Sentences with phrase «districts move in this direction»

As districts move in this direction, they are taking a harder look at how they will evaluate their local models of virtual education.

The Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor is often cited as a district moving in that direction.

While charter networks dominated the previous round of funding, Wave IV includes far more school districts moving in the direction of breakthrough - learning models.

Not exact matches

The plan reflects the District's increasing responsiveness and sophistication, moving the District into a greater strategic planning direction and less tactical mode, which is the next logical step in the organization's life cycle and planning evolution.

Miller Place is the first Long Island district to publicly acknowledge the posting of armed security personnel since the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and teachers but other local systems are moving in that direction.

School Board President Yehuda Weissmandl, in a statement, said the community has come together to move the district in the right direction.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the Legal Aid Society, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Courts and Legal Services, have all praised the move as a step in the right direction, though some groups like VOCAL - NY and mayoral candidate and activist Bob Gangi have approached the development with caution.

Though Paladino has been criticized for his outspoken nature on the board, he said it's what the governing body needs in order to move the district in the right direction.

«On the one hand you have a district that is slightly more conservative than the national vote, on the other hand I think the forces are shaping up in this particular election to move it a little bit in the direction of the Democrats, so you're going to have a really close, hard - fought race in November,» Klinkner said.

While he said new schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras has the district «moving in the right direction,» he said too many teachers struggle to cope with over-the-top disrespect in their classrooms.

«It's moving in the right direction,» said Kimberly Wilkins, interim superintendent of the Albany City School District.

After the «professional development day» is over, how does a school or school district go about the process of moving teachers continuously in the direction of doing formative assessment digitally and creating a culture that accepts and consistently implements this approach?

He helped make a move in this direction years ago by expanding the district's program that recorded policy violations.

In 2015, another survey — admittedly hand - delivered by the union — found that only 6 percent of staff believed the district was moving in a positive direction, 5 percent supported the pay - for - performance system, and 1 percent expressed confidence in FageIn 2015, another survey — admittedly hand - delivered by the union — found that only 6 percent of staff believed the district was moving in a positive direction, 5 percent supported the pay - for - performance system, and 1 percent expressed confidence in Fagein a positive direction, 5 percent supported the pay - for - performance system, and 1 percent expressed confidence in Fagein Fagen.

Although Oakland had long been known as a troubled school district, it had appeared to be moving in the right direction under Chaconas.

The fact that both parent and teacher perceptions move in the same direction strengthens the case that district schools respond to charter school entry with changes in school practices.

The suburban district used the revision of the state reading test as a lever to move in another direction the central administrators who preferred a basic skills curriculum.

It's possible that in districts such as Newark, Detroit, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Kansas City and Dallas, there are no Michelle Lite reforms likely to move student achievement numbers in the direction this country desperately needs to see them move.

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.

And we are continuously growing our conversation and collaboration with other school districts that are moving in this direction.

Indeed, some school districts are moving in the opposite direction.

«I think even the four districts would agree that their work isn't done, but they're moving in the right direction, and that's what counts,» he said.

The Minneapolis schools are moving in the same direction and working to keep misbehaving students out of the criminal justice system, Laura Olson, the district's security director, told the Star - Tribune.

It's time for Texas to move from district - centered funding to student - centered funding and a comprehensive Education Savings Account (ESA) program would be a good step in that direction.

It says to us that many urban school districts in aggregate appear to be moving in the right direction.»

«To my knowledge, we are the first district in California to move in that direction.

Molot states that «England, Australia, and the District of Columbia are moving in the right direction, and that professional norms can be respected by lawyers practicing in the context of a traditional corporate form.