Sentences with phrase «offering schools access»

Emerge is the app offering schools access to data and processes on mobile devices, and has been extended to include Emerge Desktop, a teacher dashboard giving staff access to data and tools to streamline their administrative processes.

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UCLA's Anderson School of Management offered a video option last year, but scrapped it when some students didn't have access to the necessary technology.

Targeting low - income high school / college students who are interested in coding, open government, and civic technology, the program offers mentoring, programming courses, resource access and an internship.

The program includes a commitment from the cable companies to offer to $ 10 a month broadband Internet access to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.

Well before that, we will see increasing legislation, taxation, and state licensing directed, in the name of gay rights, against church halls and schools and charities: all the Catholic institutions that can be identified as offering some kind of public access and accommodation.

• New England School of Law associate dean Victor M. Hansen offers an answer: «The fact that both the college experience and the military experience are often the first time people of this age range are independent, have access to alcohol and are interacting socially with members of the opposite sex suggests to me that we have not done enough before young people reach this age to educate, model and encourage appropriate behavior.»

«It is unconstitutional for the district to offer religious leaders access to befriend and proselytise students during the school day on school property,» FFRF wrote.

Many legislators realize that public schools lack the moral resources to offer a healthy alternative (including religious ones), so the odds are good that the political process will lead to policies that continue to make it easier for parents to access alternatives.

The initiative will have a long term effect on the delivery of school sport as it is anticipated that half of the 6,000 teachers involved in the scheme will also access free training offered in partnership through the Youth Sport Trust.

An ESA is like a school voucher because it offers eligible families state - funded access to private school tuition, but unlike a school voucher, the ESA deposits money into an account that families can use for other expenses besides school tuition — for transportation or education - related technology, for example.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

Nobles Day Camp (Dedham, MA) is owned and operated by Noble and Greenough School, offering access to state of the art facilities and 187 - acre campus.

In high school, many students live with family members who control their access to food and attend schools with set lunch times and menu offerings.

While we still have a lot of work to do in terms of reducing schools» reliance on highly processed foods, children dependent on the federal lunch and breakfast programs (as well as after - school snack and even school supper programs) can and do have access to nutritionally balanced meals each and every school day (and throughout the summer where summer meals are offered.)

This brief, which contains the most recent data available, explains the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Nutrition Division policies regarding eligibility for free school meals for certain homeless, migrant, runaway, and foster students; addresses frequently asked questions about implementing these policies; and offers tools to ensure that these students can access food both inside and outside of school.

We offer all pupils access to what we term «Flexi - Swimming» where we provide funding for each child to have a place in group lessons at their local pool after school hours.

Building on the kitchen access that the Oakland Unified School District in California already offers to community groups, Nutrition Services Director Jennifer LeBarre plans to invite culinary startups to use district facilities and to make at least one school kitchen in East Oakland available on evenings and weeSchool District in California already offers to community groups, Nutrition Services Director Jennifer LeBarre plans to invite culinary startups to use district facilities and to make at least one school kitchen in East Oakland available on evenings and weeschool kitchen in East Oakland available on evenings and weekends.

The School District is increasing access to breakfast for students by offering «Grab and Go Breakfast» options at a growing list of schools including Clark Creek ES STEM Academy and Carmel and Macedonia ES; Dean Rusk and Mill Creek MS; and River Ridge and Woodstock HS.

I would prefer my children to have more access to drinking water than offer them milk of any sort at school.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

«However, current law does not authorize charter schools to offer state supported pre-kindergarten programs, thereby preventing children from accessing potentially high - quality providers.»

The superintendent told us his bargain offers access, quality and opportunity in all the schools and it is now up it is up to parents and students to embrace it.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

The website is offered by Rochester College Access Network, a program of REF which is a community collaborative involving local colleges and universities, not - for - profit groups, philanthropic groups, the Rochester City School District and local businesses.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña's announcement Tuesday on the uptick of test takers was delivered at Washington Heights» George Washington Educational Campus, where four co-located high schools now offer eight shared AP courses that students across the building can Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña's announcement Tuesday on the uptick of test takers was delivered at Washington Heights» George Washington Educational Campus, where four co-located high schools now offer eight shared AP courses that students across the building can schools now offer eight shared AP courses that students across the building can access.

The Bond Act, as it reads on the November ballot, would provide access to classroom technology and high - speed internet connections, as well as offer funds to build more pre kindergarten classrooms, and replace the trailers that some overcrowded schools in New York City have been using to teach students.

«Health and education are intricately connected and we believe strongly in co-locating services in schools, offering children immediate access to high quality care without sacrificing time away from school,» said Larry K. McReynolds, president of the Lutheran Family Health Centers, which currently operates 28 school - based health and dental clinics in New York City.

According to a recent study, the Summer Community Program offered by the University of Missouri School of Medicine has made a significant impact on physician access in rural communities.

The Home Access programme was concluded and not extended; the BSF programme, which contained extensive ICT investment, was cancelled; Harnessing Technology funds disappeared; ICT advisers in local authorities started their redundancy «consultation» and schools no longer had to operate a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or offer online home - school links.

Historically, schools have often offered parking for big local events on a cash - per - car basis, but there are now a number of websites which allow you to rent out your spare spaces online - letting you access the much larger demand for parking outside of school hours, on weekends and during the holidays (as well as events), all year round.

Many programs, including TBB, offer need - based scholarships, but accessing those funds requires both information and guidance, a tall order in urban schools where a single college counselor can have 700 students on his or her caseload.

With nearly two thirds of schools across England already offering their facilities for community use, it is obvious that the access is a win - win for both the community club or sport and the individual school.

Into Film Clubs are FREE for all state funded schools and non-school settings and offer free access to thousands of films and education resources for learning through and about film, as well as opportunities to learn about filmmaking and go behind the scenes of the film industry.

«Access to tools and resources is a key factor in education, and by providing Spark with premium features to K - 12 (primary and secondary) schools and colleges for free and by offering single sign - on, Adobe is empowering educators to teach the critical skills their students need both in the classroom and when they enter the workforce.»

Internet safety expert Nancy Willard discusses the risks and benefits of such sites and offers schools a comprehensive approach to addressing student Internet access.

It offers expert, bespoke and cost - effective support to educational establishments and ensures employment contracts are fully compliant, investigations and disciplinary processes are carried out correctly and, in the unlikely event that a school is faced with a claim, provides a membership scheme where clients can access legal representation at a heavily discounted rate.

Wilshaw has said that while a small number of primary schools offer this form of education, more need to be involved as they are best placed, as they will have wider access to the kind of specialists that young children may need, such as speech and language therapists, behaviour management and parenting support.

With the district offering free transportation, students have better school access, regardless of neighborhood and socioeconomic background.

This «schooling without learning» is a wasted opportunity, the report argues — widening social gaps for already disadvantaged children, for whom the promise of education was meant to offer much greater access to good jobs, higher wages, better health, and lifelong security.

We also offer a bespoke service to make sure that teachers are given access to suitable placements and encourage all of our schools to provide supply information packs to new teachers»

To continue as a Course Access provider in Florida as part of the School District Virtual Course Offerings statute, FLVS and its competitors will need to build flexible, high - level quality content, leveraging adaptive technologies, and expanding access to coAccess provider in Florida as part of the School District Virtual Course Offerings statute, FLVS and its competitors will need to build flexible, high - level quality content, leveraging adaptive technologies, and expanding access to coaccess to content.

I was hopeful that this statement would carve out space between the two sides, offering a compromise position reflecting the principles of both and opening a path for more disadvantaged students to access great schools.

The concept behind Course Access is simple: expand course offerings while allowing students to stay enrolled in their home schools.

Keeping Schools Safe Perhaps the most useful offering of this Department of Education Web site is its Publications section, where educators can either download PDF files or access html versions of six publications related to school safety: Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime; Early Warning, Timely Response; Preventing Youth Hate Crime; Creating Safe and Drug - Free Schools; Conflict Resolution Education; and School Uniform Mschool safety: Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime; Early Warning, Timely Response; Preventing Youth Hate Crime; Creating Safe and Drug - Free Schools; Conflict Resolution Education; and School Uniform MSchool Uniform Manual.

It's also worth noting that because many of these schools serve far smaller numbers of students, the decline in percentage of schools offering AP classes does not represent a proportionate decline in the number of overall students able to access AP coursework.

Nancy Willard discusses the risks and benefits of such sites and offers schools a comprehensive approach to addressing student Internet access.

Strategies to be considered include offering loans to help schools improve their infrastructure or worthwhile teacher training, or creating partial vouchers to help even more of the poor gain access to the private schools that are ready to take them on.

Some districts and, in some cases, entire states, are drafting new laws to ban junk food from school and encourage access to healthy offerings on campuses.

This public «edu - trip of open learning» is just a taste of what primary, secondary and post-secondary schools are able to offer if they elect to become «connected and transparent learning environments,» granting students, teachers and leaders access to today's social media tools.

For schools, it means access to Creative's extensive repertoire of bespoke and online CPD courses: This will include Creative Education's latest SEN Portal which will be offered to ALL Engage Education schools free of charge.