Sentences with phrase «as entire school districts»

In recent years, the Linked Learning approach to college and career readiness has been applied with positive results in individual high schools as well as entire school districts.

Not exact matches

It rents one entire closed school as a center for arts and leisure, but negotiations with the school district have not produced a definitive solution, and a month - to - month lease offers an uncertain future.

The competition showcases the hard work and creativity of Middle School teams across the district as they are challenged to plan a reimbursable lunch menu that includes the appropriate meal components (meat / meat alternate, grain, milk, fruit and vegetable), follows the USDA National School Lunch guidelines, and costs no more than $ 1.20 for the entire meal.

It's not about changing the entire National School Lunch Program at once, it's about changing one school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.&School Lunch Program at once, it's about changing one school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.&school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.»

It would take an entire book to explain how flawed the NSLP has become, how, starting in the 1970s and 80s, the program morphed from an anti-hunger initiative into one in which school districts were so starved of cash by the federal government (thank you, Ronald Reagan) that school children came to be seen as «customers» whose palates must be pleased at all costs, with heavier reliance on junk food a la carte sales and «carnival food» menus.

The second method, called «Nutrient Standard Menu Planning» allows a school district pay less attention to the foods served, so long as the requisite number of nutrients are offered over the course of an entire week.

Each proposed exclusion to the tax cap could potentially allow a one - time tax surge as each local government or school district's property cap was hiked to accommodate an entire category of governmental expenses.

«These statements... past statements and past actions... go far beyond mere poor judgment,» she said, holding up an inch - thick file she said she has been collecting on Paladino's actions, «As long as he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquAs long as he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquas he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquas a result our mission is compromised.»

Jesse Hamilton has spent his entire career helping people, including over 15 years as an elected official in Crown Heights, eight years as President of the School Board and the last eight representing our community as District Leader of the 43rd Assembly District.

Although some may wonder how this fits into a design competition meant to propel blended - learning schools, from my perspective it's a smart grant because the reality is that many districts are unlikely to convert or open entire schools as full blended - learning programs.

Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.

By serving an entire region or market's group of charter schools, the real - estate trust would look familiar to state officials and to lenders: a single entity that grasps the intricacies of real - estate finances and serves the individual needs of multiple schools, as school districts do.

The result is entrenched competition between entire school sectors, such as charter versus district, public versus private.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

Cook also receives continual support from principal Ron Myers, the Keller Independent School District board, Superintendent James Veitenheimer, as well as the entire district technoloDistrict board, Superintendent James Veitenheimer, as well as the entire district technolodistrict technology team.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

Districts are expected to «restructure» their chronically low - performing schools by firing the entire staff, reopening as a charter school, or contracting with private managers.

As the leader of an entire district of charter schools in Lake Wales, I wanted the NAACP's education task force to hear from someone who has worked for nearly three decades in both traditional public schools and in charter schools, which are also public.

A school, group of schools, or an entire local educational agency (LEA or school district) may offer community eligibility if the number of children enrolled for free school meals without a paper application, referred to as «Identified Students,» is at least 40 percent of the total enrollment.

He has spent his entire 22 - year career in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District serving as a physics teacher, supervisor of science and technology education, director of curriculum, and is now completing his sixth year as superintendent.

The East Bay Area district south of Oakland offers a case study in the potential of an approach whose goal is to transform schools into hubs for the entire community by offering a range of services, such as mental health counseling, health clinics, after - school programs and classes for parents.

The number of schools failing to meet AYP targets was nil or small in many of these districts (e.g., 2 of 60 schools in one large district), although in one state an entire district was designated as «in need of improvement.»

Offering different packages for individual educators or entire school districts, Naiku's pay - as - you - go model is extremely accessible.

When Nampa's school board approved TVLA and one other innovation school in mid-2016, then - superintendent David Peterson hailed the moment as important not only to the District but to the entire state of Idaho.

Taking aim on the entire charter sector and ignoring the same issues in district schools does nothing to improve public education as a whole.

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts, or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they....

The firm also represented California School Boards Association as amicus curiae (friend of the court) when the Court of Appeal reversed a lower court decision that found the practice of charter schools locating sites in districts in which they were not authorized is illegal [1]-- a decision that covers the entire state.

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts (as the law currently allows), or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they should not be available anywhere.

When voters were asked whether charter schools should be located in certain areas of the state, such as those in failing school districts, or throughout the entire state, 57 percent said the entire state compared to 18 percent who said just in certain areas and 17 percent who said they should not be available anywhere.

MAISD is proud to provide high quality special education services in collaboration with our local districts that include the hiring and employment of occupational and physical therapists, school psychologists, and teacher consultants for the entire county as part of our ISD special education plan.

Not only are our schools benefiting from the support, but from a systemic perspective, the entire district leadership team is as well.

Therefore, ASCD calls on Congress to expand allowable assessment options when determining adequate yearly progress (AYP) for all students, including English language learners (ELLs) and children with disabilities, as well as for entire schools and school districts.

There are two forms of achievement tests: those used to evaluate large groups, such as schools or entire school districts.

Officials from the Houston Independent School District (HISD) have postponed the already deferred September 11 start date for all of its 215,000 students as the entire region scrambles to assess the damage from Hurricane Harvey.

Principle 1, ««The school community promotes core ethical and performance values as the foundation for good character,» becomes a little bit more challenging when you apply it to an entire district.

In fact, almost the entire RSD — which was already approx 90 percent charters — qualifies as a district of «failing» schools according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's definition of «failing»... Ironic how the predominately - charter RSD has the greatest concentration of such «failing» schools in the entire state of Louisiana.»

Karen utilizes her prior work experiences as a lawyer and advocate and to a role in which she oversees suspension services, student placement, Baltimore school police, student health and other departments which directly affect students, family and students in our school support and safety issues for the entire district.

However, since participation in 2014 - 15 was substantially below the standard, please submit a detailed action plan by March 11, 2016 as to the steps the district is taking / will take to more fully engage teachers, students, parents, and the entire school community around the purpose and nature of the state assessment.

NISL can quickly transform school and district culture by providing training to entire school leadership teams including teacher leaders, assistant principals and principals, as well as district staff.

As the year opened, the LA Unified Board of Education in the same week hired a new superintendent and unanimously voted to oppose a $ 490 - million draft plan from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that sought to rapidly increase the number of charter schools in the city so that charters would encompass half the «market share» of the entire district.

As North Carolina lawmakers consider alternative ways to provide funding to the state's 115 school districts, Hussey hopes that his group's proposal will be considered by the legislative committee tasked with overhauling the state's entire school funding model.

As an alternative, we recommend that districts, private funders, and the state consider area - wide strategies that capitalize on the assets of an entire community, including multiple schools and external partners, to help turn around struggling schools.

This task continues to be a herculean effort as Manville Borough remains one of the most underfunded school districts in the entire state of New Jersey.

He has served as a math teacher leader since 2012, and has expanded this role to head up data collection and analysis for the entire North Middlesex regional school district.

Her proudest accomplishments in SRCS includes an empowering district culture shift to restorative justice for the entire school community as well as creating a strategic plan that included all community stakeholders with a commitment to college and career readiness for each student.

Not only did entire schools and districts have to pass the testing goal for a year, called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), but each subgroup had to pass the goal as well.

Some will become independent and charter schools largely free from district control, while the rest will turn over their entire staffs in a process known as «reconstitution.»

Today, Doreen and Bartola personify why the law was written: they were leaders in using it to become the first parents in California to successfully transform their neighborhood school — which had been state - identified as failing for years, having the lowest academic performance record in the entire Adelanto School Disschool — which had been state - identified as failing for years, having the lowest academic performance record in the entire Adelanto School DisSchool District.

Starting in 1970, students and teachers of both races were transferred throughout the district «so that the ratio of Negro to white teachers in each school [was] substantially the same as such ratio to the teachers in the entire school system (Causey, 2001).»