Sentences with phrase «school boards rate»

School boards rate teachers on an A-to-E scale, but teachers are never told what their ratings are (though they do get feedback).

In the performance review, the school board rated Brizard as «inconsistently meets» expectations for management of human resources and talent and communications and collaboration.

Not exact matches

You can advertise on school bulletin boards, at public libraries and community centers, and charge an hourly rate.

[34] This is comparable to the additional revenue that a 4.5 cent across - the - board increase in the federal reimbursement rate for all school lunches would generate.

The school board unanimously approved the new rates Tuesday.

Those rates, however, require that the school board agrees to absorb tens of thousands of dollars in expenses into the...

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Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

A statewide high school graduation rate of 95 percent is a long - range goal under an ambitious draft plan presented to the state Board of Regents, several of whom voiced skepticism about the proposal.

Adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers in 2011, the property - tax cap mandates that school districts, town boards, county boards and other local governments keep the growth of their tax levies at 2 percent or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower.

Brian Fessler with the New York State School Boards said with the state property tax cap set at 2 percent or lower, depending on the rate of inflation, schools don't have many ways of raising extra funds.

A coalition of education groups — including the school boards association, the Council of School Superintendents and the state's teachers union — are calling for changes to the cap that would eliminate tying the cap to the rate of inflation, making the limit a 2 percent cap on levy incrschool boards association, the Council of School Superintendents and the state's teachers union — are calling for changes to the cap that would eliminate tying the cap to the rate of inflation, making the limit a 2 percent cap on levy incrSchool Superintendents and the state's teachers union — are calling for changes to the cap that would eliminate tying the cap to the rate of inflation, making the limit a 2 percent cap on levy increases.

One city school board member is pushing for Rochester's Freedom School model to be duplicated to help improve student attendance, parental engagement and graduation school board member is pushing for Rochester's Freedom School model to be duplicated to help improve student attendance, parental engagement and graduation School model to be duplicated to help improve student attendance, parental engagement and graduation rates.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

On Tuesday, August 21, the North Rockland Central School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignaSchool District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignaschool year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignations.

Brian Fessler, with the New York State School Boards, says with the state property tax cap set at 2 percent or lower, depending on the rate of inflation, schools don't have many ways of raising extra funds.

ALBANY — A statewide high school graduation rate of 95 percent is a long - range goal under an ambitious draft plan presented Monday to the state Board of Regents.

In a letter of support for the project, U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins wrote»... this company's vision includes the first of its kind partnership with the «Say Yes Buffalo» program in which The Phoenix Brewery Apartments LLC will donate 10 % of its projects once stabilized to this board based community education collaborative to increase high school and postsecondary completion rates.»

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about an arrest of a former college student who threatened to commit a mass shooting at an unknown elementary school and a group to review teacher ratings system used by the New York State Board of Regents.

The New York State Board of Regents has cleared the way for a new career pathways for high school students aimed at improving graduation rates.

BY SARA GILBERT On Tuesday, August 21, the North Rockland Central School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignaSchool District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignaschool year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignations.

Southold school board president Paulette Ofrias said in an Aug. 14 letter addressed to the state comptroller's office that although the district agrees that six of the 25 claims were confirming purchase orders, the school district doesn't believe the rate of confirming purchase orders observed in the sample size is «indicative of the total population of claims processed.»

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is distancing himself from the school board and its fight with State Education Commissioner John King over poor academic performance and low graduation rates.

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But voters chose to retain the right to go to the polls each year to elect school board members and decide whether to approve 20 mills of property taxes for schools, a flat rate that is...

Oklahoma's state school board wants to make sure not only that principals around the state report data on school - dropout and college - remediation rates, but also that the data get presented to local school boards for discussion.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

Only one in nine high - school students uses outside coaching courses to prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but those who do so rate them as helpful in raising scores, according to a new survey by the College Board.

Public opinion polls — paid for by Vallas through the school board — showed support for Vallas that sometimes beat the mayor's approval ratings.

Schools that receive the severe fail rating may experience more dramatic consequences: these can include changes in the school leadership team and the school's governing board, increased resources, as well as increased oversight from the inspectors.

As Starr pointed out in his memo to school board members, the alternative school programs» graduation rate in SY2012 — 13 was just 8.9 percent compared to the 88.3 percent graduation rate for the county as a whole.

In the paper, Frederick M. Hess and Coby Loup examine the contracts — forged with unions or set mainly through school board policies — in the 50 largest districts, rating them on a scale that ranges from «highly flexible» to «highly restrictive.»

At the same time, U.S. presidents, governors, school boards, and businesses have spent billions of dollars on public education and out - of - school - time programs to bring down the high - school dropout rate.

In October 2003, over opposition from the Orleans Parish School Board, voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment, by a 60 to 40 percent margin, allowing the state to assume control of public schools that received an «academically unacceptable» rating four years in a row, applied retroactively so that failing New Orleans schools could be taken over sooner.

Across all the school - board and bond elections, the median difference in turnout rates between these teachers and ordinary citizens is just 7 percent, which could be simply due to social class.

With no real power over revenues, local school boards in California face little incentive to conserve on costs as a means to lower tax rates.

Instead, school boards use the ratings to forcibly move teachers from school to school, so that no single school ends up with all the best teachers.

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

Furthermore, our research shows that board members of higher - performing D.C. charter schools, when compared to those at lower - performing ones, are more knowledgeable about their schools (particularly relative to its performance rating, demographics, and financial outlook), and more apt to evaluate their leaders using staff satisfaction as a factor in doing so.

Our survey response rate was strong (over 50 percent), and although this work is not causal, it reveals some tantalizing differences between board members of higher - and lower - performing schools, as well as a number of notable similarities — all of which raise questions and hypotheses worth exploring elsewhere.

A school may just be bad across - the - board, bad on graduation rates and bad on college - going rates.

Our graduation rates check out — because for years the DC Public Charter School Board has audited the transcript of every graduating senior.

When Congress passed charter school legislation for Washington, D.C., in 1995, our public schools were a national disgrace, characterized by decrepit buildings, a meddling school board, patronage - based employment, sky - high truancy, and some of the nation's lowest graduation rates and test scores.

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The eight Orleans Parish School Board high schools continued to post the highest graduation rate in the state.