Sentences with phrase «district turned for help»

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When they turn 3, they're eligible for additional services at their local school district with the help of an individualized education program (IEP).

Their decisions — such as hiring a village trustee as park district director — have come under question and prompted residents to turn to state lawmakers for help.

It also helped bring me to the District of Columbia and my beloved neighborhood of Adams Morgan, while leaving behind a domain name that has turned out to be eminently recyclable (thanks for thinking that one up, Mom).

Gerrymandering can also be done to help incumbents as a whole, effectively turning every district into a packed one and greatly reducing the potential for competitive elections.

Only an hour after Weiner appeared before cameras Thursday, the party sent an email to members asking for donations to help turn the district over to the Republicans in a special election soon to be called by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Kinderhook, NY - April 13, 2016... John Faso, the endorsed Conservative, Republican, Independent candidate running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District, today released his second television advertisement, which focuses on his plans to turn the Upstate economy around and help small businesses.

Increased accountability demands on educators have led to more districts and teachers turning to outside resources for help.

For the short term, some districts are turning to other resources — like the business community — or appealing to voters to help them get by.

Louisiana's top education officials have launched a nationwide search for organizations to help them turn around academic achievement in 11 chronically failing schools in districts around the state.

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

This data, in turn, will inform school improvement plans and help districts decide what services and supports to make available for schools.

The program also stands as a major success story for SW TURN, and helps demonstrate that, when labor and district leaders come together with common goals, they can collaboratively implement effective policy changes.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

House leaders are considering letting districts compete with charter operators for a pot of $ 200 million that would help them turn around failing schools.

Two unknowns lurk: Duncan hasn't yet agreed to consider district waivers in states that either didn't apply for them or had their applications turned down, and CORE hasn't yet formally asked Brown for his blessing, which would considerably help their case.

This transparency, in turn, can help reformers and their allies in state houses set high proficiency targets, and in turn, leverage an important tool for holding districts and schools accountable for providing all children with comprehensive college - preparatory content, for evaluating how well teachers and school leaders are doing in helping all students in their care succeed, and for providing all children with the high expectations they need to thrive in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

The Connecticut Council for Education Reform wrote, «That's why CCER advocates for changing Connecticut's law to allow the Commissioner of Education to waive the statutory requirements for superintendent certification to allow people like Mr. Vallas to help turn around Connecticut's lowest - performing school districts.

The state of Missouri realized that schools and districts needed help to strategically plan for the changes to turn around student learning and performance.

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If a county superintendent determines that a district isn't measuring up to its LCAP goals and intervention is needed, it is the CCEE that they would turn to for help.

School districts have been increasingly turning to parcel taxes to help provide additional funding for their local public schools.

The goal of this initiative is to create healthier classrooms and more energy efficient schools that in turn improve student performance and save money for school districts, while helping to protect the environment and reducing carbon emissions.

The project will turn a courtroom in Quincy District Court into a laboratory to help establish best practices for digital coverage that can serve as a model for courts elsewhere.