Sentences with phrase «district autonomous schools»

This work builds upon our longstanding work supporting Boston's and Los Angeles» in - district autonomous schools.

Leads to a Professional Clear Administrative Services Credential (Tier II) for administrators who have a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (Tier I) in the Los Angeles Unified School District autonomous schools.

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Through its Renaissance 2010 program, the city is methodically closing its lowest - performing schools and then reopening them as charters, contract schools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the dischools and then reopening them as charters, contract schools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the dischools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the diSchools, which are highly autonomous but run by the district.

The papers, slated to be made public early next month, define charter districts as systems of autonomous schools that are given regulatory freedom in exchange for meeting performance standards specified either in contracts or charters.

It was one of the first five small, autonomous schools to be approved by the beleaguered Oakland Unified School District, the fruits of a nearly ten - year - long community effort to institute grassroots reform for Oakland's poor, mostly minority students.

If things went well, the enterprise would become a totally autonomous school within the district.

If school reform is to move forward, it will occur via new forms of competition — whether they be vouchers, charters, home schooling, digital learning, or the transformation of district schools into decentralized, autonomous units.

The measure stems from concerns that local school districts have not always been welcoming — and sometimes are hostile — to the largely autonomous public schools.

With the exception of Saint Louis and Kansas City, which have autonomous pension systems, all of Missouri's school districts are part of the Public School Retirement System (school districts are part of the Public School Retirement System (School Retirement System (PSRS).

Pressured by community groups, the district created small, autonomous, quasi-charter schools like Elmhurst starting in 2001.

Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distSchool's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool districts.

Add in the growing number of cities pursuing school portfolio management (which focuses on both charters and traditional district - run schools), and the urgent need to train administrators with the skills to thoughtfully manage what Edfuel calls «the autonomous and accountable public schools sector» is even more apparent.

City and school leaders in Boston reached an agreement with the Boston Teachers» Union last week to expand the district's system of small, autonomous schools, ending a 2 - year - old standoff that had stalled the growth of the experimental program.

The Education Achievement Authority in Michigan is charged with resuscitating the state's worst schools within the confines of a separate, autonomous district.

The Portfolio Network meeting is an annual gathering of innovative district, charter school, community, and civic leaders from across the country who are figuring out how to run and oversee autonomous schools of choice in ways that ensure all families have good options and the system operates fairly.

It shares basic similarities with its brethren in Louisiana and Tennessee in that all three are charged with resuscitating the state's worst schools within the confines of a separate, autonomous district.

As a result, most Michigan charter schools are completely autonomous from the surrounding school districts, and it is difficult for school districts to block their entry.

Sponsored by a variety of entities, including state school boards and local school districts, they are oftened governed day - to - day by autonomous boards.

Dr. Cruz also took steps in her first year to begin to break down the organizational culture of autonomous schools and autonomous units, noting: «When I walked into this district again, it was very fragmented.

I think the real power of having a group of autonomous schools overseen by an independent non-profit is what it will do to break up the district monopoly on school management.

These groundbreaking schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS the authority to create these high - quality, autonomous public schools within the school district.

Innovation Network Schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS new authority to replace chronically underperforming or underused schools with new autonomous schools within the diSchools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS new authority to replace chronically underperforming or underused schools with new autonomous schools within the dischools with new autonomous schools within the dischools within the district.

The Mind Trust, in partnership with IPS and the Mayor's Office, created the Innovation Schools Fellowship to create a pipeline of talented educators and entrepreneurs to design, launch and operate «Innovation Network Schools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools in the diSchools Fellowship to create a pipeline of talented educators and entrepreneurs to design, launch and operate «Innovation Network Schools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools in the diSchools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools in the dischools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools in the dischools in the district.

The Mind Trust, in partnership with IPS and the Mayor's Office, created the Innovation School Fellowship to provide a pipeline of talented educators to design, launch and operate «Innovation Network Schools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools throughout the diSchools,» autonomous schools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools throughout the dischools within IPS that can replace chronically underperforming or underused schools throughout the dischools throughout the district.

Even as a commission spent the past two years planning for the largest school district merger in the nation's history — the former Memphis city district and an adjacent suburban system became the unified 140,000 - student, 222 - school Shelby County district on July 1 — the landscape of governance within the legacy city school system was changing rapidly to favor parental choice and more autonomous schools.

We guide districts in planning for and implementing autonomous schools and zones.

We partner with educators and leaders nationwide to create a new generation of districts and schools: largely autonomous, high - functioning community assets dedicated to the values of equity, rigor, and continuous improvement.

The new school would be regional, serving students from Lawrence, Haverhill, and Methuen, and as a Commonwealth charter, fully autonomous and independent from the Lawrence public school district.

We work with our partners nationwide to create a new generation of districts and schools: largely autonomous and dedicated to equity, rigor, continuous improvement, and personalization.

Charter schools are free, autonomous public schools that operate independent of traditional school district policies and many state regulations, giving them the autonomy and flexibility that are the hallmarks of high - performing schools across the country.

Innovation Network Schools are public schools made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other districts the authority to convert existing district schools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulSchools are public schools made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other districts the authority to convert existing district schools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulschools made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other districts the authority to convert existing district schools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulschools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulschools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulations.

Back in July 2002, during a slow news period, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a school employee labor union, issued a widely cited report «showing» that charter schools — autonomous public schools of choice — do not work as well as the traditional district public schools.

Last week, we told you about Steve Barr's interest in starting pilot schools, which are small schools with under 500 kids that operate within the district but can also obtain waivers from labor agreements — the closest thing to an autonomous charter.

As autonomous public schools, charter school leaders make many decisions that would be up to district leadership in a traditional school setting.

Create systems that encourage collaboration and sharing best practices between autonomous schools and and district - run schools.

Creating district - autonomous schools in which employers may be public or private.

The Mind Trust created the fellowship in 2014, in partnership with the Indianapolis Pubic Schools (IPS) and the City of Indianapolis, to help launch high - quality and autonomous Innovation Network Schools within IPS, the city's largest school district.

Innovation Network Schools are new, autonomous public schools that were made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other school districts the authority to convert any existing school in the districts to a new Innovation Network Schools are new, autonomous public schools that were made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other school districts the authority to convert any existing school in the districts to a new Innovation Network schools that were made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other school districts the authority to convert any existing school in the districts to a new Innovation Network Sschool districts the authority to convert any existing school in the districts to a new Innovation Network Sschool in the districts to a new Innovation Network SchoolSchool.

«Indianapolis is among the most exciting cities in the nation to develop and launch a new, autonomous charter or district school, and The Mind Trust's Innovation School Fellowship and Charter School Design Challenge provide unique opportunities to do so,» said David Harris, founder & CEO of The Mind school, and The Mind Trust's Innovation School Fellowship and Charter School Design Challenge provide unique opportunities to do so,» said David Harris, founder & CEO of The Mind School Fellowship and Charter School Design Challenge provide unique opportunities to do so,» said David Harris, founder & CEO of The Mind School Design Challenge provide unique opportunities to do so,» said David Harris, founder & CEO of The Mind Trust.

A lack of oversight and confusion among several departments with little experience in understanding how affiliated charter school should operate, including school operations, school management services and budget services, lead the district to purchase textbooks, classroom furniture and other supplies for years on behalf of the autonomous schools.

But there is a continuing debate over which of the two entities should provide broad oversight to the autonomous charters — the state - run Recovery School District or the Orleans Parish School Board, which had to surrender oversight of the failing schools.

A charter school is a public school whose operation is autonomous from the local school district and based on a contract with the State Board of Education.

In Arizona, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Hawaii, South Carolina and Utah, charter boards that are autonomous from the state's board of education approve charter schools.

Education Cities CEO Ethan Gray took to the stage at SXSWEdu to describe what a system of autonomous, accountable schools means for educators, parents, and school districts.

Using unique data from an independently managed public charter school district, I explore the extent to which autonomous school administrators» formative evaluations of teachers predict a variety of future personnel decisions.

The author suggested that independent school districts could contract with a network of autonomous, accountable public campuses operated by independent organizations — preferably nonprofits.

Policy shifts like the new Common Core State Standards and the governor's Local Control Funding Formula make local school districts dramatically more autonomous.

«Common Core State Standards... make local school districts dramatically more autonomous.»

Also, South Kent does enjoy the status of being a private school, so while it's not about the funding issue, it is definitely an oversight issue; the school is fairly autonomous, as opposed to public schools who have an elected school board making broad, sweeping, one - size - fits - all curriculum decisions for every school in its district.