Sentences with phrase «largest school system»

The superintendent of the country's second largest school system may step down from his post within months.

Most of the nation's largest school systems experienced minimal growth or slight declines in student enrollment.

First, many critical business managers in large school systems rose into these positions «through the ranks» and may have started out in an unrelated position, such as teacher or principal.

Moore has spent 29 years as a deputy superintendent and CFO for large school systems in both Colorado and Michigan.

Cerf's said he knows it is a big obstacle for the administrations of large school systems such as Newark, where dropping enrollments have left hundreds of teachers identified as excess but few mechanisms to let them go.

Worcester is the third largest school system in the state of Massachusetts, serving roughly 25,000 students in 46 public schools (36 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high, and one pre-K-12 school).

And it is widely expected that the Senate will grant de Blasio at least another one - year extension, since returning to the previous system of local control would likely plunge the nation's largest school system into immediate disarray.

After a very public courting by several large school systems, Rudolph F. Crew signed a contract last week to head the Miami - Dade County schools, a deal that will make him one of the highest - paid superintendents in the country.

Anderson, a friend who has been superintendent of New Jersey's largest school system since 2011, argued that my depiction of Newark was unfair and inaccurate.

Meanwhile, state officials reported dropout decreases in large school systems such as Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools and Wake County Schools, although some public school advocates point out that may only indicate state funding shortfalls will have the least impact on school systems with the resources to blunt the damage.

In Forsyth County, home to the state's fifth largest school system, budget cuts have led to the loss of 225 teaching positions, outdated equipment, larger class sizes and a short supply of textbooks.

Fulton County Schools, is the fourth largest school system in Georgia, and its largest charter system.

As a result, having discouraged or turned away Gerard and hundreds like him, many large school systems resort to last - minute fill - ins who teach on emergency certificates.

Carvalho will replace Carmen Fariña, who has spent the last four years at the helm of America's largest school system after de Blasio coaxed her out of retirement in late 2013.

The Los Angeles Unified School District, the country's second - largest school system behind New York City's, is governed by a school board.

Released last week, the report looks at how the nation's largest school system tackled the technical challenges of the $ 80 million Achievement Reporting and Innovation System and how it spurred educators to put the data...

When it comes to compensating its top executive, the nation's largest school system now pays what may well be the nation's largest salary.

Each teaching job opening in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) today draws 100 more applicants than in 2006, when Texas's largest school system began rewarding its best educators with thousands of extra dollars for boosting student achievement.

Flouting tradition, Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier proposed Thursday that the nation's seventh - largest school system join a small but growing number of districts that have scrapped the coveted pay bump in recent years.

Dr. Jack D. Dale, Former Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA Dr. Dale served as superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools, the eleventh largest school system in the United States, from July 2004 to July 2013.

The mayor, schools» chancellor, board of education, 32 different community school superintendents (and their 32 school boards) all pointed fingers at one another year after year as students moved through the nation's largest school system without getting much of an education.

Despite the research, Kahlenberg says the trend in North Carolina's largest school systems today is «very troublesome,» one exacerbated by mounting evidence that the state's proliferation of new charters is only compounding the problem.

For example, many of the nation's largest school systems use Google's free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online.

State lawmakers will begin studying next week how to break up North Carolina school districts, potentially paving the way for splitting large school systems like Wake County and Charlotte - Mecklenburg.

In a new book and an interview, the former head of the nation's largest school system confronts teacher performance.

The tentative pact puts the nation's second - largest school system at odds with a national trend to gauge the effect of teachers on student achievement by using a value - added analysis.

Presenter: Dr. Daniel A. Domenech has more than 36 years of experience in public education, twenty - seven of those years served as a school superintendent with Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, the 12th largest school system in the nation with 168,000 students.

The state's second - largest school system projects an enrollment spike of more than 1,400 additional students this school year, for a total student population of 129,000.

Philadelphia, the nation's eighth largest school system currently serves more than 146,000 students.

The person who gets the job will have to confront the Los Angeles Unified School District's rising pension costs, vastly underfunded retiree health benefits and declining student enrollment, which could push the nation's second - largest school system toward financial crisis.

During her tenure, Kristin was directly responsible for opening two innovative high schools and supported the opening of four additional high schools in her growing district, the 14th largest school system in the nation.

New York City's decision to fill staffing vacancies using the city's Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) moves our nation's largest school system further from this goal.

First it would be highly unusual for students across the district to make this level of improvement (we rarely see large school systems make double digit improvements on reading).

BCSS is the 24th largest school system in Georgia and is comprised of... Read More...

The search for someone to take the helm of Maryland's largest school system follows the February resignation of former superintendent Joshua P. Starr, who left amid reports that he did not have the school board support he needed to win a new four - year contract.

PGCPS is one of the nation's 25 largest school districts in the United States and the second largest school system in Maryland.

Because of the size of city school districts — New York City is the nation's largest school system with 1,189 public schools and 78,100 teachers — urban educators often teach large numbers of at - risk students.

So of course he was ready to head the third largest school system in the USA.

The situation temporarily threw the nation's largest school system into turmoil and tested the...

In the nation's largest city, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been in charge of the nation's largest school system since 2002, when the state legislature approved legislation putting the 1.1 - million - student system under control of the New York City mayor.

Nation's Fifth Largest School System to Adopt Student - based Budgeting in 2017 - 18 Nevada's Clark County School District is officially set to implement student - based budgeting beginning in 2017 - 18 after a bipartisan panel approved the law's regulations.

Despite claims by Paul Vallas and his cheerleaders at the Chicago Tribune, Vallas left behind a wreck when he was forced out of his job at the top of the nation's fourth largest schools system...

Charleston County School District (CCSD) is the second largest school system in South Carolina representing a unique blend of urban, suburban, and rural schools that span 1,000 square miles of coastal lands.

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