Sentences with phrase «for urban districts»

That shift of students from mainly poorer urban districts to better - off suburban schools has created big financial challenges for the urban districts.

Could it be that the test results for urban districts announced a few weeks ago are the first sign that student achievement is being held back by these cuts?

My big vision is for urban districts developed on a bicycle mobility platform.

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.

A local philanthropy, the Kauffman Foundation, was looking for an urban district in which to try a whole - district reform model based on research about the importance of relationships in student motivation.

To demonstrate, he and his research team created an alternative framework based on multiple school - quality indicators — including teaching environment, student commitment, and learning resources — for an urban district in Massachusetts.

Or, as they say, «when compared to their peers in traditional public schools in our same communities» they have done much better and deserve more of the money that was meant for the urban district schools.

Shortly before adjourning for the year, the California legislature this month restored $ 86 million in school aid for urban districts that had been cut from the fiscal 1987 - 88 budget by Gov. George Deukmejian.

This is a particularly bad day for the Broad Prize — an award, ostensibly, for urban district achievement and improvement.

At least for the urban districts where students are in serious academic trouble - which includes nearly every major city in the country - I wonder if there is a Michelle Lite alternative.

He received his training in education as a fellow at the Broad Superintendents Academy, an 18 - month program funded by the Broad Foundation of Los Angeles that trains executives from inside and outside education to become activist superintendents for urban districts.

The authors «explore conflicts and compromises that shaped the emerging law» and «outline its core provisions, and trace its implications for urban districts, states, and the federal government.»

Though the new school year scramble is not unusual for an urban district, for years MNPS has been charged with hiring too late, missing out on the highly sought after newbies.

While New Yorkers reflect on what should be sustained from the Bloomberg years and other districts mine New York City's reforms for ideas to support their own improvement processes, our findings suggest the following policy recommendations for urban district leaders:

State - level NAEP results released in the fall found no gains in reading and the same modest gains in math as reported today for the urban districts.

I assume the $ 16.4 k you are referring to is average for urban districts, but an important factor in urban districts is that no charters take their share of ELL or bi-lingual students, which of course increase that increase local costs.

There's also the fact that suburban districts are as hindered by the same state laws and collective bargaining agreements that also make it difficult for urban district counterparts to reward high - quality teachers and remove those who don't deserve to be in classrooms.

That's high for an urban district.

Jim Spady, a longtime advocate of charters who runs the Washington Charter School Resource Center, said he believes charter operators are looking for urban districts.

So why do I advocate for this kind of SEA transformation while advocating against it for urban districts?

This is for an urban district, which is where I work.