Sentences with phrase «constraints of district schools»

A charter school is a public school that operates freely from many of the funding and legal constraints of district schools.

Not exact matches

Ten certified teaching positions will be cut at the end of the school year at Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 due to budget constraints and declining enrollment officialsschool year at Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 due to budget constraints and declining enrollment officialsSchool District 89 due to budget constraints and declining enrollment officials said.

He spent more money on his meals than the school district could spend, and brought in more (and better skilled) labor than the school district could afford — in fact, he basically opened a branch of one of his restaurants in a high school — which is in no way working «within the constraints.»

I plan to track down the episode, but at least one commentator has noted that the chefs were given $ 2.68 per child to work with — hardly a true reflection of the financial constraints real schools districts work under.

«While the constraints of the levy cap have challenged school district operations, most have managed without a significant impact on credit quality.

School officials in neighboring districts said they're evaluating the best course of action to address the latest budget constraint.

On May 15th, voters across New York will go to the polls to consider school district budgets and for the first time, schools will be under the constraint of a property tax cap, and school leaders say they've had to make «sacrifices» to live within those limits.

Hess uses these case studies to speculate on how choice might be introduced in ways that both respect the built - in political and organizational constraints of urban school districts and lead to school improvement.

To bypass the constraints of standard district schools, the Powderhouse team applied for and received relief from the State of Massachusetts through its Innovation Schools initschools, the Powderhouse team applied for and received relief from the State of Massachusetts through its Innovation Schools initSchools initiative.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

Schools and districts that face budget constraints and can not accommodate their total populations in traditional classrooms, either because of facility restraints or the inability to employ enough certified teachers.

But recently, as we illustrate below, chartering has been used to allow communities to innovate in ways that traditional district schools can not, due to regulatory constraints on hiring, uses of funds, allocation of school time, and class offerings.

In fact, since traditional public schools ought to be subject to the same constraints, a commonsense reformer is really agnostic about whether traditional publics serve 90 % or 40 % of students in a district.

The Houston, Denver, and Lawrence school districts were trailblazers in implementing a suite of new reforms within the constraints of a traditional public school system.

Those included the location of charter facilities; the concern that charter schools were not serving their «fair share» of high - need students; and the impact of charters on the district's budget and teacher quality because of state - imposed constraints on the district's ability to dismiss ineffective teachers.

This could be due in part to the schools trying out various combinations of strategies and features, rather than all of them; to the newness of the schools in the study; and to external constraints, such as state or district policies.

Stronger charter school laws can help meet rural students» needs by allowing communities to innovate in ways that traditional districts can not because of regulatory constraints on hiring, spending, allocation of time, and class offerings.

After reviewing research on effective prevention and literacy instruction delivered in preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades, as well as organizational factors at the classroom, school, and district levels, Snow et al. (1998, pp. 314) conclude that «effective instruction includes artful teaching that transcends — and often makes up for — the constraints and limitations of specific instructional programs.»

David Riddick, Incoming Principal of Fenton Avenue Charter School, former LAUSD teacher and administrator I am proud to be a part of a school that accomplished an unheard - of feat - leaving the constraints of a large district to run a school that works for the staff and students that aSchool, former LAUSD teacher and administrator I am proud to be a part of a school that accomplished an unheard - of feat - leaving the constraints of a large district to run a school that works for the staff and students that aschool that accomplished an unheard - of feat - leaving the constraints of a large district to run a school that works for the staff and students that aschool that works for the staff and students that attend.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligSchools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligschools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

It exempts the districts from some of NCLB's constraints and gives them flexibility to spend 20 percent of federal Title I funding — more than $ 100 million collectively — that they'd otherwise have to spend on hiring outside tutors and transporting students to better - performing schools.

This study focuses on an aspect of school finance which remains largely unaddressed by the public policy literature, namely the relationship between school district credit constraints, crucial investments in public schools, and underserved student populations.

That would be in line with the original niche charter schools were designed to fill: freed from some of the same constraints that govern district managed schools, charter schools were envisioned as incubators of innovation that would find best practices and share them with other schools.

To further examine these disparities, this study will shed light on the role of credit constraints in school investments and the role district debt may play in school resource provision and student achievement across varied geographic areas and diverse student populations.

His dissertation research examines school district debt issuance, credit constraints, and their relationships with school capital investments, investments which have been shown to improve a range of important public policy outcomes.

What a district, institution of higher education, or nonprofit organization might choose to do is influenced by funding constraints; logistical needs; and the needs of the teachers, schools, and students that the program serves.

Not all school boards vote in favor of seatbelts in buses given the tough budget constraints facing our school districts.