Sentences with phrase «challenged urban school districts»

What is annoying, to say the least, is that despite these difficult economic times, and while we're making a special effort to invest in our poorest, most challenged urban school districts, we've got school administrators like Paul Vallas and Steven Adamowski who begin by hiring consultants and laying off the very Connecticut residents who have been working so hard to make a difference.

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

Most of the 12 municipalities and school districts that last month filed a lawsuit challenging the Ocean State's school finance system are neither among the state's poorest nor its most urban.

Throughout the spring, VOISE designers have been up to their laptops in the typical challenges of opening a new school in a large urban district: community outreach, teacher recruitment, student enrollment, fundraising, and a bit of bureaucracy, to boot.

The Urban Superintendents Program is the nation's first and only comprehensive program that prepares school leaders to address the challenges of large, urban distrUrban Superintendents Program is the nation's first and only comprehensive program that prepares school leaders to address the challenges of large, urban distrurban districts.

As with many other public schools in urban districts, Wildwood has been up against some tough resource challenges:

The PELP faculty team invited, through a competitive process, urban school districts to partner in the design and delivery of an innovative executive education program tailored specifically to meet the actual challenges that educational leaders are facing.

We already have an impressive joint project with the Business School, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coSchool, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coschool districts from across the country.

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 Prourban 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 ProUrban Superintendents Program.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

Now, reformers in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Maryland, and New York, and the large urban districts of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, are challenging the notion that grouping students in the middle grades in their own school buildings is the right approach.

February 14: Driving Change: Challenges Superintendents Face in Urban Schools Kaya Henderson, Dean's Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, was joined by Tommy Chang, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, and Tom Boasberg, superintendent of Denver Public Schools.

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.

Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the largest urban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessmurban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessmUrban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessments.

Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distSchool's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool districts.

The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards, fosters effective school district leadership, and addresses the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban cenUrban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards, fosters effective school district leadership, and addresses the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban cenurban school boards, fosters effective school district leadership, and addresses the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban cenurban centers.

The need for a more robust safety net for these students is a key systemic challenge for many urban school districts.

Located in medium - and large - sized school districts, the schools confront many of the educational challenges found in low - income urban settings.

This program takes a look at the specific hurdles faced by leaders in urban school districts and presents equally nuanced strategies to addressing these challenges.

These schools — among the district's most challenging — have kept pace with a district achieving the highest gains among America's major urban systems.

The superintendent said she's aware of the challenges faced in urban districts like Rochester: poor attendance, low graduation rates, and students who can't afford a school lunch, for starters.

In «Part Five: Three Perspectives On Launching A Residency from California State University, Fresno» Drs. Paul Beare, Cathy Yun and Lisa Bennett write about the university's important partnerships with both rural and urban school districts, their focus on teacher professional development and the rewards and challenges of building three different residencies — each with a unique focus.

Recruitment and retention challenges are once again leading to teacher shortages across the nation, especially in urban and rural school districts.

These are very real challenges that face many urban school districts across the United States.

Urban school boards are diligent about their own professional development, so that their board members are well prepared for the immense challenges and complexities of policymaking in an urban school distUrban school boards are diligent about their own professional development, so that their board members are well prepared for the immense challenges and complexities of policymaking in an urban school disturban school district.

Especially in urban and rural school districts, low salaries and poor working conditions often contribute to the difficulties of recruiting and keeping teachers, as can the challenges of the work itself.

The Boston Public Schools (BPS) face the same challenges as other urban districts in the United States.

Milwaukee Public Schools is a large, urban district with a diverse, largely economically challenged student population and its achievement scores have historically lagged state averages in both mathematics and reading.

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

We support urban school boards, foster effective school district leadership, and address the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban centers.

«In California, state law and local rules make it challenging for districts to reward their best teachers and remove their worst teachers,» said Dominic Brewer, a professor of urban policy the USC Rossier School.

The Urban Hope Act is just a small piece of what the Christie administration seeks to accomplish in Camden, with the work on the existing district schools a major challenge given the state's track record.

Portland faces challenges similar to many urban districts around the country: how to provide consistent, challenging, powerful classroom instruction in all schools, for all students.

Research shows many schools face challenges in retaining high - quality teachers, especially urban school districts and small, rural school districts.

Yet many suburban districts now rival urban districts in the challenges they face, having experienced dramatic population changes in just the past decade, with fast growing numbers of English Language Learners and students living in poverty attending Read more about Suburban Schools: The Unrecognized Frontier in Public Education -LSB-...]

AIR's evaluation of the program indicates that student outcomes improved, despite the challenges faced by this complex urban school district, and even with imperfect implementation and uncertain fidelity.

Together these sites represent a mix of small and large, urban and rural, public school districts and public charter schools and each seek to apply blended learning strategies to remedy a specific challenge in their schools.

Like many urban districts, the Indianapolis school system has daunting challenges: It's been losing enrollment for decades, leaving a concentrated population of low - income minority students within its borders, while passing rates on state assessments for the 2014 - 15 school year were not quite at 30 percent.

CUBE provides educational opportunities that engage urban school districts and district leaders, working through their state school boards associations, while addressing challenges in urban centers.

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

The first venue was the Urban Education Dialogue (UED), a forum of large urban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in CalifoUrban Education Dialogue (UED), a forum of large urban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in Califourban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in California.

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

These are only a few examples of how today's ISDs serve urban, suburban and rural K — 12 districts, enabling even the most challenged school to offer otherwise unavailable educational opportunities to its students.

Third, the public sector is faltering in many urban areas — cities and school districts face long - term structural challenges to match revenues with expenditures.

Outstanding ability to meet the challenges of an urban - rural, multi-ethnic, multi-racial school district

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at aSchool District (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atDistrict (OUSD), an urban district with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atdistrict with demographics and challenges similar to Newark's, has taken a very different tack to school reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at aschool reform — and it's not costing $ 100 million: The district is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult atdistrict is transforming itself from the inside out, through social - emotional learning (SEL) one adult at a time.