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.
Not exact matches
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 waitin
schools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to
Schools waitin
Schools 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 waitin
schools on the Let's Move Salad Bars to
Schools waitin
Schools 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 York
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 York
School 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.