Sentences with phrase «school critics held»

Last week, charter school critics held a press conference outside of the Department of Education claiming that charter school expansion has been the driver of district budget woes.

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Between Self and Soul: On Being Both More and Less than We Think We Are Wednesday, November 8 First Things presents a public lecture by poet, critic, and professor James Matthew Wilson, held at the Covenant School in Dallas, Texas.

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.

A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.

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.

The governor threatened to hold back on payments to school districts and local governments, a move that his critics said he didn't have the legal authority to do.

«Lady Bird,» Greta Gerwig's delightful semi-autobiographical look at the relationship between an equally headstrong mother and daughter set over the course of the latter's senior year in high school, was named the winner of the Chicago Film Critics Association's award for the Best Picture of 2017 in a ceremony held tonight.

The recent news that 97 percent of New York City public schools got an A or B under the district's grading system might be seen as reason for celebration, but critics suggest the grades hold little value and highlight the need to revisit the state assessment system.

My young source holds forth with disarming confidence, especially about some of the toughest social and emotional issues middle school students face: fitting in with your peers, being different without becoming isolated, how to navigate the gauntlet of critics, teasers, and bullies that line the rocky path to high school.

And in the vast realm of regulation, perhaps the touchiest will turn out to be (or so we've been admonished by the critics and worry - warts mentioned above) the requirement that private schools administer state tests and be held publicly accountable for student achievement as measured by such tests.

A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.

Even as the low quality research kept showing that holding kids back was bad, a growing chorus of critics urged schools to end «social promotion,» the practice of passing failing students onto the next grade.

Stakeholders could actually check to see whether districts were prioritizing school sites or holding onto dollars intended for high - need students to spend on other obligations such as pension and benefit increases (as critics often claim).

Proponents of the program say the voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education; critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable, religious private schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.

Even critics of the law admit that one of the NCLB law's greatest achievements has been shining a light on individual groups of students and holding schools accountable for speeding up their progress.

Critics of the program say that it's unconstitutional to send public dollars to private schools, which are held to very few standards and safeguards that would ensure students» academic success.

Critics have pounced on some of the language, which has been used by corporate reformers to support their agenda of emphasizing standardized tests as a way to hold educators, students and schools accountable, as well as expanding school choice through charters.

Although critics frequently claim that charters aren't held to the same standards as traditional public schools, the opposite appears to be true in Washington D.C. OSSE's report makes clear that several of the city's traditional high schools have chosen to ignore the district's graduation requirements, while charters only hand out diplomas to students who earn them.

Respini has held the position of Visiting Critic at both the School of Visual Arts at Columbia University and the School of Art at Yale University.

Molesworth has served as a senior critic at the Yale School of Art, and has held teaching positions at Bard Center for Curatorial Studies; SUNY Old Westbury; and the Cooper Union School of Art.

Her work is held in major art collections throughout the country, but she has never received the recognition of Washington Color School painters championed by influential art critic Clement Greenberg like Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis.

Rosenberg was a close rival of fellow critic Clement Greenberg (1909 - 94): each held differing views on the New York School of Abstract Expressionist painting.

She has held teaching positions at Yale University and Sarah Lawrence College, and is currently Guest Critic at Yale School of Architecture.

In addition to this honor, in 1994 Cooper Union Art School created the Alex Katz Visiting Chair in Painting with an endowment provided by the sale of ten paintings donated by the artist, a position first held by the painter and art critic Merlin James.