Sentences with phrase «district around innovation»

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Here are this week's watercooler conversation - starters on why inland states struggle to find funding, coming issues in federal entrepreneurship policy and the success of innovation districts that are cropping up around the U.S. (and in Kansas City).

Rather, the American Federation of Teachers, or AFT, recognized these districts as having a lengthy track record of innovation, and because they appear to have institutionalized a long - term collaborative partner - ship between administration and the local teachers» union centered around school improvement, student achievement, and teacher quality.

The Partnership for LA Schools is a non-profit organization focused on turning around LA's lowest - performing public schools and on piloting innovations that can be scaled across the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Also missing from the bill, Duncan said, is a commitment to programs that encourage innovation, like Promise Neighborhoods, a program that replicated ideas from the Harlem Children's Zone in school districts around the country, or the Investing in Innovation i3 grant.

Sixteen school districts have already queued up to develop 22 Readiness Schools, proof that there is a significant appetite for increased autonomy and innovation in cities and towns around the state.

* When it comes to budgeting and planning, three quarters (73 percent) disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement «Competitive grants represent a source of funding around which my district would plan long - term innovation and reform.»

As leading statewide organizations committed to innovation, equity, and continuous learning, The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) and Colorado Department of Education (CDE) are streamlining efforts to support districts around assessment, instruction, and personalized learning in ways that have lasting systems impact.

And for the past year, Governor Charlie Baker has failed to gain legislative approval to create «innovation zones» in which a select group of schools within a district would gain charter - school - like flexibility to extend school days and get around other teacher contract provisions.