Sentences with phrase «allowing priority school»

The proposals, which would require approval by state legislators, include increasing the per - pupil grant for charter schools to a comparable statewide average rate, lifting caps on charter school enrollments, allowing priority school districts to form independently governed local charter schools, and revising state laws that limit funding for charter schools.

CEA also has serious concerns, he says, about the proposal to allow priority school districts to create charter schools with independent governing bodies and contractors, said Waxenberg.

Not exact matches

Last week, a Cook County judge had issued a temporary injunction, allowing construction of the field to continue, but denying the private school priority use of the park space.

The Chicago Park District next week will consider ending a deal that allowed the private Latin School to build a soccer field in Lincoln Park in return for having priority use of the park space, a district spokeswoman said Saturday.

These included not allowing students with no religion to be admitted, if the school was undersubscribed — something the school has now changed; and having a «Catholic service criterion», which gives priority to parents who, for at least three years, have carried out activities including «Assisting in the Liturgy: for example by reading, singing in the choir or playing an instrument, altar serving, flower arranging.»

A bill in the Wisconsin legislature allowing concealed carry on school grounds is being blocked by state republicans who say it's a not a priority.

The mayor's top priority is convincing state legislators to allow the city to raise taxes on high - income earners, to pay for expanded pre-K and after - school programs.

Nixon has criticized Cuomo for what she said is allowing Republicans, bolstered by the Independent Democratic Conference, to remain in power, leading to a block on liberal priorities like early voting and more money for high - needs schools.

Speed cameras have less legislative momentum, but language was included in the Assembly's budget priorities that would allow them to be placed in 290 school zones — double the existing authorization, which expires at year's end — and allow cameras within a quarter - mile of schools, not just on adjacent streets.

They use a single application that allows families to rank their preferences, then match students with schools using an algorithm that takes into account student priorities and school characteristics.

For example, Junge and Krvaric note that ESSA allows states to reserve some Title II money for state activities to support principals and school leaders — a priority for many states.

«My priority,» Balmat says, «is to help build an internal structure within a school that allows for continual implementation of the school reform initiative.

A flexible approach The second key priority area for reform relates to allowing a more flexible approach to the design of new school buildings.

Initially funded at $ 650 million, i3 allowed school districts, charter schools, and non-profit organizations working in partnership with one of those entities to apply for grants to support innovative programs aligned with one of four broadly defined federal priorities (e.g., supporting effective teachers and principals or improving the use of data).

Lawmakers could explore rules that exempt e-schools from policies requiring all charters, virtual ones included, to accept every student who applies and instead allow e-schools to operate more like magnet schools with admissions procedures and priorities.

This approach of using data from different sources allows for a focus on closing achievement gaps without narrowing the number of students who qualify for supplemental educational services or public school choice priority.

Our district is funded $ 20 million less than the average school district in Kentucky based on per pupil spending for our size but our focus on the right priorities such as instructional coaches allows us to continue to improve academic gains.

[32] The same state has made digital learning a priority, wiring schools, and inviting ed - tech companies to help with advances in teaching and learning, but it won't allow for the most basic innovation — changing how schools are run.

Thus, states and LEAs are also allowed the options of identifying students from low - income families in CEP schools through state or LEA income surveys or CEP's Identified Students (preferably updated annually), including eligibility for supplemental educational services and school choice priority, where relevant.

«The leadership of the Mayor in putting education as a top priority and of the School Committee in continuing to help guide the education reform agenda in Boston are both major factors in the improvements we've seen in schools that allowed us to be selected for this award.

Although it makes some important changes to NCLB, such as eliminating AYP mandates, the proposed ESSA would not accomplish important policy priorities of allowing states to make funding for Title I portable, allowing states to completely opt out through the A-PLUS provision, or cutting programs and spending that have accumulated over the decades in a manner that has failed students and burdened school leaders with red tape.

With its proposed changes to the school admissions code published on Friday, the government wants to allow academies and free schools to give priority to the poorest pupils when allocating places.

Passing a law to allow local communities to create charter schools was one of the highest priorities for the new Republican majority in 2012.

Setting out the education priorities for Labour in the election campaign, he called for all teachers to have qualified teacher status or to be moving towards it and to allow local authorities to be able to open new schools «on an equal footing with other providers».

With more school statistics than previously available, the site allows students, parents and community members to «evaluate schools based on their priorities, rather than simply by last year's test scores,» Baesler said.

The document also puts forward a proposal to allow primary schools to give priority to pupil premium children who attend a nursery attached to their school.

Transforming Teams allows participants to choose a course of study tailored to their school's unique priorities.

«HB 978 would allow schools to shirk their responsibility to educate ALL Maryland students to high academic levels by making student learning a lower priority in the school accountability system.

The EdisonLearning Partner Schools Programme is a unique approach to school improvement that allows schools to deliver all of their school improvement, professional development and curriculum development priorities through a single integratedSchools Programme is a unique approach to school improvement that allows schools to deliver all of their school improvement, professional development and curriculum development priorities through a single integratedschools to deliver all of their school improvement, professional development and curriculum development priorities through a single integrated model.

Individual schools get to determine how to use the extra money, allowing them to set priorities, such as literacy in early grades or closing achievement gaps.

Associate Superintendent Adam Smith said the proposed priority zone would allow the school to target students who currently attend private schools but live nearby.

The infusion will allow the state to double the number of these alternative schools serving primarily urban students and improve the quality of all charter schools, priorities of Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist.

The Secretary's educational priority — privatization — explicitly allows public funding to go to unregulated private schools that pick and choose who they serve and contribute to increased segregation in our schools.

The role of the RSD in managing its charter schools consists largely of directing the open enrollment process, while allowing each school to operate with a high degree of autonomy; in contrast, the OPSB still operates traditional schools with local governance structures while also managing its selective, priority, and open enrollment charter schools (Adamson et al., 2015).

To our new secretary of education, and to all those who play a role in shaping the nation's priorities for school improvement, we offer a pair of suggestions: You should identify and call attention to effective, school - based approaches to social - emotional and character development, and you should advocate for structures, supports, and incentives that will allow such high - quality approaches to be implemented at scale.

In general, the earlier date allows students and families more time to explore financial aid options before the FAFSA needs to be filed to meet state and school priority filing deadlines.

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To our new secretary of education, and to all those who play a role in shaping the nation's priorities for school improvement, we offer a pair of suggestions: You should identify and call attention to effective, school - based approaches to social - emotional and character development, and you should advocate for structures, supports, and incentives that will allow such high - quality approaches to be implemented at scale.