Sentences with phrase «needs districts like»
«We can support a change in the aid formula only if it ensures that high - needs districts like New York City receive the aid they are due.»
http://www.uft.org/ Not exact matches
«Guys like Conor Lamb in districts that the president won by 20 points are gonna need room to say some things that in a place like Fairfield County, Connecticut would be problematic with the so - called base — not so - called base but the base.»
However, just like Social Security, I would not expect Washington (or Austin, or Sacramento, or...) to provide everything that the local district / school needs.
Trustees said they would like to work with the Park District, but the village's space needs must take priority.
That sounds like great news, until you learn that districts actually need $ 5 billion for equipment and infrastructure improvements.
Building a better nugget and adding more «whole grain» to pizza may sound like an improvement but what Dallas and Houston and every other school district needs to do is step back and look at the big picture!
These sound like great resources, but school districts also say they need more money.
Park Board members told the council in a joint meeting that they need a clearer understanding of the guidelines of the lease and would like more control over city - owned park sites maintained by the district.
However, instead of offering struggling school districts more resources like needed equipment, training and technical assistance, Congressional Republicans, prodded by the SNA and their cronies in the food and drink industry, decided to offer them a waiver.
If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the Park District of Highland Park programs, services or facilities, or if you need any additional information, we'd like to hear from you.
We need voices like Julie Killian's in the State Senate and we encourage voters in the 37th Senate district to vote for Julie Killian on April 24th.»
It's a policy that keeps the community safe and provides an alternative schedule to employees who need it, not one or the other like the policy of District Attorney Rice's predecessor.»
Walrond, for his part, denounced «career politicians,» and spoke about the district's need for a «leader,» someone who could effect change not from «lofty offices» but on the ground, like an «activist.»
Councilmember Lander said the district needed someone like Sikora who would «fight for progressive values in government, try to win a more equal city, address the challenges of climate change, make sure the rights of workers are respected, address the issues of health care on the policy level, and fight in the neighborhoods to improve our schools and make them better.»
«The Governor is right to prioritize helping high need districts, but we would like see more of the increase for all districts targeted to general operating aid.»
No Child Left Behind was not great for us either, but certainly Race to the Top» ratcheted everything up, because it became clear that for districts in need to get money that they would have to make all these kinds of measure and punish ideas that they'd put across, like the teacher evaluation piece and all of that.
It will be rebroadcast on wed Night from 10PM - 11Pm or of course, at our website (in a few days) at: www.westsidebx.blogspot.com Yes, with silly errors like these and the more important «Invasion» of The 81St Assembly district, by having The Ken Agosto, Joe McManus and JC 1199 Led Liberty Democratic Association (LDA) opening 2 offices - 1 in riverdale and the other - in upper norwood (right in front of MMCC)- now its getting interesting Of course NWB Democrats will do what they do best - hold the 78th and 80th Assembly Districts strong - and of course, help The Ben Franklin Club in the 81st - if they need a hand (But according to Assemblyman Dinowitz - «He has it covered».
She said Suozzi has the experience needed to bring federal dollars back to the district to address local issues like transportation and air traffic noise.
But grassroots candidates on the «wrong» side of the political spectrum like Samuel «Joe the Plumber» Wurzelbacher, who's running to unseat Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur in Ohio's Ninth District, need not apply.
The districts most in need of state aid tend to be in low income and rural areas like St. Lawrence County.
But between the new district lines and the Democratic enrollment edge in a presidential election year, the Republicans are probably going to need every penny to assist members in tough general election battles, and perhaps in trying to help non-incumbents like Bob Cohen, who's making his second attempt at winning retiring Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat.
According to Akufo - Addo ``... the time is right, to take democratic principles fully into local governance, local officials must become accountable to their local electorates, District Chief Executives should be directly elected if need be on partisan lines just like members of parliament and the president.
``... the time is right, to take democratic principles fully into local governance, local officials must become accountable to their local electorates, District Chief Executives should be directly elected if need be on partisan lines just like members of parliament and the president.
NYC needs to be cut off from NYS and be designated a district, like WDC is.
This short of the $ 1.5 billion education advocates like the Alliance for Quality Education say is necessary to provide more equitable funding for poorer schools deemed to be in high - needs districts.
Like the Senate, the Assembly also has expressed the need to eliminate the GEA in 2016 - 2017, but in the first day of session remarks, Speaker Carl Heastie focused more on increasing overall funding for districts.
Lynch told POLITICO New York there is «a lot that needs to happen» in the «outer - outer boroughs,» like improved traffic and pedestrian safety in a district where a majority of constituents drive, improving public transportation options and infrastructure and bringing more attention to the challenges of being a homeowner.
Elia delivered her speech to a number of area college presidents and members of higher education where she encouraged them to seek partnerships and work with districts, like Buffalo, to help make needed changes.
For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.
There is no district like it and we can do report after report and they will all say the same thing, that East Ramapo is in trouble and needs drastic changes to turn things around.»
Of that, 72 percent would go to high - need school districts like those here in Cortland County.
Mr. Recchia continued to straddle the fine line between the backing he is receiving from the likes of Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat relatively unpopular in the district, and the need to appeal to the swing voters who will decide this race.
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This program gives the district the ability to offer a range of online courses and scheduling options to better meet the needs of its students who would like to pursue custom and cyber learning opportunities.
If, like my school, you're in a «Chromebook District,» these suggested tools will work well because all integrate perfectly when you sign in with your Google ID, limiting the need for multiple passwords.
Like it or not, charter schools need districts.
With each of these technologies, there are strong marketing efforts by the product developers to convince you that you need them, and it will make your education district look like it is ahead of the game.
And it means that the district provides teacher leaders like Golden to support them in that effort — teacher leaders who meet monthly with the district's academic services division for professional learning to equip them with the skills they need to help schools succeed.
«I called school districts around the country and, especially when they heard I had an M.B.A., they'd say things to me like, - Well, we can transfer you to our business department, we need an accountant.»
Rules like the so - called comparability loophole — which allows districts to use average instead of actual teacher salaries for budget calculations — mean federal dollars are not getting to the schools and students who need them the most.
To be sure, there are often good reasons to place children out of district at public expense — no district can serve all students equally well — but neither are there always clear and obvious distinctions to be made between who can be educated in a regular school, those who need alternative settings and those like Adrian who run afoul of the rules so frequently, or who are penalized so often and systematically, that they simply give up and leave.
And local districts, like those in our own community, need to do an audit of all of the tests they are using and get the number down to the bare minimum.
One such effort is being led by K - 12 systems like the District of Columbia public schools, which has sought to customize content to teachers» needs and deepen their understanding of academic material by giving them a role in developing it.
Schools like this need a district environment that provides:
Christy Moustris, who oversees the two dozen academies and pathway programs in Elk Grove Unified School District, says those focused on themes like health sciences require more expensive equipment than, say, a business academy, but, on average, Moustris estimates the need as follows:
Until CMOs can benefit from the billions of dollars of school bonds raised by districts, they will need «equity - like» investments from philanthropy in order to expand and effectively serve more students.
It sounds like Metro Nashville has a robust system for data collection and for analyzing that data to inform student outcomes, but what about those districts where the resources aren't readily available or they just need help improving their data collection processes, does DQC provide resources?
Though it is free for teachers, Remind is expanding to meet school and district administrators» needs through a paid plan, which adds features like communication logs and district engagement reports.
Our guests will examine the core elements of personalized learning, and present examples of what it looks like in a district trying to better meet students» academic needs.
Confronted with challenges like changing economic needs, local historical perceptions, and teacher retention and financial resource issues, innovative district leaders in rural communities are taking an opportunity to plan for success.