Sentences with phrase «major school districts»

According to two major school districts currently involved in this very debate, the answer isn't terribly clear.

This study by the Council of the Great City Schools explores ways in which principal supervisors are selected, supported and evaluated in major school districts in the U.S..

He found that Chicago students were improving faster than students in any other major school district in the country.

With the negotiating season drawing to a close, teachers» strikes remain possible — in some cases very likely — in several major school districts.

Why is it Tonawanda, with slightly less in population than Cheektowaga, or West Seneca can each have one major school district serving its residents?

In the fall of 2012, the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to further investigate the ways principal supervisors are selected, supported, and evaluated in major school districts across the country, looking specifically at the roles and responsibilities of staff in these positions.

The departures of the superintendents of two major school districts on opposite coasts are prompting criticism of their school boards, and worries about the systems» ability to attract highly capable leaders to replace them.

Out of 11 major school districts open in all three time periods, five were predominantly nonwhite by 2010, and three of those transitioned from diverse to predominantly nonwhite in the past two decades.

This year, for the first time in history, several major school districts asked to file Amicus briefs to explain their problems directly to the Supreme Court.

The past week, representatives from several major school districts around the country were in town observing LEAP in action, and discussing ways to bring the model elsewhere around the country.

The program expansion phase, involves public and private schools in major school districts spanning from Los Angeles to New York City, as well as organizations such as local Boys and Girls Clubs, Head Start programs and a recent partnership with LA's BEST after - school enrichment programs.

From 2003 to 2005, Amato was the superintendent for the Orleans Parish Schools and four other major school districts in the United States during his 40 year career in public education.

In the fall of 2012, the Council of the Great City Schools launched a two - part study of the ways principal supervisors are selected, supported, and evaluated in major school districts across the country.

Before joining PowerMyLearning, Meghan worked as a Regional Coordinator for Children's Literacy Initiative in Philadelphia, where she managed implementation of a professional development initiative for early childhood educators in several major school districts, including Chicago Public Schools.

In fact, large - scale attempts to implement technology at scale through 1 - to - 1 tablet initiatives in major school districts have proven more frustrating than fruitful.»

In California this spring, for example, a coalition of nine major school districts has been trying out a new school - assessment system that relies in part on measurements of students» noncognitive abilities, such as self - management and social awareness.

So why is it as the population of Cheektowaga gets substantially smaller, meaning the tax base and number of children attending school gets smaller, we still have 5 major school districts?

Yes there are 5 major school districts in Cheektowaga: Cheektowaga Central, Maryvale, Cheektowaga - Sloan / JFK, Cleveland Hill and Depew, and that does not include the other districts that overlap into Cheektowaga, like West Seneca, Lancaster and Williamsville.

Two years later, the investigation found that cheating had occurred in at least 44 schools and that one of Georgia's major school districts had been plagued by «organized and systemic misconduct.»

The improved scores were impressive enough to lead several states and other major school districts, including New York, to adopt elements of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy — making student progress toward the next grade dependent on demonstrated achievement on standardized tests.

In six major school districts (New Orleans, Louisiana; the District of Columbia; Detroit, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; and Gary, Indiana), at least 30 percent of public school students are enrolled in public charter schools.

But Chicago's program may be the nation's largest sustained effort by a major school district to end social promotion.

Our analysis also examines and endorses portable student - weighted funding, more popularly known as «backpack» funding, and already being implemented in some major school districts.

And now, so does at least one major school district.

Major school districts in San Francisco, Denver, and Houston are implementing restorative practices to combat inequalities in suspension and disciplinary referrals.

EdWeek recently reported that at least three major school districts — Boston, Chicago and New York City — offer online credit recovery classes.

Recently, BOK has offered a marketing program to help traditional districts explain their value proposition versus «open enrollment» charter schools that have sprung up, sometimes on short notice, within some of the state's major school districts.

In my most cynical moments, I never thought education leaders in any major school district could get away with purposely unleashing a small army of ill - equipped teachers on students who already suffer from inadequate schools and poor achievement.

Early in 2014, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings approached the Bush Institute with a unique, challenging idea: Create a scorecard for mayors to use in evaluating their cities» major school district.

ATLANTA — In a dramatic conclusion to what has been described as the largest cheating scandal in the nation's history, a jury here on Wednesday convicted 11 educators for their roles in a standardized test cheating scandal that tarnished a major school district's reputation and raised broader questions about the role of high - stakes testing in American schools.

In a new report on the effects of the recession on teacher salaries in 41 major school districts, the National Council on Teacher Quality found that teacher raises for experience and market forces like inflation were one - third to one - half of what they were at the beginning of the recession.

If you spend time in almost any major school district in America today, you will notice that the students often do not look much like the teachers.

Some of the nation's major school districts, including in New York City and Washington, D.C., have already made significant reforms, such as requiring multiple evaluations by expert teachers or objective evidence of student growth.

In late August, I applied for a position with a major school district but hadn't heard anything.

Mayors» Report Card on Education Early in 2014, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings approached the Bush Institute with a unique, challenging idea: Create a scorecard for mayors to use in evaluating their cities» major school district.

There's a shortage of teachers in every major school district.

Using longitudinal administrative data from three major school districts with significant numbers of recent TFA placements, we generate TFA effect estimates based on two series of Georgia's standardized tests — the end - of - grade Criterion - Referenced Competency Tests (CRCTs) and end - of - course tests (EOCTs).

In efficacy studies of over 7,000 students in major school districts, students who used Success Highways improved across multiple measures:

As a current Certified School Counselor working at a progressive and diverse elementary school and a past Developmental Leadership Program Director serving all major School Districts in Atlanta, I understand the unique nature of individual school culture that supports and sometimes challenges children.