Sentences with phrase «for school districts around the country»

Wolf also expected NSF to make it easy for school districts around the country to incorporate the findings into their classrooms.

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(And these donuts actually have less sugar than a lot of other sweetened grain items served for breakfast by schools around the country, at least before the frosting and sprinkles are added by the district.)

Those school districts have also come up with new protocols on food safety and food preparation for the raw chicken, protocols that can be used around the country.

From what I can tell in talking with my friends around the state and country, we were the very last school district on the planet to let out for summer.

School districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public sSchool districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public sschool for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public schoolschool.

A small but growing number of lawsuits around the country are seeking to hold school districts responsible for the sexual harassment of students by their classmates.

While there are practitioners around the country who have been implementing deeper learning for decades, many districts are not yet equipped to make it happen in their schools, with their teachers and students.

Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of school districts and charter schools around the country are experimenting with such reward programs in the hope of improving...

In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomes.

ePals, a free, online global learning community for K — 12 teachers and students that enables educators to find one another and protect children from unfiltered content, is already in use in many school districts around the country.

As some school districts around the country weigh whether or not mandatory eLearning days will be right for them, others...

As some school districts around the country weigh whether or not mandatory eLearning days will be right for them, others are already enjoying the benefits brought on by this new learning initiative.

As Representative Tom Cole (R) of Oklahoma told Education Week, «Some of these basic programs like Title I and IDEA are important building blocks for a lot of school districts around the country.»

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

For its study of visual - arts programs, the Getty Center asked more than 100 art - education experts around the country to identify school districts with strong art curricula.

He has been influential in changing schools and districts around the country, and was recently a speaker for TedX.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

Christine is an educational consultant who works with schools and districts around the country on elementary and middle school math curriculum, test savvy strategies, technology integration for incorporating and reinforcing 21st century skills and mathematical best practices.

Robert Laundrie, National Sales Manager for VocabularySpellingCity has been working with school districts, administrators, curriculum specialists, and teachers around the country for over 15 years.

Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, school districts around the country have been encouraged to use programs that are scientifically proven to effectively improve academic and behavioral outcomes for students.

Below is a three - step process that our team has seen work well for integrating video observation in schools and districts around the country.

With a new school year approaching, districts around the country are issuing urgent pleas for teachers to come work for them.

Schools and districts around the country are grappling with teacher shortages that threaten educational opportunities and outcomes, particularly for our highest - need students.

Unfortunately for the naysayers, standardized tests are now being used as part of a teacher's evaluation in various school districts around the country.

In a new series of short videos, superintendents of six large, urban school districts around the country share lessons for improving development of leaders for their districts» schools.

While Washington spends nearly $ 30,000 per student, the graduation rate for the school district is around 60 percent, with math and reading scores among the lowest in the country.

«As the new school year begins, newspapers across the country are reporting on school districts» search for minority teachers, especially African American teachers — evidence that we, as a society, continue to navigate around the color line,» Bristol wrote in a guest column on the Albert Shanker Institute blog.

Portland faces challenges similar to many urban districts around the country: how to provide consistent, challenging, powerful classroom instruction in all schools, for all students.

Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of traditional district schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],Schools [NAPCS], 2015).

According to the report, the National Center for Education Statistics said 88 percent of school districts around the country offered some form of credit recovery courses to their students in school year 2009 - 10, and, «as online and blended learning have grown significantly in the last five years, it is likely those numbers are significantly higher now.»

She is currently a consultant for Corwin Press, working once again with her colleague, Gary Howard, bringing his Deep Equity process to school districts around the country.

It is recognized as a valuable resource for principal development — a number of school districts around the country have worked with the Leadership Academy as they have designed their own programs.

During my time as a Meade Fellow, I sat down with John Schlitt, President of the School - Based Health Initiative, and attended the Coalition for Community Schools Awards, where school districts from around the country were recognized for their approach to incorporating health and related services into their school communSchool - Based Health Initiative, and attended the Coalition for Community Schools Awards, where school districts from around the country were recognized for their approach to incorporating health and related services into their school communschool districts from around the country were recognized for their approach to incorporating health and related services into their school communschool communities.

Ms. Williams was placed with the University of Virginia's Darden - Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education in Charlottesville, Va., where she works with school districts around the country to support their school turnaround efforts.

Dual - language programs have been growing around the country as school districts try to prepare children to compete for jobs in a globalized, polyglot world.

The tip sheets and webinar build on Controlling Junk Food and the Bottom Line, a report presenting case studies of schools in thirteen middle and high schools in nine school districts around the country that improved nutrition standards for their competitive food and beverages without significant negative financial impact.

The program, which ended in December 2002, provided a relatively quick means of helping nonprofit organizations, colleges, public schools and districts around the country test innovative ideas and build on successful experiences for improving school and district leadership.

I wish every public school district in the country had a spare hundred grand laying around for something like this.

Those fellows are paid a salary for two years to develop a project to improve public schools in Indianapolis that can be replicated in other school districts around the country.

As school districts around the country consider investments in technology as a way to improve student outcomes, this report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) finds that technology — when implemented properly — can produce significant gains in student achievement and boost engagement, particularly among students most at risk.

The Green Schools Conference & Expo is the premier education and engagement opportunity for teachers, parents, students, school and district staff, educational leaders, building industry professionals, non-profit partners and others who are passionate about the future of green schools throughout the country and around theSchools Conference & Expo is the premier education and engagement opportunity for teachers, parents, students, school and district staff, educational leaders, building industry professionals, non-profit partners and others who are passionate about the future of green schools throughout the country and around theschools throughout the country and around the world.

The 2015 National Association of Realtors Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study found that the «quality of the school district» was the sixth - most - important factor influencing the neighborhood choice of home buyers around the country, but for buyers 35 to 49, the school district was the fourth - most - important factor.