Sentences with phrase «district over the practice»

A Palm Beach father recently sued his school district over the practice after noticing his child's kindergarten classroom exceeded the 18 student cap.

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The School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group has over 1200 members working in school districts, federal and state agencies, business and industry, and colleges and universities.

Comprised of over 1,200 certified and practicing athletic trainers, NYSATA is the state - wide affiliate of the regional Eastern Athletic Trainers» Association (EATA) and District Two of the National Athletic Trainers» Association (NATA).

Membership Section Meetings Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14 Membership Section Meetings allow peers from districts and schools all over the country to come together and discuss the best practice and challenges in your program.

Over four exciting days, you will come face to face with thousands of colleagues from districts across the nation, allowing you the opportunity to discuss trends, swap tips, exchange ideas and benchmark your current practices.

[Updated below] A big change in the world of campaign advertising: over the past six months: the practice of targeting online ads directly at voters in a particular district has gone from being exotic to being a standard part of the political toolkit, with serious implications both for the...

He insisted his proposal leaves open the question of where to put the new facilities because of the Council's long - established practice of giving its members veto authority over zoning changes in their district.

De Blasio's political activities are being investigated in part over the practice of funneling donations to county committees, which in turn aided Democratic candidates running in key swing districts and potentially purposely circumvented campaign donations.

The term gerrymandering refers to the practice of drawing electoral district lines to favor one political party, individual, or constituency over another.

The Brong - Ahafo Regional Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Kofi Boateng, has expressed worry over the practice where drugs are being sold in classrooms of some basic schools in the Sunyani West District.

Sugarman said critics tend to focus exclusively on her work with Cuomo that began in the attorney general's office and carried over to the governor's office, but not the 20 years she spent as the chief of the homicide and trial division in the Bronx district attorney's office or the 10 years in private practice after that.

She has been sharing yoga and mindfulness practices with children, teens and adults in studio, childcare, preschool, public school, and homeschool settings, as well as teaching athletes, coaches and educators at area universities and school districts, for over 17 years.

The school already has over a decade's experience opening its campus to public school enrichment camps and initiatives like Growing Girls and Gardens, where they are taking best practices from their venerable independent school for girls, working with the school district, and applying the learning to benefit some of the city's neediest students — walking the walk to offer outstanding education and opportunity for promising girls.

The RSD, in practice, is close to that, but the ongoing battle over local recapture of taken - over schools will continue until the district is permanently decommissioned.

Unveiled this month, the plan would potentially give the federal government far more influence over classroom practices that traditionally have been left to states, school districts, and individual teachers.

Daniel Whitt, the coordinator of instructional technology in the Madison City School District in Alabama, says his district started using Seesaw — adopted in more than 25,000 schools, 200,000 U.S. classrooms, and over 150 countries — to showcase learning practices in the District in Alabama, says his district started using Seesaw — adopted in more than 25,000 schools, 200,000 U.S. classrooms, and over 150 countries — to showcase learning practices in the district started using Seesaw — adopted in more than 25,000 schools, 200,000 U.S. classrooms, and over 150 countries — to showcase learning practices in the schools.

A: After two years of piloting in 30 districts that contain over 14,000 educators, AchieveNJ was created to better align educator evaluation with practices that lead to improved student outcomes.

Over a year ago, legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in part to provide state and district leaders with new opportunities and flexibility to support innovative, results - driven practices that address their local needs and ensure all students have the opportunity to attend great schools that will prepare them for college and careers.

In other words, compared with districts that still practice zip code assignment of students to schools, are districts with public school choice systems more or less likely to have schools that over represent black students and under represent white students (or vice-versa) relative to the surrounding neighborhoods?

«As the nation's largest collective employer with over 6.9 million employees, the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges is a landmark decision that will impact school district employment policies and practices,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director.

While many charitable foundations spread their funding over numerous recipients and limit the grants to a few years, the Ellis Center wanted to provide sufficient funding to make a difference and give the district sufficient time to institutionalize its new practices.

Dr. Robert Marzano, researcher and author, «I am honored by the Department's selection, and will work closely with my partner, Learning Sciences International, to serve the needs of Florida's districts with our model that incorporates contemporary research in effective teaching practices, the development of expertise over time and the key concept of deliberate practices to districts» teacher evaluation systems.»

Built around the use of an embedded set of connected, web - based data tools, the OIP is being used by well over half of the 612 traditional public school districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strategy.

School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,000 classrooms to document best practices in action.

Over the last decade, for example, many states and districts rushed to implement centralized teacher evaluation systems, even though critics warned, for good reason, that they wouldn't provide valid or reliable measures of classroom practice.

Talent Development Secondary, a comprehensive school reform effort, has emerged after over 20 years of research, applications and practices, well equipped to respond effectively to the needs of schools and districts seeking the strategies, tools, materials, supports and personnel needed to dramatically improve middle and high schools marked by low achievement and low graduation rates.

The 2009 publication The Widget Effect (Weisberg, Sexton, Mulhern, & Keeling, 2009), a study of teacher evaluation practices in 12 diverse districts in four states, found that over 99 % of tenured teachers in districts using a satisfactory or unsatisfactory rating system earned a positive rating.

The district's contract proposal phased out the district's longstanding practice of picking up the bulk of teacher pension contributions and increased union insurance premiums in exchange for a series of pay hikes over four years and a promise of no economic layoffs.

While we saw some good examples of districts and CMOs putting a stake in the ground over a smaller number of high - impact instructional leadership practices, we were surprised that many districts self - assessed that they were busy working to evaluate and support principals without a clear and shared vision of what they meant by instructional leadership.

Olson was puzzled over why second and third grade students were not achieving proficiency on state reading tests, so the district began adjusting teaching practices and curriculum.

The district has launched a voluntary review program using student test scores as one measure of instructor effectiveness, but the teachers union has opposed it and filed an unfair labor practice complaint over the program's introduction without collective bargaining.

With over 100 members, our statewide Alumni network helps support our members in continually improving their instructional practices and impact in their schools and districts.

«Extraordinary authority districts» — turnaround districts in which states gain legal authority to take over and operate chronically underperforming schools and / or districts — can fundamentally transform school structures and practices.

Arlana has worked in a variety of school districts over 25 years and brings a range of experiences to her practice as a consultant.

The monitor would have immense authority over the district's special education practices for at least three school years, and the state would oversee CPS special education budgets and staffing decisions for the coming academic term.

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) announced a tentative contract agreement that creates more autonomy for teachers, giving them greater flexibility in the classroom over curricula, materials, hiring practices, and finances.

As part of the innovateNJ community of school districts that shares best practices, Springfield Public Schools spent last year analyzing test score data over a four - year period to see which students struggled and what types of questions they had trouble with, said Sharon Nagy - Johnson, director of instructional technology.

Jennifer began her work in consulting over ten years ago, supporting urban school districts in both New York and New Jersey in the implementation of best practice for instruction in the area of balanced literacy across elementary schools.

As the former principal of this school, which follows the Big Picture Learning philosophy of — one student at a time — and seeks to connect students to their interests and passions, I know the other variables at play, e.g. over 75 % are chronically truant (not a new practice they develop but one that's existed for some time), thought the school serves about 140 students, it's not unusual that nearly double that figure are served in a given year (it's the nature of serving students in foster care and others that are highly mobile), over 2/3 are transfer students who were «counseled out» by other LAUSD district and charter schools.

The result being incremental increases among educators of Latino and Asian descent, and a troubling decline of Black educators who have been the hardest hit over the past 15 years by the lack of intentionality in the district's recruitment, selection and retention practices,» said Tanisha Sullivan, President of the NAACP — Boston Branch.

With over 30 years of experience, Questeq draws from best practices learned from the dozens of district it manages.

With over 30 years of experience, Questeq draws from best practices learned from the dozens of districts it manages.

It offers self - paced and personalized practice for each student, and is currently in use by over eleven thousand school districts.

Over the course of the 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 school years, I worked with a group of instructional coaches in a district in Illinois to create an implementation matrix to guide educational practice in realizing the district's vision of personalized, twenty - first century learning where all students are successful.

«Policies and practices put in place by city leaders a number of years ago have yielded greater equity over time, although charter students continue to receive less public funding than their peers in district schools,» he said.

Over the past several decades, countless school districts, universities, professional associations, nonprofits, and other organizations have created valuable opportunities for teachers to discuss their work, share practices, and learn from each other (Little, 2003).

Over the last 20 years, the education consulting group I work with has collaborated with multiple schools and districts looking to incorporate assessment practices that measure what matters to them.

Over 500 school and district leaders and 1,500 teachers experienced professional development diving into the framework's utility for improving instructional practice in their schools.

LEAD districts formed a learning network to examine the effects of leadership on learning, analyze existing obstacles and explore strategic interventions that could, over time, produce new policies and practices to support better student achievement.

The referenced charts, which quantify the district's practice of privileging ultra-Orthodox special needs students over Black and Latino special needs students, are at the end.