Sentences with phrase «failing meet state standards»

The bill lacks any mechanism for ensuring that students not making gains will be given any targeted intervention and support when they are failing meet state standards.»

Not exact matches

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the proStates obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the prostates, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

New York, California and three other U.S. states said they sued the federal government for delaying the rollout of higher «gas - guzzler» penalties for automakers whose vehicles fail to meet minimum fuel - economy standards.

Coffey also accused Wilson of «failing to meet a standard» that he couldn't meet himself after accepting the state Independence Party line despite the fact that it is embroiled in an investigation by the Manhattan DA's office.

Cuomo should invite him to tag along — and then drop by a few of the 371 New York City public schools where 90 % or more of the pupils fail to meet minimal state standards in reading and math.

This Program is available to property owners whose rental units fail to meet one or more standards as required by applicable local, state, and federal housing codes.

Thanks to persistent and persuasive communication and the urging of many stakeholders, the County Legislature approved a $ 500,000 increase in the Library's 2007 operating appropriation, allowing some libraries that had failed to meet State standards to meet them and improving hours and services at other locations.

These additional funds will benefit libraries that failed to meet New York State minimum standards this year and other libraries whose hours of service were reduced to levels that can only be described as unacceptable.

Last year, for the first time in 3 years, this body increased our annual appropriation by $ 500,000, and we used those funds to expand hours of public access, especially at libraries that had failed to meet New York State minimum standards in 2006.

For years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a hard - line approach to reforming New York's schools, calling on the state to mandate rigorous evaluations for teachers and to turn schools that fail to meet certain standards over to an outside receiver to operate.

Nearly two thirds, or 64.2 percent, of the children in the state did not meet the Common Core standards and failed the tests.

BEIJING (Reuters)- Almost all Chinese cities monitored for pollution last year failed to meet state standards, the vice-minister of environmental protection said on Saturday as he outlined the country's plans to redress the environmental consequences of rapid industrialization.

The majority of urban students in about half the states fail to meet even minimum national standards in mathematics, reading, and science, finds the report, Quality Counts» 98, scheduled for release Jan. 8.

The Four Corners states had consistent failings in the eyes of the NACSA raters: None of the states» laws had a renewal standard tied to academic performance or a default closure provision, under which a school would lose its charter «by default» if it did not meet a minimum standard of performance.

Students in schools that failed to meet the state's standards could receive vouchers worth about $ 4,000 each to attend any public, private, or religious school in Florida.

Meanwhile, two - thirds of CPS schools failed to meet state proficiency standards under Illinois's accountability system, and Chicago remained among the nation's lowest - performing urban districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

So, if this language goes through, to receive Charter School Program funds, states will now need to «provide for intervention, revocation, or closure of the public chartering agencies and charter schools that fail to meet... standards and procedures.»

The state of Arizona and some of its school districts face a budgetary tangle because of an unprecedented U.S. Education Department decision that the state's funding - equalization plan fails to meet standards set under the federal impact - aid program.

Instead, he recommended new state interventions in 98 districts that were failing to meet the standards of the federal No Child Left Behind law; waivers from state rules and regulations for high - performing districts; and an improved data system to guide state and local decisionmaking in the future.

The Jefferson - Houston School, which failed to meet state accreditation standards for three years running, saw double - digit gains across many grades and subjects.

The ESEA statute requires states to identify schools that fail to meet state AYP standards for two consecutive years for program improvement and to take a variety of further actions with respect to these schools.

States receiving ESEA accountability waivers are no longer required to identify all schools that fail to meet AYP standards for two consecutive years or more for performance consequences.

In 2007 - 08, seven of its nine schools were deemed «underperforming» or «failing to meet the standards» according to state test results.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

In 2013, the Texas Charter Schools Association took a strong stand and supported the Texas Legislature's passage of Senate Bill 2, which requires the commissioner of education to close charter schools failing to meet state financial and academic standards for three consecutive years or at the time of charter renewal.

Matt Ellinwood, Director of the Education & Law Project at the North Carolina Justice Center (the parent organization of N.C. Policy Watch), pointed out the state has a history of overhauling standards when the virtual schools fail to meet a benchmark.

As written into this editorial, as per PED chief Hanna Skandera, «the powers and duties of the local board could be suspended by the state if the district «[fails] to meet requirements of law or department rules or standards.»

the powers and duties of the local board could be suspended by the state if the district «[fails] to meet requirements of law or department rules or standards.»

If any district has a single school that fails to meet state academic standards for five consecutive years, the Texas Education Agency must replace the district's school board or close the chronically failing school.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

In 2014, the State Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the state was failing to provide the poorest districts — known as the state's «corridor of shame» — with enough funding to meet the constitutional standard of a «minimally adequate education.&rState Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the state was failing to provide the poorest districts — known as the state's «corridor of shame» — with enough funding to meet the constitutional standard of a «minimally adequate education.&rstate was failing to provide the poorest districts — known as the state's «corridor of shame» — with enough funding to meet the constitutional standard of a «minimally adequate education.&rstate's «corridor of shame» — with enough funding to meet the constitutional standard of a «minimally adequate education.»

While they've made academic gains in struggling communities, KIPP and other large charter networks have come under fire recently for high student attrition rates, discipline issues and failing to meet states» standards.

Your organization is also focusing on legislative change in regards to small school accountability; changes in rules that will help to minimize the risk of failing to meet state standards faced by smaller charters due to lower student accountability group ratios than what is typically found in larger school systems.

While Duncan's did lower dropout rates in the city's high schools, when he left Chicago, the number of 11th graders who failed to meet the state standards was about 70 percent.

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

The founders of the proposed Quest Academy Charter School had appealed the third of those rejections, this one by former state Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks, as failing to meet a required «standard of review.»

Overall, the group said, there were 30 charters that failed to meet the association's minimum performance standards in 2010, and the state's charter association did not support their renewal.

«Last year, the Florida Department of Education rejected the company Online Education Ventures, which failed to provide descriptions of its virtual courses in science, social studies, and English (it provided descriptions of the math courses, but they didn't meet state standards).

Because President George Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative left it to states to decide their own standards but penalized them when students failed to meet them, benchmarks have slipped in many places.

The culmination of this effort was No Child Left Behind, which required states to hold schools accountable for meeting standards and to impose an escalating series of consequences on schools that failed to do so.

12) Illinois: Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) vetoes a bill promoted by Chicago Public Schools that would have «curbed the authority of the Illinois State Charter School Commission, which has overruled CPS and funded charter schools the district rejected for failing to meet standards.»

For example, in the case of the Texas Virtual Academy, a school that had failed to meet state performance standards, K12 Inc. found a «loophole for - profit companies contracting with state schools.»

As we are now seeing, requiring all schools to meet the same high standards for all students, regardless of family background, will inevitably lead either to large numbers of failing schools or to a dramatic lowering of state standards.

Below is a table of the students who failed one or more state tests with the number that passed by an alternate means and the number still not meeting state standards.

Students from low - income families in schools that fail to meet state standards for at least three years are entitled to extra help in the form of tutoring, after - school services, and summer school.

(Calif.) For the first time in nearly five years, the state begins early next month identifying school districts in need of intervention as a result of failing to meet performance standards.

In addition to «overlooking» state requirements that charters serve a requisite number or special education and English Language Learners, and that charters are not supposed to be over-concentrated in a limited number of municipalities, the State Board has rubber - stamped charter renewals, even when they fail to meet the standards set forth in their charter authorizastate requirements that charters serve a requisite number or special education and English Language Learners, and that charters are not supposed to be over-concentrated in a limited number of municipalities, the State Board has rubber - stamped charter renewals, even when they fail to meet the standards set forth in their charter authorizaState Board has rubber - stamped charter renewals, even when they fail to meet the standards set forth in their charter authorization.

In 2015 the Texas legislature passed a law that would allow the Texas Education Agency (TEA) close schools or replace an entire school board if a district has even a single school that has failed to meet the state's education standards for five consecutive years.

When inputs or processes fail to meet standards of high quality, states, districts, and schools can course correct.