practices at national and regional conferences such as AAPC, Art of Political Campaigning, CampaignTech, Campaigns & Marketing Summit, NTC, Netroots Nation, Organizing 2.0, the Reed Awards, and RootsCamp, webinars for Progressive Majority, Salsa Labs and others, and trainings in - person for small groups around the country including for Wellstone's Advanced Campaign Management School, Amalgamated Transit Union, Camp Wellstone, Center for Progressive Leadership, Clean Air Task Force, Democracy for America, HRC, New Leaders Council and New Organizing Institute.

Read St James's consultation: http://www.stjames.tgacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/finalconsultation.pdf Read the BHA's correspondence with the Academy and Diocese: http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BHA-correspondence-with-Tudor-Grange-Academy-Solihull.pdf Read Tudor Grange's affiliation agreement with the Diocese of Birmingham: http://www.tudor-grange.solihull.sch.uk/images/docs/draftjul11.doc Read the relevant section of the Equality Act 2010: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/85 Visit the local campaign's Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/150736215077978/ View the petition against the plans: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tudor-grange-admissions-policy Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/faith-schools/ Read the BHA's table of types of school with a religious character: http://www.humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/schools-with-a-religious-character.pdf The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

«Coupled with the fact that maintained schools must follow the national curriculum, which from September will include a module on evolution at the primary level — the other thing we called for — we believe that this means that the objectives of the campaign are largely met.

Read The Times report: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3807588.ece Read the CofE's press release: http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2013/07/secretary-of-state-for-education-calls-for-continuing-partnership-with-cofe.aspx Listen to Michael Gove's comments at the event: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/data/files/resources/5093/130703-Lambeth-Education-seminar.mp3 Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-schools/faith-schools View the BHA's table of types of school with a religious character: http://www.humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/schools-with-a-religious-character.pdf The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has described as unreasonable a 48 - hour ultimatum given by the Ghana Education Service (GES), to some Basic Certificate Examination School (BECE) candidates for the selection of schools.

Adding all two - year public institutions would alleviate concerns of free community college redirecting students away from the four - year schools, which research showed occurred in Tennessee, said Martha Kanter, executive director of the national College Promise Campaign and senior fellow at the Steinhardt Institute.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Ccampaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian CCampaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

In the immediate term, Corbyn's acceptance speech pledged to launch a national campaign against Conservative proposals to revive grammar schools.

Chris is the winner of the 2011/12 National Representative of the Year Award in recognition of his spearheading an anti-academies campaign at his school and in the wider community, giving members, as his nomination reads, the?

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Conference calls upon the National Executive to: (a) consider issuing a specific action instruction on interventions and teaching outside the school day; (b) strengthen the Action Short of Strike Action guidance to members, reminding them of their rights regarding working time and (c) continue to campaign for inspection bodies in the UK to include the inspection of work / life balance and workload in their frameworks.

At 9:30 a.m., Rep. Kathleen Rice speaks to students about the dangers of distracted driving as part of AT&T's national «It Can Wait» campaign, Freeport High School Auditorium, 50 S. Brookside Ave., Freeport.

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's calls for arming trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shootings, comments by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre and new unsealed charges against President Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort.

Lorrie Abounader, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Harvey Albond, Outgoing Niagara Region State Parks Commissioner (2 terms), President Niagara Falls Rotary Club Jay Bumey, WNYEA Habitat and Natural Resources Chair; Learning Sustainability Campaign; GreenWatch; Friends of Times Beach Chair Erin Carmina, 500 Block Association of Main Street in Downtown Buffalo Thomas Frank, 1st Niagara National Transportation Heritage Area Jerome Nagy Joseph Garguilo Justin Imola Derik Kane Lari Komiczky, Sweet Home Central School District Keith Lucas, City of Buffalo Richard Mrugala Tom Mussell Mathew Nagowski, Partnership for the Public Good, Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo David Paoletta Suzie Rivo Solender, Amherst Youth Board, Erie Co..

«I do not think that any head teacher in a primary school will find that attractive, or in any way think that this is an encouragement for the NUT or the NAHT to call off their campaign against the current national curriculum testing structure.

The BHA has put the data in a spreadsheet for convenience - attached to this email and online at http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/List-of-proposed-Free-Schools.xlsx Read the previous BHA press release, «Landmark Freedom of Information victory for BHA vs Department for Education», 15 January 2013: http://humanism.org.uk/2013/01/15/landmark-freedom-of-information-victory-for-bha-vs-department-for-education/ Read the Information Tribunal's decision: http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20130115-Decision-EA20120136-0166-0167.pdf Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-schools/faith-schools The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

«The NASUWT will be continuing to campaign for national standards to be introduced to regulate supply agencies so that schools, teachers and the taxpayer get a fair deal.»

The MP who is also the Employment Minister made these remarks when he addressed supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) at his campaign launch at the Tamale Vitting Senior High School park.

As part of their campaign, the Welsh Liberal Democrats are holding a debate in the National Assembly today calling for the introduction of free school meals for all children of infant school age in Wales.

It was also noticeable that he called for a national campaign against the reintroduction of grammar schools - one of the few issues around which the Parliamentary Party is united.

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), has described government's alternative financing strategy, for its initiatives on education, especially the Free Senior High School as a knee - jerk reaction.

The grant was awarded in conjunction with the National School Transportation Association's (NSTA) Go Yellow, Go Greennational campaign that encourages cleaner operation of school buses through the reduction of school bus idling and the implementation of the latest clean diesel technolSchool Transportation Association's (NSTA) Go Yellow, Go Greennational campaign that encourages cleaner operation of school buses through the reduction of school bus idling and the implementation of the latest clean diesel technolschool buses through the reduction of school bus idling and the implementation of the latest clean diesel technolschool bus idling and the implementation of the latest clean diesel technologies.

Two Black Lives Matter activists ran strong Green campaigns in St. Paul, Minnesota, that drew national Green enthusiasm: Trahern King Ausar for City Council and Rashad Turner for School Board.

It is also a significant victory for Humanists UK and its supporters, who have successfully led the national campaign against the removal of the cap and in favour of open, integrated schools.

Musician and apologist of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Berlinda Nana Ekua Amoah, aka Mzbel has lauded President Akufo Addo for fulfilling his Free Senior High School campaign promise.

She also helped start a school in the Bronx, worked in the office of New York Councilman Corey Johnson, and has been active in both national and local political campaigns.