Sentences with phrase «of priority schools»

Prior to Flint, Markle worked with Tawwab in his hometown of Detroit, where he was an assistant superintendent, overseeing dozens of priority schools — so - called because they're among the bottom 5 percent academically in the state.
I think that you can't ignore the fact that the number of priority schools in the city grew from 6 to 15.
Because the student populations of priority schools tend to have many challenges, quality instruction is imperative.
Working closely with local philanthropic partners, operators of priority schools, and key talent partners, Solar led the design and implementation of initiatives to make Memphis a great place for teachers and school leaders to live and work.
Which schools will be part of the second phase of the priority school building programme (PSBP2) and how we chose them.
Details of the 277 schools that will have at least one of their buildings (or blocks) rebuilt or refurbished through phase 2 of the priority school building programme (PSBP2).

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Having a couple inspirational books on hand that can motivate ambition and reaffirm priorities is nice to have, even if they don't pick them up for the first month or so that they're out of school.
On top of having one of the best cohorts of teachers in the world (even primary school teachers are required to hold master's degrees), Finland has made hands - on subjects a priority.
Terms like Key Performance Indicator sound boring, and Cost Per Like sounds like the priority of a middle school girl.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the U.S. is presently facing a funding gap of $ 1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and transit alone — to say nothing of electricity, schools, airports and other needs.
Christopher Buchanan is an articling student at Miller Thomson LLP, and while at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, he made sleep a priority.
The success of female professionals is a key priority of the Rotman School of Management.
It means we will be able to use that money to invest in our priorities at home, such as housing, schools and the NHS, and it means the days of paying vast sums to the European Union every year are coming to an end.
Amid the shifting debate, the president convened yet another meeting on school safety, this time with school shooting survivors and family members of victims, and the White House considered releasing the president's list of legislative priorities.
As a father of two, I «m encouraged to see this become a priority for the school board and the provincial government.
In regard to infrastructure, the Party has provided $ 11.3 billion over ten years to municipalities so they can plan in advance to manage growth; delivered a twenty - year strategic plan to catch up on high priority infrastructure projects; and committed an average of $ 6 billion annually to build, maintain, and repair schools, hospitals, highways, urban transit, universities, colleges, parks, and senior care facilities.
In Broward County, they are listed on the third tier of priorities, along with blood banks, assisted living facilities, schools, dialysis centers, mortuaries, gas stations, retirement village and several other facilities.
We are based at MIT Sloan School of Management and we are a member of the MIT Innovation Initiative and of MIT - Africa, the initiative that encompasses the Institute's global priority for collaboration with Africa in the areas of education, research and innovation.
It will require that we turn more of our attention homeward, away from raging national controversies and toward the everyday lives of our living moral communities — toward family, school, and congregation; toward civic priorities and local commitments; toward neighbors in need and friends in crisis.
These are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing about welfare; commit the lesser of two evils; mischief is not removed by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.
And yet the priorities Bertone is expected to focus on are largely geared more toward opening church access to state television and the administering of religious schools.
In many ways, the school chaplain or the religion teacher is doing much of what the church should be doing with young people — namely, taking them seriously, reflecting with them on their moral priorities, sometime challenging their values, offering them a greater perspective in which to deal with their pain, their hopes, their questioning.
Even people with less than a high school education today recognize the priority of the brain over the blood, so much so in fact, that in the movie, Hannibal (about a cannibalistic serial killer), the thought of slicing out tiny parts of a person's brain, cooking them in a pan, and serving the pieces to that person to eat has become in the public's mind a more disturbing image than, say, serving a person a glass of their own blood to drink, which appears relatively tame in comparison.
Theological schools are enclaves of self - perpetuating intellectual elites reversing the order of God's priorities.
Children can benefit too, offering them fresh, health - promoting foods is a priority for mums everywhere and often one of the most challenging meals of the day is school lunches.
Between chaperoning at a school dance and then a staff party and after - party the next night, I actually enjoyed the few priorities of Sunday.
Obviously we are a group of basketball fans, and naturally want to see the school take steps to improve the program in any way it can, but as a priority over a PAC?
«I have had to set priorities and budget my time between water polo, school, and a social life,» he said of balancing studies and sports with enjoying his senior year of high school.
As a senior I decided to try out again because two or three projected starters were not going to play (injuries, other priorities) and our school that year had the honor of being selected to play a game in the Meadow - lands on the Nets court.
Says a National League scout who saw Cust inhigh school, «Defense was never a priority for him — he was the kind of kidwho spent 90 percent of his time hitting.»
Both of these priorities are valuable; however, the school's explanation only addresses honorable while ignoring achieve.
«Player safety has been and will continue to be the top priority for members of the NFHS Football Rules Committee,» said Brad Garrett, chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee and assistant executive director of the Oregon School Activities Association.
Modeled on the community - centric approach to improving youth sports safety highlighted in MomsTEAM's PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», the program will award SmartTeam status to youth sports organizations which have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing the risk of physical, psychological and sexual injury to young athletes by implementing a comprehensive set of health and safety best practices, providing safety - conscious sports parents a level of assurance that they have made health and safety an important priority, not to be sacrificed at the altar of team or individual success.
You'd think there would be a collective sigh of relief and a reordering of priorities at every school and around every kitchen table.
The Vancouver Waldorf School (VWS) Strategic Planning & Visioning Committee was formed in 2016 to facilitate the creation of a 3 - Year VWS Strategic Plan that includes vision, mission, values, strategic priorities, measurable actions and financial projections.
Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals... Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.
The AAP's priorities for child nutrition reauthorization are strengthening the WIC program, keeping the nutritional standards for the school meals program strong, and addressing childhood hunger and food insecurity during out - of - school time, especially in the summer months.
Lengthening the school day should not have been a priority in a time of fiscal...
Being married to a Waldorf graduate (her high - school sweetheart), Waldorf education has always been a priority for their family — which became more of an interest and focus as their son has grown.
Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:
Earlier this year, The Latin School of Chicago began building the nearly $ 2 million artificial - turf field north of LaSalle Drive in exchange for priority usage of the field.
A solid work ethic will serve our children well as they grow up in an era of multitasking, demand for achievement, rigorous school workload, and a college admissions process that places a high priority on extracurricular activities.
Last week, a Cook County judge had issued a temporary injunction, allowing construction of the field to continue, but denying the private school priority use of the park space.
The Chicago Park District next week will consider ending a deal that allowed the private Latin School to build a soccer field in Lincoln Park in return for having priority use of the park space, a district spokeswoman said Saturday.
I tried talking to the teachers and contacting the school's wellness committee but the health initiatives were not high on the principal's list of priorities.
Between the daily school runs, the nights drawing in and the colder weather, being outside has not been high on my list of priorities!
The school district has priority, and the park district comes second for use of the facilities.
Explore how you can set your school apart and meet the needs of your parent community by making food education a priority.
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