Sentences with phrase «helped the school district make»

«Carl challenges the status quo,» Quinn said, adding that Paladino's presence helped the school district make important strides in recent years.

Over time, as it becomes clearer which programs consistently graduate high - performing principals, this new approach would create a robust marketplace that rewards institutional excellence and helps school districts make smart hiring decisions.

Walker's collective - bargaining changes would help school districts make up the money they will lose from the property - tax cap (around $ 470 million.)

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In others, a third party — for example, a school district or hospital — helps make up for the user's lack of funds.

Paying off all the delinquent accounts at a school is well beyond the means of most people, but I've seen several friends talk about calling their school districts to see if there's any way they can help by paying off the balances of one or two, or making contributions towards kids» account balances.

«We are trying to help them learn to make healthy food choices while still offering them a wide selection of breakfast and lunch items,» said Ruth Jonen, director of food service at Palatine Township High School District 211.

Name any event the Northbrook / Glenview School District 30 has conducted, and Katy Daruwalla was probably among the volunteers who helped make it happen.

In this series, the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom take a look at some of the most powerful resources available to help school nutrition professionals make the case for breakfast - in - the - classroom in their school or district.

But now you have more research findings to help you make the case with naysayers — and more resources to help you overcome the obstacles to expanding school breakfast service in your schools and districts.

Efforts such as School Food Focus» National Learning Lab, Center for Ecoliteracy's California Thursdays, and Meatless Mondays have helped the District make substantial progress with their farm - to - school efSchool Food Focus» National Learning Lab, Center for Ecoliteracy's California Thursdays, and Meatless Mondays have helped the District make substantial progress with their farm - to - school efschool efforts.

School board member Greg Okon noted the district had discussed installing cameras for a while and credited Hughes, and his experience with law enforcement, for making progress and helping keep district security up to date.

Shauvon Simmons - Wright, the alliance's N.C. relationship manager, who helps support students» efforts, said she first made contact with school districts to find out which schools had a need for resources based on the socio - economic status of students.

The project also gathered insights on the survey data from a panel of school nutrition leaders whose districts are recognized for their success in serving healthy meals and snacks.3 The research makes clear that multiple strategies, particularly those that engage children's creativity and invite their input, have helped instill healthy eating behaviors at schools across the country.

David Binkle, deputy director of Los Angeles school district food services, would like the federal government to help pay for water instead of only mandating that water be made available.

Ann asked to meet one day — she had this idea of how she could help more than one school at a time by creating a free online resource center that would offer school food support to any district that was looking to make change.

When it came to representing his district, Silver often echoed the voices of key community leaders and the many thousands they represented, so they were in a sense in «the room» helping make decisions on vital issues like schools and affordable housing.

Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.

«I want to commend my colleagues in the Majority, especially Assemblymembers James Skoufis and Ken Zebrowski, who have sponsored legislation to help school districts transition to full - day kindergarten, for their hard work in helping to make this a reality.»

And Democrats in the chamber are suggesting that some changes could be made and school aid should be boosted as well to help districts budget within the cap.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

Districts are making major investments in school connectivity, school security, and in individual devices that will allow students access to the internet to expand their knowledge, to practice skills where they need additional help, and to learn how to communicate and share their knowledge with others.»

The gift will be matched by the Rochester City School District to help make the program a high quality initiative.

I know I and the people in my neighborhood and all the others like us across the country are all part of the problem, but we can't help make these kinds of failing school district better by sending our children to them even if we wanted to, because we'd have to risk our children's futures to do it.

New York State is making $ 1 million available to school districts to start Farm - to - School Programs to help get more locally grown food onto menus for kids breakfasts and luschool districts to start Farm - to - School Programs to help get more locally grown food onto menus for kids breakfasts and luSchool Programs to help get more locally grown food onto menus for kids breakfasts and lunches.

Brennie has been very active as the Town Board's liaison with the town's recreation department and Brennie has helped to cultivate a strong relationship with the Highland Central School District in an effort to work together and possibly share services to cut costs when and where it makes sense.

In recent years, the city's school district has made several decisions to help close budget gaps, including cutting about 200 staff positions.

Sean has successfully fought for billions more in education aid, to help school districts hire more teachers, lower class sizes, and actually make investments in arts, music, and sports.

«Although we currently only have data from one of the two school districts, this study demonstrates that we can make a difference and help more children with asthma manage their disease and stay in school,» said Hollenbach.

California's school funding model is nearly «impossible to comprehend» and should be made more transparent and more focused on helping districts that serve large numbers of students who are the most expensive to educate, a new report argues.

The Kentucky meetings, which take place in eight regions that comprise about 20 school districts each, are only one effort the state has undertaken to help teachers make the common core standards an integral part of classroom practice.

Facilitate school district bankruptcy: Congress can help free local leaders from the burden of bad decisions made long ago.

The task force's mission is to help the district make the transition from an appointed school board to an elected one late this year, and to monitor its deficit - elimination plans.

I have helped to manage the changes necessary to make the district's schools educationally competitive, and I have witnessed the ebb and flow of competitive responses and reactive managerial and political opposition.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - mSchool of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - mschool district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

The Democratic governor also sounded the horn for proposals she made last year: mandatory full - day kindergarten, a law raising the mandatory school - attendance age to 18, and a program geared to helping school districts replicate Kalamazoo's free - college - tuition plan.

Taking a new tack toward resolving Michigan's long - running dispute over school - finance equity, Gov. John M. Engler has announced a plan to help close the gap between rich and poor districts by making better - off systems bear more of the burden of school - employee retirement costs.

Pomona helped set the stage for a new approach, making a deal to let the school district buy a seventy - acre parcel of land for $ 1.

Following a spirited debate about federal spending priorities in education, the House education committee approved a bill last week that would authorize new money to help districts improve school facilities, including making them more environmentally friendly.

The jury is still out on whether the Race to the Top competitions will have the ability to help districts to make meaningful changes in school operations.

School Districts often need the help of professional programme managers to make sure delivery happens on time and to budget.

But some cities, like Denver, are leading the way in practices to help ease the burden on parents, such as universal enrollment systems and partnerships between districts and charter schools to assist parents in making informed choices.

Hear how Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook made teaching and learning an unforgettable experience and: • Saved teachers time in planning lessons • Helped teachers differentiate instruction • Strengthened students» literacy and critical thinking skills The Rock Hill School District will share its vision, plan, and lessons learned as it successfully increased student engagement and achievement in the digital Social Studies classroom.

School partnerships do have exciting potential to level the playing field — but to make that dream a reality, policymakers and district leaders will have to go to greater lengths to help the neediest schools establish secure relationships.

That creativity, as well as her success in reviving the districts music program, and other contributions to the school and community, helped make Peterson the National Teacher of the Year.

Learn how one school district that was using tablets made believers of their Social Studies teachers when they provided digital content that helped to boost Social Studies scores at the secondary level.

Discover 13 simple solutions that can help you make parental involvement a priority in your school or district.

To that end, CZI is aspiring to foster «a collaborative community of leading researchers, practitioners, advocates, and policymakers committed to: continuing to explore and advance the science, including by testing new research methodologies that surface the unique needs of individual children; designing and providing the tools and systems of support necessary to help educators and school leaders implement SoLD - aligned practice shifts; advancing science - informed national, state and district policies; and working to limit practices and policies that the science makes clear are detrimental to children's learning and development.»

«Today's investments will help these districts and school networks — and in time, all districts — develop better systems to identify and reward great teachers, make sure the highest - need students have access to the most effective teachers every year, and give all teachers the support they need to improve.»

Hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, NCRPP is offering an online course February 5 - 18, 2018 that will help district leaders, school leaders, and state education officials learn how to find, evaluate, and use research to inform the decisions theySchool of Education, NCRPP is offering an online course February 5 - 18, 2018 that will help district leaders, school leaders, and state education officials learn how to find, evaluate, and use research to inform the decisions theyschool leaders, and state education officials learn how to find, evaluate, and use research to inform the decisions they make.

This fall, as school districts scattered around the country are considering «no homework» policies, teacher educator Curtis Chandler looks at research on whether and how homework can support learning and suggests teaching apps to help make it short, meaningful, and accessible.