Sentences with phrase «opt out of our news»

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The Trump administration has opted out of a global, standardised test which would assess whether school - age children can identify fake news.

News emerged over the weekend that the two retailers had opted out of Apple Pay in favor of a rival system that roughly 50 chains, including Wal - Mart and Best Buy, are developing for in - house use.

In the case of Facebook, not only have many users failed to opt out because the setting is difficult to find, but many more don't even know that the company filters their news feed, according to a study.

It's unfortunate Saskatchewan decided not to sign onto this national effort, and that Manitoba opted out for now — but it's good news that the rest of Canada is moving ahead regardless.

Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view of the somewhat better news out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July issued yesterday.

Contraception has been in the news lately in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely - held corporations whose leaders object to contraception for religious reasons can opt out of covering contraception as part of their employee health care plans.

Following news of LeBron's choice to opt out of his contract, the Heat dropped from +250 to +450 to win the 2014 - 15 NBA Championship.

While news broke earlier today that LeBron James will opt out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James apparently had...

With news that Kevin Love was opting out of his contract with the Cavs, the power forward posted this Instagram of a young Larry David and the hashtag #Mood.

While news broke earlier today that LeBron James will opt out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James apparently had a meeting with Kevin Love at a pool on Sunday.

If there really is a widespread opting - out of the National School Lunch Program, that's news worth reporting.

Earlier this month, a school district in suburban Chicago made news when it announced its plan to opt out of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), forgoing $ 900,000 a year in federal funds.

In previous U. S. News & World Report blogposts, Chef Ann outlined the drawbacks to congressional legislation that would allow schools to opt out of USDA school food guidelines.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the news, having long been a vocal supporter of the soft opt - out system.

Mr Crone then admitted that a desire for confidentiality would have informed News International's decision to opt for an out - of - court settlement.

Alec Dauncey, Welsh Liberal Democrat European candidate, has welcomed the news that Conservative plans to opt out of key EU crime - fighting measures have been blocked by Liberal Democrats in coalition government.

It is worth noting, if the Journal News compared the list of names of gun owners who did not opt out with last year's complete files, they could deduce the gun owners who opted out to a high degree of accuracy, thus rendering the law impotent.

The Rockland County Times has confirmed that the Journal News daily newspaper has requested from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties a complete list of gun owners who did not file «opt out» papers exempting themselves from pistol permit public records.

In a news release, Duran and Jones claimed that lawmakers were blindsided by provisions in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which excludes some school money from districts that opt out of a plan to arm non-teacher personnel.

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Rockland County Times has confirmed that the Journal News daily newspaper has requested from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties a complete list of gun owners who did not file «opt out» papers exempting themselves from pistol permit public records.

Bill Clinton's recent attempts to suggest struggling Democrat Kendrick Meek should opt out of the Florida Senate race rocketed through the Sunshine State when news of the discussions involving Meek and independent candidate Charlie Crist came to light last week.

Principal Cecelie Owens tells WBFO News the school will hold a pep rally today to encourage students not to opt out of state assessments.

An analysis of local news reports and school district data by The New York Times found that at least one out of every six students eligible to take the third - through eighth - grade tests in New York State sat at least one of them out this past school year, part of the so - called opt out movement.

Even though Neal Purvis and Robert Wade opted out of the 24th installment after working on The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall, back in June, news broke that the duo would actually return to do some work on John Logan's Bond 24 script, specifically stepping to give it some «punch.»

Of late, Texas has been in the news for any number of high - profile decisions, including passing on Race to the Top, not signing onto the Common Core state standards, and opting out of the Council of Chief State School OfficerOf late, Texas has been in the news for any number of high - profile decisions, including passing on Race to the Top, not signing onto the Common Core state standards, and opting out of the Council of Chief State School Officerof high - profile decisions, including passing on Race to the Top, not signing onto the Common Core state standards, and opting out of the Council of Chief State School Officerof the Council of Chief State School Officerof Chief State School Officers.

On Top of the News House Could Vote on Parent's Right to Opt Out of Tests Under ESEA 7/6/15 Ed Week Politics K - 12 blog

The editorial board of the Lower Hudson Journal News accused Tisch of portraying opt - out parents as «confused patsies of a labor action.»

The survey asked a nationally representative sample of Americans about the state of education and found that between May and June 2016 — over a year after news accounts about parents» opting their children out of school tests became commonplace — the public's commitment to the use of standardized tests to assess students and schools remains firm.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

In 440 of the state's 721 districts, The Times found that at least 165,000 students opted out of one test or more, based on information from districts and local news reports.

In a news release, Duran and Jones claimed that lawmakers were blindsided by provisions in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which excludes some school money from districts that opt out of a plan to arm non-teacher personnel.

Interestingly rather than telling NBC news the truth, the whole truth and nothing be the truth, the spokesperson for Governor Malloy's Department of Education and the paid lobbyist for one of Connecticut's Corporate Education Reform Industry groups decided that they would intentionally mislead the mother, NBC news and the people of Connecticut into thinking the mom did not have the right to opt her child out of the Common Core SBAC Test.

BL: And I'll begin with some things that are in the news this week, beginning with your new Schools Chancellor, Richard Carranza, urging parents not to opt their kids out of statewide standardized tests... Is that consistent with your own views as a critic of high stakes standardized testing?

Click here to watch her recent discussion of the Long Island «opt - out» movement on «Behind the News Long Island,» with Sergio Argueta and Estrella Ollivares - Orellana.

The day began with the news that Juniors at Bridgeport's Fairchild Wheeler High School [were facing] outrageous abuse for opting out of SBAC.

Today brought the news that schools officials in Granby, Connecticut will be instituting a «Sit and Stare» policy for children whose parent have opted them out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Test that begins next weeks.

with the news, «CT Superintendent to go with unethical «sit and stare» policy for students opted out of Common Core Test.»

in the first line... But these days even a well - timed joke may quickly be misconstrued and the resulting litigation could take a big chunk out of our days... so we opted for a look at the real deal making all the headlines: the recent news that Amazon and Goodreads will become bed fellows by the end of Q2 (Amazon bought Goodreads for a reported $ 150 million).

However, this news isn't too surprising considering that China has opted for home - grown technologies in the past in lieu of more widely adopted standards — the country has implemented proprietary standards for wireless to help build out its carriers and equipment makers, for example.

You can, of course, opt - out of the mailing list at any time, but this is also the first place news and additional tips about digital autographs and signing events will be posted.

Nintendo's news included everything from Mario to ARMS, and there was no way to opt out of that.

For example, if you are providing information to make a donation online, you are given the choice to opt - out of receiving news and alerts from American Rivers in the future.

Speaking of unknown territory, The Onion has a parody news report entitled «New Google Service Lets Privacy Critics Opt - Out, Relocate to Remote Village ``.

The good news is that you can actually opt out of all the features that might be considered invasions of privacy.

The good news is if you decide to opt out of your 30 year term policy you can simply stop making payments and voila!

The data of users is the lifeblood of Facebook, and if people want to opt out of all of the platform's data - driven advertising, they would have to pay for it, Sheryl Sandberg, the company's chief operating officer, told NBC News in an interview that aired Friday.