Sentences with phrase «series on public schools»

Public Schools vs. Private Schools Third in our school comparison series on Public Schools versus Private Schools.

This map, using Research Center data, was produced by NPR for a series on public school spending across the states.

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If you want to steer clear of the most dangerous types of supplements, you can start by avoiding three broad categories, says Austin, who spoke on a recent panel put on by The Forum, an event series organized by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

A Miami Herald series on abuses in the Florida juvenile justice system is a finalist for the 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School announced Wednesday.

The Institute offers a series of video - based online courses on key operational areas of school food, taught by Chef Ann Cooper, internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children.

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(«CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... 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(«CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISon my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

She has developed a parenting series entitled Connection, Cooperation and Communication, and speaks with parents at both public and private schools on issues of attachment, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

The Institute offers a series of video - based online courses on key operational areas of school food, taught by Chef Ann Cooper, internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children.

To see what such a miserly outlay means for the nation's public - school kids, see Ed Bruske's great recent series of posts; or check in on the Fed Up blog, which features snapshots of the daily offerings at a school in Illinois.

Don't miss the first installment of our series on Jason Mills, Nutrition Services Consultant for Jefferson County Public Schools.

I'd like to finally end my series on cyberschooling with a review of some public charter schools.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Nixon, an actress known for her role in the HBO series «Sex and the City» is a prominent advocate for public education funding and has often pushed Albany to spend more money on schools, criticizing Cuomo's stance on funding issues.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters hosts the second installment of the Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series on the building sector, New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

Also at 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas will host the second in a series of public forums on the 2018 Budget proposal, Mount Vernon High School, auditorium, 1200 California Rd., Mount Vernon.

«Mr. Cuomo's adversarial stance toward teachers borders on disdain,» Astorino wrote of the series of battles Cuomo has had with teachers over everything from Common Core educational standards to an evaluation system to the level of state aid to public schools.

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Glee is the story of a high school teacher's attempts to organize his small public school's... Cucumber is a 2015 British television series created by Russell T Davies and aired on Channel 4.

Under King's leadership, Participant's first limited scripted drama series Central Park Five, directed by Ava DuVernay, will be released through Netflix, and Weyermann is working with acclaimed documentarian Steve James on the company's first unscripted series America to Me, a year - long look into one of America's most exemplary and diverse public schools in Chicago's suburban Oak Park.

This three - part series — running in installments on May 4, May 11, and May 18, 2005 — examines the influx of immigrant students into six heartland states and the impact those students are having on public schools.

Harvard Professor Addresses Public School Failures (The News - Letter via Johns Hopkins University) Professor Jal Mehta recently gave a talk at a speaker series at Johns Hopkins on «The Elusive Quest for Ambitious Schooling: Limits and Possibilities of the American High School.»

However, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in a series of surveys conducted between 1993 and 2012, reported on parental satisfaction with assigned public schools, public schools chosen by parents, private religious schools, and private nonreligious schools.

Jim True - Frost, cast member of the HBO series, The Wire, discusses portraying Baltimore public school teacher Roland «Prez» Pryzbylewski and the impact his character has had on education in media.

The legitimacy of test score increases in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardizedSchools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardizedschools — on standardized tests.

Although few adults in this country have ever set foot in these cities» schools (much less ever taught in them), they believe they know what happens there based on news reports and Hollywood portraits, such as those in the television series «Boston Public» and in films like «Stand and Deliver.»

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

His past TV series Jamie's School Dinners was a great success and the support from the British public led the British government to commit # 60 million to the school food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK scSchool Dinners was a great success and the support from the British public led the British government to commit # 60 million to the school food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK scschool food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK schools.

The commission, a 37 - member group that meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution, has been holding a series of public hearings on the school plan and other proposals, including one to provide constitutional protection for affirmative action programs.

A series of unsavory revelations about the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to sway the public in favor of its major school improvement measure could stain the law's reputation and cast doubt on future information from the agency, say many observers, including supporters of the law.

This is the question that leaps out of Public Agenda's latest work on school leadership, a series of focus groups with principals in high - needs public schools conducted for the Wallace FoundPublic Agenda's latest work on school leadership, a series of focus groups with principals in high - needs public schools conducted for the Wallace Foundpublic schools conducted for the Wallace Foundation.

Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, spoke on education reform at the Harvard School of Public Health as part of its series, «Decision Making: Voices from the Field.»

The Harvard Graduate School of Education's series of public lectures dedicated to conversations on the challenges facing education was established in 1998.

For those who haven't read Catherine's work on D.C. public schools» experience with common - core implementation, the first three parts of the series are at the bottom of this page.

Ask the Teacher - Leaders — October 1, 2015 Indy Teachers Union Votes for High - Paid Opportunity Culture Roles — September 9, 2015 Charter School Lessons in New Orleans, Nashville — September 1, 2015 Teacher Evaluation for Teacher - Led, Team - Based Schools: Free Guide & Policy Brief — August 27, 2015 Early Lessons from Newark's Charter School Sector — August 20, 2015 New, Free Training Materials for Teaching - Team Leaders — August 4, 2015 Higher Growth, Pay at Early Opportunity Culture Schools: Results and Lessons — July 21, 2015 Syracuse Schools Build on First Opportunity Culture Year — June 16, 2015 How to Build an Opportunity Culture: New, Free Toolkit — June 9, 2015 Hire Great Teacher - Leaders, Blended - Learning and Team Teachers: Free Toolkits — June 2, 2015 Texas First to Launch Statewide Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 19, 2015 RealClearEducation.com Launches Opportunity Culture Series — May 15, 2015 Indianapolis Public Schools Begin Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 07, 2015 What Could YOU Do in an Opportunity Culture?

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of guest blogs on how teachers view parent engagement and involvement in public schools.

The report is the fifth in a series of annual publications on the status of charter schooling produced by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, Bothell.

Based on the findings presented in this report, CAP offers a series of recommendations for policymakers at the federal, state, and district level to facilitate the goal of making public schools more socioeconomically diverse.

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In a new series of vignettes and an accompanying video from Public Impact, the principals tell what they did and how their roles as principal changed when they could rely on their MCL teams to spread great instruction throughout the schools.

On October 6th, public education supporters organized one of the largest coordinated public education actions ever, a series of local school «walk - ins».

Case in point, the high school juniors recently explored a series of questions around what drives poverty and how their class could begin to combat poverty in neighborhoods near the school; the students decided to build public street libraries in their fabrication labs and install them on targeted blocks.

The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) recently released Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting; a series on public reporting of education data that includes a primer; federal spotlight; and resources for parents, administrators, and local school board mePublic Reporting; a series on public reporting of education data that includes a primer; federal spotlight; and resources for parents, administrators, and local school board mepublic reporting of education data that includes a primer; federal spotlight; and resources for parents, administrators, and local school board members.

The National Task Force for Quality Education, along with Florida State Conference of the NAACP, will host its latest in a series of national public hearings concerning public education quality and the impact of charter schools on underfunded school districts from 2 p.m. — 7p.

Last month, Brookings kicked off a series focused on diversity in the public teacher workforce with an article looking at patterns and trends in the diversity gap across locales, school sectors, and teacher generations.

Her four - part series will be part of an extended national report on charter schools that will be published by the Network for Public Education in 2017.

Following a nationwide series of public hearings, the NAACP said it «rejects the emphasis on charter schools as the vanguard approach for the education of children, instead of focusing attention, funding, and policy advocacy on improving existing, low performing public schools...» Next year's election of a new State Superintendent will amplify the school wars.

The series will be part of an extended national report on charter schools that will be published by the Network for Public Education in 2017.