The law allows the receiver to circumvent school boards and unions to make
such changes at schools in receivership.
Not exact matches
The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the
changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday
School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message
at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries
such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.
Paul metropolitan area during the 2009 - 2010
school year to a series of five questions about muscle - enhancing behaviors, two healthy (
changing eating patterns and exercising more) and three unhealthy (using protein powders or shakes, taking steroids, or employing another muscle - building substance
such as creatine, amino acids, HMB, DHEA, or growth hormone), researchers
at the University of Minnesota and Columbia University found that almost all students surveyed (90 % of boys, 80 % of girls) reported doing
at least 1 behavior with this as the goal, and up to one - third reported the use of unhealthy methods.
The source of anxiety and stress in children can be something external,
such as a problem
at school,
changes in the family, or a conflict with a friend.
«Based on their responses, I may
change my approach to socialization and early
school skills
at first, because some kids who have stayed home with a parent and haven't interacted with peers much don't know general
school rules
such as sharing, waiting in line, not touching others, and not talking when someone else is.
All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to
school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (
such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered
at the youth and high
school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated),
changing the rules (as the governing body for high
school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks
at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football
at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).
This might work well if sodium were simultaneously reduced in the foods sold
at corner stores and fast - food restaurants, but without
such changes everywhere, it could actually lead to a drop in participation as
school meals become more healthy.
A relapse is typically triggered by a particular event,
such as starting
at a new
school,
changing babysitters, or staying overnight
at a friend's house.
Looking back
at 2013, while the food movement made progress in certain areas (
such as
school food and GMO labeling), when it comes to exploitative food marketing to children meaningful
change remains elusive.
Drastic
change in routine;
such as starting daycare, a sibling going off to
school, an
at - home parent going off to work.
Social and environmental factors include experiences
such as bullying, illness, problems
at school, arguments with friends and major
changes in the family
such as moving house or the divorce of parents.
The decision, which overturns the ruling of the High Court earlier this year, states that
such segregation discriminates against both girls and boys, and is likely to force
changes at a host of other faith
schools in the UK that similarly segregate their pupils.
The Senate bill has further
changes,
such as including donations made to charter
schools and expanding the pool of available credits, capping it
at $ 150 million for calendar year 2017, $ 225 million for 2018 and $ 300 million for 2019 going forward.
On topic questions included: what defines a «community
school», whether community
schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community
schools are to operate than «regular»
schools, why was the UFT not
at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community
schools and how will
such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular»
schools as they are converted into «community»
schools, potential
changes to the admissions process for specialized high
schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.
In other areas,
such as a proposal to
change seniority rules for
school teachers or allocate $ 500 million next year in competitive
school aid grants, a column titled «Compromise (if any)» is left blank, suggesting more distance between the three leaders
at the time the memo was prepared.
A small percentage of people diagnosed with a mysterious neurological condition may only experience psychiatric
changes —
such as delusional thinking, hallucinations, and aggressive behavior — according to a new study by researchers in the Perelman
School of Medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania.
In a paper published in the current Journal of Political Economy, Bård Harstad, an associate professor of managerial economics and decision sciences
at Northwestern's Kellogg
School of Management, argues that the most effective strategies to combat climate
change do not focus on demand - side solutions
such as carbon taxes or emission caps.
«It's a tremendous leap to draw these conclusions — that climate
change is linked to violence — and factors
such as economics, technology, poverty, group dynamics, cultural nationalism and personalities play significant roles in outbreaks of war,» says William Martel, an international securities expert
at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy
at Tufts University.
«
Changes due to osteoarthritis,
such as narrowing in the space between joints and the development of bony proliferations, typically develop slowly over time,» said Connie Y. Chang, M.D., radiologist
at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of radiology
at Harvard Medical
School in Boston.
«There is a clear opportunity for positive
change, but the economic and regulatory incentives for
such change are not yet in place,» said Naylor, the William Wrigley Professor in the
School of Earth Sciences and director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment
at Stanford.
«This underscores that large, sustained
changes in global temperature like those observed over the last century require drivers
such as increased greenhouse gas concentrations,» said lead author Patrick Brown, a PhD student
at Duke's Nicholas
School of the Environment.
The research, led by scientists
at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and partners, has important implications for the long - term survival of coral reefs worldwide, which have been in worldwide decline from multiple stressors
such as climate
change and ocean pollution.
«Global
change affects so many different environmental aspects, and across
such a range of conditions, that it can be difficult to study in the laboratory,» said Erik Sperling, assistant professor of geological sciences
at Stanford's
School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, lead author of the study, which was conducted while he was a postdoctoral researcher
at Scripps.
Grace Kao, associate ethics professor
at Claremont
School of Theology, in Claremont, California, mentioned additions she will make to her Introduction to Christian Ethics course,
such as discussing epigenetic alterations associated with war trauma for a session on war and peace, the science behind shopping and the ways that poverty can
change your genes for a segment about economics, and an exploration of whether genes can predict a person's liberalism and conservatism for a session on religion and politics.
«While our findings are consistent with other reported
changes in neuronal firing rates with attention, they go far beyond
such descriptions, revealing never - before tested mechanisms
at the synaptic level,» said study co-author Farran Briggs, PhD, assistant professor of Physiology and Neurobiology
at the Geisel
School of Medicine.
«Understanding
such processes is especially important today since oxygen in the ocean is decreasing, largely due to the warming of ocean waters driven by climate
change,» said the study's lead author Andrew Margolin, a postdoctoral researcher
at the College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science and an alumnus of the UM Rosenstiel
School.
So far, the climate science used in courts has focused mostly on overall trends and gradual processes
such as sea level rise, said Michael Burger, executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate
Change Law at Columbia Law School in New York, who said he has no financial stake in climate change litig
Change Law
at Columbia Law
School in New York, who said he has no financial stake in climate
change litig
change litigation.
Parental influence
changes once children become older and have more freedom to get their hands on outside food sources,
such as in
school or
at a friend's home.
«People who received a high - saturated - fat, high - sugar diet showed a
change in their ApoE,
such that the ApoE would be less able to help clear the amyloid,» said research team member Suzanne Craft, a professor of medicine
at Wake Forest
School of Medicine.
Queensland academic Professor Bob Lingard, of the
School of Education
at the University of Queensland, told the conference there are big questions to deal with in this area
such as how this trend may
change work practices for teachers and learning for children.
Such change must be supported and championed
at the top, since leadership teams have a powerful impact on
school culture — and since a failure of leadership can leave employees rudderless and allow «venting» to devolve into something far worse.
Still, it's clear that physiological
changes in people under extreme stress, including elevated levels of cortisol, put
such children
at a huge disadvantage in
school, he says.
When
changing such troubling habits raises objections, it's clear why it took several years to end open campus
at lunch, require uniforms, have teachers greet each student with a handshake, make home visits routine, and place administrators beyond the
school's gates so students could safely walk to catch city buses.
As
such, transforming districts and
schools to competency - based systems is not a simply policy
change: it's a fundamental reconfiguration of teams and structures inside
schools, that allows for students to progress
at their own pace and demonstrate mastery in a variety of ways.
Bring the climate
change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepen
change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support
schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate
Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepen
Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate
change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepen
change, and
at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas
such as development, sustainability and interdependence.
Such data also helps to build capability
at both system and
school levels, in the expectations for success and the skills required to affect
change.
The problem is that
such consequences place too much weight on single - year
changes in test scores
at the
school level.
We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local
schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score
changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked
at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage
change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point
changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement,
such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.
She said: «The biggest
change we have seen is a switch to smaller pack sizes, as
schools are also looking
at ways of saving money, and a move to using more traditional methods,
such as PVA and glue spreaders — essentially getting more value from their resources.»
Keen to explore the causes of variation in performance across different types of
schools, I'll be looking
at the possible driving forces behind a
school's high or low performance,
such as its geographical location,
changes in leadership, freedom to innovate, the nature of the curriculum, recruitment of teachers, and so on.
HGSE master's student Lucas Cook asked how we can implement «big ideas»
such as those raised
at the Ed
School to inspire big
change in education.
The original plan combined tax
changes aimed
at generating almost $ 500 million in new state revenue with
school reforms in
such areas as teacher tenure.
Even though cheerleaders for distance learning have predicted wholesale
changes in conventional site - based
schools for decades,
such changes will occur
at the periphery, not the center.
Such volatility can wreak havoc when rewards and punishments are doled out on the basis of
changes in test scores;
school personnel are
at risk of being punished or rewarded for results that are beyond their control.
Unfortunately, we were not able to control for
changes in the number of students who spoke limited English or in the
school's operating cost per pupil, because
at the time of the study
such information was available only up to the 2001 - 02
school year.
It is important that
schools recognise the value temporary workers can bring in
such a
changing climate, explains Ed McRandal, education advisor
at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation
The current climate is certainly a very challenging one for
schools with so much
change happening
at such a quick pace and with a financial climate that is putting the squeeze on every aspect of
school life.
School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance pro
School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards
such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and
changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards
at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass
at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches
at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students
at risk when trucks enter the
school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance pro
school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment
such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.
Drastic
change is needed, and the record of several local charter organizations,
such as Green Dot Public
Schools and the Alliance for College - Ready Public
Schools,
at least offers hope for better management.
PIRLS offers a chance to get more insight into whether
such initiatives are actually leading to
changes in reading habits, both
at school and / or
at home.