Sentences with phrase «for achievement school districts»

N.C. Rep. Rob Bryan, the Republican from Mecklenburg County who chairs the committee and the leading proponent for achievement school districts in the legislature, said that the districts — pioneered, to mixed results in states like Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee — could be phased into North Carolina as soon as the 2017 - 2018 academic year.

Brockman's bill for achievement school districts — a reform that could grant for - profit charters the ability to wring control of a low - performing school from a local school district — is not about teachers, he insists.

Prior to taking on the Executive Director role for the Achievement Schools, Ash served for two years as the founding Chief Talent & Strategy Officer for the Achievement School District.

For those LEAs who have Renewal Schools and schools eligible for the Achievement School District, they will also be required to demonstrate how their approach to this alignment serves both the individual educator and the school reform efforts in a consistent and cohesive manner.

Not exact matches

For the Chicago Public Schools, the empty seats undermine efforts to boost achievement and cost the district millions in attendance - based funding.

«From Nigeria, I have watched closely your achievements, ranging from your ingenious approach to creating jobs for the teeming youths through various initiatives, including the repositioning of agriculture for modern farming, «Farming for Jobs and Food», Senior High School (SHS) free education, One - District - One - Factory, and One - Village - One - Dam as well as the improvement being recorded in the Republic's macroeconomic indicators.

At the Batavia City School District Board of Education meeting on Feb. 6, several students and staff members were presented with achievement awards for their exemplary work and contributions.

CAFR Salierno and the school district were awarded a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers -LSB-...]

«We are relying more than ever on state exams — to measure student achievement, to evaluate teacher and principal effectiveness, and to hold schools and districts accountable for their performance,» Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said.

The new evaluation system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures of performance including student achievement and rigorous classroom observations.

The Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors project is aimed to measurably enhance student STEM engagement and achievement in selected school districts via professional development for teachers consisting of: (1) STEM Professional Development in astrophysics and planetary science delivered via webinars & in - person workshops; (2) a week - long STEM immersion experience at NASA's science research aircraft facility in Palmdale, California, including participation in research flights on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA); (3) follow - through involving continuing webinars fostering reflection and connections with astrophysics & planetary science subject matter experts.

For example, in a forthcoming analysis in three school districts where it was possible to track teachers» student achievement growth over many years, Doug Staiger and I found that of those teachers who were in the bottom quartile of value - added in a single year, 55 to 65 percent were in the bottom quartile over their careers and 82 to 87 percent were in the bottom half.

The new law includes provisions implementing a proposal Mr. Bush made in last year's gubernatorial campaign to allow for the creation of «home rule» school districts, which could vote to operate under fewer state regulations in exchange for promising to improve student achievement.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus ruled this month that the education department failed to conduct legally required hearings before implementing the Educational Management Information System, which was designed to gather demographic data and achievement scores for individual districts and schools.

For the first time, states receiving federal K - 12 education funding would be required to hold districts and schools accountable for the achievementFor the first time, states receiving federal K - 12 education funding would be required to hold districts and schools accountable for the achievementfor the achievement...

The return to resegregated neighborhood elementary schools in Oklahoma City, after 13 years of busing for integration, has not led to the gains in achievement, parent involvement, and equity the school district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

Innovative and effective practices at Cleveland's MC2 STEM High School are driving learning and higher achievement for students in a district where every student qualifies for free or reduced - price meals.

«We feel student achievement is at a higher rate when students are in school regularly,» said Beth Shields, deputy superintendent for instruction in the School District of Hillsborough County, Flschool regularly,» said Beth Shields, deputy superintendent for instruction in the School District of Hillsborough County, FlSchool District of Hillsborough County, Florida.

Narrowing the scope of the Chance - for - Success Index to factors both causally related to school achievement and under the control of state education officials or school districts would improve its value and deliver the right signals to states.

In light of these extraordinary achievements, the following statement may be surprising: Because of an extremely difficult relationship with the Novato Unified School District, which has oversight authority for the school, MSAT no longer eSchool District, which has oversight authority for the school, MSAT no longer eschool, MSAT no longer exists.

For example, David Sims has shown that after a 2001 Wisconsin law required schools to open after Labor Day, districts forced to delay their start dates saw their students» achievement on the state math test fall relative to districts that were unaffected by the law.

The GRC enables users to compare academic achievement in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for virtually every public school district in the United States with the average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered our economic peers and sometime competitors.

From a broader policy perspective, our estimates suggest that ERI programs could be beneficial for school districts, saving them money on teacher salaries without harming student achievement.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

Evelyn S. Thompson Elementary School is located in a Texas district that has been nationally recognized for improving student achievement over the last decade.

While we partner with a number of reform - minded districts across the United States, only about 20 percent of EP alumni in education work for school districts (including exciting new models like Louisiana's Recovery School District and Tennessee's Achievement School Distschool districts (including exciting new models like Louisiana's Recovery School District and Tennessee's Achievement School DistSchool District and Tennessee's Achievement School DistSchool District).

Or we might discover some schools or districts or states that deserve more credit for their student achievement results, considering their rates of true disadvantage.

And though the authors of this report acknowledge the «countless intervening factors» that «no doubt affect a school board member's ability to influence district achievement» and which they haven't covered in this report, they nevertheless provide an invaluable guide to policymakers for making a few simple changes in board governance that could effect major improvements for student academic performance.

These results add to evidence that boosting student achievement has few simple fixes — particularly in a school district like Houston, in which 88 percent of students are black or Hispanic, about 30 percent have limited English proficiency, and about 80 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

When the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the state of Michigan's school turnaround district, launched in the fall of 2012 with 15 schools, hopes for rebirth in Detroit were high in many quarters.

In Phase 2 Validation, the evaluator will a) conduct an experimental test of the cumulative effects (across 2 summers) of the most cost - effective version of READS (CE READS) in as many as 10 school districts, and b) compare achievement growth in the summer and school year for students who received CE READS and students who did not receive READS.

A study of a representative sample of schools in California shows that schools where the principal and the district extensively used test data to improve instruction and student learning had the highest achievement for English - language learners.

The Ed Trust proposal would also require achievement targets for districts, schools, and student subgroups.

It opens the way, for the first time, to comparing student, school and district performance across the land on a credible, common metric — and gauging their achievement against that of youngsters in other countries on our shrinking and ever - more - competitive planet.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - mSchool of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - mschool district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

The Supreme Court softened its stance on desegregation in the 1990s, ruling that school districts could not be held responsible for low student achievement in segregated settings.

While we encourage readers to be cautious about applying our findings without qualification to all public schools, we also encourage school districts to support research that can identify middle - school effects in other settings, especially since we find the consequences of attending a middle school for student achievement to be substantial and troubling.

July 14, 2016 — Under former superintendent Cami Anderson, Newark Public Schools spent more per - pupil than any other district in the nation — a whopping $ 25,000 — but failed to improve achievement for its predominately minority student population.

A Maryland school district's curriculum and classroom assessments represent what teachers need to help students reach ambitious academic goals and succeed on state tests, concludes a report issued by a group pushing for greater student achievement.

California auditors released a scathing assessment of the Oakland public schools last week, blasting one of the state's most beleaguered districts for mismanagement and poor student achievement and warning that it is hovering on the brink of serious financial difficulty.

Another goal states that participants would implement approaches to ensure inclusion of all students; implement practices to close the achievement gap; establish means for collaboration between district departments and schools; develop a plan for sharing lessons learned with other district leaders and to complement succession planning.

For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if implemented faithfully by states and school districts.

How, too, could the district move the needle on student achievement, on high dropout rates, and on families getting frustrated with dismal numbers and jumping ship for other districts or competing charter schools?

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

Almost one - quarter of school districts nationwide and nine states have invested millions of dollars in «one - to - one» laptop programs, hoping the availability of a computer for every student will improve achievement and other skills.

The recommendations come from the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, known as the A + Commission, which has spent a year weighing how to hold the state's public schools and districts more accountable for students» academic performance.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

Two longtime education experts have launched an organization to push for transforming how the nation's largest school districts recruit and groom the teaching and school leadership talent that they argue is key to improving student achievement.

Recommendations for states, districts, and individual schools include improved teacher training, support for e-learning and virtual schools, stronger technology leadership, a move toward more digital content and away from reliance on textbooks, better use of broadband, and integration of data systems for such uses as online testing, understanding relationships between decisions, allocation of resources and student achievement, and tailoring instruction to individual students.

From this perspective, school spending may, in some states or districts, be below what is required to steadily improve student achievement in line with federal requirements for «adequate yearly progress.»