Sentences with phrase «school efforts related»

PTOs and PTAs are increasingly playing a key role in school efforts related to recycling, composting, and reducing energy use.

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Only when the decision is made as a matter of deliberate policy can the school's ways of relating to its immediate situation truly be governed by its overarching end, be open to self - criticism, and become an integral part of the effort to understand God truly.

It is, presumably, the decision inherent in university - related theological schools» efforts to become more genuinely «interconfessional.»

Apparently, church - related schools have lagged behind other institutions in the effort to create pluralistic religious environments for their student bodies.

While it's true that our letter relates to the activities of an organization of which Nancy and I are not members, let's not forget that SNA's lobbying efforts, if successful, will have an impact extending well beyond the organization's «family» of 55,000 school food workers.

Schools and districts in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah can apply NOW for breakfast - in - the - classroom grant money to cover the upfront costs often associated with the startup and implementation of breakfast in the classroom and «grab n» go» programs, such as purchasing equipment, outreach efforts to parents, program promotion, and other related expenses.

Sadly, chronic, diet - related health conditions are a pervasive problem at the school, so McCoy has focused her efforts on improving student health and wellness by improving the food they serve.

-LSB-...] I posted about House Republican efforts to cut funding for school food as well as other food - related federal -LSB-...]

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

While de Blasio noted the increased funding heading toward the renewal schools that are the focus of much Department of Education effort and outside scrutiny, there are other key school - related additions to the budget, including $ 6.6 million for the DOE to «hire 50 additional physical education teachers and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to address barriers and move schools toward full physical education compliance.»

Spagnolo is ramping up Winchester Elementary School for initiative - related efforts she hopes to bring to other district elementary schools next schoolSchool for initiative - related efforts she hopes to bring to other district elementary schools next schoolschool year.

Findings like this demonstrate the need to keep race and past and present racial discrimination an explicit part of conversations and policy efforts related to schools, transportation, health, and housing.

Quality Counts 2006, like the nine previous editions of the report, tracks key education information and grades states on their policies related to student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and resources.

With the largest single pool of federal education dollars in history flowing to states and school districts, education - related companies have been looking to gain a share of the cash, marketing themselves as uniquely equipped to help with improvement efforts.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

First, it argues for a «Community Schools Fund,» essentially a nonprofit harbormaster that would lead efforts related to school incubation, human capital, information - dissemination, and more.

Yet Coleman also noted that the composition of a student's peer group was more important for learning than any other school - related factor, a finding used by the Johnson and Nixon administrations to reinforce their strenuous desegregation efforts in southern states.

Related efforts, such as New Leaders for New Schools and the University of Virginia's School Turnaround Specialist Program, are underway to help more turnaround leaders succeed.

Instead of focusing the education conversation around a select number of hot topics ~ often related to school governance ~ we should focus our efforts on overcoming larger societal realities and their impact on student learning.

«Heather Hill is a scholar with an outstanding record of research, teaching, and practice, whose expertise bridges classroom practice, school - and district - level efforts to improve instruction, and policy issues related to schooling.

The strong showing of the South may be related to energetic political efforts to enhance school quality in that region.

Confusion abounds among educators and the broader public about the purpose of charter schools and how these independent public schools relate to school district improvement efforts.

Marguerite Roza is interviewed by Christine Schneider of the Walton Family Foundation about how school spending is related to efforts to improve schools and how the study of school finance has changed over time.

Marguerite Roza is interviewed by Christine Schneider of the Walton Family Foundation about how school spending is related to efforts to improve schools.

In addition, Linn has led national efforts to ensure more students are college - and career - ready and worked on issues related to STEM, early childhood, Perkins and the Workforce Investment Act, and high school redesign.

He serves as a principal investigator for the federal study of the implementation of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including its provisions related to accountability and efforts to improve low - performing schools.

SETDA profiled the emerging work of inBloom in our May 2013 report, Transforming Data to Information, along with over a dozen other interoperability and data standards efforts related to meeting the information needs of K - 12 educators, school leaders and policymakers who — while awash in data — too often still lack the ability to easily -LSB-...]

The department shall require school districts and BOCES to report on an annual basis information related to the school district's efforts to address the performance of teachers whose performance is evaluated as unsatisfactory, including information related to the implementation of teacher improvement plans for teachers so evaluated.

This is a good bet for new preschool programs (and related regulations); efforts to curb the «school - to - prison» pipeline; and initiatives to encourage a more equitable distribution of effective teachers.

Pedro Noguera: The basic principle underlying the Broader, Bolder Approach to school reform is that efforts to raise student achievement can not ignore the unmet social needs of children, particularly those related to concentrated poverty — inadequate health, housing, and nutrition.

During interviews, teachers and / or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort related to their early intervention program as responsible for their success, indicating that it helped them «stay in a learner mode,» and «all be of one accord.»

Principal «s reports of their efforts to promote community involvement are not related to student achievement, but reports about parental involvement by teachers located in the same schools suggest a significant influence.

School districts also are under increasing pressure to gather data about teacher performance as part of a related effort to address teacher tenure and in some cases are tied to decisions about pay increments.

View a statement from Jed Wallace, President and CEO, CCSA, about CCSA's decision to discontinue pursuit of two facilities - related lawsuits against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and to focus renewed effort on working collaboratively with LAUSD to ensure every public school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to School District (LAUSD) and to focus renewed effort on working collaboratively with LAUSD to ensure every public school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to school student - both traditional and charter - has a stable, suitable place to learn.

The spring 2015 symposium addressed the issue of poverty as it relates to school reform and education improvement efforts, and in spring 2016, the symposium addressed the engagement gap and how we can make our schools and classrooms environments where young people thrive.

With this charge in mind, I asked school officials to take time during the presentation to explore their districts» policy on FCE, the job responsibilities related to FCE, and plans for annual evaluation of FCE efforts.

Prior to joining the Texas Education Agency, Ms. Gelinas worked as a policy associate at the Alliance for Excellent Education, where she provided general leadership in policy efforts and authored or co-authored multiple briefs and papers relating to federal high school policy and teacher quality.

School vouchers and related efforts like tax credits, scholarship grants, and education savings accounts, have become popular tools of the education reform movement's agenda during the past few decades.

We hope the assessments will provide support in two ways — first, by generating data related to your school's readiness to undertake an improvement effort, and second, by guiding your use of the resources and information provided in this book.

All meetings related to the Schools of Hope project were open to public, part of the effort to get community buy - in.

College Readiness for All Toolbox: Comprehensive tools and related resources offering school leaders and technical assistance providers with support to plan, organize, and implement secondary school redesign efforts.

In her past and present roles she has been successful at developing strategic school - wide plans related to school improvement, assessment transformation, expansion of curriculum and turnaround school efforts.

«The district is working on a list of policies that could relate to charter schools that is non-exhaustive,» said Emilio Pack, founder and CEO of Stem Preparatory Schools, who has helped lead efforts since April to work with district officials to change the charter laschools that is non-exhaustive,» said Emilio Pack, founder and CEO of Stem Preparatory Schools, who has helped lead efforts since April to work with district officials to change the charter laSchools, who has helped lead efforts since April to work with district officials to change the charter language.

Talented educators engage in a series of training sessions in which they explore research and strategies rooted in participant - driven improvement processes and apply them to related efforts they are involved with in their own school settings.

Still, as with other tech - related school improvement efforts, MAPLE hasn't been universally embraced by teachers.

Our goal is to create a base of informed adults with positive feelings about charter schools who we can target in the future for various advocacy - related efforts, including enrollment and civic engagement activities.

The American Statistical Association — the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals — that blasted the high - stakes «value - added method» (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school - reform efforts.

Joanna Fox of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University reviews research related to community partnerships that support keeping students in school and on track to graduation, provided snapshots of community and non-profit organizations dropout prevention efforts, and shares success stories of a few schools and districts — Dothan City Schools, Alabama; Harris County Schools in Houston, Texas; and New York City Sschools and districts — Dothan City Schools, Alabama; Harris County Schools in Houston, Texas; and New York City SSchools, Alabama; Harris County Schools in Houston, Texas; and New York City SSchools in Houston, Texas; and New York City SchoolsSchools.

In order to help school districts better understand this important ruling and the changes they needed to make in order to remain compliant with the ruling, the NSBA led an effort — in partnership with the National Education Association (NEA) and the AASA, School Superintendents Association (AASA)-- to develop a document, which consisted of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on school district employer and employee issues related to the DOMA rschool districts better understand this important ruling and the changes they needed to make in order to remain compliant with the ruling, the NSBA led an effort — in partnership with the National Education Association (NEA) and the AASA, School Superintendents Association (AASA)-- to develop a document, which consisted of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on school district employer and employee issues related to the DOMA rSchool Superintendents Association (AASA)-- to develop a document, which consisted of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on school district employer and employee issues related to the DOMA rschool district employer and employee issues related to the DOMA ruling.

Ensures your professional development effort is focused on «big ideas» related to systemic school improvement.