Sentences with phrase «bringing struggling school districts»

New Funding Pressures Next month the state Supreme Judicial Court will review the findings of a Superior Court judge who ruled in May that state funding for education is inadequate in poor districts despite the billions of dollar spent since 1993 on bringing struggling school districts up to a reasonable foundation budget.

Not exact matches

In an 8 - 1 vote, last night the Homer School Board attempted to bring to a close a nearly 2 - year struggle between the district and the Truxton community.

Teachers unions have a renewed interest in the Chancellor's District, an initiative that placed a group of struggling schools under the supervision of central office, and are saying the Education Department should bring it back.

There were also several barriers — and subsequent workarounds — identified around technology and infrastructure: grappling with a slow and unwieldy public contract code for technology and even furniture procurement; allowing for Bring Your Own Device programs given the state's free public education clause; and struggling to provide sufficient technology access at school and home for all students if the district wanted to adopt digital materials.

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.

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.

Other charter networks and school districts similarly wrestle to bring struggling readers up to speed while having more success in math.

«With the help of public and private partnerships, New Leaders for New Schools is bringing in talented leaders to drive up the academic performance and curb the high drop out rate of our nation's struggling school districts.