Sentences with phrase «need districts facing»

«Now that the GEA is finally gone for good, state policymakers need to turn their attention to making sure the Foundation Aid formula operates as intended and drives additional resources to high need districts facing enrollment growth,» Borges said.

Students Matter focuses on the wrong problems and the wrong solutions, completely ignoring the incredible challenges high - needs districts face in recruiting and retaining good teachers.

Not exact matches

School officials said the district needs to taste success in its next referendum or face overcrowding by 1999 that might force them to use mobile classrooms, or institute split shifts or year - round school schedules.

To the children at the Elmhurst Park District, where she worked as a camp counselor, she was a friendly face, always there to motivate, brush away a tear or lend an ear whenever it was needed.

This report focuses on one crucial set of challenges that school districts face in meeting nutrition standards for meals: the need for improved equipment and infrastructure.

This report presents findings about the challenges districts face in implementing the updated meal standards, specifically as they relate to equipment and infrastructure needs.

Lisle Park District Board members will continue debating how much of a face - lift is needed at the aging Sea Lion Park.

«Now more than ever, the people of the 37th Senate District need an independent - minded, practical problem solver who will provide bipartisan, innovative solutions to address the issues faced by Westchester's working families.»

«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.

Cancel faces a spirited challenge in the heavily Democratic district from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who has attacked Cancel for her ties to Silver and focused her campaign on the need to reform Albany's tangled political culture.

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 district has a Republican enrollment advantage, but the GOP needs to keep the seat in their column as they face a razor - thin majority in the chamber.

«The 52nd district needs a fresh face, fresh ideas, somebody with energy and passion,» Akshar said at his announcement on Monday.

In his second nonconsecutive term, Guinta faces a double threat in this swing district: Before entertaining another rematch with former Rep. Carol Shea - Porter, he needs to survive his September primary.

Many district officials already have told residents they face a squeeze next year between holding down taxes while expanding instructional services needed to prep students for lessons and tests aligned with rigorous Common Core academic standards.

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.

Before Turner's victory, the district had been widely viewed as the top candidate for eradication as Democrats and Republicans face the need to axe two House seats.

In this Manhattan and Queens district, Ms. Maloney, who has served nine terms in the House, is facing a challenge from Reshma Saujani, an impressive and energetic young lawyer of Indian descent who argues that New York needs the voice of a new generation and a new slice of the city's ethnic pie.

As someone not from his district or region, the main way I know of Chet Edwards was when his name was floated as a possible VP just before the Biden VP announcement, as the obvious three - way decision story (Biden, Bayh, Kaine) was becoming stale through repetition, and needed a fresh face.

I've traveled all over this district, far and wide, and I understand what the needs and what the challenges and what the people face on the ground.

Similarly, schools and districts, when faced with competition, might make public statements about how they need to change but never translate these statements into action.

Faced with mandatory federal and state holidays, contracted teacher professional development days, and the need to plan for weather - related cancellations, Maryland school districts will struggle to fit in the obligatory number of days without dramatically shortening winter and spring breaks.

In some cities, districts also face an increasing concentration of the students hardest and most costly to educate, those with severe special needs, those who speak little to no English, those with the most severe behavior and mental health challenges and the least parental support.

November Third William Lewers In this sequel to the novel Gatekeepers of Democracy about elections and poll keepers, William Lewers, M.A.T.» 66, looks at the struggle that his main Gatekeeper protagonists face when they realize something is amiss with the voting machines in their district and they need to do something about it.

Evaluating ELLs for Special Needs a Challenge Education Week, August 29, 2012 «Faced with a class action five years ago over the poor quality of its special education services, the San Diego school district hired Thomas Hehir, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.»

In school districts around the country, handwritten notes, calls home, and face - to - face meetings are rapidly ceding ground to new technologies that better meet the needs of parents and schools.

Two districts on opposite sides of the country faced the same problem: They needed new common - core curricula.

Both districts faced problems that reflected initial periods of severe racial segregation, followed by such remedial efforts as busing, followed by evidence of resegregation, followed by a need to end busing and encourage the return of, e.g., suburban students through increased student choice.

Districts can connect with parents through focus groups to better understand their needs and identify barriers students face in showing up for school.

Establish teacher residency models for hard - to - staff districts to recruit and retain talented and diverse candidates in high - need schools while better preparing them for the challenges they will face.

CPS faces the challenges of high student poverty and dismal test scores — though its selective - enrollment schools have posted some of the highest test scores in Illinois — and the district believes it needs more money to help its low - income population.

• New schools face many challenges, and have unique needs related to building a student body and building bridges between school, district, and community.

The journal featured the partnership in two blog posts, one by REL Northwest researchers Havala Hanson and Jennifer Esswein, who describe the urgent conditions that led to the research - practice partnership's formation, and another by Homedale School District Superintendent Rob Sauer, who writes about the challenges facing Idaho's rural districts and how data and evidence are needed to create a common language for collaborators as they look for solutions.

We made sure legislators understood the critical need for fair funding since charter kids from NYC to Buffalo still face a huge funding disparity compared to district school kids.

I happened to be one of those proponents based first on my close understanding of the challenges she faced when she entered the job, the tough decisions she has made over the last two years, and the leadership direction of the district which is now rooted in the theory that in order to improve student learning we need most to improve the quality of teaching and leadership.

They identify five factors that explain the engagement in Cleveland, which faced the threat of a state takeover and the need to pass a new tax levy, leading the mayor and the district he oversaw to reach out to high - performing charters as part of his reform plan.

Her choice from among leading educators and administrators from other districts around the country reflected a strong desire by the board to keep the district in the hands of someone well versed on the challenges facing the district, someone who would not need months of on - the - job learning to become familiar with issues, schools and personnel.

That's not to say that recruiting top principals for high - needs schools in large districts, where school leaders face added demands and often - inadequate incentives, is an easy task.

She began as a teacher at the ground level of one of the country's most economically and demographically challenging inner city populations, the North Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she faced what so many teachers face: high class numbers, and needing to support learning, emotional and physical needs of a multilingual population of students in poverty while achieving state and district test score goals.

The election of three school board members comes at a particularly important time as the district faces critical budgetary decisions, the need to improve student achievement particularly for chronically underserved students and even greater parent demand for high quality educational options including charter public schools.

The report suggests that school districts use LCFF funds to address the inequalities that students in high - need schools face.

One concern is that districts receiving the minimum amount, such as KPS, which serves high - poverty neighborhoods, won't get the resources they need for the challenges they face, and that smaller, lower - funded charter and cyber schools will receive more than they need.

And I think, on the basis of equity and the civil rights of these students, Congress and the State of California needs to dig deeper to find ways to support districts like Oakland so they can stabilize and build a more long term solution to the problems we face in retaining and developing strong teachers.

They said the district faced a $ 100 million shortfall over the next three years, largely due to falling enrollments caused by the rise of charter schools, and staff reductions need to be considered.

I believe Congress and the state of California need to take a hard look at the challenges that high poverty districts like Oakland face, because our District is hardly unique.

Amelia Harper reports on a new District Administration brief, noting that school leaders «need to be aware of how the experiences of military families create special challenges in the way students connect to the world, the social and emotional challenges they face, and the educational...

School districts across the United States are honing their approaches to help newcomer students meet the challenges they face - from developing processes to identify students» academic and socioemotional needs, to connecting them with mental - health and legal supports, and tailoring curricular pathways in ways that balance student needs with policy constraints.

As districts face the recurring problem of ensuring every student has access to a high - quality teacher, a growing number have begun to proactively form deep, mutually beneficial partnerships with teacher preparation programs to produce teacher candidates who match their specific needs.

Because communities nationwide face such a variety of needs when it comes to teacher quality, the law gives schools and districts flexibility in how the money is spent.

In particular, the district faces a continual challenge with the turnover of new teachers in high need schools.