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A group of 15 states and the District of Columbia have filed papers with the appeals court in support of Washington state's challenge to Trump's Jan. 27 order, saying it harms their educational institutions and economies.

Niskayuna Central School District's faculty and administrators work together to develop and provide an educational program that is both challenging and meaningful for students.

«District budgeting practices systematically favor schools with the fewest educational challenges, to the detriment of...

The PELP faculty team invited, through a competitive process, urban school districts to partner in the design and delivery of an innovative executive education program tailored specifically to meet the actual challenges that educational leaders are facing.

I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school funding policies must recognize the underlying heterogeneity of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).

For public school educators who want to jump start this process, like Scott Spector, the Los Angeles Unified School District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university setting.

But the report also challenged the conventional wisdom that some suburban districts are havens of educational excellence.

The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards, fosters effective school district leadership, and addresses the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban centers.

Located in medium - and large - sized school districts, the schools confront many of the educational challenges found in low - income urban settings.

School districts with high levels of socioeconomic diversity face significant challenges as they try to satisfy diverse educational preferences.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

He's keenly aware of the challenges in forging alternative educational options for kids — and in implementing recovery districts, particularly after having authored insightful reports for us on such efforts in Tennessee and Louisiana.

In this webinar, presenters explored the challenges and opportunities of accountability for alternative education, along with promising practices from states and districts who have developed accountability measures and systems that are inclusive of all students in all types of educational settings.

Niskayuna Central School District's faculty and administrators work together to develop and provide an educational program that is both challenging and meaningful for students.

Research - based educational and training resources, designed to help district school nutrition directors / supervisors, managers, and nutrition assistants / technicians meet the challenges of the day to day operations of successful school nutrition programs.

We offer therapeutic services to those students experiencing social, emotional and educational challenges that can not be met in their local or regional school districts.

The challenges school districts face in balancing students» First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights with their educational mission to maintain a safe non-disruptive learning environment.

We support urban school boards, foster effective school district leadership, and address the educational challenges that exist in our nation's urban centers.

Amelia Harper reports on a new District Administration brief, noting that school leaders «need to be aware of how the experiences of military families create special challenges in the way students connect to the world, the social and emotional challenges they face, and the educational...

She serves as a consultant to school districts on a variety of educational equity solutions; from developing stakeholder engagement strategies to strategic planning to meet the equity and diversity challenges that prevail in workplaces.

Abrahams» unique understanding of Los Angeles Unified, the district's distinct strengths and specific challenges, and passion for providing opportunities and equitable educational choices for all students lead him to his work with Student Integration Services.

The district's talented teachers and staff have remained focused on providing the best education possible, and district leaders have worked to find a path through these challenges while laying the foundation for improved student performance and greater educational equity.

NSBA advocates for a comprehensive, strategic reauthorization of ESEA that provides school districts the flexibility and resources they need to respond to the educational challenges in their local communities.

NSBA is pleased to report that a federal district court judge in New York has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Vidal v. Nielsen (New York v. Trump), a case in which NSBA and other national educational organizations filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging the DACA rescission.

Elsewhere, some district leaders say they have been able to plan for — and work through — challenges to technology rollouts, even without specific evidence that these devices can improve educational outcomes.

And with no overarching plan for that coming from the district, UCLA has stepped in with its own experiment: «a laboratory where we are learning and sharing solutions to 21st - century educational challenges,» UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Dean Marcelo Suárez - Orozco said.

As districts nationwide welcome increasingly diverse student populations into their schools, the challenge of providing equitable educational opportunities for all...

Though identifying ESSA - aligned, evidence - based educational programs may be daunting for school districts and administrative educational personnel, EdTech companies are rising to the challenge of proving their efficacy via research.

This helpful book is a 7 - Steps blueprint for educational leaders to help their schools and districts prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century.»

Adding to this list of challenges is the fact that many educational stakeholders — legislators, state education administrators, school district superintendents, teachers and parents — have only a vague understanding of the value provided by their own state virtual schools.

That she will identify the people to serve on the task force — promising there will be strong charter voices — hopefully will result in a group that will come up with the best ideas in meeting the educational challenges still facing the District.

The Pomona Unified School District provides a well - rounded and challenging educational program of the highest quality, empowering students to lead productive, fulfilling lives as lifelong learners.

Since 1975, we have partnered with schools, districts and state departments of education to apply research findings in developing solutions to educational challenges.

In the current environment where districts are challenged to do more with scare resources, effective governance is the only way to focus on critical priorities that fulfill the mission of a quality educational program for all students.

CUBE provides educational opportunities that engage urban school districts and district leaders, working through their state school boards associations, while addressing challenges in urban centers.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

Efforts to foster collaboration between district and charter schools — traditional rivals for scarce educational resources — are showing some promise, but challenges remain in forging effective partnerships, according to a new study released today by Mathematica Policy Research.

Therefore, the identification process and appropriate educational challenges must begin in kindergarten or upon entrance to the school or district.

Partnering with local school districts and backbone organizations such as E3 Alliance, the Challenge provided students with incentives and fun, educational activities that engage students while providing college planning information and promoting a peer culture that supports attendance improvement and academic success.

These are only a few examples of how today's ISDs serve urban, suburban and rural K — 12 districts, enabling even the most challenged school to offer otherwise unavailable educational opportunities to its students.

Although Connecticut law requires that School Governance Councils be utilized in school districts that are facing the greatest challenges, in Bridgeport, Paul Vallas appears either unwilling or unable to meet his obligation to include the community, parents, and teachers in the educational decision - making process.

When school districts merge the main challenges usually involve finding ways to improve test scores and cut costs without sacrificing educational opportunities, but the new Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregation.

Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.15 GIFTED and TALENTED STUDENTS PROGRAM (a) and (b), permit school districts and charter schools to identify students who are gifted and talented, develop and evaluate programs to serve them locally and provide staff development to ensure that they have access to challenging educational programs.

(a) School districts may identify students, locally develop programs, provide staff development, and evaluate programs to provide gifted and talented students with challenging educational programs.

The 2018 Follett Challenge, open for entries through Dec. 15, will reward $ 200,000 in products and services from Follett to schools / districts with innovative educational programs that teach 21st - century skills to students.

Must be teaching in a rural school district or those that are economically impacted and underserved; this can also extend to schools that face greater educational challenges as well.

It is a partnership between the city of Oberlin and Oberlin College to: (1) create a sustainable economy driven, first, by the redevelopment of a 13 acre Green Arts District to USGBC platinumnd standards; (2) achieve climate neutrality; (3) create a 20,000 acre greenbelt for a revived local farm economy; (4) create an educational collaborative including the College, public schools, a Vo - Tech School, and a Two year College to prepare young people for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century; and (5) replicate our experience through a network of similar efforts at varying scales and circumstances nationwide.