Sentences with phrase «current number of districts»

The State Department of Education's staff explained during the meeting that the current number of districts — 119 — in the red category based on math scores would have risen to 231.

Not exact matches

During a public hearing on the issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered for school next year.

Major described the current era in the department's history as «dynamic,» and the number of new, expanded or updated facilities on the Park District's roster seems to bear that out.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

Brooklyn District 38 (Red Hook and Sunset Park): Current Councilman Carlos Menchaca, a leading progressive, has made a number of enemies, at least in part for opposing new development.

A number of competitive races are noticeably absent from the current round of ad spending, for example the race in Iowa's 3rd District, an open - seat contest to replace retiring GOP Rep. Tom Latham, and New Hampshire's 1st District, currently held by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea - Porter.

Last night, not long after Magistrate Judge and special redistricting master Roanne Mann grilled legislative lawyers about the merits of considering incumbency, she released a set of proposed maps that seems to take the current configuration of congressional districts as a very loose template, but with some significant changes for a number of existing office - holders.

The measure also comes as school districts across the state on Tuesday reported high numbers of students choosing to opt out of the current round of English Language Arts standardized tests that will run for the next two weeks.

Texas currently counts everyone in the state, including illegal immigrants, before carving up districts of proportional population size, but the challenge argues that only eligible voters should be counted because the current system creates some districts with much larger numbers of eligible voters than others.

Representative Gary Ackerman, who has been the subject of a number of redistricting rumors in recent weeks, signaled today that he would run for re-election despite the potential splitting of his current district between Long Island and Queens.

Under the original proposal, the town's current Marine District zoning would have been amended to require ferry terminals «to have at least 10 acres of buildable land dedicated to each ferry service provided,» while also offering a certain number of parking spaces for passengers.

Current District Leader, Dr. Herbert L. Kee, filed a petition with 1887 signatures while his opponent did not disclose the number of signatures on his petition.

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.

For most of the century just past, and into the current one, school districts have paid their teachers according to a «single salary schedule,» a pay scheme that bases an individual teacher's salary on two factors: years of experience (steps) and number of education credits and degrees (lanes).

A small number of CMOs will have grown to serve at least 20,000 students, placing them among the largest 2 percent of school districts nationally in terms of size, while delivering a level of performance that will change the current paradigm of delivering performance at scale.

It increased funding to school districts with a larger number of disadvantaged students by financially weighting those students according to need, simplified current byzantine school finance regulations, and gave school districts more autonomy over finances.

($ 175 - $ 300 per pupil), number of «LCFF eligible» students, [1] current School Performance Framework tier ($ 70 - $ 215 per pupil), and on «Z score,» which the district uses to measure challenging «environmental factors» such as neighborhood crime ($ 25K — $ 100K per school).

Precise numbers of teacher job openings for the upcoming school year nationwide are hard to come by: Many school districts must approve budgets before knowing how much state aid they will receive, or how many current teachers will either resign or retire, which means budgets are based on estimates.

His district of about 600 teachers currently has approximately 30 open teaching positions, «an unusually high number;» hence, «he would rather work with his current staff than bring on substitutes» in compliance.

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

Efforts to increase the number of teachers of color and others underrepresented in the district's current workforce dates back almost as far.

The centerpiece of Brown's plan is the Local Control Funding Formula, which rolls virtually all of the state's current maze of spending on schools into a more simplified block grant system where districts with higher numbers of English learners and students receiving subsidized meals would be provided additional dollars.

Instead of following the current formulas, states would distribute to all districts the same amount per student simply based on the total number of children in low - income families.

Magnet Schools of America commissioned a study with the University of North Carolina — Charlotte's Urban Institute to compile a comprehensive and more current count of the number of magnet schools across the country, as many school districts have broadened what it means to be a magnet school.

Philadelphia's Teacher Appraisal System lays out a number of features of the current appraisal system used by the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) that keep it from effectively supporting high - quality teaching.

The total tuition amount owed by a sending district to a charter school shall be the per pupil tuition amount as defined above, multiplied by the total number of students attending the charter school from that district in the current fiscal year.

The current data shows a dramatic increase in the number of districts reporting that they are under desegregation orders.

London Stansted has today submitted a planning application to Uttlesford District Council to raise the current cap on the number of passengers it is permitted to serve from 35 million passengers per annum to 43 million, while committing to remain within current approved limits on aircraft noise and flight numbers

Within 3 months of arriving at current branch, branch went from a poor performing branch to number one in the district.