Sentences with phrase «change in a district where»

CEL consultants went to work slowly building a culture receptive to change in a district where literacy had largely been teacher - directed, with a publisher's textbook as the source of instruction.

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In a statement released after the issue gained traction, the district said, «In the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquIn a statement released after the issue gained traction, the district said, «In the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquIn the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquin their choices.»

but again, there were too many questions like «where do i start, what is feasible in my district, why did the chocolate milk come back and why is it so hard to get it off the menu (i know the answer to that now), why are there so many excuses and not enough nourishing food for kids, why does it have to take a decade or three to make a few menu reform changes?

We want to get the word out that to those who want to spend a couple of years in government, the Park District is a place where you can come and make a change.»

«Unfortunately, she works in a semi-rural district in a tight - knit community where change isn't always at the top of the list of things to do,» he said.

I don't want to heap a lot of unrealistic expectations on one person, especially in a huge district like ours where change can be a slow and frustrating process.

He insisted his proposal leaves open the question of where to put the new facilities because of the Council's long - established practice of giving its members veto authority over zoning changes in their district.

Democrats are focusing on more suburban districts, where they believe changing demographics are moving seats into the Democratic column, in their effort to regain the majority in the House.

The notable exception was quite frankly in the Capital district and Nanoscale where the state made a significant contribution and with some real talent from Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, literally generated an entire industry, but it shows what the state could do when the state invested but the state, besides the Capital district in many ways forgot the rest of upstate New York and we said we were going to change that and reverse it and we did and it is already paying dividends and we want to do it again and we want to start it with taxes.

In order to take advantage of a potential presidential wave, Democratic operatives are cutting emotional ties from some rural areas that made up their previous majority, such as downstate Illinois and parts of Ohio, to focus on more suburban districts, where they believe changing demographics are moving seats into the Democratic column.

After the decennial redistricting process, where a state body redraws political boundaries to accommodate for population change, her Beechhurst co-op was drawn into the same district as Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), which would have pitted them against each other in a primary.

In one of Brooklyn's most rapidly changing districts, where brownstones sell for millions of dollars around the corner from deteriorating public housing complexes, Council Member Laurie Cumbo believes that arts and culture can be a unifying factor.

De Blasio's allies also see leverage over Skelos in school funding, where microscopic changes can drastically impact which school districts — including those on Long Island that Skelos holds sacred — get what.

Thus, in this scenario, the seats most likely to change parties are those in districts where Democrats defeated Republican incumbants.

«That's what America's all about, that's what change is all about,» Rangel said of Espaillat's win in a district where power is shifting from historically black Harlem to Washington Heights, which is predominantly Dominican - American.

A new law counts them in their home districts, and not in the communities where they're incarcerated — a change that the GOP says benefits Democrat - leaning downstate regions at the expense of more rural Republican - held upstate districts.

As the couple's CG train zips between districts, we see how Snow's stormtroopers buckle down on what little freedom remains, offset by the empty frivolity of life in the capital — a nonstop binge - and - purge banquet where wild hairstyles and lavish costume changes provide distraction from an idle existence.

It is my goal here to show how within an individual state (where, as most recently proposed, portability's fiscal impact would be), portability would change the distribution of Title I funds across all districts, and within a district, across schools currently participating in Title I versus those who do not.

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty judges.

But the incident led to procedural changes in the Indiana school district where it occurred.

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present...

Elmore's efforts to change this began during his work in a New York City school district, where professional development for principals included spending time every day inside classrooms to re-familiarize themselves with the teaching environment.

Our basic strategy was to compare changes in funding levels in districts where the state's school - finance system has been ruled unconstitutional to funding changes in comparable districts in states where an SFJ has not been issued.

We did this by comparing changes in funding in school districts where the state's school - finance system has been ruled unconstitutional in a court challenge to funding changes in comparable districts in states where no SFJ has been issued.

Your essay on Mayor Cory Booker's aspirations for change in the Newark Public Schools District («Home Is Where the Heart Is,» features, Fall 2006) was encouraging in one respect but discouraging in many others.

He went on to serve in the New York City Department of Education, where he helped open new, high - quality district and charter schools, support the turnaround of struggling schools, and advocate for admission and enrollment changes that led to thousands more New York City students being better prepared for college and careers.

That focus is present in the more successful districts (even where there have been leadership changes); it was distinctly lacking in districts with district leadership turnover or inconsistent policy development.

The i3 grant along with Race to the Top are perhaps the two signature education programs from the Obama administration where big federal dollars have been given in exchange for promises by states and local districts for sweeping changes.

In order to understand the effects of administrator turnover at the district level, we concentrated on districts where there were changes in the superintendency during the course of our studIn order to understand the effects of administrator turnover at the district level, we concentrated on districts where there were changes in the superintendency during the course of our studin the superintendency during the course of our study.

Even in cases where a principal «s tenure extends over a period of several years, teachers may remain alienated when principal turnover is the result of a district leadership rotation policy.208 Teachers may become cynical and resistant to change because of the «revolving door syndrome» — the uncertainty and instability turnover causes, and the perception of the new leader as a «servant to the system.

Changing the incentives and changing the systems — the accountability system, the data system — those are all things that are very worthy things to do in the district, but those don't filter down all the way to the classroom, especially in a district where the issues the kids bring to the classroom are so Changing the incentives and changing the systems — the accountability system, the data system — those are all things that are very worthy things to do in the district, but those don't filter down all the way to the classroom, especially in a district where the issues the kids bring to the classroom are so changing the systems — the accountability system, the data system — those are all things that are very worthy things to do in the district, but those don't filter down all the way to the classroom, especially in a district where the issues the kids bring to the classroom are so extreme.

Our enrollment of EL's is not yet where we want it to be, but many of us have put great effort into changing that and, I believe that once we take a deeper look at the EL numbers we'll see that individual schools in our coalition are quite close to their districts.

Just a little incremental change every year on the part of the teacher, over time, you know, would have this cumulative effect on student achievement where you'd say that, «Hey, in this district, in this school, we know that our teachers are getting better every year.

Rather than waiting to see how those changes would affect their schools, the district set out in 2008 to incorporate a bold vision into its strategic plan: Vancouver would create an «opportunity zone» where schools would focus on addressing the impact of poverty that can affect students» classroom performance.

Previously, Gabrielle was an associate director of Portfolio Planning at the New York City Department of Education, where she managed the planning and implementation of performance - based school changes for school districts in Brooklyn.

Hall County has been quietly transforming its schools into district - run charters, but not in the headline - catching fashion of places like New Orleans, where charters often grew atop failing public schools and came with wholesale staffing changes.

In all four of the districts where we worked, we observed that parents» strongly felt concerns served as both a model and an incentive for educators to be more open to systemic changes.

They were completely dependent on the district before, and now they have some funding where they can hire their own special ed staff, and we think that increase in infrastructure is a major contributor to the change in the enrollment,» Dove said.

At the NYC Leadership Academy, we believe in meeting districts where they are, supporting them in having the hard conversations about the existence and impact of personal and systemic racism on students, and then helping them develop strategies for making and maintaining change that will work for their communities.

Other locations he's watching include Maryland, where extensive changes to the state's discipline policies are underway, and Denver, whose leading role in the elimination of exclusionary discipline makes it a key guidepost for other districts striving to do away with zero - tolerance tactics.

CT3 Representative Nataki Gregory said, «In all our urban districts where we work, we see an immediate change in culture management of classroomIn all our urban districts where we work, we see an immediate change in culture management of classroomin culture management of classrooms.

«The sharp falloff in mathematics achievement in the U.s. begins as students reach late middle school, where, for more and more stu - District implementation changing instructional practice requires extensive supports for teachers.

I heard people, some of them my former students who were now parents in the district, saying, «If Ann is willing to recommend changing the boundaries of schools where she was a principal then this must be a change she truly believes in.»

This is where you can draw a direct line between the collective - bargaining changes Walker is seeking in his now - famous budget - adjustment bill and the budget bill introduced this week: He is trying to give school districts a new, non-traditional way to handle budget reductions.

An educator who has operated 14 award - winning charter public schools where college is the expectation for all graduates, Dr. Rodriguez will provide a depth of experience, passion for educating our children and a thoughtful vision on how to effect positive change in the district.

Some districts use distributed leadership developed where teachers have a say and feel supported and where change is top down, bottom up, inside out and outside in.

Under competitive certification, little would change in high - performing districts where administrators have a raft of fully trained candidates.

Judicial review is about to meet peer review in a federal courtroom in San Francisco, where sparring cities and fossil fuel companies have been called to brief U.S. District Judge William Alsup this Wednesday on the basics of climate change.

She lives with her family in Washington, DC, where she serves on the District of Columbia's Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency.

The greatest surface changes are in the centre of the city where few trees exist, an area called the Central Business District (CBD), which has almost 100 % solid surface that is impervious to water.