Sentences with phrase «not leading a school district»

Even if I am distorting (and the research I cite is distorting) some aspect of this debate, I am not leading a school district; you are.

Not exact matches

If the American public are led to believe that the reason school food is suffering is because districts are managing their money inefficiently and not because it just costs more, then there will be no call to adequately fund school food.

Some parents and school district lunch administrators alike feel that the new limits on salt, sugars, and fats combined with increases in whole grains, fruits and vegetables will necessarily lead to food that children simply won't eat.

Obviously, this is what has led to the current crisis and is not a sustainable situation for school districts.

All schools need do is follow the lead of Berkeley and other school districts that understand that tons of sugar can not be good for kids in the middle of an obesity epidemic.

In Muscogee County, home of Columbus, a school district spokesperson said the district doesn't test the drinking water for lead «because none of our schools are fed with lead pipes for water.»

Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the teachers unions and school districts over the creation of teacher evaluation systems.

But a district proposal to test children for lead in schools is not getting support from the Erie County Health Department.

«As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts do not have to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.

«Further, they would have the effect of leading potential educators through an essentially fake certification process,» the suit continued, «one not valid for employment in New York's public school districts, other charter schools, or the public schools of other states.»

Erie County Health Commissioner Gale Burstein said that testing children for lead is better left to primary care practices, but she didn't elaborate on why she doesn't support the school district's proposal.

Since we generally accept that African Americans are not intellectually inferior to whites, then we are led to conclude that black students do better in integrated school settings because the school district and faculty are better invested because of the presence of the white students.

Dixon tells WBFO & AM - 970 News she is «disappointed» about not being selected to lead the city school district.

Interim Buffalo School Superintendent Amber Dixon is speaking out for the first time about not being selected to lead the city school disSchool Superintendent Amber Dixon is speaking out for the first time about not being selected to lead the city school disschool district.

With a teacher contract that expired 12 years ago, and the latest unraveling of negotiations, Buffalo School Superintendent Kriner Cash is not ruling out the possibility of a strike.Cash said he would not assume that Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore will lead a strike, but when pressed, the superintendent said the district would be ready if a strike occu...

That's led school districts around the state to complain that they won't know how much state aid they're getting for the new school year in time to get their budgets ready for the May statewide vote.

«Even if such a guarantee were made, this proposal would not lead to an increase in overall school aid, but simply a redistribution of funding amongst school districts.»

The return to resegregated neighborhood elementary schools in Oklahoma City, after 13 years of busing for integration, has not led to the gains in achievement, parent involvement, and equity the school district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

It could be that some schools or districts or states look like they are «beating the odds» — but only because their students aren't as needy as we've been led to believe.

The Arkansas Department of Education is working with 25 school districts to improve academic or financial problems that, if not solved, could lead to a state takeover.

In particular, it's not clear what the problem is that this approach is trying solve or why this approach wouldn't lead to the same problems that political control over traditional district schools has caused.

The District of Columbia is a heavily Democratic - leaning school district and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local DeDistrict of Columbia is a heavily Democratic - leaning school district and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local Dedistrict and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local Democrats.

But school choice in the district has led to lopsided demographics — student numbers not reflecting the city's overall numbers.

My Evergreen Education colleague John Watson, who led the research, has done a good job distilling several of the lessons behind these schools» successes in a series of blog posts that chronicle the importance of leadership in blended learning; the critical role in - person teachers and mentors — not just monitors — play; the persistence district schools must have as they navigate the inevitable bumps on the road to implementing successfully blended learning; and the important role data plays.

Unrealistic and ever - increasing performance targets have forced us to label 63 percent of Title I schools and 47 percent of districts receiving Title I funds as needing improvement, and to apply sanctions that do not necessarily lead to improved learning for the students in those schools.

It alleges that a review of the research on charter schools leads to the conclusions that, overall, charter schools: 1) fail to raise student achievement more than traditional district schools do; 2) aren't innovative and don't pass innovations along to district schools; 3) exacerbate the racial and ethnic isolation of students; 4) provide a worse environment for teachers than district schools; and 5) spend more on administration and less on instruction than public schools.

But, as in states with Democrat - led reforms, SFJs are not unmitigated wins for school - district budgets.

But, contrary to many leading reform voices, progress on the important issues of poverty and talent will not be enough to reverse the dysfunction of urban school districts.

These organizations include not only many of the leading urban school districts (e.g., Atlanta, Denver, New York City), but also some of the most noted organizations driving change in K - 12 education (including Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools, KIPP, and the National Center on Education and the Economy).

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Even when it leads to a GED, adult education can severely limit students» options and is not viewed by the Orange County school district as a desirable outcome for students young enough to attend traditional schools.

A public school district shall not impose any charge or fee on students for any instruction or program required by this Part and leading to a high school diploma.

As we embark on a new budget season, we should not delude ourselves that just cutting school budgets will lead districts to a new, more efficient place.

Even the best thinking on redesigning schools to personalize learning will be for naught if school and district design teams can't lead and manage the change process that a move to PL entails.

The opening of a charter school leads to small reductions in enrollment at nearby district schools, but does not change the percentage of students from underrepresented minority groups, special education students, or LEP students.

According to legal observers, the outcome of the case, Lawrence County v. Lead - Deadwood School District No. 40 - 1 (Case No. 83 - 240), could affect school finances in many Western states, where millions of acres of land are owned by the federal government and thus are not subject to property taxes, a major source of school reSchool District No. 40 - 1 (Case No. 83 - 240), could affect school finances in many Western states, where millions of acres of land are owned by the federal government and thus are not subject to property taxes, a major source of school reschool finances in many Western states, where millions of acres of land are owned by the federal government and thus are not subject to property taxes, a major source of school reschool revenue.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.

«I came to Boston to see whether or not you could lead a midsized urban school district toward systemic reform,» says Payzant.

Congress, in instituting the District's Charter School Reform Act of 1995, sought to remedy some of the deepest problems, but it wasn't until the election of Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2006 and the appointment of Michelle Rhee to lead the school system that the city really committed to rSchool Reform Act of 1995, sought to remedy some of the deepest problems, but it wasn't until the election of Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2006 and the appointment of Michelle Rhee to lead the school system that the city really committed to rschool system that the city really committed to reform.

Our quantitative and qualitative findings lead us to speculate that there may be both a lower and an upper threshold beyond which increased or improved use of data by school and / or district personnel simply will not make much difference.

When districts are responsible for supporting too many schools in too many ways, they can not offer the depth of supports needed by their diverse schools which often leads to lower quality of services and a mismatch for what schools need.

This finding led researchers to conclude that the state could not report on the percentage of students scoring at each point on each of the writing traits, nor could it provide comparative data across districts and schools (Koretz, Stecher, Klein, McCaffrey, & Deibert, 1993).

Fryer recalled: «It was the perfect storm between me, who really wanted to do this work and appreciated how hard it was because others [district leaders] were not willing to take the lead, and Terry, who had just inherited several schools that the state was going to take over if he didn't do something.»

• Teaching in a «20 in 10» school is different from teaching in a district public school, and it's simply not a fit for everyone, leading to teacher attrition.

While it's understandable why school districts and others may want to claim a particular school works given pressure to perform (and pressure on balance is good in that it has led to some great new effective school models), we all have to be far more careful in not reinforcing false claims before having more substantial evidence that a school is working.

Personalized learning is not just about how a student learns, but about how the interactions change between district office and schools, and how we organize those adults leading this change.

Jennifer Kubista, who has worked in the Tacoma school system for 12 years and is now its director of student life, said Mr. Garcia and Superintendent Carla J. Santorno led the district to do what it hadn't done before: translate broad ideas into detailed goals.

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.

If for a moment we put aside other controversies and questions as alluded to by Mr. Polikoff and focus of the three components, summative being the last and arguably the most important, if school / districts are opting to implement only the last of the three, won't their students be at a disadvantage when compared to those whose teachers have employed the full range of SBAC assessment and guidance to tweak instruction throughout the year leading up to the summative assessments?

This is a challenging problem; one would not, for instance, want to misattribute district - led induction programs or principal - influenced school environments to TPPs.