Sentences with phrase «establish achievement school districts»

Tennessee established an Achievement School District (ASD) five years ago in an effort to turn around failing schools, targeting schools primarily located in Memphis and Nashville.

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Another goal states that participants would implement approaches to ensure inclusion of all students; implement practices to close the achievement gap; establish means for collaboration between district departments and schools; develop a plan for sharing lessons learned with other district leaders and to complement succession planning.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

«There are many training programs for school principals, but few exist for top state and district education leaders who establish policies, incentives, and cultures that enable those principals to succeed in lifting student achievement,» added M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation.

Last winter in Mississippi, house and senate bills establishing an «achievement school district» both died.

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During his tenure, he made the MTA the voice of the profession and established the teachers union as a partner in developing and implementing state and federal policy such as teacher - evaluation frameworks, new curriculum standards, district and school accountability measures, while strengthening labor - management collaboration focused on improving student achievement.

The Coalition, representing more than two dozen national education organizations, calls for establishing meaningful public reporting and accountability requirements regarding student achievement beyond reading, math, and science at the school, district, and state levels.

Established by the U.S. Department of Education, the Comprehensive Center program helps state education agencies (SEAs) assist their districts and schools in improving achievement outcomes for all students.

Establishing an understanding of the «big picture» of a district's current state, including student achievement, school environment, teacher community, parent community, and administrative issues;

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Establishing innovation zones, chartering schools, creating and growing an Achievement School District, even closing failing schools all seem drastic and disruptive to teachers, schools and the system.

Establishing an effective record system is not difficult — districts can turn to private companies like School Innovations & Achievement, among others.»

Several studies of LSC reform conclude that site - based management under parent - majority LSCs successfully raised academic achievement.3 Further study showed that schools where LSCs were allowed to continue as the main policy - making body for the school after mayoral control was established in 1995 improved substantially more than schools where the district intervened and usurped LSC control.4