Sentences with phrase «new schools of choice»

This pressure will also come from some of the creators of the new schools of choice, who will feel the effort to reach the standard will undermine what is original and distinctive in the school's approach, the reason for its creation in the first place.

In other words, among the new schools of choice we will see a variation only in degrees of success; and there is no reason to expect, it is said, that some will fall below the level of public schools today.

Perhaps new schools of choice could strategically ignore the old boundaries.

This year, we opened a brand new school of choice, Union High School, that provides highly personalized and future - focused learning using the principles of Big Picture Learning.

Not exact matches

In their new book, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, brothers and academics Chip (of Stanford Graduate School of Business) and Dan Heath (of Duke) explore how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisions.

For instance, a new study led by a professor of marketing at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business finds that when hiring managers are given a choice between proven ability and apparent potential, they often opt for the excitement of the untested but promising candidate.

Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.

The drafters of this new law, in pursuit of a democratic outcome, concluded that the state should promote freedom of choice in education, including prominently the choice of religious schools.

Parental choice in general, and Catholic schools in particular, got a big boost when Mayor Giuliani of New York took Cardinal O'Connor up on his long - standing offer to accept a thousand of the poorest and most problem - ridden children in the public schools, those performing in the bottom five percentile.

Innovative life enrichment and marriage renewal programs in our churches, schools, and social agencies can help mid-years persons confront the challenge and the choices, the pain and the possibilities, and from this confrontation begins the adventure of new growth.

Whenever I returned from maternity leave or began the new school year, I would explain to each of my classes about my choice to breastfeed and that I would be pumping in my office throughout the day.

I wasn't aware of this new initiative and I can't express how much it bothers me as the parent of a toddler who will be going to school soon and making her own choices for milk.

Yesterday I shared with you a list of news outlets that picked up Monday's Lunch Tray post exposing 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, a troubling new McDonald's documentary intended for use as «nutrition education» in schools.

As many of you know, just one week ago The Lunch Tray broke an exclusive story regarding 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, a new McDonald's documentary intended for use as «nutrition education» in middle and high schools.

Two weeks ago I broke an exclusive story regarding a new McDonald's documentary for use in schools, 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, which chronicles the experience of a teacher who ate nothing but McDonald's for six months and lost weight.

September marks the start of school for many kids, which inevitably means children need new school supplies, easy lunch choices, and new fall outfits.

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — A new national survey of school meal program operators reveals that more school cafeterias are utilizing strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access -LSB-...]

The majority of New Orleans children attend charter schools — 9 out of 10 — which leaves more room for choice than areas where public schools are most popular.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2016 - More school cafeterias are using strategies to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and other healthy choices, while expanding student access to school meals through government programs such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), according to a new national survey of school meal program operators.

Depending on your childcare choices, your kiddos may be having any number of experiences, including but limited to daycare, school, time with a nanny, time with a relative, and time on their own in fancy hotels thwarting burglars in»90s - era New York at Christmastime.

I also dislike the fact that two choices are offered each day and at least one is invariably the «junk food» item, making it that much harder to achieve student acceptance of anything new and healthier (see, «My Op - Ed in the Houston Chronicle — Improving School Food Is Only Half the Battle «-RRB-.

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.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's choice to lead New York City's school system, Alberto M. Carvalho, said that he had changed his mind and would not leave his job as superintendent of the Miami - Dade County system, leading to cheers in a packed meeting room of his school board.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Michael Bloomberg is among the nation's top financial backers of the school - choice movement, topping the list of New York's political contributors by donating $ 1.8 million to ballot measures and political action committees focused primarily on school choice.

Every single day Klein makes the choice to NOT protect reproductive rights for the women of New York, to NOT give working families access to great healthcare they can actually afford, and to NOT give our children desperately needed school funding, which by the way, they are owed by law.

In October, for example, after more than 80 % of the parents voted to have their kids not take the exams, Castle Bridge Elementary School canceled the new standardized multiple - choice tests.

The parents of New York City school children have a legal right at the beginning of the school year to review their students» sex education curriculum, discuss concerns with school principals, and opt out of parts of the curriculum they find objectionable, the NYC Parents» Choice Coalition today announced.

City Councilmember Mark Treyger (D - Coney Island - Gravesend - Bensonhurst), chairman of the Council's Education Committee, said he is pleased with Mayor Bill de Blasio's choice for New York City schools chancellor, Richard Carranza.

New York — Aug. 28... The parents of New York City school children have a legal right at the beginning of the school year to review their students» sex education curriculum, discuss concerns with school principals, and opt out of parts of the curriculum they find objectionable, the NYC Parents» Choice Coalition today announced.

«In every corner of the state, New Yorkers, after carefully examining the difficult choices made by their school boards, voted «yes» in near record numbers on school budgets to ensure students and education programs did not suffer further harm,» NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi said.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the publication today of a new report by Education For Choice (EFC), examining the quality of education on abortion and contraception in UK schools.

This added expense could force many of these schools to increase tuition rates or ultimately have to shut down - pricing countless New Yorkers out of having choice in an education for their children.

Wisconsin's fall legislative session will get off to a slow start, with Republicans in control of both the Senate and Assembly still searching for consensus on major issues such as toughening drunken driving laws and imposing new reporting requirements on public and choice schools.

Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped the superintendent of Houston schools to be the next New York City schools chancellor, days after the mayor's first choice pulled out.

New York City Council members attending the UFT's May 3 legislative breakfast heard why it's important to continue supporting five of the UFT's signature programs: Teacher's Choice, the Community Learning Schools Initiative, the Positive Learning Collaborative, the BRAVE anti-bullying program and the Dial - a-Teacher homework helpline.

Another independent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

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James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center, wrote in a statement that de Blasio's decision was a «disappointment for the students and their parents who have been looking forward to attending the school of their choice this fall.&School Center, wrote in a statement that de Blasio's decision was a «disappointment for the students and their parents who have been looking forward to attending the school of their choice this fall.&school of their choice this fall.»

The inability of the two sides to agree on an appeals process had been the reason why talks on a new evaluation system for 33 schools in the restart and transformation models had broken down and the reason that the mayor gave for saying he had no choice but to close those schools.

These new schools have been set up by idealistic people who are determined to give parents the kind of choice that only the rich can currently afford.The first 24 free schools are enormously popular and I expect this second wave to be equally successful.

MANHATTAN — The chairman of New York City Council's Committee on Education is opposing the certification of Cathie Black, the mayor's choice for Schools Chancellor.

This damning statistic from last week's New School study on school choice exposes the absurdity of new Chancellor Richard Carranza's vow that «all students will be supported» as he aims to desegregate the systNew School study on school choice exposes the absurdity of new Chancellor Richard Carranza's vow that «all students will be supported» as he aims to desegregate the sSchool study on school choice exposes the absurdity of new Chancellor Richard Carranza's vow that «all students will be supported» as he aims to desegregate the sschool choice exposes the absurdity of new Chancellor Richard Carranza's vow that «all students will be supported» as he aims to desegregate the systnew Chancellor Richard Carranza's vow that «all students will be supported» as he aims to desegregate the system.

The announcement caught even some of Ms. Moskowitz's top backers by surprise, and threw open the question of who, if anyone, would carry the banner for school - choice advocates — including, among others, some of New York's financial elites — in a 2017 campaign.

«Teens are ignorant of the risk of using e-cigarettes, so it has become their new drug of choice,» says Campbell - Heider, associate professor and chair of the Department of Family, Community and Health System Sciences in the UB School of Nursing.

The new administration will champion controversial school choice policy and potentially undermine the teaching of evolution and climate change

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That's the finding of a new study published in the Journal of Marketing Research: «Healthy Choice: The Effect of Simplified Point - of - Sale Nutritional Information on Consumer Food Choice Behavior,» co-authored by Hristina Nikolova, the Coughlin Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and J. Jeffrey Inman, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty and the Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.

«More time for school lunches equals healthier choices for kids: Children are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables when given at least 25 minutes for lunch, according to a new study the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.»

While more consumers than ever are making healthier choices at the grocery store, they tend to purchase a balance of healthy and less - healthy foods, according to new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management.

People are more likely to delegate decisions — or «pass the buck» — when faced with choices that affect others than when those decisions affect only themselves, according to new research from Mary Steffel, assistant professor of marketing in the D'Amore - McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.