Sentences with phrase «district superintendents across the state»

In 2016, district superintendents across the state raised concern that new, more rigorous end - of - course examinations were too difficult and that the state would see graduation rates fall by up to a third under the new policy.

District Superintendents across the state have been speaking with lawmakers about other changes they'd like to see — like an increase in teacher pay, finding new ways to recruit teachers into the system, and finally making substantive changes in the way the state tests is students.

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She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

School superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school staffers.

Join Todd Wirt, assistant superintendent for academics with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), N.C., and Carol Wetzel, senior director with Discovery Education, as they discuss the challenges WCPSS faced implementing Common Core State Standards across the district and how they determined the best way to scale professional development for its 11,000 teachers as they embarked on this digital and instructional journey.

Given that the ADA reported by the state varies from district to district and if the «revenue limits» are constant across districts, then I'd say that the system is totally unequal and subject to manipulation by the likes of Superintendent Deasy, who claimed, in his «state of the district» address (http://lausd.wistia.com/medias/douylpe31y) that LAUSD only gets «5,221 pathetic dollars» while New York spends $ 17k.

As superintendents of rural schools in 106 districts across Arizona, we at the Arizona Rural Schools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school funding.

A message from Richard Woods, Georgia's School Superintendent... November is Parent Engagement Month in Georgia, and districts and schools across the state will be highlighting the role parents play in their children's education.

Parents, teachers and education advocates across the state are relieved that the Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS) has joined them in declaring an open distrust of the high - stakes FSA testing scheme and its broken credibility.

Over the last few weeks, school district superintendents, education groups and newspaper editorial boards across the state have expressed their concerns, pointing out what they perceive as numerous shortcomings in the measure, AB 375, authored by Joan Buchanan, a Bay Area Democrat.

Dr. Chavez has also been a true voice of regionalism, leading area superintendents in state advocacy and supporting the sharing of best practices across Central Texas schools and districts.

These problems extend to every school district across the state, and superintendents have voiced their concerns to lawmakers, which is why the law is being revised in the long session.

The letter, from state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and the Rev. James Meeks, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, also warned that if CPS or any other district doesn't test students, Illinois as a whole could be at risk of losing federal funds for schools, affecting districts across the sstate schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and the Rev. James Meeks, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, also warned that if CPS or any other district doesn't test students, Illinois as a whole could be at risk of losing federal funds for schools, affecting districts across the sState Board of Education, also warned that if CPS or any other district doesn't test students, Illinois as a whole could be at risk of losing federal funds for schools, affecting districts across the statestate.

The Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators is comprised of superintendents representing the 57 Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) across the state.

As part of Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell's «leadership strategies,» designed to urge superintendents to «encourage» parents to have their children take the SBAC test rather than to opt out, the commissioner called in superintendents from public school districts across the state to the department's Hartford headquarters for a «training session» on how effectively to communicate with parents.

He has a lot of big plans for the district that he works tirelessly to accomplish — whether that's through spearheading new initiatives or spreading the message of teacher leadership to state policymakers and superintendents across Iowa.

Hank is the Founder and President of Human Capital Enterprises, providing consulting services and HR thought - leadership to school district Superintendents and Boards across the United States.

The Mayor «s remarks reflect this exceptional moment: As other superintendents across the state battle the charter schools in their district (see, for example, Princeton Regional Public Schools» unending crusade against a

Oklahoma State Representative Scooter Park said that «HB2957 is a step in the right direction — driven by the support of Superintendents across the state, we can continue to remove the costly and time - consuming portions of the TLE system such as unnecessary data collection requirements as well as open the door for local school districts to develop their own qualitative evaluation system for their teachers according to their choice of a valid, reliable, research based and evidence - based qualitative measure.&rState Representative Scooter Park said that «HB2957 is a step in the right direction — driven by the support of Superintendents across the state, we can continue to remove the costly and time - consuming portions of the TLE system such as unnecessary data collection requirements as well as open the door for local school districts to develop their own qualitative evaluation system for their teachers according to their choice of a valid, reliable, research based and evidence - based qualitative measure.&rstate, we can continue to remove the costly and time - consuming portions of the TLE system such as unnecessary data collection requirements as well as open the door for local school districts to develop their own qualitative evaluation system for their teachers according to their choice of a valid, reliable, research based and evidence - based qualitative measure.»

The Mayor «s remarks reflect this exceptional moment: As other superintendents across the state battle the charter schools in their district (see, for example, Princeton Regional Public Schools» unending crusade against a small expansion of Princeton Charter School), here we have a case of the district's educational leader embracing a public charter's honor and, by extension, its students and educators.