Sentences with phrase «for urban public school districts»

9 «Charter Schools cause growing risk for urban public school districts,» Moody's Investors Service, October 15, 2013.

«Charter Schools Pose Growing Risks for Urban Public School Districts.»

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Before opening my own studio, I was a strategic consultant for public school districts with a focus on urban and low - income communities.

She contends that educational choice will create a «two - tiered system in urban districts, with charter schools for motivated students and public schools for those left behind.»

Collectively, the six districts educate 45 percent of the state's public school children, and the conference seeks to speak with one voice in advocating for urban education issues.

The Buffalo Public School District and SUNY Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teacher Academy for high school stuSchool District and SUNY Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teacher Academy for high school stuschool students.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley says the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teachers Academy for high school stuSchool District and Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teachers Academy for high school stuschool students.

The research team — led by professor Jeannette Ickovics, director of CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement) at the School of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in ConnecSchool of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool district in Connecticut.

To explore the influence of school choice on district policy and practice, we scoured media sources for evidence of urban public - school districts» responses to charter competition.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sschools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district schoolsschools.

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

With urban and suburban districts facing the deepest budget cuts they've seen since the recession of the mid-1980s — and a milder recession in the early 2000s — the prospects for comprehensive arts education in most K - 12 public schools appear bleak, and even schools with minimal programs may lose what they considered to be bare bones to begin with.

It will be a state - led initiative to replace the urban district as the delivery system for public schooling, thereby breaking with 100 years of history.

A behavioral argument could also be made: that the state's reform policies, its public shaming and sanctions for low - performing schools, would most strongly influence the behavior of urban districts, which tend to have a history of low performance and mismanagement.

Turnarounds have consistently shown themselves to be ineffective — truly an unscalable strategy for improving urban districts — and our relentless preoccupation with improving the worst schools actually inhibits the development of a healthy urban public - education industry.

The image of today's public schools as violence - ridden creates a big challenge for public - relations professionals, top communications specialists from two urban districts say.

Even if 1 in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school syschools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sySchools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school systems).

«What a principal would wish for in my daughter's school in our nice suburb would be so different from what a principal in the urban district where I work would wish for,» said Lyn McCarty, a special education administrator in an urban California public school district.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aschool, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aSchool District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

It was launched in 2004 as part of a three - sector strategy for urban education reform that also included increased funding for public charter - school facilities and added funds for educational improvements in District of Columbia public schools.

Charter and magnet schools are often a coveted choice for parents in urban public school districts like New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford as parents search for alternatives to their local schools.

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the coschool district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the coSchool Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couUrban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the couurban school district in the coschool district in the country.

These include substantial spending to boost student achievement in urban schools, networks of charter schools as alternatives in urban public districts, and academic benchmarks on standardized tests for schools as well as students.

The district in 2014 was one of two nationwide awarded the annual Broad Prize for Urban Education, then considered by some to be the Nobel Prize for large public school systems.

This may well be true, but it is surprising to see such strong advocacy for the racial integration of schools at a time when the prospects for any public action — executive, legislative, or judicial — to combine for purposes of integrating urban and suburban school districts are just about nonexistent.

«The charter school industry has targeted our relatively small urban district with an over-saturation of charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public schools.»

Alexandria, Va. (October 2, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is pleased to announce the district winners of the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) 2015 Award for Urban School Board Excellence: Ohio's Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Indiana's Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Nebraska's Lincoln Public district winners of the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) 2015 Award for Urban School Board Excellence: Ohio's Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Indiana's Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Nebraska's Lincoln Public District, Indiana's Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Nebraska's Lincoln Public Schools.

The statement concludes: «There is no reasonable rationale for using taxpayer funds to build more charter schools until and unless the federal government provides resources to build and renovate our traditional public schools, especially in underfunded and overcrowded urban districts, proportional to the number of students currently enrolled in them.»

Even where urban and high - poverty school districts emphasize public engagement, the policies and preferences tend to «trickle down» to schools only in the form of mandated representation on school councils — a weak strategy for distributing leadership.

Her career started as a Teach for America Corps Member teaching both Kindergarten and First Grade in the urban school district of Miami - Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

The public school system has mostly failed to provide those urban minority communities with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.

Previously, she was the Chief Innovation Officer Des Plaines Public School District 62, the Digital Learning Coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership and a Chicago Public Schools teacher.

In large urban districts, like the Los Angeles Unified School District or Chicago Public Schools, poverty, violence and trauma can be barriers to learning for thousands of students.

PARSS has joined with the Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools and the Association of School Districts in Support of Excellence and Equity to call for legislation to create a new method of funding public education in Pennsylvania.

Also during his term, the district was selected by Harvard Business School for the Public Education Leadership Project as one of nine urban districts in America that demonstrated national level improvement and the preschool — implemented under the Kohn Administration — was recognized nationally and served as the basis of state legislation to support preschool for at - risk children statewide.

In 2014, Rockford Public Schools (RPS), a large urban district in northern Illinois, approached CEC looking for help with a few specific initiatives.

Henry added that there have been notable gains made by Tennessee's «innovation zones» or «iZones,» a public school - steered method that allotted greater flexibility, funding and development opportunities for struggling urban districts in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga.

What's worse, many have looked to D.C. Public Schools for guidance on how to help students in urban districts succeed.

Today, our school district is a leader and innovator in public education, offering families some of the best educational choices in Iowa as we become the nation's model for urban education.

Joseph Escobedo serves as the Director of Charter Schools for Albuquerque Public Schools, one of the largest urban school districts in the country, serving about one - third of all the students in the state of New Mexico.

Michael Chirichello, Ed.D., served as a district superintendent, principal, vice-principal, and teacher in urban and suburban districts in the New York City and New Jersey public schools for 30 years.

This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional district and charter schools are serving all their city's children and how their schools compare to those in other cities, the report measures outcomes for all public schools, based on test scores and non-test indicators, in 50 mid - and large - sized cities.

Detroit Public Schools overall rank last out of large urban school districts nationwide for the performance of African - American students in eight - grade math.

Clearly, a major centerpiece of George W. Bush's success as Governor of Texas and a significant plank in the platform for his Presidential candidacy was his leadership of the Texas public education reforms in accountability and standards of the mid to late 1990's, and nowhere were these reforms in more evidence than in Houston, which was recognized as the best urban school district in America in 2002.

Serving as NSBA ex-officio directors on the NSBA Board for 2014 - 2015 will be: Van Henri White of New York's Rochester City School District as the Chair of the Council of Urban Boards of Education; Ellis A. Alexander of Louisiana's St. Charles Parish Public Schools as Chair of the National Black Caucus of School Boards; Guillermo Z. Lopez of Michigan's Lansing Public School District as Chair of the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members; Gregory J. Guercio of New York's Law Offices of Guercio & Guercio, LLP as the Chair of the Council of School Attorneys; Karen Echeverria of the Idaho School Boards Association as the Chair of the Organization of State Association Executive Directors» Liaison Committee; and NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) California Community College Chancellor's Office Center for Innovation in Education (CIE) College Board College Transition Collaborative Colorado Department of Education ConnectEd Del Lago Academy Digital Promise EdImagine EdInsights Education First EducationCounsel Envision Learning Partners Farmington Public Schools Great Schools Partnership Harvard Innovation Lab Hillsdale High School Internationals Network for Public Schools Irvine Foundation Ithaca College James Graham Brown Foundation Jobs for the Future June Jordan School for Equity Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Learning Policy Institute Los Angeles Unified School District Lumina Foundation Maker Ed Making Caring Common Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mastery Transcript Consortium Microsoft Montpelier School District NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Urban League New Haven Academy New York Performance Standards Consortium Oakland Unified School District Pomona College Raikes Foundation Riverdale Country School San Francisco International High School Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Smith College Southern New Hampshire University Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) Stuart Foundation Summit Public Schools The City University of New York The Education Trust The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Trovvit UC Riverside UNCF University of California, Office of the President University of Florida University of Michigan University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Washington Virginia Beach City Public Schools

The earlier preliminary look at NAEP TUDA (National Assessment of Educational Progress, Trial Urban District Assessment) biennial results for Atlanta Public Schools (APS; «Atlanta») offered the immediate data story that, in recent years, since 2015, the district's White - Black academic achievement gaps have been made unusuallDistrict Assessment) biennial results for Atlanta Public Schools (APS; «Atlanta») offered the immediate data story that, in recent years, since 2015, the district's White - Black academic achievement gaps have been made unusualldistrict's White - Black academic achievement gaps have been made unusually worse.

At Springpoint, a national non-profit organization that supports the development of new competency - based high schools, we are establishing competency - based schools in Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Denver Public Schools, Internationals Network for Public Schools, Providence Public School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The Urban Assembly in New Yorschools, we are establishing competency - based schools in Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Denver Public Schools, Internationals Network for Public Schools, Providence Public School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The Urban Assembly in New Yorschools in Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Denver Public Schools, Internationals Network for Public Schools, Providence Public School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The Urban Assembly in New YorSchools, Internationals Network for Public Schools, Providence Public School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The Urban Assembly in New YorSchools, Providence Public School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The Urban Assembly in New York City.

Like most urban districts, teachers in the New Orleans Public Schools for decades worked under union - negotiated contracts.

The district was chosen as one of the Wallace Foundation's six «Principal Pipeline» districts, and was a finalist for the highly prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education in 2009, won the Broad prize in 2010, and co-won the 2014 Broad prize, along with Orange County Public Schools.