Sentences with phrase «school system level»

One educational arena that has been slow to adopt digital textbooks has been the public school sector for grades K through twelve, partly due to the technology required to utilize the textbooks, but also because of the mandated adoption of specific texts at the school system level, if not the state level.

One final headache that teachers have had to overcome was the need for an administrator (at either the school level or the school system level) to be «in charge» of the use of the devices and the Amazon account.

Not exact matches

Land is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lend.

Completely scrap the the funding for private schools, but in the event it's not politically expedient for the government heading into an election, at least consider a reduction in funding levels to financially aid the public system and alleviate some of the pressures they currently are experiencing with class size, lack of teachers and the challenges inherent in providing school lunch programs.

We need a smarter infrastructure where various agencies, departments, school systems, they're working in a more integrated and collaborative fashion to ensure that we can share data, we can share information, to enhance our level of effectiveness.

It matters when they get legislation passed at the state level to mandate illegitimate «science» be taught in schools, such that refutes big bang cosmology, evolutionary biology and an 11 billion year old universe / multiverse and 4.6 billion year old solar system.

The city's and school system's Muslim population has mushroomed to a level that is similar to the Jewish population, and it's unfair to make such a large number of Muslim students take a «sick day» on these important holidays.

Yet despite the upheaval in the education system from the 1960s onwards some schools have managed to maintain high academic levels of excellence.

Encourage the development of a course in media literacy in your public school system: at elementary, junior high, and high school levels.

San Ramon Softball prides its organization in fielding experienced and professional level coaches, who focus on developing each player by teaching skills to get each and every player throughout our system ready for high school softball and beyond, regardless of their age.

This same bureaucratic divide occurs at the state and county level, where, with rare exceptions, early - childhood and school - system administrators do not collaborate or even communicate much.

Local - level: State Board of Education Rule 160 -5-1-.22 (2000) requires each school system to employ at least one full - time school nutrition program director.

What we'd like to see with the passage of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is a concerted effort by schools — whether at the state or local level — to find the best practices that work for their system, their resources, and the type of programs they already have in place.

We can't set standards at the school level that's A.) based strictly on calories and B.) based on kids being overweight because that only addresses less than half of the kids in the school system.

The number of students who qualify for a free or discounted meal based on income levels also matters because schools and entire school systems may qualify for grants and other federal funding based on the reported level of need among students.

While the French food culture in itself encourages eating local, there is another even bigger reason why the French school system can put locally grown foods on the school lunch menus: the monies for the school lunches are organized within local municipalities, not primarily on a federal level, as they are in America.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

Safety: In addition to CCSD's safety standards, such as an electronic front - door «buzz - in» security system, this new modified prototypical middle - school design requires all visitor traffic to flow into the front office for an additional level of check - in and verification before entering the main hallway.

However, states like Pennsylvania have stringent laws where approval must be given at the state level before your child can leave the public school system.

Explore the «Levels of Authority for School Food Systems» from the Center for Ecoliteracy book Smart by Nature to understand where decisions affecting school food areSchool Food Systems» from the Center for Ecoliteracy book Smart by Nature to understand where decisions affecting school food areschool food are made.

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

But Lipton also said there is «more to do,» like restoring «progressivity» to the state's tax code, closing the carried interest tax loophole, and investing in a new «social contract» on public education that ensures full funding for schools — including universal pre-K (an early de Blasio priority)-- and restoration to the public university system to pre-recession levels.

This is just as he assured the people that his administration would revamp the nation's educational system from the primary school to the tertiary levels even as he promised to ensure that more Nigerians are sent into Iran on scholarship because of the level of discipline and orderliness of that country.

Cuomo later angered teachers by pushing a new evaluation system, and he has increased aid to public schools at a level that they say is not adequate.

We need our young people to leave school with an understanding of how our political system works, and how they can be active citizens and influence decision - making at different levels.

The number of state school students entering the university system is at record levels, and the vast majority of universities are very grateful for this.

On a more local level, Steck took aim at the defeated construction bond issue put up by the North Colonie school system in December, echoing criticisms that the polling location was limited to one spot.

The state comptroller's office, in announcing the cap for the 2017 - 18 school year on Wednesday, noted that the level remains well below the 2 percent widely regarded as an indicator of what is affordable for local systems.

A smaller public sector, perhaps, but it is noticeable that as Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove is creating a far more market - like system of school provision; he is also protecting spending levels.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

«Mr. Cuomo's adversarial stance toward teachers borders on disdain,» Astorino wrote of the series of battles Cuomo has had with teachers over everything from Common Core educational standards to an evaluation system to the level of state aid to public schools.

«Middle - schoolers have particular social and developmental challenges, and our school system hasn't done as well at innovating how to be effective at the middle school level,» he said.

Lead levels are elevated in water across the NYC school system, but poisoning rates have fallen consistently

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a meeting of his office's Education Consortia, representing hundreds of educational institutions at all levels of the school system in every corner of the borough.

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athSchool of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athschool athletes.

«Modulation of PPAR - γ and GLUT - 1 levels may boost the immune system to fight infection,» said principal investigator Prasadarao V. Nemani, PhD of CHLA and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Last year, the International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School in Italy began offering researchers, at all levels, and industrial professionals 5 days of courses in topics including genome design, metabolic engineering, synthetic circuits and cells, biological design automation, and high - throughput techniques.

You would think that what all this prefrontal cortex real estate would do for us is allow us to do all these wonderful things like paint and make music and speak and build churches and cities and schools and have systems of justice, but at an anatomical level one of its most distinguishing characteristics is that it's full of inhibitory circuits.

In a year the school plans to have it operating at levels approaching the limits of our perception of actual reality: a visual resolution of 24 million pixels [on the entire surface] and a full 512 - channel sound system that will make it seem «like a bird is flying around your head,» Kuchera - Morin says.

He thinks that each child's genetic make - up prompts them to react differently to their schooling so, ironically, attempts to level out differences in achievement by providing a uniform education system — like the UK National Curriculum — actually achieves the opposite.

In addition to featured lectures at Bioneers and Green Festivals, she offers workshops for cancer survivors, returning soldiers, and at a wide range of levels in the school system.

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Mixing old school and modern Japanese role playing gameplay, Ni No Kuni impresses with an engaging battle system typical to Level 5's previous titles as well as the much revered Pokémon series.

This leads me to wonder whether students of classical music, who show particular promise, are encouraged to apply for scholarships at specialist schools, as the state system is simply not tuned up to provide the high - level teaching required for the most talented?

The Finnish system focuses on a core curriculum developed by the government, which is then interpreted and implemented by the districts and schools at a local level.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The same folks who gave us a system that ranked 99 % of teachers as effective and which left teachers with no objective defense against politics at the school - leader level.

Yet, given the state of what our culture thinks about math right now, in all of our school systems, I can't risk the possibility that our lowest - income schools don't have access to the same knowledge that their higher - income - level counterparts do.

The New York City school district's experience in implementing a new data - management system aimed at making a wealth of student - level data available to teachers is the subject of a new report by Education Sector, a Washington - based think tank.