Sentences with phrase «more school districts across the country»

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«Take a look, for example, at U.S. schools where 4,322 districts across the country now have farm - to - school programs — a more than four-fold increase since 2006.»

More than 3,400 salad bars have been donated to more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2More than 3,400 salad bars have been donated to more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2010.

This year, there are more than 4,200 schools in almost 600 school districts across the country where kids will be introduced to the game of golf along with character education.

This annual analysis looks at school breakfast participation and policies in 75 large school districts across the country to evaluate successful practices in reaching more low - income children with school breakfast.

More than 3,400 salad bars have been donated to more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2More than 3,400 salad bars have been donated to more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2more than 1,000 school districts across the country since the initiative launched in 2010.

Also, many school districts across the country not only have successful induction programs in place, they also are more than willing to share their successes with others.

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

Several school districts across the country are trying to change their teacher - salary structures in ways that would not only reward performance, but also allow effective teachers to reach top salary levels earlier in their careers, making teacher - compensation plans more in line with those in other occupations.

Many of the reforms he championed, namely, more accountability, more focus on standards, and growth in charter schools, are already at various levels of implementation in states and districts across the country.

It opens the way, for the first time, to comparing student, school and district performance across the land on a credible, common metric — and gauging their achievement against that of youngsters in other countries on our shrinking and ever - more - competitive planet.

Since its inception in Toledo, Ohio, more than 25 years ago, PAR has received national attention and has spread to dozens of school districts across the country.

Five student groups shared their presentations with ISTE's Leadership Symposium, which is made up of more than 150 educators from across the country who strive to develop and model the effective use of technology in education in their schools, school districts, and states.

Since he launched the Institute in 1985, he and his staff have trained over 30,000 educators in more than 50 school districts across the country.

As school enrollments continue to rise and more teachers retire, school districts across the country are valiantly trying to hire and retain enough high - quality educators to meet their needs.

The good news is that in pockets across our country, schools and districts are unleashing contemporary technology — combined with classic methods of inquiry - based learning that date back to Plato and Socrates — to transform the learning process into a rigorous and more relevant experience.

These distinctive education leaders from across the country are being recognized for their ability to inspire colleagues to incorporate innovative technology solutions that contribute to high - quality learning environments and more efficient school district operations.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

According to a nationwide survey to be released soon by the National Education Association (nea), more than one in three of the 1,326 elementary - and secondary - school teachers chosen randomly from different - sized school districts across the country said they «certainly» or «probably» would not become teachers again if they were given the choice.

State accountability systems focus attention and resources on low performance and remediation, but in many school districts across the country district leaders are as much concerned, if not more, about sustaining good performance and about establishing agendas for student learning beyond proficiency scores on standardized tests.

Given this, you'd think school districts would do more to support the development of school - to - school, teacher - to - teacher, and principal - to - principal learning rather than the typical top - down professional development model that is far too common in districts across the country.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

Olson is one of 244 principals in Tampa, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools, one of six large urban districts across the country that since 2011 have been involved in The Wallace Foundation's «principal pipeline» initiative — designed to grow more effective principals.

School districts across the country must compete with the companies that have more sophisticated human capital systems and offer more competitive salaries.

Updating learning spaces to reflect the more collaborative, project - based educational approach that is being taken by more progressive schools across the country and reflects the district learning framework of Professional Learning Communities.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter sSchools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter schoolsschools.

One response has been the School Administration Manager (SAM) process, created in 2002 in Louisville, Ky., with Wallace Foundation support and in use in 82 districts across the country as of 2012.61 Participating schools either hire a SAM to assume non-instructional tasks from the principal, or more commonly, the principal designates a person or persons from the staff - typically an assistant principal and / or administrative assistant - to function as a SAM.

Teach for America (TFA), which has trained more teachers than any other US teacher preparation program, has been heralded by school districts across the country.

The Performance Matters Growth Platform is used by more than 1 million educators and 11 million students in school districts across the country.

Magnet Schools of America commissioned a study with the University of North Carolina — Charlotte's Urban Institute to compile a comprehensive and more current count of the number of magnet schools across the country, as many school districts have broadened what it means to be a magnet Schools of America commissioned a study with the University of North Carolina — Charlotte's Urban Institute to compile a comprehensive and more current count of the number of magnet schools across the country, as many school districts have broadened what it means to be a magnet schools across the country, as many school districts have broadened what it means to be a magnet school.

Across the country, 12 school districts enroll more than 30 percent of their students in charter schools, including New Orleans (91 percent), Detroit (55 percent), and the District of Columbia (44 percent)(NAPCS, 2014b).

«This is an issue becoming more and more present in school districts across the country, so it's not surprising that we're seeing this develop more in North Carolina,» said Micah Johnson, Timeout Youth's director of School Outschool districts across the country, so it's not surprising that we're seeing this develop more in North Carolina,» said Micah Johnson, Timeout Youth's director of School OutSchool Outreach.

To date, more than 3,100 school district superintendents across the country have taken the Future Ready District Pledge, committing to transforming their education systems to meet the demands of an ever - changing, increasingly digitadistrict superintendents across the country have taken the Future Ready District Pledge, committing to transforming their education systems to meet the demands of an ever - changing, increasingly digitaDistrict Pledge, committing to transforming their education systems to meet the demands of an ever - changing, increasingly digital world.

This review covers school districts across the country, from every state, and it found that in nearly 200 districts, 20 % or more of the total enrolled students in K - 12 were suspended out of school at least once.

This study will help school districts across the country better target their limited resources at more effective recruitment and retention strategies.

Below are examples of schools and districts across the country that are employing unique strategies to provide teachers with more time.

As the new school year gets into full swing, there are more than 300 Linked Learning Pathways in more than 55 districts across the country.

These ideas — choice, charter schools, vouchers — have all gained a foothold to one degree or another in struggling urban districts across the country, including in DeVos» own home turf of Detroit, where more than half of public school students now attend charter schools.

She brings more than 25 years of experience as transformational educator, working as a practitioner in the classroom, a leader at both the school and district levels, and as a consultant and thought partner to drive instructional and systematic change in districts across the country.

Building on research presented during the Kinder Institute's October KIForum, Reardon's working paper uses a measure of educational opportunity meant to track student growth from grades three through eight utilizing standardized test scores for roughly 45 million students in more than 11,000 school districts across the country.

A relatively small slice of overall financing for K - 12 schools — just about 10 percent — comes from Washington, D.C. Schools across the country depend much more on state and district dschools — just about 10 percent — comes from Washington, D.C. Schools across the country depend much more on state and district dSchools across the country depend much more on state and district dollars.

On an annual basis, IDRA provides on - site training and technical assistance to thousands of teachers and students across the country and to more than 1,600 school districts and other groups.

In Michigan, and across the country, school districts are becoming more segregated — both by race and income.

Parents and caregivers are truly our students» first teachers — and school districts across the country are finding that getting parents more involved in their local schools can have a significant, lasting effect on student achievement.

By Dana Fisher and Kevin Hart Parents and caregivers are truly our students» first teachers — and school districts across the country are finding that getting parents more involved in their local schools can have a significant, lasting effect on...

More voucher and ESA programs across the country mean that more federal IDEA and Title I funds must be dispersed to private schools across districts to provide services to students with disabilities and students from low - income arMore voucher and ESA programs across the country mean that more federal IDEA and Title I funds must be dispersed to private schools across districts to provide services to students with disabilities and students from low - income armore federal IDEA and Title I funds must be dispersed to private schools across districts to provide services to students with disabilities and students from low - income areas.

CEC was established in 1987 and has offices in Lombard, Springfield and Carterville, supporting more than 100 Illinois school districts as well as school districts across the country.

Researcher Sean Reardon studied the multiple factors that contribute to the gap, using more than 200 million test scores from schools and districts across the country.

The Scholastic Teacher & Principal School Report series showcases the results of a national survey of more than 4,700 public school Pre-K — 12 educators on critical issues affecting schools and districts across the coSchool Report series showcases the results of a national survey of more than 4,700 public school Pre-K — 12 educators on critical issues affecting schools and districts across the coschool Pre-K — 12 educators on critical issues affecting schools and districts across the country.

«All across the country, school districts are beginning to recognize that a well - rounded education must be about more than higher test scores or rigid academic assessments,» said Jennifer Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation.