Sentences with phrase «district school peers in»

Students attending charter schools affiliated with a Charter Management Organization have better learning gains than district school peers in both reading and math.

Not exact matches

SNA is constantly promoting school meal success stories to our members so they can learn from their peers in other districts, and we provide training and educational resources to help them improve the meals they serve.

You will hear from a panel of your peers who have implemented and are successfully running school breakfast programs in their districts.

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.

It's not easy to manage funds and make sure all the kids and parents are happy, but whatever the proper way to make sure a school district doesn't lose money, and that all kids are nourished, should not include embarrassing a child in front of their peers.

Local school districts prefer to analyze their August graduation rates, which include students who were unable to graduate with most of their peers in June but made up the necessary credits over the summer.

Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

Creasman and his peers discuss these needs during site visits of schools in the state and through the Kentucky Educational Development Corporation, a local cooperative of school districts whose members jointly negotiate with vendors to reduce costs for education technology.

A few days after the data - day review, I visited Powell Elementary, a district school in northeast D.C., for a learning walk on peer - group feedback, or how to get teachers to help one another figure out how to reteach a troublesome lesson.

I am a K - 5 Reading Coach for the Hillsborough County School District in Florida, and I have had the honor of being selected twice by my peers as my school's Teacher of the Year, once in 2013 and again inSchool District in Florida, and I have had the honor of being selected twice by my peers as my school's Teacher of the Year, once in 2013 and again inschool's Teacher of the Year, once in 2013 and again in 2015.

For long - term success, schools and districts need to cultivate a pipeline of competent teacher leaders who are trained to share their on - the - ground experience and play an active role in peer - to - peer learning and support.

In other words, Boston charter - school students are learning at more than twice the rate of their district - school peers.

Or it may be that demographics matter because changes in the demographic composition of local school districts increase the desire among families to sort students into similar peer groups.

The GRC enables users to compare academic achievement in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for virtually every public school district in the United States with the average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered our economic peers and sometime competitors.

Although the federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations already have invested nearly $ 200 million in producing and rewarding National Board - certified teachers, this is the first study assessing whether the National Board has actually succeeded in identifying «expert» or «master» teachers who perform better than their uncertified peers.

At the urging of district officials, about 35 students at Poughkeepsie High School coordinated a schoolwide survey to find out what their peers wanted to see in their sSchool coordinated a schoolwide survey to find out what their peers wanted to see in their schoolschool.

Teachers at LACES probably have more work to do than their counterparts in other districts schools, but the longer hours for staff members pay off in the relationships they build with students and peers, Rutschman said.

To answer this question, we compare the characteristics of KIPP students in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 with the characteristics of their peers across the district as well as of those non-KIPP students who attended the feeder elementary schools.

WASHINGTON — Black and Hispanic students in an affluent Maryland school district fall behind their white and Asian peers in mathematics as early as the 3rd grade, and the gap widens steadily through the elementary grades, a new study concludes.

I believe we also have quite a bit to share with our peers in the district, charter, and Catholic school sectors, and much to learn from them.

In his new study, Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Special Education, he and his team identified school districts that get similar (or superior) results for special - education students as their peer districts, yet do so at significantly lower cost.

First, CTBA cites a longitudinal study of Milwaukee's voucher program by researchers at the University of Arkansas, claiming that voucher students in grades 3 - 8 «performed statistically similar» to a matched group of district - school peers on standardized tests.

Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that NYC charter students gained an additional one month of learning per year in reading over their district - school peers; in math the advantage was five months of additional learning each year.

During the yearlong TES process, teachers are typically observed in the classroom and scored four times: three times by an assigned peer evaluator — a high - performing, experienced teacher who previously taught in a different school in the district — and once by the principal or another school administrator.

Show respect: Annie Tremonte, a coach in the Renton School District in Washington State, says that «respecting the ideas, opinions, and perspectives of your learning partner fosters a natural, productive relationship between peers.»

In a separate study, Russell Skiba and Natasha Williams further revealed that black students in the same schools or districts were not engaged in levels of disruptive behavior that would warrant higher rates of exclusionary discipline than white peerIn a separate study, Russell Skiba and Natasha Williams further revealed that black students in the same schools or districts were not engaged in levels of disruptive behavior that would warrant higher rates of exclusionary discipline than white peerin the same schools or districts were not engaged in levels of disruptive behavior that would warrant higher rates of exclusionary discipline than white peerin levels of disruptive behavior that would warrant higher rates of exclusionary discipline than white peers.

SABIS demonstrates the strength of its model as its middle - and high - school students surge ahead while their peers in urban district schools fall increasingly behind.

Now compare this to CREDO's urban charter school study, which found that urban students enrolled in charter schools gained.07 standard deviations relative to their peers in district schools in one year.

The study found that African American students in poverty who attended charter schools achieved nearly two months of extra learning per year relative to their district school peers.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adultIn 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aschool, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adultin the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aSchool District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adultIn their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adultin the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adultin a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

A recent Stanford study (PDF) found that public charters in Washington, D.C. and New York substantially outperformed similar district schools, while public charters in Nevada and Texas lagged far behind their district peers.

Because the parents who are drawn to charters are presumed to be more engaged and more focused on their children's education, many worry about the loss of positive peer influences and parental social capital for the students remaining in district schools.

In school districts or BOCES in which teachers or administrators are not represented by a collective bargaining organization, teachers or administrators shall be designated by their peers in a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCEIn school districts or BOCES in which teachers or administrators are not represented by a collective bargaining organization, teachers or administrators shall be designated by their peers in a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCEin which teachers or administrators are not represented by a collective bargaining organization, teachers or administrators shall be designated by their peers in a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCEin a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCES.

The Global Report Card data provides information on the average level of student achievement in math and reading in virtually all U.S. school districts relative to the student achievement in a set of international peers.

They even outperformed their peers in the largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district, where 84 percent of third - graders passed.

Former Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso decided to have the district join TUDA so city students could be measured against peers in districts of similar size and demographics.

For instance, the change in MAP - R or MAP - M scores for a student at the beginning of the second and third grades could be compared to that student's school peers (equivalent to your average scale score comparison if I understand correctly), district peers, and national peers to evaluate the rate of academic growth.

By exploring districts» racial makeups, we see that across the board, Illinois has historically funded student groups in majority - White school districts better than their peers in districts with more students of color.

Each superintendent and in the case of the City School District of the City of New York, the chancellor, in collaboration with teachers, pupil personnel professionals, administrators and parents selected by the superintendent or in the case of the City School District of New York, the chancellor, with the advice of their respective peers, shall develop the professional performance review plan, which shall be approved by the governing body of each school district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eachSchool District of the City of New York, the chancellor, in collaboration with teachers, pupil personnel professionals, administrators and parents selected by the superintendent or in the case of the City School District of New York, the chancellor, with the advice of their respective peers, shall develop the professional performance review plan, which shall be approved by the governing body of each school district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eaDistrict of the City of New York, the chancellor, in collaboration with teachers, pupil personnel professionals, administrators and parents selected by the superintendent or in the case of the City School District of New York, the chancellor, with the advice of their respective peers, shall develop the professional performance review plan, which shall be approved by the governing body of each school district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eachSchool District of New York, the chancellor, with the advice of their respective peers, shall develop the professional performance review plan, which shall be approved by the governing body of each school district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eaDistrict of New York, the chancellor, with the advice of their respective peers, shall develop the professional performance review plan, which shall be approved by the governing body of each school district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eachschool district or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eadistrict or BOCES, filed in the district or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of eadistrict or BOCES office, as applicable, and available for review by any individual no later than September 10th of each year.

A Black student in a district with below - average property wealth (less than $ 6,363 per pupil) has an adequacy level of 61 %, but his peer in a wealthier school district is only a bit better at 69 %.

And a still - newer 2015 CREDO analysis, examining charter schools in 41 urban communities, found them, on average, achieving 40 additional days of learning growth in math and 28 days in reading compared to matched peers in district schools.

Promise effects that stem from changes in the school district's atmosphere or morale or from peer effects can not be captured by our methodology.

«When the Best is Mediocre: Developed countries far outperform our most affluent suburbs,» by Jay Greene and Josh McGee The first - ever comparison of math performance in virtually every school district in the United States finds that even the most elite suburban school districts produce results that are mediocre when compared to those of international peers.

Hispanic charter students gained 29 days of learning in reading and 17 days of learning in math compared to their peers in district schools.

Students with disabilities and English language learners at New York City charter schools are outperforming their peers in traditional district schools.

For instance, although most of the studies cited above do include statistical controls for peer effects (the mean characteristics of other student in a class or school), very few states or districts do so when generating value - added estimates.

In a 2015 Washington Post report, it was stated that for the second year in a row, the school's students showed positive testing results, with their third - graders showing a 95 % passing rate in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district»In a 2015 Washington Post report, it was stated that for the second year in a row, the school's students showed positive testing results, with their third - graders showing a 95 % passing rate in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district»in a row, the school's students showed positive testing results, with their third - graders showing a 95 % passing rate in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district»in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district».

The article discusses coaching in education, wherein teacher leaders provide support services to their peers, and examines ways in which school districts can provide those same services without having to hire an individual who serves as a full - time instructional coach.

Connecticut's education funding system is broken — with charter school students receiving on average $ 4,000 less in funding than their peers in district schools.

Project L.I.F.T. in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg School District started by offering a complete Opportunity Culture package of career advancement roles that let great teachers stay in the classroom, help more students, and collaborate with and lead peers.