Sentences with phrase «conversations about district»

Early childhood education (ECE) is an important phase for cognitive, behavioral, and social development in a child's life and has been emphasized in recent conversations about the District's educational landscape, including the February 27th public oversight hearing for Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

We are especially grateful for the hard work of the teachers and administrators in our public schools and encourage conversations about district improvement to begin with them.

The data dashboard is intended to support conversations about district - wide and school - level performance over time based on leading and lagging indicators.

«They had a nice conversation about the district and the race,» Dublin said of the meeting between Walden and Mahoney.

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What is frustrating though, is that our district would never have a conversation about what it might take to lengthen the lunch period.

Murdock also took part in nearly two years of public and private conversations about the harbor's management, as the Park District worked with the Wilmette Harbor Association on a possible partnership.

LGBT Network CEO and founder Dr. David Kilmnick, center, listens as Joe Laricchiuta, 24, a teacher at Sachem Central School District, speaks during an annual conference held by the LGBT Network at Stony Brook University that aims to drive the conversation about bullying in schools, May 1, 2018.

«Brad and I had good conversations about this campaign and how my experience as a community activist and Democratic District Leader would be an asset in the State Assembly,» she said.

Despite the structural advantages that go with being a Democrat in the Ninth Congressional District, it's Turner and his surrogates who have driven the agenda by keeping the conversation about Barack Obama, who is deeply unpopular with many of the district's white Catholic and Israel - hawk Jewish voters, rather than the agenda of the very conservative House majority Turner would be District, it's Turner and his surrogates who have driven the agenda by keeping the conversation about Barack Obama, who is deeply unpopular with many of the district's white Catholic and Israel - hawk Jewish voters, rather than the agenda of the very conservative House majority Turner would be district's white Catholic and Israel - hawk Jewish voters, rather than the agenda of the very conservative House majority Turner would be joining.

«This toolkit is a valuable resource for communities, school districts and families across our state to help start serious conversations about the disease of addiction and the inherent dangers of drug use and experimentation.»

Here's what's clear: Conversations definitely took place this past weekend about replacing Democratic candidate Nate McMurray on the ballot with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul in New York's 27th Congressional District.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at the Skeloses» bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned Sen. Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

«In its place, we intend to spend this weekend in our districts having an open and public conversation with our constituents about the work ahead for this Legislature and for this State.»

Espaillat called Rangel Thursday afternoon and the two had a «cordial conversation» about their 13th Congressional District rematch, multiple sources confirmed.

Lazio won the suburban districts of Nassau and Suffolk in the Republican primary over Paladino (I erred and reversed their tallies on NY1's «Reporters» Roundtable» in a conversation about the Erie County developer showing he can get suburban votes; a hat - tip to informal media critic Jerry Skurnik for emailing me to point that out).

BoogieDowner has a few Espada / 33rd - Senate - District - race - related tidbits, including staffers from Espada's office who are going around saying they are from the Board of Elections and asking for residents» phone numbers... a quick conversation with Espada who said he felt «very, very good» about tomorrow's primary, but seemed «sheepish / distant / aloof.»

«Brad and I had good conversations about this campaign and how my experience as a community activist and Democratic district leader would be an asset in the state Assembly,» Ms. Simon said in a statement.

If the mayor is going to have control of our schools, then his office needs to engage in a serious, respectful, and sustained conversation with our community about what we truly need so that all our district schools are places where all children thrive.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at their bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with John Hall, Former 19th District Congressman, musician and founder of the band Orleans about his new book Still The One: A Rock «n» Roll Journey to Congress and Back.

Because events like this happen so frequently, developing a framework for having these conversations is critical, even in districts that openly discourage critical thinking about world events.

Moreover, in conversations with reporters, Secretary Bell publicly acknowledged — for the first time since February 1981 when he withdrew the proposed Lau rules — that the policy change also applies to about 500 school districts that had negotiated compliance agreements requiring native - language instruction based on the «Lau remedies.»

«In fact,» Hess concludes, «educational competition can not be divorced from discussions about testing, teacher certification, school district governance, educational administration, or other frustrating conversations that many school choice proponents have long wished to avoid.

In Massachusetts, how districts conduct conversations about the early warning indicators is considered a key part of the process.

Moreover, it has launched a robust conversation around the state about how to turn around struggling school districts.

The transfer program has allowed 2,000 - plus students to have the opportunity for a better education and has launched a robust conversation about how to turn around struggling school districts.

Join Liz Anderson, head of Global Adoption Programs at Google for Education, and Jason Klein, assistant superintendent of technology and learning at Maine Township High School District 207, for a conversation about how Maine 207 successfully implemented Google for Education tools as part of their districtwide transformation.

Join members of the Education Week government and policy staff for a conversation about key aspects of ESSA and what's in store for state and district leaders.

«The Classroom Walkthrough Tool, an evaluative tool that allows school leaders and districts to collect ample data on a teacher which then enables them to have a succinct learning conversation about their teaching practice.»

This panel will highlight initiatives in states and school districts working to show how sustainability can expand our conversation about 1st century education.

This case is designed to help teachers, school and district leaders, parents, teacher educators, and middle and high school students have nuanced conversations about the challenges posed by divisive political rhetoric for school classrooms and communities.

The Department offers this resource to encourage districts to engage in collaborative conversations about assessment opportunities available at all levels, including the early elementary level.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

New Hampshire's commitment to competency - based education grew out of more than two decades of conversations at the state and district levels about what and how New Hampshire students ought to be learning.

This is about using the tremendous leverage of the federal government to force some really blunt conversations at the state and district level, the kinds of conversations that make people uncomfortable and often lead to political paralysis.

Now that districts have more flexibility in how they use their resources under the Local Control Funding Formula, «we wanted to seize the moment» to steer the conversation about how to reform education toward community schools, Niebuhr said.

In addition, I work with teachers, leaders, and districts around the country to build the capacity needed to have rich conversations about learning space design.

Both the former and current superintendent see their district as active participants in state - wide conversations about educational policy.

Given this context, both the union and the district should continue to reach out to teachers and have difficult conversations about what to prioritize during the current bargaining period.

Meanwhile, the merger of the Memphis and Shelby County districts opened up opportunities for conversations about just how the central office should be structured.

I totally respect their [the teachers»] work and feel we're having great conversations about the issues of [student] equity in our district.»

In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts; from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Last month, the Denver Public School Board engaged in a conversation with the district leadership about the current state of yellow schools.

(2) Initiate conversations with district, school board, and community leaders about this exciting opportunity and how it aligns with your vision of integrated health, services, and academics.

He did not, however, testify as to how value - added output gave him this information, as the information about which he spoke was primarily about the observational system now in place, and the conversations surrounding such data, although districts also used similar observational systems prior.

«At the beginning of this new school year, we need our district and union leaders to move past the stalemate and instead, focus their energy on the important work of implementing the new system as a tool to have meaningful conversations about how teachers and students keep growing.»

They have now been able to talk together about the observation process, discuss the best way to see how students are mastering the material, and have conversations about the rubric to come to a common district understanding of their evaluation plan.

A fresh, independent evaluation of your programs, policies, and student outcomes is a powerful way to identify needs in your school or district and to start important conversations about equity in your community.

One difference between high - achieving school districts and those that fall somewhere in the middle or are considered struggling is that staff members in schools that excel maintain lively conversations about educational shifts and solutions, while struggling schools tend to focus on problems.

As an example of gathering and communicating about data to extend conversations about equity, one district we recently worked with as part of an equity data review chose to reach out to a wide range of parent and community stakeholders to collect data about their experiences and perceptions of local schools.