Sentences with phrase «providers run their districts»

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He faces at least two primary challengers: pharmacist Ken Reed, who finished second to Mooney in 2014's crowded GOP primary, and mortgage provider Marc Savitt, who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination in Virginia's 10th District in 2014.

New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Baltimore are among the districts pursuing strategies, largely focused on high schools, to open new schools, bring in outside providers to run some of them, and offer a broader array of choices to families.

It would favor providers with deep pockets, e.g., district - run schools and online vendors supported by large foundations.

More than twenty years ago, Paul Hill wrote Reinventing Public Education, a landmark book that argued that school districts should get out of the business of running schools directly and contract with for - profit and non-profit providers instead.

Although these are state - run programs, as a Foundation for Excellence in Education report last year noted, districts can also expand their business models by acting as providers in the Course Access marketplace.

So, too, are numerous traditional school districts — including those who run their own programs and those who oversee contracts with private providers.

It has 100 different providers, ranging from large for - profits (the three biggest programs in Texas are all for - profits) to more typical regional universities to district - run programs.

Several states — including Florida, New Mexico, and Utah — have passed recent legislation requiring that districts allow students to choose their own online learning providers, whether that means state - run online schools, virtual charters, or private providers.

The landscape of subsidized OST programs includes those operated by public schools and public charter schools; those run by District government agencies, such as the Department of Parks and Recreation; and those organized by non-school entities that receive public funding, such as community based providers (CBOs).

These examples range from traditional preparation programs and alternative certification providers to state - and district - run programs and serve teacher candidates as early as high school and as late as midcareer.

Whether such programs are run by traditional teacher preparation programs, districts, or alternative certification providers, they have great potential to transform teachers» entry into the teaching profession.

The type of residency program — whether run through a teacher preparation program, an alternative certification provider, or a school district — matters less than the quality of the program.