Sentences with phrase «innovative school effort»

Dr. Trover is also engaged with the IRISE Team (Illinois Rural Innovative School Effort) to bring Early College, Career Readiness, and Powerful Teaching Strategies to 10 Rural Southern Illinois Schools.

She previously served as the IRISE Project Manager (Illinois Rural Innovative School Effort).

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As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

The Rockefeller Foundation last week launched a three - part, multi-million-dollar initiative designed to encourage widespread adoption of innovative school - reform efforts targeting the needs of at - risk children.

About the Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) at Harvard University The Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) is a university - wide effort initiated by the Harvard Graduate School of Education to focus academic research, public education, and innovative outreach activities toward eliminating achievement gaps.

VOISE is part of Chicago's Renaissance 2010 effort to create innovative schools that provide high - quality educational options.

These groundbreakers support innovative efforts so that schools and other educational institutions contribute to peace, progress, social development, developing opportunity, understanding and the expansion of all human capabilities and talents.

For that to happen, small schools must mature into a stronger movement by formulating serious proposals for assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseers.

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, CalifSchool of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, Califschool in Novato, California.

«To deliver on the promise of the White House Opportunity Agenda, we must identify and scale innovative ways for school counselors to lead college readiness efforts.»

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

I'm looking forward to working within a district currently in the process of so many innovative and exciting school reform efforts.

One area under particular scrutiny is education, where funding for programs such as charter and pilot schools, mainstays in the effort to bring innovative teaching...

At the same time, they fault fellow education Leftists for «opposing innovative efforts to transform the organization of public education and the governance of schooling.»

This school in Chula Vista, California, has been recognized for its innovative efforts to support the needs of its multilingual student population through the use of technology - enhanced project - based learning.

Speak Truth to Power's innovative curriculum and programs stretch from kindergarten all the way to law school in an effort to do so.

Since 2000, the foundation has invested $ 2 billion in innovative school models, improved systems for data and accountability, and school district efforts.

One area under particular scrutiny is education, where funding for programs such as charter and pilot schools, mainstays in the effort to bring innovative teaching practices into broader use, has long been a political hot topic.

SMB: We should take a page from the successful, ongoing efforts that address the lingering lag in girls» and women's participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and leadership positions: 1) mentoring and role - modeling programs that involve more men in schools, particularly men who hold other than traditionally male jobs so that students see men in a variety of careers; 2) a national fathers» reading campaign to engage more fathers in reading to their children; and 3) increased funding for innovative programs that engage students in literacy activities in and out of school.

While leading the Kentucky schools, Dr. Holliday introduced innovative programs, led high student performance and brought national recognition to the state for its education improvement efforts.

Nowhere is this more important than in the charter school movement, where so many educators sign up to be a part of exciting, innovative efforts to improve education.

Each year nominations are accepted and evaluated by a selection panel that chooses new honorees based on: their pioneering efforts in the development / growth of charter schools; their long term commitment and contributions to charter schools and education; their innovative ideas and successful implementation of those ideas; and their inspiration to others in the charter school movement.

Participants heard from, and discussed with, high - level education policy leaders in an effort to develop an understanding of the policy conditions, such as capacity building, professional development, funding, Common Core - aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessments, etc., that will allow support for innovative approaches, such as those featured in the site visits to schools, to expand.

In particular, the funds will support our efforts to identify innovative practices and provide technical assistance to a cohort of charter schools, publish our Annual Research Synthesis, and grow our Equity Coalition to engage key partners in both the special education and charter school sectors.»

«At my request, business leader Austin Beutner has assembled the LA Unified Advisory Task Force, bringing together innovative civic, education and other leaders to support our efforts to improve District schools and accelerate student achievement,» King said in a statement.

In pursuit of advancing educational equity for all students under ESSA, acting U.S. Secretary of Education John King has recently called for supporting «innovative, voluntary locally - driven efforts to promote socioeconomic diversity in schools.»

The call from President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to transform 5,000 of the country's failing schools has been backed with large sums of money for innovative efforts.

Whether working in Indianapolis Public Schools or one of the city's innovative charters, Indianapolis Teaching Fellows make a difference in a state that is leading reform efforts nationally.

Teachers unions were very supportive of school integration in Wake County, and the very positive role they can play on national policy was underlined in December, when the National Education Association announced an effort to establish 100 new peer assistance and review programs to better train and, if necessary, weed out ineffective teachers; and the American Federation of Teachers proposed an innovative approach to raise academic achievement in a low - income community in West Virginia by going after the effects of poverty directly.

FOSTERING NEW COMMUNITY - DESIGNED SCHOOLS: Our School Design Lab supports efforts across Oakland to grow innovative and proven educational models and cultivate transformative leaders for our community sSCHOOLS: Our School Design Lab supports efforts across Oakland to grow innovative and proven educational models and cultivate transformative leaders for our community schoolsschools.

The goal is to coordinate the city's existing cultural and educational resources in an effort to create sustainable access to innovative arts learning for all Chicago Public School students.

We can help you learn how to effectively drive school improvement efforts, support and implement innovative teaching practices, and build commitment and ownership among teams.

As Superintendent, Dr. King spearheaded new and innovative efforts to improve Los Angeles» public education system, including the District's first - ever Promising Practices Forum, which brought L.A. Unified charter school and district educators together to share best practices.

The Fellowship is a two - year, cohort - based program that identifies innovative leaders in the educational equity movement, facilitates their dynamic growth, and strengthens their collective efforts to dramatically improve public schools for low - income children and communities.

Our collective efforts in flexible learning spaces with creative and innovative professionals is atypical in a school setting and is being recognized by others worldwide.

There is also some innovative curriculum development efforts being done by teachers, schools, and others on the margins; this includes the efforts by Harlem Link Charter School in New York City to make sure that students are learning reading, math, history, and science throughout all of their classes.

Architects and educational leaders should consider four (4) steps in their efforts to design truly innovative schools: i) being collaborative and building partnerships, ii) communicating continually, iii) creating opportunities to see, feel and...

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

Before taking the helm of Partners in School innovation in June of 2009, Derek served as Executive Director of the Opportunity Zone in Prince George's County in Maryland where he led critical efforts to instill innovative school options as a core component of district - wide rSchool innovation in June of 2009, Derek served as Executive Director of the Opportunity Zone in Prince George's County in Maryland where he led critical efforts to instill innovative school options as a core component of district - wide rschool options as a core component of district - wide reform.

Efforts to improve troubled city schools by first hiring innovative, ambitious principals to lead those schools have been more successful than she anticipated, Anderson said.

The announcement incorporates several improvements the Department has made to the grant competition in its efforts to support school districts and nonprofit organizations in partnership with schools to pursue innovative ideas that increase student success.

Across the country, 46 schools, six districts, and six postsecondary institutions are being honored for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education.

Gray described the initiative he is leading, CEE - Trust, a network of 18 city - based organizations that support education innovation and reform, and discussed the efforts of a CEE - Trust working group that is exploring innovative ways to rapidly expand the supply of high - quality charter schools in seven CEE - Trust cities.

Many instead involve conscious efforts to use school choice and housing opportunity strategies in innovative and appropriate ways.

During a time when large numbers of low - income children are continuing to fall behind academically, however, an innovative approach to educating them with both academics and enrichment such as sports and arts has emerged: expanded learning time as part of school - reform efforts.

WestEd is a leader in moving research into practice by conducting research and development (R&D) programs, projects, and evaluations; by providing training and technical assistance; and by working with national, regional, state, and local policymakers and practitioners to carry out large - scale school improvement and innovative change efforts.

Dave Calhoun, the director of research, evaluation, and assessment for Fresno Unified, one of the CORE districts, stressed that the innovative efforts were more focused on school improvement, rather than high - stakes accountability.

Our innovative work with family engagement staff and school leadership also supports school - wide efforts to engage families as learning partners.

WestEd has been a leader in moving research into practice by conducting research and development (R&D) programs, projects, and evaluations; by providing training and technical assistance; and by working with policymakers and practitioners at state and local levels to carry out large - scale school improvement and innovative change efforts.

Klein has also become a contributor to The Atlantic; his latest piece, in August, denounced «ideological foes of business» contribution to the public good» who resist efforts of private firms to sell innovative products to public schools.