Sentences with phrase «from school systems»

Programs like Fast Track need buy - in from school systems, teachers and parents, she says, and that can be a tough sell.

We handle the flow of data from school systems (including the MIS) to a wide range of school improvement programmes so you can better understand your impact.

The Houston Chronicle reports that flooding from the storm has made bus routes harder to navigate and led to an exodus of bus drivers from school systems already struggling to retain them.

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 country.

Graduation rates can be calculated in various ways using various sources, including the U.S. Census and related household surveys; administrative data from school systems on the number of enrollees and graduates each year; and (more recently) longitudinal databases that track individual students over time.

In Australia, all 15 - year - old students from all states and territories and from all school systems are eligible to participate.

The OECD has collected data on student lateness from school systems in countries and economies around the world.

Focusing on academic issues are the less strident but still determined critics who say many non-native English speakers are graduating from school systems with poor reading skills in both English and their native language.

American educators comb the data from school systems in other countries for clues to what might work closer to home.

In taking accountability away from school systems and placing it on individual schools and their employees, reform calls into question the current system of governance — and leaves no room for «excuses» such as weak family structures, poverty, discrimination, lack of aptitude, peer pressure, diet, television, etc..

Gov. Cuomo noted that the fact that New York has one of the highest per pupil costs in the nation as well as the one of the highest property tax rates, New York should expect the best from its school systems.

On May 23, the Chamber of Commerce and representatives from the school system will be on - hand for an official ribbon cutting, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Q94 - FM, Richmond's # 1 hit music station, will broadcast live from Pie Five from 6 — 8 p.m. Free pizzas will be given away during the radio remote.

«These are exactly the kinds of things you want to see from a school system — and it's working.

And while Klein may have eliminated «social promotion» from the school system, Bloomberg - administration insiders had long wearied of the chancellor's energetic self - promotion.

The only written commitment she had from the school system was a four - line letter from then new superintendent, Clifford B. Janey, dated March 2005, saying that D.C. Public Schools will «cover the Residency year salaries... for up to 20 New Leaders who will train in DCPS during the 2005 - 2006 school year.»

After resigning from the school system in 1899 because she disagreed with the autocratic approach of the new superintendent, Young earned her doctorate under Dewey.

What kind of support can I expect from the school system?

This report examines data documenting students in New York City who have been designated as «discharged» from the school system, an indicator that has received little public attention.

These sweeping generalizations are very effective in removing all blame from the school system and preventing education reform efforts that could ensure that EVERY child receives the same quality of schools and teachers that wealthy students enjoy.

«Our goal was to be number one in new teacher pay, to be able to recruit new teachers especially in the math and sciences,» said Eberhart, who is retired from the school system but served until recently on the Maryland State School Board.

Members of the community and representatives from the school system determined Oak Park's success indicators.

And sometimes they push families out of certain neighborhoods, or entirely out of the city, especially if families feel they don't get what they need from the school system.

All students, including the most high achieving white students, benefit from a school system truly committed to the best education for all, said Singleton.

Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson violated the city's ethics rules when she solicited a donation from a major food service contractor shortly after a whistleblower lawsuit accused the company of swindling millions of dollars from the school system, according to a ruling from the D.C.'s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability.

What to request from school system and employees; What may be requested by school system (beware of any e-mail traffic)

Teachers across the city began to complain from their sweltering classrooms after they hadn't heard from the school system by midafternoon.

In total, the CFO forecast that the charter schools operating in our city, including the sixth charter school planned to open this fall, all told will siphon away over $ 26 million dollars from our school system over the next five years — already the most underfunded school district in Connecticut.

So did community organizer Mayra Esquilin, executive director of Hartford Areas Rally Together, which received a $ 24,000 contract from the school system to guide Clark parents and community members through the turnaround process.

The discrepancy underscores the freedom that charters — publicly funded schools that operate independently of the traditional school system — have from school system policies.

More than 56 percent of students who took the English 10 assessment met or exceeded the state's standards for career and college readiness, which have been implemented in recent years, according to a news release from the school system.

The unquestioned effect is to remove voters from school system oversight, which did not sit well with local residents.

Jason Kamras, the school system's chief of human capital, said that no one should interpret the decision as a retreat from the school system's commitment to the Common Core, the national education standards that have come under fire from both sides of the political spectrum.

The Woodbridge School Board and the Superintendent owe it to the community to learn about how their students would have a greater chance of success in college and career having graduated from a school system that supports a school library program.

Early education programs such as Head Start, child care centers or family child care providers that are separate from the school system undergo an accreditation process.

Not exact matches

MBAs Across America helped a Kansas City, Missouri food market find identify technologies to help it graduate from an old - school paper system to boost efficiency.

Around the main table, from left: Ontario Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Giles Gherson; Joris Myny of Siemens Canada; Michael Sinnaeve of Magna International; James Cowan, editor of Canadian Business; Eric Kiisel of ATS Automation Tooling Systems; Tony Elias of Valiant Corp.; and Paul Boothe of Ivey Business School.

It grew so fast, and I came from the school of, like, Craigslist --[the idea] that the community is the immune system and that bad people get ridded from the site by its review system.

From the driver's point of view, the cockpit is a pleasing combination of new and old, with the multi-screen infotainment system on the center stack but the central instrument cluster analog - style old - school.

«Using machine learning to find a needle in a haystack is where computers can help us transcend our limitations,» says Professor Adam Pah from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern's Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).

Srilata Zaheer, dean of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, tells the story of a young and highly promising Chinese scholar who decided not to join the Carlson faculty because her mother implored her to take an offer from a higher ranked school — even though her discipline — management information systems — is a major strength at CaSchool of Management, tells the story of a young and highly promising Chinese scholar who decided not to join the Carlson faculty because her mother implored her to take an offer from a higher ranked school — even though her discipline — management information systems — is a major strength at Caschool — even though her discipline — management information systems — is a major strength at Carlson.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

The new emphasis on the extrovert ideal, she argues, is reflected everywhere — from the way we educate our kids in a school system increasingly skewed toward group work and participation, to the traits most commonly rewarded in the corporate world.

He'd spent decades conducting economic development for the school system, and he noticed a recurring theme from investors.

A 2009 study from MIT's Sloan School of Management found that virtual teams working for software companies were regularly outperforming on - location teams, as long as they had the proper systems in place.

Many of the highest return infrastructure investments — such as improving roads, repairing 60,000 structurally deficient bridges, upgrading schools or modernising the air traffic control system — do not generate a commercial return and so are excluded from his plan.

For instance, in Weston, Mass., most homes lost value during the downturn, but a select few lower - priced homes maintained their value because the town has a very good school system and there's always demand at the low end of the market from families looking to move in, Weiss said.

The system that failed to protect the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from mass shooter Nikolas Cruz can not afford to make the same mistake with his brother, a Broward prosecutor argued Tuesday.

In general, the Canadian education system must be adjusted to nurture economic value - creation competencies (business, marketing, sales and relationships) from early years in school and throughout university studies, and thus build confidence, a spirit of leadership, and competitiveness in the future generation of Canadians.

And a new report finds that while many low - income students fall behind and fail to graduate on time from U.S. colleges, the University of California system supports them significantly better than other schools do.