Looking forward, the 2010 — 11 and 2011 — 12 school years pack a one - two punch, with school
district leaders facing the end of ARRA dollars and answering tough questions about programs and personnel that have been (and will be) cut, while trying to figure out what, if any, economic recovery is in store at the state and local levels.
District leaders faced with struggling schools were less rather than more likely to sponsor leadership - development initiatives or to provide strategic help to principals; they focused instead on recruiting a different sort of administrator.
SCHOOL
DISTRICT LEADERS face challenges when they attempt to document the relationship between costs and quality.
Since 2015, the EdCan Network's «Innovation that Sticks» research approach and reports have provided concrete guidance and support to school
district leaders faced with the challenge of determining how they can get their own «innovations to stick» and achieve their goals.
This case study report provides concrete guidance and information resources to support other School
District leaders faced with the challenge of determining how they can get their own «innovations to stick» and achieve their goals.
Not exact matches
Faced with growing competition from other area greens, Naperville Park
District leaders are considering incentives to keep city residents golfing on the district's two
District leaders are considering incentives to keep city residents golfing on the
district's two
district's two courses.
On the Democratic side, Gentile aide Justin Brannan
faces off against Lutheran minister Rev. Khader El - Yateem and
district leaders Kevin Peter Carroll and Nancy Tong.
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District Leaders Kim Moscaritolo & Adam Roberts are
facing local activist Madeline Piel & Joshua Kravitz.
For her remarkable independence, her resolve in the
face of adversity, and her genuine commitment to Queens County, Queens - Politics proudly endorses Jessica Ramos for
District leader.
PEF President Susan Kent had
faced internal criticism for her handling of the matter, including allegations that PEF
leaders asked the Rockland County
district attorney's office not to probe the matter.
In the Democratic primary, El - Yateem
faces Gentile aide Justin Brannan and
district leaders Kevin Peter Carroll and Nancy Tong.
Whoever wins will
face off against Russell Gallo, a Young Republican club
leader and a
district leader in the area.
He
faces a robust challenge from
district leader Carmen de la Rosa, Rodriguez's former chief of staff and Espaillat's former campaign manager.
With only one week until two Rensselaer County Legislators
face off in a special election for the 107th Assembly
District seat, Democratic candidate Cindy Doran received support from numerous Democratic women
leaders from across the state on yesterday afternoon.
The
leader of the Saratoga County Republican Committee is
facing open rebellion from a minority of members over its endorsement for
district attorney.
Until then, I will concentrate on proving to voters that solving the problems
facing our
district is what's important to me as a
leader.»
ALBANY — Albany County
District Attorney David Soares is
facing a personal injury lawsuit filed by two
leaders of a law enforcement union who claim they suffered «mental anguish» from comments Soares made about them during the 2008 election cycle.
Senate 25th
District Manhattan / Brooklyn: Former Senate Minority
Leader Martin Connor
faces opposition from Ken Diamondstone, whom we've supported when he's run for other offices in the past.
The state's powerful Black, Hispanic and Asian caucus is condemning legislative
leaders for redrawing Congressional
districts in a way that amounts to a «slap in the
face» to the minority communities across the state.
He
faces a fellow legislative
leader, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who in recent days has announced support from counties in and around his Finger Lakes - area Assembly dis
leader, Assembly Minority
Leader Brian Kolb, who in recent days has announced support from counties in and around his Finger Lakes - area Assembly dis
Leader Brian Kolb, who in recent days has announced support from counties in and around his Finger Lakes - area Assembly
district.
Ms. Richardson will
face Shirley Patterson, the woman who defeated her for
district leader last year, who is running on the Independence Party line with the support Kings County Democratic establishment.
Granted, he's coming off a pretty awful week, but Pedro Espada did not exactly help his case this weekend, as the State Senate majority
leader angrily fled the set of Channel 2's Eye of New York mid-interview when Espada —
facing state and federal charges for stealing $ 14 million from his Soundview HealthCare Network — was pressed about allegations that he really lives in Westchester (as opposed to in the Bronx
district he represents).
Chin, a first term office - holder, will
face off against Rajkumar, a
district leader, in the Democratic Primary Sept. 10.
Marjorie Velazquez, a Democratic
district leader, has Vacca's endorsement but will
face an uphill challenge.
A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter
leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems
facing overcrowded
District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.
The longtime congressman is seeking a 22nd term in office and is
facing at least three challengers: former presidential aide Clyde Williams, who has $ 125,000 on hand;
district leader Joyce Johnson, the only woman in the race; and State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who announced this morning that he had been endorsed by one of Rangel's former aides, Vince Morgan, who previously ran for the seat.
Faced with a $ 2 billion budget that falls short by at least $ 101 million, the
district must cut spending on each school by 6 percent, leaving
district leaders to strip some or all art, music, physical education and library programs from three out of four schools next fall.
Whoever triumphs on Tuesday will almost certainly
face a host of challengers in the September primary:
district leaders Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar, local community board chairwoman Gigi Li and Chinatown activist Don Lee have all announced their intentions to run.
His departure left Andrew Heaney of Millbrook and John Faso, a former minority
leader of the State Assembly, to
face off across the 11 - county 19th
District, which covers the Hudson Valley and Catskills.
In Lower Manhattan, City Council member Margaret Chin
faces a challenge from Jenifer Rajkumar, a
district leader.
AD55 Assemblymember Latrice Walker, representing Brownsville, Ocean Hill and parts of Bedford - Stuyvesant in the 55th Assembly
District,
faces a Democratic primary challenge from City Council Member and
District Leader Darlene Mealy.
This Education Week special report examines how educators and policymakers are tackling critical issues
facing principals already on the job and helping
districts build a bench of strong school
leaders.
In this chat, math instructional
leaders from the
district will discuss the reasoning behind that decision, the challenges they have
faced with the transition, and the benefits they have seen so far.
These students are in classrooms in most school systems — and
face some of the steepest odds for graduating from high school — yet only one - third of
district - level
leaders believe educators in their schools are prepared to effectively teach English - learners, according to an Education Week Research Center survey from late last year.
The PELP faculty team invited, through a competitive process, urban school
districts to partner in the design and delivery of an innovative executive education program tailored specifically to meet the actual challenges that educational
leaders are
facing.
Several teachers in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., school
district face discipline for posting images and material on the social - networking site Facebook that school
leaders find objectionable, including one teacher who wrote, «I hate my students!»
In other words, the average school
leader faces pressure from the school
district, the state, the parents and the local community to get high test scores.
One of the thorniest challenges
facing district leaders today is that of improving teaching and learning — not just in individual schools, but across entire systems of schools.
The program will convene education
leaders from schools,
districts, governments, and nonprofit organizations that support immigrant families, where they will learn from Harvard faculty experts and fellow educators
facing similar challenges.
School and
district leaders will inevitably
face challenges and questions based on their own beliefs and the contexts in which they are working.
We would gain a better appreciation of the huge amount of conflicting advice and pressure that school
districts and their
leaders face.
A movement whose
leaders say they want «preferential treatment for all children» with a straight
face is not serious enough to confront the Orwellian thinking that rules too many traditional school
districts today.
District leaders have always
faced enormous challenges, but in the past two decades that pressure has spiked.
«The Harvard Institute for Superintendents and
District Leaders identifies the most pressing issues facing educational leaders today and provides a platform for engagement of academic discussion with colleagues from around the world.
Leaders identifies the most pressing issues
facing educational
leaders today and provides a platform for engagement of academic discussion with colleagues from around the world.
leaders today and provides a platform for engagement of academic discussion with colleagues from around the world.»
It's sadly familiar turf for
district and school
leaders, who
faced the same concerns after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, stirring calls for beefed up school security and debates over gun laws.
But California, always proud of being a
leader, has written into law that this is the preferred option if
districts face budgetary shortfalls.
Our workshop
leaders come to your
district and work
face - to -
face with your classroom teachers.
This program takes a look at the specific hurdles
faced by
leaders in urban school
districts and presents equally nuanced strategies to addressing these challenges.
If charter,
district, state, and civic
leaders in Detroit can pivot quickly from their various postures over the Free Press series and start addressing the very real problems that parents
face in
district - run and charter schools alike, they will have a good chance at building a vibrant system of choice for their city.
Responsibility for schools often falls to multiple parties, including school
districts, charter school authorizers, and state agencies, weakening accountability and making it difficult for
leaders to address the challenges
facing parents.