Sentences with phrase «concern of urban school districts»

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Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

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«The charter school industry has targeted our relatively small urban district with an over-saturation of charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public schools.»

There also are serious concerns about many urban districts clustering special education students and over-classifying young men of color inappropriately, all of which call into question what kinds of targets are appropriate to set for any school to meet.

What Jennifer Alexander of ConnCAN has neglected to mention in her rebuttal concerning Common Core is the fact that parents have yet to be exposed to the devastating impact of numerous failures when the Common Core Smarter Balanced Consortium (SBAC) tests will be administered to Connecticut students, especially children in our urban school districts.

The Teachers on Tour program seeks to offer urban school districts across the country a unique professional development opportunity for their staff that has the potential to improve their classroom instruction, thus helping in the national concern of closing the achievement gap.

And though the district's schools are considered high - performing, concerns about the success rate of minorities have prompted the Urban League to press for a charter school geared toward closing the achievement gap.