Sentences with phrase «from school districts across the country»

Last fall, 16 budding change coaches from school districts across the country embarked on a two - year training program to learn how to implement CLG's strategies.

Attendees at the ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership will connect with leaders and experts from school districts across the country, learn about the latest breakthroughs in school and district administration, and learn new strategies and technologies for improving school performance.

Yet, what's not getting as much ink is that detractors are far from satisfied with the postponement, citing continued privacy concerns regarding the sharing of student records with inBloom — an Atlanta, Georgia - based technology nonprofit which stores and consolidates students» information from school districts across the country — and a continuation of standardized testing tied to teacher evaluations for third grade and up.

Not exact matches

It has taken root everywhere from community - based book clubs and school district professional development sessions across the country to the U.S. Department of Education.

The project also gathered insights on the survey data from a panel of school nutrition leaders whose districts are recognized for their success in serving healthy meals and snacks.3 The research makes clear that multiple strategies, particularly those that engage children's creativity and invite their input, have helped instill healthy eating behaviors at schools across the country.

School districts faced several challenges implementing the new lunch requirements in school year 2012 - 2013, according to the eight districts GAO visited and food service and industry officials GAO interviewed from across the country; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) response to some of these challenges has been liSchool districts faced several challenges implementing the new lunch requirements in school year 2012 - 2013, according to the eight districts GAO visited and food service and industry officials GAO interviewed from across the country; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) response to some of these challenges has been lischool year 2012 - 2013, according to the eight districts GAO visited and food service and industry officials GAO interviewed from across the country; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) response to some of these challenges has been limited.

According to the study, when chocolate milk was eliminated from cafeterias at 58 schools in seven school districts across the country, milk consumption went down by an average of 35 %, and did not recover even after a year's time.

School districts across the country have banned these milks from cafeterias.

Poster presenters will share findings from recent research on school nutrition and best practices from districts across the country.

These «findings» by the lower court about the purported benefits of neighborhood schools were based entirely on the claims of Oklahoma City School District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation oSchool District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation oschool districts seeking to be released from their desegregation orders.

Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.» 76, hopes and believes that he and his colleagues are part of a revolution — a revolution called Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is increasingly taking hold in schools and school districts across the country and seeks to design curriculum from the outset that can accommodate all types of learners, rather than retrofitting existing curriculums on an ad hoc, as needed basis.

And it's nice to see the authors of this study using survey data from 900 school board members in 419 unique school districts all across the country to prove that my faith was not in vain.

We already have an impressive joint project with the Business School, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coSchool, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coschool districts from across the country.

We studied 16 charter elementary and secondary schools with a wide range of personalized learning models from across the country (we hoped to include district schools, but the data were not available).

We believe these «new designs for new schools» will produce a set of schools that show districts across the country that high schools can provide underprepared young people with the supports they need to graduate from high school, go to college, place out of remedial courses, and stay in college for at least two semesters at substantially higher rates than are commonly achieved today.

Bierly and Shay surveyed and interviewed a large sample of principals, assistant principals, teachers, and teacher leaders from a cross section of school districts (varying in size and location) and chief marketing officers across the country.

Five student groups shared their presentations with ISTE's Leadership Symposium, which is made up of more than 150 educators from across the country who strive to develop and model the effective use of technology in education in their schools, school districts, and states.

The annual Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management competition, which typically attracts teams of MBA students from top business schools across the country, puts students to the task of restructuring an urban school disSchool of Management competition, which typically attracts teams of MBA students from top business schools across the country, puts students to the task of restructuring an urban school disschool district.

The network has grown from one school to 41 in a decade, making it larger than 95 percent of school districts across the country.

Over the past decade, school districts across the country have invested billions in creating wired classrooms and schools, with significant financial and moral support from government at all levels.

Even as courts across the country began releasing school districts such as Kansas City, Charlotte - Mecklenburg, Savannah, Buffalo, and Boston from long - running desegregation orders during the 1990s, magnet schools continued to thrive.

In Milliken, a 5 - 4 majority of the United States Supreme Court virtually prohibited bussing across school district lines to desegregate metropolitan areas, which in many ways marked the Court's — and the country's — turn away from efforts to integrate schools.

Across the country, charter public schools are serving a higher percentage of students from low - income backgrounds than district - run public.

This webinar will feature Lynn Kepp from the New Teacher Center, which works with school districts across the country to provide professional development for coaches, and Kendra Hanzlik, an instructional coach in Iowa.

These distinctive education leaders from across the country are being recognized for their ability to inspire colleagues to incorporate innovative technology solutions that contribute to high - quality learning environments and more efficient school district operations.

These districts — ABC Unified School District, Cerritos, California; Hillsborough, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; Plattsburgh, New York; St. Francis, Minnesota; and Toledo, Ohio — come from across the country, are both urban and rural, large and small.

The brainchild of President Obama's Secretary of Education, John B. King Jr., the program had attracted interest from 26 school districts across the country that believed kids would be better off in schools that educate rich and poor, and white and minority students, together rather than separately.

CAP outlines a series of recommendations for improving test procedures and moving away from teaching to the test and the culture of overtesting that is occurring in schools and districts across the country, including:

Most recently we have provided professional development sessions to schools, districts, and organizations from across the country, including:

According to a nationwide survey to be released soon by the National Education Association (nea), more than one in three of the 1,326 elementary - and secondary - school teachers chosen randomly from different - sized school districts across the country said they «certainly» or «probably» would not become teachers again if they were given the choice.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.

The Portfolio Network meeting is an annual gathering of innovative district, charter school, community, and civic leaders from across the country who are figuring out how to run and oversee autonomous schools of choice in ways that ensure all families have good options and the system operates fairly.

Education Week «s Leaders To Learn From event provides a unique opportunity for district leaders to swap strategies and share solutions with peers from school systems across the counFrom event provides a unique opportunity for district leaders to swap strategies and share solutions with peers from school systems across the counfrom school systems across the country.

The move away from harsh, punitive, exclusionary (and, let's face it, ineffective) discipline practices in schools and districts across the country is a welcome wave of change.

We accomplish our goals by working in hallways across the country — from Congress and the Department of Education to schools and district offices in your community — to improve school climate and champion LGBT issues in K - 12 education.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

CEL has formed multi-year district partnerships with school systems across the country, from Alaska to Louisiana, helping administrators, school leaders, teachers, students, and communities build a shared language, vision, and mission for improving the quality of classroom instruction.

The tools represent the best thinking of school board leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts across every region in the country.

CAP's human capital systems survey, however, found that most school districts use hyperlocal and passive recruitment strategies, meaning that they do not actively seek out new candidates from across the country.

Teachers and administrators from across the country will gather for four days to re-imagine assessment and accountability, learn how to use performance assessments to drive deeper learning for all students, and develop materials and strategies they can implement in their schools and districts.

One response has been the School Administration Manager (SAM) process, created in 2002 in Louisville, Ky., with Wallace Foundation support and in use in 82 districts across the country as of 2012.61 Participating schools either hire a SAM to assume non-instructional tasks from the principal, or more commonly, the principal designates a person or persons from the staff - typically an assistant principal and / or administrative assistant - to function as a SAM.

This annual institute offers families, school district personnel and community groups from across the country the opportunity to network, obtain resources and information, and receive training and bilingual materials on IDRA's nationally - recognized research - based model for parent leadership in education.The institute is interactive and participatory.

Both local school districts and a charter school will have the opportunity this coming school year to visit schools across the country that use competency - based education in a new pilot program from the Utah State Board of Education.

The preliminary findings are based on data from five school districts across the country.

As a person who works closely with teachers locally, and who has spent the last five years working closely with teachers across the country — from both district and charter settings — I can tell you first hand that you will be hard pressed to find anyone working in a school today who agrees our public schools are «flush with cash.»

The announced closure of Roseville sparked protests not just within the school's community, but also from activists citywide who saw it as a continuation of a pattern of closures sweeping urban districts across the country.

In the apropos Salt Lake City mountain view setting, school districts from across the country met to share, learn, collaborate, and have fun.

The meeting offers collaboration with other leading school districts tackling similar challenges; an opportunity to build relationships with peers in similar roles across the country and Truenorthlogic leadership; and, training to help get the most value from using Truenorthlogic's solutions.

Over the course of a year, NCLD gathered top special education and personalized learning experts from across the country — including educators, advocates, researchers, state and district leaders, school leaders, and parents of children with disabilities — and engaged them in discussions to learn and explore ways to ensure that personalized learning systems integrate and benefit students with disabilities.

not just within the school's community, but also from activists citywide who saw it as a continuation of a pattern of closures sweeping urban districts across the country.