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«The Blue Ribbon Program highlights top achieving schools across the nation which have excelled academically, and shown improvements in closing the achievement gap, particularly with disadvantaged students.

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Thanks to the Walmart Foundation, Partners for Breakfast - in - the - Classroom received $ 8 million, which enabled us to expand breakfast - in - the - classroom in eight school districts across the nation: Charleston County (SC); Denver Public Schools (CO); Des Moines Public Schools (IA); Elgin School District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County Schoolsschool districts across the nation: Charleston County (SC); Denver Public Schools (CO); Des Moines Public Schools (IA); Elgin School District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County SchoolsSchool District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County Schools (TN).

The SNA, which represents school food workers across the nation, has always been heavily funded and influenced by the very food industry giants who stand to lose money when healthier school nutrition standards are enacted.

We're thrilled to be recognized by Forbes and it's a great culmination to this year during which time we've placed our 800th machine in the field and made a big impact in schools and community locations across the nation

«We're thrilled to be recognized by Forbes and it's a great culmination to this year during which time we've placed our 800th machine in the field and made a big impact in schools and community locations across the nation by providing convenient access to healthy foods and nutrition education.»

In 2014, Cowern won the Flame Challenge, the annual competition in which actor Alan Alda invites scientists to try to answer a basic question to the satisfaction of school children across the nation, answering the question «What is color?»

The unanimous ruling, which is expected to affect more than a half - million students in the nation's largest school system, is the most recent development in a trend that is rapidly spreading across the country.

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across theschools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across theSchools that are now up and running across the state.

After less than a year in office, President Bush implemented by administrative rule a program called «Good Start, Grow Smart,» the central thrust of which is to instruct Head Start teachers across the nation in methods for improving school readiness.

And it has shaken not only the local community, but school officials, parents, and legislators across the state and nation, raising perennial questions about prevention, physical - plant maintenance, and preparedness for which there may be no satisfactory answers.

When asked to grade the nation's schools on the same A to F scale traditionally used to evaluate students, only 18 percent of survey respondents give them an «A» or a «B.» This equals the percentage that awarded one of the top two grades in 2009, which had been the lowest level observed across the three years of our survey.

«To be chosen for this medal by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which has had such a profound impact on my life and on education reform across the nation, is a deeply felt honor,» Canada said.

My stay was brief because the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown — and the companion decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which applied to D.C. — outlawed public - school segregation in the nation's capital and across the country in May 1954.

As the debate on school choice heats up next week, I share this post as a voice in support of the nation's public schools, which remain the number 1 choice, a great option for families and communities across the country.

The study, released Wednesday by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, which has conducted extensive research on charters across the nation, also concludes that significant improvements in charter school performance over time is rare among middle and high schools, though it occurs more often in elementary schools.

The National Education Association's Read Across America, which is celebrated in schools throughout the nation on the birthday of Dr. Seuss, is designed to motivate students to read.

It will include nearly 200 teachers and 10,400 seventh - grade students in 66 public middle or junior high schools across North Carolina, which researchers find provides a demographic sampling that is more representative of the entire nation and thus more likely to reliably reflect the impact of the program.

-- Dr. Karen Mapp There's a popular neighborhood saying, «family over everything», which ironically is quite the opposite of what it actually happening with modern day American families in school Districts across the Nation.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today new grants totaling more than $ 157 million through its Charter Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the schools across the nation.

Writing for Education Week, Catherine Gewertz reports on one of the nation's biggest school - redesign competitions, through which 10 teams won a collective $ 100 million to create new high schools or transform existing ones across the country: Each of the winners of XQ: The Super School Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSschool - redesign competitions, through which 10 teams won a collective $ 100 million to create new high schools or transform existing ones across the country: Each of the winners of XQ: The Super School Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool» Contest -LSB-...]

Twenty - three major organizations from across the country also signed a letter sent to Secretary DeVos, in which they stressed: «This federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that communities can work together to create solutions that bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and provide support so that all students can succeed in our nation.»

The report has three sections: 1) Setting the Context, which discusses the need for effective systems of evaluation and support for school leaders; 2) Sharing Key Lessons Learned, which highlights how states and districts can work together to agree upon and communicate expectations for school leaders and implement standards - based systems of leadership support and evaluation, thereby increasing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective educators.

Human Resources Director Tim McConnell said there's no doubt that school districts across the nation are competing to attract and retain the top talent in teaching and right here in Utah, they're already having to compete with teacher pay increases in those districts in which Park City looks for employees.

There's a popular neighborhood saying, «family over everything», which ironically is quite the opposite of what it actually happening with modern day American families in school Districts across the Nation.

Also this week, the Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson traveled to Southern California to announce the nomination of Environmental Charter High School for the federal Green Ribbon Award, which will recognize schools across the nation that are using and teaching their students green technology.

Inland Empire School District Repeats as Finalist for Academic Prize The Corona - Norco Unified School District was named as a finalist Thursday for the prestigious Broad Prize, which honors academic excellence by minority and low - income students in urban districts across the nation.

Imagine Learning, leading developer of award - winning digital language, literacy, and math curricula, today announced the winners of its 2017 - 2018 Imagine Nation Awards in which select schools from across the country were honored for their exceptional use of Imagine Learning programs.

A better understanding of D.C. school reform, which was long heralded by the Obama administration as a national model, matters even more now that Donald Trump's administration aims to expand school choice policies across the country — likely beginning with the nation's capital.

It was such a pleasure to present at the Model Schools Conference and to share ideas and concepts with other educators across the nation, which genuinely deepened our appreciation for the work we do.

The Education Technology Board is comprised of respected and influential connected educators and edtech specialists who are passionate about education technology and have their fingers on the pulse of which apps, teaching tools and web site resources are most popular with educators and school districts across the nation.

Narrowing the Curriculum: No Child Left Behind, which judged schools solely on their students» math and reading test scores, prompted schools across the nation to abandon science, social studies, art, music, physical education and other subjects in pursuit of high scores in the tested subjects.

Incredibly, the textbooks that Paul Vallas purchased aren't the only ones to fail the review, which means public school children across Connecticut and the nation are being taught with textbooks that don't prepare them for the Common Core testing program.

Finally, the state has created an innovative alternative governance structure to turn around failing schools through the Recovery School District, which serves as a model for governance intervention across the nation.»

As a national coalition of advocacy and education organizations across 29 states and Washington D.C. working to dismantle the school - to - prison pipeline, DSC strongly asserts that Mr. Marcus» background and his testimony during his confirmation hearing reveal that he is unfit to carry out the responsibilities of the Office for Civil Rights, which is responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws in our nation's schools.

Across the nation, bishops are expressing an openness to new forms of school governance, which tap the energy and expertise of laypeople working in partnership with the Church to ensure that Catholic schools are both financially viable and academically excellent.

Though the school lunch program currently intends to provide meals for low - income students who need it most, stigma and shame prevent many students — particularly at the high school level — from accessing these meals, which is especially troubling since childhood hunger is still a pressing concern across the nation.

The track record of charter schools in our state and across the nation reflects a highly contentious image that borders on, at worst, criminality and at best questionable practices, many of which would never be allowed in traditional public schools.

Education Cities and Great Schools recently released a useful new educational data tool called the Education Equality Index (EEI), which allows users to compare cities and states across the nation that are «closing the achievement gap.»

Many larger libraries across the nation have lent e-books for years, usually through a cooperative arrangement with OverDrive, which provides digitally - scanned books to U.S. public libraries and schools.

Teachers across the nation become members of the National Education Association, which advocates on behalf of public school educators and provides resources for use both in and out of the classroom.

Our expert research team has collected and analyzed data from hundreds of institutions across the nation to see which schools and programs stand out in 2017.

I have also served as the president of the American Constitution Society, which has allowed me to network with students from law schools across the nation and sponsor events focusing on hot - topic legal issues here at Savannah Law School.