Sentences with phrase «teachers in the district last»

Teachers in the district last year complained that not enough was invested in restorative initiatives, while at the same time they were expected to reduce suspensions.

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This week is the last week of school in my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD and after spending the last school year in and out of schools in the district, I decided to write a letter to these teachers to let them know that I'm grateful for the work they do, day after day, even -LSB-...]

They were not the first, nor would they be the last, teachers to attend the world premiere of «Exit Strategy,» written by Ike Holter and presented inside the Chicago Park District's Broadway Armory in Edgewater by Jackalope Theatre.

After the months spent in the last school year in a fight over teacher evaluations, the district stands to lose nearly $ 59 million in this year's fight over evaluations.

After the last round of elections, teachers union - backed candidates form the majority on the school boards of the three biggest districts in Erie County.

Nearly every school district in the state, with the notable exception of New York City, began evaluating teachers and principals last year on a scale of «ineffective» to «highly effective.»

Last night's meeting featured several West Seneca teachers and administrators who are also parents of kids in the school district.

NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American and LGBTQ community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.

Bing said he got involved in the issue during last year's budget process when his community school district seemed about to lose 19 percent of its teachers because of layoffs.

The City School District of New Rochelle and various interested parties including the Mayor and the head of the teachers union have repeatedly claimed that there is no «inequality» issue in New Rochelle between North End and South End schools in the wake of an article in The Journal News last summer.

We are the first place in the district Jessica Langford, a former math teacher at an Ohio middle school, pleaded not guilty last month to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

A local television station, KTRK - TV, last month alleged that unnamed district employees helped elementary bilingual teachers in...

Ojeda - Veras kindergarteners last year eagerly awaited their Thursday chats via Skype with students in teacher Julie Horrigans kindergarten class at Watergrass Elementary School, another of the 45 elementary schools in their sprawling district.

According to Carla Smith, her high school has produced three elementary school teachers and one para-educator in the last decade, all of whom work in Renton schools, which represents a meaningful contribution to the local district.

Teachers unions put boots on the streets in key electoral districts (when is the last time an urban center was considered a «key electoral district?»)

The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Carson City last month, seeks to keep both the legislature and Nevada voters from considering the proposed tax, which was sponsored by the Nevada State Education Association, the state teachers» union.

Late last spring I was asked to conduct a PBL workshop for teachers in a district that trumpeted STEM principles.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund last week announced nearly $ 10 million in grants for teacher professional - development programs in three urban districts.

The choice of a new leader for the union representing teachers in the District of Columbia — the first since a financial scandal sent its former president to federal prison last year — won't be decided until a runoff election is held later this month.

In fact, when was the last time your school or district took the time to recognize the day - to - day efforts of your best teachers?

HR 1310, introduced last Tuesday, includes a $ 250 - million block - grants program for teacher - training in school districts and $ 50 - million for higher education — both sought by Representative Carl D. Perkins of Kentucky, chairman of the Education and Labor Committee.

Over the last eight years, the district has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional computers that allow teachers to access the system; much of this funding has come from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»

In a sudden shift in negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialIn a sudden shift in negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialin negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district ofDistrict and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialin their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district ofdistrict officials.

Teachers in another major urban district, Chicago, continued on the job without a contract last week, but voted to authorize a strike on Oct. 3 if no settlement has been reached.

The plan, which was tested in 24 North Carolina districts last year, outlines 33 standards for teachers and 41 for principals that must be used in the evaluation procedures...

In upholding a lower - court ruling, the appellate court said last month that the rules governing the state's Excellence in Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the lawIn upholding a lower - court ruling, the appellate court said last month that the rules governing the state's Excellence in Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the lawin Teaching program — through which districts can receive extra aid to boost teacher salaries — deprived the excluded educators of their rights to equal protection of the laws.

This trend coincided roughly with a teacher hiring boom here in the United States, meaning these changes happened despite districts» employing more teachers, and it's likely to continue as states and districts continue to feel the pressure from unfunded pension and health care promises, which totaled $ 1.38 trillion at last count.

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District and the other six board members sued in state court last November to prevent Caroline Botwin, an English teacher, from taking office, arguing that she would face numerous conflicts of interest serving as both a school - board member and a teacher.

Citizens in Provo, Utah, voted late last month to approve the transfer of funds from the school district's capital - improvements budget in order to establish a career - ladder plan for teachers.

Last summer, for example, the Camden, New Jersey, school board outsourced its substitute hiring to a private vendor because the job was so onerous: between teachers calling in sick or on leave, the district needed to find subs for up to 40 percent of its teachers each day, it told the local newspaper.

Superintendent William A. Anton last week proposed shortening the school year from 180 to 163 days beginning next fall in an effort to save the district about $ 160 million in staff and teacher salaries and other costs.

[iii] Experienced teachers with better track records find it easier to find jobs elsewhere and the weakest teachers accumulate in the employers of last resort — low - income schools and districts.

For the last 10 years, she has worked with teachers and leaders in over 75 school districts to improve teacher and student learning.

Since last year, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $ 75 million in grants to schools and school districts interested in developing systems that reward good teaching and compensate teachers for taking jobs in hard - to - staff schools (low - performing and typically high - poverty schools).

Under an agreement reached last fall between the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers and the Robbinsdale Area Schools, teachers who begin work in the suburban Minneapolis district after July 1 will be eligible to earn up to $ 15,000 in additional pay by submitting a «performance portfolio» to a six - person review coTeachers and the Robbinsdale Area Schools, teachers who begin work in the suburban Minneapolis district after July 1 will be eligible to earn up to $ 15,000 in additional pay by submitting a «performance portfolio» to a six - person review coteachers who begin work in the suburban Minneapolis district after July 1 will be eligible to earn up to $ 15,000 in additional pay by submitting a «performance portfolio» to a six - person review committee.

Last year, more than 400 teachers and administrators from districts in Delaware, California, Colorado, and Georgia joined the study.

It didn't help Emanuel's relationship with CTU that nearly the first thing he did was to declare that the district was in a «fiscal emergency» and to rescind the teachers» 4 percent raise for 2011 — 12, the last year of the final Daley contract.

The lawsuit, filed late last month in a state district court, centers on the bilingual - education segment of the district's alternative - certification program for teachers and names seven plaintiffs.

Last year, some 21 states and the District of Columbia opted to rank teacher - preparation programs by measures of their graduates» effectiveness in the classroom, such as their value - added scores.

The first two districts received about 30 applications per position last year in previously hard - to - staff schools — making sustainably higher pay and increased planning time good not just for teachers, but for districts, too.

The nation's third - largest district announced last month it had reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Immigration and Naturalization Service to bring in foreign teachers for up to six years.

A federal judge in Arkansas last week ordered the Little Rock School District to reduce the number of teachers it plans to reassign in the upcoming school year as part of a comprehensive school - desegregation program.

Teachers in Salem, Mass., returned to work last week after a two - week walkout, and several districts around the country neared settlements in contract disputes.

Last spring, the math instructor was named teacher of the year by the Volusia County school district, an honor that an extensive selection process and an hour in his class suggest was richly deserved.

In the last three months of 2009, the education portion of the federal economic - stimulus program paid for 329,551 school - related jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and counselors, according to the latest reports that states and school districts filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Last week, school districts in five counties cancelled classes to allow teachers to gather for a «day of protest» in Hazard, in southeastern Kentucky.

The ambitious plan in some ways signals the progress made by the state - run district since last year, when school leaders struggled to provide the most basic services — enough teachers, orderly classrooms, clean restrooms, and hot lunches — in the storm - ravaged city.

As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, families and teachers in school districts that serve low - income students and students of color struggle to understand how to address the highly punitive, push - out climate of overtesting brought on by the No Child Left Behind Act, the ESEA's last reauthorization.

President Barack Obama's announcement last week of a wide - ranging anti-violence plan in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings comes as many districts are adopting new and sometimes dramatic measures — including arming teachers and volunteers — intended to prevent similar tragedies in their own schools.