Sentences with phrase «equitable school policies»

Whether we're bolstering literacy instruction, training antipoverty workers, evaluating English learner interventions, or researching equitable school policies and practices, our work is making an impact in our region and across the country.

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Each of the schools has selected an equity adviser, who monitors and assesses policies and progress in «the development and maintenance of an equitable environment for all faculty» at UCI.

The conference brought community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders, and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school improvement and equitable education policy.

Part of the answer certainly lies in the policy arena — giving charter schools equitable access to funding (including capital funds), cutting unnecessary regulations, ensuring that institutions other than local school boards can issue charters in every jurisdiction.

• Ensure that all students within a participating school are included in the pilot and that participating districts and schools pay appropriate attention to the needs of different subgroups in designing policies to make them as equitable as possible.

A starting point for building `... more peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies through education» is to wind back policies that entrench inequality in schools.

Many of the individuals who are driving education policy in this country... sent their own children to abundantly financed private schools where class sizes were 16 or less, and yet continue to insist that resources, equitable funding, and class size don't matter — when all the evidence points to the contrary (Haimson, 2009).

• Make sure existing policies are equitable for hard - to - staff schools.

Third, I want to use my research to inform policy around early childhood and early intervention programs so that schools become more equitable and accessible for students from their first years of education.

The investigation will also look at collaborating with diverse partners to help identify and develop outcomes for equitable and diverse schools; surveying existing work in the field, current research, and policies tied to promoting desegregated and integrated schools; and cultivating a physical and virtual community to reimagine the outcomes and processes for diverse and equitable schools.

Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute and California School Boards Association; California state plan to ensure equitable access to excellent educators.

Nevertheless, the basic principles regarding equitable determination of low - income student counts for participating public and private schools remain unchanged, and USED's March 2015 policy guidance offers several illustrative examples.

This session will discuss why schools should embrace and create policies that support the use of student - owned devices as mobile learning devices to increase equitable access to technology, enhance the learning experience, and teach digital responsibility.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

Rather, it is to make sure that all students have equitable access to all public schools in a city, and to create funding policies and support structures that make it possible for charter schools to serve all students effectively.

«It's been so disruptive to the community,» parent advocate Lyn Hoyt, who is founder and president of TREE, Tennesseans Reclaiming Educational Excellence, a group dedicated to fighting for strong and equitable public schools, told N.C. Policy Watch.

One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and career readiness for African American students.

Through case studies of five states with varying facilities policies, Dr. Rivera's study examines the factors contributing to expanded state investment in equitable public school facilities and how those factors can be leveraged to encourage states that make minimal investments to expand their support for facilities funding.

Ensure enrollment policies, practices and timelines maximize equitable access to quality schools and support the ability of schools to accurately budget and hire staff

Among other policy reforms, the report recommends that states expand Common Core standards and provide parents with enhanced school choices fueled by a more equitable allocation of resources.

Federal policymakers must strike a balance between federal oversight and local control by working with practitioners and other education stakeholders to select, establish, and enforce effective and equitable school discipline policies.

Do your school policies ensure equitable access and opportunity for every student?

The four «guiding principles» for the march are: equitable funding for all public school communities; an end to high - stakes testing used for the purpose of student, teacher, and school evaluation; curriculum developed for and by local school communities; and teacher, family, and community leadership in forming public education policies.

Ford, as a school board member for 24 years, helped his 24,000 - student district develop innovative educational programming for students, create a landmark Healthy and Nutritious School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student school board member for 24 years, helped his 24,000 - student district develop innovative educational programming for students, create a landmark Healthy and Nutritious School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student needs.

«Closing the school and library connectivity gap is a major, progressive step in ensuring that America's school - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards Associschool and library connectivity gap is a major, progressive step in ensuring that America's school - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards Associschool - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Whereas, the Hawkins / Jones platform of a Green New Deal calls for equitable funding for all of our schools, reduced class sizes across the state, support for programs that promote desegregation in our schools, an end to zero - tolerance discipline policies driving the school - to - prison pipeline, and allowing schools to develop methods of assessment organic to the learning process, and

Before teaching, she was the education policy coordinator for a New York state legislator, where she fought for equitable admission policies in high - performing schools on New York City's Lower East Side.

We believe that building solidarity among parents and teachers, supporting social movement teacher unionism and fighting racist school policies is key to building a high quality, equitable, and just public school system for all of Chicago.

Director, Bay Area Facilities 510-344-7263 [email protected] Aron leads CCSA's facilities policy and advocacy work in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing support and assistance to charter schools seeking high quality public and private facilities options, and working to secure equitable facilities funding for Bay Area charter schools.

Here, professional teachers are seen as broadly contributing to the quality of education; they advocate for equitable policies that challenge the status quo, their purview is extended to include debates over the purposes of schooling, and their success is judged on more than students» performance on standardized tests.

The report card gives high grades to states for embracing policies that help make their public schools vibrant and strong — a well - trained, professional teaching force, adequate and equitable funding wisely spent, and social conditions that give all students a better opportunity for educational success.

Our recent wins — from equitable school funding to more fair discipline policies have created an opportunity for great change in our schools.

Our member organizations come together, united around the goal of better educating the almost 1.4 million English Learners by improving California's schools and promoting equitable educational policy.

We believe building solidarity among parents, teachers and the teachers union and fighting racist school policies is key to building an equitable, just and quality public school system for all of Chicago.

Since 2015, the National Education Policy Center Schools of Opportunity project has identified and celebrated public high schools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students toSchools of Opportunity project has identified and celebrated public high schools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students toschools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students to learn.

This new program aims to strengthen the role of state charter schools in efforts to achieve policy and advocacy wins, particularly around equitable funding and charter school growth (especially in the approval and funding of new schools).

New school funding policies must be adopted in order to ensure equitable resources for all.

Thousands of OCO school and congregational leaders were involved in campaigns to win school governance and equitable budgeting policies that make sure those closest to students have resources to support students» emotional well - being and academic success.

The District will establish student committees at the District's middle schools and high schools to discuss matters concerning the equitable treatment of students in the implementation of the District's discipline policies, practices and procedures.

We are grateful to Representative Scott for hosting the hearing, to the Open Society Foundations and Atlantic Philanthropies for their support, and for the collaboration of all participants, who contributed powerful and diverse statements about the imperative to continue to develop and implement policies and practices that lead to more equitable, restorative, and supportive systems of school discipline.

a school finance formula based on individual student needs, which provides adequate and equitable funding for public schools, and is funded through a balanced tax policy at both the state and local levels.

Under his leadership, the RSD reduced expulsions through a common hearing office, passed an equitable school funding policy that takes the unique needs of each student into account, and progressed through the largest school construction project in the nation's history.

Led by the Illinois Association of School Administrators, Vision 20/20 focuses on four policy priorities: 21st century learning, highly effective educators, shared accountability, and equitable and adequate funding.

Now, as a fellow for Austin Kids First, she is researching policy issues, analyzing data, speaking with community residents and school district contacts, and helping to make sure Austin Independent School District programs are equitable and beneficial for all stuschool district contacts, and helping to make sure Austin Independent School District programs are equitable and beneficial for all stuSchool District programs are equitable and beneficial for all students.

Education and Democracy: This issue looks at civic engagement to understand the ways that educators, students, and communities that support schools involve themselves in politics and policy creation to create and sustain personalized, equitable, and academically challenging schools for all students.

Parent activist Megan Wolf, who testified about the bill during the Oct. 3 hearing at the State House, said the filing of the new enrollment policy took many by surprise and occurs while the public remains largely in the dark on details such as how the proposed unified enrollment process would work — including its impact on school choice, equitable access and the BPS budget.

Recent research out of the Madison - based Wisconsin Policy Forum shows Wisconsin ranks high nationally for providing adequate funding in an equitable way to K - 12 schools — although researchers acknowledge the state's school finance system has its challenges, after «years of layering new programs and funding methods on top of one another.»

The authors argue that examining these artifacts can help schools gain a fresh perspective on their policies, practices, and culture; better align human resources with student outcome goals; identify conditions that support or constrain teaching quality; and generally foster more equitable infrastructures for teaching and learning.

Our policy paper discusses a critical issue facing our education system: equitable funding for the highest needs schools.

Provide leadership and vision for Oregon's public schools and districts by enacting equitable policies and promoting educational practices that lead directly to the educational and life success of every student.