Sentences with phrase «school leaders of all nations»

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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.

If a dozen different public school systems were to embark on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.

Having already named Michigan his leader, Ruiz, the nation's top center, is a former teammate of 2016 commits Brad Hawkins and Ron Johnson at Camden High School (he's currently at IMG Academy).

CDC and ASCD developed this expanded model — in collaboration with key leaders from the fields of health, public health, education, and school health — to strengthen a unified and collaborative approach designed to improve learning and health in our nation's schools.

I often share digital best practices at national and regional conferences such as AAPC, Art of Political Campaigning, CampaignTech, Campaigns & Marketing Summit, NTC, Netroots Nation, Organizing 2.0, the Reed Awards, and RootsCamp, webinars for Progressive Majority, Salsa Labs and others, and trainings in - person for small groups around the country including for Wellstone's Advanced Campaign Management School, Amalgamated Transit Union, Camp Wellstone, Center for Progressive Leadership, Clean Air Task Force, Democracy for America, HRC, New Leaders Council and New Organizing Institute.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

«These children are the future of Ghana... it's our responsibility to safeguard our independence so that the nation that we leave for our children to inherit will also be free, peaceful and democratic,» Mahama told a parade of school children, service personnel, and other political leaders.

Joanna Lewis, an associate professor of science, technology and international affairs at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, said China's wind power sector has also been aided by a steep decline in manufacturing and installation costs, as well as the establishment of a robust domestic supply chain, led by the nation's industry leader, Goldwind.

Citizen Schools, which has 3,500 volunteer teachers and 400 full - time and part - time staffers and «team leaders,» offers its 4,500 students one of the nation's most innovative and challenging after - school courses of study.

We have become one of the nation's leaders in the number of high school graduates taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses and passing AP exams.

One of the questions that nag all school leaders is whether our nation and its schools can meet the current national challenge of providing all students with the skills they will need to thrive in our rapidly changing economy and society.

The Urban Superintendents Program is the nation's first and only comprehensive program that prepares school leaders to address the challenges of large, urban districts.

As the nation embarks on a new school year, education leaders from President Obama on down are facing a renewed commitment to the STEM subjects — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — as a driver of innovation.

The seven - member panel expected to be named late last week to assist the New York City Board of Education's search for a new chancellor will face a difficult mandate: recruiting a visionary leader who can correct the failures of the country's largest school system and shape it into «a model for the nation.»

Through the Isolated Children's Parents» Association, or ICPA, thousands of parents in Australia's tiniest towns and remote areas can bend the ears of national politicians and state education leaders who make the rules for schools in a nation similar in geographic...

As a nation in the midst of unprecedented, 21st - century economic challenges, we can no longer afford to rely on the luck of the draw to find the leaders our schools need.

As co-author Julie Kowal and I detail in our just - released paper Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds (sponsored by the University of Virginia's Partnership for Leaders in Education), imports are most likely essential to meet our nation's need.

President Reagan's criticisms of the nation's schools and his proposals for improving the quality of education are misleading the American public and threatening to reverse 20 years of progress made possible by federal support of education, according to a report by 19 education and civil - rights leaders.

The United States is among the leaders in the world in providing access to school computers, but it lags behind some other nations in frequency of school computer use and Internet availability at school, an Education Week report set for release this week concludes.

Although exceptions to the rule can always be found, the West Coast superintendent's predicament seems to be shared by a substantial percentage of the nation's school - district leaders.

As it compiles information on «effective» leader and teacher practices from its third cohort of low - income schools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frschools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frSchools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - friendly.

Diane Ravitch recently reported in the Education Gadfly (June 7, 2007) on the disappointing achievement scores from New York City, whose much - heralded schools leader, Joel Klein, has implemented some of the nation's most aggressive reforms.

The Launch of the Turning the Tide Report Marks the First Step in Efforts of Coalition to Inspire Concern for Others in High School Students, Reduce Achievement Pressure, and Create Greater Equity for Economically Diverse Students New York, NY — Today, admissions deans and other leaders from the nation's top colleges and universities joined together to announce the launch of Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions, a report with concrete recommendations to reshape the college admissions process and promote greater ethical engagement among...

Just five of the teacher contracts in the nation's largest school districts grant school leaders the kind of flexibility they need to run schools well, but two - thirds of the rest do not obviously hamstring administrators with rules applying to teachers, according to a report released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

As policymakers turn their attention to finding effective leaders for the nation's schools, they face as many questions as answers: What is the nature of leadership?

Education leaders are lagging behind in drafting policies to govern the use of online courses in the nation's schools, according to a report by the National Association of State Boards of Education.

Across the nation, religious and lay leaders are creating new schools, new networks of schools, new governance models for existing schools, new pipelines of talent, new philanthropic efforts, new public programs, and much more.

Given the unlikelihood of reforming the licensure system anytime soon, in the short term it seems wise to focus mainly on revamping the means by which the nation selects and trains leaders for its schools.

In communities across the nation, faith - based organizations (FBOs) provide out - of - school learning programs designed to help students attain improved education outcomes, and faith - based leaders use their voices to advocate on behalf of the needs of the students and families they serve.

He is one of a growing list of wunderkind school leaders produced by this moon shot idea of Princeton University student Wendy Kopp (20 years ago) to put smart college grads in the nation's worst schools.

«I'm committed to helping the dean strengthen the ability of the school to produce leaders in educational practice, policy and research in an increasingly diverse nation and world.

Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2018)-- States are pursuing innovative policies and using best practices to improve the nation's schools, and a coalition of organizations representing America's chief state school officers, legislators, state board members and state education policy leaders today announced a campaign to highlight the progress underway in states across the country.

As the nation's educational leader, Massachusetts must instead push and pull its schools toward new heights of excellence.

On behalf of the children that attend our nation's public schools, the I Love Public Education campaign is a year - long effort to highlight why public schools are essential to developing the future generations that will maintain our country's status as a world leader.

Weary of what they describe as unfounded attacks and increasing criticism leveled at the nation's public schools, the leaders of several national groups convened a conference of administrators, teachers, and other education experts here this month to launch a counterattack.

Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the nation's largest providers of charter school management services in the United States and a leader in the development and design of charter sSchools USA (CSUSA) is one of the nation's largest providers of charter school management services in the United States and a leader in the development and design of charter schoolsschools.

Democratic leaders from across the country, some representing some of the nation's most troubled schools, have come together to announce their support for Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.

If the nation's public schools need to improve as much as most of the politicians and the nation's business leaders claim, then that immense task will only be successful if all the financial and other resources of government at the local, state and federal levels are coordinated to concentrate on that work.

The Center for Education Policy, a nonpartisan think tank at George Washington University, based its survey findings on the responses of leaders in 211 of the nation's school districts.

«In selecting Richard Carranza, Mayor de Blasio has chosen a lifelong educator and a proven leader with a track record of leading large and diverse school districts, seeking the input of communities and teachers and focusing on improving outcomes for students who have been historically underserved - experiences that should set him up for success in our nation's largest school district,» said Evan Stone, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Educators for Excellence.

If voters pass an initiative allowing charter schools, Washington will become one of the nation's leaders in its embrace of the nontraditional mode of educating students with public funds...

Education expert Tony Wagner has conducted scores of interviews with business leaders and observed hundreds of classes in some of the nation's most highly regarded public schools (Wagner, 2008).

Alexandria, VA — March 15, 2018 — Nearly 200 elementary and middle - level principal leaders from across the country will gather in the nation's capital to attend the National Association of Elementary School Principals» (NAESP) National Leaders Conference (NLC) to sharpen their leadership skills and advocate for a stronger investment in students and public sleaders from across the country will gather in the nation's capital to attend the National Association of Elementary School Principals» (NAESP) National Leaders Conference (NLC) to sharpen their leadership skills and advocate for a stronger investment in students and public sLeaders Conference (NLC) to sharpen their leadership skills and advocate for a stronger investment in students and public schools.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

Considering the impact of school leaders on student achievement, principal preparation programs have a huge responsibility to best prepare individuals to lead our nation's schools.

«We urge teachers union leaders across the Northeast and the rest of the nation to denounce Ms. Turner's Trump - like hate speech or, by your silence, acknowledge that you agree with her that school choice is akin to homicide.»

In this Best of Dropout Nation, Editor RiShawn Biddle points to the economic reasons why we must commit to providing all children with strong, comprehensive, college prep curricula and nurturing kids through high expectations (along with improving teacher and school leader quality, and expanding school choice and Parent Power).

The Council of Urban Boards of Education's new Steering Committee consists of dedicated urban school board leaders throughout our great nation who will aid in our work of ensuring that all students get a quality education, so that they too can be included in the American dream.»

At a time when the nation is divided over so many things, we remain determined to build coalitions of Republicans, Democrats, Independents, faith - based organizations, businesses, communities, and school leaders to ensure that every child receives equal access to a high - quality education.»

This is a lesson our teachers, school leaders, and school operators must embrace in order to help all children gain the proper civics and history education they need to be the leaders and citizens their communities need them to be, as well as to continue bending the arc of the nation's history towards progress.