Sentences with phrase «largest public school districts in»

Our financial comparisons are somewhat broader in scope — involving the cost per high school pupil attending one of the largest public school districts in the nation and those attending a large charter school system.

The district is the second - largest public school district in the state, and the 14th - largest district in the nation.

Hurricane Harvey has shut down the nation's seventh - largest public school district in the nation.

For many years, I taught in a large public school district in Southern California.

In my role as a special education advocate working primarily in Miami - Dade — the fourth largest public school district in the country — I've participated in hundreds of school meetings.

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.

Posted on August 15, 2014 · For the last five years, Terry Grier has served as the Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the seventh largest public school district in the nation, and the largest in Texas.

Late last year, Stanford released research which showed that elementary Chicago Public School students were achieving faster learning gains than almost any other large public school district in the country.

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 headquarters.

Labor Day is a week away, but school is back in session in many places including the second - largest public school district in Massachusetts.

In 2015, there were over 23,000 teachers in the San Diego area, with job growth projected between 6.0 % and 12.9 % through 2022.1,2 The largest public school district in the San Diego area is the San Diego Unified School District, which educates over 130,000 students.3 You must have a teacher certificate to work in the public school district, which involves completing a bachelor's degree, a teacher preparation program, and the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) and the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET).

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The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 studentDistrict (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 studentdistrict in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

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Penny Parham directs food and nutrition programs for Miami - Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest district in the nation.

Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools.

Prior to her work with the State agency, Jessica worked as a program manager in one of Oregon's largest school districts, Portland Public Schools.

Did you know that Minneapolis Public Schools, the third - largest district in the state, does not have a kitchen per se?

Three of the largest districts in Illinois — Chicago Public Schools, Naperville and Elgin - based U-46 — say they do not offer it.

Three of the largest districts in Illinois — Chicago Public Schools, Naperville and Elgin - based U-46 — say they do not offer artificially sweetened milk.

The largest food vendor for the District's public school system has agreed to pay $ 19 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the company overcharged the city and mismanaged the school meals programs, with food often arriving at schools late, spoiled or in short supply.

«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and other school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.

The database includes every public employer on the Island - from the Village of Baxter Estates in Nassau, which has one active employee in the pension system, to the Brentwood Union Free School District in Suffolk, the largest on Long Island, with 2,987 employees in the system.

Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey's largest school district, Newark Public Schools, to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests could be conducted.

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.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter sSchools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schoolsschools.

Mrs. DeVos's decision to skip public schools in the nation's largest district, with 1.1 million students, upset some public - school advocates.

Statewide, unless education advocates rally and the Legislature intervenes, municipalities and school districts will suffer more than $ 1.1 billion in slashed public school aid — the largest school cut in more than two decades.

In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid for school districts, increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.

She also called for a greater focus on the district's cramped public schools, which have some of the largest class sizes in the city, and where students often work in trailers.

Stephanie Anzman - Frasca, Ph.D., of ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Boston, and co-authors used data from 446 public elementary schools in a large, urban school district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievschool district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievSchool Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievschool attendance and academic achievement.

The third largest school district in New Jersey, Jersey City Public Schools is home to more than 31 K - 8 sSchools is home to more than 31 K - 8 schoolsschools.

The habits of district - union collusion are due in large part to the public's ignorance of what collective bargaining agreements say and to a strong desire for tranquility and smooth school operations.

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.

Clearly, only his desire for further challenging and serious public service could have led him to consider the superintendency of the troubled San Diego public schools, the eighth - largest school district in the United States.

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.

In the fall, for example, New York City's public schools — «the country's largest school district, with 1.1 million students — encouraged teaching cursive to elementary school students.»

On this question, the public divides almost exactly in twain: 39 % of respondents support, but 43 % oppose «the federal government providing additional money to school districts with large numbers of immigrant children.»

In response to large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education fundinIn response to large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education fundinin per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education fundinin 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education fundinin public education funding.

The Milwaukee school choice program and the response of Milwaukee Public Schools are especially significant in light of Frederick M. Hess's study of the effects of competition on large urban school districts.

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.

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is the 16th - largest district in the United States, with 146,687 students in all grades for the 2011 — 12 schoolSchool System (WCPSS) is the 16th - largest district in the United States, with 146,687 students in all grades for the 2011 — 12 schoolschool year.

It combines classes in education, business, and public policy that train students to lead large school districts, head government education agencies, or work for nonprofits like Teach for America....

In the latest turn, the Houston public schools fired a teacher and reprimanded two principals this month after the state education agency raised concerns about possible test - tampering in the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districtIn the latest turn, the Houston public schools fired a teacher and reprimanded two principals this month after the state education agency raised concerns about possible test - tampering in the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districtin the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districts.

For example, Montgomery County Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the country with more than 100,000 students, but its alternative school programs serve only about 125 students at a time.

With or without Camden, Uncommon is on track to be larger than 97 percent of all public school districts in the country.

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.

I teach science (AP Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) at a large, comprehensive, urban public high school in Los Angeles Unified School Disschool in Los Angeles Unified School DisSchool District.

We estimate that private school choice and intradistrict choice (allowing families to choose any traditional public school in their district) have the largest potential to expand the sets of schools to which families have access, with more than 80 percent of families having at least one of these «choice» schools within five miles of home.

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