Sentences with phrase «biggest challenges our district»

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This is especially problematic because the district's biggest marketing challenges lie outside Richmond, as a map of the state hanging in the office makes clear.

This summer, he took on an even bigger challenge as chef de cuisine at the Chase, a new fish - and - oyster house in the heart of the financial district.

«This is one of the craziest years that we've had,» said Larry Bower, director of the parks and planning at the Wheaton Park District who's been with them for 29 years and says providing outdoor skating rinks is one of the district's «biggest challengesDistrict who's been with them for 29 years and says providing outdoor skating rinks is one of the district's «biggest challengesdistrict's «biggest challenges.»

Mr. Donovan's biggest challenge will not be winning the special election (after all, Michael Grimm won convincingly in 2014 while under indictment); it will be winning re-election in 2016, when former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton could top the ticket and drive turnout in the district.

Earlier in the week Lamb said one of his biggest challenges this campaign was making sure voters know whether or not they are in this newly drawn district.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Challenge creates opportunities — and Assemblyman John McDonald's district has seen some big challenges recently.

But equity is a big challenge for the Buffalo Public Schools, which is at a disadvantage in this arms race because — unlike the suburban districts — it doesn't have the ability to levy taxes.

Jobs for New York's second biggest target was community organizer Carlos Menchaca, who is challenging incumbent Sara Gonzalez for her 38th Council District seat, covering neighborhoods including Red Hook and Sunset Park.

Her biggest challenge was finding the money to even do a district - wide mailing because we all agreed that we clearly couldn't promote it online because our target demographic is never on the computer.

I think the second big challenge will be providing outstanding professional development so that principals are fully ready to use the evaluation rubrics and to ensure that our districts are in turn fully ready to observe principals and evaluate principals according to rubrics.

But the growth of blended learning in districts as opposed to through the course - choice mechanism will create a bigger challenge.

The image of today's public schools as violence - ridden creates a big challenge for public - relations professionals, top communications specialists from two urban districts say.

This special report, «The Chief Academic Officer's Evolving Role: Powering Big - Picture Learning Goals,» examines the challenges CAOs are facing in school districts across the country and how they are working to improve academics in the age of common standards and digital teaching and learning.

Big challenges loom for states and school districts contemplating the Next Generation Science Standards completed this spring.

Support state education agencies, districts, mayors and others in devising new strategies to address their big challenges

But the nation's fourth - largest district, with over 350,000 students and an annual budget of over $ 5 billion faced a number of big challenges, among them, a growing principal shortage, a rash of underperforming schools, and a wide achievement gap between Miami - Dade students and students in other Florida districts.

He said he has some innovative ideas to tackle the district's biggest challenges, including declining enrollment and chronic absences, but he wants to discuss his ideas with the students first.

Kelly's experience in the classroom and in federal education policy underscores the breadth and depth she will bring to the school board to solve some of the district's biggest challenges.

They spoke with Marty Blank, president of IEL and director of the Coalition, about how community schools have helped their districts overcome challenges, their biggest lessons learned in implementing community schools, and why they believe the strategy is one that truly works to support students, families, schools, and communities.

Recently, the biggest challenge for districts has been professional learning, as we are expecting our educators to have broader and deeper content knowledge.

The Every Student Succeeds Act creates an innovation fund to test, validate, replicate and scale evidence - based solutions to solve the big challenges students and schools face, and it allows school districts to invest their federal dropout prevention and student safety and health funds in «pay for success» initiatives in which districts pay for student services only if and when specified results are achieved.

«One of our biggest challenges is the continued growth of student membership,» says Fairfax County's Webb, whose district is growing by 2,500 to 3,000 students per year.

As I visit with districts across the nation, I always ask what is the biggest challenge that they face with their ELL student population.

Scott Syverson, talent manager for The New Teacher Project, which worked with three RISE pilot districts in Indiana last year, said the system's biggest challenge was deciding where teachers fall on the four - step rating scale.

Title II Part A offers critically important supports for solving current teacher shortages that are reported as a «big challenge» in a majority of school districts and in more than 40 states.

Fannett Metal School District (FMSD) is a very small district with very big chaDistrict (FMSD) is a very small district with very big chadistrict with very big challenges.

On Thursday, during her second interview with the school board, Greene said learning how to stay engaged within a district with about 80,000 more students would be her biggest challenge.

Friends, Parents, teachers, community members and anyone in the Linked Learning field have all seen the transformative effect that Linked Learning has on students, especially in some of the biggest, most challenging school districts across the country.

The biggest challenge for the city school district «is providing a high - quality education to all children and giving them the opportunity to overcome poverty.»

As much as districts like Dallas» keep searching for the right combination of strategies, moving students toward high school graduation and post-high school education remains a big challenge.

Angel added, «UTLA's goal of blaming charters for the district's complex financial challenges is especially irresponsible when you look at the big picture.

Attempting to integrate «making» practices and philosophies into K - 12 schools in struggling urban districts can lead to big challenges, the authors found.

That shift of students from mainly poorer urban districts to better - off suburban schools has created big financial challenges for the urban districts.

When school districts merge the main challenges usually involve finding ways to improve test scores and cut costs without sacrificing educational opportunities, but the new Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregation.

We are in big challenge with our CSO an ∂ thanks for mentioning the Golden Triangle Museum District's newest and bold building The Clyfford Still Museum opening Nov. 18.

Respondents from districts with low - levels of adoption or no adoption said cost remains the biggest challenge, while the lack of technology infrastructure is another huge hurdle.