Sentences with phrase «school critics as»

A topic that speaks to many educators» hearts because they see it as the reason they entered the profession, education for the whole child can be misunderstood by school critics as anti-accountability, anti-testing, and even, it seems, anti-reading.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Last October Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist pop culture critic and a notable target of Gamergate vitriol, canceled her talk at Utah State University after the school received a detailed threat promising a «Montreal style massacre» if she spoke as planned.

Critics described it as social engineering reducing the overall standards of schools down to the lowest common denominator.

The discovery of this fact about the Gospels is often popularly attributed to a contemporary school of scholars known as «Form critics,» but the fact was well established long before this particular school emerged and rests upon grounds considerably wider and firmer than those which support this school's particular claims.

Religion in the public - school classroom need not be as divisive as critics of the religious right allege.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, inschool followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, inSchool, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

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His piece traces the evolution of the School Nutrition Association, the largest organization of school food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on CapitolSchool Nutrition Association, the largest organization of school food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on Capitolschool food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on Capitolschool food reform on Capitol Hill.

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Dr. William Sears, a practicing pediatrician and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, as well as the bestselling author of more than 20 child - care titles including «The Baby Book,» has been one of the most vocal critics of «Babywise.»

for a candid discussion with some of the toughest critics from Prince George's and Montgomery County School Districts in Maryland, as well as a USDA update and a «Fireside Chat» with Washington, D.C. insiders.

Amid an ongoing investigating into his fundraising activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio will face his staunchest institutional critics next week in person as Senate Republicans hold a hearing on the future of mayoral control of New York City schools.

For critics, getting children into school involves exactly the same violence, or violence in reserve, as the institution of the state itself with which we began.

And whatever financial problems schools are having this year might be exacerbated next year as critics say Cuomo's spending proposal calls for essentially eliminating future increases in a key aid category.

Mr. Blake has emerged as one of the mayor's Democratic critics, having stood by e-hail app Uber and charter schools in the face of attacks from City Hall.

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgSchools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgrounds.

Saladino faced four opponents: Democrat and former Syosset school board president Marc Herman, who questioned Saladino's commitment to reform, as did John Mangelli, who narrowly lost to Venditto in 2015 as a Democrat and ran on the Reform line; Jonathan Clarke, an attorney running on the Progressive line; and Robert Ripp, a frequent critic of Saladino at town board meetings who ran on the End Corruption line.

Charter - school operators claim critics are using the space issue as a ruse to fight new charters.

Joining the hearing as a key witness will be nationally renowned educator Professor Diane Ravitch, former charter school supporter now turned critic.

Critics questioned the need to make the payments at a time when the state has taken drastic money - saving steps, such as delaying billions of dollars in aid payments to local school districts, to try to close a $ 9 billion deficit.

But critics, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott had blasted the move as a «disaster,» arguing that the January exams provide a crucial opportunity for kids to catch up or push ahead without having to wait a full year.

She has referred to the battle over charter co-locations into district schools, which critics say siphon away needed resources from district students, as a «Middle East war.»

It's a reminder of the time when he attacked critics of his grammar schools policy as «delusional» or when he criticised Ali Miraj and Stanley Kalms in a Today programme interview.

«It's true there are some who are critics but I would also say there's a lot of people in the Senate who, you know, are clear, at least privately, that they're not promoting an alternative and it's not like they say they wan na go back to the old school boards which — as I remind people — was a system plagued with chaos and corruption,» de Blasio said.

And a push for more oversight of per - school spending is seen as an effort to highlight school funding issues in New York City, silencing critics of the governor that he is not doing enough to help high - needs schools and students.

That ad, which served as the basis for Wednesday's rally, accused de Blasio of blocking access to charter schools for minority students, and FES was left defending its merits after some critics — many aligned with local teachers» unions — accused it of «race - baiting.»

Moskowitz's argument that de Blasio has not earned the right to hold control of the New York City schools is the precise opposite of the claim the mayor, his allies and even some of his critics have been making as the debate over renewing mayoral control intensifies in Albany.

Some critics also said Abraham Attah was not even schooling in Ghana as he is resident in the United States, courtesy of his acting career.

As the start of the Free Senior High School policy beckons, President Nana Akufo - Addo has appealed to critics to avoid pessimism borne out of partisanship, and consider the long - term benefits of the government's flagship policies.

Treasury sources said it would be funded through spending cuts elsewhere, but critics questioned the coherence of offering free school meals for all young children, while taking the axe to other universal payments such as child benefit for the better - off.

A longtime vocal critic of the school board, Paladino chose to run in opposition of teachers union head Phil Rumore and superintendent Pamela Brown, whose hiring (as well as every other non-interim superintendent hire in the past two decades) Paladino has speculated was at least partially motivated by race.

Hawkins is a strong critic of charter schools, citing them as part of the drive by the Cuomo administration for the privatization of the education system.

Tisch discussed issues pertaining to for - profit schools that do a bad job of preparing students for the next level, but she pointedly named Monroe College's «impressive track record,» and used it as an example for why critics shouldn't with «one broad brush pillory an entire community of providers.»

Critics, however, pointed out that the study failed to rule out other potential explanations for the decline in IQ, such as a teen's family environment or whether they dropped out of school.

Testimonies include: a Japanese medical school professor who cured himself of liver cancer over 15 years ago, a lymphoma patient who was diagnosed as terminal over 50 years ago, as well as noted critics of this world - renowned healing method who dismiss it as pure quackery.

Described by one prominent critic as Revenge of the Nerds with an increased fart quotient and added projectile vomiting, this dumb - dumb frat comedy cast Heder, Spade and Schneider as a trio of losers who form a baseball team to thwart a bunch of elementary - school bullies; Heder played a booger - eating dork with an unhealthy degree of maternal attachment.

Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978.

But it took Teller, 29, who wowed critics as a popular high school student slash alcoholic in The Spectacular Now and then as an unpopular, determined jazz - drumming major in Whiplash, some time to realize all of this.

Its attackers have mainly been the I - was - in - Nam - so - I - know school who, not being film critics, have ignored any considerations as piffling as those of art.

In fact, one movie critic said it ««could be shown in film schools as a textbook example of how not to make a movie».

It's a film our critic describes as «emotionally devastating,» and it's hard to see how any documentary that takes such an unflinching and deeply - felt look at the aftermath of such an epochal tragedy as the school shootings in Newtown Connecticut could not be — especially as the film focuses not on the killer or on the politics of the event, but simply on the children, in particular on three of the victims, and their families trying to cope in the wake of an incomprehensible loss.

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, with his former sidekick Bobby McCurdy while attending Austin's Bowie High School, and later became the chief film critic and movies editor at INsite Magazine and Study Breaks Magazine, as well as the film critic for Austin's Fox affiliate, KTBC (Fox 7 News).

All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz): «Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night,» says diva supreme Bette Davis in this immortal take on the freaks of the theater, including Anne Baxter as Davis» cutthroat protégée, George Sanders as an acerbic critic and the young Marilyn Monroe as a budding talent who trained, claims the critic, «at the Copacabana School of Dramatic Arts.»

As her critics suspected, Skandera adopted a Florida - style approach to New Mexico, pushing forward most major elements of the Bush approach, with the exception of vouchers and tax credits for private schools.

In recent years, critics of charters have moved beyond looking at the academic impacts of charters and have begun to consider other impacts, such as the influence of charters on school segregation.

Answering the critics, Mitchell Stevens portrays home schoolers as communitarians, not isolationists.

Mr. de Blasio is a critic of charter schools and said that as mayor he would halt the practice of giving them free space.