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Colin Peck presents the results of his researches into the genre / The Ballot 2LS, part six — Our Publisher continues his review of this landmark Vintage car by describing the example once owned by Ian Connell and now in George Wingard's collection in Eugene, Oregon / Auto - biography: Brian Sewell — In the latest instalment of his series interviewing personalities from the old - car world, Matthew Bell visits art critic Brian Sewell / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part one — In the first of a three - part series recounting the long careers of these famous racing cars, Simon Moore describes their origins and works competition histories / Back on the Road — Michael Ware visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, to inspect a rare and recently restored 1914 Briton 10/12

The Phantom II was one of the landmark models from the British automaker, especially for limousine use.

The inside word from Japan is that the 2009 version of the landmark hybrid will deliver better fuel economy and more power.

In 2011 - 12, a majority of magnet schools and technical schools were «integrated,» as measured by the standard set forth in the 2008 settlement agreement of the landmark Sheff v. O'Neill school desegregation case: a school with a student body composed of between 25 % and 75 % minority students... In contrast, only 18 % of charter schools met the Sheff standard.

As the Christie administration's new regulations for teacher evaluation near a critical juncture, the prime author of the landmark tenure reform law behind the proposed rules said the administration may be moving too aggressively in some places.

The law, itself a reauthorization of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, was supposed to have been revised back in 2007.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in December 2015, is the most recent reauthorization of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

In an analysis of the landmark 1966 «Coleman Report,» researchers Geoffrey Borman and Maritza Dowling determined that both the racial and socioeconomic makeups of a school are 1 3/4 - times more important in determining a student's educational outcomes than the student's own race, ethnicity or social class.

As he introduced his final state budget in January, Gov. Jerry Brown faced sharp questions from reporters about the effectiveness of his landmark overhaul of public school finance.

As a result of that landmark decision, state legislators changed state law so students would have the ability to enroll in integrated charter or interdistrict magnet schools through a blind lottery.

Florida Coalition of School Board Members» stands beside Governor Scott, Speaker Corcoran, & President Negron in support of landmark education legislation

This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that separate is never equal when it comes to the education of our children.

The association's government relations efforts were instrumental in securing passage of the landmark Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and maintaining critical healthcare funding for the nation's most vulnerable children.

The Every Student Succeeds Act is the seventh reauthorization of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act, first passed in 1965, and the first since 2002 when NCLB became law.

Though the state of Texas previously adopted minimum salary schedules for virtually all categories of personnel, including paraprofessionals, those schedules fell by the wayside as a result of the landmark reform bill, House Bill 72, passed in a special session in 1984.

He later returned to help U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan by serving as a peer reviewer in all four of the landmark Race to the Top state and district competitions.

Section 402 of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 is short, just a paragraph long, but it demanded something huge: The federal government had to conduct a nationwide survey «concerning the lack of availability of equal educational opportunities for individuals by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin.»

He was one of the architects of the landmark 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act.

Henderson Brown is the daughter of plaintiff Oliver Brown of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case.

May 19, 2016 by Brett Kittredge As the United States marks the 62nd anniversary of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional, a new study looks at the effect school choice has had in reducing racial segregation in schools.

After BAEO and NAPCS released their signed letter from over 160 Black educational leaders, I had the chance to hop on the phone with a few of the signees — Cheryl Henderson Brown, founding president and CEO of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research and daughter of plaintiff Oliver Brown of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case, Sekou Biddle, UNCF's vice president of advocacy, and Steve Perry, founder and head of schools of Capital Preparatory Schools.

Thus, Rev. Brown became the lead plaintiff and Linda the face of this landmark case.

The passage of this landmark legislation, adopted in 2013, shifts California from a complex school finance system to one focused on equity, transparency, and performance through the LCFF and related Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

Moore closed out her testimony with a plea to Congress to listen to educators as they consider the future of the landmark legislation: «Teachers are as unique as the students they serve.

Supporters of the landmark reform law that created local councils to govern Chicago's schools will gather at the Illinois capitol this week to present strategies for amending the law to make its voting procedures constitutional.

His update of that landmark critique will conclude that the nation's education system «is getting a little bit better, but it is nowhere near where it should be,» Mr. Bennett said in a recent speech before the National School Boards Association.

Just as the publication of A Nation at Risk caused President Reagan to re-evaluate his education policies, the 25th anniversary of the landmark report should give federal policymakers the opportunity to reconsider the current federal approach, one influential lawmaker said last week.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

Nearly thirty years after passage of the landmark disability rights law, three lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office to...

Around that time, says Professor Graham, the federal government began a series of landmark reforms that helped equalize public education for groups that had not had a «fair shake in the educational system.»

The Martinez v. Malloy Plaintiffs are supported by Students Matter, the organizational sponsor of the landmark Vergara v. California lawsuit.

WASHINGTON — Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the series of landmark education amendments passed by delegates during the final drafting session for the Democratic Party platform in Orlando, Fla..

Following the 2012 enactment of a landmark bullying prevention law, Washington, D.C., has taken a more comprehensive approach to youth bullying than many other cities — an approach that sees prevention as not solely the responsibility of teachers or parents, but as a citywide mandate with shared responsibilities.

(See Robert Costrell's analysis of the landmark Hancock decision, page 28, to see how Massachusetts's highest court addressed the adequacy question.)

The most interesting story coming out of the landmark Vergara and Harris decisions is the coming irresistible - force - immovable - object collision of reformers» aggressive new litigation strategy and teachers unions» stout - defense approach to leadership.

With each of his landmark bills, the senator negotiated fiercely.

Included is an interactive timeline of landmark cases handed down since 1792 that are arranged by theme and a searchable encyclopedia of terms and court cases.

For almost the first time since the passage in 1975 of a landmark federal law entitling all disabled children to an education, educators and lawmakers in a number of states are looking for ways to control rising special - education costs.

In this episode, award - winning writer / director Jeff Nichols talks about bringing a highly charged true story to the screen and finding the personal connection to Richard and Mildred Loving — apolitical people at the center of the landmark 1967 civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

Along with «an eclectic mixture of landmark and obscure vintage movies from the classic film noir era,» the festival will host a number of special appearances, such as actress Stefanie Powers, a star (along with Lee Remick, Glenn Ford and Ross Martin) of the opening night film «Experiment in Terror» from 1962, directed by Blake Edwards.

«The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea» (87:37) is a mammoth, feature - length look at the production of this landmark motion picture.

A semi-open world taxi simulator that was full - on bonkers ended up being of the landmark releases for the Sega console.

Today, the favela is one of the landmark locations of Brazilian cinema.

Now, 45 years later, the Fiction Factory documentary COP STORIES: THE MAKING OF RICHARD FLEISCHER»S THE NEW CENTURIONS, featuring new filmed interviews with writer Joseph Wambaugh, star Stacy Keach, technical advisor Richard E. Kalk (Wambaugh's real - life LAPD partner) and assistant cameraman Ronald Vidor, chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen.

In the tradition of the landmark indies Kids and Gummo, Harmony Korine unleashes a ferocious, feverish and furiously alive youthquake examining the sights, sounds and sensory overload of a new generation of restless youth.

She also explains how «surreal» it was to go back to doing nine new episodes of the landmark sitcom Roseanne after being off for two decades, and reveals how they will be addressing the issue of Donald Trump in the first episode.

Responsibility for helming the Wakandan king's first solo headline gig fell to Ryan Coogler, but as the hype builds and pre-sale ticket records are smashed ahead of the film's release, it's important to consider the wider cultural impact of this landmark event in the history of black cinema.

Watch the trailer for a biopic of Richard and Mildred Loving, whose marriage became the subject of a landmark ruling

The lineup is a mix of landmark and obscure vintage movies from the classic film noir era.

This year's Sundance Film Festival, held in the picturesque town of Park City, Utah, also happens to be my first trip to one of the landmark celebrations of independent cinema.