Sentences with phrase «small city school districts»

Testimony will also be provided by representatives from the United Federation of Teachers, New York State School Boards Association, New York State Council of School Superintendents, Conference of Big 5 School Districts, New York State Association of School Attorneys, Small City School Districts and Council of School Supervisors & Administrators.

«The court concludes that the plaintiffs have failed to establish their claim that the state has not met its constitutional obligation to provide the students in the eight small city school districts with the opportunity for a sound, basic education,» O'Connor wrote in her ruling.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about the University at Albany / CDTA bus incident and school funding for eight small city school districts including Kingston and Poughkeepsie.

In 2011, 60,420 people voted on school budgets in 37 suburban and small city school districts in Erie and Niagara counties.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

Easton, with AQE, says he's also hopeful about a newer lawsuit, filed in 2014 by eight small city school districts in New York, now winding its way through the courts.

So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially upstate, they were disproportionately hit in terms of rural districts and small city school districts.»

In November 2003, we were instrumental in defeating the «non-partisan election» ballot question in New York City and the raising of the debt limit for small city school districts.

In 2003, a proposal to exempt small city school districts from constitutional debt limits failed, despite support from the influential teachers union.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Not exact matches

Major City Directors Section Meeting CEP: Making It Work in Major City Districts (3310) Key Area 3 - Administration 7/14/2015, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Nadine Mann, PhD, RD, Zoe Neuberger, Stacy Koppen and Susan Ehrhart, SNS The national roll - out of the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has exceeded all expectations among small and mid-size school dDistricts (3310) Key Area 3 - Administration 7/14/2015, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Nadine Mann, PhD, RD, Zoe Neuberger, Stacy Koppen and Susan Ehrhart, SNS The national roll - out of the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has exceeded all expectations among small and mid-size school districtsdistricts.

The parents and children in Utica and seven other upstate school districts involved in the so - called «Small Cities Lawsuit» say their fight for obtaining more education funding is not done yet.

A flurry of lawsuits related to school aid is already in motion: An action brought by so - called «small - cities» districts is scheduled to go to trial in September.

Years after the Kingston City School District joined seven other small - city school districts in suing the state for what plaintiffs claimed were funding inequities, a judge ruled this week that the state had met its «constitutional obligation» in providing those districts with enough moCity School District joined seven other small - city school districts in suing the state for what plaintiffs claimed were funding inequities, a judge ruled this week that the state had met its «constitutional obligation» in providing those districts with enough School District joined seven other small - city school districts in suing the state for what plaintiffs claimed were funding inequities, a judge ruled this week that the state had met its «constitutional obligation» in providing those districts with enough mocity school districts in suing the state for what plaintiffs claimed were funding inequities, a judge ruled this week that the state had met its «constitutional obligation» in providing those districts with enough school districts in suing the state for what plaintiffs claimed were funding inequities, a judge ruled this week that the state had met its «constitutional obligation» in providing those districts with enough money.

Easton said he's also hopeful about a newer lawsuit, filed in 2014 by eight small school city districts in New York, which is now winding its way through the courts.

A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buiSchool District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buischool with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

A charter approved as part of the district's small - schools reform plan, Carver took over a failing high school in a poor neighborhood on the edge of the city.

As shown in Figure 1b, the share of students with autism is 0.2 percentage points smaller in charters than in district schools in Denver and 1 percentage point smaller in New York City.

Balancing those funder desires, New Visions created a Request for Proposals to all community school districts and high school superintendents in the city, inviting any group of educators to propose a small high school — limited to some 100 students per grade — with a focus on the Bronx, which had the highest concentration of low - performing schools.

White flight almost certainly altered the effects of desegregation policies in many cities, especially in places such as the Northeast, where school districts within metropolitan areas tend to be small and numerous.

[10] To these two we can add MDRC's study of small high schools in New York City, which also showed positive effects and could be used by districts for struggling high schools.

A small number of progressive leaders of major urban school systems are using school closure and replacement to transform their long - broken districts: Under Chancellor Joel Klein, New York City has closed nearly 100 traditional public schools and opened more than 300 new schools.

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.

«Several schools in each district are assigned as model schools and given a small amount of money from the district or the city to do some action research - style work.

They include a range of technical, service - oriented, and business - related career themes and are located in small cities and large urban school districts.

City and school leaders in Boston reached an agreement with the Boston Teachers» Union last week to expand the district's system of small, autonomous schools, ending a 2 - year - old standoff that had stalled the growth of the experimental program.

The Waconda district comprises four small towns — Cawker City, Downs, Glen Elder and Tipton — and seven schools spread over 411 square miles.

Because the city is smaller than many urban districts, school leaders could be very selective in choosing from the pool of educators who wanted to come and work there.

Blake is a small elementary school in an inner - city district.

And again, we're talking about a whole range of school districts: rural, small town - yes, large city school systems that may have more resources.

Schools in the study ranged from 28 - 92 % poverty, and included four rural, four small town, and one suburban school, as well as five inner - city schools from three large metropolitan disSchools in the study ranged from 28 - 92 % poverty, and included four rural, four small town, and one suburban school, as well as five inner - city schools from three large metropolitan disschools from three large metropolitan districts.

Mark recently served three years as president of the city - wide PTA in Albany, which is a small district with a high poverty rate, and more charter schools per capita than any other district in the state.

Margaret Terry Orr (PhD, Columbia) is a faculty member of Bank Street College of Education (NY) and directs its Future School Leaders Academy, a two - year school and district leadership preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city distSchool Leaders Academy, a two - year school and district leadership preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city distschool and district leadership preparation program in partnership with 30 + suburban and small city districts.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famiSchool in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income famischool year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Class Size Matters: A nonpartisan, nonprofit Clearinghouse for information on the proven benefits of smaller classes advocates for class size reduction in New York City, and the website provides information for all school districts.

In Emeryville, we partnered with the Emery Unified School District and the city to develop a new public partnership with business and arts organizations, and facilitated the redesign of the small district into two schools, a K - 5 and a 6 - 12 secondary sSchool District and the city to develop a new public partnership with business and arts organizations, and facilitated the redesign of the small district into two schools, a K - 5 and a 6 - 12 secondaryDistrict and the city to develop a new public partnership with business and arts organizations, and facilitated the redesign of the small district into two schools, a K - 5 and a 6 - 12 secondarydistrict into two schools, a K - 5 and a 6 - 12 secondary schoolschool.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

In Connecticut, which has significant suburban areas bordering New York City and small towns in the western part of the state, 82 percent of school districts are sparse or average.

We've worked with district and school leaders in San Rafael, a small city just north of San Francisco since 2008.

HAZLEHURST, Miss. — When the state took control of the Hazlehurst City school district in 2008, the small rural district was in chaos and suffering from abysmal academic performance.

For a range of reasons, include their remoteness, their generally small size and a lack of media coverage, teacher shortages in rural districts have received far less attention than those in inner - city schools.

In Davenport, the district invested heavily in creating Mid City High School, which offers smaller classes, a flexible schedule, and child care services.

District leaders also worked hard to protect the 75 percent of ILD time devoted to schools, even as they faced major structural changes — the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed dDistrict leaders also worked hard to protect the 75 percent of ILD time devoted to schools, even as they faced major structural changes — the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed dischools, even as they faced major structural changes — the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed diSchools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed diSchools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed districtdistrict.

The District is a relatively small city and allows its students to ride Metrobus or Metrorail at no cost through the Kids Ride Free program, but does not offer public school transportation.

Large Student Population District Category (12,000 students or more - in alphabetical order): Bibb County School District, GA Broward County Public Schools, FL Colorado Springs School District 11, CO DeKalb County School District, GA Flagler County Public Schools, FL Forsyth County Schools, GA Fullerton School District, CA Hampton City Schools, VA Northwest Independent School District, TX The School District of Osceola County, FL Richmond County Schools, GA Roanoke County Public Schools, VA Rock Hill Schools, SC Rowan - Salisbury Schools, NC Township High School District 214, IL Wilson County School District, TN Mid-sized Student Population Districts Category (3,000 - 12,000 students - in alphabetical order): Austin Public Schools # 492, MN Bergenfield Public School District, NJ Center Grove Community School Corporation, IN Charlottesville City Schools, VA City Schools of Decatur, GA Encinitas Union School District, CA Henry County Public Schools, VA Jefferson City Schools, GA Monroe County Schools, GA Oconee County Schools, GA Pickerington Local School District, OH Rome City Schools, GA St. Charles Parish Public Schools, LA Tift County Schools, GA Williamsburg - James City County Public Schools, VA Small Student Population Districts Category (3,000 students or less - in alphabetical order): Cedar Bluffs Public School, NE Chickamauga City School District, GA Coxsackie - Athens Central School District, NY Goochland County Public Schools, VA Greeneville City Schools, TN Juab School District, Utah Laguna Beach Unified School District, CA Lenoir City Schools, TN Lindop School District 92, IL Mannheim School District 83, IL Mineola Union Free School District, NY Pewaukee School District, WI Staunton City Schools, VA West Platte School District, MO

Unlike their peers in most parts of the country, school reformers in the City of Angels have long understood the importance of backing strong candidates for L.A. Unified board seats (as well as for seats on smaller districts throughout L.A. County).

The plan for a community school in Emeryville first surfaced more than 10 years ago and was seen as a way for this small, economically diverse city to lure more families to the under - enrolled district, increase test scores and create more of a community feel.

But the bigger problem with the district's statement may be this line, which said the 900 students who we know moved to charter schools was too small a number to impact the graduation rate: «Taken together, that is less than 1 percent of all the students in San Diego city schools.»

3) Virginia: K12 partners with over 2,000 school districts in the U.S. — large, small, urban and rural — including in Virginia (e.g. Alexandria City Public Schools in highly populated northern Virginia uses K12 for its online / blended programs.)