Sentences with phrase «in urban districts across the country»

The guidebook of the mass school closings movement is a 2009 «School Closure Guide» written by the controversial Broad Foundation, which boasts of training and placing non-educator superintendents and high - level school leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatization.

The average tenure of principal supervisors in urban districts across the country is fairly short: about three years, according to a recent Wallace - commissioned report by the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS).

Not exact matches

Specifically, we probe whether district officials in urban settings across the country believe they need to compete for students.

Through those choices, we see a number of incredibly talented leaders from EP and other talent networks voting with their feet in deciding to join Kaya Henderson at DCPS or other strong leaders in reform - minded urban districts across the country.

The couple hopes that the Ed School will become a laboratory for innovative ideas, which will be tested in Cambridge and then spread to urban areas and school districts, starting in Boston and eventually expanding across the country and the world.

Across the country, children in urban districts are being denied rich, rigorous educational opportunities.

NISL has worked in districts large and small, urban and rural across the country.

Olson is one of 244 principals in Tampa, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools, one of six large urban districts across the country that since 2011 have been involved in The Wallace Foundation's «principal pipeline» initiative — designed to grow more effective principals.

The tools represent the best thinking of school board leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts across every region in the country.

Our impact will ripple out beyond our 1,600 scholars, impacting policy and school decision - making in low - income urban districts across the state and country.

Prior to EducationSuperHighway, Jeff worked with the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the couUrban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the couurban districts across the country.

Principal hiring practices across the country often lack the rigor, thoughtfulness, and data needed to hire the right talent, and according to a study from TNTP — formerly called The New Teacher Project — hiring practices can result in districts, particularly urban districts, «not selecting the best candidates from [their] limited pool.»

In 2003, just 15 percent of teachers in large urban districts across the country were black but in New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were womeIn 2003, just 15 percent of teachers in large urban districts across the country were black but in New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were womein large urban districts across the country were black but in New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were womein New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were women.

Project ACHIEVE is a comprehensive school transformation and improvement program that has been implemented in thousands of urban, suburban, and rural districts across the country since 1990.

In most states, there is a large and growing gap between the percentage of students of color1 and the percentage of teachers of color.2 Efforts to increase teacher diversity have led to marginal increases in the percentage of teachers of color — from 12 percent to 17 percent from 1987 through 2012 — but this positive statistic obscures other troubling facts, such as the decline in the percentage of African American teachers in many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the countryIn most states, there is a large and growing gap between the percentage of students of color1 and the percentage of teachers of color.2 Efforts to increase teacher diversity have led to marginal increases in the percentage of teachers of color — from 12 percent to 17 percent from 1987 through 2012 — but this positive statistic obscures other troubling facts, such as the decline in the percentage of African American teachers in many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the countryin the percentage of teachers of color — from 12 percent to 17 percent from 1987 through 2012 — but this positive statistic obscures other troubling facts, such as the decline in the percentage of African American teachers in many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the countryin the percentage of African American teachers in many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the countryin many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the country.3

Located in downtown San Antonio, the district faces challenges that many other urban districts face across the country.

Every year, urban school districts across the country release test scores showing dismal student proficiency in math and reading, especially for students in poverty.

Educators across the country are currently implementing Safe & Civil Schools projects in urban, suburban, and rural districts.

In 2014, the percentage of students of color exceeded the percentage of white students in U.S. public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black studentIn 2014, the percentage of students of color exceeded the percentage of white students in U.S. public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black studentin U.S. public schools for the first time.13 Meanwhile, 84 percent of all public school teachers identify as white.14 While this disparity occurs in classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black studentin classrooms across the country, the diversity gap is especially pronounced in many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black studentin many urban school districts.15 In Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black studentIn Boston, for example, there is one Hispanic teacher for every 52 Hispanic students, and one black teacher for every 22 black students.

As a Strategic Account Manager for Edgenuity, Linda brings over ten years of experience in leading implementations in large urban districts across the country.

These ideas — choice, charter schools, vouchers — have all gained a foothold to one degree or another in struggling urban districts across the country, including in DeVos» own home turf of Detroit, where more than half of public school students now attend charter schools.

In partnership with University of Chicago and Brown University, the Gardner Center has studied the implementation of a CRIS in five urban school districts across the country over a period of three yearIn partnership with University of Chicago and Brown University, the Gardner Center has studied the implementation of a CRIS in five urban school districts across the country over a period of three yearin five urban school districts across the country over a period of three years.

What Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and governors across the country want to show the voting public is that corporate reform and privatization of our schools is the answer to the achievement gap between children living in urban and suburban districts, as well as between the US and the rest of the world.

Now we're on par with other urban districts across the country — in many cases, we are beginning to surpass those districts.

However, notwithstanding the growing cadre of exemplars around the country, spanning school size, district, and across both urban and rural settings, the research to explicitly identify and understand the key components of effective implementation is still nascent, especially in demonstrating a causal relationship between implementation of a comprehensive and integrated community school strategy — not just individual program pieces — and increased student achievement.

The Teachers on Tour program seeks to offer urban school districts across the country a unique professional development opportunity for their staff that has the potential to improve their classroom instruction, thus helping in the national concern of closing the achievement gap.

Baltimore's scores on a rigorous national math and reading test were in the bottom third of large urban school districts across the country, though educators highlighted some progress in math and a promising trend of better - than - average results among some low - income black students.

In partnership with NoVo Foundation, CASEL launches a first - of - its - kind national effort, the Collaborating Districts Initiative to implement systemic SEL in eight large urban districts across the countrIn partnership with NoVo Foundation, CASEL launches a first - of - its - kind national effort, the Collaborating Districts Initiative to implement systemic SEL in eight large urban districts across theDistricts Initiative to implement systemic SEL in eight large urban districts across the countrin eight large urban districts across thedistricts across the country.