Sentences with phrase «local school district leaders»

And in the Asheville area, students like Cloos said their walkout was put off by recent snowfall, which forced local school district leaders to cancel classes for the day.

We conduct a needs assessment alongside local school district leaders to select those schools that have the greatest need for our support and are ready to engage in the intense work of school transformation.

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That's despite a considerable amount of grumbling by local municipal and school district officials and business leaders about the lack of mandate relief that was promised by the administration to take the edge off the cap's impact, but so far has not materialized.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick will be one of four chairs on the task force local leaders are convening to prevent a Parkland - like school shooting in central New York.

This past Mon., May 7th, Congressman Charles Rangel joined local arts leaders, students and parents as he announced this year's winner, Srey Beaulac of the The Dwight School, of the 15th Congressional District's Congressional Arts Competition, at the Harlem State Office Building.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fschool in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen FSchool District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor CarmenDistrict 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmendistrict have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

This new state imposed mandate was burdensome and unnecessary — a duplication of existing efforts — however, we are grateful to our local and school district leaders who came together to develop this plan.

Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo, joined by county officials and leaders from local schools, announced Thursday a new program that would place deputies in local districts in the new year.

The old school party bosses were state legislators and local district leaders, who usually lived within walking distance of most of their voters.

Local Representatives: Catherine Borgia, Majority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; John G. Testa, Minority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Linda D. Puglisi, Supervisor, Town of Cortlandt; Joseph Hochreiter, Superintendent, Hendrick Hudson School District; and Theresa Knickerbocker, Mayor, Village of Buchanan.

Rotterdam Assemblyman George Amedore is asking local leaders and school districts that he represents to give victims of flooding a 90 - day grace period when it comes to paying their property tax bills, and other local taxes and fees.

The flat tax cap this year has led school district officials and local government leaders to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider linking the cap to inflation, which has been typically under 2 percent since it was enacted in 2011.

I'm going to bring community leader, other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to other financial and human resources to give the school board and the superintendent what's needed to turn the city around, which is to turn the school district around.

Teacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps that...

A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.

As mayor of Yonkers, Spano has more power over the school district than any other local leader in the state, with the exception of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

Georgia legislators have scrapped a proposal to fund school construction through voter - approved local sales taxes after meeting resistance from municipal leaders who did not want to have to compete with school districts for funds.

Facilitate school district bankruptcy: Congress can help free local leaders from the burden of bad decisions made long ago.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

In other words, the average school leader faces pressure from the school district, the state, the parents and the local community to get high test scores.

Looking forward, the 2010 — 11 and 2011 — 12 school years pack a one - two punch, with school district leaders facing the end of ARRA dollars and answering tough questions about programs and personnel that have been (and will be) cut, while trying to figure out what, if any, economic recovery is in store at the state and local levels.

These «thought partners» — as school leaders often refer to them — may be district leaders, consultants with long - standing relationships with a school, or external regional partners supporting PL in local schools.

In fact, Reading School District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community and local and state government District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community and local and state government district with the local business community and local and state government leaders.

And Duncan's insistence last summer that school districts had already cut «through, you know, fat, through flesh, and into bone,» only served to pull the rug out from under those state and local leaders inclined to swing the budget ax, by making their tough medicine seem mean - spirited — and unnecessary.

Reading School District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community as well as local and state government District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community as well as local and state government district with the local business community as well as local and state government leaders.

When the charter school leaders checked with the mechanic at the local district in early October 2005, they were given the bureaucratic cold shoulder.

The CORE districts are early adopters of the new accountability paradigm: local leaders using multiple measures of school performance and working together to figure out collectively what works best for struggling schools.

Over a year ago, legislators from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in part to provide state and district leaders with new opportunities and flexibility to support innovative, results - driven practices that address their local needs and ensure all students have the opportunity to attend great schools that will prepare them for college and careers.

The CORE Districts Local Improvement Facilitator Training Program is preparing school - and district - based leaders to facilitate continuous quality improvement through...

The executive leadership training programs will provide an opportunity for participating state and district teams to work more collaboratively in such areas as leading change and team development, leadership for instructional improvement, methods to accelerate leader performance, addressing stakeholder engagement around critical state and local issues, and sustaining improvements in school and student achievement.

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

NSBA looks forward to working with Congress and the Administration in addressing the flexibility states and local school districts need to ensure equity and excellence in public education; such as the development of innovative programs that address the unique needs of each school district and respective community, programmatic flexibility and compliance for rural districts, and recruitment and retention of highly effective teachers and leaders.

Yesterday, the Gates Foundation announced that district and charter school leaders in nine cities have embraced a «District - Charter Collaboration Compact,» in which the district and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in ndistrict and charter school leaders in nine cities have embraced a «District - Charter Collaboration Compact,» in which the district and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in nDistrict - Charter Collaboration Compact,» in which the district and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in ndistrict and local charter schools pledge to collaborate in new ways.

How does local autonomy on the part of district and school leaders shift the process of systems change?

With his massive plan to enroll half of all LA Unified's students into charter schools, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad is threatening major disruptions at LA Unified, cementing his role as Public Enemy No. 1 to many district and local union leaders.

«I'm excited that we have begun our work with these national leaders and that our local school districts will be able to use their expertise to help build the types of comprehensive evaluation systems that will provide meaningful feedback to teachers while gauging their effectiveness in a fair manner.»

Our NE TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two - day forum.

Third, district and school leaders must consider the kinds of organizational and leadership capacities that are necessary for schools to productively enact policy initiatives and they must diagnose and then develop those capacities within local schools across the district.

In an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculum.

State - level leaders are charged with formulating policies that will frame practice in districts and schools more broadly, according to the public interest, and to provide incentives and sanctions for local implementation of those policies.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) clearly defines parameters that inform how States and local school districts should demonstrate that Federal funds are used in a supplemental, additive manner — equipping local education leaders with the flexibility necessary to better educate and meet the needs of their students.

At this point, Erlichson said the state's intentions have been passed along to districts through her numerous appearances at local and countywide meetings of school leaders, but she said formal guidance would be forthcoming.

The summits will be designed to reflect and support collaboration between supporters, local school districts, teachers associations and other key leaders on the ground to advance teacher leadership.

This partnership provides districts all over the state with certified consultants to deliver teacher professional development as well as local support for School Leaders as they begin to implement new systems and processes for growth and evaluation in their buildings.

Our NW TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two - day forum.

From an experience perspective, I thought it was important to bring experience growing up in public schools on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, serving as a senior leader in the central office of a large, complex public school system in Chicago — with over 600 schools serving almost 400,000 students — and as an executive at a nationwide nonprofit working through state agencies and local districts to support public education.

This handbook is intended to support and provide helpful guidance to local education agencies (LEAs)-- including school districts, county offices of education, regional education offices, and charter schools — and school leaders as they engage with stakeholders to think about how ESSA can be best leveraged locally.

Benjamin Fenton, the founder of New Leaders, a New York City - based group that trains aspiring principals and consults on school and district leadership, said the district's focus on school - level leadership, and philanthropic investment from local and national foundations, had brought his organization to the city in 2004 and opened the doors for others since.

Chiefs can set priorities for districts and schools, strengthen the hands of local leaders who want to make a dramatic difference in their schools, and limit distractions emanating from the legislature and state bureaucracy.