Sentences with phrase «greatest challenges districts»

One of the greatest challenges districts are facing in successfully transitioning to blended environments is how to effectively achieve buy - in from educators and help teachers build new instructional skills required for today's classrooms.

Not exact matches

District voters backed Trump by just 1 point, but that might not be the greatest challenge facing the GOP.

«She's a great match for the district, and so strong that quality challengers will probably shy away from challenging her,» said Bob Honold, a Republican strategist who works extensively in New York.

Zellner goes on to say «The Erie County Democratic Committee will now move forward with a careful, inclusive nominating process in order to select the strongest possible candidate to represent the 60th Senate District at a time of great challenges and opportunities for our region and our state.»

«The district I represent, Hamburg, Lackawanna and South Buffalo, is home to many brownfield sites, which is a challenge but is also grounds for great potential.

He acknowledges the complex issues faced by the District and offers, «Where there are great challenges, there are even greater opportunities.»

With Lawrence, however, the challenge was greater: He was being asked to fix an entire low - performing district, not just one or two schools.

These formulas send some funds on a uniform, per - disadvantaged - child basis, but direct close to half of federal dollars in a way that recognizes high - poverty districts face greater challenges, using weights to allocate per - eligible funds progressively with respect to a district's poverty rate.

Even beyond so - called «grand bargains,» many of these paths forward will be challenging, requiring a greater deal of coordination and collaboration from districts, charter operators, funders, and other stakeholders than is the current custom.

Rural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight districts.

White knows that the challenges of running New Orleans's 70 Recovery District schools are great, despite Paul Vallas's amazing progress in rebuilding a system that most educators agreed was among the worst in the nation before Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 80 percent of its 127 schoolhouses (see «New Schools in New Orleans,» features, Spring 2011).

The capacity challenges for states and school districts are immense as they contemplate taking on the new standards, which call for bringing greater depth to science understanding and asking students...

When the Great Recession hit, however, property values fell sharply, making it hard for school districts to raise local property taxes — schools» primary local funding source — without raising rates, which is politically challenging even in good times.

The portfolio strategy calls for being committed to results and recognizing that the challenges in our cities are too great to be fighting over district or charter.

The legislative delegation has been «great at advocating for us» as the district dealt with challenges related to the fall enrollment survey, state appropriations, and the anticipated influx of additional students says Orange County's Howat.

Using TalentEd's K - 12 talent management solutions, district leaders overcome this challenge by increasing candidate pools, and the speed and accuracy with which they identify who will have the greatest impact on student achievement.

In urban districts, where many are assigned to teach children with some of the greatest challenges, the national burnout rate is astonishing.

The district's talented teachers and staff have remained focused on providing the best education possible, and district leaders have worked to find a path through these challenges while laying the foundation for improved student performance and greater educational equity.

The report restrains from opining on whether the growth has been a good development or a bad one; but it does challenge school districts to re-examine their structures for greater efficiencies.

For districts, the challenges of state laws and teacher contracts are great.

This is just my third year, so it's been great to have someone to bounce off ideas with who's not in our district who challenges the status quo, which I needed.

«Despite promising gains in some districts, clearly the ongoing challenge in urban education is great,» David P. Driscoll, chairman of the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the test, said in a news release.

The challenges for ensuring inter-rater reliability are somewhat greater for states that have given more discretion to their districts regarding training.

The resulting revenue gap between the districts exceeds $ 900 per pupil even though Mesquite puts forth slightly greater tax effort and has a significantly more challenging student population.

The first year of teaching is often a blur of lessons learned in the hot seat while students fail to learn all that they could.13 Nearly 1 in 7 new teachers leave the classroom before completing their third year, with most citing classroom management, the burden of curriculum freedom, and unsupportive school environments as their greatest challenges.14 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, teachers with three or fewer years of teaching experience are less likely than more experienced teachers to report being very well - prepared to maintain order and discipline in the classroom.15 Additionally, new teachers were less likely than more experienced teachers to report being well - prepared to implement state or district curricula.16 Residency and induction programs can provide essential practical training in classroom management, assessment and data literacy, and differentiation or special education techniques.17

Charter public schools still face underfunding challenges within the new Local Control Funding Formula, where at risk students stand to lose out on their share of concentration funding if their charter school has a greater percentage of at risk students than the local district.

Worse yet, we apply the greatest pressure to districts with the greatest challenges, plagued with economic disadvantages and generational poverty.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

Teacher recruitment and retention is one of the greatest challenges that Craven County Schools faces, said Meghan Doyle, the district's superintendent.

Principal Kafele will challenge school and district leaders to look deep within themselves for greater meaning and understanding of their own personal value and worth to their schools.

Although Connecticut law requires that School Governance Councils be utilized in school districts that are facing the greatest challenges, in Bridgeport, Paul Vallas appears either unwilling or unable to meet his obligation to include the community, parents, and teachers in the educational decision - making process.

Must be teaching in a rural school district or those that are economically impacted and underserved; this can also extend to schools that face greater educational challenges as well.

He presently serves as charter organization representative for Troop 272, Unit Commissioner in Cherokee District, Basic Leader Training Staff, and Challenge Course Staff for the Greater St.Louis Area Council.

2030 Districts are forming in great American cities to meet the energy, water and transportation emissions reduction targets called for by Architecture 2030 in the 2030 Challenge for Planning.