Sentences with phrase «districts are under pressure»

Increased use of online credit recovery comes at a time school districts are under pressure by states and the federal government to raise graduation rates, hovering nationally around 70 %, according to the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.

They happen because districts are under pressure to graduate students «Right Now!

The pressure to inflate grades, bogus credit - recovery courses, and plain - old D.C. - style fraud don't happen just because school districts are under pressure to graduate students, contends Greene.

The Buffalo Public School District is under pressure to improve failing schools and boost graduation rates and it's a contentious time for school leadership.

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My concern is that in this era of draconian state education budget cuts (here in Texas, we rank second to last in per - student spending), state agencies, under pressure from cash - strapped districts, might be far too liberal in allowing these exempt — but often quite lucrative — fundraisers.

But unlike the Forest Preserve District, which can let its acquisitions sit undeveloped for years in a land bank, the park systems are constantly under pressure to provide their growing populations with playgrounds, community centers, athletic fields and swimming pools.

The Chicago Park District, under fire not only from the usual reformers but also feeling pressure from the mayor «s office, went on the defensive Tuesday.

He said that his decision to contest was as a result of pressure being mounted on him by his supporters from the seven Local Government Areas under the district.

The assemblyman, who allegedly mobilized the mob to attack Captain Mahama has turned himself in while the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Upper Denkyira West, Daniel Appianin, is under pressure for initially creating the impression that the deceased soldier and his men were in the area to protect Chinese galamsey operators.

But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who declined to participate will be under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.

As the Lancaster community becomes more divided over whether the school district's nickname should remain the «Redskins,» school leaders are under increasing pressure to make a decision soon about whether to phase the name out completely.

Exhibit A for moderates is the November special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District, where conservative outsider Doug Hoffman challenged moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out under pressure from Palin, the antitax Club for Growth and other conservatives.

Lawmakers are under enormous pressure from local school districts to reject that plan.

Sparaco was subsquently arrested in November 2014 by District Attorney Zugibe and dismissed from his second patronage job by Wayne Ballard under pressure from members of the Clarkstown Town Board.

After a debut film like District 9, Neill Blomkamp was likely under a lot of pressure to make a decent follow up.

At the same time that it struggles to acclimate new schoolpeople and administrators, the district also will be under pressure to shore up its efforts to restructure its...

More specifically, he charged that, under federal duress, states were pressuring districts to avoid his program or to create guidelines that made its adoption less likely.

But at the same time, those numbers are tainted by some districts who, under pressure to meet federal standards, simply lowered the academic bar to help more students reach it.

Even as school districts around California and the nation come under pressure to sustain existing reforms and introduce new ones, budget cuts are threatening to slow or halt those reform efforts.

Further, with lowered accountability mandates, schools and districts are under less pressure to boost state test scores.

School districts also are under increasing pressure to gather data about teacher performance as part of a related effort to address teacher tenure and in some cases are tied to decisions about pay increments.

«L.A. Unified has also been under pressure to contain costs; it recently became clear that the district is paying more for devices than most other school systems.

But the stakes in this second year under the new system will only be higher, as the law gives school districts the power to bring tenure charges against teachers who don't fare well in a second consecutive year, putting new pressures on teachers and placing new responsibility on schools.

Giving LAUSD and other districts a waiver would show California what it's missing by operating under the current version of NCLB, which most states have gotten waivered — and perhaps create pressure on the state to reconsider its decision not to continue to pursue a statewide waiver.

«I think the superintendents in those districts are very courageous, because with so much going on and schools under so much pressure,» he said, «it takes courage to do this for a very targeted group of students.»

States had been pressuring the Department of Education to do something, because, without congressional action, a huge number of school districts would have been labeled as failing under the law.

Increasingly these online learning institutions are under pressure due to decreases in state funding and competition from district - level online programs and private providers.

As a smaller rural district, Karns City is under pressure to provide similar technology and professional development seen in larger districts.

States and districts are under intense pressure from Washington, from major philanthropies such as the Gates Foundation, from civil - rights groups, from employers, and from public opinion to boost their high - school graduation rates — and indeed most have done so.

On the other hand, principals in this district were under great pressure to improve test scores, and if they did not succeed, they risked being censured in the newspaper or losing their jobs altogether.

Texas has been under intense pressure from school district leaders and others to apply for a waiver, especially since it was announced on Aug. 8, 2012, that the number of Texas campuses that failed to meet AYP in 2012 doubled from the number that failed in 2011, to more than 4,000 campuses.

Under intense pressure from the teachers union, Los Angeles Unified School District officials reversed themselves Friday and agreed to reinstate a teacher who was transferred from Crenshaw High for allegedly blocking reform efforts by the school administration.

The problem is that districts are under a lot of pressure to provide a wide range of after - school programs, and starting later could complicate that.

Covered with dirt, the 16 - acre site in 1953 was sold under pressure by the Hooker Chemical Company to the local school district for a dollar, with the paperwork including a warning about what lay there.

Most Republican members of Congress are now under great pressure from the big polluters who are their big money campaign donors to actively oppose clean energy industries that have been an agent of economic growth in the nation generally and in rural Republican districts specifically.

«This generous program comes at a time when school district budgets throughout the state are under enormous pressure and we are extremely grateful that Samsung and Sims Recycling Solutions seeks to support public education during this time of need while educating students on the benefits of electronics recycling,» said Carlos A. Garcia, Superintendant, San Francisco Unified School Ddistrict budgets throughout the state are under enormous pressure and we are extremely grateful that Samsung and Sims Recycling Solutions seeks to support public education during this time of need while educating students on the benefits of electronics recycling,» said Carlos A. Garcia, Superintendant, San Francisco Unified School DistrictDistrict.