Sentences with phrase «more effective superintendents»

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More and brighter lights appeared to be the most cost - effective, short - term answer, said Jeff Acks, superintendent of parks and planning.

The authors note that strong leadership in the state and district superintendents» offices, along with more district and school staff experience, will allow schools to concentrate less on basic survival and more on effective operations and better student outcomes.

Their most effective strategy — working with superintendents to create far more high - performing traditional schools that would lure parents away from charters — might require dramatic changes to teachers» contracts that unions have spent decades winning.

But, if district - level efforts at school transformation are to be more efficient and effective, what role should the superintendent — essentially a district's CEO — play to move schools toward higher levels of student achievement?

In particular, superintendents said that the quantity and quality of new teachers is decreasing and that districts need to become more effective in training teaching staff.

Other public school superintendents and principals are sending letters telling parents what a great opportunity taking the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field Test will be because they will be helping develop a more effective Common Core test for future students.

The use of OER encourages collaboration among educators and is often more cost effective than traditional textbooks,» said Brad C. Smith, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Utah.

The Syracuse City School District's Board of Education and the entire Syracuse community have charged Superintendent Contreras with improving student achievement and making the school district's systems more effective and efficient.

Our Theory of Action for Change is training school board - superintendent teams in Reform Governance ® in Action to create and empower more effective and productive governance teams.

The discussion is a continuation of last year's luncheon and discussion, SAYL officials said, during which several San Antonio school superintendents said more effective early literacy programs are needed in order to address reading deficiencies among elementary school children.

North Carolina's superintendent of public schools is asking lawmakers to delay a planned $ 5.1 million cut to the state education agency's operating budget for the 2018 - 19 school year, saying his agency needs the money to be more efficient and effective.