Sentences with phrase «question school decisions»

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These statistics beg the question of whether medical school and a future as a physician is a smart financial decision.

State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon says her concerns about Verletta White's ethical conduct and questions about Baltimore County schools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintSchools Karen Salmon says her concerns about Verletta White's ethical conduct and questions about Baltimore County schools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintschools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintendent.

On the question of secularism and the Supreme Court's decisions on prayer and other religious activities in the public schools: No doubt these decisions, which repudiated both history and the wishes of parents and state legislators alike, played a significant role in the acceleration of what Richard John Neuhaus later dubbed the «naked public square.»

Yesterday, the Chair of the board of trustees, Randy Fairfax praised the school's leaders for their «ethical, moral, and spiritual leadership» in an email to the school's community, but added, «However, we are unanimous in our decision that it is time for a new season of leadership... Understandably, there are many questions at this time.

Judgments a school at least implicitly makes about these three questions deeply shape its identity and will almost certainly be reflected in the decisions it makes about the content and movement of its course of study.

A federal appeals court had ruled in favor of school officials in Plano, Texas, on the liability question, and the justices without comment let that decision stand.

However, if a kid has an offer, but he hasn't visited and the coaches have no evidence his family is onboard with a decision to commit, I can totally see the coaches saying, «Hey, let's hold off until you visit the school with your family, because this is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make in your life and we want to make sure you and your family have all the information you need and all your questions answered before you make it.»

So true in every word written — I completely empathize with your anxiety questioning the monumental decision on schooling for our children.

The experts are there to answer any question to help you to make an informed decision about your child's educational journey from preschool through high school.

Some times, people (who may be well intentioned), will question your decision to home school.

Advice to New Home Schoolers Practical advice about finding a homeschool curriculum, finding a support group, dealing with people who question your decision to homeschool.

At times when my step - daughter thought that she was missing out on opportunities and experiences available at school, she has questioned our decision.

Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.

Here are some questions to help you make a reasoned decision about a private school that meets your and your child's educational, developmental, and financial needs.

«There is no question of government making any decisions centrally over the future of grammar schools.

The decision was taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) after separate meetings with the lady in question, Priscilla Tettey, a final year student of Odoben Senior High School, the headteacher and residents of Eduman.

Poloncarz questioned the school districts» decision to close.

Mayor de Blasio responded to several questions concerning the administration's decision, announced just before the press conference, to reverse nine school co-locations approved during the Bloomberg administration.

David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clashed at today's prime minister's questions over the government's decision to force all state schools to become academies.

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«We should re-evaluate the metrics and the standards for closing schools,» she began when asked about the call — repeating her response to an earlier question about the city's decision not to declare a snow day yesterday.

A former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye - Ofosu, has questioned the basis of government's decision to use part of Ghana's oil revenue to finance the free senior high school policy started last year.

Should Paladino win his appeal decision and return to the school board, it raised questions over who would truly represent the Park District.

The decision to not call the two board members follows a vicious first two days of the hearing, during which Paladino's team grilled School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold and called into question how the board does business.

The Member of Parliament also called on the New Patriotic Party to rescind its decision of questioning the National Democratic Congress on how realistic their policies are, stating «the New Patriotic Party questioned the National Democratic Congress and President Mahama on how feasible it was to build 200 Senior High School within the period of four to eight years but have promised to build 600 Senior High Schools within same period».

Moskowitz answered about a dozen questions, with topics including whether there is any potential mayoral candidate who embodies what she wants in a candidate, whether she plans on being involved in the 2017 election, why she is «such a lightning rod» for criticism, obstacles ahead, the City's pre-K program, whether she'll run for office at another time, whether she reflexively criticizes all education - related actions of Mayor de Blasio, whether she's concerned that her influence on state government will diminish because of her decision, discipline and suspension polices at Success Academy schools, her plans for other projects and her view on potential mayoral candidacies of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

While Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott on July 27 touted a dramatic increase in tenure extensions as proof that the new tenure - granting framework that the DOE instituted in December was working, the UFT questioned how the decisions were reached.

Her decision came, in part, so that Success Academy could lobby for additional school space without facing questions about her motives, according to people familiar with her thinking, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the leading exam board Oxford, Cambridge and RSA's (OCR) decision that schools should not be permitted to redact exam questions.

It really varied from one school to the next, so I learned to be prepared to defend my decision and not show any signs of being offended by the question which, on one occasion, was put as bluntly as?

Public opinion about school vouchers is especially sensitive to decisions about question wording.

Decisions on how much to spend on education are not scientific questions, and theycannot be answered with methods that effectively rule out all discussion of reforms that might make the school system more efficient.

These are questions that can propel a school forward by modeling what it means to be a learner and inviting more voices into the decision - making process.

The objectives were, for the first time, to identify the type and frequency of sports residentials currently being undertaken; find out the objectives that prompt taking tours, measure the success in achieving those aims, identify where possible the underlying factors that shape schools» decision making and to question if there is a link between school & pupil attainment and the propensity for schools to support residential travel.

Maine's commissioner of education said last week that his sudden decision to pull the plug on a statewide test stemmed from his belief that questions about suicide were too sensitive a topic for high school juniors.

As school systems wrestle with tough fiscal decisions, it's vital to understand that one - size - fits - all pay is insensitive to questions of productivity.

We are a small district in a small town, but her concern raises a number of questions that go to the heart of public school governance: How involved should the school board be in hiring and firing decisions?

Here the question is, What is the division of decision - making powers between schools and the government in a country, and how do these divisions affect student achievement?

On the question of school closings, for instance, Michele Cahill, a Carnegie Corporation education specialist who masterminded the small — high schools initiative for Klein, believes that the discussion lately «has gotten very stuck in issues of participation and decision making.»

«Surely this question was settled eight years ago in a decision that was the seventh consecutive defeat for the disgustingly determined people who are implacably opposed to any policies that enable parents who are not affluent to exercise the right of school choice that is routinely exercised by more fortunate Americans,» writes George Will.

That decision raised questions about whether their children are genuinely assigned to a «failing» Cincinnati public school and thus eligible for a voucher.

Boldness in decisions to engage with mobile devices from the leadership in the school is critical but it is very rare to find all of the answers to all of the questions internally.

Whether teachers and students in charter schools have a comparable right can be a tricky legal question, as a recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals shows.

The justices» landmark decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 struck down voluntarily adopted integration programs in Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky, and called into question similar race - based systems that operate in hundreds of other districts.

Whether a school adopts a model that offers a comprehensive package of practices, or decides to build its own from individual research - proven components, decision makers need reliable information to help them answer the central question: Which models work well to raise student achievement or accomplish other important student outcomes?

These simple and easy - to - use Consumer Guides (PDF) are decision support tools help school administrators and educational technology vendors learn what questions to ask and how to make informed decisions related to education technology.

Still, the school is likely wrestling with the question of whether dividing up the technology budget among discrete teachers will lead to the best purchasing decisions and designs or whether pooling demand across classrooms may eventually benefit children and teachers alike.

We ca n`t say a priori whether shifting the weight of emphasis from informal to formal evidence for decision making will improve schools; it is an empirical question.226 The current emphasis on using student performance data to guide improvement efforts also calls for greater attention by those in schools to measurable patterns of student performance at the school level, or by student sub-groups, in addition to the conventional interest in individual student needs and progress.

Based on a study of data - driven decision making in 36 schools, Ikemoto and Marsh (2007) developed a conceptual framework of four models of school data use, varying by the complexity of the data used and the complexity of the analysis and decision making in question.

The decision has raised questions about treatment of other free schools.