The Arizona Charter Schools Association and the Center for Student Achievement are committed to the development of high - performing public charter schools and collaborates to offer extensive support for teams interested in opening a new charter school or expanding
a current high performing school.
The Association is committed to the development of high - performing public charter schools and offers extensive support for teams looking to open a new charter school or expand
a current high performing school.
Not exact matches
Under the bill, introduced late last week, the top 20 percent of the state's
highest performing school districts would be allowed to submit their
current evaluation plans along with a request for a waiver to the Department of Education.
«All of a sudden, you have permission to say, «I'm from Sacramento,»» says Cheryl Watson, Gerwig's
high -
school theater teacher and the
current S.F.H.S.
performing and visual - arts chair.
According to research from the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER), there is «considerable potential» within the
current state
school system to improve the quality of underperforming
schools «in need» of support through
school - to -
school partnerships with
high -
performing schools within a certain radius.
It is puzzling, then, that a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations last week issued a statement criticizing the Obama administration's
current emphasis on chartering as a strategy to turn around low -
performing schools and bemoaning the heavy concentration of charters in
high - minority areas.
During the
current academic year, a limited number of districts in five states — Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia — have been permitted to offer students a choice of supplemental educational services a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a
higher -
performing school.
Of course the challenge to keep the city's
current (and growing) group of charter
schools performing at a
high level is itself a formidable one.
HGSE's and HBS's new certificate program will equip
current and aspiring principals with key management and leadership skills needed to lead and sustain
high -
performing schools, and prepare them to set and meet
high expectations for all children, create conditions for excellent teaching, and engage positively with families and communities.
High -
performing teachers who kept their
current positions in low -
performing schools received a stipend of $ 5,000 per year for up to two years.
«It is absurd that Connecticut's
current funding system severely underfunds urban
schools and keeps
high performing schools of choice, like the one my children attend, in a separate and unequal system,» she said.
These performance targets must aim for every
school to attain the
current «achievement level of the
highest -
performing 10 percent of
schools in the state»; otherwise states must set targets that «are equally ambitious» and are approved by the Secretary.
• Mandating that states set performance targets that aim for every
school to attain the
current «achievement level of the
highest -
performing 10 percent of
schools in the state» (or something equally challenging).
In cases where achievement is weighted heavily, as with the
current formula,
schools with
high numbers of students who
perform as above on state tests have lower
school performance grades of C, D, or F. By simply shifting the formula to 50 - 50, many of those C
schools would earn a B, and D
schools would move to C, and so on.
While time for dance and music is offered,
current and former parents say the
schools skimp on social studies, science, the visual arts and the kind of creative, sensory activities that fill the days at
high -
performing schools in wealthier neighborhoods.
The draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify
high - and low -
performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from
current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants — which are available to students who are planning to become teachers in a
high - need field in a low - income
school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.
And while Florida's
current A-F
school grading system tries to adjust for the fact that
schools in
high poverty areas face challenges that make it very hard for their students to
perform well on standardized tests, it's not enough, says Alan Ehrenhalt for Governing Magazine.
The other interim charges considered by the committee at the hearing included examining
current school board governance policies and practices and making recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes and outcomes of Texas
school boards, districts and students; studying existing board training requirements and making suggestions to educate
school board trustees on policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low -
performing schools in House Bill 1842; and monitoring initiatives to build a
high - quality pre-kindergarten grant program (HB 4).
Proponents said monitoring former English learners for four years instead of the
current two years will provide important information about how well they
perform in middle and
high school and about how accurate the exit criteria are.
Free literacy resources and downloads for the K — 5 classroom from Erin Lynch, a former classroom teacher and
current literacy coach at a
high -
performing school district in the Northeast.
All
schools, including the
highest performing schools, need to have a deep understanding and insight into their
current financial position and the viability of their existing staffing structures and organisation's systems and set - up into the future.
Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low -
performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with
school districts to create innovative
school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of
high -
performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within
current budgets.39
Recommendations include the need to: 1) consider
school closure in the context of a larger reform effort; 2) develop a supply of
higher -
performing school options; 3) clearly explain to the public how
current students will benefit; 4) provide support to families and students during the transition; and 5) provide staff members with clear information about next steps.
When teachers worried that their students were incapable of meeting even their
current, rather low - level standards — much less more complex demands — Cathy took them to a
high -
performing school with similar demographics to see what could be accomplished when all elements of success were in place.
«Whether its opening 100
schools total or 100 additional
schools, we will not rest until we are able to provide a
high - quality education not only to our
current student population, but to the tens of the thousands of children on our waiting lists who have been banished to low -
performing district
schools due to nothing more than political gamesmanship,» he said.
The three finalists for the top job at Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orléans are the charter
school's
current academic director, the principal of a
high -
performing Uptown charter
high school, and the former administrator of an immersion
school in Maryland, Lycee officials announced Monday night.
Through in - person programming, residencies in
current KIPP
schools where fellows shadow a
high -
performing school leader, and the development of a robust
school design plan, each Fisher Fellow emerges from the experience prepared to open a new KIPP
school.
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