Sentences with phrase «schools billed as»

Since the Mississippi Charter Schools Act passed in 2013, charter operators have been able to apply to the Mississippi Charter Authorizer Board to run public schools billed as an alternative for parents seeking higher - quality education for their kids.

Academy Charter Schools bills itself as a fast growing Charter Management Organization (CMO), «that operates 14 public charter elementary and middle schools throughout New York City.

The schools bill themselves as building the «Three C's» — Christ, college readiness and character.

Not exact matches

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.

Red Academy, which opened in Vancouver in July, bills itself as a tech school «taught by the industry, for the industry,» specializing in coding, web development, UX and product design and digital marketing.

Kimberley Langen — whose website proudly bills her as «Mom, Entrepreneur, Educator» — started Spirit of Math Schools in 1993, to address what she saw as the poor quality of Ontario's math curriculum.

In 1978, Blankfein graduated from Harvard Law School and took a job as an associate at Donovan, Leisure, a small «old - line» law firm founded in 1929, by William J. «Wild Bill» Donovan, who later formed the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and was known as the father of the CIA.

Bill Gates was the most public face of Microsoft, but of course the company started as a partnership with the kid Gates met one day in a group of students crowded around a teletype machine in a Seattle high school.

Within the next decade, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer computer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Indeed, Ontario and other jurisdictions did not bother to be so prescriptive, and even Alberta officials concede this part of the bill is largely clarification (other parts are to force religious and private schools to adopt the same LGBT - friendly policies as public schools).

At the same time, there may be growing bills to pay such as private school tuition for high school and college.

What is less inspiring, however, was inserting into the bill a provision allowing school superintendents and sheriffs to arm school personnel as part of a $ 68 million marshal program.

Since 1900 stocks returned 6.5 % annualized after inflation, bonds 2 % and cash — using T - bills as a proxy — just 0.8 %, according to London Business School academics Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton in research forCredit Suisse.

Schulich School of Engineering Dean Bill Rosehart describes the program as a natural fit for students seeking the best of both academic worlds, through programs that complement each other in entrepreneurship and creative thinking.

On Wednesday, as high school students from DC, Maryland, and Virginia protested in front of the US Capitol and the White House, Sen. Jeff Flake (R - AZ) announced he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) were working on a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy an AR - 15 rifle to 21 for buyers who aren't in the military (an initiative opposed by the National Rifle Association).

Bill, you said, «Colin, Colin, as a teacher, albeit a public school teacher of an unconstiitutional class.»

The documentary follows the always - colorful Bill Courtney as he coaches the once - lowly Manassas Tigers, the football team of one of Memphis» poorest high schools.

As it is now, when politicians raise the issue of adequate funding for schools, someone in the legislature will introduce a gambling bill.

The bill's proponents cite accounts of students being expelled from school, allegedly for coming out as gay or transgender, which consequently causes them to lose time or money invested in that school.

Actually, as we soon learned, whilst they seemed to have gained a technical opt out on referring for abortion (the CES's overall support for the Bill implied no need for non-Catholic schools to have such an opt out), this is what the CES had actually agreed to (this is the BBC's report): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8529595.stm

As it turned out, our schools were saved from the Bill not by the bishops but by the Tories.

Everyone makes their own decision at some point, so as much as I love Bill Nye, I disagree with him on this topic, as parents should teach their children however they want and in high school the kids will make their own choices.

It is for this reason that teachers and other school officials who actively oppose the principles of free democracy as expressed in the Constitution (especially the Bill of Rights) should be excluded from positions in education.

As the Children's Schools and Families Bill 2009/2010 hurtles towards Royal Assent via the debating of committee stage amendments, there is a great deal at stake for home schoolers in particular and liberty in general.

In the space of time available to him, of course, Mr. Clinton could offer little more than a hasty outline of this proposal, but he did manage to make clear that what he was referring to was some sort of system whereby American high school (and, as it was to turn out, also college) graduates would exchange some years of service, either as policemen, environmental workers, or offerers of some form of assistance to poor children, in exchange for the government's subsequently paying their college tuition» a kind of GI Bill for non-GIs.

Churches almost always have an agenda that includes counting attendance, wanting people to give money to help pay the bills and wanting people to have a job, such as teaching Sunday School.

The bill stated that a local authority «shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality» or «promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship».

Edward Wasserman, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California — Berkeley, was quoted in Scientific American as saying, «Mainstream media have made a fortune teaching people the wrong ways to talk to each other, offering up Jerry Springer, Crossfire, Bill O'Reilly.

Sunday school, once billed by Life magazine (nonsurviving in its original form) as «the most wasted hour of the week,» remains an hour with which creative elders can work.

How Billionaire Bill Koch Fights Fake Wine Maybe it goes back to my childhood, Koch says by telephone from his ranch outside Paonia, Colorado, pausing to say goodbye to his 8 - year - old daughter as she leaves for school.

McMillen's experience is similar to the one the Knicks» Bill Bradley was subjected to as a high - schooler some years earlier and which he described recently.

SBNation.com's Podcast Ain't Played Nobody (Bill Connelly and Steven Godfrey), Shutdown Fullcast (Spencer Hall, Ryan Nanni, and Jason Kirk), and College Football Recruiting Podcast (Bud Elliott) are joined by podcasts from various team brands (check your school's site as well) and our friends at The Solid Verbal.

Republican State Rep. Trey Lamar introduced a bill last week that would force the NCAA to close investigations and render judgments within nine months of a school's response to a notice of allegations, termed by him as a «letter of official inquiry.»

Bill Roskopf's daughter Emily is a sophomore on the team, and he's astounded by what he sees as the school's sexist treatment of the rugby team.

«These guys play just as hard as they did in high school,» said Bill (Fire Truck) Miley, who dispensed towels and advice as he did in his student manager days for Washington's 1941 state champions.

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as «student - driven, parent - enabled.»

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as...

Dr. Bill received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital in Boston and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto — the largest children's hospital in the world, where he served as associate ward chief of the newborn nursery and associate professor of pediatrics.

Volume XI, Number 1 Puberty as the Gateway to Freedom — Richard Landl Soul Hygiene and Longevity for Teachers — David Mitchell The Emergence of the Idea of Evolution in the Time of Goethe — Frank Teichmann The Seer and the Scientist: Jean Piaget and Rudolf Steiner on Children's Development — Stephen Keith Sagarin The Four Phases of Research — adapted from Dennis Klocek Reports from the Research Fellows Beyond Cognition: Children and Television Viewing — Eugene Schwartz PISA Study — Jon McAlice State Funds for Waldorf Schools in England — Douglas Gerwin On Looping — David Mitchell The Children's Food Bill — Christopher Clouder All Together Now!

Additional Accountability Requirements: The state requires LEAs to annually complete the online Wellness Policy Builder assessment tool to document their consideration of the state's School Wellness Policy Guidelines (2010) as required by Senate Bill 154.

King's bill, on the other hand, would throw out all school nutrition standards, as I understand it.

On Tuesday, January 15 Christian Liberty Academy School is holding a basketball fundraiser in support of Bill and his family as they manage through this challenging time.

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So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition proschool meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition proSchool Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

But instead of referring back to the state regulations the bill is trying to thwart, HB1781 instead allows Texas high schools to sell «foods of minimal nutritional value» (FMNV), as that term is defined by federal law.

As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» School» rules.

Schools have expressed concerns about losing profits, though the bill would allow soda and junk food snacks to be sold after school at events such as football games.

As I reported before, Lincoln's bill would add $ 450 billion over 10 years, or $ 450 million per year, to school lunch budgets.

Diane Pratt - Heavner of the School Nutrition Association described the bill as «our best chance» for getting more money for school School Nutrition Association described the bill as «our best chance» for getting more money for school school meals.

When my 22 yr old daughter was in ore - school I received a note that her lunch didn't fit the national guidelines and if I wasn't able to come up with the right formula (Yogurt doesn't qualify as a protein), they would provide a peanut butter sandwich and add it to my bill.