Sentences with phrase «challenges districts»

Here we identify challenges districts face in bringing about change, strategies that seem useful in improving student learning and evidence about the impact of the district on improving student achievement.

This model also has the potential to support systemic change and the building of the teaching profession, especially in the most challenging districts.

The calorie range requirements for lunches also challenged some districts, particularly those with schools that include students from both grades 6 - 8 and 9 - 12.

Some state laws limit charters to big cities or so - called challenge districts.

And when parents challenge districts over private placement for their children, school districts win more than 62 percent of the court decisions.

One particular gender - specific challenge the district notes is helping older autistic girls — even as early as fourth grade — discuss their changing bodies and navigate interactions with the opposite sex.

We understand the complexities of measuring student achievement and dealing with the many challenges a district faces.

He also noted the fiscal challenges the district will have as it prepares to deal with the state's mandate to reduce K - 3 class sizes.

There is no doubt these test results are affected by the several challenges the district continues to battle.

At the same time, they create fundamental systemic change and build the teaching profession, especially in the most challenging districts.

«Growth in state aid revenue has outpaced levy growth, which generally benefits districts that are more reliant on state revenues and challenges districts more dependent on property taxes,» Moody's found.

Municipal law: Catalyst Paper Corp. challenged the District of North Cowichan's property tax rates, claiming the rates were unreasonable because they have no relationship to the municipal service it uses or consumes.

This appeal challenges the district court's rulings rejecting claims challenging property - inspection fees under RICO, fraud, and unjust - enrichment theories, and denying plaintiffs» motion for attorneys» fees.

But Peterson explores this possibility and shows that no demographic changes that occurred between 2007 and 2009 are likely to have reduced the educational challenges the district faced.

Most importantly, then, test results provide parents and teachers with vital information about student learning, and accountability policies challenge districts and schools to meet individual student needs with effective teachers, strong curricula, choices for families and students, and break - the - mold interventions for failing schools.

«These recommendations are grounded in teachers» experience in the classroom while also taking into account the financial challenges our district faces,» said Acasia Wilson - Feinberg, E4E - Chicago Executive Director.

Knudsen will spend the next six months addressing the current shortfall, along with challenging the district's long - term woes.

We spent many hours meeting with school personnel (and, once, a lawyer), writing letters, challenging district procedures, monitoring adherence to his Individualized Education Plan.

The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Los Angeles Unified School District in a lawsuit brought by the UTLA challenging the District's 2007 approval of Green Dot Public School's Locke High School conversion.

One of the greatest challenges districts are facing in successfully transitioning to blended environments is how to effectively achieve buy - in from educators and help teachers build new instructional skills required for today's classrooms.

One of the biggest challenges our district is facing is sustainability as students and families are leaving OUSD.

West Bend social studies teacher Tanya Lohr, who was placed on paid administrative leave after challenging the district's new testing system, was placed back in her classroom Monday night after her union, her colleagues, parents and community supporters came to her defense.

In short, these problems need a solution now,» wrote Aguirre, who has a history challenging the district's construction bidding process.

There are two cities in N.J. where charter school growth is indeed challenging district budgets: Newark and Camden, where the demand by parents for alternative public schools is extremely high and as many as a third of students attend charters.

«I don't think we've gotten a single complaint in the past year and a half dealing with the PowerUp program,» said P. Gayle Fallon, the president of the 6,000 - member Houston Federation of Teachers, which is currently involved in a lawsuit challenging the district's use of controversial statistical methods to gauge teacher performance.

Fine recently shared his thoughts with EdSource's John Fensterwald on the potential challenges districts may be facing with declining revenues, rising expenses and full funding of the Local Control Funding Formula.

The complaint challenged the district's failure to provide several Evergreen students with the special education services the District was obligated to provide.

It has left the community sharply divided between supporters of charter schools as a better option for students and charter opponents, who see the plan as a major threat for its potential to drain students and resources from an already financially - challenged district of more than 600,000 students.

Milwaukee Public Schools saw 3,060 students earn their high school diploma in 2015, with a graduation rate of 58.2 percent — making it the most challenged district in the state.

This report presents findings about the challenges districts face in implementing the updated meal standards, specifically as they relate to equipment and infrastructure needs.

Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris, a senator from Queens, said Democrats are speaking with prospective candidates in what is a challenging district, though it's one where they hope «newfound activism among Democrats might help us level the playing field.»

Then, nearly a decade ago, he became commissioner in Massachusetts, where he embraced the Common Core, revamped teacher evaluation, and championed turnaround strategies for some of the state's most - challenged districts.

Bur in all three, chartering magnified the capacity of a challenged district delivery system to do things better, while furthering structural innovation within public education.

The Alexandria school system, one of Northern Virginia's smallest and most - challenged districts, made gains in several subjects but still trailed behind its neighbors, with districtwide passage rates ranging from the high 60s to the high 70s.

WXXI's Hélène Biandudi has more on the challenges the District is facing right now and what's on and off the table to help close that gap.

She said Maryland's application represents 70 percent of the state's poor children and particularly focuses on how the state would help the most challenged districts — Baltimore and Prince George's County — raise achievement.

Staff attrition rates are higher than average in economically - challenged districts, and VCS is no exception.

If you are looking for solutions to the challenges districts like yours face, contact A + Educators to arrange a visit to Roy B. Kelley to see Project PROPEL in action.

They have offered a high quality education in our most challenging districts, and have shown consistently that all children, regardless of the color of their skin or how much money their parents make, can graduate high school prepared to succeed in college or a career.

The U.S. Department of Education is accepting feedback on proposed requirements for its School Improvement Grant program (SIG), which awards grants to revenue - challenged districts that demonstrate a commitment to...

In a brief and unpublished decision issued Thursday, the 6th District Courts of Appeal reversed the trial court's ruling, allowing the nonprofit corporation operating Liberty Family Academy to challenge the district in court to recover funds withheld after the school's revocation.

The U.S. Department of Education is accepting feedback on proposed requirements for its School Improvement Grant program (SIG), which awards grants to revenue - challenged districts that demonstrate a commitment to improving student achievement in low - performing schools.