Sentences with phrase «pressing needs of school»

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However, the distortion of the debate by Trump and other politicians creates a danger that resources will be misdirected from more pressing infrastructure needs, such as aged water pipes leaching lead and schools - or from projects that will have a considerable regional economic impact.

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It wasn't long before the two groups» talking points mirrored each other perfectly, with each espousing a pressing need for «flexibility» in school food programs, a goal which sounds innocuous but really means throwing science - based nutrition standards out the window, despite growing evidence of their success in improving the diets of 31 million school kids each day.

Clearly this is something that needs to be discussed which is why I am so thrilled to introduce our expert Kathleen Kendall - Tackett, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, she's also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and owner and editor - in - chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's hePress, a small press specializing in women's hepress specializing in women's health.

To actually meet the needs of New York's children, the Governor will need to fully fund schools at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity levels, and we will press him to do so.»

meanwhile it is pressing ahead with a major expansion of Academies which, so I am led to understand, will reduce the range of schools required to take children with special educational needs.

Speaking at his monthly press conference, Mr Brown said the government would need to improve legislation if necessary, but would also target violence through schools and family intervention to help parents who have lost control of their children.

At the press conference the Borough President will address Chancellor Klein's use of emergency powers, immediate steps the DOE must take with the P.S. 94 school community, and broader problems the Department must resolve that impact District 75 schools serving high - needs students citywide.

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

«Given that 50 percent of the world's population currently lives in cities, and that percentage is projected to increase to 70 percent by year 2050, there is a pressing need to understand how cities and landscapes are affected by heat waves,» said Lei Zhao, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

«Given that only one new drug has been approved for lupus patients in the last 50 years, there is a pressing need for more specific and less toxic drugs to treat it and other autoimmune disorders,» says Means, who is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

«There's a balance between the importance of making sure our children go to school every day and absorb the knowledge they need and the safety and security of those children,» she said, speaking at a CDC press conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

The School of Engineering's mission is to educate engineers committed to the innovative and ethical application of science and technology in addressing the most pressing societal needs, to develop and nurture twenty - first century leadership qualities in its students, faculty, and alumni, and to create and disseminate transformational new knowledge and technologies that further the well - being and sustainability of society in such cross-cutting areas as human health, environmental sustainability, alternative energy, and the human - technology interface.

Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, head of research, Education and Employers, said: «Our findings highlight the pressing need for closer ties between employers and state schools to ensure that all young people — regardless of gender and backgrounds — have information about all the possible career routes available to them.

Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, Head of Research, Education and Employers, said, «Our findings highlight the pressing need for closer ties between employers and state schools to ensure that all young people — regardless of gender and backgrounds — have information about all the possible career routes available to them.

I would speak often about the great mission of American public schools, as well as the pressing need for an equally ambitious vision for their future.»

Specialist recruiters need to keep abreast of this pressing problem both from a business perspective and as part of their role in developing the school workforce.»

The primary advantage of face - to - face learning and interaction was surrendered to the seemingly pressing need to become more like what these students were experiencing outside of school.

A highly regarded English professor and literary critic early in his career, he is the author of several acclaimed books on education issues, including Cultural Literacy (Vintage, 1988), The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them (Anchor 1999), The Knowledge Deficit (Houghton Mifflin Harourt 2006), and The Making of Americans (Yale University Press 2010).

While we await specific criteria for the next wave of centrally - funded free schools, the local authority «presumption» programme continues to offer a chance to set up good new schools in areas of pressing need.

Driven by a deep commitment to equity, DK recognizes the pressing need to recruit and retain educators who share the rich and diverse backgrounds of the students in Denver Public Schools (DPS).

(For instance, the quickest way to appease OCR will be to increase the number of AP courses available to minority students, regardless of whether this is the school's most pressing need.)

The release of several national studies last week highlighted what many now consider the most pressing concern facing American education: the growing number of students «at risk» of leaving school prior to graduation or without the skills needed to get a job.

The Kentucky Department of Education can set an appropriate example for each school in the state by faithfully seeking students who will challenge our educators to address the pressing educational needs of today.

Then, in response to the pressing need for increased oversight and administrative demands, Metro Schools created an office of Charter Schools.

(Calif.) Even as a press event by the state superintendent last week focused attention on a handful of schools already teaching lessons based on new science standards, legislation was being crafted that would delay until 2017 development of the tools educators need to bring that new curriculum into all California classrooms.

The revolving - loan fund will target schools with financing needs of more than $ 7 million, and the schools must have a proven track record of academic and financial success, the company said in a press release.

When pressed by Hull MP and former NUT activist Emma Hardy on whether changes to gradings could reward schools that took large numbers of pupils with special education needs or excluded pupils, Spielman said this was an «interesting suggestion for the new framework».

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

More teachers, more educational leaders, and more schools need to address the pressing needs of older, at - risk youth, and they must start now.

Editor's Note: At press time, Travis County Judge John K. Dietz released his final judgement in the West Orange Cove vs. Neeley school finance court case reinforcing the critical need for fair funding of Texas public schools.

«Our community needs to be more informed about these schools» scores, and CMOs [charter management organizations] need to be held accountable for their unacceptable performance,» said Mary Moran, executive director of Our Voice Nuestra Voz, in a press release announcing the launch of the campaign # 30NolaEdWatch, an initiative to hold these schools accountable.

From the earliest major school finance cases, the pressing need for equity has been at the heart of school finance litigation.

Nancy Loome, executive director of the Parents» Campaign, a public - school advocacy group based in Jackson, told the Jackson Free Press in January that the schools can not be wholly blamed for inadequate care of special - needs students.

Delegates at a Westminster Education Forum, held last week in central London, pressed Joanna Hall (pictured below), deputy director of schools at Ofsted, on the rules for joint inspections of local area provision for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

While a surge of new policymaking by the U.S. Department of Education and by state officials has buffeted schools and frustrated some teacher leaders, this turbulence has yielded a pressing need for teachers to help figure out how all these changes will actually work.

In response to these findings, many policymakers have recognized the pressing need to place teachers at the heart of the school improvement agenda.

«Regardless of what the teaching unions might claim, with over 70 % of the new schools being set up by those working within the education sector itself, the reality is that their members are becoming the driving force of new free schools - particularly in disadvantaged areas where the need for good schools is even more pressing.»

That said, we need extrapolate only a little to question the current direction, and underlying theory of action, beneath the continued press to tighten the screws on the package of high - stakes testing, school accountability, and educator performance evaluations tied to student achievement scores (which, as I noted in a previous Educational Leadership column, researchers caution is fraught with concerns of its own).

The Detroit Free Press reported in October that Austin «said he believes the state needs to reign in the spread of charter schools.»

But it's not the norm in Florida, according to an Associated Press review of state tax money for building and other capital needs sent to charter schools.»

Teaching Matters board Chair Olga Votis opened the event with an explanation of the pressing need to supply excellent teachers to U.S. public schools - and the steep road.

As teams of teachers in schools choose to pursue professional teaching standards and Board certification, they create more collaborative cultures among staff, generate new teacher leadership capacity, and address pressing professional learning and student learning needs.

If you are a reporter or member of the press and need additional information about charter schools, charter school issues, etc, please contact Kerri Barclay, Communications Manager at the Colorado League of Charter Schools at 303-989-5356, ext. 125 or kbarclay@coloradoleagschools, charter school issues, etc, please contact Kerri Barclay, Communications Manager at the Colorado League of Charter Schools at 303-989-5356, ext. 125 or kbarclay@coloradoleagSchools at 303-989-5356, ext. 125 or [email protected].

LANSING, Mich. — Flat test scores by Michigan students on a national test highlight the pressing need for a new, comprehensive look at how we fund Michigan's public schools so all students can achieve and succeed, regardless of their circumstances, said a broad - based group of Michigan business and education experts.

But I think this is stunningly insufficient if we do not add our voices to those calling for real and comprehensive answers to our gun problem, and if we fail to highlight how many schools are insufficiently prepared to meet their most pressing needs — a rich curriculum, guidance and full care of students, nutrition programs, fully funded and staffed libraries, working facilities — then we are merely acquiescing to further neglect of our students and co-workers.

Many state school finance systems are not designed based on the actual costs of purchasing the teachers, support staff and other resources to deliver rigorous education standards, including the additional resources necessary to meet pressing needs in the nation's high poverty schools and districts.

The group of advocates — School Choice Wisconsin, Hispanics for School Choice, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, and Wisconsin Federation for Children — is hopeful that with today's vote, Mrs. DeVos can now turn her attention to the pressing needs of America's education system and give all of our children an opportunity for success and a better future.

The following is a press release from COPAA regarding a recent study of school choice regarding students with special needs.