Sentences with phrase «new leader of the school»

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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.

The World Economic Forum is launching an ambitious new project to bring a value - based model to health care — and it has the backing of some of the world's biggest medical names, including the CEOs of Medtronic, Novartis, Kaiser Permanente, and thought leaders like Harvard Business School's Michael Porter.

According to The New York Times, the young leader served as her school's student body president in high school, was the captain of her volleyball team, started her school's Black Student Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

The University of North Carolina Kenan - Flagler Business School and Fortune are partnering to offer new executive development certificates and courses for leaders to develop their business expertise using the flexibility of virtual interactive learning.

Passionate about the University of Calgary, Schmidt and Laricina Energy Ltd. both played pivotal roles in the Engineering Leaders Campaign at the Schulich School of Engineering, funding a five - year scholarship program, a chemical and petroleum engineering graduate student space, a boardroom in the new engineering building expansion, and a portion of the Canada Research Chair in Energy and Imaging.

VANCOUVER — New Democrat leader Adrian Dix is calling on the Liberals to immediately fix the Pacific Carbon Trust and end the Liberal practice of taking money from schools and hospitals and using it to subsidize big polluters like Encana.

Yesterday, the Chair of the board of trustees, Randy Fairfax praised the school's leaders for their «ethical, moral, and spiritual leadership» in an email to the school's community, but added, «However, we are unanimous in our decision that it is time for a new season of leadership... Understandably, there are many questions at this time.

The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.

Plans are afoot to build a «temple school» for the training of new church leaders, but no major expansion of the church is presently contemplated even though, with a current membership of 213,399, the Reorganization is larger than it has ever been.

One of the exponents and leaders of this new «school» has been G. van der Leeuw.

This station has put together a consortium of businesses, schools and colleges, churches, hospitals, and community agencies, which already is helping reeducate people when they are displaced by «technology,» finding them find new jobs, training leaders in the areas of community services, and facilitating the discussion of common community projects.

As early as World War II, the political leaders of the Free French forces had known that France would have to face up to the question of whether it was going to allow the decline of a system of schools preferred by the parents of one - sixth of all French pupils, or whether it was going to accept the hazards of open political discussion aimed at developing a new and creative solution.

In response, scholars at Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith and Culture drafted «Loving God and Neighbor Together,» which was signed by nearly 300 Christian leaders and published in a December edition of The New York Times.

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

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The Cherokee County School District recently hosted a New Leaders Reception for the School Board to meet the educators recommended by the Superintendent of Schools for leadership roles including Principal posts.

Leaders in Arlington Heights - based Township High School District 214 might want out of the federally subsidized program so they won't have to adhere to the new strict guidelines.

According to the survey, a whopping «75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards,» while 15 % fewer of those surveyed support the «flexibility» (SNA's favorite buzzword for: «gutting of regulations») which the SNA is now doggedly pursuing on Capitol Hill via its high - powered lobbyists.

Christine Koh and Asha Dornfest, the leaders of our second Stress-Less Parenting workshop, emphasize in their new book Minimalist Parenting the importance of having predictable routines to «streamline they rhythm of the school day.»

When I was a coalition leader advocating for a New York state bill that would mandate healthier school food nutrition standards, I came up against the powerful New York chapter of the School Nutrition Association school food nutrition standards, I came up against the powerful New York chapter of the School Nutrition Association School Nutrition Association (SNA).

Their new documentary Lunch Line (Uji Films) follows the story of six Chicago high school students who enter a cooking contest to create a healthier school lunch and end up serving their winning meal to congressional leaders and touring the White House with executive mansion chefs.

Glen Ellyn District 41 officials are on the hunt for a search firm to help choose a new leader after Superintendent Ann Riebock announced she will retire at the end of this school year.

Glen Ellyn District 41 officials are on the hunt for a search firm to help them choose a new leader after Ann Riebock, the current superintendent, announced her retirement at the end of this school year.

State Sen. Majority Leader John Flanagan has offered to extend de Blasio's control of New York City public schools for five years — but with a catch.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a strong school choice proponent, laced into de Blasio and hinted he'd use his office to try to discourage a rollback of New York City's education reforms.

«A Specialized High School might be a great fit for so many of New York City's underrepresented students, but we will never know if we don't ensure that every student has the resources to prepare and apply,» said IDC Leader Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat.

A group of religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent public figures have signed a joint letter calling on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious free schools.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schools.

In an age of digital technology and feedback, the Association of School and College Leaders risks looking as if it might have something to hide when it criticises Ofsted's new policy of allowing parents to rate schools in online surveys.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says the New York State Office of Mental Health honored the Falls city school leader Tuesday in Albany.

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The mayor also predicted dire consequences if he loses his showdown with state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who wants to lift the cap on the number of privately run public schools in the city, now set at 23 new charters.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein on Wednesday night said he sought a legislative package at the end of the session that would have included three - quarters disability for first responders, design build for New York City an additional 50 speed cameras around schools.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

A coalition of New York public health, environment and healthy schools advocacy groups have banded together as they push state government leaders to take action.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan was staunch in his support for no longer than a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, calling it a «wise course» that lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved 12 - month deadline last year.

All school districts should have a degree of oversight, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters Monday as he defended his bill to have a state appointee monitor mayoral control of New York City schools.

«It's crucial for the majority of school districts across New York State who are unable to comply with this misguided policy that we act now before the end of session,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

Leaders of the New Suffolk school district, the only Long Island school system to propose piercing the state's property tax cap, said last night that doing so is necessary to preserve key educational services.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan says he's not convinced lawmakers should extend mayoral control of New York City schools for Mayor Bill de Blasio.

As part of a deal to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, state and city leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opened.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement on Monday said he had «deep reservations» of backing an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools for longer than 12 months.

When the president of the City College of New York resigned unexpectedly in October during a financial scandal, the school quickly named an interim leader and said it planned to pick a replacement by the end of the academic year.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Thursday he is no closer to extending mayoral control of New York City schools following Mayor Bill de Blasio's testimony before the Senate education committee Wednesday, a blow to the mayor's efforts to win a seven - year mayoral control extension.

Today Mayor Bill de Blasio assembled many of New York City's labor leaders in support of his pre - K / after school program initiative.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, local leaders are convening a task force that will create a blueprint for school safety in central New York.

Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick will be one of four chairs on the task force local leaders are convening to prevent a Parkland - like school shooting in central New York.

With construction of the new medical school expected to get underway soon, Rep. Brian Higgins, Mayor Byron Brown and other leaders are working to build support for the Allen Street Improvement Project.