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HARD TO MISREAD THIS MESSAGE — DeVos, in first visit to NYC schools, picks yeshivas, by POLITICO's Azi Paybarah, Eliza Shapiro and Caitlin Emma: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to New York City, whose 1.1 million public school children represent the country's largest school district, and walked into an all - girls private yeshiva in Manhattan's tony Upper East Side.

Phil Haberstro of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a key volunteer leader of the policy writing team, noted that the work of policy implementation is the next phase of work that is currently being accomplished through the newly formed District Health Council, the Board and the community at large - The public may view the District wellness policy on the Board of Education Web Site or by contacting Sue Ventresca, the Buffalo School District's Director of Health Related Services.

Prior to his appointment by the Governor, he was Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego City Schools, the nation's eighth largest urban school district.

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter district and charter schools.

Importantly, the schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public schools operated by the local school district and five over-subscribed charter schools that have been shown to have large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math and English language arts tests.

A recent study conducted by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the world's largest teacher unions, found that many U.S. school districts routinely practice social promotion, despite public policies — and sometimes laws — meant to prevent it.

While class - size reduction has helped achievement in most of California's large urban school districts, not all of those have enjoyed such results, says a study by the Public Policy Institute of California.

By contrast, large public school districts receive a substantial portion of their revenues in the form of categorical or restricted funds.

Due in large part to an «enormous» concentration of special - needs pupils, students in District of Columbia public schools are receiving an education far inferior to that of their counterparts in two neighboring suburban districts, according to a recent report by a coalition of parents and business leaders.

The Stupski Family Foundation supports public education by giving money to school districts and organizations that are seeking to accomplish large - scale educational reform.

The award is presented by the council, a coalition of the nation's largest urban public school districts, and ARAMARK, a food and facility services company.

Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the largest urban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessments.

The New York City Public Schools, the largest district in the U.S., and one most affected by the terrorist attacks, still forbids students to have any electronic devices in their possession.

Charter schools in Colorado have historically enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the legislature and are embraced by some school districts, most notably the state's largest, Denver Public Sschools in Colorado have historically enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the legislature and are embraced by some school districts, most notably the state's largest, Denver Public SchoolsSchools.

Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distSchool's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school distschool districts.

Georgia's Gwinnett County Public Schools, one of the nation's top urban school districts and the largest school district in the state, has recently experienced the benefits of this collaboration by piloting a new adaptive cognitive vocabulary app that's enabled by this new platform.

The district in 2014 was one of two nationwide awarded the annual Broad Prize for Urban Education, then considered by some to be the Nobel Prize for large public school systems.

The study of middle school students in the Wake County, North Carolina public school system (WCPSS), the 16th - largest public school district in the United States (146,687 current students), was conducted by economist Finley Edwards.

By a large margin, the public opposes «no - disparate impact» policies, regardless of whether the federal government or the local school district formulates them.

The U.S. public school system is characterized by large funding differences across districts, but what about differences in school spending within districts?

Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long - term bond issues by school districts.

Spokane Public Schools, the state's second - largest district, was the only district to apply by the first deadline, June 30...

The Senior Urban Education Research Fellowship Series By: Martha Abele Mac Iver & Matthew Messel Summer 2012 Large urban public school districts play a significant role in the American education system.

Their plan will gut Milwaukee Public Schools, the largest school district in the state of Wisconsin, by converting it to the same type of takeover district that has produced disastrous results in cities like Detroit and New Orleans.

Launched in 2011, the National Summer Learning Project is looking at whether and how large - scale summer learning programs led by public school districts can help benefit children in low - income urban communities.

By a 7 - 0 vote, the board made it clear that it would do what it could to discourage the effort by the Broad - affiliated group, Great Public Schools Now, to grow what is already the largest charter school population of any school district in the countrBy a 7 - 0 vote, the board made it clear that it would do what it could to discourage the effort by the Broad - affiliated group, Great Public Schools Now, to grow what is already the largest charter school population of any school district in the countrby the Broad - affiliated group, Great Public Schools Now, to grow what is already the largest charter school population of any school district in the country.

Operated by and accountable to school districts, magnet schools are the original and largest form of public school choice.

Changed votes by two Board members over the approval of two Aspire charter schools at this week's Board meeting gave the public a glimpse at a much larger debate over whether charter schools based in Los Angeles should be allowed to operate their special education programs through a partnership with a far - off district that costs...

The nonprofit New Teacher Project (TNTP), an alternative teacher - certification and advocacy group, surveyed more than 10,500 teachers in three large public school districts and one charter school network to assess whether teacher development programs organized by the districts have helped teachers improve.

By way of example, St. Paul Public Schools, the state's largest district, anticipates having to borrow $ 30 million because of the shift, which will cost about $ 450,000 over the course of the biennium.

A 2007 study by the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban districts, found that from 2001 to 2006, more of Oakland's public school children were excelling each year, at about every grade level, in reading and math (the math analysis didn't include high scSchools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban districts, found that from 2001 to 2006, more of Oakland's public school children were excelling each year, at about every grade level, in reading and math (the math analysis didn't include high schoolsschools).

More than three dozen teachers,» including many who [had] just been rated «highly effective» by the New Mexico Public Education Department, working in the Albuquerque Public School District — the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headquaPublic Education Department, working in the Albuquerque Public School District — the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headquaPublic School District — the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headquaSchool District — the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headqDistrict — the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headquapublic school district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headquaschool district in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headqdistrict in the state of New Mexico — turned to a burning bin this week, tossing their state - developed teacher evaluations into the fire in protest in front of district headqdistrict headquarters.

Poll: public disengaged: A poll conducted by the University of North Florida indicates that a large number of Duval County parents have little or no knowledge of the school district's leadership changes in the past year.

The Children's Guild District of Columbia Public Charter School's mission is to use the philosophy of Transformation Education to prepare special needs and general education students for college, career readiness, and citizenship in their community by developing in them critical thinking and creative problem solving skills, self - discipline and a commitment to serve a cause larger than themselves.

Administrators in Florida's Miami - Dade County Public Schools — the fourth largest school district in the United States — chose to attack this issue in part by having some middle - school students take an extra math class in their 6th grade schedules.

According to a 2013 Interim Report published by the Center for Reinventing Public Education, a monitoring arm of the Gates Foundation (www.crpe.org), the Hartford Public Schools have received the largest allocation of grant dollars of any of the other competing urban districts.

The EL Education Language Arts curriculum has been selected by Wake County Public Schools, the 15th - largest district in the US.

With these new customer adoptions, the SafeSchools Online Staff Training System is now being used by 40 of the 100 largest school districts in the nation, including Austin Independent School District in Texas, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina, and Prince George's County Public Schools in Marschool districts in the nation, including Austin Independent School District in Texas, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina, and Prince George's County Public Schools in MarSchool District in Texas, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina, and Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland.

The National Summer Learning Project, supported by the Wallace Foundation, is the largest study ever to look at whether and how large - scale, voluntary summer learning programs offered by public school districts can help improve educational outcomes.

This guide is based on lessons from the National Summer Learning Project (NSLP), the largest study ever to look at whether and how large - scale, voluntary summer learning programs offered by public school districts can help improve educational outcomes for children.

The third report to be released by the end of the year will be an in depth look at teacher compensation, benefits and issues related to travel costs for school personnel which, in many cases, exceed what much larger public districts expends for the same item.

By the end of elementary school, the large initial achievement gap between children in public housing who attended the district's most advantaged schools and their non-poor peers in the district was cut by half for math and one - third for readinBy the end of elementary school, the large initial achievement gap between children in public housing who attended the district's most advantaged schools and their non-poor peers in the district was cut by half for math and one - third for readinby half for math and one - third for reading.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

GOP leaders want you to believe that the best way to rebuild our schools is by completely wiping away the largest school district in the state of Wisconsin and building a contingency of schools with full autonomy and no accountability, even though they are entitled to public dollars.

Public schools in Durham have an amazing reputation and are run by Durham Public Schools, the eighth largest school district in North Caschools in Durham have an amazing reputation and are run by Durham Public Schools, the eighth largest school district in North CaSchools, the eighth largest school district in North Carolina.

The city's largest employer is the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, helping forge a robust public economy that is enlarged by the state government and the Laramie County School District.