Sentences with phrase «tensions over school»

Gloria Romero: Money leads Democrats to put teachers unions over poor kids Ben Austin: Democratic leaders will follow parents on ed reform, eventually Richard Whitmire: Houston & D.C. offer paths for ed reform Democrats Joe Williams: Suburbs hold key to resolving Dem tensions over school choice Myles Mendoza: Rahm Emanuel offers lesson for Democrats on ed reform Doug Tuthill: New type of teacher union is key to relieving Democratic tensions

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The attitudes of local authorities may be changing now as the economy slows and officials become more concerned about unemployment and tensions over access to schools and other social services.

The tension between class and classification is nowhere more evident than in the continuing discussions over ability grouping versus mixed grouping in the schools.

This workshop examines the tension that parents, students, and teachers often experience over issues such as homework, grades, and the culture of competition, and offers tools for creating a healthier school climate.

Flanagan has been less receptive for state oversight when it came to installing a monitor in East Ramapo schools, where tensions have flared over the district's leadership from the Orthodox Jewish community.

With teacher contract negotiations seemingly at a standstill, and a battle over the state's new receivership headed to court, tensions between Buffalo union and school district leaders are on the rise.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was initially scheduled to come up to Albany, presumably for a series of non-public meetings with lawmakers amid renewed tensions with Senate Republicans over mayoral control of New York City schools.

However, the university explains following complains by some SRC members that they were not in favour of the decision to invite Dr Bawumia, coupled with simmering tension between the SRC executives over the matter, forced the school's management to propose that a politically neutral person be invited to speak at the forum.

The members were also vocal about Cuomo's big push for tax cuts, protecting charter schools, and the tension they believed he caused with Mayor de Blasio over pre kindergarten funding.

The genesis of the tension, as we know, could be traced to the confusion at Modern City hotel in Tamale, where Bugri Naabu stormed and disrupted a meeting organised by Madam Otiko for some women, after an alleged dispute over the appointment of a Northern Regional Coordinator for the School Feeding Programme.

Governor Andrew Cuomo had his father on his mind as he delivered a somber inaugural speech, that touched on strife over police tensions, poorly performing public schools and income inequality.

Tension in school communities over New York's implementation of the national Common Core standards exploded this week when King canceled four planned town hall - style meetings following a raucous forum in Poughkeepsie.

Rather than dealing with the emotional gravity of the devastating loss that serves as its catalyst, it bends over backwards to create nonexistent tension around the apparently high stakes world of high school volleyball.

As tension continually mounts, Tereza takes her top off but then gets school - girlishly embarrassed, rushing over to a couch and burying her face in it.

In the wake of Boston's painful desegregation process in 1974, monies were made available to fund such projects in schools where racial tensions had not only simmered, but boiled over.

The multi-layer decision - making structure, while faithful in its way to American federalism, mainly serves nowadays to pull schools apart in response to funding and regulatory streams emanating from different levels of government, to foster bureaucracy, confusion, and tension and, maybe most importantly, to give every level a functional veto over reforms initiated at any other level.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

But when the school district and teachers union got wind of the Broad Foundation's plan to help launch schools to serve those students, simmering tensions over charter school expansion exploded.

In late May 2016 that tension within the school reform movement boiled over with the Fordham Institute's publishing of an essay by Robert Pondiscio: «The Left's drive to push conservatives out of the school reform movement.»

In an article in the Fall 2016 issue of Education Next, Richard Whitmire wrote about tensions over charter schools in L.A.

The 2005 legislative session was relatively quiet on the subject of K - 12 education, despite tension over changes to the state's school accountability system between Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican, and the Colorado legislature, which was controlled for the first time in 40 years by Democrats

Projected increases in funding under Proposition 98, which sets a minimum funding level for schools, plus more money to the district under the state's Local Control Funding Formula, should ease some of the tensions over the district's special treatment for Priority Sschools, plus more money to the district under the state's Local Control Funding Formula, should ease some of the tensions over the district's special treatment for Priority SchoolsSchools.

When the two school types share a school building — arrangements known as «co-locations» — the tensions can boil over.

Education Week's Daarel Burnette II reports that a «tricky financial - transparency requirement» in ESSA has «cranked up tensions among state politicians, school district administrators, and civil rights activists over public understanding of how districts divvy up their money among schools.»

It has emerged that there are serious tensions in the cabinet over the issue of free schools in England.

How school districts around Minnesota are responding to tension over immigration issues minnpost.com/education/2017...

«Over 20 years... tensions and politics have exploded and as a result head teachers have had nervous breakdowns, they've lost their jobs, schools have been really torn apart,» he said.

Over that same time, political tensions have also grown around the unbudgeted expense of the program, estimated at $ 53 million just for the 2015 - 16 school year.

The CTA's fight over Race to the Top brings out traditional political tensions between unions and charter schools — but also introduces philanthropists as a new force of power in the politics of education, said University of California, Berkeley, education professor Bruce Fuller.

Not wanting to stir up tensions created in Boston and other cities over forced busing of white students, then - MPS Superintendent Lee McMurrin developed a plan to integrate schools via «choice,» specialty magnet schools and a busing scheme that once again disrupted black students» lives, but had little effect on white students.

For example, according to an American Humane Association study of over 1,200 teachers who received Pets in the Classroom grants, pets: enhance children's senses of empathy, nurturing and respect for life; support the development of strong social skills; promote better school attendance and academic engagement; reduce tension in the classroom; teach children responsibility and leadership skills; and improve confidence and self - esteem.

The Studio School quickly covered it over again with its own sign, reflecting the tension that goes along with the building's dual identity as a contemporary institution and a historic landmark.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14