Sentences with phrase «opt out of these reports»

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This man had nothing to gain from reporting the plot, but in the face of political and moral corruption, he opted to intervene, rather than sit idly by and watch the situation play out.

Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball was the first to report that Cespedes would opt out of his contract, on Oct. 26.

Multiple outlets, the Philadelphia Inquirer among them, have reported that Lou Williams, the Sixth Man of the Year candidate who led the Philadelphia 76ers in scoring and was their frequent go - to scorer late in games, has opted out of the final year of his contract and will become an unrestricted free agent.

ESPN's Brian Windhorst is reporting that LeBron James will opt out of his contract and be a free agent this summer...

Arsene Wenger opted against signing a single outfield player during the summer transfer window and recent reports of Danny Welbeck being laid up with a long - term injury that could keep out of action for as much as six months means the North London club are very short on options in the final third.

As was reported earlier this morning, LeBron James has opted out of his deal with the Miami Heat and will test free - agency.

And now there come reports that birth trauma — defined as a frightening labor experience that leaves a woman with PTSD - like symptoms — is on the rise in the U.K., and that women are increasingly opting for C - sections out of a fear of natural labor...

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

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.

But if the court allows these employees to opt out of paying dues that for many exceed $ 1,000 a year, past experience in New York and elsewhere indicates many employees now paying dues may decide to pay nothing,» the report says.

Not all districts had rates that high: Glens Falls reported an opt - out rate of 11 percent, Albany's schools were at 16 percent.

The number of students opting out was 87,796 in 106 districts reporting out of a total 124 systems Islandwide.

Over half of the respondents replied that small employers should be allowed to opt out of RTI reporting, saying their clients found it too prescriptive, time consuming, and even unworkable.

The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.

Furthermore, in all schools parents currently have the right to opt their children out of SRE, but the report suggests that the Government is now mulling over whether this «right of withdrawal» could be removed, and that «faith» schools, some of which have opposed teaching about issues like same sex relationships and the use of contraception, will also be subject to the new requirements.

YouGov's findings therefore suggest that most people think more savings are the answer to the pension crisis, and that the majority of people would remain in an opt - out pension scheme — althought it remains to be seen how they react to the specific sort of contribution levels suggested by the Turner Report.

This year, 40.7 percent of students in Nassau County and 56.4 percent of students in Suffolk County opted out of the ELA exam, according to a report by Newsday.

Some school districts are reporting that 60 to 70 percent of students boycotted statewide English tests, raising questions about whether the federal government could withhold funds from schools with high opt out rates.

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.

The former New York Jet and Harlem pastor, who recently dropped out of the race for mayor and opted to run for controller instead, reported the April 27 charge in campaign finance filings released Monday.

An estimated 1.1 million community health center patients are left without the benefits of health coverage simply because they live in one of 24 states that have opted out of the Medicaid expansion, a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new report.

This report also shows that of the 1.1 million community health center patients left struggling without insurance, 35 percent live in just five opt - out states (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS).

«Health centers in the opt - out states will face an ongoing struggle to meet the need for care in medically underserved communities as a result of the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues in 2014 alone,» said Sara Rosenbaum, JD, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at SPHHS and a co-author of the report.

The data were compiled by United to Counter the Core, an opt - out advocacy organization, from a combination of media stories, freedom of information requests, and reports by administrators, teachers, and parents.

Perhaps the most surprising result of the analysis, reported in the figure below, is that the modest positive correlation between test scores and opt - out seen in the table above becomes negative once free / reduced lunch is taken into account.

Last week, Stephen Sawchuk reported that delegates to this year's NEA Representative Assembly approved a resolution which directs the union to draft model legislative language that would prevent districts from punishing students who opt out of standardized tests.

While newspapers are reporting on parents who are opting their kids out of state testing, students in Brooklyn who attend Uncommon Schools charters are gearing up for the tests in «wacky and joyful» ways.

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class excellence can thrive.

A school can lose points on the state report cards (a 5 - point deduction) if its test participation falls below 95 percent; however, a individual student who opts out of taking a required assessment is not counted in the calculation (i.e., is left out of the calculation) of proficiency rates for his or her school or district.

In particular, according to the report, principals, teachers and parents cited as positives greater control over how and when they hire, the ability to opt out of direct teacher placements by the district and the use of one - year contracts to ensure new hires are a good fit with the school's mission.

Executive Director Steve Sigmund of High Achievement New York, a coalition of groups including various business organizations that support the Common Core, said: «Day one reports show a continued trend against opt outs and towards even greater participation, and that's good for students and for New York's future.

Now that Common Core testing has come to Connecticut, officials around the state are reporting that parents here are seeking to opt out of state tests.

It was reported here last week by education writer Maureen Magee of the daily U-T San Diego that Superintendent Cindy Marten of San Diego Unified recently sent out a letter to families outlining how to «opt - out» of having kids participate in the pilot Common Core test.

Chalkbeat NY: Early reports indicate New York opt - out rates are decreasing statewide, a possible sign of eased tension https://t.co/HmZcKCKRoU See also WNYC

What is needed instead is a fundamental shift in direction in federal education policy, and ESSA is not it; therefore every family that can afford it should opt out of state schooling whenever possible until No Child Left Behind's failed strategy for social improvement via annual testing and publishing the results is abandoned entirely, and until Sacramento gets serious about subsidiary devolution, which implies that assessing and reporting on the results of local schools should be left to the local districts, whose citizens may have different priorities and values that the state and federal governments should learn to respect.

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.

During the past few years, media reports have highlighted an increase in the number of parents who are opting their children out of annual state tests, often called the opt - out movement.

New York is believed to have the largest rate of opt - outs so far, but resistance has been reported around the country, including in Colorado, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.

As I reported last week, Garfield educators were debating about how best to oppose the new deeply flawed Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Common Core tests, when the parents spoke and opted out hundreds of students from the test.

Volunteer activists in the test resistance movement who formed United Opt Out in 2011 have become so disruptive to the standardized testing establishment that their website was recently «hacked into and destroyed — along with a great deal of their web - based educational tools,» according to a report at Alternet, including «years of research, with an archive of guides and tutorials for opting out tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.&raqOut in 2011 have become so disruptive to the standardized testing establishment that their website was recently «hacked into and destroyed — along with a great deal of their web - based educational tools,» according to a report at Alternet, including «years of research, with an archive of guides and tutorials for opting out tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.&raqout tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.»

The boycott vote followed on the heels of a press conference by Chicago parents representing a reported 500 parents who have opted out districtwide.

Parents of public school students in a number of Connecticut school districts continue to report that there are superintendents and principals who are not only misleading parents about their fundamental and inalienable right to refuse to have their child participate in the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests and / or the NEW SAT, but are actually telling parents that it is «illegal» for them to opt their child or children out of these tests.

As the Wall Street Journal reported on April 10, 2015, NYSUT is calling on its members to remind them that students can opt out of the Common Core tests.

In fact, the U.S. Education Department issued more than a dozen letters to states where opt - outs were reported, warning them of possible sanctions if at least 95 percent of all students are not tested.

Some towns are reporting that the number of parents opting their students out of the Common Core testing is three times higher than last year when students were told they were taking the SBAC test of a test.

article, Incredulous: Watching CT Department of Education officials lecture school administrators on how to mislead parents, reported on the incredible meeting in which public officials from Governor Dannel Malloy's State Department of Education lectured a group of school administrators about how to STOP parents from opting their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing scheme and then quickly shut down the meeting when a parent stood up to explain why many people feel so strongly about the significant problems associated with the SBAC testing craze,

With the Common Core testing frenzy about to begin in public schools across Connecticut [SBAC testing takes place between March 15 — June 10, 2016], parents are once again reporting that some school districts are informing them that if their child is opted out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core tests they will be required to stay in the testing room and «sit and stare» during the entire testing period.

Diane Ravitch reports that Weingarten announced yesterday that, «if she were a parent of children in the public schools... she would opt out too.»

Today brought additional reports that a small group of Connecticut superintendents, principals and other school administrators continue to mislead and lie to parents about their fundamental right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test or are engaging in bullying and harassment of students and parents who have decided to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory SBAC testing scheme.

In addition to misleading and lying to parents about their right to opt their children out of the testing madness, parents in a series of communities are now reporting that school children who have been opted out of the testing are being forced to remain in the testing rooms, despite the fact that this bullying tactic violates the SBAC testing protocol, testing regulations that were approved and distributed by the State Department of Education.