Sentences with phrase «organization of the school day»

It does not address the changes we need to see in teacher compensation, the organization of the school day, the role of instructional leadership, and a range of other key factors crucial to getting the teacher - quality equation right in a workforce of 3,000,000 facing 200,000 teacher hires a year, due to high rates of turnover and mounting retirements.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It broke ground in March that year with the help of teachers and students from a local school and, to this day, continues to work with the community, donating some of its 2,000 pounds of produce each year to local organizations.

Considering that this is a league for private and PAROCHIAL schools, and a Jewish Day School is as much a parochial school as a Christian school of any denomination (or any other recognized organized religion, for that matter), it's a shame that TAPPS and other similar organizations not support a decision of faith as, at a minimum, an expression of toleSchool is as much a parochial school as a Christian school of any denomination (or any other recognized organized religion, for that matter), it's a shame that TAPPS and other similar organizations not support a decision of faith as, at a minimum, an expression of toleschool as a Christian school of any denomination (or any other recognized organized religion, for that matter), it's a shame that TAPPS and other similar organizations not support a decision of faith as, at a minimum, an expression of toleschool of any denomination (or any other recognized organized religion, for that matter), it's a shame that TAPPS and other similar organizations not support a decision of faith as, at a minimum, an expression of tolerance.

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As Kuyper's heirs immigrated to North America, they brought over his penchant for establishing and maintaining Christian institutions of all sorts, including a network of Christian day schools, a Christian trade union, more than one political organization, and a network of institutions of higher education.

Chicago Children's Museum offers two - hour field trips to a variety of community - based organizations and educational institutions, such as public and private schools, daycares, preschools, day camps, community facilities, charitable organizations, and church / religious groups.

One organization found that in 29 % of businesses, school - aged children were allowed in the workplace on an occasional basis, like for a snow day.

Questions on other topics include: the NYS Attorney General's investigation of the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee, whether de Blasio's pre-K initiative will include private and parochial schools, the «absent teacher reserve», a protest by Girls Prep supporters against de Blasio's expected charter school policies, performance of Administration for Children's Services and whether de Blasio plans to contact the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee to urge them to lift their exclusion of LGBT groups and organizations.

Arbor Day grew in popularity in ensuing years, involving thousands of schools and civic organizations first in Nebraska and then nationwide by 1882.

The group had been one of the more visible pro-charter schools organizations in New York politics, backing rallies and lobby days that included teachers and children descending on the Capitol to bolster the issue with lawmakers.

In the waning days of the Bloomberg administration, when many of the mayor's controversial education ideas are once again under attack, one chief target of critics has been the school network structure, which broke up the geographically organized school districts and allowed principals to self - select into one of about 60 support organizations.

Executives from a broad range of health care - focused organizations — including hospitals, health centers, medical schools and public health departments — across the U.S. and from other countries participate in a two - day training session in Boston that focuses on defining disparities and their causes, developing strategies to identify and address disparities and fostering the leadership and change - management skills to implement those strategies.

Within days the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), a national organization with more than 14,000 member families in California, had collected over 250,000 signatures calling on the California Supreme Court to «depublish» the appellate court's ruling, which would strip it of precedential value.

This is despite the fact that microlevel data is critical to improving day - to - day student performance, says Beverly Donohue, vice president of policy and research at New Visions for Public Schools, a school support organization responsible for working with 76 of the district's public sSchools, a school support organization responsible for working with 76 of the district's public schoolsschools.

«Middle schools need a reliable structure to build community, teach (rather than assume) social skills, and prepare students for learning each day,» observes Linda Crawford, executive director of Origins, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering learning and community in schools and other educational institutions.

It was the start of the 2015 Arts and Passion - Driven Learning institute, three days of workshops, performances, and conversations hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Silkroad, the cultural organization founded by cellist Yo - Yo Ma.

Footwear aside, McCartney, Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development at HGSE, managed her honorary role well as one of 100 business, government, and education leaders who participated on November 1 in the third annual «Principal For A Day» event sponsored by the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Plan for Excellence, an organization started by corporations and foundations in 1984 to benefit the city's school system.

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Last September, the National Council for Private School Accreditation gave an inaugural stamp of approval to six charter organizations that accredit private schools, including the Association of Christian Schools International, the Florida Catholic Conference, and the General Conference of Seventh - day Adventist Sschools, including the Association of Christian Schools International, the Florida Catholic Conference, and the General Conference of Seventh - day Adventist SSchools International, the Florida Catholic Conference, and the General Conference of Seventh - day Adventist SchoolsSchools.

Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Alumni Association, the Global Day of Service will work through regional Harvard clubs to match volunteers with local service organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Teen Empowerment, Goodwill, and Hands on Tokyo.

Organized jointly by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, a Costa Rican organization founded by former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize — winner Oscar Arias, the two - day conference entitled «Education and the Civic Purposes of Schools in the Americas» was intended to bring together those with ideas and those who could act upon them.

After all, they had come to Miami, thanks to Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, a Raleigh - based school - reform organization, for a two - day event hosted by Jeb Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), to get advice about education reform, and they didn't want to embarrass the host.

Project Appleseed Grows Parent Involvement On National Parental Involvement Day 2010, Kevin Walker, the founder of the organization that created the holiday, advises schools not to lament the lack of parental involvement, but to use the day to invite parents to do moDay 2010, Kevin Walker, the founder of the organization that created the holiday, advises schools not to lament the lack of parental involvement, but to use the day to invite parents to do moday to invite parents to do more.

• Extension of the school year or school day • Replacement of staff members relevant to the school's low performance • Significant decrease in management authority at the school level • Replacement of the principal • Restructuring the internal organization of the school • Appointment of an outside expert to advise the school • Replacement of all or most of the school staff (which may include the principal) • Reopening the school as a public charter school • Entering into a contract with a private entity to operate the school • Takeover the school by the State

Doug McCurry, director of the nonprofit organization, said Amistad Academy in New Haven assesses student progress every six weeks, operates a 9-1/2 - hour school day, recruits the best teachers and runs a «disciplined, achievement - oriented school culture.»

The CEC would hire a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and contract with independent organizations such as charter management organizations (CMO) to run the day - to - day operations schools, including management of human, curricular, and financial resources.

That's defined by the organization as missing 10 percent or more of the school year, or about 18 days of class.

Intense days of filming took place in January and February in six award - winning schools, which were selected to participate in a project funded by a partnership between the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a nonprofit educational leadership organization based in Alexandria, Va., and Silver Strong and Associates, an educational research and consulting firm in Ho - Ho - Kus, NJ.

If the department of revenue preapproves the request, the school tuition organization shall immediately notify the taxpayer, and the department of insurance in the case of a credit under section 20 - 224.06, that the requested amount was preapproved by the department of revenue. In order to receive a tax credit under this subsection, the taxpayer shall make the contribution to the school tuition organization within twenty days after receiving notice from the school tuition organization that the requested amount was preapproved.

In honor of National Parental Involvement Day, Thursday, November 19, 2015, the State Education Resource Center (SERC) and the CT Parent Information and Resource Center (CT PIRC), in collaboration with the CT Commission on Children, cordially invite you to nominate a parent from your local school and / or community organization for a Parental Involvement Recognition Award.

Whether you work in a school, district, university, educational institution, or other learning organization, you'll learn how to infuse leadership, collaboration, communication, and capacity building with a deep understanding of individuals» experiences and capacities — and how they influence our day - to - day work.

In a HOT School, student governance goes beyond the more traditional approach of deciding whether or not to have «Hat Day» and collecting goods for other service organizations *.

Before accepting the contribution, the school tuition organization shall request preapproval from the department of revenue for the taxpayer's intended contribution amount. The department of revenue shall preapprove or deny the requested amount within twenty days after receiving the request from the school tuition organization.

If the school tuition organization does not receive the preapproved contribution from the taxpayer within the required twenty days, the school tuition organization shall immediately notify the department of revenue, and the department of insurance in the case of a credit under section 20 - 224.06, and the department of revenue shall no longer include this preapproved contribution amount when calculating the limit prescribed in subsection C, paragraph 1 of this section.

This fall, USGBC staff joined the movement of parents, teachers and organizations working to make our schools greener through Green Apple Day of Service.

«On the eve of National Parents Day, it is a pretty profound way to be opening the first school in American history that has been turned around by parents having power over the educational destiny of their own children,» said Austin, whose organization played a major role in the law's passage.

The alliance of parents, youth, community organizations and labor groups said they would be holding demonstrations the same day in 19 other cities at school districts facing similar issues, including Chicago, Milwaukee, San Diego, Dallas and Baltimore.

During the past two years, the Gates Foundation has helped districts, states, and education organizations involved in piloting and scaling the two collaboratives to create extra time for teachers to engage in this work outside of school budgets and the regular school day.

With an ongoing debate surrounding issues of school time, the balance between afterschool and an extended school day, and the role of community - based organizations (CBOs) in providing a broader, more expansive school day, this study tour offered an excellent opportunity to acquire a first - hand understanding of a critical topic in ESEA reauthorization.

In a HOT school, student governance goes beyond the more traditional approach of deciding whether or not to have «Hat Day» and collecting goods for other service organizations.

UTLA President Alex Caputo - Pearl mentioned the day of action as part of his state of the union speech in July and said the event will be in coordination with the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, a national group of parent, youth and community organizations and labor groups whose stated goal is «fighting for educational justice and equity in access to school resources and opportunities.»

Mursion's technology enables organizations to develop customized, authentic simulations of complex interpersonal interactions, including the types of interactions that school leaders have with teachers and parents / guardians every day.

Their views came a day after officials from statewide educational organizations told the California Board of Education that it should postpone using the outcomes of this year's reading and math tests to establish base scores for schools and districts.

The solutions would start with economically diverse housing options in all towns in CT, quality pre-natal care, quality pediatric care, high school courses on parenting, in - home parenting classes for teens, a robust curriculum rich in the arts, social sciences, science, math, and character education, lots of playtime in a safe literature rich environment for pre-schoolers, summer school and before and after school care provided by TFA or some other organization of young recent college graduates, small class size, teacher leaders instead of building administrators, and collaboration time built into the school day.

During his time at Payton, Tim helped increase SEL programming, created unique Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and developed a daily enrichment program so students could access additional academic supports, participate in athletics, and explore identity organizations during the school day.

With help from key community organizations, Pikes Peak Prep (PPP) will expand enrollment from 290 students last year to an approximate enrollment of 360 on the first day of school this year (August 13, 2012).

Choice A: Young Minnesotans with the desire to help children and teach as a career - who complete the required degrees in both education and desired subject areas, pass the state required tests, complete months of student teaching that requires them to plan for and teach full days, are hired without the district paying a private organization thousands of dollars, are paid salary and benefits negotiated through a union, are not sought out by big corporations, banks, and Wall Street because of their service and skills gained from 2 years of teaching, and continue their careers paying their own way, without discounts from grad schools, in pursuit of advanced or additional degrees.

In a matter of days, he has gone from talking about «Opportunity Schools» in Baltimore to claiming that «there are organizations in other parts of the country that are operating schools that are succeeding in leading children from low - income families — especially children of color — to reach much higher levels of academic success than the norm for their communities.Schools» in Baltimore to claiming that «there are organizations in other parts of the country that are operating schools that are succeeding in leading children from low - income families — especially children of color — to reach much higher levels of academic success than the norm for their communities.schools that are succeeding in leading children from low - income families — especially children of color — to reach much higher levels of academic success than the norm for their communities.»