Sentences with phrase «district turnaround plan»

«I am working on Holyoke with a small team helping to prioritize decisions that need to be made immediately and also laying the groundwork for the new district turnaround plan, which will be written this summer,» he says.

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The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

Interim Buffalo School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Department.

The governor has committed to his half of the subway turnaround plan and, Fix NYC, a panel he formed, unveiled a congestion pricing plan in January that includes the installation of a zone pricing program — beginning with trucks and subsequently for all vehicles — entering Manhattan's central business district below 60th Street.

The school district is having trouble preparing a turnaround plan that Albany will approve.

The district can impose one of three plans: turnaround, restart, or closure.

Free from the usual distractions, your team will have opportunities to work together to clarify your vision and develop a turnaround plan specific to your school and district.

Mr. Field has worked extensively with SEAs, school districts, and schools to plan and implement school turnaround initiatives.

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Applying districts must demonstrate a commitment to all four of the Race to the Top core reform areas (college - and career - ready standards and assessments, robust data systems, effective educators, and school turnaround) and obtain sign off on their plans from the district superintendent or CEO, local school board president, and local teacher union or association president.

While the district has improved some of the turnaround efforts with the addition of a Year Zero planning process for some of the lowest - performing schools, the record of improving existing schools is mixed.

The state would develop a turnaround plan for these schools and then either give them back to the district to run as prescribed or hire an outside contractor, such as a charter school operator.

We plan to introduce a tiered monitoring system that will focus efforts on the lowest performing schools and districts, with an emphasis on both compliance and outcomes and with the turnaround practices as a unifying framework.

The district and school have an effective communication plan to inform the community about the turnaround plan and gain their support.

Board member Troy Albert also didn't indicate whether he felt an intervention or takeover will be necessary, but says it's clear community members support the district's turnaround plan.

Ms Lecker speaks of «extortion» and she is not wrong: Mr. Pryor's preferred option for turnaround in «failing districts» is to have these communities do what he wants or he will impose on them a plan of his own.

Engagement should inform the district's strategic plan, school turnaround plans, transportation, before and after - school programming, and other community concerns.

Another week of legislative debate over the proposed Opportunity School District school turnaround plan culminates in a visit by Governor Jeb Bush and rap star Ludacris to the Georgia statehouse, in support of school choice, charters, and the OSD.

Since Louisiana first established a statewide turnaround district in 2003, though, a small but increasing number of states have created «EADs,» providing lessons others can follow in planning their own turnaround approach.

As the week opens, Georgia Legislators prepare travel to Louisiana to observe school turnaround efforts, and many weigh in on the Opportunity School District Plan.

Jon has investigated and written on school leadership topics, including turnaround leadership, succession planning for school - level leaders, state and district supports for school leaders, and state policies supporting effective school leadership.

The General Assembly conceived of the Commissioner's Network as a partnership between the State and the local educational district: the State would provide additional resources and managerial leadership whereas the local district would supply the human creativity and energy needed to put the turnaround plan into effect.

He says the Indiana Department of Education will continue to push for a faster timeline for interventions, which means 100 or more Indiana districts could face state takeover or state - mandated turnaround plan in 2012.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

The details were daunting: the budget deficit was projected to reach nearly half a billion dollars in three years; a district audit showed LA Unified debt outstripped assets by $ 4.2 billion; unfunded pensions topped $ 13 billion and have more than doubled since 2005; per - pupil funding had doubled but the district still faces financial crisis; and plans for a turnaround included boosting enrollment but not cutting staff.

After transitioning to instructional coaching, Nick supported teacher leaders in their implementation of a drastic rewrite of the district curriculum and assessment plan while working toward a successful school turnaround.

But that statement comes as Detroit prepares to move schools into the Educational Achievement System, a new special district for Michigan's worst - performing shcools — a change that could have dramatic consequences depending on which turnaround plans are used for its schools.

Duncan's policies, which have often relied on competitive grant programs, but he disagrees with Duncan's prescriptive turnaround plans — currently in effect in districts that have taken federal School Improvement Grants.

«The first step of our turnaround plan involved right - sizing the district in order to get it on a more secure financial footing,» said Philip Martell, Superintendent of Connellsville Area School Ddistrict in order to get it on a more secure financial footing,» said Philip Martell, Superintendent of Connellsville Area School DistrictDistrict.

A core facet of Superintendent Martell's turnaround plan is his belief that district wealth is a poor predictor of student engagement.

The bill also would prevent the state from using vouchers and charters as school turnaround interventions, bar the creation of a state - run school district, and require districts and the state to negotiate any school improvement plan with the local teachers union.

The application repeatedly holds up the Recovery School District as a model for the rest of Louisiana, calling it the «backbone of the state's plan to turnaround low - achieving schools,» and recommending that it oversee most schools in New Orleans through 2014.

The project began after Grier, at the beginning of his tenure in Houston in early 2010, learned that several schools in his district were failing at a rate that required them to implement federally - mandated turnaround plans.

Though the district has begun to take steps to improve its lowest performing schools — creating the International Leadership Innovation Zone and replacing Fletcher Community School with a high - performing charter — APS should strive to ensure that they have a clear plan and are including stakeholders in the turnaround process.