Sentences with phrase «low need districts»

And while 52 percent of students passed English exams in so - called low need districts, only 11.5 percent of students passed in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, the state's four largest cities after New York.

A spokesman for Governor Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years».

A spokesman for Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years.»

«Special education spending in the lowest need districts is $ 43,635 per special education pupil while spending in the highest need districts is $ 25,823 per special education pupil,» wrote researchers of the study.

Not exact matches

As school districts roll out these changes, they should expect lower contributions from parent organizations and put scaffolding in place for both: Teacher who rely on that outside money, and those parents who want to fundraise but need to come up with new funding methods.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

The village needs the Park District's letter by the end of the month as part of the qualifying process for a low - interest state loan to fund the project, Loebe said.

The district freed up the additional hours for Oak Park Youth Baseball & Softball by canceling a T - ball program with low enrollment, freeing up time the West Suburban Special Recreation Association did not need and by correcting a scheduling oversight, Arnold said.

Faso spoke about how, throughout his travels in the district, people talk about the need for jobs, a better economy and lower taxes and regulations.

We have many low - performing school districts where parents need charter schools as an option.»

Representing 317,000 residents of the 26th Senate District in Lower Manhattan and the western part of Brooklyn, Brian Kavanagh has worked to reform State government and make it more responsive to the needs of all New Yorkers.

The state should adopt the Executive Budget's formula improvements that better address poverty and district need, while also taking steps to ensure that students receive additional resources — especially in schools that serve low - income students and students of color.

While Cuomo claims the state has thrown money at these schools for too long, Baker calculated that 12 of the 17 lowest - performing school districts cited by Cuomo are among those with the largest state funding shortfalls, based on student need.

Gaps also narrowed between low and and high needs districts, students with disabilities, and students who don't speak English proficiently, but Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said in a statement that closing these gaps would be a priority for her department in the coming years.

I am continuing to work hard on important issues facing Lower Manhattan including ensuring that our Downtown Little League and Soccer League get the field time they need at the B.P.C. ball fields, coming up with an appropriate redevelopment plan for the South Street Seaport, providing adequate funding to NYCHA residents and community programs serving youth and seniors, and maintaining affordable housing in Battery Park City and throughout the district.

The districts most in need of state aid tend to be in low income and rural areas like St. Lawrence County.

«Congresswoman Stefanik believes we need to repeal and replace Obamacare with commonsense reforms that lower costs and increase access for families in our district.

The Press and Sun Bulletin's obit: Libous was a towering figure in Binghamton and his Southern Tier district, who knew how to use his power to accomplish things needed for his district, but laid low by a corruption scandal involving his son.

Governor Andrew Cuomo included $ 25 million in this year's budget for universal full - day pre-K, targeted toward high - needs students in lower wealth districts, which follows a top recommendation his education reform commission made last December.

The 30 districts classified as low - need, with the fewest concentrations of non-white students, averaged $ 333 per student.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

Elia has appointed Kenneth Eastwood as «Distinguished Educator, «and she says he has the experience and skill needed to help children in the Rochester district's low performing schools.

Democrats need a net gain of 30 seats to regain control of the House, and the DCCC believes the 31 districts and candidates included in its «Red to Blue» or its «Emerging Races» program represent some of the party's best shots at winning control of the lower chamber.

Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

Instead, he proposed lowering the levels of poverty and updating Census data used to calculate aid for each school district, changes that he argues would drive more aid to high - needs districts.

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the district where most of the buildings would be located, argued for housing to meet the needs of lower - income constituents in the neighborhood.

«Pre-K has the highest impact for kids from low - income communities, kids of color, so in the very districts that probably can't afford it is exactly where we need it.»

With the likelihood of paper and affidavit ballots producing the roughly 2,000 votes Mr. Espailat needs to match Mr. Rangel quite low, the Observer decided to identify a few winners and losers beyond the four Democrats who ran in the 13th Congressional District race.

High needs (low - income) districts still have the ability to choose how to use their cash.

The new version of the bill now requires that low and middle needs districts use 100 percent of their restored aid to provide property tax relief.

«I think this kind of race is really door to door, building by building, block by block organizing, and I think particularly in the case of a relatively low income district, you need good, old - fashioned organizing.

She arrived at her victory party at the Lower East Side's Hotel Chantelle to cheers from her supporters, and ensured those gathered that she would use her platform to champion the needs of all voters and would push for more affordable housing throughout the district.

Successful programs do exist for recruiting quality teachers (targeting males, minorities, and people with specialties) in high - need areas; eliminating barriers for them to move to where they are needed; and increasing the ability of low - wealth districts to pay for them.

One of the questions you need to ask yourself is, Can my district purchase scanners from a third - party at lower cost or is the equipment proprietary and specific to the company the district is purchasing the service from?

So, we need to pay a lot more attention to the role of districts in assisting low - performing schools.

On the night of last April 17, the Philadelphia school community waited anxiously to find out which of the district's schools would land on a new list of low performers — schools that the state was declaring to be in urgent need of change.

Similarly, when urban districts need to close a set of schools in order to consolidate, they increasingly ensure that school quality is the first consideration — preserve high performers and close low performers.

However, in my experience, low - performing districts need all the micromanaging they can get.

Under current federal policy, funding for the extra costs associated with low - income and high - need students is provided to districts and states chiefly through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Are state, district, and school - level policymakers and educators generally avoiding the hard steps needed to improve chronically low - performing schools?

Delaware's plan calls for districts to have external reviewers assess the needs of low - graduation schools and schools then will implement «additional evidence - based interventions in the school that... are more rigorous and based on strong or moderate levels of evidence» (page 79).

Educators then need to adopt processes — such as discovery - driven innovation — for testing, iterating, and refining their blended - learning models in low - cost, low - stakes ways before taking them to scale across a school or district.

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

Likewise, although a given district need not allow its best teachers to transfer from low - income to high - income schools within their own district, they can not bar those same teachers from moving to neighboring school districts or to private schools.

But when compared to the expanse of the traditional district - based system and the educational needs of low - income families, the movement's accomplishments are modest.

The CommUNITY slate, noting that Douglas County's low per - pupil rate means that teachers can sometimes get a $ 10,000 raise by switching to a neighboring district, promises to educate the community on the need to pass a tax increase in 2018.

The state designates a district as high, average, or low need by dividing the district's poverty rate by its wealth per pupil.)

Some schools and / or students do not have the technology needed for a flipped classroom to be successful, especially those from low - income school districts.

The program is a hybrid: it gives formula grants to states, but to receive their share of funds (fixed amounts calculated by a formula tied to the states» levels of need) states had to submit applications specifying in detail how they would set up competitive grant programs for their districts aimed at helping low - performing, high - poverty schools improve reading instruction in grades K — 3.

The Commission will examine state and local policies to increase parent and family engagement, including: how the school calendar meets the needs of students and families to optimize engagement such as parent - teacher conferences and half - days; district and school - level policies to address student attendance issues; access to information regarding teacher effectiveness; and parental involvement in school policies such as placement of students in low - performing schools and in the classrooms of ineffective teachers.