For instance, some publishers
give schools the flexibility to borrow as many copies of a book as they need — which is nice for teachers who aren't quite sure how many students they're going to have from one semester to the next.
We encouraged the Department to issue guidance on this issue so that authorizers can continue to
give schools the flexibility they need to thrive and hold them to contractual standards.
It does not
give schools the flexibility they need to tailor teaching to their own needs.
A hidden piece of the school finance equation is private money raised by parent organizations, funds that
give schools flexibility to pay for additional supplies, field trips, and classroom teachers.
Precisely: let
's give all schools the flexibility to shape their programs in the best interests of their students and compete for their support.
The aim was to cut the amount school districts receive to pay for kindergarten instruction and
give schools the flexibility to create their own programs.
Exclusions, mainly related to pension costs,
give schools the flexibility to increase the district tax levy by upwards of 4 percent in a given year.
Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract,
gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.
Giving schools flexibility in how the curriculum is delivered is also critical.
The EB - 595Wi also
gives our school flexibility.
It's about
giving schools the flexibility to play with time in dynamic and innovative ways.
Smarter Balanced also envisions a 12 - week assessment window,
giving schools flexibility in the use of limited computer resources.
Perhaps the biggest shift giving leeway to the adoption of a four - day school week is that an increasing number of states have passed legislation
giving schools the flexibility to substitute the number of instructional days for instructional hours.
Not exact matches
Francis has been so single - minded in buildinghis career that during his sophomore year of high
school in Scottsdale, Ariz., he made the decision — despite the misgivings of his parents, John and Bee — tobe homeschooled,
giving him more
flexibility in his travel and practiceschedules.
We talk a lot about
giving schools the freedom and
flexibility to find delivery methods that work for individual sites.
Since you have the
flexibility to arrange your
school day to help children be at their best, it is recommended that you take advantage of this in planning your time for starting
school, for breaks and recess, and for homework, as well, if you choose to
give homework.
On the flavored milk issue as Janet Poppendieck points out there are issues of shelf - stability and waste as well as the minimum calorie requirements that it would be nice to see actual lobbying to address to
give schools more
flexibility not to push so many calories.
TLT: Although the Senate bill
gives schools more
flexibility on whole grains, overall it preserves and respects the science - based nutrition standards promulgated by the USDA in accordance with the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act.
«Still, the change does
give school food operators a bit more
flexibility in what they can serve.»
Under the proposed Senate deal,
schools would be
given more
flexibility in serving whole grains and further limits on sodium in
school food would be temporarily halted — both wins for the SNA — but the improved nutrition standards of the 2010 CNR would mostly remain intact.
«Too many
schools want to create space for younger, cheaper teachers or even unqualified staff who they can place on temporary contracts,
giving them
flexibility over performance or funding, or both.
«So that's why I think this is important because it's not a mandate on the
school district; it's just
giving them more
flexibility in how to best govern their
school district.»
«As a result of the excessive
flexibilities and increased discretion over pay matters
given to
schools, evidence shows that this has opened the door to increasing sex discrimination in relation to pay and progression.
«As a result of the excessive freedoms,
flexibilities and autonomy
given to
schools we now see a pay gap that not only persists, it is widening.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind,
gives states considerable
flexibility to craft their own accountability systems — in the process asking states to make crucial decisions about what it means to be a successful
school, what rate of academic progress is acceptable, and...
Since 2010, the excessive freedoms and
flexibilities they have
given to
schools, and their obsessive focus on deregulation, has left the Government powerless to control spending at
school level.
He also supports Mayoral control of the
school system, though he believes that parents should be
given input and teachers should have «
flexibility.»
Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties,
giving school districts more
flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.
«Lawmakers have substantially increased funding support for our K - 12
schools, boosted pay for our best teachers, and
given local
schools more
flexibility and freedom.
«This mechanism
gives the organism more
flexibility,» said Joseph Heitman, M.D., Ph.D., senior study author and professor and chair of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University
School of Medicine.
Professor Ilke Inceoglu, from the University of Exeter Business
School, said: «We have found the internet and new technology can
give people
flexibility in the way they work, and they feel this can make them more efficient and feel empowered.
The
Flexibility for Equitable Student Funding pilot
gives districts that use student - based budgeting new freedom to allocate Title I and Title II dollars to
schools along with state and local dollars.
The Every Student Succeeds Act pushes states to move beyond test scores in gauging
school performance and
gives them all sorts of new
flexibility when it comes to funding, turning around low - performing
schools, and more.
In Colorado, the state's 2008 Innovation
Schools Act is giving approved schools greater flexibility by waiving certain state statutes, district policies, and union contract provisions to help boost student achievement — but it is also getting pu
Schools Act is
giving approved
schools greater flexibility by waiving certain state statutes, district policies, and union contract provisions to help boost student achievement — but it is also getting pu
schools greater
flexibility by waiving certain state statutes, district policies, and union contract provisions to help boost student achievement — but it is also getting pushback.
Edval explains why
schools should
give students as much
flexibility as possible when it comes to elective subjects.
Interim teaching facilities
give schools, colleges and local authorities the
flexibility to increase
school places to maintain the highest standards of teaching during major construction or refurbishment work or to meet a short - term surge in pupil numbers.
Along with other major changes to state - funded education, the new legislation
gave public
schools more
flexibility in offering single - sex programs.
But the Muslim students in Baltimore County and every other Maryland
school system who observe the holiday by missing
school will be marked absent — despite efforts in the Free State to
give them
flexibility to take the day off.
Requiring «highly qualified early educators,» dedicating existing federal funds for an early - education matching - grant program, and
giving districts more
flexibility to use Title I money for pre-K-3 programs are some of the major recommendations in a report on revamping the federal No Child Left Behind Act to improve
schooling for younger children.
Cambridge, MA — When current U.S. education secretary, Arne Duncan, headed the Chicago Public
Schools in 2004 - 05, the city implemented a new collective bargaining agreement that covered teacher dismissal policy: principals were
given more
flexibility to dismiss non-tenured teachers.
Notably, the content is much less restrictive, with the intention of
giving schools increased
flexibility in how buildings are designed.
While the district has insisted that all teachers and
schools adopt the «balanced» approach to reading,
schools are
given considerable
flexibility in matters of instructionâ $» as long as they put instruction in phonics front and center.
There are numerous devices that can achieve this goal (tax credits and education savings accounts, for instance), and some offer greater
flexibility than others, but through the policy lens, they all accomplish the same thing:
giving families and children who would not normally have the chance to choose private
school the opportunity to do so.
«We're blessed to have people who want to come in and spend time with us, so we have to be extremely flexible,» says McCauley, who sees
flexibility as the
school's responsibility, «because they are
giving us a gift of time, and time is a precious, precious gift, and we value it.»
A WORD FROM THE CHEFS
Giving the last word to a
school chef, Tony Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and school chef at Ravenscliffe High School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&
school chef, Tony Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and
school chef at Ravenscliffe High School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&
school chef at Ravenscliffe High
School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&
School said of the new standards: «This is a great opportunity for all
school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&
school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and
schools, and having the
flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.»
What's needed, he says, are policy changes,
giving the best teachers incentives to go into the most demanding
schools and allowing principals to have more control over hiring and evaluating teachers and more
flexibility and control over their budgets.
That's why, assuming that Congress fails to act to reauthorize the law, in the end the same problem that has vexed the law since 2001 seems likely to plague the waiver process as it grinds on over time: how to
give states
flexibility yet ensure that they hold
schools accountable for results.
Flexibility, design and build
Given the limited amount of space available in the majority of existing
schools, modular buildings provide an instant advantage to those who desperately need a cost effective and bespoke solution to utilise all the space available.
But, in return for this
flexibility, states and districts would be required to
give all parents of students in the 15 percent
schools the choices we intended, including private
school options as a last resort.
So while
schools are
given this increased level of
flexibility, they do have to plan the
school's curriculum for mathematics on a year - by - year basis and record this online.