Sentences with phrase «limited number of district»

During the current academic year, a limited number of districts in five states — Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia — have been permitted to offer students a choice of supplemental educational services a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

A limited number of districts around the state have been piloting the System for Educator Evaluation and Development (SEED) this year and some have faced difficulties.

Not exact matches

The District limits the number of events scheduled at this location to no more than two per month in consideration of the general population using this site for recreational purposes.

The Arlington Heights Park District limits the number of interns to two per semester.

Currently, the district offers a limited number of programs at its offices on Ottawa Street in downtown Plainfield and at local schools.

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

In the case of Vanessa Gibson, the number of players in any given district is limited, and it makes sense that she would be acquainted or even friends with the same people whose groups she funds.

«Andrew also opposes limiting the number of charter schools that can operate in a school district, the so - called saturation argument.»

Each district's cap limit varies because of a number of factors, including pension and voter - approved construction costs.

Boyajian proved to be a deft fundraiser — he outraised his opponents in three consecutive quarters, raising nearly $ 500,000 and ending with $ 200,000 in the bank — but appeared to have little interest in shoe leather campaigning aside from a «Bluegrass and Politics Tour» that saw him performing at a limited number of venues across the district this past winter.

Because many districts credit a transferring teacher with only a limited number of years of experience, teachers may have to take a salary cut if they switch school districts.

Teachers who have the responsibility to maximize the number of students who score at least 30 — especially in districts with limited resources — may have a very tough decision to make.

While BPS staff has expended significant time and political capital in order to make this limited space available to charters, the district's primary concern is a growing number of young students entering Pre-K programs and elementary schools.

School districts certainly don't have any incentive to limit the number of students who take the SAT with extended time, since higher scores look good to parents, taxpayers, and real estate agents.

The Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program, enacted in 2003, established a voucher program for a limited number of low - income, low - achieving students who had attended schools in any of 11 poorly performing school districts.

By capping the number of charter schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of schools per district, and providing for input from the local district before approval of charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more control over the establishment of charter schools than some states.

Many of them were students with limited or interrupted formal education, or SLIFEs (the exact number is unknown because the district doesn't track this).

Few jurisdictions have passed significant voucher and tax - credit legislation, and most have hedged charter laws with one or another of a multiplicity of provisos — that charters are limited in number, can only be authorized by school districts (their natural enemies), can not enroll more than a fixed number of students, get less money per pupil than district - run schools, and so on.

That path is a limited replication of No Excuses schools that rely on a very unusual labor pool (young, often work 60 + hours per week, often from top universities); the creation of many more charters that, on average, aren't different in performance from district schools; districts adopting «lite» versions of No Excuses models while pruning small numbers of very low performing teachers; and some amount of shift to online learning.

The two consortia have worked to address concerns expressed by teachers, schools, and district administrators by reducing testing time, shortening the time periods over which tests are administered, limiting the number of units covered, and reducing the number of required testing sessions.

School districts are monopolies that operate within a state regulatory framework that insists that high school students not take any online courses unless they take all courses online at an all - virtual school that can admit only a limited number of students.

But the district, one of the largest in the country, has seen explosive growth in the number of poor and immigrant student it serves, and passage rates for students with limited English proficiency slipped.

As it stands, Massachusetts currently limits both the number of charter schools and the proportion of a district's budget that can be lost due to charter enrollment.

Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education offers a limited number of custom programs for districts, schools, universities, and private and public organizations serving students in PreK - 12 and higher education.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

This is how it might work: The state creates a new entity empowered to develop performance contracts with a limited number of schools operated by districts.

To keep the trial orderly, U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola has limited to two the number of attorneys for each side who can sit at lawyers» tables in the courtroom.

School districts will receive an annual adjustment equivalent to the number of resident choice pupils for revenue limit purposes.

Massachusetts currently limits the number of students that charter schools can serve in a single district.

After the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, which limited the voluntary use of race in school assignment plans, 33 the number of schools and districts using socioeconomic integration policies grew rapidly.

Twenty - six others, along with the District of Columbia, restrict their growth with caps on the number of charters allowed, enrollment restrictions and funding limits.

MEF fuels high quality school options that are not limited by districts, giving parents the greatest number of choices available in Memphis.

There shall be no limit on the number of days of sick leave which a member of the instructional staff or an educational support employee may accrue, except that at least one - half of this cumulative leave must be established within the district granting such leave.

Our Supreme Court has directed that districts with disproportionate numbers of children with special needs, children who are economically disadvantaged, and children with limited English language skills be taken into account.

The state does not limit the number of Horace Mann charter schools in each district, which allows the districts to offer the flexibility of the charter schools on a larger scale.

Many school districts have disproportionately high numbers of children who need additional help such as children with disabilities, children from backgrounds of poverty or children of limited English proficiency.

The Court specified courses to be provided and required that ``... districts with disproportionate numbers of disabled students, economically disadvantaged students, and students with limited English language skills...» be taken into account.

The total number of charter schools this fall is 276, with 100 of those authorized by public school districts; the state doesn't limit the number of charters districts can open.

Last year the legislature created this pilot program that allows a limited number of school districts certain freedoms in how they operate.

States and districts mostly have opted to look at student growth, as opposed to raw test scores, because raw scores can disadvantage teachers with large numbers of low - income, limited - English or special needs students, who tend to score lower on standardized tests.

Use a data - driven needs assessment to develop a limited number of focused goals, and measureable strategies and actions, directly related to addressing the district's greatest needs related to instruction and achievement?

Districts purposefully consider both the actions and expectations they request of principals and the degree of support they provide principals to be more effective in their roles — e.g., limiting the number of non-essential, out - of - office engagements they must attend or providing support for some of the schools» administrative data - entry tasks.

LAUSD Salvages Summer School, but Classes Will Be Limited Despite fears that Los Angeles Unified would have to cancel summer school this year, officials say they'll be able to hold a limited number of credit - recovery classes at 16 high school campuses across the sprawling diLimited Despite fears that Los Angeles Unified would have to cancel summer school this year, officials say they'll be able to hold a limited number of credit - recovery classes at 16 high school campuses across the sprawling dilimited number of credit - recovery classes at 16 high school campuses across the sprawling district.

Establish mechanisms for providing high - quality and consistent support — including facilitation and professional development — to all districts in the state in developing a limited number of focused goals directly related to district - identified needs in the area of instruction and student learning?

Unnecessarily maintaining special education funding levels because of an inflexible federal requirement does not allow districts to efficiently allocate limited resources to serve the maximum number of students.

New charters and enrollment expansions approved under this law would be exempt from existing limits on the number of charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local school districts» spending allocated to them.

The limited number of black colleagues becomes particularly glaring when they consider their district and state education leaders, they told us, and also when they attend professional development meetings, which rarely address the kinds of issues they face.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Pruitt said the Gary district also is committed to educating the largest population of special education students in the area, unlike private and charter schools that enroll, by choice, a limited number of students in need of special services.