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She said she views it as part of her commitment to focusing on improving city schools as mayor, and one way she can bring her experience as a superintendent to the role.

Murphy explained that the state's goal is to improve city schools as well as provide programs to reduce racial isolation.

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Chris has his own blog, as he describes below, and I asked him if he would be willing to share here his efforts to try to improve this situation in his Iowa City school district, where he is now the parent of three children and teaches legal writing and analysis at the University of Iowa College of Law (but the opinions he expresses here are entirely his own).

In season one of Food Revolution, which many of you no doubt watched, Oliver visited Huntington, West Virginia (allegedly the fattest city in America) and attempted to teach healthful eating to its citizenry as well as improve its school food.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivered what he called a «10 - minute commercial about the city of Chicago,» pointing out its initiatives such as improved bicycle lanes, the restoration of school recess and healthy school lunches — then changed from a business suit into gym clothes and joined in.

«Senator Marcellino and the members of the education committee will seek information about what is being done to fix underperforming schools and other specific plans to improve and strengthen the city school system so that the state's examination of mayoral control is as comprehensive as possible.»

In a letter requesting the new waiver dated April 7, Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised Walcott as «exceptionally qualified» and «a successor whose commitment to our children, understanding of our reforms, knowledge of the New York City Schools and desire to continue improving our schools are unsurpassed.Schools and desire to continue improving our schools are unsurpassed.schools are unsurpassed.»

As Buffalo Public Schools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the sSchools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the schoolsschools.

Since its implementation, the City has seen improved school outcomes in graduation and attendance as well as a continued commitment to identify and improve low performing institutions.

When asked what letter grade he would give himself as he nears two years as the leader of the city's school district, Cash replied, «I always am trying to improve.

«I look forward to being able to work alongside all of them as a member of the City Council to improve our schools, create more affordable housing and make sure our streets are safe.»

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

Surrounded by supporters on the steps of City Hall Sunday, Jackson, who serves as the chair of the council's education committee, painted himself as a tireless fighter with a long track record of working to improve public schools.

The Syracuse school district says it's already working to improve discipline with the city's public schools as the state attorney general investigates its practices.

The fight to improve the education and lives of city school students continues as a new slate of candidates joins the race for Rochester City School Bocity school students continues as a new slate of candidates joins the race for Rochester City School school students continues as a new slate of candidates joins the race for Rochester City School BoCity School School Board.

Benjamin, who worked as a managing director at real estate firm Genesis, defeated Republican candidate Dawn Simmons, a businesswoman who campaigned on school choice and improving police - community relations, and is now set to occupy the seat that was left vacant when former Senator Bill Perkins joined the New York City Council.

Serving as a think - tank intermediary to devise such a strategy, PASA developed a plan called Learning in Communities / Providence, led by Rhode Island Kids Count (RIKC) and funded by the Wallace Foundation, which had taken an interest in the needs of the city's after - school programs in April 2003 after several studies reported that high - quality after - school programs are an affordable and effective way to improve school attendance and success.

The cool response to the transfer option in cities as different as Chicago and Portland suggests that, whatever choices are offered, many parents would rather see money and effort directed toward improving their neighborhood school.

As a resident of Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years, Ottaway became alarmed watching repeated education efforts to improve the city's schools fail.

Indeed, in many large cities during the 1960s and 1970s, the problems facing minority high - school students actually worsened, as their schools became battlegrounds for such issues as busing and identity politics, issues that overwhelmed more routine efforts to improve the quality of education.

As New York City councilwoman Eva Moskowitz noted in a letter to Justice DeGrasse, «Education spending has increased by about a third since I took office in 1999, yet our schools have not improved by a third.»

This conversation could be taking place at El Verano School, in Sonoma, California, or at Hamilton Central School, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievSchool, in Sonoma, California, or at Hamilton Central School, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievSchool, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievschool districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievement.

Stoke - on - Trent has announced it will help to pay of the tuition fees of maths teachers who come to work in the city, as part of a move to radically improve maths standards in schools, the BBC has said.

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education - IES Amount: $ 1,000,000 Dates: 7/1/14 — 12/31/18 Summary: The Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR) will promote working alliances between researchers and policymakers in the use and interpretation of data and evidence to guide decision - making and improve student outcomes through meetings with MA Gateway City school and government leaders, as well as collaboration between researchers and teachers in the target communities.

In New York City alone, 44 low - performing high schools were closed between 2000 and 2014 as part of efforts by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, to eliminate so - called dropout factories and improve education for students who would typically attend a failing school because they lived neaCity alone, 44 low - performing high schools were closed between 2000 and 2014 as part of efforts by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, to eliminate so - called dropout factories and improve education for students who would typically attend a failing school because they lived neacity's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, to eliminate so - called dropout factories and improve education for students who would typically attend a failing school because they lived nearby.

For instance, the racial composition of the school age population of the entirety of New York City has little relevance to concerns about and efforts to improve the racial balance of schools on Staten Island, which by virtue of its geography might as well be a part of New Jersey.

His plea for greater integration as the road to improving educational outcomes for poor and black students closely echoes that recently made by Gerald Grant in his Hope and Despair in the American City: Why there are no bad schools in Raleigh (see «Tale of Two Cities,» book review, Spring 2010).

At this year's Council of the Great City Schools Fall Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., CEL Associate Directors Max Silverman and June Rimmer joined by Shelby County Schools Instructional Leadership Director Reggie Jackson presented CEL's partnership work around defining and improving the role of principal supervisors in developing principals as instructional leaders.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's low public rating on improving the city's schools comes as his administration is struggling with the Chicago Teachers Union over a new contract.

Happily, as New York City public school students return to class, New York state's committee to implement this federal education law has pledged collaboration with higher education to improve aspiring teachers» student teaching and field experiences.

Ms. Hardy — who is in her first year as principal — has staked her career on improving the culture and upping the test scores at this struggling elementary school, located in a gritty part of New Orleans» Central City neighborhood.

As Baltimore City Public Schools began searching last year for a new leader, the Fund for Educational Excellence, a nonprofit working to secure resources needed to improve student achievement in the city schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at the hCity Public Schools began searching last year for a new leader, the Fund for Educational Excellence, a nonprofit working to secure resources needed to improve student achievement in the city schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at thSchools began searching last year for a new leader, the Fund for Educational Excellence, a nonprofit working to secure resources needed to improve student achievement in the city schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at the hcity schools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at thschools, recognized that we knew very little about how community members viewed the major educational reforms that had taken place over the previous six years when Andrés Alonso was at the helm.

Both NPS schools and Newark as a city have improved more quickly than the rest of NJ.

Three years ago, the Wooster City School District (WCSD) took a leap of faith, signing on with the state education agency as a partner district to help design and test the development of a statewide improvement process that could be used by any district, regardless of size and demographics, to improve student learning.

As a result, Indianapolis is among the best - positioned cities in the country to dramatically improve its education system so that every student can attend a great school.

«Anybody experienced in running an organization as complicated as a school can see pretty quickly that the experience of the faculty and staff and administrators and principals all working together is a huge asset in improving a school,» said John Simmons, the president of the Chicago - based Strategic Learning Initiatives, which has turned around schools in that city while largely retaining their staffs.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

Principals from the District's traditional public schools and public charter schools will spend the next 11 months learning how to better manage their schools — working together — as part of a program aimed at improving school leadership across the city.

Bilal Tawwab, the superintendent of schools in Flint, Mich., refuses to use the city's lead - water crisis as an excuse from keeping his team of educators focused on improving student achievement in a long - struggling school district.

This study — through surveys and interviews of state and school district officials, as well as collection and analysis of school - level spending data — explores the feasibility of improving the collection of school - level expenditure data by examining the nature and quality of school - level fiscal data collection in five states and four school districts that had developed their own systems for collecting and reporting school - level expenditures: Florida, Hawaii, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Baltimore City, Hillsborough County, Houston, and Los Angeles.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve succesAs I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve succesas New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve succesas the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

While this score comprises all six sectors, it serves as an indication of the challenges facing the De Blasio Administration's attempts to improve equality in the New York City school system.

UI principal success in improving student learning has been recognized by such leading organizations as the Council of Great City Schools, the University Council on Education Leadership, and the Alliance to Reform Education Leadership.

Mountain Brook City Schools currently is working with its local power company testing electric vehicles as a way to reduce costs while improving operations and helping the environment.

The city's schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said the «state tests need to get more rigorous, but that doesn't take away from the gains we have made» in improving city performance compared with the state as a whole.

Only policies such as the one carried out in Raleigh, North Carolina, which purposely merge city and suburban school districts, adequately improve education for poor kids.

The plan doesn't do enough to address the long history of shortchanging the city's east side, they said, such as changes to boundaries and transfer policies, and comprehensive strategies to boost enrollment and improve academics at struggling schools.

A cluster of high - performing schools continued gains that in many ways lead the city, while a somewhat larger group of low - performing schools split between those making progress toward the middle, those that are slowly improving but still dismally low, and a handful with results that can only be described as disappointing.

«As city and state leaders seek to figure out how best to salvage Detroit Public Schools and improve performance across a complex network of school choices, top school reformers from around the country want a piece of the action, too.