Sentences with phrase «districts with the flexibility»

No change was made on final - form to provide local districts with the flexibility to include and involve teachers as necessary to develop an appropriate program.

Ultimately, the goal is for this state - endorsed demonstration pilot to inform the development of a new set of high school graduation measures that provide schools and districts with flexibility in how their students demonstrate their mastery of deeper learning competencies and readiness for postsecondary college, career and civic life.

While still leaving districts with the flexibility to determine their own pay scales, Virginia should encourage districts to incorporate mechanisms such as starting these teachers at a higher salary than other new teachers.

«SWSS contracts are intended to provide local school districts with the flexibility they need to increase student achievement,» the Georgia Department of Education website says.

He suggested that the Obama administration's NCLB waivers balance accountability with well - rounded education by providing states and districts with flexibility to include subjects other than reading and math in their accountability systems and encouraging their development of metrics like portfolios, essays, and oral exams to reflect student mastery of critical - thinking skills.

In July, AASA spearheaded the introduction of an important bill in Congress that will provide districts with flexibility to ensure they are not wrongly penalized for changes in their special education funding levels that in no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilities.

While still leaving local school districts with the flexibility to determine their own pay scales, the District of Columbia should encourage them to incorporate mechanisms such as starting these teachers at a higher salary than other new teachers.

With Alexander's nearly 400 - page draft bill, «Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015,» under scrutiny, and in advance of congressional hearings next week, NSBA calls for a comprehensive, strategic reauthorization of ESEA that provides school districts with the flexibility and funding essential to support local community public schools and our nation's public schoolchildren.

Not exact matches

According to the survey, a whopping «75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards,» while 15 % fewer of those surveyed support the «flexibility» (SNA's favorite buzzword for: «gutting of regulations») which the SNA is now doggedly pursuing on Capitol Hill via its high - powered lobbyists.

Recommendation: To improve SFAs» ability to design menus that comply with the new lunch requirements, the Secretary of Agriculture should modify federal regulations or guidance to allow school districts flexibility in complying with the defined calorie ranges for schools with students in both the grades 6 - 8 and 9 - 12 groups.

GAO recommends that USDA permanently remove the meat and grain maximum requirements and allow flexibility to help districts comply with the lack of overlap in the calorie ranges for grades 6 - 8 and 9 - 12 lunches.

-- open to entertaining the restoration of education aid proposed by both the Senate and Assembly in their respective one - house budgets (recall that just yesterday he insisted there's «flexibility» in his executive budget proposal), he basically accused districts that say they can't afford to cut back of playing politics with kids.

Leon County School Superintendent Rocky Hanna says that will leave the district with little flexibility to put money toward other priorities.

The Flexibility for Equitable Student Funding pilot gives districts that use student - based budgeting new freedom to allocate Title I and Title II dollars to schools along with state and local dollars.

ESSA's flexibility coupled with the fact that some cities now have fewer than half their schools within the traditional district can enable state leaders to apply charter - style accountability to district - run schools.

Just five of the teacher contracts in the nation's largest school districts grant school leaders the kind of flexibility they need to run schools well, but two - thirds of the rest do not obviously hamstring administrators with rules applying to teachers, according to a report released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

That's why professional development for educators is critical, she says, along with school - based and district - encouraged efforts to recognize and respond — with creativity and flexibility — to the diversity of experiences that military - and veteran - connected families bring to schools.

And principals and teachers must have the freedom and flexibility to meet those standards, while school districts provide them with adequate resources and support.

For reformers, the idea is that school districts or chartering agencies should be able to contract with private firms to operate public schools - especially failing ones - in order to take advantage of the greater flexibility, expertise, efficiency, and innovation that the marketplace might offer.

Hess and Finn, in hard - hitting chapters that bookend the volume, call on Congress to set realistic expectations for student performance based on national standards, to provide districts with initial flexibility when intervening in failing schools, but to establish tough consequences for superintendents and principals if those efforts are unsuccessful.

In 2012, then schools superintendent Cary Matsuoka asked principals at all district schools to come up with redesign plans that would integrate technology; use data to inform instruction; allow flexibility in space, time, and student grouping; and center on student learning.

Schools with sound fiscal practices and high academic achievement would win an «earned charter,» granting them regulatory flexibility from the state and district.

Alexandria, Va. (March 19, 2015)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) supports the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act, to provide school districts with greater flexibility to ensure students receive healthy, nutritious school meals.

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

States are then passing that same type of flexibility (with oversight) down to districts and schools, particularly those designated «in need of support and improvement.»

The law provides districts and BOCES with design flexibility and assessment options.

Over a year ago, legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in part to provide state and district leaders with new opportunities and flexibility to support innovative, results - driven practices that address their local needs and ensure all students have the opportunity to attend great schools that will prepare them for college and careers.

Public charter schools are able to operate with increased flexibility as a result of operating outside of district bureaucracies.

Armed With Flexibility and Control, Wisconsin School Districts Reduce Debt 2011 legislation opened opportunities for education reform and debt reduction in Wisconsin's schools

NSBA looks forward to working with Congress and the Administration in addressing the flexibility states and local school districts need to ensure equity and excellence in public education; such as the development of innovative programs that address the unique needs of each school district and respective community, programmatic flexibility and compliance for rural districts, and recruitment and retention of highly effective teachers and leaders.

While local districts were told that they could create the competencies, in keeping with local control and flexibility, some feel they lack the tools to do so.

As new state - created entities charged with running and turning around the state's worst schools, these districts are awarded certain authority and flexibility — such as the ability to turn schools into charters and to bypass collective bargaining agreements — that allow them to cut the red tape that has made so many schools dysfunctional in the first place.

Because of that, in 2009, Rep John Benson, a former Edina teacher union leader along with strong support from Mpls district union leaders Louise Sundin and Lynn Nordgren sponsored legislation that enabled districts to access the same flexibility and autonomy provisions of chartering without actually chartering a school.

However, he said, autonomy from the district is not nearly as important as flexibility in labor contracts, and that requires a separate agreement with the teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles.

Some are expecting that the governor will fully fund the Local Control Funding Formula, which he created in 2013 - 14, that gives school districts more flexibility in spending and allocates more funds to districts with larger numbers of low - income students, English learners, and students who are in foster care.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) clearly defines parameters that inform how States and local school districts should demonstrate that Federal funds are used in a supplemental, additive manner — equipping local education leaders with the flexibility necessary to better educate and meet the needs of their students.

Vargas says he's asking for flexibility with special education adding, the district is not receiving the support it needs from the federal government when it comes to resources, «We have some children that are have multiple challenges and therefore require year - round education, it requires more resources to be devoted to meeting their needs.»

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

In addition to flexibility regarding compliance with these fiscal requirements, under this proposal, districts also would be permitted to transfer 100 percent of all ESEA formula funds — expanded from only Title I, Title II, and Title IV under current law — among those programs, with the exceptions that funds still could not be transferred out of Title I and districts would not need to comply with specific program requirements as long as they met the programs» intent and purposes.

A state legislative committee tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly for how to improve public education in North Carolina issued a modest report on Tuesday, proposing more flexibility for local school districts in implementing third grade...

This additional flexibility at the district level would encourage comprehensive and coordinated planning and reduce the compliance burden associated with all of the specific federal funding streams, while the state commitment to progressive funding would ensure that additional resources continue to be directed to the schools and students with the greatest need.

While districts, large ones in particular, are charged with serving the needs of a wide range of students, charters have the flexibility to design programs to serve a specific population, and decide how dollars are spent, Haft said.

«America's 90,000 school board members seek a modernized ESEA that supports strong local governance and provides states, school districts and local communities with the flexibility needed to equip public school students with the tools they need to success succeed in both local and global economies.»

With more than 30 district and charter school partners in greater Indianapolis, Fellows have unique flexibility to find a school that fits their skills and interests.

We need everyone's help with the fight to close the funding gap between public charter schools and traditional school districts, as well as maintain the important freedoms and flexibility that charter schools depend on to serve Texas students.

«The latter may require some changes in legislation to allow districts that have achieved a certain level of success with both traditional choice and charter options the opportunity to shift from the traditional charter application process, or at least allow for flexibility in authorizing.»

This change provides district schools with charter - like flexibilities and encourages them to try different instructional approaches for students.

Indistar is a platform that guides high - quality work by school or district Leadership Teams with built - in flexibility to set your own direction, personalized to your needs.

And, school sites end up with less flexibility on how they spend the governmental funding that their students generate for the district.

The amendment was informed by NSBA's legislative governing body, the Delegate Assembly, and is a solid step toward providing school districts with more flexibility to respond to the needs of all students.