Sentences with phrase «districts extend their school days»

One such bill is SB 1552 by Altamonte Springs Republican David Simmons which would encourage school turnaround efforts in which districts extend their school days by at least an hour, provide students with wraparound services, or give charter - like autonomy to their principals.

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The district also infuriated scores of parents when it shuttered all 54 of its full - day school - based programs in June — the kind of extended preschool program the district said last year it wanted to beef up.

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The Utica City School District's Board of Education unanimously rejected $ 4.1 million in state funding to extend the school day in five city scSchool District's Board of Education unanimously rejected $ 4.1 million in state funding to extend the school day in five city scschool day in five city schools.

If the district were to extend the school day at some schools under the state's receivership law, it would have to compensate teachers at their regular hourly rate.

The North District race was a hotly contested one filled with big campaign contributions and contrasting educational ideologies from the two candidates on everything from charter schools to extending the school day to the use of standardized tests.

Last year, the district - wide graduation rate rose above 50 percent for the first time in several years, drop - out rates have been falling and schools days have already been extended through the Say Yes to Education program.

Cuomo provides $ 25 for all - day pre-kindergarten in the state's poorest school districts, and will give out $ 20 million in grants to districts who want to extend the school day or school year.

The NSBA selects districts with strong school board leadership and collaboration practices that support extended - day programs and profiles them in its upcoming publications, at the 2005 annual conference, and online.

Some school districts are making up snow days online instead of extending the school year in June.

A pilot project that would extend the school year in two districts to 200 days — making theirs the longest school year in the country — was approved this month by the North Carolina state legislature.

Over the past 15 years, many school districts have implemented whole - day or extended - day kindergarten programs that replace or run parallel to traditional half - day programs.

«Save Our Summers» movements have for years decried the benefits of additional instructional days and proclaimed the benefits of summer vacation, and the movements have grown as states have considered extending the school year and individual school districts have moved up their start dates.

The solution for some districts and states has been to extend the school day and / or school year — at least for schools that are struggling.

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As educators have become increasingly aware of the stagnating black / white and Latino / white achievement gaps, schools and districts have committed to addressing those gaps by supporting initiatives that can create equity, such as preschool interventions, extended school days, and summer programs.

District policies discourage using Saturdays, making up the date on Memorial Day is unadvisable and the state's calendar law will not permit extending the school year by a dDay is unadvisable and the state's calendar law will not permit extending the school year by a dayday.

School days or school years have recently been extended in some traditional public school distSchool days or school years have recently been extended in some traditional public school distschool years have recently been extended in some traditional public school distschool districts.

But at least one key factor in the departures was out of his hands: The district and the teachers» union agreed to a stipend for participating in an extended school day that the recruits saw as offensively low.

Houston Independent School District is one example of districts forging ahead with extending the day and year.

Boasberg said the district has used the SIG dollars allocated for Montbello and for nearby Noel Middle School to launch several smaller school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE scSchool to launch several smaller school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE scschool programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE scschool year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE scschool day that's extended by an hour in the FNE schools.

The Lansing School District, with support of the Bilingual Education Department, provides extended day programming for EL's in grades K - 12 during the fall and spring semesters.

In two previous posts, I described the concepts underpinning Ontario School District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education NortSchool District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Nortschool day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Northwest.

Posted on February 8, 2016 · Starting this fall, Olfen School District in Central Texas will implement a four - day school week, by extending the hours of each school day and holding tutoring and other activities on daySchool District in Central Texas will implement a four - day school week, by extending the hours of each school day and holding tutoring and other activities on dayschool week, by extending the hours of each school day and holding tutoring and other activities on dayschool day and holding tutoring and other activities on days off.

KSL looks at extended - day kindergarten in the Canyons School District.

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the schooDistrict and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the schoodistrict moved to extend the school school day.40

Either way, school districts should do their best to max out their local levies to the greatest extend permitted by the new law — and then put away as much money as they can in their Rainy Day Fund to protect against the school funding declines that are almost certain to come due to the Levy Swipe Law's reliance on unstable home prices for funding our public schools.

School districts will also provide morning and evening programming and learning opportunities for families who seek extended school - day opSchool districts will also provide morning and evening programming and learning opportunities for families who seek extended school - day opschool - day options.

Just instituting extended hours in and of itself will not lead to the benefits full - day kindergarten offers — teachers must be trained in and be able to use methods that evoke the most developmental benefits and «school district administrators can play important leadership roles in building comprehensive professional development systems that support PreK - 3rd teachers and their efforts to create effective learning environments.»

Also, 15 of our poorest public school districts will lose $ 3.6 million slated to extend the school day and offer summer academic programs and lose $ 1.6 million to help public schools transport students.

His new attacks on public education include taking $ 17.1 million out of traditional public schools, which will curtail extended day and summer programs in needy school districts, make universal preschool impossible, not fund priority districts as promised and at less than last year, and limit aid for transportation of students.

Traditionally this autonomy has taken the form of greater freedom in hiring (and firing) teachers and school leaders (in most states charter school employees are not required to be part of the district collective bargaining unit), developing budgets, choosing curriculum, procuring supplies and contracting with vendors, and shaping the school calendar (through longer days and / or extended school years).23

And for the past year, Governor Charlie Baker has failed to gain legislative approval to create «innovation zones» in which a select group of schools within a district would gain charter - school - like flexibility to extend school days and get around other teacher contract provisions.

Local school districts depend on ISDs to meet ever - growing needs in Early Childhood (0 - 5) and Parent Education, Special Education (birth to age 26), Career and Technical Education, Tech Prep, Career Preparation, Talent Development, Online and Digital courses, Math and Science programs, Early / Middle College, Student Activities, Extended Day, Alternative and Adult Education programs, and Court - Involved Youth and Homeless Education programs.