Sentences with phrase «as school districts discover»

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Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering the benefits of choosing another option, such as private school or homeschooling.

At the end of the day, no matter what 50 state departments of education discover in the many complex pages of federal legislation and then promulgate as official policy to local districts and schools, teachers may continue as they please.

District officials say that as more families like the Aquinos discover online learning, schools risk losing them to virtual charters with enticing television advertisements and billboards — not to mention easy, online enrollment.

«Instead, as district leaders are discovering for themselves,» Haycock writes, «a better solution lies in a creative combination of targeted incentives for teachers and policies that empower administrators and school leaders to recruit and retain effective educators.»

The article states, «The Discovering series, which the Seattle district already used in elementary and middle schools,» and «Students, no doubt to their delight, also begin using calculators early in elementary school as part of the series.»

The Seattle school district has been using a discovery - based math curriculum in the lower grades and clearly viewed the Discovering Series as an extension of those pedagogical choices.

As school budgets seem to buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need, some school districts are discovering — or creating — new ways to raise money.

But as long as school budgets buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need, many school districts will continue to discover — or create — new ways of raising the needed funds.

Given that this study identified a random sample of districts across the United States as participants, and that we have data only for districts that chose to become involved, actual differences between elementary and secondary schools nationwide may be even wider than those we have discovered.

The most obvious pattern we have discovered in the data is that the lowest performing school districts in the state employ the fewest number of teachers as a percentage of their staff and the highest performing school districts employ the greatest number of teachers as a percentage of their staff.

More than just a trend of the modern digital age, implementing electronic talent management processes helps schools and districts correct inefficiencies and inaccuracies not previously identified, as leaders at Fort Zumwalt School District in Missouri discovered when implementing Records — PeopleAdmin's automated recordkeeping solution.

Recently, teachers in Armstrong School District in western Pennsylvania discovered how fundamentally a focus on formative assessment can transform students» sense of control over their learning — as well as fuel teacher learning.

SB 200 by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D - Bell Gardens, comes in response to a high - profile case in the East Bay where a school district initially moved to exclude a second grader after discovering her mother maintained a principal residency in another community although worked as a live - in nanny within the district's jurisdiction.

Now, he's bringing his entrepreneurial spirit and energy «inside» the nation's largest school system as the executive director of Innovate NYC Schools, a district initiative to discover and expand educational technologies with high potential for transforming classrooms toward more personalized, student - centered models.

This allows us to better understand what our students are looking for as they discover and begin to pursue their passions,» says Gudiel R. Crosthwaite, Ph.D., Superintendent of Lynwood Unified School District in southern California.

While you may not have thought about measuring performance data as part of the equation for district success, data from departments like transportation, maintenance and operations, food service, and technology can produce important information about how schools and districts operate, which drives the ability to discover and communicate efficient best - practices.

Schools and districts can also take advantage of PowerMyLearning Connect, a collaborative platform that catalyzes personalized learning by enabling K - 12 educators to discover, adapt, and share quality content, engage families as learning partners, and accelerate their own professional growth.

But when the researchers compared California schools districts, based on their English learners» standardized test scores and mastery of English proficiency, and then followed up with site visits and interviews with administrators, they discovered that many of the most successful districts viewed the Common Core as a means to higher achievement for these students, and used strategies in line with its goals to achieve their good results.

In an unpublished (as of August, 1991) survey of 2,150 school districts, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) discovered that 67 percent of respondents require some form of HIV prevention education for their stuschool districts, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) discovered that 67 percent of respondents require some form of HIV prevention education for their stuSchool Boards Association (NSBA) discovered that 67 percent of respondents require some form of HIV prevention education for their students.

Served as City liaison to the school district, and commended by Mayor and PTA for discovering a sex offender was living in Glen Cove without registering address as required by law — leading to a stronger sex offender registry law in Glen Cove.