Sentences with phrase «school based councils»

In some cities, there are school based councils made up of parents and teachers that drive important decisions at the school level.

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He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

I'd suggest that the school council produce a web - based plebiscite for each community their schools are located in and allow parents to choose what days they have off, or something similar.

Established in 1915, National Dairy Council ® provides science - based nutrition information to health professionals, educators, school nutrition directors, industry and consumers.

As a Junior Council Member since 2012, I continue to share our ongoing mission to promote plant based foods in public schools throughout New York.

The charge of the council was to develop guidelines (Healthier Schools: A Brighter Tomorrow) for best practices regarding nutrition education, physical activity for students, school - based activities and school - business partnerships that promote student wellness.

«Having credible, science - based, evidence - based information helps people understand the benefits [of BIC],» said Crista, citing FRAC's school breakfast information and The Wellness Impact report from GENYouth Foundation and National Dairy Council as examples of places to start.

Janine has worked with children, adolescents and families in various settings since 2003, including in the HSE Midwest and on a voluntary basis in Limerick Social Services Council Ltd, Catherine McAuley School and Limerick's Children's Grief Project.

If the council had not voted in favor of the one - year, $ 35 million contract Tuesday, the city would have needed to find a new vendor on an emergency basis to have a meal provider in place for the start of the school year.

European Council Directive 2000 / 78 / EC, which established «a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation», sets out in Article 4.2 that organisations with an ethos based on religion or belief, such as «faith» schools, can treat persons differently in recruitment and employment on the grounds of religion or belief where there is «a genuine, legitimate and justified occupational requirement».

He worked between October 2009 and September 2013 as a senior research fellow with Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the United States.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

A large number of those affected are appealing; however I understand that the council will hear appeals only from a «representative sample» of school - based staff.

- Extending the current freeze on the reporting of test results for grades three through eight on permanent records through the 2018 - 19 school year - The creation of an advisory council for computer - based tests.

He serves on the international advisory board of the Washington DC based think tank the Wilson Center and is a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Harvard Kennedy School's Centre for Public Leadership.

For further information contact Professor Nick Gallent Email: [email protected] Telephone: [phone] ESRC Press Office: Danielle Moore Email: [email protected] Telephone [phone] Jeanine Woolley Email: [email protected] Telephone [phone] Notes for editors: This release is based on the findings from «The Politics of Scale and Network Building in Spatial Planning: Bridging Community Ambition to Strategic Priority in Southern England» funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by Professor Nick Gallent of the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London.

Each of the candidates expressed their appreciation for the endorsement, one at a time, starting with Colin Smith, an attorney based in Peekskill and a member of the Peekskill City School District Board of Education who says he will step down if elected to Common Council

Ranking schools based on their position within this faculty hiring network may be a more accurate predictor of a Ph.D. graduate's eventual academic placement than authoritative rankings by the U.S. News & World Report and the National Research Council, the authors say.

A survey conducted by the Washington, D.C. - based Council of Graduate Schools and released 2 March found a 32 % drop in overseas graduate applications across 113 institutions compared to last year.

According to a report released on 17 April by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., the number of applicants to U.S. graduate schools from India grew by 32 % in the past year, following a 22 % rise the previouSchools (CGS), a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., the number of applicants to U.S. graduate schools from India grew by 32 % in the past year, following a 22 % rise the previouschools from India grew by 32 % in the past year, following a 22 % rise the previous year.

There are a number of Graduate Schools held each year at many places around the country, usually based in halls of residence, and they're free to Research Council - and Wellcome Trust - funded students and members of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Myra Zepf, the Children's Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen's University Belfast and supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and PJ Lynch Laureate na nÓg, hosted a creative writing and illustration celebratory event for 150 school children from across Northern Ireland today (Monday 16 April) at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace.

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., an associate director of CRI's Scientific Advisory Council based at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri, developed a new model of breast cancer that more closely resembles the progression of hormone receptor - positive disease in humans, overcoming a major obstacle in the study of breast cancer and the development of new immune - based therapies for the disease.

Researchers from the University of York, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council and Stellenbosch University carried out a Cochrane review to assess the impact and effectiveness of school - based intervenSchool of Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council and Stellenbosch University carried out a Cochrane review to assess the impact and effectiveness of school - based intervenschool - based interventions.

The Council of the Great City Schools, based in Washington, is a national policy and research organization in urban education that represents 65 urban public school districts.

Successful school expansions Having identified a need for more primary places in east and central Hertford based on forecast demand and projections from the Office of National Statistics 2011 census, Hertfordshire County Council looked at numerous sites and existing primary schools to see where new places could be best delivered.

Earlier this year, the National Research Council, under the direction of the National Academy of Sciences, called for universities, researchers, and school districts to partner in designing and producing studies that will serve both to enhance and increase the knowledge base on education as well as to bolster and support school districts.

Lisa Graham Keegan is the chief executive officer of Education Leaders Council, a member - based organization for reform - minded chief state school officers.

The Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington - based advocacy group for 66 of the nation's largest urban school districts, presented Mr. Forgione with the award at a dinner on Oct. 23, during its annual conference in Houston.

New Mexico has joined a consortium of states, organized by the Washington - based Council of Chief State School Officers, to conduct a study of how much it will cost each state to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

One key reason for the change was to emphasize the «public» in charter schools, said Nelson Smith, the president of the Washington - based group formerly called the Charter School Leadership Council.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lBased on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lbased learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lbased learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

The powerful local school councils, a vestige of Chicago's 1980s reform approach, «site - based management,» remained in place.

In a report released last week, the Washington - based council urges school systems to tread carefully when using test scores to decide who graduates, who is held back a grade, and who is put in a remedial program.

Rhode Island had been part of a consortium of states organized by the Washington - based Council of Chief State School Officers to study the costs of implementing the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but it withdrew because of the high cost of conducting the study.

This is the new finding from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, which released a report that forcefully advocates an instructional emphasis on reasoning and sense making — comprehending based on prior knowledge or experience — in high school.

Newport City Council was the first authority to introduce internet - based CCTV technology into schools, funded by a # 500,000 grant from the Home Office.

Melbourne - based Mentone Girls» Grammar has become the world's first school to achieve International Certification through the Council of International Schools (CIS), headquartered in The Netherlands.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

The new Fairfield Road school base has come under criticism from parents who launched an appeal through Stockton Council after their children were denied places.

The Council of the Great City Schools, a membership group representing nearly 60 of the nation's large urban school systems, pushed for the money to use the National Assessment of Educational Progress to compare results from city to city on a trial basis.

In a report summarizing the study upon which its recommendations are based, the Citizens» Council for Ohio Schools notes that fewer than half of the Ohio students who completed high - school vocational programs in 1982 found jobs in the field in which they trained.

The grant would have trained teachers to use a middle - school program called Connected Math, one of several, Hoven learned, that was funded by the Education and Human Resources Division of the NSF and based on standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

The report, issued this month by the Washington - based Council of Chief State School Officers, reports that systemic - improvement plans in 47 states include the development of content standards in such subjects as mathematics, English, and social studies.

The research was sponsored by Scholastic Inc., the New York City - based children's publishing company that provides an on - line educational service used in the study, and the Council of the Great City Schools.

Colorado's education commissioner has dropped his membership in the Council of Chief State School Officers, citing policy differences with the Washington - based group that advocates on behalf of most top state education officials.

«I feel like we're hanging out there not knowing what to do, and we're headed into spring testing season,» said Patricia F. Sullivan, a deputy executive director of the Washington - based Council of Chief State School Officers.

The cashless schools revolution began in 2004, when Croydon Council became one of the first local authorities to adopt a fully cashless system which enabled both online and cash based payments through PayPoint.

Andy Barge, group manager for Forest of Dean District Council based in Coleford, Gloucestershire explains how he helped to support local schools Wyedean and Five Acres do this