Sentences with phrase «control of the school district»

She has worked in school systems for more than 40 years, but her proposal for mayoral control of the school district barred her from being interviewed by the city school district's teachers» union.

There is a conversation happening in the City around the issue of local control of the School District of Philadelphia, and moving away from a state run district.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner talks about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push for more cities to consider taking full control of school district, such as New York City has done.

An editor's note to the Capital Public Radio story notes that Villaraigosa has not yet committed to pushing for a new law to give mayors control of school districts, but he supports the idea and will reveal his education policy proposals later in the campaign.

So far, the Parents Union has been a useful but limited political vehicle for causes Barr supported, such as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's unsuccessful attempt to win control of the school district.

Holtz has said he has no plans to diminish local control of school districts if elected, and instead wishes to empower local school boards to improve academic achievement.

The City of Jackson would lose control of the school district because the emergency declaration dissolves the local school board, which only has four members at the moment.

The district regained local control of its school district last month after more than two decades under state control, forced to relinquish self - governance in 1995 after an administrative judge deemed the district's schools and students as failing.

If elected, Lavine also plans to take mayoral control of the school district to ensure positive growth in the school system.

The notion of values was also raised, with members generally agreeing that some state mandates have begun to erode local control of school districts.

Instead of hiring a superintendent, Lavine said she will seek mayoral control of the school district.

She has worked in school systems for more than 40 years, but her proposal for mayoral control of the school district

The failing school would come under the control of another school district, a charter school, a non-profit organization or a «turnaround expert.»

In USA Today, Greg Toppo looks at why states sometimes step in and take control of school districts and whether it is likely to become more common.

The lawsuit centered on the state legislature's 2009 revision and reauthorization of mayoral control of the school district.

The advantage of this approach is that weather is obviously outside the control of school districts and thereby provides a source of variation in instructional time that should be otherwise unrelated to school performance.

Tuttle says Common Core adoption undercuts local control of school districts.

The legislation would further diminish local control of school districts, allowing Ball State University to take over the Muncie schools and effectively render Gary's elected school board powerless.

This paper examines how teacher compensation varies across California and how the variation is driven by factors beyond the control of school districts.

A decade ago, fights for mayoral control of school districts — which took power out of the hands of many local school boards — also occasionally attracted outside involvement from national foundations or other advocates.