Sentences with phrase «city school system plans»

TheNew York City school system plans to expand its dual - language offerings next fall with 32 new programs, including the first Albanian classes.

The New York City school system plans to expand its dual - language offerings next fall with 32 new programs, including the first Albanian classes.

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Whitehurst is now a science teacher in the New York City public school system and is planning to finish his master's degree in biology at CCNY.

«Senator Marcellino and the members of the education committee will seek information about what is being done to fix underperforming schools and other specific plans to improve and strengthen the city school system so that the state's examination of mayoral control is as comprehensive as possible.»

The $ 530 million includes $ 254 million that the city has to contribute to an $ 836 million short - term emergency plan unveiled by MTA chairman Joe Lhota to fix the city's beleaguered subway system — which has been plagued by delays and service problems over the last several months — and $ 140 million less than the city had expected to receive in state aid for city schools.

An ambitious plan put forward by the Rochester City School District hopes to transform the educational system for students in the area.

Schenectady Democratic Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara noted that his city's school system was setting its budget plan on Wednesday night, and others in the Capitol Region would soon follow.

It is particularly noteworthy that his proposal will ensure a permanent evaluation system for New York City, and that the specifics will be decided by June, with plenty of time to plan and implement for the 2013 - 2014 school year.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.schools.»

Michael Mulgrew called the Senate GOP plan to tie the renewal of a law granting de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools «crap.»

The directors of alcohol and substance abuse programs are responsible for the year - round administration, supervision, work - plan development and implementation to prevent alcohol and substance abuse among students in the New York City school system.

We'll learn how she plans to act to improve relationships, mind - sets, build trust and enforce change in the city school system.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

Parents at a high - performing public school in Brooklyn are protesting a city plan to change its admissions system, for fear it will water down the school's rigor.

The mayor said he plans to push both parties in the Senate to extend his control over the city's public school system next year.

Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.

«The governor's planned cut to New York City schools amounts to about 3 percent of the school system's budget.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

If the city system comes up with a plan Albany will approve, some students from the two high schools will start taking vocational courses in suburban Erie One Boces.

The ASG Planning for Education Index showed that Sydney ($ 547,414) is the most expensive city in Australia to educate a child in the private school system, 15 per cent above the national metropolitan average.

The Los Angeles city school system is planning to form a cadre of 200 «master teachers,» both to reward outstanding teachers and to serve as models for others in the profession.

The city's redevelopment plans are underway but will fail without a plan for redeveloping the city's school system.

The chancellor of the CUNY system, W. Ann Reynolds, introduced the plan and worked with Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez of the New York City schools and others in developing it.

Footwear aside, McCartney, Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development at HGSE, managed her honorary role well as one of 100 business, government, and education leaders who participated on November 1 in the third annual «Principal For A Day» event sponsored by the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Plan for Excellence, an organization started by corporations and foundations in 1984 to benefit the city's school system.

While the immediate impetus for the charter school plan was money, these new schools promised hope to a devastated city school system.

Laval S. Wilson, superintendent of schools in Boston, last week released the major portion of a long - awaited reform plan that calls for significant changes in the city's school system.

Ruling in the Oklahoma City school desegregation case, a divided U.S. Supreme Court holds that districts that were once racially segregated by law may be freed from court - ordered desegregation plans if they have done their best to eradicate the vestiges of their discriminatory systems and have met court orders.

In exchange, she sought money for the public system, limitation of vouchers» use to private schools in the city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for public schools, charter schools, and other nonprofit education facilities in the city.

Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Monday, outlining his plan for a «transformative» approach to the country's ailing primary and secondary education systems.»

The city's Office of Postsecondary Readiness (OPSR) is home to the College and Career Planning team, which spearheads the College Access for All initiative to promote the various elements of CCR across the school system.

Signaling a new phase in the reorganization of the country's largest school system, New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein unveiled plans last week to grade all of the city's 1,400 public schools on student performance and the quality of instructCity Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein unveiled plans last week to grade all of the city's 1,400 public schools on student performance and the quality of instrSchools Chancellor Joel I. Klein unveiled plans last week to grade all of the city's 1,400 public schools on student performance and the quality of instructcity's 1,400 public schools on student performance and the quality of instrschools on student performance and the quality of instruction.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confiSchools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confischools confidently.

Parents and teachers in the nation's largest school system would have broad new authority over their schools under a plan the New York City school board is expected to take up next week.

Lead Adviser: Edison Schools Inc., based in New York City, will offer overall management advice, including assessing the effectiveness of professional development; improving teacher and principal recruitment and retention; strengthening classroom management; and preparing an 18 - month action plan for the school system's incoming chief executive officer.

New York is not alone in operating its school system without a cohesive integration plan, Dr. Orfield said, adding that the same could be said of other major cities, like Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

But she also alienated many parents with her reorganization plan, known as One Newark, which replaced the city's tradition of neighborhood schools with a universal enrollment system that assigned students by lottery to traditional as well as charter schools.

Even as a commission spent the past two years planning for the largest school district merger in the nation's history — the former Memphis city district and an adjacent suburban system became the unified 140,000 - student, 222 - school Shelby County district on July 1 — the landscape of governance within the legacy city school system was changing rapidly to favor parental choice and more autonomous schools.

But the plan would also alter the politics of the city's education system by pulling the independently operated schools under the direct influence of a powerful labor group that has sought to limit charter expansion.

Carmen Avalos, city clerk for the South Gate community of Los Angeles and a mother of six children, four of whom attend charter schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.»

The Mind Trust is building a network of the nation's highest - impact education initiatives, helping to launch life - changing schools, and advancing bold plans for transforming the city's education system.

The plan has resulted in upheaval for students and their families across the city with some schools closed, others turned over to private charter managers, and the introduction of a school choice system that has left many families with children at different schools and limited transportation options for getting their children there.

For example, the nation's largest school system, New York City, announced plans in December to lay off as many as 486 of the city's 830 school repair and maintenance workers and bring in private contractCity, announced plans in December to lay off as many as 486 of the city's 830 school repair and maintenance workers and bring in private contractcity's 830 school repair and maintenance workers and bring in private contractors.

In New York City, thousands of students fall into one of three unique student population categories: English Language Learners, who speak a language other than English at home and score below proficient on English assessments when they enter the school system; District 75 students, who have significant cognitive and physical impairments and require a specialized school setting; and special education students, who have an identified disability and an individualized education plan.

Because Oakland is the first California city to reach 30 % charter penetration, he claimed Oakland had a unique need for his «Systems of Schools» plan.

Our work in Atlanta is part of Morningside Center's plan to scale up, to share The 4Rs program and our approach to school - wide change through social & emotional learning with school systems beyond New York City.

The Syracuse City School District Transformation Plan is built upon four high impact levers for transforming education: Curriculum and Instruction, High Quality Teaching and Leadership, Innovation and District Structure and Standards of Service and Systems of Support.

Alonso's speech marked the first public acknowledgment that the city hopes to model its construction funding plan on a groundbreaking schools project in Greenville, S.C. Transform Baltimore, a coalition of education advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union, has been lobbying city leaders to carry out Greenville's plan, which would require a nonprofit or other entity to float the bonds on behalf of the school system.

One of the Boston Consulting Group's «claims to fame» is the recent plan to privatize Philadelphia's public school system, a plan that was adopted by a right - wing governor and has led to the closure of public schools across that city and the rapid expansion of privately - owned, but publicly - funded charter schools.

Last week the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS), which provides a defined benefit pension plan to public school teachers and administrators outside of New York City, announced it was raising the required employer contribution rate * from 16.25 to 17.53 percent of payroll.

«This just points to why our facilities plan is so important,» House - Foster said, referring to the school system's recent campaign to fund more than $ 2 billion in upgrades to city school buildings.