Sentences with phrase «most nonprofit schools»

Religious organizations, most nonprofit schools and colleges, charitable hospitals, and some library organizations are exempt from this requirement.

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The nonprofit organization serves the most dropout prone school districts in Southern and Northeastern Nevada, supporting nearly 25,000 students over 40 sites.

Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaiSchool Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaischool districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.

Two of the three schools were proposed by Success Academy Charter Schools, a nonprofit group, and without the public space will most likely be unable tschools were proposed by Success Academy Charter Schools, a nonprofit group, and without the public space will most likely be unable tSchools, a nonprofit group, and without the public space will most likely be unable to open.

While she was there, the organization was recognized as one of the most successful nonprofits in America by Fast Company magazine and Harvard Business School.

The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

Most notably, BPS has supported Horace Mann charter applications for the nonprofit school - management organization Unlocking Potential to operate two such schools.

States would create «regional health - care alliances» — independent state agencies or nonprofit corporations whose members would include most businesses, school districts and other government agencies, the self - employed, and others.

A nonprofit group that performed a study of Oklahoma school district Web sites this summer says most didn't meet basic criteria for transparency for taxpayers.

While most Head Start programs nationwide are run by private, nonprofit agencies, Chicago is one of the largest school districts operating a program.

By 2005 Pisces was the biggest single supporter of Teach for America, a nonprofit that has, improbably, made teaching in poverty - ridden urban schools one of the most popular career choices of students at Ivy League colleges.

According to the nonprofit news outlet, there's «a sprawling system of «alternative» schools made up of roughly a half million of the nation's most vulnerable students.»

In New Orleans, where most schools are charters, the nonprofit organization New Schools for New Orleans collects school - specific data and identifies retention rates and projected vacancy rates, which schools and networks can use to develop talent straschools are charters, the nonprofit organization New Schools for New Orleans collects school - specific data and identifies retention rates and projected vacancy rates, which schools and networks can use to develop talent straSchools for New Orleans collects school - specific data and identifies retention rates and projected vacancy rates, which schools and networks can use to develop talent straschools and networks can use to develop talent strategies.

Told most simply, the Philadelphia story provides a threefold answer to these questions: 1) for - profits outperform district - managed schools in math but not in reading; 2) nonprofits probably fall short of district schools in both reading and math instruction; and 3) for profits outperform nonprofits in both subjects.

Founded in 2012, Student Voice is a student - run nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education.

This is why we are launching SponsHER, a venture that pushes for gender equity at the most senior levels of the largest and leading school districts, charter management organizations, and nonprofits.

Questions about the legal status of charter schools — which receive taxpayer money but are privately run, usually by nonprofit corporations — are broad, existential ones in Texas, where disputes over school funding are among the Legislature's most contentious.

These schools resemble traditional schools more than charters: LAUSD, not an independent nonprofit board, retains governing control of the school; all employees are paid by LAUSD and subject to union agreements; and the schools» funding flows through LAUSD rather than from the state as with most Independent Charters.

Founded in 2012, this DC - centered nonprofit «dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education» lists no donors on its website.

Perhaps its most controversial elements involve the potential for increased public funding of charter schools, all of which hold nonprofit status, but some of which are operated by for - profit management franchises, and a proposal to transfer authority over the IPS district from an elected school board to a board appointed by the city's mayor and city - county council.

In a series of columns in ASCD Express, the cofounder of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban sSchools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schoolsschools.

Tuck has worked in public education for fifteen years, leading two public school systems, and most recently serving as Educator - in - Residence at the nonprofit New Teacher Center.

Education Week, To Fight Inequity, Empower the Families It Harms Most At RISE Colorado, an education nonprofit founded in 2012, we've created a model in which we train school leaders and teachers to educate families about the opportunity gap and their role in overcoming it.

He went on to serve as a Senior Vice President at Voyager Expanded Learning Systems; did a tour in Baghdad Iraq at the request of the White House and Department of Defense, serving as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Education to assist with the rebuilding of the Iraqi school system in 2003; was Superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District; and, perhaps most significantly, served seven years as Chief Executive Officer of AVID, a global nonprofit that helps prepare students for postsecondary education and is one of the leading providers of professional development for educators in tschool system in 2003; was Superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District; and, perhaps most significantly, served seven years as Chief Executive Officer of AVID, a global nonprofit that helps prepare students for postsecondary education and is one of the leading providers of professional development for educators in tSchool District; and, perhaps most significantly, served seven years as Chief Executive Officer of AVID, a global nonprofit that helps prepare students for postsecondary education and is one of the leading providers of professional development for educators in the US.

This school is a nonprofit, independent charter school in the middle of an urban area that serves the most diverse group of kids in the state.

Though most of these providers operate their Pre-K for All units as nonprofits, many — including Wong's school — contain for - profit elements such as day care centers or classrooms for two - and three - year - olds.

According to an analysis of 2015 - 16 federal survey data by Politico and the nonprofit newsroom The Investigative Fund, «Seven of the 10 school systems statewide that used the most restraints and seclusions per special education student were charter school companies in New Orleans.»

AAE is a nonprofit, nonunion, pro-charter schools association offering most of the benefits the teacher unions provide but at a fraction of the cost.

«If you have a school that's struggling, in most cases, the parents, the district and the teachers are working really hard to try and fix it,» said Kathleen Oropeza, a Florida mom who co-founded the nonprofit FundEducationNow.org and fought against parent trigger bills the past two legislative sessions.

And although today most federal dollars are available only to school districts, others — mayors, nonprofits, and other education officials — should be able to compete for the money to expand choice.

The BTR program began as a partnership between the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE), an education nonprofit formed in 1984.156 The BTR was created in 2002 to address Boston's most pressing teacher pipeline challenges:

When that was blocked, he formed the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit that took over some of the city's most struggling sSchools, a nonprofit that took over some of the city's most struggling schoolsschools.

The charter schools we selected for analysis are part of the Alliance College Ready Public Schools (Alliance), a nonprofit company that operates 26 charter middle schools and high schools, all of them part of LAUSD, and most of them located in south - central Los Aschools we selected for analysis are part of the Alliance College Ready Public Schools (Alliance), a nonprofit company that operates 26 charter middle schools and high schools, all of them part of LAUSD, and most of them located in south - central Los ASchools (Alliance), a nonprofit company that operates 26 charter middle schools and high schools, all of them part of LAUSD, and most of them located in south - central Los Aschools and high schools, all of them part of LAUSD, and most of them located in south - central Los Aschools, all of them part of LAUSD, and most of them located in south - central Los Angeles.

The push to change teacher evaluations has been driven largely by nonprofit groups and politicians, and it follows research demonstrating that teacher effectiveness is the most important in school - factor affecting student performance.

Most funding for school construction comes from local governments, said Alex Donahue, deputy director for policy and research at the 21st Century School Fund, a Washington - based nonpschool construction comes from local governments, said Alex Donahue, deputy director for policy and research at the 21st Century School Fund, a Washington - based nonpSchool Fund, a Washington - based nonprofit.

We've also studied the most effective strategies that schools and nonprofits can use to engage families in guiding their child to and through college through conducting a literature review, holding focus groups with DC families, and piloting strategies at the local level.

Part of that is scarce resources, but for the most part the infrastructure that supported schools to work on improving teaching and learning was dismantled intentionally: the old subject matter projects were dismantled and a diverse ecology of nonprofit organizations, consultants, and university - based programs were replaced by a one - size - fits - all set of training programs that were intended to align professional development with state - adopted curriculum and tests.

Committee members conferred with representatives from the New Schools for New Orleans nonprofit that supports charter schools, and decided at its most recent meeting to engage a firm called K12 Search Group to help recruit the next CEO, said committee chair Stephen BoyaSchools for New Orleans nonprofit that supports charter schools, and decided at its most recent meeting to engage a firm called K12 Search Group to help recruit the next CEO, said committee chair Stephen Boyaschools, and decided at its most recent meeting to engage a firm called K12 Search Group to help recruit the next CEO, said committee chair Stephen Boyard Jr..

Then the state took over most of the schools and chartered them to dozens of nonprofits led by volunteer boards, almost all of which employ their teachers on a year - to - year basis.

The schools, nearly all operated by nonprofit organizations, are free from some of the regulations that traditional district schools must follow and most of their teachers are not in unions.

In most public schools in Los Angeles, somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent of teachers leave the classroom within five years, according to Jane Mayer, who directs the Los Angeles region of the nonprofit organization The Teaching Well.

Tredway is senior associate for IEL's Leaders for Today and Tomorrow Project, a catalyst for engaging institutions of higher education, school districts, and nonprofits in uncovering and coordinating efforts in social justice preparation, particularly to support of urban and rural leaders in the most vulnerable schools.

But while I know from experience that nonprofit public charter schools can offer opportunity and hope in some of our most underserved neighborhoods, I've also seen how for - profit schools fail to serve students» best interests.

«The real key is this is different than most of the reform efforts that I've actually been involved with and seen,» said Siart, who is also chairman of ExED, a nonprofit that provides business and support services to charter schools.

While I do some nonprofit work in literature education, and speak at schools as a visiting author, most days I try to write at home.

As is true with all nonprofits, this corps of well - trained volunteers is one of the School's most valuable resources.

Long story short, is that little website turned into one of the most prominent nonprofits in our community with programs for climate action, waste reduction, greening our schools, local foods.

The only real difference between for - profit and nonprofit schools is that while for - profits are run for the benefit of their owners, nonprofits are run for the benefit of the most - powerful stakeholders within those institutions...

Most qualified organizations include churches, nonprofit schools and hospitals, veterans» groups, and public parks.