Sentences with phrase «for urban district leaders»

While Baltimore provides a cautionary tale for urban district leaders implementing the portfolio strategy, it should not be seen as the death knell for reform within a traditional school system.

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Male District Leader 22nd A.D. Part B: Ronald Kim is an impressive candidate who has previously worked for Councilman John Liu and was a National Urban Fellow.

Public Advocate Letitia James; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; District Leader Carlina Rivera, who is running for Mendez's seat; District Leader Anthony Feliciano; Jamila Hammami, director of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project; the Urban Justice Center; and faith leaders from the Islamic Council of America and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, will also be participating in the rally.

In this role Ross leads professional learning networks for urban school district leaders and senior Congressional Education staffers.

In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that poor rural districts have been shortchanged in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban districts.

At the district and school levels, it is helpful for urban school leaders to wisely use data to inform their work.

The foundation has already committed some $ 135 million to overhauling fundamental aspects of urban school districts: identifying new sources of talent for positions of authority; developing alternative training methods for managers, principals, and teachers union leaders; creating new tools for analyzing performance data; and working with school boards to help those sometimes obstructionist bodies become more focused on student learning than on petty power plays.

These organizations include not only many of the leading urban school districts (e.g., Atlanta, Denver, New York City), but also some of the most noted organizations driving change in K - 12 education (including Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools, KIPP, and the National Center on Education and the Economy).

In an era when education leaders are held accountable for raising the academic performance of all students, the job of leading today's schools has seriously outpaced the available training, especially for state and district leaders who set policy for and lead complex urban districts.

In several of the higher - performing districts in our sample (including large urban / suburban as well as rural districts), for example, district leaders and school personnel described recent and ongoing district - wide efforts to support teacher implementation of differentiated instruction.

The Reach Institute for School Leadership seeks to partner with schools, districts and LEAs to train, credential and support teacher and leaders that are committed to creating and sustaining effective urban schools.

Ann previously co-designed the Collaborative Urban Leadership Program at the University of Texas in Austin, which developed effective secondary school leaders for Dallas, Houston and Austin - area school districts.

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.

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.

The Reach Institute is an innovative graduate school that prepares K - 12 teachers and school leaders for work in urban schools and districts.

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.

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.

Developing a Professional Learning System for Adults in Service of Student Learning is the culmination of collaborations with urban district leaders, teachers, and partners over the last several years, and it articulates a core Read more about Developing a Professional Learning System for Adults in Service of Student Learning -LSB-...]

«Developing Teacher Leaders for Increased Student Learning»: Led by education consultant Wil Parker, this institute will examine how high teaching standards and effective instructional strategies can produce teacher leaders in urban school disLeaders for Increased Student Learning»: Led by education consultant Wil Parker, this institute will examine how high teaching standards and effective instructional strategies can produce teacher leaders in urban school disleaders in urban school districts.

For example, after reading Chapter 6, «The Social Cost of Leadership Churn: The Case of an Urban School District,» I wondered about the school district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships with their peers in other schools and with central office District,» I wondered about the school district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships with their peers in other schools and with central office district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships with their peers in other schools and with central office leaders.

Chiefs for Change continues to expand into the ranks of school district leaders, with two urban schools chiefs among the four new members.

More than 30 state and urban school leaders have offered strong statements of support for the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Council of the Great City Schools Commitments on High - Quality Assessments, a series of established principles to guide state leaders and district leaders in making sure every assessment administered is high - quality, coherent, and meaningful to students, parents and teachers.

His research has examined: 1) how school reform intersects with equitable community development, with a focus on school and community leaders and 2) how geography influences educational opportunity for children of color in urban school districts.

The Illinois Center for School Improvement (Illinois CSI) is an organization created by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and American Institutes for Research to help district leaders from urban, rural, and suburban schools transform their systems to ultimately drive higher student achievement.

Justin then transitioned to Director, Strategic Consulting where he provided consulting services for teacher leadership initiatives for the New York City Department of Education and leaders from urban districts across the country.

Tredway is senior associate for IEL's Leaders for Today and Tomorrow Project, a catalyst for engaging institutions of higher education, school districts, and nonprofits in uncovering and coordinating efforts in social justice preparation, particularly to support of urban and rural leaders in the most vulnerable sLeaders for Today and Tomorrow Project, a catalyst for engaging institutions of higher education, school districts, and nonprofits in uncovering and coordinating efforts in social justice preparation, particularly to support of urban and rural leaders in the most vulnerable sleaders in the most vulnerable schools.

Recent research from the Council of Great City Schools found that 86 percent of urban districts have teacher leader roles, but only 32 percent offer specialized training for the responsibilities that go with those titles.

Contact us to learn more about the Texas Institute for School Boards and how it is helping urban district leaders improve public education in our state.

It is for this reason that the leadership takes hold and stays in place where many of the leaders in urban districts are gone before any of their efforts take hold.

There is recognition among urban sustainability leaders that the district is an important scale for addressing sustainability, including reducing carbon emissions, improving our natural systems, and building community action.