Sentences with phrase «force school districts across the state»

Her hope is that the online tests coming as part of the Common Core conversion will force school districts across the state to invest more in technology.

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«Families across the state have been forced to cut back and live within their means and governments and school districts must do the same.

With dropping enrollments and less money coming from the state, many school districts across New York are looking into joining forces.

Severe state budget cuts and declining enrollment are forcing urban districts across the nation to consider what often is a last resort — closing schools.

In the years since, dwindling state funding forced school districts across North Carolina to improvise, shifting classroom teacher resources to fund enhancement teachers.

North Carolina public school leaders say a legislative mandate to decrease class sizes in the early grades may have a devastating impact on school systems across the state, forcing districts to spend millions more hiring teachers or cut scores of positions for those teaching «specialty» subjects such as arts, music and physical education.

Nearly 9 in 10 respondents said it was a problem for public schools in low - income communities to have fewer qualified teachers than public schools in wealthier areas, and a majority felt that shortages should not be resolved by recruiting individuals who are not fully prepared — the very thing many districts have been forced to do in response to deep shortages across the state.

Kirst helped to initiate the Statewide Special Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special education funds.

Forced placement — when teachers are placed in a school without an interview process — is common practice in school districts across the state.