Sentences with phrase «challenge for school districts»

With competing priorities and new initiatives launched frequently, it can be a challenge for school districts to designate sufficient funding to bring social - emotional learning to their classrooms.

Budgeting in the Accountability Age Doing more with less has been the challenge for school districts in recent years, but now the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act, coupled with shrinking resources, are making budgeting even harder.

«There are always financial challenges for school districts to do as much as they want to do, and that's where we can provide that value.»

As a result, budgets may be tight again, creating a new round of management challenges for school districts.

In its review of existing research on mayoral control, the report categorizes the various existing forms of mayoral involvement, examines benefits and challenges for school districts, then argues for effective relationships between school boards and mayors.

While demonstrating this may present challenges for some school districts, the fiscal accountability requirement triggered by reaching the LCFF targets would be more straightforward than that under current rules.

With student suspensions as a gauge of a school's safety climate, statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the most recent school year available show a convergence of challenges for school districts in Madison and its neighboring suburbs.

Consumers are quickly embracing eBooks, but there are additional challenges for school districts to do the same,» said Kevin Johnston, Director of Product Design.

Not exact matches

Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo: Tracy McKinnon, chairperson of the Fort McMurray Catholic School District, is challenging first - term PC MLA Mike Allen for that party's nomination.

Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district — and in their lives.

Starting at 11:30 a.m. at Ernie Sheldon Park, Natoma Station Drive, Folsom, CA, the Folsom High School varsity baseball team will become special Baseball buddies for 30 players with intellectual and physical challenges from District 54 Little League.

With strict dietary guidelines that dictate what's on the lunch menu at Glen Ellyn's Community Consolidated School District 89, getting parents to buy lunch for their child when the selection is whole - grain pasta or broccoli with fat - free ranch dressing is proving to be a challenge.

Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local sources to supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.

Unfortunately, the new policies have been challenging for underfunded school districts and picky eaters alike.

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But in a sign of how challenging this transition can be for schools, district figures show that lunch sales for September through December dropped by about 5 percentage points since the previous year, or more than 20,000 lunches a day.

The competition showcases the hard work and creativity of Middle School teams across the district as they are challenged to plan a reimbursable lunch menu that includes the appropriate meal components (meat / meat alternate, grain, milk, fruit and vegetable), follows the USDA National School Lunch guidelines, and costs no more than $ 1.20 for the entire meal.

In response to feedback from states and districts regarding operational challenges caused by the meat and grain restrictions, USDA lifted the limits temporarily, first for the remainder of school year 2012 - 2013 and then for school year 2013 - 2014.

This report focuses on one crucial set of challenges that school districts face in meeting nutrition standards for meals: the need for improved equipment and infrastructure.

Having worked with Ann for the last five years, and seeing what it takes to change school food in just one district, I am in awe and incredibly grateful for those who have taken on this challenge.

Councilmember Lander said the district needed someone like Sikora who would «fight for progressive values in government, try to win a more equal city, address the challenges of climate change, make sure the rights of workers are respected, address the issues of health care on the policy level, and fight in the neighborhoods to improve our schools and make them better.»

Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.

The National Democratic Congress Minority in Parliament will challenge the School Feeding Programme's 30 percent allocation of the schools in each district as protocol for the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, «I want to serve notice that the Minority will challenge it because we think that it should not be allowed to go and this is not a charge...

The National Democratic Congress Minority in Parliament will challenge the School Feeding Programme's 30 percent allocation of the schools in each district as protocol for the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection,

Niskayuna Central School District's faculty and administrators work together to develop and provide an educational program that is both challenging and meaningful for students.

«Although it wasn't easy, School districts met the challenge last year and we congratulate them for that,» said Schuler.

And while he and Rumore agreed that the city's high poverty rate creates particular challenges for schools and that increased funding is necessary for a turnaround, Quinn said the district needs to «get its act together» before asking for any more money.

Challenges still remain for school districts in New York, especially in upstate regions.

But some education specialists say that elected school boards in general pose problems for urban school districts with challenges related to poverty.

With nearly 11,000 students in 10 schools, the City School District of New Rochelle, through an active partnership amongst community, parents, staff and students, provides a high - quality and challenging education for every child, in a safe, nurturing environment that embraces rich diversity and drives success.

Tommy Torres, the current Male District Leader for the 53rd Assembly District, Community Board 1 member, and assistant principal and baseball coach at the Grand Street Campus High School, is considering a challenge against the incumbent, he said.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner has once again challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, this time by demanding more money for poor school districts like Syracuse.

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.

According to her, the school complained to the area council of the Ellembelle District Assembly, stating emphatically these security challenges, but their concerns, for over a year, have not been addressed.

Other challenges, it said, included special schools, such as schools for the blind and the deaf, which were either closing down or about to do so, subvention not being released to the psychiatric hospital in Accra, nearly all statutory funds being in arrears and a significant number of public sector workers, including nurses and district chief executives employed by the government over a year ago not being paid.

To inspire STEM awareness, one New Jersey school district has turned its Kit Club grant award into a video challenge for area schools.

Before adding more charters or other new schools, the district should wait for the data to come in to justify doing so... We challenge Superintendent Tom Boasberg and our board to commit to a level playing field so neighborhood schools receive the same resources as charter and innovation schools.

Clearly, only his desire for further challenging and serious public service could have led him to consider the superintendency of the troubled San Diego public schools, the eighth - largest school district in the United States.

Since 1990 the New York - based Teach for America (TFA) program has placed more than 7,000 teachers in some of the nation's most challenging school districts.

But Education Elements is smart to understand both how steep the design challenges can be for districts in moving to blended - learning models — and consequently where the action is today — as well as the opportunities blended learning presents to rethink the use of time in school, such that it can create schools that transform teaching and learning for both teachers and students and rack up some wins in the process.

In this article for District Administration, regular Edutopia blogger Suzie Boss tells the story of how schools are meeting the challenge of standardized tests and moving past the «bubble» exam; she also highlights how educators are overcoming fear and anxiety around assessing critical thinking and content.

For many school districts, teacher shortages are a recurring challenge.

And despite all his challenges, he ended up doing well in school, applied for scholarships, and was recognized by his colleagues, fellow students, and district leaders.

She embodies the values of courage and commitment that are required to meet the daunting challenge that confronts urban school districts, making good teaching happen for every child, every day, in every classroom, to enable all children to learn and achieve at high levels,» said Professor Robert Peterkin, director of the Urban Superintendents Program.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

For that reason, parents can be annoyingly inconsistent: They can favor better schools but oppose anything that reallocates resources, challenges teachers to improve, or threatens jobs in schools or the district central office.

I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school funding policies must recognize the underlying heterogeneity of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).

By 1996 the virtual fire was beginning to blaze: an experimental WebSchool in Orange County, Florida (a precursor to the Florida Online High School), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called ClassSchool) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Classschool courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class.com).

We approached the administration with this idea after the district and community co-developed a new Strategic Plan for Byron Public Schools that included the clauses, «Byron Public Schools will challenge the status quo and develop new norms for education by the year 2018,» and «Byron Public Schools will leverage real - world tools and skills to develop in students a passion for learning.»

The city will start growing again, and the district at that point will have to start shoving the co-located charters off our school district property because we need the space for our public school population,» he said, also noting the legal challenges involved in trying that.