It also requires safe school climate committees to investigate instances of bullying and other threatening behavior.
During her time in Newtown, Sherlach kept busy as a member of numerous groups such as the district conflict resolution committee, safe school climate committee, crisis intervention team and student instructional team.
In contrast, most states earned a C, at best, in the other categories ranked by Education Week, including improving the quality of teaching, spending effectively, and creating a school climate that supports teaching and learning.
In its 2011 School Climate report, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network found that same-sex couples were frequently not allowed to attend school dances together or were penalized for doing so, such as being ineligible for "couple discounts" on tickets.
Imagine a group of students from a secondary school discussing climate change.
Stern is the chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and also chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at Leeds University.
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It offers rankings for health and life expectancy, employment, school performance and climate.
The success of these Hispanic and LEP students is directly related to the positive climate and culture of our school.
Instead, we should create a climate where people believe that school is a place that, if you work, you will learn.
By the end of the project, each of the participating pilot schools will have formulated a school DRR and climate change response plan in collaboration with the local community.
But the current social climate is for children to stay at school or in vocational training until 18.
The second initiative, the Visualisation of Climate Change Project, is aimed at high school and college students throughout the world.
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Two elective at the Tuck School of Business, Business and Climate Change and Business Sustainability, were chosen by half the second-year class.
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Within this framework, NIEM and the Centre will focus on research and training efforts to provide targeted training to education managers, university students and school principals in the area of climate change and disaster risk reduction.
The collection will be housed at the school in September 2009, after construction of a climate-controlled reading room.
Of course, children in school today will be dealing with the consequences of climate change for their entire lives.
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Ms Harris said the study "encourages students to think scientifically outside the school classroom and it also broadens their understanding of climate change".
In addition, many green-minded schools, like Yale and Stanford, aren't part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, an agreement by university presidents to make their school carbon neutral.
Using a holistic approach, pedagogical approaches and techniques in their own school environment, teachers can develop the capacities to facilitate climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction learning.
Though reaching a BCS Bowl Game is certainly a great achievement for any school, the only game that really matters in the current climate of college bowl games is the final game.
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"But it's prudent to manage climate risk, " said the 20-year old sophomore at Wheaton College, a Christian school in Illinois.
He's continuing his education by going to graduate school in finance -- an idea some might shudder at given today's economic climate.
It creates a cultural climate where failing students refer to the same built-in excuse: if I attend a failing school, then what chance do I have?
The report's authors, who received information from almost 25, 000 students and around 200 corporate recruiters, note that given the current economic climate, value for money -- or "return on investment" to use a suitable business school-style term -- was a key factor in determining this year's rankings.
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