Sentences with phrase «schools than any other city»

Still, what we can say is that some cities have larger shares of «beat the odds» schools than other cities and, clearly, there is more than one way to provide them.

Another study by the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that Newark has more «beat the odds» schools than any other city in the country.

L.A. has boasted more art schools than any other city for decades, which facilitates more inter-generational dialogue and collaboration.

Not exact matches

Flombaum and Enbar, who self - funded the operation up to this point and who say tuition alone can keep the school easily afloat, say they want to work first on perfecting the methods their more than a dozen instructors employ before expanding to other cities or to online courses.

And other texts: Letter of Consolation to all who Suffer Persecution (1522), Temporal Authority: to what extent it should be obeyed (1523), covering a wide range of the responsibilities of the state, Ordinance of a Common Chest (1523), That Jesus Christ was born a Jew (1523), a defence of the teaching that Jesus was the promised «Messiah» of the Jews, To all Christians in Worms (1523), Concerning the Ministry (1523), Trade and Usuary (1524), stricter than some earlier medieval theories but not in practice greatly different (and he sent a letter to the Saxon Chancellor, Gregory Bruck on the same topic), To the Councillors of all Cities in Germany that they establish and maintain Christian Schools (1525), How God rescued an Honourable Nun (1524), the story of an escape from a convent, A Christian Letter of Consolation to the People of Miltenberg (1524).

What is the city of Houston doing to support school meals, other than relying on the federal subsidy?

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTCity Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTcity, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTcity to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTcity employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

It is only one city school — one effort to graduate more Buffalo students — but it arguably has attracted more attention and interest than any other this year.

New York City spends more money on fringe benefits for teachers and other education personnel than any other school district in country, according to a new study.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the country.

In the Syracuse School District, one in 10 students alone were homeless in 2016 — more than any other school in the state, save for New YorkSchool District, one in 10 students alone were homeless in 2016 — more than any other school in the state, save for New Yorkschool in the state, save for New York City.

Dr Catharine Abell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Arif Ahmed, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cambridge David Archard, Professor of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast Helen Beebee, Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Simon Blackburn, former Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, UNC - Chapel Hill Margaret A. Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex Dr Stephen Burwood, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Hull Dr Peter Cave, Lecturer in Philosophy, Open University Andrew Chitty, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sussex Michael Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham Antony Duff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling John Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter Dr Nicholas Everitt, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of East Anglia Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy, LSE C. Grayling, philosopher and Master of the New College of the Humanities Dr Peter King, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford Dr Brendan Larvor, Reader in Philosophy and Head of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire Dr Stephen Law, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London Ardon Lyon, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, City University London H. Mellor, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Richard Norman, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Kent Eric Olson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, King's College London Derek Parfit, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Duncan Pritchard, Professor and Chair in Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Janet Radcliffe Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Oxford Jonathan Rée, philosopher and author Theodore Scaltsas, Professor and Chair of Ancient Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Peter Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Moral Philosophy and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin Tom Sorell, Professor of Politics and Philosophy, University of Warwick Dr Tanja Staehler, Reader in Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex Thomas Uebel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Nigel Warburton, philosopher and author Keith Ward, Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity, University of Oxford John White, Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education, University of London Stephen Wilkinson, Professor of Bioethics, Lancaster University RE professionals (other than teachers):

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

City Councilman Robert Jackson told the standing - room - only crowd at Thursday's meeting that he has many questions about the choice proposal and how to improve the neighborhood's schools, and he urged parents to work together to find answers rather than battling each other.

«I know that every city is asking for the same thing but one of the differences with the city of Rochester as compared to Buffalo and Syracuse, which are our sister cities, is the fact that we give $ 32 million more to our city school district than any of those other cities,» Warren said.

It would allow schools, counties, towns, cities and other local governments outside New York City to raise their property taxes by no more than 2 % a year or the inflation rate, whichever is lower.

As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

As mayor of Yonkers, Spano has more power over the school district than any other local leader in the state, with the exception of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

Malliotakis» campaign has argued that she can manage the city better than de Blasio has — she regularly criticizes the mayor for failing schools, the homelessness crisis, crumbling subways, and other quality of life issues.

While Chicago is singled out in the study as one of the six cities with the most incidents from 1990 to 2013, Chicago schools are not any more dangerous than schools in other large cities.

«Stelaras a little bit more expensive than the other biologics, and that may be the reason that they re requiring that they fail one of the older ones,» says Dr. Lebwohl, who is also the chairman of the department of dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City.

In this movie, four high school teenagers overcome all of the craziest odds to do so, to go see Kiss in none other than Detroit Rock City!

But other than its amazing takes on the drug trade, and Season IV's outstanding view on schools, I felt like it was a really detailed analysis of the past and future of the northeastern American city; which was really about two cities where Baltimore is concerned.

He talked about Newark's universal enrollment system, which includes all of the city's public schools (both district and charter), noting that 75 % of families chose a school other than their neighborhood school and that 42 % of families listed their first choice as a «high - performing charter school.»

Madrid is the major financial capital of southern Europe and hosts more than 180 international schools, substantially more than any other European city, placing it second in the world only to Dubai.

New York City public schools have lower graduation rates and test scores than other New York schools.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund has made more than $ 1 million in three - year grants to scholarship funds, teacher - development programs, and other activities at inner - city Catholic schools.

James J. Kemple, the executive director of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&raCity Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&racity's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.&raCity students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.»

After being matched by more than $ 600 million in goods and services from the local communities that were recipients, the money was given to nine large city school systems, a consortium of rural schools, and two national school - reform groups, among others.

Parents in Detroit confronted more barriers to choice than those in any other city in our sample: they cite safety issues, lack of transportation, and lack of information as serious barriers to finding a good school.

In May, the paper reported (in an article given the headline «Principals Younger and Freer, but Raise Doubts in the Schools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city sSchools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city sschools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city schoolsschools.

The first state standardized test scores are in, and the 11th graders did no better than those at other comprehensive, non-selective city high schools: about one - quarter of the students met proficiency standards in reading and a mere 7 percent in math.

He made New York City a magnet for reform - minded entrepreneurs, sent forth more than a few excellent leaders to other big city school systems, and is never afraid to speak his trCity a magnet for reform - minded entrepreneurs, sent forth more than a few excellent leaders to other big city school systems, and is never afraid to speak his trcity school systems, and is never afraid to speak his truth.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

But Locke has received much more attention than any other inner - city high school.

It could well be that Klein's team did a better job of designing the small school initiative than other cities did.

Most striking of all, nearly three - quarters of public school students attend charter schools, proportionally more than in any other U.S. city.

There are too many separate school districts — about 700 ranging from New York City, with 1,100 teachers, to others that have fewer than 200 students.

Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the largest urban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessments.

Dee Alpert says that New York City, like other big cities, provides test accommodations to a higher percentage of students than do schools across the nation.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

The neighborhood is cleaner now than it was 11 years ago when Wiener and other New York City public school teachers started the school.

The results of our study of New York City public school teachers confirm a simple truth: some teachers are considerably better than others at helping students learn.

The volunteers are more than useful; they are becoming essential at P.S. 154 and other New York City schools.

Outside of cities, most children will go through the school day and rarely encounter an authority figure other than one who is white.

In a ranking of 30 American urban school districts, 18 others performed better in math than Dallas, including Houston and New York City.

The school has become a model of Green Dot success with more graduates attending UCLA than those from any other school, public or private, in the city.

Ironically, the primary effect of the city's revenue loss from rising charter payments may have been to slow the growth in expenditures in public safety and other city departments, where expenditures rose more slowly than the school budget.

Baltimore County schools had higher scores than the city, but lower than the other suburban counties, particularly in math.