Sentences with phrase «same issues school»

In Jordan, I found a group of devoted school leaders who were struggling with many of the same issues school leaders are grappling with stateside: Class sizes are large, student discipline is an issue, the teacher and principal pipeline is impacting human capital, funding is tight, and inequality translates into uneven outcomes for students.

Not exact matches

I wonder to what extent entrepreneurship can solve some of these issues, and to whether entrepreneurs would have the same sorts of answers as the researchers» B - school strivers.

At almost the same time that he wrote the opinion sustaining the «bubble law,» Justice Stevens issued another opinion for the Court, this one invalidating a high school policy that permitted student - led prayer before football games.

It is troubling that this issue is not explored with the same intent that Farley, for example, had in building into theological schooling moments for self - examination and self - correction against corruption from such sources.

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

With the same dynamic, the «Christian Right» is tagged with the responsibility for unsettling our national politics by injecting the issues of abortion and school prayer.

Having faced many of these same issues growing up Jewish in the South, I fully support the inclusion of these Muslim holidays into the school calendar.

In fact, the school is home to a large, though shrinking, group of people who hold traditional Catholic beliefs on specific issues such as abortion and euthanasia, but who at the same time hold many beliefs about ethics that are indistinguishable from the subjectivism, relativism, emotivism, and nihilism of secular America.

He argued: «Research suggests that if you take out the different school factors and you compare the achievements of children in the same school it would be as small as 0.02 per cent of the difference, so it's clearly not a geographical thing, it's a wide - spread issue across the board.»

My son in second grade has the same issues with school treats.

In the UK, which faces exactly the same issue, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has put out a demand for a 20 % tax on fizzy drinks, a strict limit on fast food outlets near schools and other places where children and youth gather, the removal of junk food vending machines from hospitals, and a prohibition on junk food ads before 9.00 p.m.

As Webb notes ($), the issue with not potentially giving Jackson the DC position is that he may accept the same job at another school, if offered.

In an amazing coincidence, SCORECARD in that same Jan. 18 issue carried an item on a high school game between Shawnee Mission (Kans.) South and Shawnee Mission West that parallels this situation: The «winning» quarterback took the final snap on his opponent's 40 - yard line and then, without downing the ball, retreated toward his own goal line, waiting for the last five seconds of the game to elapse.

We heard from directors and managers working in districts of every size and socioeconomic makeup, and in schools large and small, disadvantaged and affluent we heard many of the same issues and concerns echoed.

My school's next PTO meeting is at the end of September and I plan on proposing the creation of a Wellness Committee to address many of the same issues discussed here.

Breakfast and school meals are an education issue; we know that kids who don't have breakfast go to the school nurse more often, they don't have the same level of concentration, they don't do as well in school.

Yes, and whoever wrote the boy's response for him seemed to overlook the fact that citing Laura Bush would raise some interesting issues, because in this same Iowa speech, Christie told folks «I think that this intervention into our school system is just another example of how the Obamas believe that they've got a better answer for everything than you do,» according to the CBS article you cite.

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topic.

If your tween has absolutely no close friends despite having attended the same school for months, he may be having a problem with social skills or some other type of emotional issue.

Yes, I do live in Boulder, CO and yes, we have one of the best school food programs in the country, but I still face some of the same issues most parents experience when trying to get their kids to eat school food.

It's hard not to bring your own worries into a new school year, especially if your child is like you and runs the risk of having the same issues you may have had in school.

Same for gay rights, stem cells, the Drug War, prayer in schools, creationism, and a lot of the other defining issues of modern US conservatism.

Issues that Paterson and state lawmakers must resolve before a June 1 deadline, which is this coming Tuesday, include figuring out how public schools and charter schools can fairly share the same building, the governor said.

The spot will surely appeal to the same Republican primary voters who handed Trump an overwhelming victory in New York State, but another Heaney ad oddly addresses the need for the pledge of allegiance to be recited in school while promising to keep dangerous Syrians out — it's hard to believe polling showed that issue cluster popping.

The W.F.P. challenge is the most tangible manifestation of the frustration expressed by progressives toward Cuomo, and their displeasure that he has governed as a fiscal moderate, choosing to burnish his liberal credentials with social issues, like a push to legalize same - sex marriage and a new gun control law passed after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

«We have the same issues in the education sector where money was released to build schools, only to be stolen.

«The same issue that affected other states caused the system in New York to experience sporadic technical issues at a small number of schools on Tuesday morning,» Emily DeSantis, spokeswoman for the state Education Department, said in a statement.

Furthermore, in all schools parents currently have the right to opt their children out of SRE, but the report suggests that the Government is now mulling over whether this «right of withdrawal» could be removed, and that «faith» schools, some of which have opposed teaching about issues like same sex relationships and the use of contraception, will also be subject to the new requirements.

ALBANY — After years as a pro-charter school operative, Democratic state Senate candidate Micah Lasher is adopting a more union - friendly attitude on education issues, vowing in his campaign literature to «ensure that charter schools have to play by the same rules.»

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

A Cuomo spokesman did not offer a comment on the status of the talks, but lawmakers said things were tied up over the same issues as last week: raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, reviving the 421 - a housing subsidy program and figuring out how much money to give public and charter schools.

«Rural schools face unique issues and I want to ensure that pupils that attend them have the same opportunities as children in other areas.

NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a debate over same - sex marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents, like affordable health care and school overcrowding.

Among other issues, Senator Klein and the community voiced concerns that co-location of a high school with a middle school would be inappropriate, forcing children as young as 11 and as old as 18 to share the same facilities.

The same on issues — crime, schools, the police, the budget — it's thumbs down,» Carroll said.

In the same issue, a second group of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California reports that living close to the freeway raises a child's risk of developing asthma.

In a Commentary in the same issue, Michael S. Leapman, MD, of the Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, and Steven A. Kaplan, MD, of the Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, offer some perspective on separating fact from fiction about opioid use in urology.

And the same issue could threaten more of the Broad's intellectual property in Europe, says Jacob Sherkow, a patent specialist at New York Law School in New York City.

A second study in the same issue of the journal looked at almost 82,000 high school students in Minnesota in 2016.

One of the best ways to fix the issues in this country is to provide every child who attends public school with the same and equal education.

I had the same issues all summer with my son being on holiday for 2.5 mths given we had to take him out of school slightly earlier when we relocated.

The issues stem from health and safety concerns over serious structural problems at 10 primaries, five secondaries and two additional support schools which were built and managed under the same # 130 million public - private partnership (PPP) programme.

School reformers need to understand that on the issue of pension reform, labor and management are likely to be on the same side of the bargaining table.

Within the bank of resources, schools can engage children in a range of topical issues including online safety, differences within religion, same sex marriage, appropriate touch and peer pressure.

If they attend schools with 1:1 programs, these same students are devising ways to skirt restrictions on school - issued tablets, not necessarily to be nefarious, but for the challenge of it.

This particular teacher is not at our school, but they follow the same policy of suggesting meetings only for those who have issues needing to be discussed.

Paul Peterson interviews Robert Shapiro, an expert on public opinion, about how the partisan divide in education policy is shifting, as issues of school quality and accountability have produced «conflicted liberals,» at the same time that the presidential election is creating «conflicted conservatives.»

The high school completion rate for 18 - to 24 - year - olds has risen only slightly over the past three decades, despite an ever - sharpening focus on education issues over that same period, the U.S. Department of Education has reported.

The peer - reviewed study, which is featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, is the first to compare Americans» subjective ratings of local schools to actual data on student achievement at the same schools.

At the same time, it includes a reiteration of traditional party stances on such issues as school choice and school prayer.