Sentences with phrase «far fewer school districts»

Far fewer school districts have taken advantage of the grant program than the state expected.

Not exact matches

Todd Drafall, the district's business manager, said the schools are open to providing healthy food options but are limited by finances, which were further strained by a slight increase in the past few years of students qualifying for free and reduced - cost lunches.

He plans to meet with District 214 officials and high school representatives within the next few weeks to discuss the plan further.

Examples of school districts targeting stimulus funds to benefit English - language learners have been few and far between.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: You mentioned parental notification and, as far as we can tell, very few school districts have taken the step of notifying parents about the qualifications of their teachers.

But few have gone as far as Indianapolis, where the district is now authorizing what it calls innovation network schools: districts schools that are run by outside contractors, with their own independent boards and full charter - style autonomy.

And since charter schools enroll far fewer students than district - run public schools, the positive impact on charters should be greater than the negative effect on district schools, where the loss of income will be more broadly distributed.

And, because far fewer schools will be labeled as failing, fewer children and their families will be given at least the opportunity to transfer to a higher performing public school in the district.

«There are far too few counselors, librarians, and other HHS staff to serve the needs of the District's 651,000 K - 12 students,» it said, adding that it was «particularly alarming that there is not a full time nurse at every school while a measles outbreak is right at the door of LAUSD.

Instead, most teachers only have the chance to expand their leadership responsibilities by assuming an administrative position, which requires them to leave the classroom entirely.4 Even if teachers do not want to leave the classroom, pursuing a role in administration may be their only way to achieve increases in pay, responsibility, and autonomy.5 Although some school districts implement career pathways, diverse leadership roles for teachers are few and far between.

While the gap among special education students was far smaller — 17 percent for charter schools and 21 percent for the district — Stutman contended that charter schools have relatively few students with serious disabilities.

Charter schools in New York City have seen far fewer violent incidents than district schools over the past few years, and have seen an overall decrease in violence.

As NPE noted, these forms of instruction are «potentially profitable» because the schools receive the same funding per student that a standard district public or charter school would get, «while having far fewer costs for teachers, services, transportation or facilities.»

Dr. Tiffani Curtis, Principal of Henry Johnson Charter School in Albany said, «At Henry Johnson Charter, we are helping students achieve and we're doing great work in a district where great school options are few and far beSchool in Albany said, «At Henry Johnson Charter, we are helping students achieve and we're doing great work in a district where great school options are few and far beschool options are few and far between.

This school has one of the most progressive principals in teh school district from what I've seen so far and heard from staff parents and friends (giving informative and inspiring daily morning assemblies on the playground which quite a few parents attend) and this school feels more inclusive from what i can tell so far since my child transferred from Fox Elementary in his second half off Kindergarten.