Sentences with phrase «achievements in the state budget»

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The budget's landmark achievement was a commitment to raise the state minimum wage in New York City to $ 15 an hour by 2018, but the budget also contained other good news for New York City and its public schools.

«We have recently made great progress in Albany by passing a good budget and passing it on time; and this state legislature - the 234th legislative session - has the opportunity to do even more and produce a record of real achievement for the people of this state: addressing New York's rent laws is an important part of that agenda.»

He's said repeatedly in Syracuse, Albany and on Long Island that he's already had a major achievement this session — the state budget, which was passed in early April.

As the Department of Education's research chief, Sharon Robinson watched almost 5 percent of her office's budget go to the Educational Testing Service to write and analyze a student - achievement test in 45 states.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

Despite ample research indicating that teachers matter more to student achievement than any other in - school factor, 32 both the Trump - DeVos budget and the House appropriations bill proposed eliminating the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant program, often referred to as Title II grants after the section of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that authorizes the funding.

Walker's budget also lays out goals for school districts to meet by 2017, including raising the state's four - year graduation rate to 92 percent from the current 88 percent level; increasing college and career readiness from 32 percent to 67 percent and closing achievement gaps in those areas by 50 percent.

«If adopted these reforms could help expand the availability of online education alternatives and increase the number of students taking advantage of them, potentially improving student achievement and reducing costs at a time when the state budget is chronically in the red,» concluded Mr. Izumi.

Known as the LCAP, the plan describes how districts assess their needs, engage with community members, identify goals in eight state priority areas (which include student engagement, school climate and achievement), specify programs for achieving the goals, outline spending for each program and coordinate their plan with district budgets.

Yet critics fumed that the state was setting kids up to fail — and failing to acknowledge that crimped budgets, crowded classrooms and high student poverty rates have all played a role in limiting student achievement.

States differ in the amount budgeted for education, often with little to no apparent correlation between number of dollars spent and graduation rates or scores on achievement tests.

Howard, who faced no opposition, said the top three issues facing the district in the next year are the district's budget, the achievement gap and a state - imposed plan for serving talented - and - gifted students.

The $ 1 million proposed in the House budget ($ 464,000 each year) would allow PEFNC to issue $ 100,000 grants to schools but is limited to counties that have lagged behind the state in student achievement (where less than 65 percent of a county's students have passed end - of grade or end - of course tests).

With poverty rates in Illinois increasing and postsecondary attainment more important than ever, a new report from the Partnership for College Completion reveals low completion rates, persistent achievement gaps between groups, and highlights how the rising cost of college combined with state budget cuts has put college diplomas farther out of reach for low - income students and students of color.

With a very limited budget, she has found ways to use innovative technology as a teaching tool to improve student achievement, which already seems to be reflected in the district's steadily climbing state test scores.

Project RED was established by three organizations, The Greaves Group, The Hayes Connection and One - to - One Institute, and began with a research project aimed at addressing two major issues in U.S. education: improving student achievement and evaluating the total financial impact of technology on state budgets.

Crellin — which ranked as the state's No. 1 elementary school on achievement tests in 2010, according to The Baltimore Sun — was nearly shut down last year because of the district's budget crisis.

He even admits that the game isn't perfect in its current state, yet is still a commendable achievement considering it's competing against Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo and was made for a fraction of their budgets.

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