Sentences with phrase «public school principals say»

A new study from the Chicago Public Education Fund warns that four of every 10 of the city's top public school principals say they plan to leave in the next three years.

The study warns: Four of every 10 of the city's top public school principals say they plan to leave in the next three years.

Not exact matches

What it's like: «I never know what my day will bring,» says Jennifer Zurba, principal of William Burgess Public School in Toronto.

A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said she could not say how many schools prohibit packed lunches and that decision is left to the judgment of the prinSchools spokeswoman said she could not say how many schools prohibit packed lunches and that decision is left to the judgment of the prinschools prohibit packed lunches and that decision is left to the judgment of the principals.

«While public policy and legal approaches are important, what's especially exciting to me is that individual schools, principals, teachers and community members are in many cases taking this problem into their own hands and saying, «What we can do to solve it?»»

Eating is not permitted outside the cafeteria at Steinmetz or at most Chicago Public Schools, but Madon and other principals say they see students scarfing down snacks en route to classes and usually look the other way.

She said the need for the landmark engagement was crucial considering the fact that schools have resumed and there was need for key stakeholders such as principals, school administrators, Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), public and private school guidance counsellors, evaluators and others, to become conversant with and abreast of the provisions of the policy.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the dire need for more schools Downtown, as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the need for more schools Downtown as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

No CEO in the city would allow an outside force to tell them who to hire or how to keep them,» said Ms. Fariña, herself a former Brooklyn public school teacher and principal.

Superintendent Cash has been this year, setting a structure in place for future success in the Buffalo Public schools,» said David Hills, Principal at Waterfront Elementary.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

THE BRONX — State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz tried to block minority students from enrolling in a popular public elementary school — saying that he didn't want «outsiders» coming into the kindergarten in the tony area of Riverdale, according to a lawsuit filed by the school's assistant principal on Monday.

«While we found that daily cannabis use and cigarette smoking were strongly linked among all subgroups, the most finding striking disparity in daily cannabis use was among youths aged 12 to 17 years,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and principal investigator.

«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.

«Veterans with PTSD had a very high sleep disorder prevalence of 16 percent, the highest among the various health conditions or other population characteristics that we examined,» said Principal Investigator and senior author James Burch, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.

«This study provides evidence that there is plasticity or compensation ability in the aging brain that appears to be beneficial, even in the face of beta - amyloid accumulation,» said study principal investigator Dr. William Jagust, a professor with joint appointments at UC Berkeley's Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, the School of Public Health and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

«We found a consistent pattern of success across a number of different outcome measures,» says the study's principal investigator John Walkup, MD, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a faculty member within the Center for American Indian Health.

These findings suggest that lowering the NAAQS for fine particulate matter will produce important public health benefits, especially among self - identified racial minorities and people with low incomes,» said Francesca Dominici, principal investigator of this study and professor of biostatistics at Harvard Chan School and co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative.

«Unfortunately, greater depression and anxiety are associated with higher BMI and greater waist circumference, both indicators of obesity, as well as engaging in less physical activity and having less favorable indicators of glycemic control,» said Darla Kendzor, Ph.D., principal investigator and assistant professor at the UTHealth School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus.

«These data are very consistent with earlier findings from EDC which showed that greater depressive symptomatology predicted the incidence of heart disease in this cohort,» said Trevor Orchard, MD, M.Med.Sci., FAHA, FACE, Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine and Pediatrics at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, and the EDC study principal investigator.

«Text message programs like these allow for healthcare providers to care for their patients even when they are not in front of them in the office, somewhat like a modern day house call,» said Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Medical Center, and principal investigator.

The clinical study not only confirms similar results of animal studies, it also provides new information about how phthalates target a main pregnancy hormone, said the principal investigator, Jennifer Adibi, MPH, ScD, assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

«Most school principals, by nature or by experience, are strong and confident public speakers,» he says.

Mansour, Principal of Mount Pritchard East Public School, says the focus on 21st Century learning skills was prompted by a visit to neighbouring Merrylands East Public School 12 months ago.

«The learning space has... to suit the pedagogy,» says Natalie Mansour, Principal of Mount Pritchard East Public School.

Among the reasons the chamber participated in Principal For A Day was to give business people a perspective on what the public schools are like today, said Paul Ouellette, the chamber's vice president of community development and education.

«Districts can be so hard to change,» said Dan Challener, president of the Public Education Foundation, an independent, nonprofit, community - based organization that provides training, research, and resources to teachers, principals, and schools in the Hamilton County area of Tennessee.

On September 1, I will be a literacy specialist for a small, public elementary school in Newton, Massachusetts, at a school with students almost entirely from the very nearby community (the principal says nearly all of them walk to school).

«Research has made it very clear that effective leadership is a key success factor for any school, said Mary Grassa O'Neill, director of The Principals» Center and former superintendent of the Milton Public Schools.

«An objective observer of the District of Columbia schools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public Sschools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public SchoolsSchools.

Crystal Hoel, a former middle school language arts teacher at a school in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, said, I think public schools can implement the same strategies, but only if the principal and / or curriculum director truly believe that all kids can achieve and teachers are held accountable.

I visited a couple of successful Cleveland public schools during my visit — successful in educating poor children — and while principals in each of those schools said they could use more money, neither said that money — or their students» lack of it — was their major challenge.

«Those who hold Christian convictions must apply them within the realm of public education,» said Forrest L. Turban, executive director of Christian Educators Association International, whose Aug. 7 annual meeting drew some 300 teachers, principals, school - board members, and parents.

Dr Nick Smith, Principal at Oxford Home Schooling, said: «It is not easy to pick a favourite «school» book but I think the public has judged well.

«What a principal would wish for in my daughter's school in our nice suburb would be so different from what a principal in the urban district where I work would wish for,» said Lyn McCarty, a special education administrator in an urban California public school district.

South Australian - based school principal and recent leadership category winner of the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards, Olivia O'Neill, says despite the challenges of being a principal in the 21st Century principals should focus on the creativity of the job and enjoy it.

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More than 70 percent of those surveyed reported trusting teachers and 65 percent said they trusted principals, according to the 45th annual survey of opinions about public school, conducted by Phi Delta... read more

• Who has right ideas for public education: 81 percent of parents said they believe teachers have the right ideas for their public schools; 77 percent said principals have the right ideas; 70 percent gave the nod to parent organizations; 39 percent said their governor has the right ideas; 37 percent had confidence in mayors / local officials; and 33 percent said business owners / corporate executives have the right ideas.

Following the election, Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool and Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson said they are providing resources to principals, counselors and teachers to help students through the «strong feelings» they may have about the results.

Still, she said she was shocked when the principal called a few days later to say Lucas could not enroll because staff had determined that he wasn't academically or developmentally ready for third - grade - even though he was enrolled in the third grade at his local public school, where he remains.

As a regular public school principal, she said, «I knew every nickel and dime.»

Commenting on the recent performance of students at the Coweta Charter Academy at Senoia (CCAS), Principal Gene Dunn said CCAS elementary students outpaced their counterparts in other Coweta public schools.

«States still have to collect student information and do standardized tests as part of ESSA,» said Dr. Lisa Andrejko, strategic advisor for PeopleAdmin, and former public school teacher, principal, director of technology and superintendent.

Commenting on the recent performance of students at Coweta Charter Academy at Senoia (CCAS), Principal Gene Dunn said CCAS elementary students outpaced students in other Coweta public schools.

«We are very appreciative of this funding and the support of the M&M Area Community Foundation,» said Becky Marciniak, Stephenson Area Public Schools, K - 12 Assistant Principal.

WASHINGTON (ABC7)-- «If I let them be on these devices all the time, they would be,» said Diana Smith, Principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School, of when students can use their cell phones during the schooSchool, of when students can use their cell phones during the schoolschool day.

«It turns out to be really difficult to translate school models that seem to work into new settings,» said Jason Grissom, an assistant professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt University, who has studied school reform and principal success.

Every since the 1990s, Clinton has expressed support for charter schools, but in Saturday's remarks, she said something that is likely to irritate her supporters within the Democratic Party who are avid backers of charter schools as a principal means of reforming public education: that most charters don't accept those students who are the most difficult to educate, or, if they do, they «don't keep them.»