Sentences with phrase «other school efforts»

In 2008, he sold the company and now invests his time in school activities — serving on the board of Orange Lutheran High School, supporting the charter school movement, as well as other school efforts which will promote real improvement in outcomes.

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On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money, and they've been trained in school and conditioned by society to live in a linear thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental effort.»

«In an effort to continue his memory, this scholarship is being created to help other students experience the joys of music as well as fund increased security at schools.

Already we see hints of that: in the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to eliminate malaria; in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to improve schools; in Sean Parker, the founder Napster, pledging $ 600 million for research into cancer and malaria, among other causes.

Other similar efforts would involve him in educational efforts with churches, schools, and agencies on the community level.

There is no guarantee that investment in youth ministry, after - school programs, or other such efforts will necessarily change the fate of people like Tracy and Evie.

Apparently, church - related schools have lagged behind other institutions in the effort to create pluralistic religious environments for their student bodies.

Inasmuch as these authors did not limit themselves to a discussion of primitive society, though they did concentrate on non-Christian religions, a rapprochement between sociological and socio - psychological studies, on the one hand, and the efforts of the school of «comparative religions» (F. Max Mueller, C. P. Tiele, W. Robertson Smith), on the other, was effected.

Women, like blacks and members of other oppressed groups, must break their inner bondage and gain self - esteem if they are to use fully their potential in collective efforts to change the systems of injustice (discriminatory laws, pay scales, admissions policies to professional schools, among others).

This entails a closer look at major events already presented by Greene and now fleshed out with the accounts of other people: his life in and around the Berkhamstead School, where his father was headmaster; the more or less serious attempts at teenage suicide; the startling decision of the family to respond to this crisis by sending the boy to board with a psychoanalyst in London; later games of Russian roulette played all alone in an effort to beat boredom and make existence seem precious; and his conversion to Roman Catholicism.

In those efforts we come «close to the kingdom of God,» but there most of us stop, just short of actively pursuing for others all we want for ourselves: a home, a car, insurance, clean water, schooling, warm clothes, health care.

A concerted effort by government and industry will help more Scottish - grown food find its way onto menus in schools, hospitals and other public settings, to support Scotland's food and drink sector.

Thinking back to when I was in high school and college, during the height of «correcting speech for politics» — hard to believe is was So Long Ago tm — the effort to change how we used language was meant to indirectly change how we viewed others by enforcing a new lexicon.

According to the consent decree, «Quinnipiac will make a good faith effort to promote women's rugby as a varsity sport and to encourage other NCAA Division I schools to sponsor women's rugby as a varsity sport with the goal of establishing a Division I varsity women's rugby athletic conference and a NCAA varsity women's rugby national championship.»

By supporting SportStars efforts, you support sports, schools, youth and coaches in your community «'' and in all areas affected by budget needs and other challenges.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

Guidance Materials: Guidance for the Development of California School Wellness Policies (2005), developed in a collaborative effort between the Department of Education and other organizations, provides districts with suggestions and concrete recommendations for meeting Section 204 requirements.

Finally, I believe greater effort must be made locally and nationally to improve the perception of school food service while educating parents and others about the amazing work school food service professionals are doing each school day.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

Some schools find it hard to believe one of their pupils has a parent in prison, she says, while others make little effort to find out.

He supports KIPP's efforts to engender resilience, persistence, and other character strengths in its students, both in school and then beyond through support programs like KIPP Through College.

Schools and districts in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah can apply NOW for breakfast - in - the - classroom grant money to cover the upfront costs often associated with the startup and implementation of breakfast in the classroom and «grab n» go» programs, such as purchasing equipment, outreach efforts to parents, program promotion, and other related expenses.

Tucked within an Orwellian press release touting its efforts to «combat child obesity,» the Texas Department of Agriculture has made official its lifting of a decade - old ban on deep fat fryers in Texas schools, as well as rolling back other common sense school nutrition measures.

Alfie is now at school and I made a conscious effort to chat to the to other Mums and now can say that I have found a couple of really lovely Mums that I meet up with and chat to, it's fab.

Other schools may choose to focus on place - based education and to make a strong effort to use their surrounding community in school lessons.

-LSB-...] I posted about House Republican efforts to cut funding for school food as well as other food - related federal -LSB-...]

Given all the Goldfish crackers, Teddy Grahams, fruit gummies and other highly processed junk that my kids are constantly handed — at school, church, sports practices, playdates, libraries and everywhere else — I always feel really grateful when someone makes the effort to feed them real food.

Through evidence - based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting - independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school - and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

Done right, they can help shift the eating norms in a school, in a community and — in tandem with other efforts such as the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Bill — in the entire country.

Be in touch with your school to coordinate efforts with teachers, school counselors, and other personnel.

To better integrate the school gardens with other food literacy efforts, reinforce the concept of seasonality, provide multiple events during the school year, and benefit from the culinary and teaching skills of Chef Instructors, SFI morphed Jr..

FRAC spearheads efforts that improve and expand afterschool food, school breakfast, and other programs in the 1998 child nutrition reauthorization legislation.

Despite this promise, very little research or intervention efforts have focused on sports settings compared with research in other settings such as school and after - school programs.

Fate intervened in several unlikely ways in the two ensuing decades and then last fall, Weber, now a fixture in the national Farm to School Network, found himself waxing enthusiastic about local produce to a woman who was part of an effort called Homegrown Minneapolis, which would like to see more of that farmstead goodness put before MPS kids and other locals.

In addition to Annual Fund fundraising, ambassadors will be encouraging other SNA members in their state to apply for available scholarships, use resources provided for Breakfast in the Classroom and other Foundation programs, join in research efforts to develop best practices, and nominate individuals for the annual School Nutrition Hero awards.

The key difference between WITS and some other chef - led efforts is that it's a remarkably cooperative venture between the organization and the New York City Department of Education (DOE), which oversees the city's school food operations.

Getting the kids enrolled is a «downstream» problem; other barriers occur upstream that make feeding kids in the summer even harder than it is during the school year: federal regulations, nutritional standards, finding and keeping trained staff and a host of other requirements that make coordinating the effort difficult.

This huge outpouring of grassroots support bolstered efforts in Congress — led by Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D - CT) and Chellie Pingree (D - ME)-- to get language into the 2015 omnibus spending bill keeping Chinese - processed chicken out of school food and other child nutrition programs.

In support of these lawmakers» efforts and to express our own dismay — as mothers, consumers and food activists — regarding these developments, Nancy, Barbara and I have launched a Change.org petition asking Congress, President Obama and his administration to to keep Chinese - processed chicken out of school meals and other child nutrition programs, and to prevent the importation of Chinese - raised and - slaughtered poultry.

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

While de Blasio noted the increased funding heading toward the renewal schools that are the focus of much Department of Education effort and outside scrutiny, there are other key school - related additions to the budget, including $ 6.6 million for the DOE to «hire 50 additional physical education teachers and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to address barriers and move schools toward full physical education compliance.»

It is only one city school — one effort to graduate more Buffalo students — but it arguably has attracted more attention and interest than any other this year.

In an effort to cut costs, the Connecticut towns of Monroe and Easton have joined talks with nine other school districts to consider regionalizing their resources.

«There is no more important effort than the protection and expansion of the rights and liberties of the people,» said Richard Brodsky, a political scientist at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a former assemblyman who is working with other groups supporting a convention.

Other school - reform advocates accused bureaucrats of caving to political pressure as union - aligned Assembly Democrats vowed to block efforts to raise or repeal the cap on the number of charters the state allows.

The new laws prevent de Blasio from charging rent to charters as he had said he would, require the city to find space for charters in D.O.E. buildings or to fund those schools up to $ 40 million for space in private buildings, and implement other safeguards for charters after an intensive charter lobbying effort in Albany.

«It speaks volumes that we're pushing other countries to ramp up their anti-corruption efforts and here in the U.S. potentially loosening our efforts when it comes to our own officials,» said Jessica Tillipman, an assistant dean of George Washington University Law School who teaches an anti-corruption seminar.

The school nurse offices have been stocked with Plan B emergency contraception and others like it in an effort to combat teen pregnancy, according to a statement from the Department of Education.

«The NASUWT's Gender Equality Challenge will identify beacons of good practice and give schools the opportunity to be publicly recognised for their efforts on gender quality so they can act as an inspiration for other schools.