Sentences with phrase «local educators and school leaders»

Forty - six percent of those surveyed rated the support of local educators and school leaders as «strong» or «very strong» in April 2013, compared to 32 percent six months ago.

Not exact matches

If a dozen different public school systems were to embark on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.

On October 7, the Harvard Graduate School of Education hosted the local launch of the XQ: The Super School Project initiative — a national campaign, backed by Laurene Powell Jobs, president of the Emerson Collective (EC), calling on educators, students, and sector leaders to design a new high school School of Education hosted the local launch of the XQ: The Super School Project initiative — a national campaign, backed by Laurene Powell Jobs, president of the Emerson Collective (EC), calling on educators, students, and sector leaders to design a new high school School Project initiative — a national campaign, backed by Laurene Powell Jobs, president of the Emerson Collective (EC), calling on educators, students, and sector leaders to design a new high school school model.

Our chiefs, key leaders in the state departments of education and local school systems, postsecondary institutions, and individual educators have made an unprecedented commitment to this work.

I want every child to have quality school choices, I want stronger (and broader) external standards, I want more open paths to becoming an educator, I want empowered school leaders (really empowered, in ways that would also break the union stranglehold) who are compensated like CEOs, I want super pay for great instructors and no pay for incompetents, and I want a complete makeover of «local control.»

They discovered a major change in how parents, educators, community and business leaders, and public officials come together to direct changes in local public schools.

In this video gallery, Memphis educators and community leaders sound off on how its public schools are coping with a wave of changes that challenge how the schools are run and managed — and what that all means for local control.

Team members representing the educational sector could include school building committee members, superintendents, principals and assistant principals, teachers, directors of curriculum and instruction, parents, special educators, and local and state education leaders, and policymakers

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

These peer leaders, school staff, and prevention educators from a local sexual assault and domestic violence provider are working together to incorporate the MVP curriculum into classes, clubs, and through student led trainings and presentations.

But I'm also eager to learn from the state's educators, Superintendent Lowery and her team, the other board members, state and local leaders, and the kids and families our schools serve.

We are advocating for educators and school leaders at the local and state level in support of evidence - based best practices and policies that promote effective teaching.

Across the country, the number of community schools continues to grow, as local educators, community leaders, and others look for equitable, efficient, and effective ways to provide the broad range of supports and services that allow young people to become truly well - prepared to enter college or a career.

In many cases, the community school serves as a neighborhood hub, bringing together educators, families, business leaders, elected officials, and many other local partners to ensure that students have real opportunities to succeed in school and in life.

This analysis is intended to help policymakers, education leaders, and advocates understand the changes in state law and policy needed to support local strategies that empower educators, promote new schooling options, and let parents choose.

Local educators, leaders, and community members run the schools, not «outsiders».

State and local leaders, advocates, and educators must work to continue to raise the quality of instruction for all students and to make sure all schools are fairly funded.

During National Public Charter Schools Week, parents, students, educators and local leaders come together to showcase the academic successes of charter school students and the...

The Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE) offers learning opportunities that link the local and global to connect future educators, leaders, and researchers to the reciprocal influences of local communities and global society.

Indianapolis — The Mind Trust has selected its first ever class of Indianapolis school leaders for the National Principals and Principal Supervisors Academy Fellowship, a partnership with the Relay Graduate School of Education to help local school leaders excel as educators and manschool leaders for the National Principals and Principal Supervisors Academy Fellowship, a partnership with the Relay Graduate School of Education to help local school leaders excel as educators and manSchool of Education to help local school leaders excel as educators and manschool leaders excel as educators and managers.

Our members lead the charge for change by building a movement of forward - thinking educators through grassroots organizing; identifying, training and supporting teacher leaders to take on key leadership positions in their schools, districts, states and unions; creating teacher - led policy recommendations on issues selected by local educators; and advocating for implementation of those ideas through teacher - driven campaigns.

The mayor's stated goals were to bring in new leadership, create greater accountability, empower educators and parents, and give local leaders a voice in their local schools.

November, the Policy Fellows will have the opportunity to hear from local leaders, educators, and parents about the topics of school choice and teacher's unions.

As the SEA builds out an informative feedback system that helps educators and local leaders act on what they learn to improve their schools, the SEA's role in working with districts will no longer be to serve as good or bad cop (and parole officer), but to become true agents for improvement, providing needed technical assistance, coaching, and monitoring.

With the support from the community, local businesses, administrators, union leaders and educators, Oak Hill Elementary's turnaround has placed the school on a new course towards success.

This guide, Leveraging Summer for Student Success, shows how significant changes in California school financing and accountability systems under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) are right now providing educators, school leaders and communities a new opportunity to reinvent and reinvest in summer learning programs.

Through purposeful collaborations with local public schools and other leaders in the field, we are achieving innovation at scale, and informing new models of excellence in educator preparation.

Flanked by Chicago Public School (CPS) parents, Local School Council leaders, clergy and educators, the Chicago Teachers Union released its vision of what the city's schools should look like for all students to be successful during a news conference at its headquarters today.

When I think about the next few years, I look forward to working even more closely with Commissioner McQueen and the Department, local district leaders, school operators, and — most of all — the educators, students and families in communities we serve to create transformative change for the lowest performing schools in Tennessee.

Quaker Valley School District has become the leader in the Pittsburgh area in implementing Project Zero practices across the preschool - high school continuum, and has for two years convened Project Zero - themed professional development workshops for local educSchool District has become the leader in the Pittsburgh area in implementing Project Zero practices across the preschool - high school continuum, and has for two years convened Project Zero - themed professional development workshops for local educschool continuum, and has for two years convened Project Zero - themed professional development workshops for local educators.

During each review, a team of local educators analyzes the school's leadership, culture and instruction to provide the school leader with feedback that will enhance the school's performance.

«While superintendents are the most visible leaders in their districts, every educator knows that the buck stops — literally and figuratively — with local school boards.

However, this will require intention, time, and much discussion between educators and state and local leaders to determine how to more holistically shift systems with the least amount of disruption to school operations, planning, and student learning.