Sentences with phrase «giving schools the flexibility»

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.

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.

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.

The EB - 595Wi also gives our school flexibility.

Precisely: let's give all schools the flexibility to shape their programs in the best interests of their students and compete for their support.

It's about giving schools the flexibility to play with time in dynamic and innovative ways.

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.

It does not give schools the flexibility they need to tailor teaching to their own needs.

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.

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.

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.

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 puSchools 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 puschools 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.