Sentences with phrase «as school districts struggle»

Parent opt - out activists said MMSD teachers support the movement but are discouraged from discussing it with parents, and are especially hesitant to do so as the school district struggles with a budget shortfall and has announced sharp staffing cuts.

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And in education, local school districts as well as colleges and universities are still struggling with budget cuts.

If your child has had behavioral problems or personal struggles with school, you may be more likely to have the social worker as your case manager, but that varies with school districts and workloads.

«As our region's businesses, residents and school districts have struggled to cope with burdensome taxes, George Amedore have been slowing our economic recovery by raising them even higher,» Amedore opponent Sara Niccoli said.

Waronker, who took over as schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling district have been undermined by the board's three - member majority.

That plan would replace a circuit breaker program Cuomo proposed in his own budget, which many lawmakers criticized as detrimental to municipalities and school districts already struggling under the weight of a two - percent property tax cap passed into law in 2012.

As many school districts around the region struggling with the fight over high - stakes testing, Buffalo School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meschool districts around the region struggling with the fight over high - stakes testing, Buffalo School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meSchool Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meeting.

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.

In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

As you all know, Member Items and Capital Funds were the only way that a State Legislator used to be able to help those struggling groups such as little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations in their districtAs you all know, Member Items and Capital Funds were the only way that a State Legislator used to be able to help those struggling groups such as little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations in their districtas little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations in their districts.

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.

On her third day as superintendent of the Rochester City School District, Barbara Deane - Williams shared how she would first help the struggling dDistrict, Barbara Deane - Williams shared how she would first help the struggling districtdistrict.

The cap keeps taxes from rising as municipalities and school districts struggle with soaring pension costs, but the law doesn't cut property taxes, which Cuomo said Tuesday are «a crusher,» especially for homeowners in New York City's northern suburbs and upstate.

An October 2014 rally in Manhattan focused on failing district schools as an indirect means to advocate for more charters, but the «Don't Steal Possible» slogan revealed little about the group's specific policy goals to improve struggling schools.

New York school districts will be able to apply later this summer for $ 75 million worth of grants to transform struggling schools into so - called community schools, which can provide an array of services such as medical, mental health and legal assistance to students and families.

Teachers are increasingly frustrated that district and union leaders can not reach a new agreement to replace their long - expired contract.Business officials consider the city school district the greatest obstacle to the region's economic development.Political leaders are worried as well about the direction of the still - struggling city schools.Throughout the city, stakeholde...

As the city school district struggles to keep students in the classroom, the mayor has decided to add 50 - more positions to target the city's most at - risk youth.

There has been a gradual increase over the past decade in the percentage of districts offering pay incentives for shortage areas (see Figure 4), but recent evidence (see work by Katharine Strunk with Jason Grissom, Tammy Kolbe, and Dara Zeehandelaar) shows that few districts are truly strategic in matching incentives to staffing needs, and as a consequence, school systems continue to struggle to fill teaching slots in math and science.

The same elementary school had been a good fit for her eldest, but Allen hadn't wanted to send him to the neighborhood middle school, listed by the district as «persistently struggling.»

As districts nationwide struggle to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education has shifted its focus to turning around the nation's lowest - performing schools.

But as school districts strive (and struggle) to improve student performance, IB is expanding quickly.

As the result of such meetings, Sarbanes says the district was persuaded to give one struggling school another chance and to let a final senior class finish up, even as other grades were curtaileAs the result of such meetings, Sarbanes says the district was persuaded to give one struggling school another chance and to let a final senior class finish up, even as other grades were curtaileas other grades were curtailed.

Retirement benefits represent a large and growing cost for public school systems, as states and school districts struggle to pay down the large unfunded liabilities these plans have produced.

But only two were of programs that districts could use as interventions for struggling high schools: a study of the Early College high school program, which provides students the opportunity to simultaneously pursue a high school diploma and earn college credits, and a study of the Check and Connect program, which pairs at - risk students with an adult advocate who monitors their progress and intervenes as needed.

As a former special education teacher and an attorney representing parents of struggling learners, I'm in schools nearly every day of the week in one of the largest school districts in the country, Miami.

Teacher recruitment and certification in rural communities is a struggle for school and district leaders, as well.

Districts are struggling to stretch the school dollar as they deal with current and looming budget shortfalls.

As the District of Columbia struggled to stay financially afloat last week, its school board agreed to jettison 300 teaching and 180 central - office positions, hack seven school days off the calender, and abandon a variety of programs.

But almost as persistent as the district's low test scores and high dropout rates were the number of school superintendents — eight in seven years — who promised change and failed to deliver, swallowed up by petty politics and power struggles.

As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, families and teachers in school districts that serve low - income students and students of color struggle to understand how to address the highly punitive, push - out climate of overtesting brought on by the No Child Left Behind Act, the ESEA's last reauthorization.

Just as California school districts are facing new pressures to implement the Common Core State Standards and other key educational reforms, many of them are struggling with what some officials are calling the early impacts of a long - feared teacher shortage.

The numbers of young people graduating has shot up thanks to a host of «equity» focused reforms, such as re-engagement programs, the turnaround of chronically struggling districts, and strong regulation of traditional public and charter schools, wrought under a landmark Massachusetts Education Act.

Tamoura and her class — the Class of 2011 — began and finished high school as the district debuted first one, then another grand experiment to improve Marshall and other struggling schools.

Like Chicago, these urban districts — such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis and Cleveland — are struggling to figure out the role of failing neighborhood high schools that have been on life support for decades.

EW: As schools struggle to recruit and retain effective teachers — particularly schools in low - income areas — what would an Obama administration do to help districts hire and retain high - quality teachers?

In our school district, this becomes more difficult each year as we struggle with issues that, being rooted in racial factors, become ever more complex.

My Hamilton Project proposal explains how ESSA's new SNS language has the potential to unlock Title I funds for struggling students, allowing districts to spend Title I on broader school improvement strategies — such as improving a school's core curriculum, or implementing common planning time for teachers — rather than working around the edges.

The emergence of a thriving charter system has altered the dynamics of education in a city struggling to repair its reputation as one of the country's most troubled school districts.

The School and District Improvement (SDI) Collaborative supports states as they work to support struggling schools and districts, turn around the lowest - performing schools, and close achievement gaps for all students and for specific subgroup populations.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

Today, St. Francis of Assisi School continues to serve the children of Greenwood and the surrounding communities as an educational alternative to a struggling district school sSchool continues to serve the children of Greenwood and the surrounding communities as an educational alternative to a struggling district school sschool system.

Some schools, district, and leaders use coaching as a side - project, only for struggling teachers.

On her third day as superintendent of the Rochester City School District, Barbara Deane - Williams shared how she would first help the struggling dDistrict, Barbara Deane - Williams shared how she would first help the struggling districtdistrict.

As a large district in one of the most poorly funded states in the U.S., Arizona's Paradise Valley Unified School District (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions in nearbydistrict in one of the most poorly funded states in the U.S., Arizona's Paradise Valley Unified School District (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions in nearbyDistrict (USD) struggled to attract quality teachers when competing against higher - paying positions in nearby states.

As the state struggles to bring common core curriculum standards into California classrooms, Elk Grove Unified School District is far enough along to ready plans for testing its students midway through the coming school year on the new content goals in math and EnSchool District is far enough along to ready plans for testing its students midway through the coming school year on the new content goals in math and Enschool year on the new content goals in math and English.

This is in part because of the complexity of current funding streams, and because schools and districts struggle to determine what counts as a professional learning cost.

«We've struggled to find special education teachers, we've struggled to find teachers who have the ability to teach English as a second language, and we've struggled to find bilingual teachers,» said Keith Bryant, superintendent of Lubbock - Cooper Independent School District (LCISD).

As many urban school districts across the country struggled to maintain or substantially increase graduation rates, the Wichita School District saw an unprecedented graduation rate increase of 1school districts across the country struggled to maintain or substantially increase graduation rates, the Wichita School District saw an unprecedented graduation rate increase of 1School District saw an unprecedented graduation rate increase of 19.3 %.

Bilal Tawwab, the superintendent of schools in Flint, Mich., refuses to use the city's lead - water crisis as an excuse from keeping his team of educators focused on improving student achievement in a long - struggling school district.

Too often districts, states, and the federal government don't have adequate strategies and supports when schools are identified as struggling.