Sentences with phrase «district schools this language»

Because the BOE determines cut scores on state assessments and the calculation of school grades can be manipulated by the BOE to increase the number of D and F district schools this language will clearly drive the expansion of «Schools of Hope / High Impact Charter Networks.»

Not exact matches

Regarding Seth Williamson's «Blue Ridge Modernity Blues» (February), I certainly agree that the local school district was wrong to employ a counselor who used «nonjudgmental» language regarding stealing and drug use.

A worksheet not only helps schools and districts decide on policy language and content but also helps them think through the reasoning behind those decisions in a logical manner.

What happened in 2008 was that the USDA required that contracts between school districts and food service companies contain specific language indicating that all rebates and discounts would be credited to the schools.

In doing so, these individuals publicly broke rank with their own organization, which is currently urging Congress to include in the 2015 appropriations bill language which would allow struggling school districts to opt out of healthier meal standards.

Districts participating in the federal school meal program have been required since 2006 to formulate a wellness policy to promote student health, but such policies often consisted of boilerplate language stashed in the drawer of a district official.

Meanwhile, the House Appropriations subcommittee yesterday released its fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, which included language that would allow any school district which operated its meal program at a loss for at least six months this past school year to seek a waiver from compliance in the coming year with the new, healthier school food standards.

A parent survey about students learning a second language at the elementary schools is available on the Arlington Heights School District 25 website through Feb. 20.

And even if it does show up in the final rule, it would still take serious commitment on the part of local school districts to adopt and enforce such language in actual practice.

Teachers in the district's three schools are paid about $ 12,000 more than the state average, and the schools offer an array of top - notch educational opportunities, including low class size, foreign language instruction, fine arts and orchestra programs, low - cost preschool and a full - day kindergarten, before - and after - school care, and several extracurricular sports teams.

For instance, with two dual - language Vietnamese schools in the district now, Tanner and her team added banh mi and pho to the menu served at all the schools, not just the two with a focus on that language and culture.

Districts can further lessen their exposure by instituting risk management programs that ensure the safety of school personnel, students, and visitors; by seeking protection through insurance; and by putting language into shared use agreements requiring the user to assume all or part of the liability in the event of injury or property damage.

What's not clear is if there is similar language in the Frontier Central School District's contract with its teachers.

Police are investigating an anonymous letter sent to a Jamesville - DeWitt school early last week containing «concerning language» and naming the school's principal, district officials said.

I am calling on Governor Cuomo to include language within his 2012 - 2013 State Budget allowing the Babylon United Free School District to be fully reimbursed for a project already approved by the Department of Education and included in a prior State Budget.»

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

Buffalo Public Schools have added so many immigrants to the student population, the district now has 84 languages spoken in the hallways and 125 teachers have been added to work with these students.

The U.F.T. report found that in Manhattan's District 5, for example, English language learners make up 6 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the district average of 14 District 5, for example, English language learners make up 6 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the district average of 14 district average of 14 percent.

(It's unclear how, say, a foreign - language examination would be scored in a school district with only one teacher qualified to score the test.)

There's also language amending a decision last year mandating districts share their locally - generated maintenance and construction money with charter schools.

«The independent receiver may be non-profit entity, another school district, or an individual,» according to the bill language.

«Our new school in District 6 will absolutely serve children in the district and we have an excellent track record of educating students with disabilities and [English language learners],» LyDistrict 6 will absolutely serve children in the district and we have an excellent track record of educating students with disabilities and [English language learners],» Lydistrict and we have an excellent track record of educating students with disabilities and [English language learners],» Lyon said.

«I think this language creates significant instability for school districts and other local governments,» Friedfel wrote in an email.

A chapter amendment submitted late last night repeal language that would have allowed wealthy and middle - income school districts the option of using some of the additional state aid provided in the two - way deal for either tax relief or restoration of programs.

I give workshops, provide training to school district staff, speak at national conferences, and provide evaluations for speech - language and AAC.

Angela currently serves as Co-President of DragonSprouts, a 501 (c) 3 organization that supports Mandarin Immersion language programs in the LA Unified School District.

She has extensive experience as a reading / language arts curriculum coordinator for several local school districts and as an elementary school principal.

There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable instructional leadership, clear expectations and common language around school or district initiatives, creating a culture of risk taking, etc..

I suspect that the kindergarten gap is driven primarily by the fact that school districts often provide speech and language services to students in need of them prior to entry into kindergarten, and the parents of such students are reluctant to switch to a charter school, thereby interrupting the continuation of these services.

When the District of Columbia School Reform Act was passed by Congress in 1996, it included language providing that charter schools should have access to surplus public - school builSchool Reform Act was passed by Congress in 1996, it included language providing that charter schools should have access to surplus public - school builschool buildings.

And after learning that this year marked Hood River County School District's 150 - year anniversary, Sarah Segal, a HRMS sixth - grade literacy, social studies, science, and language arts teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local history.

A 2006 national survey by the Center on Education Policy, an independent advocacy organization in Washington, DC, found that in the five years after enactment of NCLB, 44 percent of districts had increased instruction time in elementary school English language arts and math while decreasing time spent on other subjects.

And the manner in which superintendents, school boards, and district personnel interpret and apply the often ambiguous contract language has significantly aggravated the problem.

The district consists of high - poverty to middle - class schools, rural, suburban, and demographically diverse urban schools — including one where over 60 languages are spoken.

Examples of school districts targeting stimulus funds to benefit English - language learners have been few and far between.

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the early grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them, and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate reading skills.

To see where the public stands, we asked questions about visa programs for highly specialized workers, federal aid to school districts impacted by immigration, and the desirability of instructing immigrants and students with limited English proficiency in their native language.

The language enabling schools to choose a district or SSO should be simple.

Making matters worse for immigrant children is the fact that many enter poor school districts with insufficient English language learner courses and certified teachers.

Ameer Kim El - Mallawany School Leadership Program Current city: Los Angeles Current job: Director of Family & Community Engagement, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Career highlight: Serving as the founding principal of Columbus North International School — a world language and international studies themed lottery high school in the Columbus City Schools district in Columbus, Ohio — for four and a half of the last fiveSchool Leadership Program Current city: Los Angeles Current job: Director of Family & Community Engagement, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Career highlight: Serving as the founding principal of Columbus North International School — a world language and international studies themed lottery high school in the Columbus City Schools district in Columbus, Ohio — for four and a half of the last fiveSchool — a world language and international studies themed lottery high school in the Columbus City Schools district in Columbus, Ohio — for four and a half of the last fiveschool in the Columbus City Schools district in Columbus, Ohio — for four and a half of the last five years

Instead, the gap begins primarily because of differences in enrollment rates of students who have a speech or language disability, many of whom receive services within district schools prior to kindergarten.

While the school district contended that the language of IDEA demanded attendance at a public school first, the Second Circuit had already ruled in a prior case that this was an incorrect reading of the law, and could unreasonably require parents either to place children in an inadequate program or shoulder the financial burden of a private education, a result it called «absurd.»

Importantly, the schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public schools operated by the local school district and five over-subscribed charter schools that have been shown to have large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math and English language arts tests.

Moreover, in conversations with reporters, Secretary Bell publicly acknowledged — for the first time since February 1981 when he withdrew the proposed Lau rules — that the policy change also applies to about 500 school districts that had negotiated compliance agreements requiring native - language instruction based on the «Lau remedies.»

In fact, after sitting through an all - day board training session conducted by a representative from our state school board association and listening to the admonition not to micromanage in what must have been ten different languages, I blurted, «This district has followed your micromanagement advice for years and has let the educators run the show.

The language in the budget proposal says it would be an increase of $ 1 billion in Title I to encourage states and districts to adopt student - based funding systems where money, including state, local and federal funds, follows the child to the school that they attend within the public sector.

The district made its materials available to other K - 12 systems, and it's had some takers, including the Denver public schools, which recently adopted its English / language arts curriculum for grades 9 - 12.

This month, 10 school districts in California charged in a suit that their state is not complying with the federal law's mandate to test English - language learners «in a valid and reliable manner,» as the law says.

If enacted, such a mandate would make Dallas the only major U.S. district to require study in a specific foreign language for a high - school diploma, experts in language curricula said.

A growing chorus of people are saying that some school districts are overzealous in categorizing students as English - language learners in the aim of complying with federal and state laws to ensure that children of immigrants get extra help with English.