Sentences with phrase «consortium of districts»

Among the winners are two large consortia of districts in Kentucky and Washington State, which won the largest grants.

The 16 winning applications represent 55 different school districts, including rural districts, charter schools, large consortia of districts, and traditional districts.

A «rule of construction» in the legislation explains that states can allocate these funds to statewide districts (like the RSD) or consortia of districts so long as these are legally established as LEAs.

[6] In addition, school districts have begun to use surveys to assess students» growth mindset, including the CORE consortium of districts in California.

Researchers and district officials discussed the first evaluations of the California Office to Reform Education, or CORE, consortium of districts at the American Association of Educational Research conference.

Most of these schools serve in - district students, but some serve students regionally across a consortium of districts.

The board announced the new contracts with 15 school districts and 12 consortia of districts and higher - education institutions at its annual forum here in June.

The initiative makes competitive grants available to school districts or consortia of districts «interested in exploring ways to foster socioeconomic diversity.»

Organize a consortium of districts to create a new accountability system based on multiple measures of school quality and student learning

At least 95 percent of these school - improvement funds must go to local school districts, education service agencies, or consortia of districts, by formula or competition.

Even more immediately important for LAUSD, Duncan sounded sympathetic to the newly resubmitted No Child Left Behind waiver application request by a consortium of districts including LAUSD calling itself The California Office to Reform Education (CORE) to allow them to revamp school accountability ratings and free up federal funding.

Chris Daniels is a Project Director with TNTP, where he focuses on early literacy academic strategy with a consortium of districts in Tennessee and cross-LEA collaboration on staffing policies in Washington, DC.

The first obstacle that LAUSD and the other California districts involved must overcome is the fact that what they're proposing to do sets a precedent in which Washington gives a waiver directly to a district (or consortia of districts) instead of operating through state education agencies, as it usually does.

These two documents summarize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver request submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by the California Office to Reform Education (CORE), a consortium of districts dedicated to collaborative innovation and knowledge sharing.

Having a consortium of districts facilitates interdistrict cooperation, allows for smaller class sizes, and a greater diversity of students and talents.