Sentences with phrase «improvements in school districts»

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Buffalo has strived to make improvements in its school district, boosting its graduation rate from 48 percent to 64 percent in recent years.

The article also discusses the importance of prioritizing instructional improvement in school districts.

Since the 1990s, businesses and foundations have funded a wide variety of improvement efforts and used the information unearthed by the UChicago Consortium and Catalyst to refine their efforts to support improvements in the school district.

Presenters include Dr. Cynthia Coburn, Professor at Northwestern University and author of «Research - Practice Partnerships: A Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement in School Districts»; Dr. Phil Bell, Professor and Director of the Institute for Science and Math Education, University of Washington; and Dr. Amy Gerstein, Executive Director, John W. Gardner Center for Youth at Stanford University.

Strategic plans drive improvement in school districts and charter networks, but they often fall short of their desired goals because of poor implementation.

Improvements in each school district's special educational services for all children with special needs would help many foster and adopted children and youth.

Not exact matches

The recipient is always a school district in need of improvement of its school meal kitchen facilities.

No fraud was found in a special audit of Hinsdale Township High School District 86's business operations, payroll, purchasing and other functions, but it recommends 66 improvements.

Even if the rebates go back to the school district, most parents who try to make improvements in school lunches are talking to school district personnel.

«While there has been a slight decline in participation, it does not reflect the measurable and positive gains we have made as a school district in making improvements to the nutritional quality of our school breakfast and lunch programs.»

On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle published a front page story about improvements to school food in Houston ISD and surrounding school districts.

Today Dana shares her advice on how to make friends with your district's school food nutrition director — a key step in getting any improvements made in your own district.]

But the experiment does make the point, I think, that for all the school food improvements we've seen in our district (and I'm grateful for all of them, don't get me wrong), there are still offerings that permit kids to make very poor selections on the lunch line, selections that may well have an adverse impact on their health down the line.

Under law, distinguished educators «assess the learning environment» of schools in a designated district, and «provide assistance in the development and implementation of any district improvement plan.»

To help achieve the Governor's goal of encouraging efficiency and results, the Executive Budget allocates $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that demonstrate significant improvement in their student performance outcomes and another $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that undertake long - term structural changes which reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Rochester and Yonkers experienced significant improvements; for the first time, the graduation rate in a Big 5 city school district, Yonkers, exceeded the statewide rate.

A rural Upstate New York school district that installed Wi - Fi on its school buses has seen improvement in students» behavior.

The state should adopt the Executive Budget's formula improvements that better address poverty and district need, while also taking steps to ensure that students receive additional resources — especially in schools that serve low - income students and students of color.

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.

Forty percent of teachers in the Syracuse school district will have to develop improvement plans because they scored below «effective» on their state - mandated performance evaluations, according to preliminary results released by the district.

«From Nigeria, I have watched closely your achievements, ranging from your ingenious approach to creating jobs for the teeming youths through various initiatives, including the repositioning of agriculture for modern farming, «Farming for Jobs and Food», Senior High School (SHS) free education, One - District - One - Factory, and One - Village - One - Dam as well as the improvement being recorded in the Republic's macroeconomic indicators.

Contract impasses in 10 districts around the state prompted King to yank federal «School Improvement Grants.»

When teacher evaluations bear zero resemblance to student learning, which is the case in 4 out of the 5 big school districts, it makes a strong case for Governor Cuomo's improvements to the system.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Voters in the Greece Central School District have approved a 34 and a half million dollar school improvementSchool District have approved a 34 and a half million dollar school improvementschool improvement plan.

Sanchez, who has held the 25th District seat since 2011, said he wants to continue pressing for improvements in early childhood education as well as better funding for education in New Britain and other poor school districts.

The free concert is a BID Family Day event, made possible by the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District, in conjunction with the New Rochelle Public Library, the City School District and the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Although school districts in Saratoga County have lower overall participation rates compared to other districts, the schools did see a slight improvement over the last two school years.

The New York State Education Department announced on Tuesday that seven of eight under - performing schools in the Rochester City School District have made demonstrable improvements.

He has delivered over 40 million dollars in funding to our district that has resulted in the improvement of our senior programs, our public schools, and our public safety.

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

The district has two years to show improvement in the schools or it could lose control to an independent receiver that will have full authority over how the school operates and is managed.

Among the issues Micchiche is pushing for, is trying to put the city aid for the school district in escrow until substantial improvements are made, and also pushing back against the idea that Rochester should be a sanctuary city.

Currently, Buchanan receives $ 3 million in tax breaks as per a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, and Joseph Hochreiter, superintendent of the Hendrick Hudson school district, has said that the closure of the plant would negate a third of the district's tax base, and has therefore halted intentions to move forward on a $ 14 million capital improvement project.

The Buffalo School Board Wednesday night celebrated East High School's men's basketball team winning a state championship and was praised for taking a big step toward major improvements in district athletic facilities.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a favorable report Wednesday on a recent audit of the Southold School District's financial procedures, which shows a significant improvement compared to the last report completed in 2006.

Dubbed the DPS Renaissance Plan 2012, the purpose was to engage proven charter - school operators in the district's school - improvement effort.

Additionally, TransformEd collects and archives longitudinal administrative data to conduct policy analyses for member district leaders and practitioners in order to support the CORE School Quality Improvement System (CORE SQIS).

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Between the relatively robust federal Charter School Program, the new ability to use Title I set - aside funds for critical course access, and fast - moving innovations in personalized learning, both states and districts have powerful tools for school improvSchool Program, the new ability to use Title I set - aside funds for critical course access, and fast - moving innovations in personalized learning, both states and districts have powerful tools for school improvschool improvement.

What would it cost to enable every district in the United States to adopt one of the comprehensive school improvement models that are now in vogue?

Since Illinois passed its charter school law in 1996, Chicago's public school district officials have viewed charters as another path to district improvement, especially for its high schools, and even went so far as to support an increase on the city's charter cap from 15 to 30.

State education officials in Idaho say they hope their pledge to report on how districts use a proposed $ 20 - million school - improvement fund will help boost total education funding during the next legislative session.

They were convinced that parents could positively impact public schools, and one of their first acts was to help pass the first bond election in many years, enabling the improvement of the school district facilities.

The Los Angeles Unified and Compton Unified school districts haven't adequately notified parents of their school choice rights, and they haven't provided enough options for the children currently attending schools defined as in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left...

A 2005 study by the Public Policy Institute of California found the improvement in reading «so definitive that San Diego's efforts are well worth a look by other school districts in California and the nation.»

Under NCLB, districts were required to inform parents when their children were attending schools in need of improvement, but the communication between districts and parents was rarely clear or effective.

In comparison with almost any other intervention, these are very large improvements for some of the school district's neediest students.

This follow - up program provides job - embedded support and feedback as participants roll out the Data Wise Improvement Process in their schools and districts.