Sentences with phrase «need better schools»

People move just because they can, or because their kids need better schools.

In the end, high - stakes testing will hurt students — particularly those students who most desperately need better schools.

After the vote, Angel added, «There is the sense right now that the school board is more open than before to seeking genuine solutions and common ground, hopefully without sacrificing urgency on behalf of families that need better schools.

Yes, our children need better schools.

The fact of the matter is, low income students desperately need better schools, whether the ones they now attend or options that might be made available to them.

He added: «We need better schools for all our children, not just those who can pass an exam at the age of 11.

We need better schools with more accountability, public safety, and improved quality of life in the neighborhoods.

I totally agree with the Borough President, he was right to kill that project, we need better schools, we need more community gardens, we need after school programs, we don't need walmart.

«I'm all for holding the Mayor's feet to the fire because we need better schools for all families.

Mayor de Blasio's scheme to rate every teacher effective may seal the union's endorsement but it won't help the kids who need better schools now.

Jeremy, I'm need a good school that truly teaches and you experience God's breathe words.

This is not a «fat» issue, but a nutrition issue: Even the skinny kids at my school need better school lunches so their nutritional needs are more fully met.

OF COURSE we need better school food, but it does cost more.

I need a good School teaching job in Lagos Island.

We need good schools so that we can hire a lot of these kids, said Frank Garcia, Chairman of New York State Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.

As pointed out in a recent blog post by Getting Smart, parents are not the only educational stakeholders who need better school information.

We need to be doing everything we can to reform the larger system, but by all means, let's help those families who need good schools now.

He runs on a genuine record of fighting for Los Angeles students who sorely needed better schools and he delivered for them.

They need good schools now.

It would start small — just five schools — but they would be created in the neighborhoods that most desperately need better school options.

DC PCSB approves schools to open in neighborhoods that desperately need good schools, even in the face of pressure to not open new schools.

Leadership: DC PCSB approves schools to open in neighborhoods that desperately need good schools, even in the face of pressure to not open new schools.

Well, I think Newark needs good schools, period... This idea of «we have to build charters at the expense of public school» is a ridiculous notion... That's an argument that people are having about real estate, about space, about money and finances, when on the ground, the thing that improves education is what happens in the classroom — is teacher development, staff development, and extended days and, you know, curriculum...

Not exact matches

At very least, schools would do well to heed Narvekar's admission, in a letter announcing the changes, that Harvard felt the need to reduce its organizational «complexity.»

To support growth, what's needed is earlier educational opportunities for young engineers, starting in junior high school, Goldstein says, as well as increases to the H1 - B visa caps, for qualified foreign workers.

You don't need to to go back to school, take an online course or spend an unwieldy 10,000 hours to improve your ability to speak well and communicate effectively.

«I realized I needed to go to business school, and it was the best decision ever.»

«Some schools long ago saw the need to travel to the coast to get a sense of the Silicon Valley - Bay Area ecosystem; more and more are following their lead, making such pilgrimages de rigeur for the best programs,» according to Poets and Quants.

You may need to go back to school and work at it for quite a few years, but if you stick with it, you'll keep getting better at your craft, building better products, and delivering better service.

Well, Tony Schwartz, the president and CEO of consulting firm The Energy Project, and Christine Porath, an associate professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, conducted a 19,000 - person survey and found out what employees need to be more satisfied and productive.

What young people choose to study and what post-secondary schools teach seldom matches up well with what employers need.

In order to ensure that a good portion of alumni attend events, schools need a way of communicating and connecting alumni.

For better or worse, the needs and expectations are changing, and schools must change along with it in order to stay competitive.

The need for achievability is reinforced by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile's findings on the power of progress: When Amabile analyzed 12,000 diary entries of employees from a variety of industries, she found that 76 % of people reported that their best days involved making progress toward goals.

The good news is that financial aid through federal and school grants is more widely available than ever, making it possible for many students in need of college funds to attend a postsecondary school.

The ACCESS school was in desperate need of a new playground to better serve the students here, and through the Let's Play initiative they were able to provide the students in this community with a resource they badly needed.

«We regularly review our course materials and textbooks to ensure they are up to date, and any changes that need to be made will be done at the appropriate moment to ensure the best learning outcomes for schools and students,» a spokesperson for the company told CNBC.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC) is pleased to announce its donation to Step Up For Students, its third in three years, to help provide scholarships so low - income children can find the best school for their learning needs.

If the environment was better then the next project manager in my position might actually be able to hire the programmers they need, because half the population might have considered it as a possible career when they were in high school.

Follow up by learning about the various repayment programs available after leaving school, as well as the options for repayment reprieve if and when it is needed.

«Among the characteristics needed to join the elite group are stable macroeconomic policies,» says Kate Phylaktis, director of the Emerging Markets Group at Cass Business School, City University of London, adding «prudent fiscal policy, low inflation and a stable currency, political stability, good - quality institutions, good infrastructure (especially transport) and above all, education.»

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The drive contained personal information collected from 1986 - 2009 and includes names, addresses, personal education numbers, school locations, as well as more sensitive personal information like information on special needs designations, health records, and behavioral histories.

«If we're going to make change, men need to behave better,» Caldbeck told the school newspaper afterward.

This is certainly good news for our roads, bridges, schools and other public works, many of which are in sore need of a spit shine.

So ignore all of the marketing tactics that try to convince you that the newest six or seven blade razor is the answer to all of your problems, as an old school safety razor is really all you need to get the best shave of your life.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

«It is no good complaining from the sidelines; Christians need to get involved in their local schools to support them.»

It was Sunday school teachers who said that girls who had sex before marriage were «broken,» that no self - respecting Christian man would ever want them after that, and it was the Christian books and conferences that consistently portrayed good Christian girls as helpless princesses in need of rescue.

Despite power being restored in most areas, schools reopening and life beginning to go on as usual, there are many homes in need of repair from flood damage — and entire blocks reduced to rubble - leaving a strong demand for the good will of others.