Sentences with phrase «need districts create»

Our highest - need districts create budgets without the proper supports and lack incentives to channel money to students who most need resources.

Not exact matches

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

While some school districts have been able to access the tools and resources on The Lunch Box and put them into use to create change, some districts were expressing a need for more direct interaction.

Past winners have raised money for childhood cancer awareness, created «clothing closets» for students who need everything from formal wear to graduation gowns, and a chef who jumped into school nutrition with both feet, creating school breakfast programs, a school garden, and meet - the - chef events to raise the profile of his district's child nutrition program.

But school districts may need support to create policies that are meaningful and effective.

The Oak Lawn Park District approved creating a dog park on the village's west side, but for the park to become a reality, the district will have to raise the money needed to transform the site into a canine - friendDistrict approved creating a dog park on the village's west side, but for the park to become a reality, the district will have to raise the money needed to transform the site into a canine - frienddistrict will have to raise the money needed to transform the site into a canine - friendly area.

Representatives from the northern villages of the Barrington area will work with the Barrington Park District in the coming weeks to determine how much land will be needed to create a regional park.

It was about 75 years ago that Crystal Lake voters overwhelmingly voted to create a park district to serve their recreational needs.

That diversity of views and experiences created a particularly stimulating atmosphere and led to many productive discussions about how to improve school food while meeting the needs of school districts.

It will take about 10 months to create the first schematic design, providing the Park District is able to provide architects with a sharp definition of its use and needs for the 20,000 - square - foot portion of the facility the Park District will occupy until its own nearby facilities are completed.

The work is part of the biggest parks project in Hanover Park since 1974, when the district borrowed money to build the Community Center at 1919 Walnut Ave.. Since then, new residents have poured into developments built at the south end of town, creating a need for more parks there,...

A consultant had created the plan from information gathered at dozens of residential focus groups, from Park District surveys and an examination of the district's demographics, programs and space needs, OlingDistrict surveys and an examination of the district's demographics, programs and space needs, Olingdistrict's demographics, programs and space needs, Olinger said.

SPPS needed to apply for a temporary whole grain waiver that would allow the district to create a menu item that would appeal to our diverse student body.

In 1992, the SMILE Grant - in - Aid program was created to enable families in need of financial assistance the opportunity to participate in Park District programs.

Clayton Babies Sleep Consulting was created to serve local families, school districts and community agencies and has now grown to help families around the world get the sleep they need.

Also, since the rounding errors in each district are smaller, the models a person engaged in gerrymandering needs to use to intentionally create rounding errors that are in favor of the preferred party must be both much more accurate and much more sophisticated to work properly.

Wadsworth, who represented the 21st House District from 2010 to 2012, touted his values as a fiscal conservative and said the legislature needed to do more to create jobs.

And while he and Rumore agreed that the city's high poverty rate creates particular challenges for schools and that increased funding is necessary for a turnaround, Quinn said the district needs to «get its act together» before asking for any more money.

«We need to do enormous and aggressive investment in solar and wind infrastructure that is going to create jobs all across our district,» Beals said.

There is no need to allege or claim the need to create or redraw district lines to include other Asians from other districts to push group them in other areas to increase Asian numbers, so only Asian officials can get elected.

Boost the teaching profession: Spend an additional $ 1 million to create a new cohort of Master Teachers exclusively in high - need school districts.

He said the Board of Elections would need to create multiple sets of ballots since all county Democrats and Republicans can vote in their respective primaries although only residents of Skelos» 9th District could vote for that seat.

«Our Council Member needs to be a strong leader who can fight passionately for residents to help create more jobs, a leader who will work tirelessly to improve the quality of life for his / her neighbors, a leader with a proven record of getting things done and with a vision for moving the district forward,» said Assemblyman and Bronx County Democratic Committee Chair Marcos A. Crespo.

Washington is in dire need of a true representative of the people who will stand up and fight for limited government, cut taxes, rein in spending, and most importantly create jobs and opportunities for the people of his district and our country.

My top priority would be to create a forum for hearing the opinions and concerns and needs of my constituents in District 17 and take their voice back to the legislature.

Eliminating the GEA favors wealthy districts, whereas running the state's Foundation Aid Formula — created to more equitably distribute funding to districts — benefits high - need districts.

The speaker said he wants to create a timetable to «fully» phase in foundation aid, the current funding formula that most helps high - needs school districts such as New York City.

With the demographic shift and the need to redraw district lines following the 2010 census, advocates believe they have the opportunity to create a new Latino district with a majority Dominican population, opening the door for a run by State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who has already made history as the first Dominican - American elected to a state legislature.

A primary role of school systems, states, districts, and charter - management organizations, the pair write, «is to create the conditions in schools through which teachers can become experts at teaching the curriculum they are using and adapting instruction to the needs of their particular students.»

Basically, she felt that the list — created by a district over-reliant on the group training model for a certain software or technology tool without including integration ideas — did not reflect the needs of the teachers on her campus.

«Districts need to provide training in developing teamwork and co-leadership models that will help create a positive and supportive school environment.»

The Spokane (Washington) Public Schools, along with many other school districts, has made a living embracing this simple concept: If we assess our students beforehand, create a common curriculum based upon what the students need to have, then teach that curriculum and fill in what the students don't have, and then assess the students again to be sure they got it, we'll probably be okay.

The budget also creates the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, which will give approximately 13,000 special needs children scholarships that can be used to pay for private school tuition, to defer the costs of attending an out - of - district public school, or for other servNeeds Scholarship, which will give approximately 13,000 special needs children scholarships that can be used to pay for private school tuition, to defer the costs of attending an out - of - district public school, or for other servneeds children scholarships that can be used to pay for private school tuition, to defer the costs of attending an out - of - district public school, or for other services.

We also know that they can promote civic virtues, that the U.S. Supreme Court found voucher programs constitutional, that they can be held accountable, that district reform has not led to the improvements needed, and that chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats yet.

More recently, we drew heavily on those experiences to create Opportunity by Design, an initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York that is enabling a select group of urban districts to design new secondary schools that serve all students, particularly those who are underprepared and need to accelerate and recuperate their learning.

They urged school districts to reform curricula by creating practical, relevant courses (such as shop, home economics, and driver's education) based on students» needs and interests.

SDP created the rubric as a first step for districts seeking to gain control over their information — to take stock of what they have, where they are storing it, and what needs it might serve.

In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those results.

As school budgets seem to buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need, some school districts are discovering — or creating — new ways to raise money.

But as long as school budgets buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need, many school districts will continue to discover — or create — new ways of raising the needed funds.

The New Teacher Project finds its efforts to help districts recruit sorely needed instructors undercut by local personnel officials who routinely object to these outsiders or understate the cost of district recruiting (creating inaccurate comparisons for TNTP» s pricing).

«Research clearly shows that no school improvement effort can succeed without effective leadership, and such leadership is needed at all levels - federal, state, district, and school - in our current systems and in the systems we will create in the future,» said M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation, which provided a $ 10 - million grant to support the effort.

The dashboard aligns research - based strategies and practitioner - tested techniques with each district's specific needs, allowing school district leaders to create systemic action plans for student - centered, personalized learning before purchasing additional technology — ensuring a much smoother implementation.

Transforming education in the District of Columbia into an all - ESA district — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual fDistrict of Columbia into an all - ESA district — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual fdistrict — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual families.

Create and enforce a new civil right to excellent teachers, fueling districts and states at scale — not just the already - motivated — to make the changes needed to reach all students with excellent teachers and their teams.

Specifically, the state now requires districts to create local policies that ensure that they are «meeting the instructional needs of each individual student» and to show that they provide alternative means of demonstrating achievement such as extended learning opportunities, career and technical education courses, and distance education.

Just as I reached the conclusion that urban districts can't be fixed and, therefore, we need to create a new delivery system for public education in America's cities, a large and growing number of reformers interested in teacher preparation believe that we can't trust the old system to change adequately and that, instead, we need to create new pathways into the profession.

Bauxite School District created the Miner Academy to increase the graduation rate and address the needs of all learners, especially those for whom the traditional school environment was not a good fit.

Practical tools you can use to build public understanding and engagement around major educational issues, to help you create the public and community support your district needs for success.

Districts should invest in the development of successful learning models for diverse schools, including professional development for school personnel that empowers them to address students» socioemotional needs and create inclusive school communities.