Sentences with phrase «quality of our local high school»

It's fun, and the art gets better and better every year, which speaks volumes about the quality of our local high school art teachers.»

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By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

Ton Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and chef at Ravenscliffe High School, which provides a predominantly vegetarian menu, said: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&School, which provides a predominantly vegetarian menu, said: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.»

Local school districts have been improving the quality of food they've been serving for years, but Tanner wanted to see the district leverage its considerable buying power to serve higher quality food to more students, more consistently.

The quality of student work speaks more eloquently about the good things going on at the local high school than anything else can.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

Each fortnight, more than a dozen student volunteers from Kincumber High School walk down to their local creek to conduct water quality tests — monitoring the health and the quality of the waterway in their local community.

A small but growing number of teacher union locals have attempted to go beyond the industrial unionism model by fashioning new ways of organizing teaching around high - quality practice and high - performing schools.

He called the results a turning point that demonstrated the political power of charter school backers as well as others who are seeking more high - quality learning opportunities for local students.

A WORD FROM THE CHEFS Giving the last word to a school chef, Tony Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and school chef at Ravenscliffe High School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&school chef, Tony Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and school chef at Ravenscliffe High School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&school chef at Ravenscliffe High School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.»

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

When Johnny McKenzie, director of security for the Palm Beach County School Board, heard that some youths in his 73,000 - student district were mashing, rolling, and smoking hemp seeds — a high - quality bird seed that is sold in local pet stores — he decided to investigate further.

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

They can buy in services from local authorities, many of whom have earned the loyalty of their schools through the high quality of their work.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.

Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.

Bridge International Academies in Kenya provides a standardized model of high - quality affordable education by designing cutting edge curricula, building schools and training teachers from the local community.

New technologies and staffing strategies allow rural schools to increase the number of students receiving high - quality instruction, even when the supply of local teachers remains limited.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

But Americans have long been of two minds about the quality of the nation's schools — with most giving their local schools high marks but education in the United States far lower levels of approval on the whole.

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class excellence can thrive.

As we document in Public Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter operatHigh - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeQuality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter operathigh - quality charter opequality charter operators.

ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) The U.S. Department of Education has developed the new, high - quality, adaptable ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) and associated web - based platform to allow States, local districts, and schools to collect and act on reliable, nationally - validated school climate data in real -School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) The U.S. Department of Education has developed the new, high - quality, adaptable ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) and associated web - based platform to allow States, local districts, and schools to collect and act on reliable, nationally - validated school climate data in real -School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) and associated web - based platform to allow States, local districts, and schools to collect and act on reliable, nationally - validated school climate data in real -school climate data in real - time.

The 2018 Whole Schools initiative will be held June 12 - 15 at MS Gulf Coast Community College - Jefferson Davis Campus This four day conference will bring together educators, artists, community members and parents for over 180 hours of high quality professional development opportunities from local and national presenters.

Vanessa Gonzalez is the VP of Operations and Strategy at Education Forward DC, a local nonprofit that accelerates the work of visionary education leaders to foster a city of high - quality, equitable public schools for every DC student and family.

Known for customer service, affordable pricing, high quality and state of the art equipment, Region 18's Print Shop is available to school districts and local businesses for all your printing and presentation needs.

The purpose of this guidance document is to assist Virginia's local school divisions and early childhood communities in identifying, developing, and sustaining inclusive opportunities within high - quality early childhood programs for two -, three -, and four - year - old preschoolers with disabilities.

Local authorities, as previously reported by Schools Week, will remain responsible for high needs funding and the quality of SEND provision in their area.

The Chicago Leadership Collaborative was set up by the district in 2011 to help meet its principal hiring requirements and to triple to 100 its number of annual high - quality «residencies,» in which aspiring leaders get on - the - job experiences in local schools.

Continuing a 10 - year long tradition, the National Alliance honors individuals at the federal, state and local level who enrich the lives of students by leading the most impactful charter school initiatives and supporting charters as a high - quality public school option.

Under ESSA, a new preschool program will, for the first time, «promote coordination in early learning among local communities; align preschool with early elementary school; and build the capacity of teachers, leaders, and others serving young children to provide the highest - quality early learning opportunities.»

Forum Curriculum for Improving Education Data: A Resource for Local Education Agencies is a curriculum designed to support the training by qualified instructors of K — 12 school and district staff about the issues pertaining to the production of high - quality education data.

«We are giving thousands more parents a choice of high - quality local schools that offer the excellent standard of education that all pupils deserve.»

Commenting on the report, councillor David Simmonds of the Local Government Association, said: «Many early years providers, including nurseries, childminders, and school - based settings, opt to work with their local councils, and mums and dads are seeing the results with more high quality provision becoming availLocal Government Association, said: «Many early years providers, including nurseries, childminders, and school - based settings, opt to work with their local councils, and mums and dads are seeing the results with more high quality provision becoming availlocal councils, and mums and dads are seeing the results with more high quality provision becoming available.

The Museum School reduces educational inequality by bringing school to underprivileged children in the form of their local museums, giving them high quality infrastSchool reduces educational inequality by bringing school to underprivileged children in the form of their local museums, giving them high quality infrastschool to underprivileged children in the form of their local museums, giving them high quality infrastruc...

The reauthorization of ESEA would force legislators to make key changes in the law that helps transform public schools into high - quality learning centers by recognizing the shared responsibility among local, state, and federal governments.

The purpose of this guidance document is to assist local school divisions and early childhood communities in developing, and sustaining inclusive opportunities within high - quality early childhood programs for preschoolers with disabilities.

Aside from celebrating charter schools, the rally «will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high - quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents» right to choose the best public school for their children,» according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association Faschools, the rally «will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high - quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents» right to choose the best public school for their children,» according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association FaSchools Association Families.

MAISD is proud to provide high quality special education services in collaboration with our local districts that include the hiring and employment of occupational and physical therapists, school psychologists, and teacher consultants for the entire county as part of our ISD special education plan.

That means your student will get a higher quality education through a local public charter school than they would at any of the alternatives.

The Commonwealth should fairly share responsibility with each local school board for the true costs of implementing a high quality program of instruction.

The FEA provides local education agencies (e.g., public schools), including magnet and charter schools, a set of extended services to address an educational problem, concern or practice to provide greater opportunity for every learner to receive high quality instruction and educational supports to be academically successful.

The Innovative Education Initiatives Act (SL 2003 - 277, Senate Bill 656) and the Cooperative Innovative High School Programs statute (§ 115C -238.50-.55) encourage Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to partner with their local postsecondary Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide cooperative programs jointly in high schools and colleges / universities that will expand students» opportunities for education success through high quality instructional programmHigh School Programs statute (§ 115C -238.50-.55) encourage Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to partner with their local postsecondary Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide cooperative programs jointly in high schools and colleges / universities that will expand students» opportunities for education success through high quality instructional programLocal Education Agencies (LEAs) to partner with their local postsecondary Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide cooperative programs jointly in high schools and colleges / universities that will expand students» opportunities for education success through high quality instructional programlocal postsecondary Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide cooperative programs jointly in high schools and colleges / universities that will expand students» opportunities for education success through high quality instructional programmhigh schools and colleges / universities that will expand students» opportunities for education success through high quality instructional programmhigh quality instructional programming.

«There is some financial impact, but really, the obligation of the local school district is to provide the highest - quality education for all students — all public school students — and not to let ideology interfere with our goal,» he said.

To ensure all children throughout the county are well served, regardless of where they live and which type of public school they attend, the compact establishes a local Advisory Committee to ensure that district and school leaders execute shared commitments and strategies, including supporting accountability, transparency, and adequate and appropriate access to services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school options.

The Mayor and Barbara Byrd Bennett will continue to look high and low for available funds to improve the quality of learning facilities at these top overcrowded local schools.

Local journalists should cover the relationships between segregation and unequal educational outcomes and realities, in addition to providing coverage of high quality, diverse schools.

Goal: Provide resources on the available funding and facilities options and update attendees of the ongoing work at the local and state level to ensure access to high quality, affordable, long term facilities options for all charter schools.

«Despite modest improvements in local education over the past decade, we remain far from the goal of providing high - quality public education for all students,» said Myrna Castrejón, acting chief executive officer of the California Charter Schools Association.