Sentences with phrase «biggest school districts in the country»

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schools.

Los Angeles is the biggest school district in the country that still elects its school board.

Clark County in Nevada, one of the biggest school districts in the country, expects to hire 2,000 teachers, which would bring the district's total to nearly 19,000 teachers.

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In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

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.

Modeled after a program in Sacramento, Calif., Denver's home visit program is now the second - biggest in the country behind only D.C. Public Schools, according to the district.

In 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikIn 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikin the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strike.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

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.

She gets paid the big bucks because she is the leader of the second largest school district in the country.

Coastal California showed the biggest differences in home prices in the country based on school districts.