Sentences with phrase «districts improve educational opportunities»

Over at the State Department of Education, Stefan Pryor got rid of Connecticut's experienced Leaders in Residence and the team of experts who were dedicated to helping Connecticut's Priority School Districts improve educational opportunities in the state's poorest districts.

Not exact matches

«I think school districts are hurting and students are suffering as a result in the terms of their educational opportunities, and I would like to see our higher education facilities improve dramatically.

A former Community School Board president, Jackson said that improving educational opportunities for district residents was essential to helping them raise their economic standing.

Using test score data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, we also find that reforms cause gradual increases in the relative achievement of students in low - income school districts, consistent with the goal of improving educational opportunity for these students.

Over its decade - plus history, CSDC has provided or procured roughly $ 590 million in capital financing and facilities for over 225 charter schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia, improving the educational opportunities for over 30,000 children.

The Department's strategy to improve social mobility has so far centred on identifying 12 «Opportunity Areas» which are local authority districts where educational performance and capacity to improve is low.

Since its inception in 1998, CSDC has provided or procured roughly $ 680 million in capital financing and facilities for over 235 charter schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia, improving the educational opportunities for over 33,800 children.

Throughout her 5 years at Stanford she also worked in collaboration with San Francisco Unified School District on research designed to improve the educational opportunities of their EL students.

In that role, she advised board members on complex policy issues, and worked with educators, administrators, students, and families to improve educational opportunities in the country's second largest school district.

At the same time, the board vowed to intensify efforts toward improving educational opportunities within traditional district schools as a way to discourage more students from moving into charters.

The District and our community will be faced with many difficult decisions and we must approach those decisions as an opportunity to improve how we provide equitable educational opportunities for all students.

The mission of the SCSC is to improve public education by authorizing high quality charter schools that provide students with better educational opportunities than they would otherwise receive in traditional district schools.

Through the Parent Ambassador Program, parents of current Los Angeles Unified School District students will have the opportunity to use their leadership skills in support of improving local educational policies and practices that benefit all students.

In districts across the country — in partnership with their unions — educators are active agents of change, elevating the profession and improving educational opportunities for students.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

It is critical that PA lawmakers who are committed to improving educational opportunities for minority students in low - income districts SUPPORT increased state funding for our public school and OPPOSE school privatization schemes that would drain resources away from the students who need them the most.

When school districts merge the main challenges usually involve finding ways to improve test scores and cut costs without sacrificing educational opportunities, but the new Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregation.

In an addendum to its response, the district expressed a willingness for further discussion on the union's desire to improve overall educational opportunities and outcomes; and those, the district said, «will occur within the collective bargaining meetings and within the consultation process as appropriate, and will involve use of sub-committees and focus groups as needed.»

From that «ah - ha moment» nearly 8 years ago have grown both a thriving home visiting effort in schools throughout the district (teachers conducted 1600 home visits in the 2016 — 17 school year) and a broader effort to partner with parents in improving educational opportunities.