Sentences with phrase «schools chancellor kaya»

«Academic success and engagement are not mutually exclusive,» argued DC Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson.

D.C. public schools chancellor Kaya Henderson talked about signs of progress in her third annual State of the Schools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses system wide.

Former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson has not denied that she used her power to place the children of government officials in high - demand schools, even though those schools had long wait lists.

While she has increased efficiency by consolidating district schools that have lost students to charter schools, Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Kaya Henderson initially seemed intent on preventing charters from accessing the empty buildings.

Not exact matches

In 2007, when Kaya Henderson, current chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools, was deputy chancellor, the struggling school system came under mayoral control.

If You Want to Go Far, Go Together with Kaya Henderson, chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools and Josephine Bias Robinson, chief of Office of Family and Public Engagement for Office of the Chancellor at District of Columbia Public Schools.

February 14: Driving Change: Challenges Superintendents Face in Urban Schools Kaya Henderson, Dean's Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, was joined by Tommy Chang, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, and Tom Boasberg, superintendent of Denver Public Schools.

Kaya Henderson, former chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools; Dean's Distinguished Visiting Fellow, HGSE

This forum, hosted for educators and by educators to discuss pressing education issues, will feature Russell Quaglia, founder and president of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations; Kaya Henderson, chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools; and Bena Kallick, ASCD author and international consultant in group dynamics, creative and critical thinking, and alternative assessment strategies.

THE TIMING couldn't have been more propitious as Kaya Henderson delivered her first formal address since becoming D.C. school chancellor three years ago.

Kaya Henderson talks about her time as the District of Columbia's school chancellor.

Following Rhee's resignation in 2010 after Adrian Fenty lost the Democratic mayoral primary, the new schools chancellor, Kaya Henderson, continued to promote her predecessor's policies — albeit in a less polarizing way.

Among the presenters will be former Education Secretary John B. King, Jr.; civil rights activist and former Baltimore schools administrator Deray McKesson; Kaya Henderson, former chancellor of D.C. schools; and Brittany Packnett, vice president of national community alliances for Teach For America; as well as several others.

With strong mayoral leadership and a passionate commitment to reform from D.C. Schools chancellors Michelle Rhee and Kaya Henderson, DCPS started emphasizing accountability.

«We're no longer a one - hit wonder,» said Kaya Henderson, chancellor of D.C. Public Schools.

Kaya Henderson is the outgoing chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools.

(Incidentally, former Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee instituted a teacher evaluation system a few years ago that had 50 percent of individual assessments linked to student test scores — in courses where standardized tests were given — but her successor, Kaya Henderson, just dropped it down to 35 percent because of problems with the system.)

Mayor Vincent C. Gray intends to name interim schools leader Kaya Henderson as permanent schools chancellor this week to replace Michelle A. Rhee, according to a source close to the situation.