Sentences with phrase «public school fair»

Center City PCS will be participating in EdFEST, DC's only citywide public school fair on December 9th at the D.C. Armory (2001 E. Capitol St, SE)!

Not exact matches

An accurate count assures that every community receives its fair share of public funds for schools, hospitals, daycare centers and roads.

We give presentations at law schools and public interest employers across the country and regularly lecture at career fairs and conferences, including the NALP Annual Education Conference, the NASFAA National Conference, and the ABA / NLADA Equal Justice Conference.

For decades, discussion about Catholic schools in Britain centred on demands for a fair share of the public funds available.

Those two Holidays should be added to the laudry list of days NYC public schools are closed, It is all but fair.

See how well these schools of «morality» fair without any public funding, tax breaks, etc....

When your playing a silly game with a bat and ball you bring him out, you thank him when you move a pig skin across a line, you stamp his name on my currency, you tell my children about him in our public schools, you trot him out like a prized pig at a fair anytime something good or bad or even mediocre happens, and even when you stub your toe.

He was previously the Associate Director of the North American Integration and Development Center in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA from 1995 to 2006, where his research focused on NAFTA, contract agriculture in Mexico, fair trade coffee in Oaxaca, regional competitiveness of the produce industry, living wages in Los Angeles, and immigration and farm labor in California.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

To be fair to Wake County Public Schools, they are really limited by the pitiful amount of money per serving they are allotted by the state.

Killian's campaign called the Democratic complaints a distraction, pointing out a main plank in her platform has been getting the suburban district its fair share of public school aid.

At 11 a.m., Carranza will attend the Computer Science Opportunity Fair, an event bringing together 2,000 NYC public high school students studying Computer Science, The Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave., Manhattan.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

«As New York City public advocate... I will fight to ensure that New Yorkers receive their fair funding from the state government for our school,» she added.

«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

Kermit the Frog: who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

«My campaign has always been about achieving tax relief for overburdened Long Island families, fair funding for struggling school districts, and real ethics reforms to restore public faith in government.»

But it's precisely because we on the centre left believe that active government along with good schools, hospitals and other public services can transform lives, and make our country fairer and more prosperous, that we must ensure we pass the test of fiscal credibility.

«Majorities of downstate suburban and upstate voters say their local public schools are doing an excellent or good job of preparing students to be college or career ready, however, twice as many New York City voters say their local public schools are doing a fair or poor job of preparing students, not a good or excellent job.»

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

A party for those whose priorities include the Welfare State, workers» rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, grammar schools, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

And 68 percent of voters rated the quality of Syracuse public schools as fair or poor.

«Cynthia is a public school mom who is extremely sincere and knowledgeable and has consistently been outspoken on the need for fair and adequate funding for our public schools.»

The video shows various people looking into the camera calling for «fair and open elections» and «outstanding public schools» and a state government that helps mass transit.

«We need a New York that works for all of us, where big corporations are responsible for paying their fair share of taxes to support our schools, roads, public transit and the services that we all rely on,» said Tomas Garduno, political director of ALIGN.

«I'm pleased that we finally have the opportunity to sit down and talk about these things before a fair and neutral arbitrator,» said Nate Kuzma, Buffalo Public School District legal counsel.

The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schools.

Children attending these public schools still won't get their full fair share of public funding, but they'll be a lot closer than they've ever been.

«For too long, corporations have exploited loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and the result has been less revenue to support stronger public schools and colleges for all New York students,» said NYSUT Executive President Andrew Pallotta.

«During her decades in public life, Helen fought tenaciously to improve our children's schools, to address seemingly intractable quality - of - life issues and to secure a fair share of City resources for Queens,» Katz said in a statement.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

Such flippant remarks are not fair to those who do not have resources for private schools and must rely on public schools.

Only when progressives hold the gavel can we actually deliver on the progressive agenda working families demand: fair funding for public schools and universities, stronger rent laws, real criminal justice reform and so much more.»

«Every school and public building in the country will be emblazoned with a new «national motto» under Gordon Brown's drive to encourage patriotism and Britishness... Members of the public will be asked to come up with five or six - word slogans, perhaps based around ideas of fair play or national pride.»

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer said, «The final plan secures our fair share of state funding for our school districts in Western New York, and restores funding — initially cut under the Executive Budget proposal — to our local public libraries.

Over 2,000 NYC Students Visit Computer Science Fair at The Armory The NYC Computer Science Opportunity Fair is New York City's largest annual college and career inspiration event for public high school students studying computer science.

Opponents of the new school said the co-location would drain resources and space from public school students and that charter schools don't pay their fair share for using public school space.

The so - called «Fair Student Funding» money will go to 854 city public schools that enroll 588,285 students across all five boroughs.

The UFT on Feb. 3 released a television ad accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of putting his political career ahead of children's education by blaming teachers and ignoring the real needs of the city's public schools — smaller classes, afterschool programs and fairer funding.

A divided state Board of Regents on Sept. 16 proposed three changes to the state evaluation system aimed at making the process fairer: an appeals process to address aberrations in growth scores, ensuring that privacy protections to bar the release to the public of individual teachers» growth scores will remain in force and the creation of a hardship waiver for school districts who find it difficult to hire outside evaluators.

The project included public training programs in defibrillators and compression - only CPR at schools, hospitals and major events such as the N.C. State Fair, plus additional instruction for EMS and other emergency workers on optimal care for patients in cardiac arrest.

The Maine State Science Fair is open to all students from all public, private, parochial and home schools (Grades 9 - 12) throughout Maine.

â $ œThe primary goal of journalists is to give fair, accurate and unbiased reports of news events that will be of interest to the public, â $ says study author Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD, resident psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine.

The program included training in defibrillators and compression - only — or «hands - only» — CPR at schools, hospitals and public events such as the North Carolina State Fair.

I went to public school and got my fair share of this stuff back then, so I have never made this for my kids... until now.

For example, your elected officials should be focused on things like equal access to essential public services, fair governmental priorities and policies, city hall policies, school district choices, and public health measures.

We then rocket forward in time and Reed and Ben are now freakishly smart high schoolers somewhat improbably taking their teleportation device public at their school science fair.

That raises an intriguing question: how fair does the media coverage of these disputes seem to be?The media plays a crucial role in informing the public, refereeing policy deliberations, and explaining what school reforms mean for students and families.

There seems a growing recognition that value - added gains are a fair and important indicator of school performance and they address an issue that has crippled education reform for decades: Poor alignment between teacher training, teaching practices, and public policy.