Sentences with phrase «in taking over a struggling school»

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The education department, abiding by legislation passed in 2015, identified 144 schools (which became 145 after one split) as «struggling» or «persistently struggling» — 124 were listed as struggling, which had two years to turnaround, and 21 schools were identified as persistently struggling, which have one year to improve or face being taken over by an independent receiver chosen by local leaders but approved by the state.

Waronker, who took over as schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling district have been undermined by the board's three - member majority.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

Thirty - one NYC schools have been taken off the state's «persistently struggling» list even though they haven't seen much in the way of improvement over the past six months.

Heastie says struggling schools will be offered new money and one to two years to turn things around before they would be taken over by the state in receivership.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

«The issue here is with taking away the voice of school employees who work in struggling schools taken over by the school reform officer,» said Doug Pratt, a spokesman for the Michigan Education Association.

Ben Chavis, who took over American Indian Public Charter in 2001, when it was struggling academically and in danger of losing its charter, said there was no mystery to his schools» success.

The Newark schools were taken over by the state in 1995 and been struggling with financial instability, losing about $ 30 million a year to charter schools with per - pupil subsidies.

As state superintendent, Tony Bennett took over five schools, ordered intensive state - led interventions in three others and — especially during his last year in office — employed five staffers who spent four days a week making site visits to support perhaps 60 struggling schools.

Last year, the Wisconsin State Legislature created something called the «Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program (OSPP) that allowed the county executive in Milwaukee (and nowhere else in the state) to take over and privatize struggling schools inside the diSchools and Partnership Program (OSPP) that allowed the county executive in Milwaukee (and nowhere else in the state) to take over and privatize struggling schools inside the dischools inside the district.

But over the coming years, America needs to find 5,000 high — energy, hero principals to take over these struggling schools — and they will need a quarter of a million great teachers who are willing to do the toughest work in public education.

This won't come as a surprise to anyone who has worked in one of these agencies or tracked their struggles to improve failing schools under NCLB, turn around the troubled districts that they've taken over, ensure that new educator evaluation systems end the «widget effect,» complete Race to the Top deliverables on time, or successfully administer federal School Improvement Grants.

Green Dot, for example, operates almost exclusively in low income, high need areas, and has taken over control of some of the district's most struggling schools.

«That's scary to me,» said Charlotte parent LauraLee McIntosh when she learned of Ridnouer's involvement in the state's Innovative School District, a controversial program that would allow outside groups — including private nonprofits like AAC and, possibly, for - profit companies — to take over struggling traditional public schools.