Sentences with phrase «runs a school well»

Can «the state» — that is, bureaucrats — run schools better than professional educators?

He added: «We know that our colleagues in state schools often do a fantastic job with fewer resources, larger classes, more curriculum constraints and significantly different challenges and we do not presume to patronise them by suggesting we can necessarily run their schools better than they can.

But no entity is likely to run schools well unless its role is well defined and it has incentives to support schools, not control them.

Just five of the teacher contracts in the nation's largest school districts grant school leaders the kind of flexibility they need to run schools well, but two - thirds of the rest do not obviously hamstring administrators with rules applying to teachers, according to a report released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Recent data show teacher turnover rates reaching nearly 25 % among teachers who strongly disagree that their administrator encourages and acknowledges staff, communicates a clear vision, and generally runs a school well.

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He was featured in Crain's «40 under 40»; awarded Irish America's Business 100 profile four years running; and was honored to be guest speaker at The Wharton School of Business on entrepreneurship and leadership as well as Cornell and DePaul Universities.

Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, cites research conducted by Adam Grant at the Wharton School who found that introverted leaders often get better results, compared with extroverts, because the latter can unwittingly squelch creativity by not giving up the reins and letting people run with their own ideas.

Barnes argues that the smaller amounts, typically $ 20,000 or less, allow students to run their companies and stay in school — as well as boost their entrepreneurial education by forcing them to be scrappy and resourceful.

«You would think that common sense would dictate that we choose someone who is well versed in business and has experience running a company for president,» said Barbara Kellerman, a James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The market for top - flight talent is now so tight that nearly 100 directors of Fortune 250 companies estimate that fewer than four people — including those both inside and outside their company — would be capable of stepping into the CEO role today and running it at least as well as their current CEO, according to a survey by researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Rock Center for Corporate Governanceat Stanford University.

Yet we who live in Chilliwack know that the pipeline route runs through two school yards, crosses our city's protected groundwater zone and passes within capture zones of city wells.

Cities which are home to world - class schools and universities, as well as offering a high quality of life and safe environment, stand to benefit in the long - run, says the report.

Set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, shortly after the massive changes ushered in by the modernizing Vatican II conference in Rome, the story quickly sets up a conflict between the old - school nun who serves as principal and runs the school like a prison (played by Meryl Streep) and the young, new priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who wants to shake things up by treating the students as fully rounded young people who deserve doses of freedom and respect as well.

While best known for their Renaissance - era dress uniforms - brightly striped, puffy - sleeved shirts and pants - along with their ceremonial battle axes, they are a formidable modern security detail, according to Widmer, who now runs the entrepreneurship program at the School of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America.

It's a huge temptation — I have a sitter two days a week now and so I could use that time to run errands or mentor young people or get groceries or to help with art projects at school — which are all valuable and good things!

But if you're going to write off everything associated with the church, you'd better line up some people to run the soup kitchens, adoption agencies, schools, hospitals, homeless shelters, HIV centers, and all the rest.

Elites with degrees from the Kennedy School of Government or Yale Law School and other institutions that produce the people who design and run government programs, nonprofits, and labor unions as well as corporations.

The evil oligarchs who really run the town decided to consolidate the two football teams (of the two high schools) into one incredibly well - funded and talent - laden team.

Hey I will admit that they do a lot of good but I can understand both sides of that argument but come on Oslo, lets stick with the school debate... no use running now

While in grad school, I ran across the author Henri Nouwen, who articulated the tension — or paradox — of faith as well as anyone I have read.

In the recovery of the true capacity of reasoning for both moral and religious insight and of course in the witness of lives well lived, the evidence of schools well run.»

We ate around the coffee table, plates on our laps like good quarter - lifers, to the tune of high school anecdotes, a dachshund puppy (not mine) running around, and some classical music just audible beneath the chatter.

There are wooded options up island as well (we used to run loops around Peaked Hill for cross country practice in high school) but they're harder to find and not as convenient as down island.

I'd come home from school and immediately run to the fridge with hopes that I would find something yummy to snack on, and if that yummy thing happened to be an artichoke, well then it was a happy day.

So, they ran off to school with big smiles and I felt good about the balanced breakfast they just ate.

Granola bars are a popular food item at our house — it's a quick breakfast as teenagers are running out the door, good to add to lunch - as a snack coming home from school, etc... I really have to get back to making them myself because I can make a bigger batch — I control...

Over the course of his 20 - year culinary career, Camacho worked his way up from running four school cafeterias in Mexico as a teenager to becoming a chef in well - established restaurants throughout Northern California.

Continuing its goal to encourage children to eat better and healthier, Meat Free Monday ran two workshops at a Buckinghamshire school this week.

When I was a total loner in junior high + high school and friends were scarce at best, she was the one I would choose to spend my nights and weekends with — watching Gilmore Girls, working out together, running errands, drinking way too much coffee, and cooking yummy meals + treats.

Our cookery school run by Chris Brooks, OAL's Development Chef, offers a good opportunity to learn how to cook with Steam Infusion and discuss with specialist speakers from Lincoln University or ingredient suppliers.

High LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) runs in my family, I had high LDL levels back in high school but now I have low LDLs and high HDLs (the good cholesterol), which I believe is due to me avoiding butter, lard and other animal products high in fat.

SUCAFINA and the Kahawatu Foundation, a Swiss Non-Profit, improve yields per hectare by running model farms, teaching good agricultural practices at farmer field schools, and cooperating with other NGOs and clients to put more income at growers» disposal.

If a guy goes to a school where they run power and he does a good job at power, that doesn't mean he can only run power, it just means that's pretty much all we got to see.

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

We are excited to be amongst some of the best running trails in the Bay Area, and a day camp format to accommodate the busy summer schedules of both our middle and high school campers as well as adults who would like to invest some educational energy into their running, but have a difficult time fitting it in between work and family commitments.

When Smith was dominating the camp circuit that has become the proving ground for high school football's best talents, he ran a verified 4.46 - second 40 - yard dash.

The sophomore from Miami Norland high school has been outstanding as a featured back in 2013; he follows blocks better than a lot of home run hitters, but he still possesses home run capability.

Is the coaching staff crafting a tailor made offensive scheme for that player to maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses while still allowing him to grow and get better at all aspects of the game, or is the staff trying to squeeze that player into an already developed system expecting him to make mistakes in that system in order to learn and master that system (the, this is what we run, so this is what you will run, you mess up, you learn from it, we ain't changing it school of thought)?

Here are some statistics for you according to MGoBlog: Lolo Jones» best 100m time: 11.24 secs, while Denard ran a 10.44 100m in high school and the Women's world record is 10.49.

Having worked in a middle school for many years, I have seen many a substitute get run over and things rarely end well.

I've seen play schools run better than Arsenal.

Last year the team had only one Division I player (running back Jordan Rowell, heading off to Northern Illinois); the rest are «just really good high school football players,» Bowen says.

If a good midfielder means running into walls of defenders and falling over holding your ankle or being dispossessed like primary school kid having his lunch money taken then OK he is the best.

Both Auburn and ASU ran the ball relatively well (and frequently) in 2012, but the major difference between the two schools was that ASU actually had an interesting receiving corps.

The 80 - yard run or that long, last hook shot that won the game for good old — you name the school.

Long - time Buffalo coach Reggie Witherspoon was also fired by a new AD last season after a 14 - 20, which was a season removed from the best four - year run in the school's D - I history.

He also indicated that he thinks the spread is better for him, but would like to play in a pro-style offense because it's what he ran at his old high school (Olympia, in Orlando).

San Clemente, Calif. (JSerra Catholic) 10/23/1995 (age 22.5) # 8 BACKGROUND: A three - star athlete recruit out of high school, Dante Pettis was a four - sport star at Junipero Serra Catholic, spending his time balancing baseball, basketball, football and track — set the Orange County record in the long - jump (24» 07»), running a personal - best 21.84 in the 200 - meters.

The win over the Tigers improved Arkansas to 15 - 2 at Bud Walton Arena this season and all but assures the school of reaching the tournament for a third time in four seasons, the Razorbacks best run since three straight appearances from 2006 - 08.