Sentences with phrase «schooling demand more»

Eighty - eight percent of the more than 1,000 students who participated in the survey said they would work harder if their high schools demanded more of them, set higher standards, and raised expectations.

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Stanford University professor David Larcker, who directs the school's governance research program, says the case of Apple and Jobs's health has convinced more shareholders and institutions to demand that corporate boards establish detailed succession plans.

For more than a week, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have held the country's attention as they join with peers across the country to demand a change in America's gun laws.

In the wake of the shooting, students are demanding a more meaningful conversation on gun regulation, Robert Runcie, superintendent of the Broward County schools acknowledged at a news conference Thursday.

«When it isn't just poor kids who couldn't get health insurance who are over there,» Hedges told the group of sober - faced teenagers on bean - bag chairs, «but when it's kids like you, kids from Wellesley High School, who are dying, I can guarantee there will be outrage and demands for the war to end,» After that, they asked him no more questions.

A larger population would mean more children, and hence a greater demand for schools, teachers, books, transportation, and so forth.

A final, more demanding and time - consuming, option is for Catholic schools to produce their own materials.

The study thus challenges the conventional wisdom that a more demanding school will improve the performance of students who are already performing well, but only at the cost of forcing out poor performers.

Strong demand continues for school salad bars; there are currently more than 500 schools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools waitinschools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools waitinSchools waiting list.

Quinnipiac also argued, like most schools do, that it was meeting participation opportunities for women under the third «fully and effectively» option ---- satisfying all the women's demands for more participation opportunities.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

Demand for our program is growing, and Challenge Success is working hard to ensure that we continue to provide research - based assessment and interventions that reduce student stress and increase academic engagement for more schools and families across the country.

One way suggested by forum readers was for parents to demand that local school boards run schools more like businesses to eliminate unnecessary expenses:

The hilarious and unbelievable part is that it is schools like STANFORD (most specifically), Berkeley and UCLA that demand to see this extreme level of performance and more (they neglected to mention after school tutors) on college applications.

The more tax - payers «outside» school culture demand changes, the more those decision - makers elected by the tax payers will have to listen.

Typically before - and after - school care costs more because those hours are in higher demand.

Gone are the days where parents micro-manage their kids and demand that they «clean their plates» or «have three more bites of broccoli» — that is considered old - school now, and as we now know, can perpetuate picky eating in kids and even spur on unhealthy eating habits later in life.

As we've talked about before on TLT, preparing school food from scratch demands more and sometimes better skilled labor, and this is especially true when we're talking about the handling of potentially dangerous raw proteins like chicken.

«Until more parents demand reform of the school lunch system, children will contnue to suffer».

From challenging school curriculums to being teased on the playground to body image issues, demands and anxiety are causing today's children to be weighed down — more than ever before.

We also get large districts working together to push industry in a new direction by researching and communicating their demand for more wholesome, healthful products for school food service.

Strong demand continues for school salad bars; there are currently more than 500 schools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools waitinschools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools waitinSchools waiting list.

And now, more than ever, the role of school nutrition professionals in public policy demands engagement and leadership.

This isn't necessarily a problem if you're willing to help your child study, but as his or her school demands increase or the subjects get more difficult, you may not be willing or able to help as much anymore.

Middle school can be demanding and the added pressures of homework, friendship challenges, and challenges at home can be more than your tween can handle.

There are a lot of reasons for why, including more testing and other demands in school encroaching on recess, and parents» fears about letting kids make their own decisions or roam freely outdoors.

Any parent can attest to how demanding it is to care for a young child — from the basic tasks of feeding, clothing, showering, and schooling arrangements to the more delicate tasks of providing a nurturing environment and emotional support.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom.»

Inspired by the students who survived the Florida shooting and are demanding more be done to keep high - powered guns out of the reach of killers, about 80 teenagers, mostly students and recent graduates of Clarence High School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.»

More than two months after the Parkland, Florida school shootings, students in Buffalo and across the nation continue to demand action from their elected leaders.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

While the state Assembly approved a measure extending mayoral control for two years, the leader of the GOP - controlled Senate sent de Blasio a letter demanding more information on how the school system spends state funds.

Students at more than a dozen school in central and northern New York are expected to take part in a national high school walkout today to demand action on gun control.

Known as a «big ugly» in Capitol jargon, the bill extended rent regulations and the 421 - a real estate subsidy program, authorized $ 1.3 billion in property tax rebates, renewed mayoral control of New York City schools for another year, released $ 250 million for mandated expenses of non-public schools and demanded more transparency for controversial state testing.

The program, which will offer free SUNY tuition to students whose families earn up to $ 125,000 per year, is expected to increase applications to the system's schools, and it could lead to the need for expanded offerings as well as more instructors to meet the demand.

On the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on them.

She demanded that the governor provide more money for schools — as much as $ 1.5 billion — and rejected his reporting requirement as a «distraction» during a press conference in Albany this week.

New York, NY — More than one hundred district school parents stood outside the Department of Education's headquarters today to demand equity for their children — and full transparency from Mayor de Blasio.

More than 200 public school parents joined with StudentsFirstNY and prominent clergy leaders today to demand that Mayor Bill de Blasio rethink his decision to force unwanted teachers into New York City schools.

New York, NY — More than 500 district school parents rallied outside City Hall today to demand answers from Mayor de Blasio about the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR).

That's why more than two hundred public school parents took to the steps of City Hall to demand immediate and bold action by Mayor de Blasio to end «Middle School Deserts» in New Yorkschool parents took to the steps of City Hall to demand immediate and bold action by Mayor de Blasio to end «Middle School Deserts» in New YorkSchool Deserts» in New York City.

Mike Mulgrew calling for more accountability for charter schools is like the Pony Express demanding faster service from FedEx.

Shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve appeared to break ranks to say more grammar schools should be built in his local area if there is demand.

Advocates took to the streets to continue a years - long fight for what they say the state owes city schools — $ 2.9 billion — holding small rallies outside of four schools before classes started to demand more funding.

Each played a role in the breakdown: Mr. Flanagan, who demanded more charter schools in exchange for giving Mr. de Blasio an extension; Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly speaker, refused that demand, and said that he would no longer allow mayoral control to be used as a bargaining chip.

He recalled with pain how the state, under the military regime in 1975, «forcibly» took over 106 Catholic primary schools with seven secondary schools and one technical school without compensation, adding that the new tax was unnecessary, more so that new schools established by the Church had been paying various levies and taxes demanded by both local and state governments.

SUNY — which licenses charter schools — plans to demand more information from the high - performing Success Academy and other charter - school operators about their disciplinary and suspension policies before signing off on new charter applications or renewals.

they chanted, demanding the state honor a settlement in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that requires it to provide more aid to under - funded school districts.

Roberts today publicized a letter dated March 11 in which he criticized fellow Democrats Miner and de Blasio for their joint statement demanding more money for under - funded schools.

Early next year, newly inaugurated Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have to set forth an austere budget, cutting more than $ 10 billion from projected state spending — cuts that will send shock waves through local governments and school districts, themselves reeling from declining revenue and recession - related spending demands.