Sentences with phrase «judging by its school system»

Yet judging by its school system — perhaps the most important indicator of a country's future economic performance — this Swedish model's looks appear to be fading fast.

Not exact matches

«The teacher evaluation system we have in place already, and it's actually negotiated according to each school district,» Klein said, «but, again, I think it's difficult for them to be judged by the standards of Common Core when Common Core wasn't implemented properly.»

A judge has temporarily blocked the state from withholding approximately $ 250 million in school aid from New York City as a penalty for the city's failure to reach agreement with the UFT on a new teacher evaluation system by the Jan. 17 deadline.

The Kansas City, Mo., school district asked a federal judge last week to void a vote by the state board of education to strip the system of its state accreditation.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dzintra I. Janavs wrote in a 20 - page decision that the mayor's plan violates several provisions of the state constitution by shifting, in part, «management and control of the 708,000 - student Los Angeles Unified School District to entities and authorities... that are not part of the public school system.&School District to entities and authorities... that are not part of the public school system.&school system.»

Kentucky must equalize spending among school districts, revise its tax system, and significantly boost its share of school revenues if it is to fulfill its obligation to children under the state constitution, an advisory committee appointed by a state trial judge has concluded.

For some reason, even though we've known for decades that different schools face different challenges, only a few states have embraced this insight by creating systems that judge schools based on things they control.

A federal judge overseeing a 26 - year - old school desegregation case in Chicago has indicated that as long as some details are added, he is inclined to approve a proposed final settlement between the school system and the U.S. Department of Justice that could end court supervision of the district by July of next year.

Judge Kalokathis is expected to issue a final decision on the overall school funding system by Feb. 1.

We all fantasize about a world in which student learning growth on math and reading tests is calculated and used by central authorities to judge quality, but the reality is that very few school systems actually rely heavily on value - added measures (VAM).

A federal judge ruled last week that the Arlington County, Va., school system was violating the U.S. Constitution by using racial preferences to admit students to its three magnet schools.

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

Under NCLB, schools are judged largely on the basis of test scores, and many schools have figured out that the system can be gamed simply by targeting groups of students with intensive test preparation.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Rebecca A. Albrecht ruled that a new finance system must be in place by June 30, 1998, or the state must stop distributing state aid to schools.

Ultimately it will be those visions, applications, the judging of the applications, and, most importantly, the execution of the winning visions by the school districts themselves that have the potential to set the country on a path toward transforming the education system into a student - centric one and bolstering the achievement of every child.

A new way to evaluate teachers, known as the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness System, begins this school year across Wisconsin — giving equal weight to teachers» performance in the classroom as judged by principals and student academic achievement.

In a statement, UTLA President Warren Fletcher said he was pleased that the judge «acknowledged that the teacher evaluation system for LAUSD must be collectively bargained and that the final product must be agreed on by both the school district and the teachers.»

Science is an integral part of the new system by which schools will be judged this year, and alternative science qualifications, such as BTECs, do not count towards final results.

However, a district judge threw out the case in 2006, ruling that because the system complied with Amendment 23, which mandates that school funding increase every year by at least the rate of inflation, it was constitutional.

A vigorous dissent by three judges, argued, «By erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.&raquby three judges, argued, «By erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.&raquBy erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.»

The Justice Department is seeking to bar the awarding of these scholarships, also called vouchers, in public school systems that are under federal desegregation orders, unless the vouchers first are approved by a federal judge.

All across Canada, judges, law societies, courthouses, schools, and professional bodies have been imploring the modernization of the court system in order to improve the administration of justice — and by extension, improve access to justice.

In an article on 18 February 2016, Maclean's called Canadian jails the «new residential schools» because of «discriminatory practices and a biased system» that «work against an Indigenous accused, from the moment a person is first identified by police, to their appearance before a judge, to their hearing before a parole board.»