Sentences with phrase «as its school district seeks»

The measures were requested city officials and state lawmakers who represent the area as its school district seeks to plug yet another budget deficit.

Spearheaded by new Superintendent Terry Grier, Houston ISD's program reflects a trend in Texas and nationally as school districts seek cost - effective ways to boost graduation rates.

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But the state is in a budget crisis, with school funding a central issue as Gov. Dannel Malloy seeks to overhaul the state formula to redistribute money to districts in need.

As an employer, Catapult Learning seeks employment candidates whose skills, training, and experience will enhance the organization's ability to offer quality teaching solutions and excellent support services to the schools and districts it serves.

ROSELLE — The issue of a swimming pool for Lake Park High School was brought to the Roselle Park District board Wednesday night as local citizens, led by Barb Layer, sought to determine if there was any Park District interest in seeing that one be built.

Ultimately, if a parent continues to be dissatisfied with the plan as implemented by the school district, s / he can seek redress with the Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education), and beyond that, with the federal courts.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 16 are presenting spending plans that increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 15 are presenting spending plans that would increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

As school budget planning continues over the next few weeks, we may see additional districts deciding to seek voter approval for an override.»

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Associschool districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Associschool districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

I welcome the opportunity to assist the school district as it seeks to refurbish and innovate our schools» facilities in ways that will enhance the learning environment.

Last year as de Blasio pressed for pre-k funding and sought to stop charter schools from being co-located with district schools, Cuomo rallied with charter school advocates and even indicated that mayoral control might stand in the way of the charter school movement.

Advocates of increasing education funding had a setback yesterday, as the state's highest court narrowed a lawsuit that sought more money for school districts statewide.

At least 11 school districts that originally planned to apply for state pre-K grants won't seek the funding, and it's likely more will decide against participating as local administrators struggle with the timing and reimbursement structure of the program.

School districts, local government advocates and the state's teachers unions had sought more sweeping changes to the tax cap, including making the limit easier to override as well as eliminating the provision that has essentially limited levy increases to the rate of inflation.

The Kingston City School District has received bids on three of their former elementary schools, two of which were shuttered over the past two years as part of a comprehensive redistricting plan which sought to address declining student enrollment.

The extra state aid will help the more than 700 school districts in New York as they struggle to stay under the state property tax cap, which allows them to increase their tax levy by only.12 percent this year without seeking voter approval.

«My client feels very strongly that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech have been violated by the actions of the majority members of the Board, the Board of Education and the school district as a result of a resolution that was passed seeking to remove my client from elected office,» Vacco said.

Rhoads said Curran has little chance of recouping all the fees as youth groups will seek to move to fields run by towns, villages and school districts.

Jordan, a former school superintendent who served as the interim head of the Onteora District for a spell, faced off against fellow Republican Frank Stapleton, nominated by former GOP Club head Gerry Setchko and seconded by Gutmann, and Democrat Tim Malloy, who left the board last year and was seeking cross-endorsement, nominated by Gutmann and Rice.

New Jersey schools were also less restrained than New York's this year: Last month, Jersey districts were seeking average tax levy increases of of 4.8 per - cent — half again as high as the average in New York this week.

In hundreds of schools in the District and elsewhere, these conferences look drastically different as educators seek to build stronger relationships with parents and equip families with tools to reinforce classroom concepts at home.

Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.» 76, hopes and believes that he and his colleagues are part of a revolution — a revolution called Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is increasingly taking hold in schools and school districts across the country and seeks to design curriculum from the outset that can accommodate all types of learners, rather than retrofitting existing curriculums on an ad hoc, as needed basis.

As public budgets have grown tighter over the past decade, states and school districts have sought ways to control the growth of spending.

New Jersey education officials, seeking to recover as much as $ 10 million, are cracking down on school districts they believe inflated enrollment figures to get more state aid.

When the school district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... Whatschool district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... Whatschool, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... WhatSchool of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... WhatSchool of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... What Next?

Thus, high - performing district or charter schools use chants, ceremonies, signs, and strong discipline to forge a culture defined by college - going and career success; at the same time, unlike schools of a half - century ago, they rarely seek to use those same exercises to help invest students in the American nation as a civic enterprise.

As districts like Philadelphia seek to «turn around» their public schools, let's not forget the lesson of the lost alternative schools.

While schools and school districts might seek candidates with formal qualifications or credentials, such as teaching experience, a graduate degree in educational administration, or even an M.B.A., the lack of such credentials would not prevent someone from applying for a position.

The 15th edition of this benchmark annual report explores lingering concerns about the recovery's pace and stability even as states and school districts seek to rebuild their budgets.

These profiles may be an important resource for those LEAs seeking to apply to the competition, as the profiles chronicle the history of how schools and districts started their blended - learning programs, the effect of these programs on student achievement, the blended - learning models they use, and the software or Internet tools that power these programs.

A State Information System to Support Improvements in Productivity In this essay Marguerite Roza discusses the data needed to support districts and schools as they seek new, more productive solutions.

Those districts included New York City, which was honored in 2007, just as Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Broad ally who controlled the city's schools, was seeking a third term.

In a new brief, Common Core and America's High - Achieving Students, he addresses these challenges and provides guidance for CCSS - implementing districts and schools as they seek to help these youngsters to reach their learning potential.

The Cambridge, Mass., school system has joined a small but growing number of districts seeking to integrate schools on the basis of income rather than race — helping to expand what some experts see as a coming trend in American education.

Buy - in from unions and school districts was cited by Mr. Duncan as a key factor in Delaware and Tennessee winning round one, and many states aggressively sought to boost their support for round two.

It is our sincere hope that district and school leaders contemplating similar comprehensive reforms will use this report as a resource to avoid obstacles as they seek to successfully navigate the implementation process and set the structure to improve underperforming schools under ESSA.

Today's deadline comes as President Barack Obama announced his plans to seek $ 1.35 billion from Congress in his fiscal 2011 budget request to extend Race to the Top for another year and open it up to school districts.

In this essay Marguerite Roza discusses the data needed to support districts and schools as they seek new, more productive solutions.

But rather than threatening the funding that compensates for federal activity in local school districts, policymakers should build on efforts such as the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission that seek to make school transitions for military families easier.

District leaders must seek out and engage diverse parents, guardians, students, and community as they examine and make decisions about the future mix of schools, which they appear to be doing through their Blueprint for Quality process.

As Illinois prepares for its transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking public comment on how the law's regulations will impact teachers, parents, schools, districts and — most importantly — students.

The proposal from BRICK Academy, working with two district schools in Newark, comes as state - appointed superintendent Cami Anderson seeks a controversial reorganization of the district, including new partnerships with charters.

Senate Bill 867, titled «Protect Students in Schools,» would replace a patchwork of local school district policies on background checks with one statewide policy, which, as of the last publicly released version, requires fingerprint checks for all teachers seeking licensure in the state.

In keeping with this goal, we also sought a court ruling today allowing charter schools to perform their own custodial services on their portions of district campuses, as provided by Prop. 39.

Programs such as Skills for Success support school districts that seek to implement innovative approaches to developing their students» mindsets and learning skills.

May / June 2018: PLNs & Mentoring Connections — Formal mentoring programs are gaining prominence, especially as states and districts seek to bolster teachers and school leaders.

TCTA alerted the committee to the fact that an increasing number of school districts were seeking exemption from not only CTE teacher certification requirements, but all manner of teacher certification requirements as Districts of Indistricts were seeking exemption from not only CTE teacher certification requirements, but all manner of teacher certification requirements as Districts of InDistricts of Innovation.

Instead, they sought to use the threat of a charter conversion as a negotiating tool to work out a plan that kept the school under district control.