Sentences with phrase «upon schools»

It appears that there are some discrepancies based upon school location.
It is incumbent upon every school management team to adopt procedures for solving problems, challenging practices, and altering procedures.
Many traditions are worth keeping to build upon the school's culture, but some — well, they just don't come clean in the wash.
As someone who cares deeply about the millions of kids dependent upon school meals, I don't think that's an ideal state of affairs.
Students in grades 3rd - 5th will come to the gym activity room upon school dismissal.
I will get students from their classrooms upon school dismissal.
Current state and federal strategies place the full burden upon schools and schools alone to remedy low academic performance.
This can result in grade 2 or 3 equivalent scores almost immediately upon school entrance.
These collaborative structures should have two primary purposes: first to analyze and discuss data and second to act upon school data.
She came upon the school a bit by chance.
I believe I will reach and improve upon your school's education standards.
And the supplement is dependent upon each school's attendance zone.
Do we need to hire a Madison Avenue public relations firm — or call upon school district PR folks to make our case?
The Department of Law Enforcement shall adopt a rule setting the amount of the annual fee to be imposed upon each school district for performing these searches and establishing the procedures for the retention of instructional and noninstructional personnel fingerprints and the dissemination of search results.
One trial in particular drove Patterson's story into the national spotlight when supporters of the Westboro Baptist Church descended upon the school in protest of Landon's election.
So long as the educational system remains objective with no religious influence upon the schools» curriculum and books, and the cross continues on not speaking or trying to convert her children to Christianity, then the cross symbol in schools seems to be not a problem.
One day, I quite nearly stumbled upon a school called the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC's Chelsea neighborhood.
«The whole process has been carefully managed by the Education Funding Agency and with the support of the local authority, the project is going ahead with little impact upon the school community.
Although the goal of the majority of schools today is to have higher student achievement on standardized tests, the promise of that happening depends upon the school community as a system: (1) becoming student - centered (Comer, Meier, Darling - Hammond), and (2) learning how to reach and teach the diversity of students (Dewey, Johnson, Wheelock, Goodlad, Gay).
That is why the discovery that thousands of our youngest students are at academically at - risk because of extended absences when they first embark upon their school careers is as remarkable as it is consequential.
Although students must be present and engaged to learn, thousands of this country's youngest students are academically at - risk because of extended absences when they first embark upon their school careers.
Student eligibility for this program hinges upon school ratings, and an unfortunate reality in Ohio is that most of its lowest - rated public schools are in predominantly low - income neighborhoods.
The solution is to support all public schools, call upon school administrators to do their job (they do have the means to identify, retrain and failing those actions, to fire bad teachers) and wake parents up to the fact that when parents are fully engaged, their children and the children of others will benefit from effective teaching.
Students in the School Architecture, with support of Art and Engineering students respond to Cooper Union Board of Trustees failure to uphold the mission of their school through a collaborative intervention upon the School of Architecture Lobby, a white space famously designed by John Hejduk.
A Wall of Separation is supposed to protect us from all religious infringement upon our school's teachings of science to find real truth and knowledge.
Using an extensive computer system he has set up in his lair, Earl exacts his revenge upon the school he believes has insulted his genius.
Schools must ensure that all staff are actively contributing to the evaluation process, as only then will it have a real impact upon school improvement, allowing them to evidence their findings and consequently take action based on their results.
Mal Lee is a global leader in researching and documenting the evolution of schooling, the transformational effect of digital technology upon schooling, home - school collaboration, teaching for a networked world, Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) and educational benefits realisation.
Could not the decline be due to all the very silly educational fads that have been foisted upon schools and teachers by non teaching academics?
Quality technological provision is a huge challenge with the funding squeezes upon schools, but evidence from my classroom strongly suggests that it is an investment worth making.
The role of the local authority in running schools has been brought into question this year with the government intention to force academisation upon all schools by 2022.
They will demand that free bus service be provided in cash - strapped districts, yet they won't demand that lawmakers pay for the many state and federal programs legislated upon the schools.
The researchers, Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts - Holmes from UCL Institute of Education, University College London, said: «Teachers told us that the pressure upon schools to demonstrate continuously improving data in the Phonics Screening Check and KS1 SATS appears to exert a downward pressure into the EYFS.
And it's even less of a secret that more than a few psychologists and attorneys have earned a nice living by helping parents advance these demands upon the school system.
Neither side is wholly satisfied: liberals complain that not every needy kid has equal access to charter options and that not every charter is good at meeting every kid's needs, while conservatives lament that the hand of government still weighs upon these schools and the marketplace is constrained in multiple ways.
Such a society relies upon its schools and teachers to develop these and other democratic dispositions in its students.
If the pace of change is not as the headteacher, governors and NET would wish it, our best endeavours, rooted in a deep knowledge of school improvement, would be focused upon the school.
I thank the committee for passing my legislation that builds upon school choice initiatives run by states like Arizona, Mississippi and Florida, that empower low - income families to send their kids to a school of their choice — including charter schools, distance learning, and special needs classes.»
NAESP believes that it is incumbent upon school principals to continue their professional growth in order to improve instructional leadership and model lifelong learning.
NCLB imposed specific, one - size - fits - all corrective actions upon schools that were not making adequate progress in student achievement.
Reflect upon your school or district's most effective leaders.
We believe the results of the Douglas County election were less about the district's voucher program than they were about the mayhem that many families thought was thrust upon their schools.
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