In this age of accountability, I wonder if data and formulas that the common person can not understand (see also, School Climate
School Wide Agreement variance formula) are not diluting and distorting the REAL story of strong school culture.
Not exact matches
The
agreement proposes to evaluate a teacher's effect on students» learning in part with an unusual mix of individual and
school -
wide data from such sources as state standardized tests, high
school exit exams and district assessments, along with rates of high
school graduation, attendance and suspensions.
There will need to be a shared understanding of where the
school is going and
agreement on the high expectations we have in terms of student attainment and of
wider, exciting educational experiences.
(See also KPCC: LAUSD & UTLA Reach
Agreement Granting
Wider Autonomy to All
Schools on Teacher Placement and Budgets, and LAT: Individual Los Angeles
Schools Gain New Autonomy.)
The San Carlos Elementary
School District and Charter Learning Center reached an
agreement this week that covers a
wide range of topics, including facilities, accountability, special education, fundraising and enrollment.
Contracts negotiated with charter
schools can be better tailored to individual
schools, Carter said, as opposed to district -
wide contracts trying to encapsulate scores of
schools into one
agreement.
«We should be working on things like tenure reform, where we got
wide agreement from all the interested parties,» Greenwald said, «not on expanding on some ideological ground charter
schools in areas that aren't served by them.»
In fact, rarely in American history has there been such
wide - spread
agreement among researchers and practitioners alike regarding how to significantly improve
schools.
There's
wide agreement among education experts that teacher quality is the most important
school - based factor in how students do in
school.
Review digital citizenship
agreements for students at the elementary, middle, and high
school levels, as well as for professionals and the
wider community.
FUSE's management
agreements with public
school systems gave it
wide discretion over spending on salaries, rents, curriculum, equipment and other items.
In Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), Saskatchewan Queen's Bench Justice Neil Gabrielson found the firm billed the government too much for work related to the Indian Residential
Schools Settlement
Agreement, a country -
wide class action settlement which was approved about 10 years ago.