Sentences with phrase «public school board engaged»

Last month, the Denver Public School Board engaged in a conversation with the district leadership about the current state of yellow schools.

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Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Parents can influence school board members and public officials by participating in meetings, voting, and engaging in discussions of education matters and child advocacy issues.

«Our general view is, the more adults you have in positions of influence like school boards and planning committees, the more adults engaged in learning about and understanding public education, the better off you are,» says Tompkins.

By focusing on raising student achievement through strong local governance and by actively engaging the community, school boards provide leadership for academic success in our public schools.

Perhaps it was Schaefer's public dispute with the city's first black superintendent, which became an intensely racial conflict between community activists and the mostly white school board, that sensitized him to the political costs of becoming too deeply engaged in school affairs.

The councilmember went on to praise the important work done by the DC Public Charter School Board in holding charter schools accountable, stressing the need to engage with both DCPS and charter school students and schools on a consistent School Board in holding charter schools accountable, stressing the need to engage with both DCPS and charter school students and schools on a consistent school students and schools on a consistent basis.

From 2006 to 2011, NSBA and its Center for Public Education collaborated with Pre-K Now, a campaign of the Pew Center on the States, to engage school boards in support of high - quality, voluntary prekindergarten education.

Traditional MPS schools that are fully accountable to the elected school board and whose operations are completely transparent to the public do not have the luxury, privately subsidized budget, or time to engage in marketing of their school, nor should they!

· What additional steps might be considered to further engage the board in advocating for public education and local school governance?

hold an active National Board Certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and be employed as a teacher in a public school in Virginia on September 30 of the current school year with at least 50 percent of the regular school day engaged in direct instruction with students; and

By providing parents, students and teachers with a way to engage in the process, set districts priorities and lift up our democratically elected School Board, we are giving education justice a fighting chance against education «reformers» who seek to privatize and profit off our public schools.

Over the next 90 days, the State Board of Education will engage a Technical Advisory Committee to conduct independent analyses of data, based on public input, to further refine the system of grading our schools before the release of final letter grades for school year 2016 - 17.

«These school districts have made notable progress in raising student achievement and engaging the community while confronting some of the most challenging conditions in public education,» says Van Henri White, president of the Rochester, New York, school board and chair of the CUBE Steering Committee.

• Discounted legal products including model board policies, Student Code of Conduct, and a Personnel Handbook • Access to the Learning Zone, TCSA's robust online training portal, and discounted registration rates for the Texas Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter schoolsschools

We need your help engaging teachers, parents, and board members in defining the truth about public charter schools.

Educators Paul Tweed and Liz Seubert share how a vision that began in a school bus turned mobile lab became a teacher - powered public charter school, and how their «Seven Essentials» have led to engaged students, pleased parents, and a trusting board that empowers the learning community.

An amendment was added on the floor to state that county superintendents shall devote his or her entire time to public school business, unless authorized to engage in outside employment by the county board of education.