Sentences with phrase «close schools based»

In response to this organizing, the board decided not to close schools based only on size, and, instead, to organize citywide community engagement about the future of at - risk school communities.

We couldn't possibly close a school based on how it affected an earlier generation of students.

For more than a century, public schools have been governed and actively managed by local school boards and districts, which opened and closed schools based mainly on total district enrollment, district finances, and local politics.

Instead, school districts and charter authorizers have critical roles to play and should be held accountable by the state for starting, overseeing, and closing schools based on performance.

Or whether it's fair to close a school based, even only substantially, on raw test scores?

No other country fires principals and teachers and closes schools based on test scores.

Browse through our different degrees that we offer, and we will automatically pull the most relevant and closest schools based on your current location or the location of your choice.

Not exact matches

You suggest that some of the most effective models of closing the academic achievement gap are found at the school - based level.

Sure I think schools should be closed for Muslim holidays, that is of course if you're in a Muslim based country.

A survey of standing based on income alone would probably place the minister close to the public school teacher and the semiskilled wage earner.

Last year, Three Square distributed close to 40 million pounds of food and grocery product — more than 33 million meals — to more than 600 program partners, including nonprofit and faith - based organizations, schools and feeding sites.

All of UFood's stand - alone stores eventually closed, leaving just 15 smaller locations spread among airports, schools, and Air Force bases across the country.

About 3,000 teachers and school - based staff have already been laid off this summer because of school closings and cuts to individual school budgets.

Based on studies made by the Senior Citizens Commission, the Village leased a closed elementary school and remodeled it into Park Place.

But the school board pursued his removal based on the sharing of information from a closed - door executive session of the board, arguing it helped undermine the district during its negotiations with the teachers union for a new contract.

Also at 11 a.m., a rally to «save school based health centers» in Brooklyn, with state Assembly members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon, and families and representatives from the four schools slated to have their clinics closed, The Brooklyn New School, 610 Henry St., Broschool based health centers» in Brooklyn, with state Assembly members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon, and families and representatives from the four schools slated to have their clinics closed, The Brooklyn New School, 610 Henry St., BroSchool, 610 Henry St., Brooklyn.

Sources on Thursday said state officials were closing in on a deal that would allow for a $ 10,000 reimbursement for teacher certification for public schools, while parochial and community - based organizations hosting pre-K programs would be in line for a $ 7,000 reimbursement.

Buffalo Interim School Superintendent Amber Dixon could be moving closer to assuming her position on a permanent basis, though she'll first need to beat out two other finalists for the post.

«Knowledge of the 3 - D structure of these channels is required to understand the molecular basis of channel opening and closing, and how this process is controlled by a wide variety of endogenous molecules and pharmacological modifiers,» said Rodney Kellems, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTHealth Medical School.

A study of one Texas school district reveals one of the best evidence - based ways ever found to close the educational achievement gap between black and white students.

Designing wind farms with close packing of turbines, based on schooling fish, could greatly increase efficiency, say researchers at a meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society.

«Based on previous work, we knew that during the summer the sand tiger population formed groups in the Delaware Bay, with male and female adults and juveniles all together in the same places, sometimes very close together,» said Danielle Haulsee, the paper's lead author and a doctoral student in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment's School of Marine Science and Policy.

Research Associate (Solar Physics) University of Central Lancashire — School of Physical Sciences & Computing Reference number: REQ003025 Hours: Full time (1.0 FTE) Basis: Fixed term contract for 36 months Grade: G (# 29301 — # 33943) Closing Date: 24 September 2017 Interview Date: To be confirmed

Graffiti is a store I've been shopping at since I was in middle school, they are based in LI, NY close to wear I live, but now Graffiti has expanded their horizons to the web where every fashionista can get that killer look without breaking the bank!

Highest dating level high school story Harlingen Army Air Field preceded Harlingen Air Force Base, which closed in 1962.

My memory of calculus, based on two courses — one in high school and one in my freshman year of college — is that it is all about approaching curves and points and never really getting there: closer, always closer, but never arriving.

A federal commission voted last week to spare two military facilities in New England that the Pentagon had recommended closing, a move that relieved local school officials who would have faced a loss of students and federal impact aid had the bases closed.

In the absence of race - based constraints, some reform efforts that aim to improve school quality, such as charter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, SummerSchools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summer 2010).

Closer to home, a recent Australian study published in The Lancet showed that a school - based intervention designed to reduce teenage pregnancy rates actually increased them.

Since the Bank of England introduced new polymer notes and high street banks began to close, additional costs and challenges to cash - based schools are being presented, along with security risks of keeping cash on - site.

Rather than attempting to develop and implement solutions for defined student groups, a more effective strategy for closing achievement gaps may be to work to ensure that evidence - based best practice is implemented as widely as possible in every school and every classroom.

Hanushek examines the report's two main conclusions: a) that test - based incentive programs «have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the level of the highest achieving countries;» and b) that high school exit exam programs «decrease the rate of high school graduation without increasing achievement.»

The closing of the base provided the school with much of its furniture and equipment and one telling artifact: a massive map of East Germany that covered the wall of a basement classroom.

Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School - Based Inquiry Teams (PDF).

Four years ago, townsfolk cringed when they found out that England Air Force Base was closing as part of a nationwide military downsizing, taking with it 4,800 base - related jobs — including 70 positions at the base school — and leveling up to one - third of the region's econBase was closing as part of a nationwide military downsizing, taking with it 4,800 base - related jobs — including 70 positions at the base school — and leveling up to one - third of the region's econbase - related jobs — including 70 positions at the base school — and leveling up to one - third of the region's econbase school — and leveling up to one - third of the region's economy.

It required close work with schools, districts, labor organizations, the state board, and various internal offices and deep knowledge of state law and regulation and the growing national research base.

ASWC — Reading, based at Theale Lake and close to main transport links is our new, central location offering schools packages.

As we move the school closer to a true project - based learning paradigm, we are actively working as a team to address those core issues.

The institute includes a blend of theory and practice - based techniques for addressing student learning by strengthening instruction and better engaging communities, closing the achievement gap and establishing a positive, safe and goal - oriented school culture.

[6] Research based on data from Washington, DC, which does not provide yellow bus transportation to most students, indicates that parents are willing to choose an elementary school that has proficiency rates that are 11 percentage lower if the school is one mile closer to them.

Because, bottom line is many of the small schools are in decline, not only because of changing family size and amalgamation of farm sizes and so on, but the closing down of industries or the economic base, as well as the rationalisation of government human services.

At the same time, local officials will have closer ties to school personnel, making school - based interest groups more influential.

The prize was awarded Sept. 16 by the Los Angeles - based Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which bestows the award annually to a city school district that has made notable strides in improving achievement, especially in closing gaps between students of different racial and ethnic groups.

Through EGO, City Schools could opt to close or reconfigure school programs, based on their performance, enrollment trends, and facilities needs in neighborhoods and across the city.

We found a unique opportunity to study performance - based high - school closures in New York City, which closed 44 low - performing high schools from 2000 to 2014.

In recent months, the Scottsdale, Ariz. - based company — formerly known as Education Alternatives Inc. — replaced its founding chief executive officer, laid off one - fourth of its central administrative workforce, and closed three of its schools.

Between fall 2002 and fall 2008, the school district closed 23 large failing high schools (with graduation rates below 45 percent), opened 216 new small high schools (with different missions, structures, and student selection criteria), and implemented a centralized high school admissions process that assigns over 90 percent of the roughly 80,000 incoming ninth - graders each year based on their school preferences.

This school - based management strategy is based on the notion that people who are close to students can make better policy decisions to help students perform better and achieve results.

The CEC can close failing schools and set weights for pupil - based funding.

Working in close collaboration with school - and community - based partners, a team of researchers and program developers at Harvard University is developing, implementing, and evaluating a dual - generation program that supports low - income children's academic and social - emotional development while simultaneously building skills and social capital among low - income parents.