Sentences with phrase «public school districts across the state»

There are about 4,500 school buildings in the 733 public school districts across the state.

In addition, public school districts across the state will have their state aid reduced by nearly $ 43 million to pay the costs of voucher students who reside in their districts and who first enrolled in and participated in the Statewide or Racine voucher programs in 2015 - 16 or later.

As part of Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell's «leadership strategies,» designed to urge superintendents to «encourage» parents to have their children take the SBAC test rather than to opt out, the commissioner called in superintendents from public school districts across the state to the department's Hartford headquarters for a «training session» on how effectively to communicate with parents.

Not exact matches

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.

The programme which will kick off in April this year, with three hundred (300) Coding Centers across six (6) Education Districts in Lagos State to be commissioned, marking the beginning of the CodeLagos after - school programme in both public and private schools — primary, secondary & tertiary.

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

This week, the Kingston City School District, like public school districts across New York, administered state assessment tests iSchool District, like public school districts across New York, administered state assessment tests ischool districts across New York, administered state assessment tests in math

This week, the Kingston City School District, like public school districts across New York, administered state assessment tests in math for students in grades School District, like public school districts across New York, administered state assessment tests in math for students in grades school districts across New York, administered state assessment tests in math for students in grades 3 - 8.

«I've come here with organizers and public school parents and students from across the state to demand public schools in every district get the resources they need regardless of the students» zip code, regardless of the students» skin color.»

The group says it has filed 2,500 public records requests with government agencies across the state, including tiny villages and school districts, asking for their «checkbooks» — records of all expenditures in a given year.

Any voucher - type proposal that relies on funds currently appropriated to Title I would not simply shift funds from public to private schools — it would significantly redistribute federal funds within states across school districts, and within districts across public schools, reducing progressivity.

In response to large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education funding.

The CREDO study assessed the performance of charter schools compared to traditional public schools across 15 states and the District of Columbia.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — In some school districts across the United States, public school buildings sit vacant while nearby charter schools searching for space are turned away.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

Join Todd Wirt, assistant superintendent for academics with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), N.C., and Carol Wetzel, senior director with Discovery Education, as they discuss the challenges WCPSS faced implementing Common Core State Standards across the district and how they determined the best way to scale professional development for its 11,000 teachers as they embarked on this digital and instructional journey.

In education, she studies the effectiveness of senior leadership teams in large urban school districts across the United States and the conditions that enhance organizational learning in public school systems.

In furtherance of his work in educational leadership development, he is founder and president of the Partnership for Deliberate Excellence, LLC, through which he is working with school districts across the United States to improve the quality of public education.

Under NCLB, for the first time, schools were required to measure improvement in student achievement across all groups of students, and each state, district, and school was required to lay the results out on the table for parents and the public to see.

By 1969, more than 200 private segregation academies were set up in states across the South.38 Seven of those states — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana — maintained tuition grant programs that offered vouchers to students in an effort to incentivize white students to leave desegregated public school districts.39 Between the 1969 - 70 and the 1970 - 71 school years, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi saw tens of thousands of students flee to newly opened segregation academies.40 In a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schools.

This school year, the South Carolina Public Charter School District oversees 35 public charter schools serving approximately 22,000 students across the school year, the South Carolina Public Charter School District oversees 35 public charter schools serving approximately 22,000 students across the Public Charter School District oversees 35 public charter schools serving approximately 22,000 students across the School District oversees 35 public charter schools serving approximately 22,000 students across the public charter schools serving approximately 22,000 students across the state.

While many charter schools across the state achieved impressive gains, charter schools in San Diego County and in Oakland Unified School District experienced the most dramatic student achievement gains relative to their neighboring public schools.

This school year, the South Carolina Public Charter School District will oversee 35 public charter schools serving approximately 23,000 students across the school year, the South Carolina Public Charter School District will oversee 35 public charter schools serving approximately 23,000 students across the Public Charter School District will oversee 35 public charter schools serving approximately 23,000 students across the School District will oversee 35 public charter schools serving approximately 23,000 students across the public charter schools serving approximately 23,000 students across the state.

Since 2000, the Gates Foundation has spent roughly $ 2 billion dollars in the creation of small schools in public school districts across the United States.

Educators from other school districts from across the state are also planning to travel to Raleigh that day to show support for public education.

Chavez Schools join with other public charter schools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their commuSchools join with other public charter schools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their commuschools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their communities.

«Across the United States, school districts have relied on this template to build strong systems that provide a solid education for their students, and the model makes great sense for Puerto Rico as well,» said David Kirp, a public policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

She also served in both the human capital and charter school offices at the Louisiana Department of Education and Recovery School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the school offices at the Louisiana Department of Education and Recovery School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the state.

Charter schools are free, autonomous public schools that operate independent of traditional school district policies and many state regulations, giving them the autonomy and flexibility that are the hallmarks of high - performing schools across the country.

Across the state, both traditional district and public charter schools made improvements in both English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

As states across the country rapidly adopt their own requirements for student data privacy, NSBA supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and of the families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable information.

Community organizations, individual schools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public Sschools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public SchoolsSchools.

North Carolina public school leaders say a legislative mandate to decrease class sizes in the early grades may have a devastating impact on school systems across the state, forcing districts to spend millions more hiring teachers or cut scores of positions for those teaching «specialty» subjects such as arts, music and physical education.

CCSA released three new accountability tools that provide a variety of school level data for every traditional district school and charter public school across the state, online in one location for families, teachers, charter school authorizers and school communities for critical decision - making purposes.

Because virtual charter students are pulled from districts across the state, Schauss said the funding formula is slightly different from traditional public schools, which rely on enrollment projections to help guide appropriations.

As states across the country rapidly adopt their own requirements for student data privacy, the National School Boards Association supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable informSchool Boards Association supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable informschool districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable information.

CCSA released two new accountability tools that provide a variety of school level data for every traditional district school and charter public school across the state to help school leaders, teachers, families, charter school authorizers and school communities make critical decisions.

As the focus of public policy begins to broaden to include not only beginning reading but also reading comprehension, the time is right for a reemergence of content literacy programs in school districts across the United States.

After another year of steady growth, Metro Nashville Public Schools once again earned «Intermediate» status under the State Department of Education's accountability framework, outperforming districts across Tennessee.

Nearly 9 in 10 respondents said it was a problem for public schools in low - income communities to have fewer qualified teachers than public schools in wealthier areas, and a majority felt that shortages should not be resolved by recruiting individuals who are not fully prepared — the very thing many districts have been forced to do in response to deep shortages across the state.

Policymakers must ensure the public is served: especially the children, families and school districts across the state.

Tutor.com powers tutoring and homework help programs for the Department of Defense; school districts across the country; colleges and universities; the states of Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota and Rhode Island; and, the District of Columbia and thousands of public libraries.

Our network has grown to 150 innovative public schools, district and charter, K - 12, in urban and rural communities across 30 states, and today, we also partner directly with school districts to transform teaching through our open - source EL Education Language Arts curriculum and coaching.

The incubator, named the Center for Charter School Excellence in Tennessee, will support and help fund the development of high - performing public charter schools in Metro Nashville, and expand to provide charter school incubation support in school districts across the state within three School Excellence in Tennessee, will support and help fund the development of high - performing public charter schools in Metro Nashville, and expand to provide charter school incubation support in school districts across the state within three school incubation support in school districts across the state within three school districts across the state within three years.

Across Connecticut, public school districts report a loss of talented candidates to neighboring states and private schools, largely because of hurdles in the state's current certification process.

Although it contained cuts that were painful to make and difficult for school districts and communities across the state to face, the bipartisan budget passed and signed into law in October did take steps in the direction of more equitable education funding for Connecticut's nearly 540,000 public school students.

More than 40 school districts across the United States have stopped talking about district and charter schools as two systems locked in battle and begun using a portfolio strategy to manage their public schools.