Sentences with phrase «excellent school systems»

Creating excellent schools is not the same as creating excellent school systems.

Our communities of Washington County offer excellent school systems, quality housing, and great health care.

«There is tremendous progress already on these initiatives, and I look forward to building on that alongside educators and families to ensure an equitable and excellent school system.»

Because of its excellent school system, friendly neighborhoods, and low cost of living, many find Cornith an ideal place to call home.

Real estate lawyer Florence T. Wong, who also hosts a talk show on a Chinese language station, says callers are telling her that White Rock has become a popular location, not only because of its ocean views but because it is known to have an excellent school system.

Not exact matches

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

Located twenty minutes Southeast of downtown Buffalo, NY, the Town and Village of Orchard Park comprise an upscale community that combines quiet neighborhoods, close - knit residents, diverse houses of worship, and excellent schools with extensive retail, commercial, and industrial zones and easy access to the NYS Thruway system.

Organized by longtime pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools, the rally gleefully plundered the rhetoric of the mayor's 2013 campaign — with children and parents outfitted in T - shirts reading «I fight to end inequality» and slogans bemoaning the «tale of two school systems.»

Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools, said de Blasio's initiatives «would do little to change the tale of two school systems.»

Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge said Wednesday's event will demand bold change to the city's public schools, which he called an unbalanced Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge said Wednesday's event will demand bold change to the city's public schools, which he called an unbalanced schools, which he called an unbalanced system.

is AFFIRMING that a more democratic, equitable and collaborative system is possible where local schools supported by the entire community provide excellent education and the wrap around services needed to meet each child's right to reach his / her full human potential and their community's right for social and economic development,

This Wednesday «rally follows the release of Families for Excellent Schools» white paper, «A Tale of Two School Systems, «in August, which found that black and Hispanic students are confined to a second - class system of the city's worst performing sSchools» white paper, «A Tale of Two School Systems, «in August, which found that black and Hispanic students are confined to a second - class system of the city's worst performing schoolsschools.

New York, NY — Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will lead a press conference on Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall to call for an end to New York City's Tale of Two School Systems, Families for Excellent Schools announced on Monday.

«Even if companies have all the best intentions and if the code of ethics works excellent in our part of the World, different systems and laws in combination with procurements and language barriers cause erosions into the code rendering it rather counterproductive in countries with greatly varying circumstances,» says Maira Babri, doctoral student at the Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE) at Umeå University in Sweden.

«UC San Diego Medical Center is the only university - based health system in the region, which means we deliver excellent, innovative care backed up by the educational and research strengths of our School of Medicine and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy,» said Richard Liekweg, chief executive officer of UC San Diego Medical Center.

An «equitable» school system would then be one in which every child's needs were adequately diagnosed and addressed and every child made excellent learning progress.

«This accountability system works,» the Republican said during his Jan. 13 State of the State Address, arguing that Colorado has the best learning environment in the nation, with 114 schools rated «excellent» or «high» under its own accountability system since the 2001 - 02 school year.

As a result of # 2.8 million of construction work, the school's old buildings have been replaced with a single - storey insulated timber structure, which features modern heating, lighting and ventilation systems to ensure excellent energy efficiency.

Our best school districts may look excellent alongside large urban districts, the comparison state accountability systems encourage, but that measure provides false comfort.

But he knew that the A — F system wouldn't have «face validity» — with the public or with politicians — if even obviously excellent schools didn't make the grade.

So Bennett worked to fix the problem — not, I believe, because the school was connected to a donor, but because no one would trust an accountability system that labeled even excellent schools as worthy of C's or worse.

David Campbell's research piece finds reason to praise the nation's largest private system of schools, the Catholic schools, for their ability to graduate students with a healthy regard for our political traditions and a commitment to social action, but he also finds signs that private schools with other religious affiliations may not have such excellent records.

He made New York City a magnet for reform - minded entrepreneurs, sent forth more than a few excellent leaders to other big city school systems, and is never afraid to speak his truth.

If the school district has a content management system (CMS) where students can message one another, that is another excellent option for having students work together.

Though the excellent new CRPE report «How Parents Experience Public School Choice» focuses on how families navigate choice - based systems, the new role of government is front and center.

I would argue that excellent charter schools, no matter how traditional or progressive, can handily meet the achievement expectations of state accountability systems while maintaining their distinct character.

Among the pluses: Florida's excellent accountability system for schools; a longitudinal database containing student data from pre-K through age 20; a strong charter - school law; special - education vouchers; and a tax - credit program for corporate donations to private - school scholarship programs.

Much has been written recently about the differences between education systems around the world, but much less has been said about what excellent schools around the world have in common.

Singapore aims to be an excellent system of schools for all, not a system with a few excellent schools for some.

Minister for School Systems Lord Agnew said: «Across the country there are thousands of dedicated parents who are doing an excellent job of educating their children at home, and many selfless volunteers working for clubs and organisations that help to enrich children's education outside of sSchool Systems Lord Agnew said: «Across the country there are thousands of dedicated parents who are doing an excellent job of educating their children at home, and many selfless volunteers working for clubs and organisations that help to enrich children's education outside of schoolschool.

It is universally agreed to have an excellent education system characterised by co-operation, collaboration and trust - a far cry from the Charter School ethos of the US.»

According to the News and Star, after Kirby Stephen Grammar School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school.»

We are parents, teachers, students and community members who are strong in our belief that all children, especially those historically underserved by the traditional system, have the right to attend excellent schools.

So even as Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby reports solid gains by charter pupils in New York City, Ohio's school - rating system for academic year 2008 - 9 showed that just 16 % of Buckeye charter pupils were in schools rated «excellent» or «effective,» while 55 % of them attended schools on «academic watch» or in «academic emergency.»

We work with diverse communities to elevate examples of comprehensive approaches to education so that our public school system ensures every child an excellent and equitable education.

Any Finnish educator will say that Finland improved its public education system not by privatizing its schools or constantly testing its students, but by investing in the preparation, support, and retention of excellent teachers.

At CRPE, we believe that the structure of today's public school systems make strong, equitable schools and excellent teaching at scale nearly impossible.

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There was clear agreement that policy makers need to respond to complaints from teachers and parents about too much testing, about accountability systems that misidentify schools as being either excellent or in need of intervention, and about state - mandated teacher evaluation systems that have consumed policy attention and controversy for little payoff in student achievement.

WakeEd consistently emphasizes the positive economic impact of having an excellent public school system in our community.

School leaders used the state evaluation system to celebrate excellent teachers and support struggling teachers so they could improve how they were meeting the needs of all kids.

«Our current system, in many respects, rewards mediocrity, punishes excellence by granting unlimited job security to all who teach a few years,» Berger said last March at a news conference to unveil his Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013 — which contained language that ended career status and was ultimately inserted into the budget bill passed last summer.

Seattle Education has timely blog posts about Seattle's public school system, and like most of the regional blogs, they provide excellent information for the country about education reform.

As more schools use technology and new staffing models to reach more students with personalized learning and excellent teachers, how will evaluation systems keep up?

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

Many charter schools are providing an excellent education (tuition - free of course) to students who have long been treated like second - class citizens by our traditional «one - size - fits - all» system.

The Alliance for Excellent Education and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy released a new case study on how three school systems are using the OECD Test for Schools, an assessment developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), to monitor students» academic outcomes and inform shifts in policy and teacher practice to meet students» learning needs.

New evaluation systems were meant to be a tool to reward excellent instruction, provide opportunities for targeted professional development, and create systems of support in schools in districts.

While public charter schools with strong accountability systems can provide excellent opportunities for children, this voucher plan could leave many students vulnerable to discriminatory practices, remove critical civil rights protections, and drain funding from public schools.

Many of these people would prefer to be sending their children to religious schools or other non-public schools, but they're forced to fund a public system (and not exactly an excellent system either).