Sentences with phrase «including magnet programs»

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The company says it plans to work with manufacturers, and can program any solid magnetic substance, including rare earth — based magnets, ceramics and even flexible materials.
Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.
The program will assist and inform other ongoing materials research projects at Ames Laboratory, including ones with experimentalists on the hunt for new magnetic and high - entropy alloys, thermoelectrics, rare - earth magnets, and iron - arsenide superconductors.
An abundance of K — 12 opportunities — including charter schools, district schools, district open enrollment, magnet schools, and private choice programs — gives Arizona parents many exit options.
She also kept a handful of competitive grant programs alive, including one for magnet schools.
In 1981 they were folded into the Chapter 2 block - grant program, but explicit federal support for magnet schools as desegregation tools resumed in 1985 with the authorization of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), included in the Education for Economic Securiprogram, but explicit federal support for magnet schools as desegregation tools resumed in 1985 with the authorization of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), included in the Education for Economic SecuriProgram (MSAP), included in the Education for Economic Security Act.
The programs designated for elimination include the newly authorized $ 75 - million magnet - schools and $ 10 - million excellence - in - education initiatives.
Additionally, the city of Hartford pays teachers» health insurance; offers a myriad of teaching options, including experimental programs and charter and magnet schools; and grants veteran teachers $ 100 annual bonuses for every year served.
Selective - admissions magnet schools are the best example, but you can find explicit enrollment criteria in other district programs, too, including gifted - and - talented initiatives and some career - and technical - education options.
Those programs include early - childhood programs for the state's 16 largest and neediest cities, school library improvements, 16 urban charter schools, and additional funding for magnet schools to attract students from surrounding school districts.
The bill, HR 1210, includes amendments that refine and extend for three years the magnet - school program and the initiative to upgrade mathematics and science instruction.
Starting with that program as a base, Grignano has branched out to work on obtaining a number of grants, including a magnet school grant from the federal government, which have helped make the school what it is.
Hear about the details of President - Elect Trump's plan to provide $ 20 billion in new funding to incentivize school choice programs including magnet schools in his first 100 days in office.
Prepare folders that include marketing materials and information about your magnet program, the number of children it serves, your school demographics, details of community partnerships, and data about student performance.
The public schools include 10 early learning programs, three charter, one magnet and three career and technical schools.
After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.
The Broward (Florida) school district has been taking steps to stop students from fleeing, including adding eight new magnet programs in the past five years.
Electra McGrath, the mother of two children, including one who attends a Clark County magnet middle school, is suing to stop implementation of the destructive voucher program because she believes in helping Clark County schools become better for every child.
Additional programming options include enrichment in the classroom, consultant - teacher programs, resource room / pullout classes, interest classes, community mentor programs, independent studies, special classes, special schools, magnet schools, summer programs, acceleration, advanced placement, early college entrance, online learning, and dual enrollment in college and high school (Karnes & Bean, 2001).
The seven goals included a 24 percent increase in school pathways such as magnets, dual - language immersion and Linked Learning programs; a 30 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism; and 100 percent access to quality art instruction, a parent computer program and restorative justice practices.
It is issued during a time of complex political and legal circumstances and seeks to understand how a variety of factors — including the Parents Involved ruling and the transition to a U.S. Department of Education led by the Obama Administration — have influenced federally - funded magnet programs.
Under the new budget several programs will see a surge in funding, including magnet schools, dual language programs, transitional kindergarten and arts education; and the district will pay for caps and gowns for all graduating students.
«Choice» alternatives in the Hartford, CT area include district - wide open choice programs, interdistrict city - suburban transfer, charter schools, and interdistrict magnet schools.
Additionally, the General Assembly should fulfill its commitment to funding other education grants at the levels agreed to in the bipartisan budget, including grants for Priority School Districts, magnet schools, state and local charter schools, the Connecticut Technical High School System, and the Open Choice program.
The Education Department should update its now archived guidance on civil rights regulations for charter schools, and strengthen it by including provisions known to have been successful in other programs like magnet schools, which combine school choice with high - quality diverse student bodies.
Dual Language Education (DLE) Programs are currently offered in 15 CPS schools, including 9 neighborhood schools, 3 charter schools, and 3 magnet schools.
Optional Dual Language Education (DLE) Programs are currently offered in 15 CPS schools, including 9 neighborhood schools, 3 charter schools, and 3 magnet schools.
Parents, including suburban parents, increasingly expect educational options such as charters, home - schooling, magnet programs and career academies.
This includes individual counseling around particular problems and group counseling in gifted magnet programs.
Cold Spring School, an IPS environmental magnet program, has experienced tremendous academic success since 2011, including yearly increases in overall ISTEP + performance.
There are three defining characteristics of a magnet program: (1) they offer a distinctive curriculum or instructional approach; (2) they attract students from outside assigned neighborhood attendance zones; and (3) they include diversity as a stated purpose.
Gifted programming can be provided in a combination of ways, including pull - out programs; special classes in a subject or interest area; special state schools (e.g., Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities) or local magnet schools; afterschool, Saturday, or summer programs; Advanced Placement, International Baccaleaureate, or other dual - enrollment courses; distance learning; and other similar services.
The association sponsors a national awards program, that recognizes top magnet schools in the United States as well as individual award programs including Magnet's Principal of the Year Award, Teacher of the Year and MSA Superintendent of the Year Award.
Trump's most substantial campaign proposal on education was a $ 20 billion grant program that he'd use to encourage states to expand school choice — giving parents more control over the kind of education their children receive — including through vouchers, charter schools and magnet schools.
Serving students in kindergarten through grade 5, the Harriet Bishop Gifted & Talented magnet program is a hybrid that includes schoolwide enrichment for all students, as well as targeted and leveled instruction within the school day for students who are identified as gifted.
The only private school available in the town is a Jewish school serving students in grades K - 8 from the region, but there is also access to nearby private schools in New Haven such as Foote and Hopkins; New Haven even includes Woodbridge as part of its interdistrict magnet program, even offering free transportation to those participating [4].
It also includes articles about curriculum design and professional development, national, state and local education policy, announcements about upcoming events, magnet school funding opportunities, new job openings, and updates about our national awards program.
SAISD's 13 magnet programs include the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) at Burbank High School, Media Production at Brackenridge High School, Architecture and Environmental Studies at Jefferson High School, and World Languages at Brackenridge High School.
Other proposals included the expansion of magnet schools and specialized instruction, door - to - door sales pitches, family literacy programs, and the greater investment in early education programs.
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