Sentences with phrase «achievement schools executive»

Over the next few months, Tim will work closely with current Achievement Schools Executive Director Ash Solar to ensure a smooth transition in the summer.

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Her many accolades for business achievements include the Schulich School of Business Award for Outstanding Executive Leadership and the inaugural Medal for Career Achievement from the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at York University, and she has been inducted into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends.

Name: Stephen Murphy Title: Executive Vice President, Banking Areas of responsibility: Business and personal banking, product development, marketing, equipment financing, corporate lending, Optimum Mortgage, National Leasing, CWB Maxium Financial, CWB Franchise Finance Years with CWB Financial Group: < 1 Career history: Extensive leadership experience from his 20 years with TD Bank Group Education: Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business Community involvement: Director for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation; past director of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario, Business Council of BC and BC chapter of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

Upper Lakes Foods Senior Account Executive Ron Strasburg was also recently recognized with a Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) award recognizing his efforts on working with schools on implementing nutrition programs.

The Executive Budget takes two steps backward for one step forward — with improvements to target poverty this year outweighed by the loss of predictability and transparency in future years and by not doing enough to ensure that schools serving low - income students and students of color receive the resources they need to increase achievement and opportunity.

«This is truly an outstanding achievement for the Buffalo Public Schools and a significant milestone for New York State's effort to create a thriving solar energy sector in our state,» said Alicia Barton, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA.

Carranza said he will «look under the hood» and when he does, he'll see that Mayor de Blasio's inattention to K - 12 school improvement and the achievement gap, his hostility to school choice and his failed turnaround programs mean that a change is needed,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo School Board, the public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and Theresa Harris - Tigg was voted the Vice President of Student Achievement.

The letter was signed by Ms. Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools; Dave Levin, the co-founder of KIPP charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of AchievementSchools; Dave Levin, the co-founder of KIPP charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievementschools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of AchievementSchools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement First.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — With the new school year underway, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today re-issued his challenge to all Westchester County students in grades 6 through 12: Win a free season pass to Playland by earning high achievement in the classroom.

8/1/2007 UCSD's Igor Grant Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology Igor Grant, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), Professor and Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has received the top national award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology (N...

Prior to joining The Achievement Alliance, she wrote two regular columns on schools and education for The Washington Post, and before that was senior writer and executive editor of Black Issues In Higher Education (now called Diverse).

Derrell Bradford, executive director of the New York Campaign for Achievement Now, asserted that the failure of the Massachusetts initiative indicated a need for a «suburban strategy» for the charter school movement.

The groups represented at the expo included Alumni Relations, the Annual Fund, Career Services, the Field Experience Program, Gutman Library Research Services, Human Resources, the Achievement Gap Initiative, the Change Leadership Group, the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, Harvard Education Publishing Group, Harvard Family Research Project, the Office of School Partnerships, Programs in Professional Education, Project Zero, the Usable Knowledge website, and WIDE World.

According to the official announcement and the executive summary of the report, school vouchers lifted high school graduation rates but it could not be conclusively determined that it had a positive impact on student achievement.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

ACARA's Chief Executive Officer Robert Randall said although the results show steady student achievement, there are some great examples of sustained effort and improvement in school level results, which will be evident when the My School website is updated in Marchschool level results, which will be evident when the My School website is updated in MarchSchool website is updated in March 2015.

The executive leadership training programs will provide an opportunity for participating state and district teams to work more collaboratively in such areas as leading change and team development, leadership for instructional improvement, methods to accelerate leader performance, addressing stakeholder engagement around critical state and local issues, and sustaining improvements in school and student achievement.

The Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University in association with The Wallace Foundation will emphasize midcareer development of teams of high - level education leaders that share responsibility for making changes in their organizations and across their states to broadly improve school leadership and its impact on student achievement.

«NSBA presents the Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award to individuals who demonstrate long - standing commitment to the educational needs of urban school children,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Associschool children,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Considering Connecticut's biggest corporate executives are determined to see their policies adopted, no matter how wrong that are, it will be interesting to see if the new Executive Director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform reverses herself and joins the call for charter schools or if she is able to sit down with her organization's members and explain why shifting scarce public resources from district schools to charter schools is not the solution for closing Connecticut's achievement gap.

Amanda Alonzy is principal of Amistad Academy; Lizanne Cox is director of Common Ground High School; Craig Drezek is executive director of Highville Charter School; Claire Polcrack is principal of Achievement First Amistad High School; Andrew Poole is principal of Elm City College Prep; John Taylor is executive director of Booker T. Washington Academy.

Prior to taking on the Executive Director role for the Achievement Schools, Ash served for two years as the founding Chief Talent & Strategy Officer for the Achievement School District.

«The caucuses of the National School Boards Association focus on narrowing the achievement gap and identifying promising practices that will improve achievement for all students,» said NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Excerpt from Executive Summary: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program was established in response to growing national concerns about students too often lost and alienated in large, impersonal high schools, as well as concerns about school safety and low levels of achievement and graduation for many students.

This year, educational sessions are grouped into nine strands: Advocacy, Governance and Executive Leadership, Innovations in District Management, New Board Member Workshops, School Board / Superintendent Partnerships, Student Achievement and Accountability, Study Halls, Technology + Learning Solutions, and Master Class.

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

«Great public schools reflect the will of local communities and the strong governance of local school boards dedicated to advancing student achievement,» said NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Student achievement at the innovation schools was little discussed at the briefing, largely because the collaborators agreed it was too soon to draw conclusions, said Van Schoales, A + executive director.

ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter commended Sen. Reed and Sen. LeMieux for recognizing that improving teacher and principal quality is key to raising student achievement and turning around struggling schools.

«Charter schools absent school board oversight have far less accountability for student achievement than traditional public schools,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director.

In response, Jennifer Alexander, the acting chief executive officer for the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), made the following statement: «Right now, Bridgeport ranks 163 out of 165 school districts in Connecticut, with more students trapped in failing schools than in any other city in the state, according to the State Department of Education.

«What empowers student achievement is strategic partnership between the governing body, school boards, and the chief school administrator, the superintendent,» said National School Boards Association Executive Director Thomas J. Geschool boards, and the chief school administrator, the superintendent,» said National School Boards Association Executive Director Thomas J. Geschool administrator, the superintendent,» said National School Boards Association Executive Director Thomas J. GeSchool Boards Association Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Pro-voucher groups aren't trying to fight accountability, but are working to make sure that an equitable process is developed to measure the success of school choice programs in improving academic achievement, says Jim Bender, executive director of School Choice Wiscschool choice programs in improving academic achievement, says Jim Bender, executive director of School Choice WiscSchool Choice Wisconsin.

To learn more about how partnering with IEE can increase student achievement in your school or district, contact Sherry Lambertson, Executive Director.

«Both Granada Hills Charter High School and El Camino Real Charter High School reflect the high levels of academic achievement made possible by charter schools,» said Jed Wallace, President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Charter School Association.

In a research synthesis discussed in the executive summary of STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: A Knowledge Synthesis conducted by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future and WestEd, Fulton and Britton (2011) stated, «STEM teaching is more effective and student achievement increases when teachers join forces to develop strong professional learning communities in their schools» (p. 4).

Tampa Bay's 83 Degrees Media, published an op - ed by Dr. Elaine Liftin, Council President and Executive Director calling on the business community to get more involved to bridge the achievement gap as funds are redirected to School Choice.

«The density of poverty brings a host of issues that these school districts have to deal with that aren't necessarily shared by the suburban counterparts,» said Jeffrey Villar, the executive director of Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a nonprofit devoted to closing the achievement gap.

«We have many reasons to celebrate achievement in our school system, as well as areas that we need to address that might need improvement,» Susan Brown, executive director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, told Board of Education members during a presentation on overall student achievement.

James Toop, Teaching Leaders chief executive, said the programme had been successful in terms of pupil achievement and retention but squeezed budgets could mean schools struggle to find the # 2,000 needed each year to place teachers on the programme.

The SQII reports and analyses are a means to an end for the districts, because they allow schools with similar demographics to learn from each other about programs that are working to support the children's achievements, said Rick Miller, executive director of CORE districts.

Stacy Gill - Phillips Chief Executive Officer West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary School

«You could call this a «stepped» intervention solution,» says Jeff Williams, president and chief executive officer of School Innovations & Achievement.

Baltimore, Md. — Today, Jenese Jones, interim executive director for MarylandCAN: The Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now released the following statement in strong opposition to the Protect Our Schools Act of 2017:

«Today's vote to move Senate Bill 455 forward is a move in the right direction for Connecticut schools, and can eliminate barriers to teaching that have little or no correlation with a teacher's job performance or positive impact on kids,» said Jen Alexander, chief executive officer of ConnCAN (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now).

Coburn is joined in the issue by fellow Collaborative member Warren Simmons, Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, who wrote a commentary entitled Data as a Lever for Improving Instruction and Student Achievement.

Jennifer Alexander, chief executive of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, an education advocacy group, said the suggestion that schools can not be expected to help students overcome the challenges of poverty was dispiriting.

A nine - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement data on 27 large established charter school systems.