Sentences with phrase «particular concern to school»

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The background assumption of this book means, finally, that so far as its content is concerned the best hope of saying things of general relevance to persons involved in all types of theological schooling today lies in making some particular and fairly concrete proposals that may turn out to be directly pertinent only to a few types of theological schools but may provoke and help other persons in other types of schools to think through these issues for themselves.

The Vaughan School has a tradition of making a more thorough discernment concerning the catholicity and suitability of applicants to their particular educational community.

In particular, there are three aspects of the House bill that ought to especially worry parents, health advocates and those who are concerned about fighting childhood hunger: the bill takes a decidedly unscientific approach to setting school nutrition standards, it would most certainly re-open the school junk food floodgates, and it will drop millions of needy kids from a much - lauded program that currently offers them free school meals.

Concerns have been raised that elementary school children in particular might be prone to spread disease at salad bars because they are too short for the standard «sneeze guard» installed on most salad bars, or because they might use their hands instead of the serving utensils provided.

It can also be downloaded as a PDF or a text file, to share with your parent community via your school newsletter, school website, Facebook page, or even as individual handouts to parents with a particular issue or concern.

Schedule a meeting with the school to discuss how your child interacts with others, his likes and dislikes, and if there are any particular struggles or concerns that you are unaware of or should consider.

«The BHA does not oppose Free Schools in principle, but does have particular concerns that the additional freedoms afforded to Free Schools may increase religious discrimination within the state - funded sector.

State education groups previously expressed concerns about reporting by school — particularly for rural and suburban districts where there is very little variety between school buildings so costs can not always be assigned to a particular building.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, is marking Workers» Memorial Day today (Tuesday) by highlighting the continuing concerns about the Coalition Government's approach to health and safety, in particular its failure to address the hidden killer in our schools - asbestos.

«What would be a cause for concern is if this Bill was used by local authorities as a green light to intervene when they may not understand the challenges faced by a particular school, or may not have the capacity to offer the support needed.

They include water loss (a section of the Delaware Aqueduct to New York City slated for replacement is losing some 20 million gallons a day), contamination (not just chemical infiltration such as what's happened in Newburgh, but also lead in old pipes, particular of concern in schools), natural disasters, vandalism and even cyber-attacks.

SIMON: So this doesn't have to be a full - time position - because, of course, there's the concern about local school budgets at this particular point.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

The government has expressed concerns about the attainment gap, yet it is being left to schools to address this particular area of educational disadvantage.

Facilities are a particular pain point for charter schools, and their access to underutilized BPS school buildings is one of the core concerns of the compact.

In particular, critics were concerned that all state schools, including high performing ones, were being forced to become academies.

«Of particular concern is that schools are having to use funding for poorer pupils to plug gaps in their finances.

Concerns among teachers included the impact on capacity, in particular with special schools, and any «resultant requirement to amend contracts».

Average Year 9 reading results for schools in three ICSEA groups (2009 to 2013) Of particular concern is the observation that, since 2000, between - school differences in student performance in PISA have been increasing.

The AOCC seeks to inspire and impact the improvement of the education sector by annually convening Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni, students, and friends concerned with issues of race, class and education as they pertain to all people, and in particular to communities of color.

Cathryn Kirby, the inspectorate's regional director for the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, will be expressing her concern and calling on her inspectors to pay particular attention to schools» use of exclusions.

As an educational psychologist I used to be involved in «cause for concern» meetings in a high school where staff who taught particular students would discuss needs and strategies.

In particular, observers have expressed concerns that the lowest - performing schools have responded to the policy by simply focusing on test preparation.

Note, in particular, Kevin's concerns that «states might no longer be required to test students annually or intervene when schools persistently fail to help students learn.

Children in public schools, or government schools, are one part of the system, and when it comes to how public schools in particular are run, the process kryten8 is concerned about losing absolutely remains intact.

«Parents in particular lose out in such a system with many having no idea about who is responsible for oversight of their school and to whom they should go if they have concerns.»

The MOU says the Diocese's «preferred sponsorship arrangements» will be accepted if the Secretary of State is satisfied the sponsorship package, which includes any additional support provided or brokered by the Diocese, «contains the appropriate capacity and expertise to address the needs of the particular school causing concern».

«When parents send their children to what they understand is a comprehensive school and they then learn that in fact there is a particular grammar stream, which is created from a certain group of children who then, throughout their whole school career, are in that privileged grammar stream, with all sorts of perks and benefits, they can be quite understandably concerned about that.»

With a public hearing scheduled Thursday on the faculty drive to unionize Benjamin Franklin High School, salaries are sure to be a salient concern — in particular discrepancies in pay among staff with seemingly similar backgrounds.

Parents wanting to determine the fit between their student and a particular school would be most concerned with the 2003 - 2005 cohort.

One particular concern is the potential for charter schools to exacerbate already - high levels of segregation.

The content and tone of the Statement to the Commissioner and the communication surrounding the development of this document make it very clear that while some school superintendents» support «reform efforts» and others raises serious concerns about particular elements of the reform agenda, there is broad - based opposition about the way Commissioner Pryor and his leadership team have been operating.

In Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio, researchers speculated that participating private schools may lack the immediate capacity and resources to educate students who are academically behind, who are English - language learners, or who have disabilities.50 This potential lack of capacity is of particular concern for the participating populations in all four contexts, because the students who tend to use vouchers are more likely to be behind academically.

This is a particular cause for concern, given that the secondary school - age pupils in England is expected to rise by 19 per cent over the next eight years.

Both presenter and audience comments included personal experiences of schools reducing staff to make their budgets work, with particular concerns over the levels of high needs funding being raised.

In saying this I do not intend to trivialize the concerns some have with the lack of political diversity in the academy, and in particular with the lack of tolerance for a range of political views that I have told exists in some law schools.

The Society's Executive Committee and Council are aware of the concerns expressed about the granting of approval of the TWU application for a law school and we are sensitive to the concerns about discrimination, in particular, in connection with the TWU Community Covenant Agreement.

The Court used its equitable powers to waive a particular requirement of a court rule concerning admission to the bar, and more specifically the law school accreditation requirement set out in S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 3.3, that an applicant have graduated from a law school accredited by the ABA.

If an accommodation request on religious grounds concerns a student attending an educational institution established by a school board, the school board must take into account the objectives set out in the Education Act, in particular to make sure that the request is consistent with and does not compromise:

The issues of particular concern to A.B. are also of great import to any school board.

The importance of giving more concern on a particular school to engage in is because of the fact that most of the best schools are the ones that offers the best training that surely be worthy enough to the money that you paid them and the time you spent on the training.

The 16 - year - old is looking to carve his own niche in advertising with a particular focus on blockchain projects, at a time when his peers are mostly concerned with school or other social activities.

Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23

These include the nature of the programme offered, how it is delivered, perceptions of the parents as to whether the programme is a culturally appropriate and potentially useful one for dealing with their concerns, how much time they will need to invest and the pay off they anticipate relative to other uses of their time.10, 11,35,48 Most parenting programmes usually are delivered in only one format (e.g. parent groups), have fixed length (e.g. between 8 and 15 sessions), and are designed for one particular setting (e.g. clinic or school).