Sentences with phrase «growing number of districts»

The Cambridge, Mass., school system has joined a small but growing number of districts seeking to integrate schools on the basis of income rather than race — helping to expand what some experts see as a coming trend in American education.

NSLA provides strategic planning support to the fast - growing number of districts, states, universities, and non-profits utilizing the summer months.

A growing number of districts looking to right racial imbalances by dedicating staff members to work on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

This special report, «Joining Forces,» examines the attempts by a small but growing number of districts and unions to work together to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers and, in turn, improve the achievement of schoolchildren.

This special report examines the attempts by a small but growing number of districts and unions to work together to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers and, in turn, improve the achievement of schoolchildren.

We have also been developing tools and research - based resources to help the growing number of districts that want to move decision - making to the school level, a challenge that has serious implications for what tomorrow's central office will look like and do.

For the growing number of districts using restorative justice, the programs have helped strengthen campus communities, prevent bullying, and reduce student conflicts.

Philadelphia, the country's sixth largest school district, has now joined the ranks of the small but growing number of districts that impose residency requirements on their newly hired employees.

San Antonio is one of a growing number of districts, in Texas and other states, that have decided in the past few years to offer complimentary cuisine to all students.

This special report examines examines the attempts by a small but growing number of districts and unions to work together to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers and, in turn, improve the achievement of schoolchildren.

While a growing number of districts are using financial incentives to encourage students to go to college, experts caution that money alone won't do the trick.

Flouting tradition, Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier proposed Thursday that the nation's seventh - largest school system join a small but growing number of districts that have scrapped the coveted pay bump in recent years.

The program came under criticism after a series of articles in The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City alleged that a growing number of districts had abused it in order to earn outside investment income.

To address the shortcomings of fully centralized and fully decentralized options a growing number of districts have developed a hybrid approach called managed performance / empowerment or tiered support / earned autonomy.

From this foundation, the Center developed a suite of supporting programs for school leaders and teachers, currently in use by a growing number of district and charter schools in Arizona.

Gill stumbled upon the growing number of districts using this governance model in Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta, and other districts, which led to the studyreleased last October.

New Hampshire has led the way by gaining federal approval to forego state standardized testing for a growing number of districts and replace them with teacher - generated, curriculum - embedded local and common performance assessments (Performance Assessment for Competency Education, or PACE).

While a growing number of districts are creating teacher leader roles, unfortunately few are providing any kind of specialized training.

There are a growing number of district, charter and private school educators moving fast to create and expand learning options that better serve kids.

Bellevue [Washington] is among a growing number of districts around the country putting that research to work, which is already helping keep many children out of the principal's office.

In New Jersey, however, a growing number of districts are trying the dual - language system in the early grades that is showing promise in Long Branch.

Miriam Greenberg, who oversees the program, said a small but growing number of districts are figuring out how to engage teachers with data.

However, the need to examine teacher effectiveness is clear, and a growing number of districts and states are finding ways to measure teacher impact by relying on multiple measures of student achievement, observation, samples of assignments, student work and more.

A growing number of districts are employing social - emotional learning programs that rely on peer - based engagement to help manage campus conduct issues.

With the Initiative, LAUSD joins a growing number of districts that are implementing Portfolio District Reform and school turnaround models.

A growing number of districts are successfully turning to this system, because it's user - friendly and meets Michigan's laws and standards.

Now West Chester may be joining a growing number of districts around the country in eliminating class rank in its high schools — a high - stakes strategy that educators hold could help some of their students get into the nation's elite colleges, since those schools often overlook candidates who aren't in the rarefied percentiles.

Based on six years of research, this report explores why a growing number of districts and charter schools are choosing to work together, the costs and benefits of different types of cooperation, and the real impacts of successful collaboration on students and...

A growing number of districts are turning to school and curriculum networks that combine content, a learning model, a platform, and professional learning experiences (illustrated below).

A growing number of districts nationwide are using value - added analysis, which employs a student's performance on standardized tests to estimate what effect teachers have on their education — whether they added to or subtracted from the student's growth.

As awareness spreads about the multiple benefits of social and emotional learning (SEL) for students and staff alike, a growing number of districts are adopting systemic strategies that embed SEL into every aspect of school life.