Sentences with phrase «help school districts move»

Future Ready is a free, bold new effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship.

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«It may help a few districts get through the year, but many reports I've seen of schools welcoming the additional money have said they're still going to move forward with cuts.»

MF: As we continued to support schools with resources and tools to try and help them move to scratch cooking, we kept running into districts that wanted more and more connection with Ann and feedback from Ann.

Given conflicting data indicating that 90 % of districts are already meeting the standards successfully, many school food advocates have asked the obvious question: instead of weakening nutrition — a move that directly harms kids — why not put more effort into helping the small minority of districts that are struggling?

«I want to encourage people to embrace the agenda of Dr. (Kriner) Cash and I hope that whomever sits on the school board after July 1st will listen to him and work with him to help move this district forward,» Sampson said.

«It's a bittersweet situation, I think we have a person that has poured themselves into the Syracuse City School District over the last five years and have helped us move forward in terms of improving graduation rates, decreasing drop - out rates and getting our schools off the receivership list,» Dorsey said.

That was the angle drew national attention to this local race, but the key issue was how to help the district schools move beyond failed reforms backed by the previous board majority.

One sensible move is to embrace full Title I portability, so that states can use federal funds to help low - income students attend the district, charter, or private school of their choice.

Yet it clearly indicates that the amount of time students had spent in school mattered for their performance on test day, perhaps helping to explain why districts had moved up their start dates in the years leading up to the policy change.

The Hidalgo Independent School District rallies parents — many of whom are originally from Mexico and primarily speak Spanish — to help their children succeed in school and move on to coSchool District rallies parents — many of whom are originally from Mexico and primarily speak Spanish — to help their children succeed in school and move on to coschool and move on to college.

The Oakland Unified School District has scored another big grant from a technology company to help expand its computer science and math curriculum — a move designed to accelerate graduation rates in a district that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recent School District has scored another big grant from a technology company to help expand its computer science and math curriculum — a move designed to accelerate graduation rates in a district that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recenDistrict has scored another big grant from a technology company to help expand its computer science and math curriculum — a move designed to accelerate graduation rates in a district that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recendistrict that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recent school in recent years.

New rules in the Boston teachers» contract have helped the city's schools move toward the ideal of finding the best person for the job, but school administrators still have a way to go before they take full advantage of the system's expanded capacity to hire teachers from outside the district, a report concludes.

One sensible move would be to embrace full Title I portability, so that states can use federal funds to help low - income students attend the district, charter, or private school of their choice.

District and school leaders discuss how they are helping prepare assistant principals to become effective principals, and how principal supervisors are moving away from a focus on administrative compliance to an emphasis on better supporting principals on the job, as they work to create the conditions for good teaching to flourish.

Prior to moving to Rhode Island, she worked for Grand Rapids Public Schools, helping district and school leaders manage dramatic instructional reforms as part of a $ 5 million federal grant.

If 91 school districts and charter networks currently pursue diversity goals, perhaps we will see more doing so with the help of federal initiatives like Stronger Together and ESSA moving forward.

It helps create a common dialogue and the shared vision of effective instruction, and moves teachers as a group in a school or district forward and provides the structure for sustaining the change in instruction over time.

This has helped us build trust between school staff and district staff, and accelerate our efforts to move our schools and our district forward.

At Leading Educators, we help school districts scale and cultivate great teaching, so every day in the classroom moves every student closer to success in college, career, and life.

«It is good news that chronic absence data is included in the ESSA reauthorization for Title I schools because it moves us closer to the day when all districts will be using chronic absence data and acting on it,» said David Kopperud, an education programs consultant with the California Department of Education who helps oversee statewide attendance issues.

We encourage special educators to these stories for their practical strategies and inspiration that can help schools and districts «move the numbers» to ensure that all students are successful.

Join Paul Mielke, coauthor of Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter: Balancing Evaluation, Supervision, and Reflection for Professional Growth, in an engaging webinar where he will introduce a comprehensive roadmap to help schools and districts move beyond judgment as the driving force behind systems of teacher evaluation.

CEDAR CITY — The results are in for the state of Utah in terms of how students in grades three through 11 are doing as they adjust to the new Utah Core Standards, and Iron County School District administrators are preparing to move forward to help students improve.

And so, as you approach the holidays, and recognize that most districts and schools are already planning for the next (2016 - 2017) school year, think about the 7 C's and how they can help you and your colleagues move to the «next level of excellence.»

She is helpful, resourceful, and full of great ideas to help move a school and school district forward.»

The fact that governments (including school districts) are major employers, especially in rural areas, along with the struggle reformers often have in explaining the nuances of teacher pay (and moving away from over-simplification that lead to Matt Damon moments) should also help the NEA's and AFT's cause.

The Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) undertook the first survey of the state's 296 districts in order to document the extent of school district involvement in early education, identify promising models, and help shape policy decisions about moving toward universal preschool and full - day kindergarten.This report presents an overview of the survey's findings.

Because if parents really want to know if their local school is helping kids learn — instead of empty reassurance that their artificially inflated test scores means they moved to the right school district and their property values will hold — then they need to start demanding one high bar for proficiency across the country.

We can't wait to help other district leaders see and hear what we do in places that are truly moving the work, like a recent comment from a school principal who told us, «Wow!

It was through this collaboration over the bond process that families, faculty, and the school district developed positive relationships, came to an understanding of what Sherwood was going through and truly needed, and ultimately helped move the district to find Sherwood an equitable Prop. 39 facility that met their academic and family needs.

«As one of Superintendent Cortines's first moves, it's a sign that the district will be respectful of the law,» Ben Austin, founder of the group that helps parents organize and enact the take - over of a failing campus, told LA School Report.

Whether it's an underfunded district school in Chicago, or a progressive charter school in Denver, we want to meet schools where they are today and help them move forward.

«I found this book incredibly timely and practical to help schools and districts move from deploying technology to developing a plan to transform student learning.

The development of an Innovative School Network of leading school districts would help move us forward as a School Network of leading school districts would help move us forward as a school districts would help move us forward as a state.

Core standards such as a district - wide curriculum, improved student assessments, new evaluation standards for teachers, teacher retention and school choice have significantly helped in moving the district forward.

• LAUSD is giving schools more options to have various levels of autonomy from the district, saying it will help teachers and administrators move away from a «one - size - fits - all» approach to education.

Vouchers allow parents to receive public funding to help them move their children out of their school districts and into the private or parochial schools they prefer.

I also remember when my stbx would agree to meet me at a nearby coffee shop to «Talk things through» about helping me to figure out where I would move with our 3 kids who currently lived within an expensive public school district after the judge ordered us to list our family home for sale within 30 days.