Sentences with phrase «chosen by a district»

School missions get diluted by repeated rounds of school reform; academics get crowded out by new policy goals; principals become middle - managers carrying out the programs chosen by district administrators; and teachers become «labor,» fulfilling contractual obligations instead of doing whatever is necessary to succeed.

Approaches rated as ineffective by a majority of teachers in two of the most effective schools were «speakers and topics chosen by the district,» and in three schools, «inservice provided by publishing companies with the adoption of a new textbook series.»

A motivating opening panel of teacher - leaders, all Opportunity Culture Fellows chosen by their districts for teaching excellence and leadership, brought the message home: This works.

Typically teachers use tools chosen by a district administrator or someone else who is rarely still in the classroom.

To be labeled gifted in Louisiana, by and large, students must score at least two standard deviations above the mean on a standardized reading and math test chosen by the district or on an intelligence test (two standard deviations above the mean translates to a score of 130 on the IQ test and is near the 98th percentile).

They are involved in diverse student voice activities on various topics chosen by the district.

This would jump the next year, but only to 40 percent, leaving the majority of a teacher's evaluation to be based on factors unilaterally chosen by the district.

(Another 15 percent of a teacher's score is made up of achievement measures chosen by the district, and 50 percent is based on classroom observations and other measures.)

Chosen by the district office for the implementation of a major people soft program - plan project.

Not exact matches

They are going to be established in those districts and cities which are chosen by most «ООО» token holders.

They will be established in those districts and cities which are chosen by most OOO token holders.

That question was prompted by seeing the breakfasts served in my own district, Houston ISD, where a child selecting from the daily menu offerings could easily choose a meal like this:

The site will have three flagpoles, one flying the American flag, one the state flag and the third a seasonal flag to be chosen by the Park District, Knoerzer told park commissioners.

The heart of the dispute is whether the museum should add nine new directors for fundraising purposes without letting some of them be chosen by the Artists Guild, the Elmhurst Park District and the Elmhurst Public Library.

But residents say they are upset about why Woodridge Elementary School District 68 chose to sell the land at a sealed bid when the park district asked the school district to consider selling it by another method so they could participate without risk of overbidding with the taxpayers &laquDistrict 68 chose to sell the land at a sealed bid when the park district asked the school district to consider selling it by another method so they could participate without risk of overbidding with the taxpayers &laqudistrict asked the school district to consider selling it by another method so they could participate without risk of overbidding with the taxpayers &laqudistrict to consider selling it by another method so they could participate without risk of overbidding with the taxpayers «money.

But instead of trying to bridge that gap by fighting for funding and other support for struggling school districts, the SNA, which claims in its mission statement to be «committed to advancing the quality of school meal programs,» chose to take the easy way out.

«Users can pick and choose and customize the app,» said Stott, by opting to be a part of the village's Twitter feed, but not the school district's, for example.

Three proposals for each beach were created by Park District consultant SmithGroupJJR, with components for the community to pick and choose from, said Steve Wilson, Park District executive director.

STREAMWOOD — The Streamwood Park District Board hoped to buy playground equipment based on community input, but its effort came to naught when it was discovered the equipment chosen by residents wasn't fully wheelchair accessible.

Unless District 214 chooses to drop out, its six high schools are among about 4,000 public and private schools in Illinois that will be affected by the new standards.

Apparently, in determining sodium levels, the district looks at how popular each item is and items which are chosen less often by students are weighted less in the overall weekly sodium calculations.

We know that there were councilors who were chosen by lots who ran certain districts / held certain positions, but what did these people do on a day to day basis?

AFAIK there is no Constitutional requirement for Representatives to be elected by district: conceivably a state might choose elect all from the whole state.

With a viable choice, liberal Democrats (by far the majority in the district) would choose a real liberal like Dinowitz.

It's interesting that Crowley chose to register this committee (although she's hardly the only district leader to do so), because there's some question as to whether party official elections will take place at all this year, thanks to the chaos caused by redistricting.

State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district

This means that, in all likelihood, the next State Senator for the 26th District, which includes parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan, will be chosen by a group of fewer than 500 people, since the Democratic nominee is so heavily favored in a general election.

In some cases, a DOE website blocked voting by parents eligible to choose candidates seeking to sit on district Community Education Councils or on high - school councils, parent leaders told The Post.

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

Contrasting Johnson's performance on the NY1 debate with the endorsement claims made by The Villager raises serious doubt to their ability to objectively choose the best candidate for District 3, especially if anyone was thinking about taking this endorsement seriously.

(CNN)-- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani strayed from the facts in discussing the discord within the Republican Party caused by the insurgent candidacy of Doug Hoffman, a Republican who chose to run on the Conservative Party ticket in the recent special election for New York's 23rd congressional district.

They would first have to elect delegates, and those are chosen by state Senate district.

Wednesday's decision states that although 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation can still be based on test scores, half of those tests must be chosen by local school districts through collective bargaining with their union.

Voters head to the polls in New York's 20th district today to choose a replacement for appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), a close race in a swing seat that has seen considerable spending by both national parties and will almost certainly be cast as an early referendum on President Obama's agenda.

The bitter Democratic primary for the brownstone Brooklyn district pits Ms. Simon, a local Democratic district leader and attorney who earned a reputation for fighting the party establishment, against Mr. Sikora, the candidate chosen by Mr. de Blasio and the labor - backed Working Families Party to replace retiring Assemblywoman Joan Millman.

[146] Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 5 comprises Hoboken and parts of the Heights in Jersey City [147] and is represented by Anthony Romano.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

Police in the Adeiso District of the Eastern Region, stood by and watched as a journalist, together with some Assembly members, were assaulted by irate youth believed to be New Patriotic Party supporters during an election to choose a Presiding Member for the Adeiso District Assembly.

«Elections would be decided more by which candidate would be better qualified to represent the district as chosen by the voters, not which outside groups are willing to spend more to influence the election,» he said.

Ruiz, a retired city firefighter and elected Democratic District Leader, said choosing to honor Mandela in Harlem was a deliberate homage to the uptown visit made by the African National Congress» leader.

Under the proposals approved by the City Council, the council member whose district a development is in chooses from several options, mandating different percentages of permanent affordable housing for people making anywhere from 40 percent of area median income, or AMI, to 115 percent.

That clears the way for a primary for the Democratic nomination in the 24th Congressional District between Perez Williams and Dana Balter, who was chosen by Democrats in Onondaga, Cayuga and Oswego counties.

The repeal bill would make school districts» use of state assessments in evaluating teachers and principals optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.

While the majority of the district is in Manhattan, a spokesperson for the Brooklyn Democratic Party noted to Gotham Gazette that the seat has historically been held by a Brooklyn resident, and choosing a Brooklynite as Squadron's successor is important to the party.

Late Friday afternoon, members of Buffalo's Board of Education responded to accusations from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino asserting the board violated the state's open meetings law by convening in closed - door executive sessions when it chose Dr. Pamela Brown to be the district's new superintendent.

Like previous special election in New York's 20th and 23rd districts, the nominees would be chosen by the county chairmen rather than a primary — a process that might well have cost Republicans the 23rd as the conservative base revolted against the choice of moderate state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as the party's standard - bearer.

The Democratic nominee (and presumptive next Senator) will likely be chosen by the Democratic County Committee for the district, which includes Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Heights and parts of Carroll Gardens, Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

Thirty - one of 51 Council districts participated this year, leading to $ 34 million in capital funds going towards hyper - local projects chosen directly by the districts» voters.

The winner, Alice Cancel, who was chosen by the 65th District Democratic County Committee and a longtime Silver supporter, raised less than $ 5,000, according to campaign finance filings.

Pirozzolo, who lives on Staten Island and was president of the borough's community education council (largely parent advisory groups organized through a process run by the city Department of Education), said parents should be able to choose between district and charter schools, and that both have faults.