Sentences with phrase «story about your district»

In the second of two stories about the district's special education program, the recent budget proposal aims to address some of parents» concerns, but some worry it doesn't go far enough.

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Stanford researcher critiques last week's NYT Upshot story about districts» test scores http://pllqt.it/Euy6CK

The press did not cover the story about district and SRC staff meeting with the representatives of the businesses they are entrusted to regulate.

The post, How Students Uncovered Lingering Hurt From LAUSD iPad Rollout, highlighted the feelings of students from all of the negative stories about their district regarding the iPad initiative.

The Nov. 5 «Board Briefs» newsletter distributed by the Davis School District contained a story about the district's new evaluations systems for educators and other employees.

In the second of two stories about the district's special education program, the recent budget proposal aims to address some of parents» concerns, but some worry it doesn't go far enough.

Sacramento city schools focus on emotional learning is a Sacramento Bee story about our district's SEL program, directed by the extraordinary Mai Xi Lee.

Not exact matches

There is an old story about Baptists and Methodists singing their hearts out on opposite corners of a downtown district.

About Windsor Court Hotel Located in the heart of the Central Business District steps from the French Quarter, the 23 - story Windsor Court has long been the choice for discerning travelers to New Orleans.

The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

There are many sides to every story, and just reading the district - wide letter from Ramon Cortines regarding JO and the new LAUSD menu is enough to add some fuel to my fire about Jamie.

So for example, if you shared a story from the Washington Post about the Dallas Independent School District you would share the link, and in your status update you would mention — and tag — both the Washington Post and Dallas ISD Facebook pages, in addition to briefly summarizing the article for your audience.

CRP — When I first got into this, I would hear stories about Revolution Foods or Chef Ann Cooper and think, what's WRONG with my district that we can't be doing that??

Sharing non-school nutrition stories about your school or district: student and staff achievements, special events, and sports news.

In a story Wednesday about Chicago Park District supervisors» role in hiring and firing workers, one commissioner who protested that the board had never had an opportunity to vote on such reorganization was misidentified.

FOR THE RECORD - Additional material published April 20, 2006: CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS A Metro story Wednesday about the Art Institute of Chicago's plans to charge a fixed entrance fee incorrectly noted that the change would leave the Chicago History Museum as the only museum on Park District land with a suggested, not fixed, entrance fee.

- A story in Wednesday's Metro section about the Chicago Park District's sled hockey program did not mention that Tom McPike, who started a sled hockey team for the disabled, also is the head of the Park District's Therapeutic Sports Recreation program.

- In a story Wednesday about Chicago Park District supervisors» role in hiring and firing workers, one commissioner who protested that the board had never had an opportunity to vote on such reorganization was misidentified.

FOR THE RECORD - Additional material published April 20, 2006: CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS A RedEye story Wednesday about the Art Institute of Chicago's plans to charge a fixed entrance fee incorrectly noted that the change would leave the Chicago History Museum as the only museum on Park District land with a suggested, not fixed, entrance fee.

Researchers doing a similar study for the milk industry heard about the experiment from a news story and volunteered to advise the district on its data collection.

A 1987 Chicago Tribune Magazine story about that trove noted, «Whoever gets the job of creating an archives with the park district materials would be facing an infinitely large — and tremendously important — task.»

On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle published a front page story about improvements to school food in Houston ISD and surrounding school districts.

I had stumbled across a story about her on CNN which described her efforts to improve the meals in San Francisco USD, the district in which her three sons had gone to school.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

Last July the Daily News ran a story about CM Maria del Carmen Arroyo of the 17th District in the Bronx.

«The Empire», politics blog of WNYC (the leading National Public Radio station in New York city) has this lengthy story about Jesus Gonzalez, the Working Families Party nominee in the September 13 special election, Assembly, 54th district.

See Newsday's previous covers and stories about Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke.

Bellone said he was spurred to call for Spota's resignation after a story in Newsday Thursday about the district attorney's investigation of Robert Macedonio, a politically connected defense attorney.

It seems to me that this was a planted story that's become self - fulfilling; starting from so - called poll results that were funded by Turner's own campaign not a reputable, independent source of data about support in the district, and treated as though fact by a slew of subsequent articles about this race...

She explained that she came from a district that was 98 percent white and did not have many immigrants, adding that she did not take the time to hear stories «about what it's like to worry your dad could be taken away at any moment.»

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

In the summer of 2014, after a series of news stories came out describing Cuomo secretary Larry Schwartz's alleged interference in the management of the governor's Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commission's demise.

Here's hoping that the growing number of stories in the news about real babies and real children and real people affected by exposure, factually or potentially — like that father of a child with cancer who recently asked his California school district to ban non-immunized students — will start making those who've taken a stand against vaccines reconsider.

Last Winter I shared a story about a multi-school district sports program my students have the opportunity to participate in...

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The first chapter in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona RPG series released for the PlayStation 4 features an episodic story about a group of high school students in a fictionalized version of Tokyo's Shibuya district who explore the Palace, an alternate world created by the hearts of other people.

«Born Into Brothels,» the story of children in the red - light district of Calcutta, is probably the favorite, because of the emotional subject matter, although the filmmakers were handicapped by the impossibility of filming most of the people in the area, and ended up with a film about bright kids taking photography classes.

From the director of District 9, comes Chappie, the story about a robot who learns what it is to be human starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja and Yo - Landi Vi $ $ er, Jose Pablo Cantillo, with Sigourney Weaver an... Read On

Visit the Digital Learning Video Gallery on the website for the Alliance for Excellent Education to view real - life, practical stories about how district and school leaders are improving learning outcomes through effective use of technology.

A story in the May 1, 2002, issue of Education Week about air quality in schools («EPA Pushing Improved Air Quality in Schools») should have said that the Mesa, Ariz., school district tested classrooms for high levels of carbon dioxide.

Four current and former high school students have sued the Puyallup, Wash., school district, claiming they were harassed after their names were used in a story about their sex lives in their school's student newspaper.

A story about school construction in urban districts in the July 14, 1999, issue of Education Week misidentified Stan Childress, a Detroit public schools spokesman.

Time magazine relates a story about an autistic child whose parents put him in an expensive private school and then «informed Colorado's Thompson school district it had to pick up the bill for Boston Higashi's $ 135,000 annual tuition.»

What she found was in part a story about changing times and changing students, but also a story about unchanging school districts.

Because of an editing and production error, a story in the Oct. 29 issue about urban school districts» progress in hiring certified teachers misstated on second reference Carolyn Snowbarger's position.

To background themselves on the city and its schools, they read old newspaper stories and talked to community leaders, who told them about my involvement in the effort to create a separate school district.

A story in the Oct. 25, 1995, issue of Education Week about school board elections in Wilkinsburg, Pa., misstated the size of a tax increase that a board member said would be needed to offset a pay raise sought by the district's teachers.

Imagine if we talked with the same conviction about stories like Montgomery County ~ Maryland or other districts like Union City ~ New Jersey ~ Cincinnati ~ Ohio or Springfield ~ Massachusetts - examples where professionals collaborated at the local level to raise the achievement scores and performance of all students as market - oriented reformers do about their success stories.

In addition, ASCD's policy team wants your stories about how sequestration is affecting (or will affect) you, your schools, and your school districts.