Sentences with phrase «several big districts»

Several big districts like those in New York City and Chicago have used credit recovery programs for a few years now.

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He put up a big early fundraising number, netted several key union endorsements and this week received his first nod from a Democratic county committee (Putnam) in the district.

Following his own statement and statements from several supporters, Espaillat answered questions from the press, including whether he believes that Charles Rangel has willfully neglected small business owners, how does he reconcile his criticisms with the reality that many local residents decried the lack of shopping and services before this «big - box» mall existed, whether his «40/40/20» housing formula, in place of the common «80/20», is a state or federal issue and his view of Congressman Rangel's argument that Rangel's experience allows him to more productively represent the district.

Several big - city districts agreed to experiment with this controversial and promising reform, thanks to the availability of «free» money from the federal government.

The chairman of the House education committee released a proposal late last week that would allow states and school districts to transfer money between several big - ticket programs contained in the main federal K - 12 law.

The fast - growing Clark County, Nev., school district has named a new superintendent, while leadership changes in several other big - city systems, including New York and Pittsburgh, continued to unfold last week.

As you will see in the summary report (by Fordham's Dara Zeehandelaar and Amber Winkler) and several technical papers to follow, economist and pension expert Robert Costrell and education - finance expert Larry Maloney parsed the budgets of the Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Philadelphia school districts to estimate just how big an impact their pension and retiree - health - care obligations will have on their bottom line in coming years.

Single - gender education has long been a pillar in the world of private schools, but in the past decade, several big - city school districts have opened all - boys schools designed to improve academic achievement and social - emotional skills for non-white students.

To help grow this break - the - mold high school, which draws students and financial support from several districts in the region, XQ: The Super School Project has awarded Iowa BIG $ 1 million in grant support.

The release of a new California School Dashboard — featuring ratings of schools and districts according to several accountability criteria — was big news recently.

District officials and county Superintendent Monroe said several additional factors have contributed to the overspending, including increases in special education costs, big spikes in pension payments and declining enrollment.

So have several big school districts in Florida, including Broward County, the sixth - largest district in the United States.

In a report on school safety released last October, Eden reached the conclusion that New York City's charter schools were «safer» than traditional district counterparts not by comparing raw data from the Big Apple's school climate survey or even using more - objective data such as incident reports over a period of several years.

«Big White Flower» and several of Lynch's most recent paintings comprise part of «A Silent Language,» the artist's fifth solo show for the Sears - Peyton Gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea art district.

For several years, The Barrie & District Association of Realtors has been supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Barrie and District as the title sponsor of the Showcase of Homes Tour.