Sentences with phrase «improved urban school districts»

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2011 — The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today it has awarded $ 2 million in Broad Prize college scholarships to 106 graduating high school seniors whose school districts were recognized last year as the most improved urban school districts in the country.

Under Henderson's leadership, DCPS has become the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

Antwan Wilson was the Chancellor of DC Public Schools (DCPS) from February 2017 to February 2018, assuming leadership of the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the country.

On Oct. 28, 2015, the D.C. Public Schools district put out a statement lauding itself with this headline: «DC Public Schools Continues Momentum as the Fastest Improving Urban School District in the Country.»

Today, Henderson's biography on the district website says that the D.C. system became the «the fastest - improving urban school district in the country» under her leadership.

«The candidate [Mayor Bowser] has selected appears by résumé and reputation to have the same kind of forward - thinking passion for excellence that has helped make D.C. schools the fastest - improving urban school district in the country,» The Washington Post editorial board said in November.

On that measure, DCPS has improved — in fact, as DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson likes to point out, it's the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

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For a long time I've wanted to write on TLT about School Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolSchool Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolschool districts in the country to improve schoolschool food.

Researchers from NYU Langone's Department of Population Health will evaluate these services so that the NYC Department of Education and other urban school districts can continue to improve on efforts to provide high - quality family - centered educational experiences to all children.

As the leader of the Chicago Public Schools, America's third - largest urban school district, Arne has launched key initiatives all with a singular aim: improving student performance.

As long as the elites hold onto the belief that their own school districts are excellent, they have little desire to push for the kind of significant systemic reforms that might improve their districts as well as the large urban districts.

This is invaluable to those interested in dramatically improving urban schooling, but especially for those, like me, who are convinced that the traditional urban district structure should've been banished from the theater a long time ago.

The only course that is sustainable, for both chartering and urban education, embraces a third, more expansive view of the movement's future: replace the district - based system in America's large cities with fluid, self - improving systems of charter schools.

Why is it that major urban school districts are unable to improve student learning at scale?

James J. Kemple, the executive director of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.»

«Tom is unique in that he understands the theoretical, research, and policy perspectives on urban education, yet is masterful in designing and executing practices that result in improved teaching and learning in the classroom, at the school and at the district level.

Urban school leaders who join me at the program will learn more about their personal leadership style and how they can use it most effectively to improve teaching and learning in their schools and districts.

Turnarounds have consistently shown themselves to be ineffective — truly an unscalable strategy for improving urban districts — and our relentless preoccupation with improving the worst schools actually inhibits the development of a healthy urban public - education industry.

Last year, DCPS was the fastest - improving major urban school district in the country.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

Building Principal Pipelines: A Job That Urban Districts Can Do www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/perspective-building-principal-pipelines-update.aspx In the quest to ensure that all schools have leaders who focus on improving instruction, this guide sheds light on how school districts can build a pipeline of effective school prDistricts Can Do www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/perspective-building-principal-pipelines-update.aspx In the quest to ensure that all schools have leaders who focus on improving instruction, this guide sheds light on how school districts can build a pipeline of effective school prdistricts can build a pipeline of effective school principals.

And it offers financial rewards to urban school districts that improve performance through initiatives like merit pay for teachers.

Miami - Dade County, the fourth largest school district in the nation, and Duval County, the 20th largest, were two of only four large, urban districts to improve in fourth - grade math.

Insight in action As part of collaborative reform efforts to improve K - 6 science education across multiple urban school districts, a teacher leader was selected from each participating elementary school based on his / her knowledge of science.

Because when parents - particularly economically disadvantaged parents in urban districts - have more power, they demand more and better choices for their kids, and they put pressure on schools to improve.

URBAN NAEP COVERAGE EdWeek: NAEP: Urban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation Baltimore Sun: Baltimore students score near bottom in reading, math on key national assessment Cleveland Plain Dealer: Vast poverty differences create unfair comparisons on Nation's Report Card Miami Herald: Miami and Florida students outperform peers on nationalURBAN NAEP COVERAGE EdWeek: NAEP: Urban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation Baltimore Sun: Baltimore students score near bottom in reading, math on key national assessment Cleveland Plain Dealer: Vast poverty differences create unfair comparisons on Nation's Report Card Miami Herald: Miami and Florida students outperform peers on nationalUrban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation Baltimore Sun: Baltimore students score near bottom in reading, math on key national assessment Cleveland Plain Dealer: Vast poverty differences create unfair comparisons on Nation's Report Card Miami Herald: Miami and Florida students outperform peers on national test

To improve education in the nation's troubled urban schools, school districts must make the development of stronger school leadership a top priority.

In 2016, nine urban school districts and their out - of - school time partners were awarded grants to help the partners collaborate on creating a plan to support the development of children's social and emotional skills by improving adult practices and climate during the school day and afterschool.

Led by an administrator in a large urban district and Title 1 school, attendees will leave understanding how they can partner with instructors to improve student achievement.

She has improved achievement and closed achievement gaps in rural, urban, and suburban public school districts.

Improving students» reading skills was a major issue for three high schools in an urban district in which the majority of students were below grade level in their reading assessment scores.

In at least 35 urban school districts with significant numbers of charter schools, efforts are under way to jointly improve instruction, align policies, address inequities, or garner efficiencies.

In a new series of short videos, superintendents of six large, urban school districts around the country share lessons for improving development of leaders for their districts» schools.

Hope is Free Van Henri White The Chair of CUBE's steering committee discusses the importance of hope in improving outcomes for urban school districts.

However, AUSL recognized that transforming teacher talent alone wouldn't suffice in improving educational outcomes for these students, so it expanded its scope and became the first non-profit organization in the country to contract with a large urban school district to transform the lowest - performing schools from inside the public school system.

AIR's evaluation of the program indicates that student outcomes improved, despite the challenges faced by this complex urban school district, and even with imperfect implementation and uncertain fidelity.

At Match Education, she supported in - district high school math tutoring programs, including a gold - standard study by the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab on the efficacy of 2:1 tutoring in improving outcomes and reducing violence in at - risk youth.

The California Collaborative on District Reform joins researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders in ongoing, evidence - based dialogue and collective action to improve outcomes for all students in California's urban school systems, with particular attention to equity and access for traditionally under - served students in the state.

to collect information on what urban districts are doing to improve the success of black males in their schools.

Raymond described efforts underway in eight urban school districts as a promising model to improve social and emotional learning for students and emphasized the need to continue prioritizing this work.

The goal is to test the following: If an urban district, and its principal training programs, provide a large number of talented aspiring principals with the right pre-service training and on - the - job support, the result will be a pipeline of principals able to improve teacher quality and student achievement, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

Victoria E. Romero taught elementary students in one suburban and two urban school districts; significantly improved the academic standing of two schools as a principal; and coached administrators, directors, and school leadership teams for sustainable school improvement in five school districts.

According to a report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, OCO's organizing influenced school district policy, enlarged the capacity of schools to successfully educate students and helped support a small schools policy that eventually led to the Oakland Unified School District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in thSchool Reform, OCO's organizing influenced school district policy, enlarged the capacity of schools to successfully educate students and helped support a small schools policy that eventually led to the Oakland Unified School District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in thschool district policy, enlarged the capacity of schools to successfully educate students and helped support a small schools policy that eventually led to the Oakland Unified School District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in district policy, enlarged the capacity of schools to successfully educate students and helped support a small schools policy that eventually led to the Oakland Unified School District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in thSchool District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in District being deemed the most improved large, urban school district in the state for seven years in thschool district in the state for seven years in district in the state for seven years in the row.

She served as TNTP's Vice President of Strategy, Systems and Policy, where she worked with state departments of education, urban school districts, and charter management organizations to improve educator performance.

These school boards serve as a resource for other CUBE districts, sharing how effective governance is essential in helping all urban school boards improve.

But to close followers of the education landscape, Anderson is equally as well known, and admired, for her success at improving achievement and closing achievement gaps for disadvantaged and marginalized students in rural, urban, and suburban public school districts.

Ten urban districts in California — including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest — collectively called CORE (California Office to Reform Education) districts, have designed a system to make schools answerable for improving students» social and emotional skills by using data from student, parent, and teacher surveys, among other factors, to assess whether students are improving in these areas.

He previously worked as a Senior Associate with the Education Insight Group where he consulted with large urban school districts and charter networks to improve performance through leadership development.

Some states and urban school districts have tried to improve their report cards.