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Students who are victims of bullying and violence would have the option of transferring to other public schools or receiving scholarships to attend private schools under a new program * championed by House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

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Though the FCC won't publicly explain how the amount was calculated, it relates to excess payments Verizon received under the program in New York City schools thanks to a crooked consultant who was later imprisoned for fraud and theft.

Simpkins will join a program under the direction of new head coach Krista Kiely, who was recently named the third head coach in school history.

We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair of the School Nutrition Association Public Policy & Legislation Committee and guest speakers Sam Kass (White House Assistant Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives), Dr. Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS (Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at USDA), and Melissa Rothstein (Deputy Director, Child Nutrition Programs at USDA).

But in those districts in which the company does operate under the NSLP, Justin explains how the new school food regulations can tie the hands of schools wanting to offer students the sort of appealing variety likely to attract fully paying customers (thus bringing more money into the program), and not just those students who are economically dependent on the school meal.

Reposted with permission by: Dawn UndurragaMore whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables will be on the menu for 31 million children who participate in the federally - supported National School Lunch Program (USDA Food and Nutrition Services) under new nutrition standards announced Wednesday with the hearty support of First Lady Michelle Obama.

Many schools are now adding free dinners as well under a new USDA dinner program launched this year.

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Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straSchools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straschools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

$ 27 Million for Public School Programs: Under this portion of the Education Scholarship and Program Tax Credit, public school students and educators will benefit from $ 27 million in new funds for education improvement proSchool Programs: Under this portion of the Education Scholarship and Program Tax Credit, public school students and educators will benefit from $ 27 million in new funds for education improvement pPrograms: Under this portion of the Education Scholarship and Program Tax Credit, public school students and educators will benefit from $ 27 million in new funds for education improvement proschool students and educators will benefit from $ 27 million in new funds for education improvement programsprograms.

The Chancellor also announced the continuation of the summer meals program throughout the city, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the city.

The pills have been made available under the new school program known as CATCH — Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health — which is aimed at stemming teen pregnancy.

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Looking at ways to expand New York's fledgling medical cannabis program, the state Health Department wants to give schools a way to «possess, secure, and administer medical marijuana products under limited circumstances.»

New York state's comptroller finds that local and school property taxes will increase by the lowest percentage in decades, under the rules of the tax cap program recently renewed by the state legislature.

Multiple Council members also addressed what they see as underinvestment in city youth, particularly the Summer Youth Employment Program and afterschool programs under School's Out New York City (SONYC), key issues the Council had highlighted in its preliminary budget response.

Under the plan, Mr. de Blasio would reverse the decision of his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, to provide free real estate to the schools so that they could open new programs this fall.

The money will also help pay for new programs aimed at prepping students from under - represented neighborhoods ace the test that is used for admission to these top schools.

Struggling schools are all initially under the supervision of their school system leaders — in New York City, the chancellor — in the receivership program.

Under the terms of the charter, children who live in the St. Nicholas houses will be automatically accepted into the new school and will be eligible for preschool programs from the Harlem Children's Zone.

The authors of the new paper analyzed these survey data under the leadership of M. Kate Grabowski, Ph.D., an assistant professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and an epidemiologist with the Rakai Health Sciences Program.

Under the plan, unanimously approved by the board late last month, the busing program will be replaced by a voluntary integration program making extensive use of new magnet schools.

Under the new public program, any private school that wants to participate — meaning, receive public dollars — submits an application to an authorizer.

If employees of charter schools or any outside management companies that run them serve on the schools» boards of directors, they must avoid any «real or apparent conflict of interest» if the school receives money from the Department of Education's charter school program, under new guidelines released late last month.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

Washington — A total of $ 23.9 million in grants under the new school - dropout demonstration assistance program was authorized by the Education Department this fall under the Hawkins - Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments ofschool - dropout demonstration assistance program was authorized by the Education Department this fall under the Hawkins - Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments ofSchool Improvement Amendments of 1988.

These are among a handful of topics that middle school students in New York City have tackled as part of their Saturday debate program, which draws heavily from Word Generation, the innovative curriculum developed under the direction of HGSE Professor Catherine Snow.

Mr. Perry, a black student from Harlem who attended Phillips Exeter Academy under the abc program, was shot to death by an undercover New York City police officer he allegedly was trying to rob, just 10 days after his graduation from the respected New Hampshire preparatory school.

This year the Ed School is piloting a new program under Learning and Teaching dubbed the Instructional Leadership (IL) strand — a one - year master's program specifically aimed at those teachers who want to stay involved in teaching, while taking on leadership roles in their...

A new version of «shared time» — a program through which the Grand Rapids, Mich., public - school system provides instruction to private - school students — has come under attack in federal district court.

Under his leadership since 1981, the 540 - student school in rural southeastern Kansas has developed new programs to increase...

Under the new program, however, magnet schools not only had to aid desegregation, but also had to focus on improving the quality of education in order to qualify for funds.

Copyright 1988, Editorial April 22 — Immigrant education: The U.S. Education Department is inviting applications for new awards, under the Emergency Immigrant Education Program, to provide financial assistance to state educational agencies for educational services and costs for eligible immigrant children enrolled in elementary and secondary public and nonprofit schools.

There is also some non-experimental evidence that an initiative in New York City under Mayor Bloomberg — which brought together a dozen city agencies to institute a pilot program that had many features considered best practices in truancy reduction — reduced absenteeism rates among poor children in participating schools.

In Baltimore, under schools CEO Andrés Alonso, reform's guiding principles include «Closing schools that don't work for our kids,» «Creating new options that have strong chances of success,» and «Expanding some programs that are already proving effective.»

With charter schools becoming more popular, federal officials must decide how to treat them under federal programs that were designed for traditional school districts, the General Accounting Office recommends in a new report.

Some of these schools are working under the direction of a new program, called LiiNK project and are implementing steps to improve their education quality through health.

The bill would create a new jobs program for welfare recipients under which states could provide such services as high - school equivalency programs, literacy and English - as - a-second language instruction, skills training, work experience, and job - readiness and placement programs.

Examples of such initiatives include the No Child Left Behind legislation in the United States, which required schools to demonstrate that they were making adequate yearly progress and provided escalating negative consequences for schools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools to demonstrate that they were making adequate yearly progress and provided escalating negative consequences for schools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pSchools program.

Like a Catholic version of Teach for America, ACE places talented young adults in under - resourced schools, particularly in the South; the program also encourages new teachers to become involved in the churches and communities surrounding their schools.

Under his leadership, the school establishes several new master's and doctoral programs, including Technology in Education (now Technology, Innovation, and Education), International Education (now International Education Policy), and School Leadeschool establishes several new master's and doctoral programs, including Technology in Education (now Technology, Innovation, and Education), International Education (now International Education Policy), and School LeadeSchool Leadership.

However, the ESSA adds a significant new program under Part A. Part A of Title IV — formerly the Safe and Drug - Free Schools and Communities program under NCLB — had not been funded since 2007, when Congress appropriated $ 270 million.

Any student who is currently attending a New Hampshire public school is eligible to receive a scholarship under the program, including students with disabilities.

Under proposed rules now being considered in both New Hampshire and Vermont, school districts would be required to increase basic academic offerings — particularly in mathematics and science — and improve the overall quality of their programs before they could receive state approval.

Under the new rules for the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, a federal initiative that provides money to states, states will be able to use enrollment data from the federal school lunch proProgram, or CHIP, a federal initiative that provides money to states, states will be able to use enrollment data from the federal school lunch programprogram...

States and school districts would be required to adopt academic standards and new assessments in order to take part in Title I, but they would have more latitude than ever before in administering the program, under proposed rules issued last week by the Education Department.

The department recently awarded 24 new grants totaling $ 23 million to school, community, and business partnerships in 16 states under its Challenge Grants for Technology in Education Program.

Thirteen states enacted new programs that allow K — 12 students to choose a public or private school instead of attending their assigned school, and similar bills were under consideration in more than two dozen states.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today a total of approximately $ 13 million in new federal assistance for the U.S. Virgin Islands under the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (K - 12 Restart) program.