Sentences with phrase «as school districts across»

CEC was established in 1987 and has offices in Lombard, Springfield and Carterville, supporting more than 100 Illinois school districts as well as school districts across the country.

«This year it's the top issue on our list as school districts across the state are scrambling to meet the General Assembly's mandate to lower class sizes, while at the same time trying to protect thousands of art, music and PE teachers and create hundreds of new classrooms.»

As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal «No Child Left Behind» Act, opportunities for children to be physically active during the school day diminished significantly.

Now, as school districts across the state grapple with whether to expand bilingual education, they have the chance to show students they don't have to give up their identity and native language to find success in school.

As school districts across the country are working diligently to unpack and implement the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, another initiative has been steadily progressing.

The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.

Not exact matches

School districts all across America are committed to salad bar use as a part of their reimbursable meal.

School districts all across America are committed to salad bar use as a part of their reimbursable meal.

Due to her generous and heartfelt efforts across the district and in her community, the non-profit School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) has recognized April as one of five 2018 national School Nutrition Heroes.

As school breakfast continues to expand in school districts across the country, so does the importance of dairy.

CPS administrators hope the ideas will help as the district launches a longer day across all schools in the fall of 2012.

By: Sunny Young, thelunchbox.org bloggerIn addition to acting as one of the leaders in reforming school meals across the country, Chef Ann Cooper also serves as Nutrition Services director of the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Boulder, Colschool meals across the country, Chef Ann Cooper also serves as Nutrition Services director of the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Boulder, ColSchool District (BVSD) in Boulder, Colorado.

The competition showcases the hard work and creativity of Middle School teams across the district as they are challenged to plan a reimbursable lunch menu that includes the appropriate meal components (meat / meat alternate, grain, milk, fruit and vegetable), follows the USDA National School Lunch guidelines, and costs no more than $ 1.20 for the entire meal.

The findings come as districts across the country implement the national Smart Snacks in School standards, which set basic limits on the fat, salt, and calories allowed in items sold through vending machines, school stores, and a la carte cafeteria School standards, which set basic limits on the fat, salt, and calories allowed in items sold through vending machines, school stores, and a la carte cafeteria school stores, and a la carte cafeteria menus.

Cheese sandwiches and other «alternate meals» have been added to menus in school districts across the country as they try to deal with lunch debts.

The report released by the association comes as voters in school districts across the state are set to consider education budgets this month.

Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district speSchool Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district speschool district spending.

Of the 124 districts holding budget votes across Nassau and Suffolk counties, 59 had contested school board elections as well, and 62 put up special ballot propositions.

The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.

The vote in the Senate coincides with school districts across the state putting their budgets before voters, as well as the release of a report showing $ 7.6 billion in savings from the cap.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

An on - time state budget is good news for school districts across the state, as they plug in the hard numbers to proposed budgets.

As the school year starts, many school districts across the state still need to grapple with the issue of a teacher evaluation system, especially if they want to continue to receive state aid.

Flanagan said his conference will remain focused on restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, a statutory formula that has distributed cuts across school districts in recent years, as the state has grappled with budget deficits.

Karen Fruscello, who works as a kindergarten through sixth grade peer observer across different buildings within the Syracuse City School District, is leading this year's challenge.

«While it is welcome news that so few school districts across the state have been classified as in fiscal stress, school officials should remain vigilant and carefully consider how their budgeting decisions will affect their long - term fiscal condition and local taxpayers,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

As attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionAs attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionas systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionas employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensions.

Mr. Gentile received applause from students as he entered and left the school, and argued constituents across the district — most of whom reside on Staten Island — to reject electing another Republican to succeed former Congressman Michael Grimm, who stepped down in January after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge.

A number of districts across the country have moved to equalize across schools the share of poor students, as measured by eligibility for subsidized lunch.

The Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (WPCCS) opened its virtual doors in the fall of 2000 as Pennsylvania's second cybercharter and the first to offer its services across district lines.

Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.

Inter-district magnet schools in Connecticut provide a current example outside the scope of traditional school districts as to the way charters might draw students across district boundary lines to create high - quality, integrated schooling options.

Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.» 76, hopes and believes that he and his colleagues are part of a revolution — a revolution called Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is increasingly taking hold in schools and school districts across the country and seeks to design curriculum from the outset that can accommodate all types of learners, rather than retrofitting existing curriculums on an ad hoc, as needed basis.

Apple made significant changes to the iOS platform with its announcement of iOS 9.3 which bought several education specific features such as allowing for the sharing of devices across several students, a classroom application which will provide in class control of devices, and managed Apple IDs which can be created in bulk and managed by the school district.

This online resource is a highly organized repository of pacing calendars, classroom - tested lesson plans, presentations, and activities shared by teachers throughout the district, as well as 40 other partner districts and charter schools across the state.

For current Title I schools in Baltimore City and Montgomery County, decreases reflect both a reduction in the district's total Title I allocation under portability (as in Table 1) and that the district's funds would be spread more thinly under portability, across all its schools.

Just as students can use Hangouts to learn from others, administrators can use Hangouts across schools and districts as a way to share ideas and collaborate.

It began in November 2016 as a pilot across 10 districts, and has since rolled out nationally across England with over 1,400 schools participating following positive feedback from teachers and pupils.

As mentioned, there is no published comparison of parental perceptions of school life across the charter, district, and private sectors nationwide.

It is my goal here to show how within an individual state (where, as most recently proposed, portability's fiscal impact would be), portability would change the distribution of Title I funds across all districts, and within a district, across schools currently participating in Title I versus those who do not.

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

As then - Dean Kathleen McCartney wrote in her introduction to the issue, «Across the nation, districts — often due to court orders — are removing racial considerations as they populate schoolAs then - Dean Kathleen McCartney wrote in her introduction to the issue, «Across the nation, districts — often due to court orders — are removing racial considerations as they populate schoolas they populate schools.

Despite this, Holton is encouraged by innovation and the creativity that she sees in schools and districts across the country, as well as by the teachers who are sticking it out in difficult circumstances.

In fact, many school districts across the nation have been adopting these new transformative methods as a way to improve their school climates and keep kids in school.

Many policymakers and educators are heeding these lessons and taking new approaches in states such as Texas and Illinois, districts, and across consortia of schools.

In Phase 2 Validation, the evaluator will a) conduct an experimental test of the cumulative effects (across 2 summers) of the most cost - effective version of READS (CE READS) in as many as 10 school districts, and b) compare achievement growth in the summer and school year for students who received CE READS and students who did not receive READS.

Educators then need to adopt processes — such as discovery - driven innovation — for testing, iterating, and refining their blended - learning models in low - cost, low - stakes ways before taking them to scale across a school or district.

I used my experience to explain the impact particular legislation would have on schools and districts,» says Payzant, who began his teaching career at Belmont (Mass.) High School and went on to serve as superintendent of four districts across the country.

04, Ed.D.» 07, this model is already working in several school districts across the county, as well as in Australia.

Silva, who has served as a security consultant to school districts across the country, describes informal mediation as the kind of proactive work the staff does all day, every day.