Sentences with phrase «sure their district does»

And, as my recent, dispiriting experience in Houston ISD well illustrated, even after requested reforms are implemented, parents may still need to act as watch dogs to make sure their district doesn't backslide on its promises.

Not exact matches

And Todd Michaels, an attorney who represents the families of two victims killed during Nikolas Cruz's rampage on Feb. 14, said that if the district doesn't adequately compensate victims, «we're going to make sure they're held accountable for their behaviors.»

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood did not issue a ruling on Friday and instructed Cohen's attorney to make sure his client is present for a hearing on Monday.

I don't think the Pope's visit revived any religious passion, but it sure gave the city's red light district a shot in the arm!

A resident of the district for over 35 years, he is sure to be an expert in all that must be done in the area.

I'm sure that many supporters have a sense, even if they don't want to say it out loud, that today could be one of those days where the return journey on the eastbound District Line is a happy one where the blue flag has been well and truly inserted where it belongs.

The permit requires regular testing of the water by the Naperville Park District to make sure shooting does not damage the area, and it allows for the use of steel shot only, not lead.

Mokena Park Board president Michael Stavola called the de-annexation «the right thing to do,» adding that the Park District just wanted to make sure both the district and Orland Park were getting a faDistrict just wanted to make sure both the district and Orland Park were getting a fadistrict and Orland Park were getting a fair deal.

Demand for the improved facilities will be evaluated each year to be sure the Park District doesn't end up with an ultramodern harbor system that's only half full.

To be fair to the district, I didn't have Jimmy take every single thing served (although I'm not sure why I made that concession since many kids do take all the food offered.)

It's not easy to manage funds and make sure all the kids and parents are happy, but whatever the proper way to make sure a school district doesn't lose money, and that all kids are nourished, should not include embarrassing a child in front of their peers.

Sure, a last - minute constituent communications blitz can sometimes make a difference, but what you need to do most of the time is spend time and energy building support in a representative's district.

The members of 1199 SEIU will do what we can to make sure Francisco Moya is the next Assemblyman from the 39th Assembly District.»

«I think Councilman Halloran owes the people in his district a great deal of thought about whether he is actually able to continue to service them, conduct the defense I'm sure he believes he deserves and do both of those at the same time,» Quinn told reporters including Lamb.

Sure, Watertown's Fort will be taken care of but the growth area was the Solomon / Gillibrand / Gibson part of the District and Doheny and his Jefferson County people did not want to deal with that.

«It made me feel optimistic and inspired and motivated and proud of all the work that we did to make sure this event happened,» said Miles, the Capital District organizer for Citizen Action of New York, which organized the event.

«I'm sure that most New Yorkers in districts represented by IDC members did not vote for a Democrat only to have them align with Republicans and their values,» he said.

sean is a true gentleman and a great guy cares about his community and knows exactly how to get things done for his future constituents he WILL bring home the bacon for his district and do whats right when those decisions are most needed now for our fiscal security and our future for our children i will be voting for Sean FOR SURE — lets support a proven leader and a great american

County Spokesperson Mary Rozak: «In order to have a clean Hudson River, we needed the sewer districts to be working together, to make sure that any and all effluent that's coming in is being properly sanitized and done to the point where when water is then discharged, it is safe for folks to be in the Hudson River.»

Does that mean that districts in Wisconsin should be stretched and bent to make sure that its Assembly is controlled by Democrats?

Both Vincent Morgan and Adam Clayton Powell IV, who challenged Rangel for the 15th Congressional District seat in 2010, say that Columbia should do more to make sure residents get all that the university promised when it agreed to a $ 150 million community benefits agreement as part of the $ 6.4 billion Manhattanville campus expansion.

«They're going to do everything in their power to make sure they win this district,» McGrath said of the Democrats, who outnumber Republicans on the council 7 - 2.

«I think Councilmember Halloran owes the people of his district a great deal of thought about whether he is actually able to continue to serve them, conduct the defense I'm sure he believes he deserves, and do both of those at the same time,» she said.

«As I'm sure you are aware, the local district attorney would have a conflict of interest in this matter, involving as it does the leadership of his own party,» Smyth wrote in an Oct. 24 letter, referring to Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel district attorney would have a conflict of interest in this matter, involving as it does the leadership of his own party,» Smyth wrote in an Oct. 24 letter, referring to Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel District Attorney Joel Abelove.

But I think one of the things that scientists and other people concerned about science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that as citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that textbook X, Y or Z is not to be used in this district because of its bad science.

The Spokane (Washington) Public Schools, along with many other school districts, has made a living embracing this simple concept: If we assess our students beforehand, create a common curriculum based upon what the students need to have, then teach that curriculum and fill in what the students don't have, and then assess the students again to be sure they got it, we'll probably be okay.

Sure, but providing incentives may be something that you need to do above the school district level given the difficulties of local politics.

And, to be honest, to send money out of the district, I'm not sure that we would even offer to do that.»

Union advocates are frustrated that they don't get credit for such developments, while critics say, «Sure, a handful of districts are inching forward, but those are outliers.»

What is your school or district doing to make sure students and teachers have the digital access and opportunities they need?

But many educators who don't have much experience with blended learning aren't sure of the best place to start in considering this for their district.

Helpful criteria What can school boards and school - district administrators do to avoid this type of «confirmation bias» and make sure their textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials are truly aligned to the Common Core — particularly when they are trying to make sense of the veracity of sales pitches from some of American education's richest and most influential forces, the textbook publishers?

Portfolio District Advocate: «You don't get it, dude, the Portfolio District is there to make sure that only good schools open and to provide information and reduce chaos.»

Finding themselves with lower - quality teachers, school districts have imposed work standards on teachers to make sure they are doing their jobs.

I know it's a simplistic idea, but I honestly — over decades — have come to the conclusion... if we did just that, if we said, «Let's start with a language of instruction in this district, let's make sure that our feedback to teachers using our observational protocols within our walkthroughs and our observations and structural rounds, you know, is aligned in that language of instruction.

This isn't a big business movement; these are schools in districts that need them, trying to make sure kids get a good education — and they're doing it with less money than district schools.

Similarly, Education Next found that more than half of respondents don't know whether their district is using Common Core, including 39 percent of parents who aren't sure.

The Crossmans know that Amani doesn't have all of the same resources as other schools in the district — but the teachers work hard to make sure their students succeed and achieve.

«All these things are in place, and we're heading in the right direction, but some districts are not sure how to do this and they need some support,» Ruffalo said.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

My perspective is how is it that we use these various options, and I happen to be a person who supports traditional school districts, and I do agree that we should be trying to fight to make sure all of our children are fully funded.

That is that day schools deserve to have a level of services and I think a number of school districts have not provided the proper level of services, whether that's health care or services for students with disabilities or the like; and I think that we actually do have to make sure that districts are providing the required services under the law of the State of Connecticut.

When asked directly in the fall why the district hadn't done anything like it before, Gipson said, «As we are coming out of one of the worst financial times in educational history, as a leader I'm happy it is happening now for kids and we can put the resources behind it to make sure it happens for kids.»

The state and the district level charter authorizers need to do their due diligence and make sure these school are not free to act a private schools with public money just as TPSs are required to be accountable.

Richard Barth, CEO of the KIPP Foundation, says similar collaborations have sprung up across the country, where civic leaders have moved past the «charter vs. district debate» and are asking themselves: «How do we just make sure that every child in the city gets to wake up in the morning and go to a great school?»

But what she finds lacking in Milwaukee as compared with higher - achieving districts, are a sense of urgency to make sure all students attain skills and unity over how to do it.

In addition, the group will discuss what other districts are doing to make sure they have a high quality return on investment of the strategic plan.

«As we work together to make sure that our students have access to a rigorous education, it is critical that we continue to do so in the New Hampshire way, with local school districts continuing to have the authority, flexibility and responsibility to meet the best interests of their children,» Hassan wrote.

Sure, Supt. John Deasy has managed to at least talk the talk on systemically reforming the district (even as he makes rather weak moves as striking a deal with the AFT's City of Angels local on a teacher evaluation plan that does little to actually measure the performance of teachers based on their success with the students they instruct in classrooms) and has even allowed for families at 24th Street Elementary to exercise the district's own Parent Trigger policy and take over the school.

Sure, I've had a few useful conversations about what I might do differently with a particular lesson, but the real objective of all of the evaluations in my career has been to fill out the district - required paperwork.