Sentences with phrase «neighboring district»

That's 2.1 times more than the neighboring district of Wilmette Public Schools District 39 in Wilmette, Ill., rated 10 by GreatSchools, with a median list price of $ 780,000, and 1.2 times more than Winnetka School District 36 in Winnetka, Ill., rated 10, with a median list price of $ 1.4 million.

The tour was narrated by a local resident named Chuck, who gave us a deeper insight into the history of Santa Barbara as well as the neighboring district of Montecito, home to millionaires like Oprah Winfrey and Nathalie Portman.

Many charter school teachers prefaced their comments today with «I taught at an LAUSD school for X years,» which goes to show that charter school teachers, leaders, and students are not of a different breed than our neighboring district school teachers, leaders, and students.

First up, a school administrator from a neighboring district sang the praises of the Common Core Standards and the aligned testing.

Teachers can move or drive a few miles to a neighboring district and instantly improve their base pay or even find schools with better resources.

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy operates a rigorous college preparatory program for more than 1,500 low - income students at four active central Los Angeles campuses that consistently out - perform neighboring district - run schools.

Yet it is worth noting that the public - school systems in Montgomery County and the neighboring District of Columbia both spent about $ 15,000 per student in the 2007 - 2008 school year — and while Montgomery County has obviously gotten a respectable return on its investment, D.C. has performed dismally, ranking dead last in the nation on 2007 and 2009 NAEP math and reading scores for fourth graders.

But when its contract was approaching expiration a few years ago, the town decided to give local parents the option of sending their children to private schools as well, and the town would cover tuition up to the amount that it was spending per pupil at the neighboring district school (about $ 12,000).

«These strategies are quite effective in ensuring an individual district opens the school year fully staffed, but they do nothing for a neighboring district down the road,» says Lujan.

While Achievement First likes to brag that their students do better on standardized tests than students in their neighboring district schools, they fail to reveal that the get those results by refusing to provide educational services to broad social - demographic groups within the community.

Special education students make up 7 percent of enrollment, compared to 13 percent at neighboring district schools.

The reclassification rate at Magnolia Academy 2 was 30 percent, and 51 percent at Magnolia Academy 3, about twice the rate of neighboring district schools.

«The district's own report clearly shows that students at Celerity's schools are knocking it out of the park compared to students attending neighboring district schools,» said the CCSA's Mandell.

Compared to neighboring district schools, KIPP middle schools have student bodies characterized by higher concentrations of poverty and racial minorities, but lower concentrations of special education and limited English proficiency students.

Crenshaw High School, the neighboring district school, had a graduation rate of 41 percent during the 2009 - 10 school year.

My husband of 22 years is a middle school principal in a neighboring district where we live and our

The legislation required districts with less than 5,000 students to annex with a neighboring district within a three year period.

This is exactly what the families did, and their public school children deserve the same funding for their education that they'd receive in a neighboring district school.»

Speaking at the National Conference of Black Mayors in Hartford last month, the 1984 Democratic Presidential candidate said the three parents who face arraignment this week in Hartford Superior Court «should not be apologetic» for enrolling their children in a neighboring district.

Your version of a «tipped» playing field is that charters don't get nearly as much money per student as do neighboring district schools.

Add specific schools or districts into the comparison (e.g., add a high - performing district or a neighboring district or school regardless of the other selection criteria used)

We invited a group of students from the neighboring district to come in and put on a great show.

But in a new article for Education Next, Sarah A. Cordes of Temple University examines the effects of charter schools on neighboring district school students in New York City and finds that these spillover effects are actually positive: students attending a district school within a half - mile radius of a charter school score better in math and reading and enjoy an increase in their likelihood of advancing to the next grade.

Charter schools benefit students in neighboring district schools Positive effects found on test scores, grade completion, and more, increasing with proximity

The notion that youngsters can leave their school for one they like better in a neighboring district began in 1988 in Minnesota and has since spread in some form to nearly every state, according to the Education Commission of the States.

This step will prevent you from being overcharged and reveal if a neighboring district negotiated a better deal.

The CommUNITY slate, noting that Douglas County's low per - pupil rate means that teachers can sometimes get a $ 10,000 raise by switching to a neighboring district, promises to educate the community on the need to pass a tax increase in 2018.

Public revenue for charter schools is typically 10 to 20 percent below per - pupil funding levels at neighboring district - run schools.

One year after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., middle school students in a neighboring district discuss racial bias.

A year after the death of Michael Brown, Inda Schaenen, a teacher in a neighboring district, is changing her curriculum to embolden her classroom.

Former Congressman Scott Murphy, who used to represent a neighboring district, is among the Democrats pundits have floated as a potential Democratic candidate.

A Republican New York state senator is working to ensure that his neighboring district returns to GOP hands in November.

A sixth, former Rep. Richard Pombo (Calif.), is running again in a neighboring district.

The pretty - boy husband of Facebook multi-multi-millionaire Chris Hughes, Eldridge transplanted their tender coupling from a neighboring district (to which they had only recently relocated from SoHo) and set down shallow roots in the 19th, which he watered generously out of their joint bank account.

Another contender is Dominic Panakal, the chief of staff to a city councilman in a neighboring district, Rory Lancman.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) visited South Florida over the weekend to pressure first - time candidate Matt Haggman out of a Democratic primary in order to run in a neighboring district.

Ms. Richardson also has the endorsement of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, who represents a neighboring district.

Rep. John Faso, the Kinderhook Republican who represents the neighboring district, confined his comments on the Senate proposal to its inclusion of an amendment he helped secure in the House bill, for which he voted.

Meanwhile our neighboring district Briarcliff has seen a 16 % decrease in enrollment.

That money can also be used for a neighboring district or potentially shifted to another market.

Donate, activate Democrats in our neighboring district.

«If you have Belmont in my district, or neighboring district... people in those communities, they want some sort of economic development,» the Long Island Republican told me during a sit - down in the conference room adjoining his office.

Scott Murphy, who represented a neighboring district, lives within the boundaries of Owens» district, after it was re-drawn in 2012.

«You'll see the political and civic leadership coalesce around one candidate,» Mr. Lancman, a representative of a neighboring district, told the Observer.

It's also worth noting, however, that Bob Turner won a neighboring district congressional special election in 2011 (to replace Anthony Weiner) by galvanizing discontent with Obama's approach to Israel.

Have you thought about partnering with a colleague from a neighboring district to team up and run a much bigger school nutrition program nearby?

It's certainly a win - win situation for these schools, but it also creates a disturbing picture of rich kids nibbling on sushi and having enough money for the team uniforms, while poor kids in a neighboring district are not only getting eating subpar food, they're often selling candy and other junk food to raise money for those same uniforms, further contributing to poor health habits that may last a lifetime.

Last week, I attended a conference which included a presentation by a neighboring district touting its school meal program.

showdown continues between Walmart and the neighboring District of Columbia, where Mayor Vincent Gray could sign a bill that would make large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city's minimum wage.

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.