Sentences with phrase «based school closures»

Much has been written about the controversy surrounding performance - based school closures, but there has been no rigorous assessment of their impact on student achievement.

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This Lobby had brought about the closure of Faith - based Adoption agencies, aggravating the crisis in placing children for adoption, and was poised to put on the Statute Book laws which would have imposed its own opinions on Faith - based schools and anyone else who disagreed.

Currently, Buchanan receives $ 3 million in tax breaks as per a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, and Joseph Hochreiter, superintendent of the Hendrick Hudson school district, has said that the closure of the plant would negate a third of the district's tax base, and has therefore halted intentions to move forward on a $ 14 million capital improvement project.

Additionally, Joseph Hochreiter, superintendent of the Hendrick Hudson school district, said that the closure of the plant would negate a third of the district's tax base and has halted intentions to move forward on a $ 14 million capital improvement project for the district.

Welch was the founding director of the Collaborative for Integrated School Services, a practitioner - driven, University - based initiative which, until its closure in 2003, aimed to enhance the success of all children by bringing professional development opportunities and resources to those who provide child and family services.

But each time enrollment falls, district leaders seem to be caught off guard, forced to dip into reserves, pare down extracurriculars, and make out - of - cycle pleas for rescue funding in order to avert salary freezes, seniority - based layoffs, or school closures.

Students who transferred from closure schools showed modest improvements in some outcomes relative to their school's projected performance based on past trends.

We found a unique opportunity to study performance - based high - school closures in New York City, which closed 44 low - performing high schools from 2000 to 2014.

And yet the PM in New Orleans is making judgments about school closure based on a flawed measure that effectively punishes schools for trying to serve a high concentration of kids who are too disadvantaged.

In order to assess the impact of a closure decision on graduation rates, we first predicted rates for the phase - out cohort if their school had not been slated for closure, based on their characteristics and the prior trend in performance at their school.

PCSB employs a cloud - based system for collecting and making available public documents; enrollment specialists work with students displaced by school closures; a recent internal reorganization better develops and deploys functional expertise; and the use of social media disseminates key school information.

Second, as we move to a sector - agnostic approach in urban schooling and rely on a continuous improvement process based on new starts, expansions, and closures, we must develop rigorous, transparent systems for these activities.

Smaller school - based providers were also «vulnerable» to closure because of the new system, which meant providers no longer had a fixed allocation of places.

«In other words,» he writes, «school closures are disruptive, and inevitable in market - based school reforms that encourage entrepreneurship.

The study on which the article is based, «School Closures in New York City: Did students do better after their high schools were closed?»

The new entity can sit outside the existing school district, or take the district over and transform it via school autonomy, pupil - based funding, and closure and replacement of unproductive schools.

I base that claim on the evidence from other research that the main tool for portfolio management — test scores — are simply not strong enough predictors of later life outcomes to allow even benevolent managers to accurately identify bad schools for closure and good schools for expansion.

«Choice for me is either sending my child on a bus ride away because [a school] offers the science program that he loves so much, or the school that's literally five minutes way that he can roll out of bed and walk to because he loves art,» says Zakiyah Ansari, advocacy director for the New York - based Alliance for Quality Education, which opposed school closures.

The recommendations support four strategies to promote quality in the sector: differentiating charter operators based on performance, building system capacity to cultivate and support high - performing schools and networks, facilitating replication of high performers and accelerating closure of low performers.

To prevent the closure, Bahnam worked with an outside organization and a 21 - member school - based design team, comprised of parents, students, teachers, and administrators to develop a proposal and petition the district for Pilot school status.

But the Department of Public Instruction ultimately ordered the school's closure — with the blessing of the State Board of Education — on the basis of the investigation's findings.

For years, this provision dangled threats of punitive measures, including closure, over struggling schools if they didn't meet narrow federally mandated test - based measures of accountability.

Market - oriented education reform refers to a series of initiatives that include educator evaluations based in large part on student standardized test scores, the closure of schools that are considered failing or underenrolled, and an increase in the number of charter schools, many of which are operated by for - profit companies.

Torlakson predicted in his letter that the federal cuts to education «could result in school closures; teacher and administrator layoffs; increased student teacher ratios; the elimination of college counselors and school - based mental health personnel.»

kid speakers (possible topics: what opt out has meant to them, learning in a test - prep - heavy environment, learning in a non-test-prep-heavy environment, attending a school where test score - based closure is imminent, the experience of testing days, how their family found out about opt out, etc)

The impacts of test - based teacher evaluations, school closures, and increased charter - school access on student outcomes.

But he directed much of his ire at the plan itself: Mandating that schools improve while holding the threat of closure over their heads, and at the same time trying to «bypass» district governance, creates the wrong atmosphere for schools to actually improve largely on the basis of test scores, he argued.

In a relatively short time, a stunning number of accountability - based leaders have been forced from office on a tide of voter resentment even while, as documented by historian Diane Ravitch, the likes of Gates, Broad, and hedge fund billionaires continue their corporate - style push toward school closures, choice, data - driven student and teacher evaluation, and high - tech innovation.

A sponsor may also provide meals during vacation breaks in schools that are operated on a year - round basis or a continuous school calendar, or during emergency school closures from October through April.

The zoning for Clark County Schools remains virtually unchanged with one exception being a slight shifting of boundaries for Manch / Lowman Elementary schools precipitated by the closure of Heard Elementary School on Nellis Air ForcSchools remains virtually unchanged with one exception being a slight shifting of boundaries for Manch / Lowman Elementary schools precipitated by the closure of Heard Elementary School on Nellis Air Forcschools precipitated by the closure of Heard Elementary School on Nellis Air Force Base.

Education agencies are allowed to apply for waivers to hold them hamless from loss of attendance based on local control funding formula (LCFF) funding and instructional time penalties if such disasters as flood, fires or earthquakes result in school closure.

In addition to following the lead of New York City public schools, Catholic schools in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, may find it necessary to make closure decisions based on local situations.

Many of these practices, focused on increased privatization, high stakes testing, mass school closures, school «choice,» and the deprofessionalism of teaching, are not based on solid research, and are not supported by most parents.

On the other hand, the pendulum in the charter space swung from quantity to quality, and restrictive authorizing and accountability based on narrow historic measures (and proficiency over growth) lead to more closures, fewer new schools and less innovative models.

Because NYC schools risk receivership and even closure based on test scores, because state test scores are the variable used in awarding free SHSAT preparation, because the city publishes school - wide score averages in its own guidance materials for parents and because NYC School Reports literally center their definition of «great schools» on student test scores, test prep continues to feature prominently in city public school curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize&raquschool - wide score averages in its own guidance materials for parents and because NYC School Reports literally center their definition of «great schools» on student test scores, test prep continues to feature prominently in city public school curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize&raquSchool Reports literally center their definition of «great schools» on student test scores, test prep continues to feature prominently in city public school curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize&raquschool curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize» it.

(Mich.) Under looming threat of school closures, Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal the state's federally - based failing schools law, and replace it with something developed with local community input.

· Halt the school - turnaround process, adequately evaluate its effectiveness, and then develop and apply standards for school turnaround or closure that are research - based, consistent, fair, and transparent;

It's no coincidence that the schools in our poorest communities in Chicago have been labeled as failures based on test scores, and are the main targets for closure and privatization by charters or privately - run turnaround agencies.

More specifically, we will support candidates who oppose high - stakes testing, mass school closures, the privatization of our public schools and the outsourcing of its core functions to for - profit corporations, and we will support candidates who work for evidence - based reforms that will improve our schools and the education of our nation's children.

Ravitch also uses credible research to debunk the «fixes» in vogue for our public schools: such as Teach for America, charter schools, test - based accountability, eliminating tenure, test - based teacher evaluation, parent trigger, school closures and the Common Core State standards.

More than 300 university - based teacher training courses in England could face closure or merger, as funds are switched towards school - based training.

Monday night in Nevada the Senate unanimously passed AB 205, a comprehensive authorizing bill that institutes performance - based contracts, performance frameworks for each charter school, annual reports by authorizers on school performance, and the default closure of failing schools.

NCLC attorneys also recommend ensuring that future originations are based on sound underwriting and include provisions for flexible repayment and discharges in situations such as school closure, death, or disability.

Anthem College in Kansas City, Missouri; Kaplan College in Phoenix; Minnesota School of Business in Shakopee; Sanford Brown College in St. Peters, Missouri; and Sanford Brown College; Tysons Corner, Virginia, had their accreditation withdrawn on the basis of voluntary closure.

The Board spent the days leading up to the Trustee Forum and full Board meeting privately threatening the Art Faculty that there would be no incoming class for 2013 and that the closure of the School of Art would be initiated if the expansionist, tuition - based plans that the Faculty had been opposing were not submitted.

Acted for Virgin Money on the development and implementation of a cloud - based mortgage application system; advised Frank Recruitment Group on the tax elements of its sale to TPG Group; advised Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in litigation relating to the closure of Bootham Park Hospital in York; handled the academy conversion of six foundation schools for the Brigshaw Learning Partnership; advised Bannatyne on an agreement with Sky to provide Wi - Fi services to Bannatyne Hotels.