Sentences with phrase «in new haven»

These included LEAP in New Haven, the West End House Boys & Girls Club and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship in Boston, and the Close Up Foundation and the Student Conservation Association in Washington, DC.

As Vice President for High Schools & School Reform of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, David Low has negotiated three teacher contracts, and has played an integral role in New Haven's extensive School Reform initiative since its inception, including crafting the current teachers» contract, coordinating the creation and implementation of the new teacher evaluation process, sitting on the city - wide Reform Committee and serving as chair of the teachers» Working Group on School Reform.

But Jeffrey Wilson, a researcher with the New Teacher Project, said there are ways to do it, such as a model developed collectively by teachers and administrators in New Haven, Conn..

Students from Common Ground in New Haven, Bridge Academy in Bridgeport and Explorations in Winsted prepare to deliver postcards to Gov. Dannel Malloy's office

Last week in New Haven, Park City Prep Charter School's Bruce Ravage decried unfair funding for the Bridgeport district and charter schools at the Yale Education Leadership Conference.

Tonight's program focuses on Amistad Academy in New Haven, Conn..

Achievement First is now sub-letting real estate to a new charter school in New Haven (the infamous Booker T. Washington / formerly Jumoke / FUSE partnership school) as well as providing professional development and support to Booker T....

Faith and community leaders in New Haven came up with the idea of starting the school in 2008 after listening to scores of community members who were worried about the lack of high - quality schools available in their neighborhoods.

Its students, which the school says come from some of the worst neighborhoods in New Haven, arrive there lagging two years behind their grade level.

As AF Amistad High Principal Chris Bostock says in the New Haven Independent article, we firmly believe that a great school is one with high achievement and low student attrition.

New Haven, CT — Parents, students, educators and school leaders from Booker T. Washington Academy (BTWA), a public charter school in New Haven, will come together on Tuesday, March 28 to demand fairness from Governor Dannel Malloy, as well as the heads of the Appropriations Committee, as the proposed budget would prevent the school from growing past the 3rd grade.

The first hearing was held in early December in New Haven, Connecticut, followed by hearings in Memphis, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and Orlando.

She spent last year teaching 3rd grade reading classes and Special Education at Achievement First Charter School in New Haven, CT..

Last week at Booker T. Washing Academy in New Haven, NECSN staff and community partners gave students a warm welcome back with a back to school greeting line!

Clemons is not only a founding Board Member of the recently opened New Haven Montessori Charter School and served, up until last year, as a Board Member of one of the Achievement First, Inc. charter schools in New Haven, Clemons's company was given a no - bid contract that was approved and funded by the Connecticut Board of Education, a contract that has already netted Clemons» company more than $ 500,000 with a lot more public funds to come.

«Someone brought me to visit Amistad (Academy in New Haven), and I heard the statistic that Connecticut had the largest achievement gap in the country.

Amistad High School in New Haven was ranked as the number 3 high school in Connecticut thanks to its 100 % college acceptance rate.

New Haven, CT — This evening, the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) is hosting the first - ever Impact of Charter Schools panel discussion on at Highville Charter School in New Haven.

Charter schools are known for their innovation and uniqueness, and in New Haven, there is one school that truly stands out.

New Haven, CT — Next Thursday, November 5, the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) is hosting the first - ever Impact of Charter Schools panel discussion on at Highville Charter School in New Haven.

To begin to answer that question, the Northeast Charter Schools Network is hosting the first - ever Impact of Charter Schools panel discussion on Thursday November 5th, at Highville Charter School in New Haven.

Booker T. Washington Academy (BTWA) in New Haven is one of the newest charter schools in Connecticut.

Doug McCurry, director of the nonprofit organization, said Amistad Academy in New Haven assesses student progress every six weeks, operates a 9-1/2 - hour school day, recruits the best teachers and runs a «disciplined, achievement - oriented school culture.»

Interesting read on Garth Harries in New Haven, as well as the pending superintendent exits in Bridgeport and Hartford: Turnover rises for urban superintendents.

The six other applications submitted by the April 1 deadline included schools proposed in Norwalk, Waterbury, Windham, and three in New Haven, including another Center for Montessori.

The state of Connecticut, most of whose claims have been dismissed by a federal judge in New Haven, in fact has not gone far.

A kindergarten through eighth grade school in New Haven, Connecticut, East Rock's curriculum is focused on global issues and laptop integration.

It is at East Rock Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut, however.

Outside, East Rock Magnet School in New Haven looks like any other school building.

Paige Applauds School's Commitment to High Expectations Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut.

Amistad Academy Using chants, rewards, consequences, and lots of hard work, staff members at Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, are helping urban students set and meet goals.

I'm in New Haven (CT) right now, and the district has gone from having an outside vendor deliver meals that are, out of necessity, pre-processed, to deciding on having a central kitchen and going as natural as they can manage while feeding 20,000 students a day.»

Amistad Academy in New Haven, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Academy in Houston, Texas, and Green Dot Ánimo High School, located in the barrio in East Los Angeles, are well - documented examples.

See an example of this type of project at Cold Spring School in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale University is putting millions of dollars a year into a new program that will help send top graduates of schools in New Haven, Conn., to public colleges and universities tuition - free.

The Achievement Academy middle school, which opened in the fall of 2005, was modeled after the Amistad Academy in New Haven, Connecticut, a pioneer of charter success.

Currently, Dillon is a post-doctoral fellow at Haskins Laboratories, a research institute in New Haven, Conn., that focuses on speech, language, and reading and biological basis, where she investigates the effects of a three - year study in which first - grade teachers were provided professional development seminars and in - class coaching in literacy instruction.

«We had to read really slow and keep track of all the words,» said Jordan, a fourth grader who competed in the Book Bowl from Quinnipiac School in New Haven.

More than 1,500 fourth and fifth graders in the New Haven public schools agree!

Gail Hall, a library media specialist at West Hills Middle School in New Haven, borrowed the idea from the Battle of the Books competition held in a nearby community.

Drawing on his experience as leader of a collaborative school - intervention project in New Haven, Conn., he suggests that schools can...

They were transported to a jail in New Haven, Connecticut, to await trail.

said Bill Derry, supervisor of library media services for public schools in New Haven, Connecticut.

Then invite each pair of students to create a timeline that shows the Amistad events of 1839 — from their capture early in the year in Africa to their arrival in Havana and their eventual jailing in New Haven.

In fact, Tilson was born in the New Haven hospital where his father and grandfather were born, and would have been fourth - generation Yale had he not gone crimson.

Recently her class visited the Edgewood Elementary School in New Haven to study interdisciplinary themes in teaching.

McCurry and Toll wanted to replicate the success of Amistad Academy, a high - performing charter middle school they opened in New Haven in 1999.

For example ~ in New Haven ~ afterschool programming has improved substantially thanks to a unique collaboration between the city ~ school district and United Way called Boost!

What were the most formative events during your time in New Haven?

Their peers in New Haven public schools during this same period climbed slightly, from 25 percent mastery in 6th grade to 31 percent mastery in 8th grade.