Sentences with phrase «schools after the reform»

Our key finding is that increased per - pupil spending, induced by court - ordered SFRs, increased high school graduation rates, educational attainment, earnings, and family incomes for children who attended school after these reforms were implemented in affected districts.

A study from the Consortium of Policy Research in Education (CPRE) of Philadelphia schools after the reform found that schools using positive rather than punitive disciplinary measures had more faculty cohesion, better teacher morale, and served higher socioeconomic status students than schools not complying with the reform.

When asked about the strengths and weaknesses of their schools after these reforms, students focus on the strengths and weaknesses of individual teachers (Warren Little, 1998).

Not exact matches

Just days after a gunman opened fire at her school and killed 17 of her peers, Florida high school senior Emma Gonzalez used her voice to call national attention to gun law reform.

In the weeks after the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, Trump has, at turns, been sympathetic to student survivors who are demanding action to address gun violence, and he has sought to appease gun - rights proponents who are impervious to calls for reform.

At the event, the 29 - year - old billionaire said he was compelled to push for immigration reform after volunteering with students at a Menlo Park school.

Now, after having presented his reformed subjectivist principle, Whitehead forthrightly affirms that the final analogy of his philosophy to philosophies of the Hegelian school is not accidental.

Less than a week after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the surviving students — who are barely old enough to vote — have become some of the loudest and most prominent voices for gun control reform.

I started The Lunch Tray back in May, 2010, shortly after I became involved in school food reform in Houston ISD.

After completing her studies, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles where she served as the head of Adat Ari El Day School in Valley Village and as a consultant on issues of learning and instruction to Jewish day schools across the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Spectrum, as well as to elementary and secondary schools of all types.

After the first year of the partnership, schools often return to our conferences to receive further guidance and support and to plan for future reform efforts.

Dedicated to «schools that are making real and lasting changes to improve their students» lives,» «Overloaded and Underprepared» makes Challenge Success» sought - after school reform services widely available to anyone interested in doing the same.

Almost exactly one year ago, I wrote a piece for Civil Eats asking a question that had been on my mind for several years: why are school breakfasts often loaded with added sugars, even after the implementation of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act nutritional reforms?

-LSB-...] overview of where federal school food reform now stands, almost one year after President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 into law.

-LSB-...] to get her well - informed take on school food reform issues (most recently after reading about the Chicago school food «miracle» reported in the Chicago Tribune).

After 28 years working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.

-LSB-...] in my mind these past few days, and after a rather exhausting day yesterday of ranting about, and protesting for, school food reform, I feel thoroughly sick of the whole topic.

Nestle is a professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at New York University, and here she provides a concise but comprehensive overview of where federal school food reform now stands, almost one year after President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 into law.

Dr. Brent Iverson has been dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Undergraduate Studies since 2013, after serving on the Task Force on Curricular Reform that led to the creation of the sSchool of Undergraduate Studies since 2013, after serving on the Task Force on Curricular Reform that led to the creation of the schoolschool.

In a piece written two days after the presidential election («The Fate of Hungry Kids in a Trump Administration,» cross-posted in Civil Eats), I expressed my own grave concerns over the fate of school food reform and other child nutrition programs under a Trump White House and a Republican - controlled Congress.

At any rate, after Ed's glass - half - empty post, which has been sort of echoing in my mind these past few days, and after a rather exhausting day yesterday of ranting about, and protesting for, school food reform, I feel thoroughly sick of the whole topic.

Ten years after I first dipped my toe into the roiling waters of school food reform, I continue to hear parents complain about unhealthy food and food practices at school, even as headlines scream about the childhood obesity epidemic.

Since that first call, I've turned to Dana often to get her well - informed take on school food reform issues (most recently after reading about the Chicago school food «miracle» reported in the Chicago Tribune).

I am a former lawyer with some food regulatory experience, and after three and a half years of working on school food reform in Houston ISD, I'm relatively well - versed in how school food programs operate.

Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing in Albany yesterday, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

Paladino issued a challenge to the district after what he called a failer to reform low performing schools.

Governor Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing held at the State Capitol today, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.

The 2013 - 14 Executive Budget and Management Plan builds on two years of balanced, fiscally responsible budgeting and invests in economic development, education reform, rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, provides support to local governments and school districts, and includes no new taxes or fees.

He is the only one who will raise taxes on the wealthy to fund universal pre-k and after - school programs that keep our kids safe; the only one who supports the full package of reforms to end a stop - and - frisk era defined by racial profiling; and he has the boldest plan to build or preserve nearly 200,000 units of affordable housing.

Democrats for Education Reform President Shavar Jeffries, one of the charter school sector's most prominent black leaders, resigned from the Success Academy Charter Schools» board of directors earlier this summer after criticizing U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

An aide to the schools minister has resigned after saying he could not support the government's education reforms.

The prime minister will understand the dangers of relying on opposition support for a flagship measure after he personally ensured that Tony Blair's schools reforms survived with Tory support in 2006 three months after he became leader.

The president and Congress have faced mounting calls to reform gun laws after 17 were killed on Valentine's Day at a Florida school.

De Blasio gained ground on his opponents in recent weeks with a liberal platform that included a promise to radically reform stop - and - frisk and hike taxes on the wealthy to pay for free pre-K and after - school programs for city students.

New York, NY — As the school year comes to a close, a shocking new report released today by leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY, The Graduation Facade: How New York City's Diploma Mills Mask College Readiness Crisis, exposes the problem of Diploma Mills — schools where the graduation rates are above average, but the students are not prepared for college or a career after high school.

Just two days after New York legislators passed first - in - the - nation gun law reforms in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, the state's chief financial officer says pension fund investments in firearm companies have been frozen.

A rural cemetery containing the remains of 14 boys who died while they were inmates at a state reform school in Rush will be returned to the state more than 20 years after being sold as part of a land deal.

«After years of austerity which have increased pressures on schools, the funding reforms must be managed in a way that does not add to the existing pressures on schools or result in «knee - jerk» responses that increase the burdens placed on teachers.

«We believe that a one year extension of mayoral control with reforms that require school - by - school budget data to promote greater fiscal transparency is in the best interest of students and their parents,» Flanagan said in a statement late Friday after the deal was finalized.

HARTFORD — A day after announcing his plans to leave soon, state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor addressed superintendents at their annual back - to - school meeting Tuesday, pointing to progress made during his watch and urging them to go forward with controversial education reforms.

And after 10 years of so - called school reforms and massive infusions of money, less than half the students in city public schools are considered proficient readers.

(ABC / AP) President Donald Trump has called for bold action to improve school safety after last month's Parkland shooting, but a set of proposals the White House formally plans to endorse on Monday leaves most authority for reform up to the states and for consideration by a new federal commission...

The day after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were killed, Mackenzie Daly wrote to then - President Barack Obama about gun reform.

After five years of polarising and radical reforms, the Tories aren't letting up on their vision for schools.

The stark analysis from the governor, released one day after he held his first budget negotiation with legislators, shows his resolve in demanding his education reforms in order for local school districts to get more money.

Monday's hearings also featured School Board Superintendent Kriner Cash testified often about the Buffalo Teachers Federation contract, and how he felt that achieving one after 17 years was required for the district to make other educational reforms.

Schoolwide reform programs are good, they declared, and funding for preschool and after - school programs has really helped.

When Skandera stepped down in June 2017 after seven years on the job, Martinez lauded her for being «relentlessly committed to helping us fight the status quo — like teachers unions and other entrenched special interests — to reform education and give our students, teachers, parents and schools more of what they need to succeed.»

According to the Center for Education Reform, as of January 2003 there were nearly 2,700 charter schools serving more than 684,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia, just a decade after the first charter opened its doors.