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«Our own associates... are exceptionally well - qualified, hailing from the country's best law schools and having worked directly with the partners at our firm on complex, confidential government investigations, civil litigation, or both,» the Trump lawyers stated in a letter to U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood.

Use the scorecard to track national and state trends in school breakfast service and participation, and take a closer look at how 73 of the country's largest school districts are managing breakfast programs.

FRAC's «Making it Work in Large School Districts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morningSchool Districts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their mornDistricts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morningschool districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morndistricts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morning meal.

Indeed, for a while Houston and other districts were having real trouble sourcing any fresh fruit at all, from any part of the country, due to the higher demand created by the new school food regulations, which resulted in USDA actually canceling confirmed orders for commodity fresh fruit.

Tynczuk said the park district gives the organization original drawings for the playground so they can replicate the playgrounds at parks, schools and churches in other countries.

This annual analysis looks at school breakfast participation and policies in 75 large school districts across the country to evaluate successful practices in reaching more low - income children with school breakfast.

Thanks for your input... I may try to expand and look at menus from other school districts in America and France, could be interesting to see what is served in different parts of each country.

The project also gathered insights on the survey data from a panel of school nutrition leaders whose districts are recognized for their success in serving healthy meals and snacks.3 The research makes clear that multiple strategies, particularly those that engage children's creativity and invite their input, have helped instill healthy eating behaviors at schools across the country.

According to the study, when chocolate milk was eliminated from cafeterias at 58 schools in seven school districts across the country, milk consumption went down by an average of 35 %, and did not recover even after a year's time.

Too many kids in my school district and across the country only drink milk at school.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

This annual FRAC analysis looks at school breakfast participation rates and policies to evaluate successful practices in selected school districts across the country.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the district in the country.

«I think this referendum is very important because this country had a lot of problems with the current system,» 27 - year - old Ozcan Ayata told CNN in Ankara Sunday after voting at a local school in the Sogutozu district.

This same assemblyman stood at the podium of the Rockland County Legislature and declared the implementation of an independent school monitor in the deeply troubled East Ramapo School District is «a betrayal of what this country stands for&rschool monitor in the deeply troubled East Ramapo School District is «a betrayal of what this country stands for&rSchool District is «a betrayal of what this country stands for».

Representative Harry Mitchell (D — AZ), the sponsor of the bill in the House of Representatives, and Ben Latigo, dean of the engineering school at the University of the District of Columbia, spoke to us about the bill and its implications for veterans and the country as a whole.

With another season of scholastic football in full swing at school districts across the country, a growing number of physicians and athletic trainers are re-evaluating how they diagnose and treat head injuries suffered during practices and games.

The fiery California atheist who last week lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get «under God» stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance vows to continue the fight with new plaintiffs, preferably in cases against school districts all over the country.

The average student in the Washington, D.C., school district is at the 11th percentile in math relative to students in other developed countries.

Better at When Than How As school districts around the country grapple with turnaround strategies and fiscal realities, school closure (and consolidation) has become a popular option in districts from Baltimore to Detroit, from Boston to Denver, even in rural places like Maine and North Dakota.

For example, if AP physics isn't offered at your school, you can take it from another district or through a provider anywhere in the country.

Many of the reforms he championed, namely, more accountability, more focus on standards, and growth in charter schools, are already at various levels of implementation in states and districts across the country.

We believe these «new designs for new schools» will produce a set of schools that show districts across the country that high schools can provide underprepared young people with the supports they need to graduate from high school, go to college, place out of remedial courses, and stay in college for at least two semesters at substantially higher rates than are commonly achieved today.

Advocating at school meetings several days per week at one of the largest urban school districts in the country, invariably I see tremendously frustrated teachers, mind - numbing paperwork and by definition dissatisfied parents.

Its student population, at close to 85,000, dwarfs all but a few dozen school districts in the country.

For example, Montgomery County Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the country with more than 100,000 students, but its alternative school programs serve only about 125 students at a time.

In my city, New York, elite private schools such as Dalton, Horace Mann, Spence, Brearley, Riverdale Country School, and at least two dozen more levy tuitions in the range of $ 20,000 a year — exceeding what even the wealthiest New York suburban school districts spend per studenIn my city, New York, elite private schools such as Dalton, Horace Mann, Spence, Brearley, Riverdale Country School, and at least two dozen more levy tuitions in the range of $ 20,000 a year — exceeding what even the wealthiest New York suburban school districts spend per stSchool, and at least two dozen more levy tuitions in the range of $ 20,000 a year — exceeding what even the wealthiest New York suburban school districts spend per studenin the range of $ 20,000 a year — exceeding what even the wealthiest New York suburban school districts spend per stschool districts spend per student.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of school districts and charter schools around the country are experimenting with such reward programs in the hope of improving...

Three days after the deadliest K - 12 school shooting in American history, state and district education leaders across the country are reviewing security measures, increasing police presence, and grappling with how to answer students» questions about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Newtown, Conn., disschool shooting in American history, state and district education leaders across the country are reviewing security measures, increasing police presence, and grappling with how to answer students» questions about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Newtown, Conn., disSchool in the Newtown, Conn., district.

Over the past decade, school districts across the country have invested billions in creating wired classrooms and schools, with significant financial and moral support from government at all levels.

In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomeIn their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomein Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomes.

You can draw a straight line... between unfair funding, serious resource deficiencies, particularly in high - poverty schools and districts across the country and low outcomes,» said David Sciarra, executive director at Education Law Center.

Considering the district's sobering graduation - rate statistics — a 2006 study sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ranked the LAUSD in the bottom six of the country's fifty largest school districts — there's practically nothing to lose in embracing new technologies and strategies for reaching at - risk students.

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

Similarly, across the country at the Caesar Rodney School District in Delaware, Alleyne worked closely with administrators to understand whether the development of a freshmen academy helped students transition to ninth grade and keep them on track to graduate.

One is that, if you look at many districts in the country, you see effective full - service schools or community schools in every district.

There are public school districts across the country that have engaged in innovative contracts between teachers and the central office, and there are multiple models of educational interventions, including at the curricular level, that show real promise and do not depend on wholesale structural reform.

The Hechinger Report is investigating how professional - development funds are spent in the country's largest school system — New York City — as well as in other districts around the nation to see what we can learn from schools, districts and countries that excel at ongoing teacher training.

«When you look at the annals of state intervention in local school districts across the country... there's virtually no track record, nor extant examples of states effectively turning around academic performance in local school districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Educschool districts across the country... there's virtually no track record, nor extant examples of states effectively turning around academic performance in local school districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Educschool districts until Lawrence arrived on the scene,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

A testament to the power and adaptability of the PLC at Work model for transforming schools is the dramatic and continued growth in districts that have adopted it across the country.

Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America offers profiles of policies and programs at work in 15 states across the country, including examples of state virtual schools, course access opportunities, blended learning models, district - led online learning initiatives, and regional partnerships.

At a time when teacher shortages are being reported in states across the country, this finding could impact how school districts plan to retain their teachers.

Today, CAN supports more than 2,500 high school and college students, including more than 1,000 high school students at 11 high schools in four school districts, and 1,500 college students in Washington State and throughout the country.

If we provide district and school leaders with tools, resources, and guidance based on NCEE's research on high performing education systems and NISL's research on leadership development from other sectors, then they can create systems in which all schools are at least as effective as schools in the highest performing countries.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter sSchools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter schoolsschools.

«This is a third way, a hybrid in between charter schools and district schools, and it's growing in number throughout the country,» said Sean Gill, a research analyst for the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

The median school day ends at 2:50 p.m., and virtually every district in the country is closed by 3:30 p.m..

As districts across the country brace themselves for low student scores on tough Common Core tests this spring, the staff at Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis, Massachusetts, isn't sweating it.

«These school leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of Truschool leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of TruSchool District Board of Trustees.