Sentences with phrase «fit than the school district»

Also, children in yoga were significantly more physically fit than the school district average, based on scores from the annual California Physical Fitness Test.

Not exact matches

Universal breakfast - in - the - classroom and the Community Eligibility Provision are a perfect fit; CEP allows districts to bring universal breakfast within reach, making it financially sustainable for more schools than ever before.

District school records show that charters also have better attendance and graduation rates than the regular public schools and that their teachers are more likely to fit the city's definition of «highly qualified,» meaning that they have expertise in what they are teaching.

With more than 30 district and charter school partners in greater Indianapolis, Fellows have unique flexibility to find a school that fits their skills and interests.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

Stark County School Superintendent Jerry Klooster, a member of the task force that helped develop Vision 20/20 in 2012, said the goals of the group include developing a balanced state assessment system; making it easier for teachers from out - of - state to get a license to teach in Illinois; recognize that not all districts are the same, have varied resources and expectations, and differentiated accountability; and adequate funding of education based on local factors rather than «one size fits all.»

After six districts introduced more rigorous practices for hiring school principals, their novice principals began reporting a better fit with their schools than their predecessors had.

After six districts introduced more rigorous practices for hiring school principals, novice principals reported a better fit with their schools than their predecessors had.

For example, when faced with the widespread failure of economically disadvantaged students to effectively engage with ambitious curricula, school districts have, on more than one occasion, dumbed - down those curricula, scripted them, and made them one - size - fits - all.

For families exercising public school choice — including charters and district - run magnet schools (which limit options through race - and socioeconomic quotas)-- the reality that public school data remains a black box geared more toward compliance than toward providing useful information limits their ability to truly pick schools fit for their kids.