Sentences with phrase «urban schools award»

Your school is one of 27 winners of the 2017 America's Best Urban Schools Award.

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Previous recipients of the award include former head of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins; civil rights attorney Mayo Bartlett, co-founder of Safe Passage; and Biondi School Assistant Principal Al Grimes, a member of the first African - American college relay team to win the National Invitational Two Mile Event.

Families moving into the town because of the award winning school district, district wide Universal Pre-Kindergarten, organic diversity, a mix of urban and suburban life, coupled with a big inventory of affordable homes has flooded the schools and left the district scrambling to make ends meet with less money.

Leonard Feldman, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Medicine - Pediatrics Urban Health Residency Program, has received an Educational Scholarship Award from the School of Medicine's Institute for Excellence in Education.

In just two years, Revere High School (RHS) went from a low - performing school as classified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to winning the 2014 High School Gold Award at the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San School (RHS) went from a low - performing school as classified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to winning the 2014 High School Gold Award at the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San school as classified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to winning the 2014 High School Gold Award at the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San School Gold Award at the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San Diego.

They range from East London Arts and Music in Tower Hamlets which was set up by award - winning urban music artists with the support of major music labels to widen access to the creative industries to Discovery School in Newcastle, a 14 - 19 school that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the NorthSchool in Newcastle, a 14 - 19 school that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the Northschool that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the North East.

Assistant Professor Nonie Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar last week earning a $ 350,000 award to be given over five years in support of her research on English - language learners in urban public schools.

The Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington - based advocacy group for 66 of the nation's largest urban school districts, presented Mr. Forgione with the award at a dinner on Oct. 23, during its annual conference in Houston.

In addition, as a result of its reputation within the educational consulting sector, the organization has also developed a relationship with the prestigious Broad Prize, which annually awards one million dollars to the top performing urban school districts in the United States.

As one of the program's 1,169 recipients, Steele fell into the greater category of those who would have chosen an underperforming urban school regardless of the $ 20,000 awarded to those in a teacher licensure program.

In 2004, he received the Richard R. Green Award for Excellence in Urban Education from the Council on Great City Schools.

In April 2007, Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar earning a $ 350,000 award to be given over five years in support of her research on English - language learners in urban public schools.

The Green Award emphasizes the need for continuing efforts to improve urban school systems, he said.

For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Confschools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools 50th Annual Fall Conference.

The award is presented by the council, a coalition of the nation's largest urban public school districts, and ARAMARK, a food and facility services company.

Montgomery County Public Schools was a 2010 winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for management excellence and a 2010 finalist for the Broad Prize in Urban Education.

The Politics and Practice of School Accountability (co-editor with Martin R. West) The Future of School Choice (editor) Our Schools and our Future (editor) City Limits The Urban Underclass (co-edited with Christopher Jencks) Price of Federalism Welfare Magnets (with Mark C. Rom) The New American Democracy (with Morris P. Fiorina, Bertram Johnson, and William G. Mayer) Four of his books have received major awards from the American Political Science Association.

His latest book is Urban Schools, Public Will; he's also published two novels and co-directed award - winning documentaries.

She has served on many business and non-profit boards, such as City Year, the urban «Peace Corps» addressing the school dropout crisis through national service, and on many national or regional commissions including the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors.

As he sees it, urban Catholic - school closures dump students back into a system that is ill - prepared to educate them, a system that in many large U.S. cities awards diplomas to only half its high school students.

Started in 2002, the Broad Prize is an annual award that honors the country's urban school districts that are making the greatest improvements in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among ethnic groups and between high - and low - income students.

Fresno Unified and Long Beach Unified are the first of a half - dozen urban school districts nationwide that Gates is awarding with a three - year, $ 5 million grant... read more

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the coschool district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the coSchool Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district in the coschool district in the country.

The district in 2014 was one of two nationwide awarded the annual Broad Prize for Urban Education, then considered by some to be the Nobel Prize for large public school systems.

The district has been a finalist for the Broad Foundation award for urban school districts for each of the past four years.

The annual award, announced today, honors large urban school systems that demonstrate the strongest student achievement and improvement while narrowing performance gaps between different groups based on family income and ethnicity.

The Gwinnett County, Ga., school district, located just outside Atlanta, has been awarded the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education for 2010.

The question for current school principals posed by Baruti K. Kafele, an award - winning former urban principal in New Jersey: «Is my school a better school because I lead it?»

Alexandria, Va. (October 2, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is pleased to announce the district winners of the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) 2015 Award for Urban School Board Excellence: Ohio's Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Indiana's Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Nebraska's Lincoln Public Schools.

«NSBA presents the Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award to individuals who demonstrate long - standing commitment to the educational needs of urban school children,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Associschool children,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

The students are thriving and EJE has received WASC accreditation for both schools, as well as a National Excellence in Urban Education Gold Award from the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST), California Distinguished School Middle, and the 2015 Seal of Excellence Award from the California Association for Bilingual Education Award.

The projects have served over 2,000 schools in more than 300 urban, suburban, and rural school districts in 36 states and Washington, D.C. Based on the core premise that educators have the greatest impact on student learning across various in - school factors, TIF awards competitive grants to States, districts, or partnerships with non-profit organizations.

«Being recognized as one of three Urban School Board Excellence award winners is a tremendous accomplishment for not only Lincoln, but all of Nebraska.

The CUBE annual award for Urban School Board Excellence is supported by NSBA's corporate partner, Sodexo.

Two school districts will share the most coveted annual award for urban school districts in the country, U.S. News and World Reports reported.

The PDS program was recognized at the national level by the Council of Great City Schools with the 2015 Shirley Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award.

Dr. Helms has conducted multi-year evaluations of state and federally - funded grants awarded to urban school districts, and was a Switzer Distinguished Research Fellow.

In 2016, nine urban school districts and their out - of - school time partners were awarded grants to help the partners collaborate on creating a plan to support the development of children's social and emotional skills by improving adult practices and climate during the school day and afterschool.

Posted on October 22, 2012 · HISD is a finalist for the broad prize — an award for overall performance and improvements in urban school districts.

This article explores that question by looking at four urban elementary schools that have received the Excellence in Urban Education award from the National Center for Urban School Transformaurban elementary schools that have received the Excellence in Urban Education award from the National Center for Urban School TransformaUrban Education award from the National Center for Urban School TransformaUrban School Transformation.

AACTE will honor Molly Baustien Siuty, assistant professor of inclusive teacher education at Portland State University (OR), with the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study (Re) constituting Teacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and Resistance.

HISD is a finalist for the broad prize — an award for overall performance and improvements in urban school districts.

«In presenting these excellence awards, CUBE is not only celebrating the success of these school boards but providing the nation with a showcase of excellence and achievement in urban school district management, says Micah Ali, chair of the CUBE Steering Committee.

The CUBE 2016 Award for Urban School Board Excellence is supported by NSBA's corporate partner, Sodexo.

Each winning school district will receive a $ 2,500 award check to be used to help the school boards advance their goals, and their successful board practices will be featured in future articles in the Urban Advocate, CUBE's quarterly feature in ASBJ Magazine, as well as highlighted at future CUBE conferences.

The CUBE Annual Award for Urban School Board Excellence is supported by NSBA's corporate partner, Generation Ready.

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Seven rural, urban, and suburban K - 12 participating HOT Schools were awarded the distinction of Spotlight HOT Schools.

about 2015 Urban School Board Excellence Award Winners are Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Lincoln Public Schools

In 2010 she won the Richard R. Green Award, given by the Council of Great City Schools to the nation's top urban school leader.