Sentences with phrase «even leave their districts»

The risk of failing to learn from past lessons is significant, Darling - Hammond adds, because poorly thought - out programs can cause teachers to become demoralized and even leave their districts, just what the programs are meant to prevent.

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I posed this question because in my own observation of my kids» elementary lunch room I've seen children do just that — take fruits and vegetables even though they're not required to (our district uses «offer vs. serve»)-- yet then leave those foods untouched.

And with the Democratic enrollment edge in this district, even despite the Senate GOP's best gerrymandering efforts during the redistricting process, it certainly didn't help Amodeo to be splitting the left - of - center vote with Davis.

Still, the district is heavily Republican, and Clinton, even 12 years after leaving office, remains a unifying force for Democrats, but a possibly divisive one for independent and Republican voters.

The WRBA submitted testimony to the Commission lauding this proposal, and even urged tweaks to ensure that a sliver of Woodhaven left outside the district would be incorporated.

Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

Mr. Lopez failed to win a City Council seat after leaving Albany and even mulled a run against his successor, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, before settling on petitioning for district leader and state committee, sources say.

DAILYPOST gathered that the attackers came Monday evening and killed 25 persons, leaving scores injured in Dundu village of Miango District, Bassa LGA of the State.

From left: Democratic candidates for the Third Congressional District debate Jon Kaiman, Anna Kaplan, Steve Stern, and Thomas Suozzi, at North Shore Towers Cinema in Queens, Thursday evening, June 23, 2016.

Carlucci said he returned to the district to take care of some business, leaving early because no one — not even Sampson himself — bothered to inform him that the leadership vote was taking place.

ALBANY — Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled a threat to veto new legislative district lines that legislators have drawn for themselves, he left himself open to a negotiated solution that would preserve their control over maps that will be in place for the next ten years.

«A lot of time, city - wide candidacies are left vacant on the GOP side, and I think we are even starting to see even the district councilors a lot of times are left vacant or with token opposition.

Even after Spota left the district attorney's office in 1982 to become a private attorney, he helped nurture Burke's career in the police department.

Colorado 6th District: House Democrats wouldn't have been sad to see GOP Rep. Mike Coffman leave this seat to run for the Senate, but they're still confident they can win this competitive district, even though the congressman is seeking re-eDistrict: House Democrats wouldn't have been sad to see GOP Rep. Mike Coffman leave this seat to run for the Senate, but they're still confident they can win this competitive district, even though the congressman is seeking re-edistrict, even though the congressman is seeking re-election.

The school district's response was to spend available funds on initiatives that might help in the short run, even if it left the district vulnerable in the long run.

Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby's quantitative analyses suggest that competition from vouchers in Milwaukee and from charters in Michigan and Arizona have improved the test scores of all students, even those «left behind» in district schools.

Even the No Child Left Behind Act's requirement that school districts adopt a voluntary desegregation plan, for instance, may conflict with legal precedents set in most federal appeals courts.

Even those who don't like my left - right combination — bring it to an end and replace it with a true system of schools — never counterpunch with, «The urban district is doing great!»

Budgeting in the Accountability Age Doing more with less has been the challenge for school districts in recent years, but now the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act, coupled with shrinking resources, are making budgeting even harder.

Non-retirement attrition, ranging from medical leave and family moves to departures for other districts, states, or out of the profession entirely, is an even larger factor — typically accounting for two - thirds of teachers who leave.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act has helped prompt some school districts to develop, for the first time, a well - articulated curriculum for English - language learners — and even to work together in tackling what can be a daunting task for local educators.

Chances are, parents, community leaders, and educators will be left years from now with an even greater sense of uncertainty about who really runs the district and to whom they should turn, or assign blame, when things go wrong.

[I] t's possible to set national goals and standards — even establish a national assessment program — and still leave a tremendous amount of flexibility for states and local school districts.»

Even if the school officials do manage to win qualified immunity and escape personal liability, courts will almost certainly never sanction the kind of discrimination alleged in Plano, leaving school districts solely liable for the conduct of their employees.

The No Child Left Behind Act prescribed sanctions for schools and districts failing to make «Adequate Yearly Progress,» and even under the waivers that most states have now obtained from NCLB's accountability provisions they must still show how they will take action on their lowest - performing schools.

In a push to provide more children with free tutoring under the No Child Left Behind Act, the Department of Education is expanding two pilot programs that allow school districts to offer the extra assistance a year earlier than usual, and to serve as tutoring providers even if they themselves have been deemed poor performers.

Moreover, school choice programs are typically designed such that even a portion of the state dollars stay with districts where students leave via a choice program.

Even so, retention is a problem as «after three years, 30 percent of new White teachers left the district, [and] approximately 25 percent of Black and Hispanic hires» do, as well (Albert Shanker Institute, 2016).

Beyer said she is concerned that the budget does not increase teachers supplements, money some districts pay teachers on top of their state salaries, which leaves DPS at risk of falling even further behind the Wake and Chapel Hill - Carrboro school systems.

The Gordon commission also urges that the next iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — the federal government's centerpiece education law, currently called the No Child Left Behind Act — encourage states and districts to experiment with new, even «radically different» forms of assessments.

By shifting money from district schools to charters you are giving the charter school students even more resources at the expense of the far larger number of students who are left in the district schools.

Even if just a handful of students utilized the vouchers, a district such as Hot Springs County — which covers a wide geographic area with one school in each grade span — would face difficult decisions such as reducing classes and course offerings, cutting activities, or reducing student supports to compensate for the reduced funding when students leave.

Even in average districts, if just 30 students leave with vouchers, the ramifications for the public schools could be significant.

Good board policies will protect the rights of the school district by giving it ownership rights that will remain even should the creator leave the district.

District leaders also worked hard to protect the 75 percent of ILD time devoted to schools, even as they faced major structural changes — the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed dDistrict leaders also worked hard to protect the 75 percent of ILD time devoted to schools, even as they faced major structural changes — the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, followed by several smaller county municipalities leaving the newly formed districtdistrict.

Even without reauthorization, ESEA (currently known as No Child Left Behind, or NCLB) affects districts across the nation in numerous ways.

An even greater possibility for reform lies in the move by the Obama administration to allow American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, which have long complained about being left out of these efforts, to participate in Race to the Top so long as they operate schools under the purview of the federal Bureau of Indian Education or through their tribal education department in partnership with districts.

Even where districts received sizeable amounts of state aid to hire teachers and run their schools, it usually was left up to local school boards to find the funds for major capital projects such as school construction.

«Even though the money leaves our school district, not necessarily the expenses leave the school district,» she says.

They could decide to attend a desegregated magnet school run by HPS or leave the school district and attend schools through CREC or Open Choice, or even a privately - managed charter school.

Even amid discussions about the direction of the 12 year - long reform of New York City's traditional district after Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves City Hall next year.

Instead, most teachers only have the chance to expand their leadership responsibilities by assuming an administrative position, which requires them to leave the classroom entirely.4 Even if teachers do not want to leave the classroom, pursuing a role in administration may be their only way to achieve increases in pay, responsibility, and autonomy.5 Although some school districts implement career pathways, diverse leadership roles for teachers are few and far between.

It was found that the LAUSD loses $ 591 million per year to charter growth, and that as money leaves the district with students, the costs remain and even grow for the district, including charter oversight costs, infrastructure costs, the costs of educating the highest - needs students who are left behind by many charters, and more.

The district does not count the kids who left its schools for charters even in the same district.

National studies indicate that around 20 — 30 percent of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and that attrition is even higher (often reaching 50 percent or more) in high - poverty schools and in high - need subject areas.20 Studies of teacher residency programs consistently point to the high retention rates of their graduates, even after several years in the profession, generally ranging from 80 — 90 percent in the same district after three years and 70 — 80 percent after five years.21

After 15 years of work by states and school districts to raise standards, disaggregate data, and close gaps, the federal government is taking the foot off the gas and leaving even more decisions to the states and to local school officials, including those about measures, metrics, incentives, and interventions.

Last year, she even broke with DFER's national organization to support LA Unified and seven other California school districts in their quest for a No Child Left Behind waiver.

Even if a number of students leave from different classrooms across a school district to attend a charter school, the cost of operating a community's entire school district is essentially unchanged.

In June, the district closed 24 schools and laid off 3,783 employees, including 127 assistant principals, 646 teachers and more than 1,200 aides, leaving no one even to answer phones.

Furthermore, since the Great Recession New York has dramatically cut education aid, leaving poor districts even more in the lurch.