Sentences with phrase «better than district»

With only one exception, they performed worse in English and language arts (ELA)(though even with the one exception, Michigan Virtual Charter School, it only performed better than the district, not the state — and marginally so).

But we're having other districts actually email our staff, our whole staff list, and saying, «We pay better than your district.

She allowed that the school had «a lot of work to do to improve our services of those children,» but argued the special education students they do serve perform better than district school students.

On most statistical measures, the schools in the network perform as well as and often better than district schools in similar neighborhoods.

Charter school students scored significantly better than their district school counterparts, but had more native - English speakers and fewer kids with disabilities.

Fact: While the national charter performance data varies by state, Illinois charter schools on average perform better than district - run public schools.

This positive impact of charter schools in Denver is almost entirely due to the achievements of a small number of charter management organizations (CMOs) that have academic performance significantly better than both district - operated schools and single - school charters.

At the same time, to better manage the school's relationship with the district, the principal needed to know the laws and regulations on charter schools far better than the district did.

Last time I checked, the highest performing charters were doing better than their district counterparts in urban districts, but very few of these schools have come close to closing the achievement gap when it comes to college and career - readiness.

In fact, public charters are doing better than their district school counterparts at getting these at - risk students to graduate, as can be seen in data from the 2008 high school cohort (students graduating four years later and released in 2013).

Matt writes, «the latest study found that charters continued to do better than the district, but the gap has essentially been cut in half.»

It bears noting that these charter results are significantly better than the national average CREDO reported in 2009, in which just 17 percent of charter schools in the 16 states they studied performed better than their district counterparts.

And Massachusetts's charter schools do this much better than its district schools, where achievement gaps still yawn, despite the commonwealth's strong average achievement.

EN: Some studies have shown charter schools in Florida are no better than the district - operated schools.

Not exact matches

* The Commerce Department's National Trade Data Bank, available through district offices and in some libraries, reportedly contains more than 90,000 documents (including reports from the CIA and the State Department), featuring country - specific overviews of product markets, economic conditions, and best prospects for exporters.

Within the city, start - ups are gravitating towards the Flatiron District because leasing is cheap (well, lower than Midtown) and landlords are tend to be more flexible (though it's possible they just want to be near ShakeShack).

Taliban fighters who spoke to Maclean's in the volatile district of Panjwai, 30 km west of Kandahar city, also concede that the Canadian presence in Kandahar was better than the Americans, although their reasoning is based more on military considerations than humanitarian.

Republicans Are Better Off Than You Think: Lots of Republican incumbents are retiring this year, but half of them are in districts usually won by the GOP.

On January 17, 2012, Judge Carol E. Jackson of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri granted the SEC's request for emergency injunctive relief (including an asset freeze and appointment of a receiver) against Burton Douglas Morriss as well as several investment management companies and private equity funds operated by Morriss in response to the SEC's complaint alleging that Morriss misappropriated more than $ 9 million in investor assets from 2005 through 2011.

And what better way to celebrate than to highlight one of our grantees who is using their school salad bars as a vehicle to drive farm to school forward: Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) in Madison, WI.

This change supports better nutrition for students in more than 250 school districts and aligns with Sodexo's commitment to enhance student well - being.

Well I should add that my husband is high school teacher (though in a different district than IC), so it isn't too hard to follow education issues.

That was certainly the case in Berkeley, Calif., and in Boulder, Co., two districts where I have spent considerable time in the kitchens and the cafeterias, and where parents rallied around the idea that children deserve better than processed convenience foods and tons of sugar for breakfast and lunch.

[1] In contrast, the predominant view of nutrition and medical researchers is that milk has nutrients essential for bone growth and development, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] leading other school districts to take the position that any milk is better than no milk.

For schools looking to improve the physical and mental well - being of their students, few options are more favorable than emulating the food program of the Auburn School District.

And, just as you say, the good news is that some school districts are also following suit, so that kids who buy school lunch rather than bringing from home are more likely than ever to see whole fruit over canned, etc..

This fall, I joined our district wellness committee, which plans to develop a marketing campaign to INSPIRE (rather than FORCE) good nutrition, physical activity and social - emotional wellness.

He spent more money on his meals than the school district could spend, and brought in more (and better skilled) labor than the school district could afford — in fact, he basically opened a branch of one of his restaurants in a high school — which is in no way working «within the constraints.»

That the stupid cookie or candy included, or the extra bag of cheetos is going to make them banshees in the classroom where your and my child are trying to focus... I would say that even in most districts that the nutritional value on a reimbursable tray is probably better than the brown bag that is being brought to school by most!

If that's the case, then all of the above might be better directed at your district's Food Services Director (or «Student Nutrition Director» — the title may vary) than the principal.

Although all of the Oak Lawn votes had not yet been counted late Wednesday, voters there were rejecting the measure by better than a 2 - 1 ratio, stunning Park District officials who had seen them overwhelmingly approve an advisory referendum on the matter in November 2004.

After months of meetings and a lot of brainstorming in between, Naperville Park District board members determined this week that their programming needs and long - term goals would be best served by building a permanent site on a 95th Street recreation campus rather than leasing space inside a proposed $ 18.6 million library scheduled to be built nearby.

«It won't cost them anything and it's actually a better plan than the $ 18 million [plan] they approved,» Park District Commissioner Scott McKibben said.

The dissenting commissioners, Paul Chung and John Wood, said they felt the swap was unfair because the district was giving away better land than it got.

With its $ 272 million annual budget, the park district spends well over $ 30,000 an acre of park, she says, far more than any other big city.

These districts have found that not only can a regional food system be more efficient than a local or conventional one, but «when food grown regionally is eaten in season, it's tastier when it reaches kids» lunch trays — and there's a better chance that kids will eat it.»

Because more than a quarter of Algonquin residents already belong to one of three park districts, however, deciding how to best serve the recreational needs of the entire village won't be easy.

NEW LENOX — The New Lenox Park District is in better financial shape than expected, according to an audit presented recently to the Park Board.

She voted in favor of the Park District after being told that the setback variance was better than that of the Village Hall on County Line Road.

Edmund Kelly could n`t have picked a better spot than Welles Park to announce his resignation as Chicago Park District superintendent.

On a more serious note, I'm so pleased — and can only imagine that you must be as well — to hear that your district is moving to food - based planning rather than nutrient standard planning.

But now — less than a month after a proposal to create a park district was defeated at the polls — there is a new park - management proposal to consider, leaving residents and the Village Board with a decision about how best to control the community's recreational resources.

The water district is currently served by a mix of shallow and deep wells and is operating under a variance from the state because radium levels in the water are greater than allowed by federal standards.

Spencer has found that a good way to cut costs when purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables is to do the processing at the district level rather than ordering pre-processed produce.

Furthermore, many public schools lack the facilities for cooking and food storage that Chef Boundas has at his disposal, and while I didn't find out exactly what Chef Boundas pays his labor, it may well be less than labor costs would be in a highly unionized district.

A relatively well - to - do community, with perhaps only 35 % low income students, may be better able to support a paid meal price of $ 4 or more, to help cover the cost of scratch cooking and better quality food, than a district with 60 % -70 % low income students.

NXT Sports and the Park District of Highland Park are excited to offer our better - than - ever lacrosse program.

It is harder to research a couple dozen candidates in a given election (which would be typical in a nine seat election since there would be viable third party candidates as well as a candidate for each seat from each of two major parties) than it is to research two of them as you would in a single member district with the two party system that single member districts strongly favor.

Because the Republicans did better in 2016 than the Democrats in three out of four districts.

«The First Congressional District could not ask for a better representative than Senator Lee Zeldin,» Long said.