Sentences with phrase «now take over districts»

State Education Superintendent Carey Wright said the creation of Achievement School District means the State can now take over districts in two different ways.

Not exact matches

A much larger restoration is in the offing now that the Chicago Park District has agreed to take over the site and turn it into a park.

Thompson's chief assistant, Eric Gonzalez, took over as District Attorney and is now running for a full term but faces a crowded field of challengers.

Now he wants to return to the capital by taking over State Senator Adriano Espaillat's job representing the Upper West Side, Inwood and Washington Heights — but a large new promotional piece he released in the district contains nary a reference to Mr. Bloomberg nor StudentsFirst.

After year - long investigations into a potential pay - to - play scheme involving his definition political nonprofit Campaign for One New York and his failed 2014 fundraising effort for State Senate Democrats by now - former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — eventually taken over by acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the pair decided not to bring federal charges against de Blasio or his aides.

That's because the district's part - time superintendent, Michael Comanda, is now available to take over the process.

The early take on Bob Turner's decisive win over David Weprin is that Democrat reapportionment negotiators — read: Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver — might be willing to trade the now Republican Ninth District in exchange for a Republican district in the BuffaDistrict in exchange for a Republican district in the Buffadistrict in the Buffalo area.

Brian Kavanagh has been sworn in as a state Senator, meaning he's now officially taken over Daniel Squadron's former seat in the 26th Senate District.

Whoever takes over the now - vacant council seat in The Bronx's 17th District, will make 8.19 times more than the average constituent's $ 18,140 income.

In 2000 the foundation committed $ 150 million over five years to improving leadership at the school and district level and is now underwriting in 24 states a wide variety of programs: leadership academies, university - school district partnerships, research, changes in what it takes to become certified as a principal, and superintendent training.

After Hurricane Katrina struck, he championed plans for the state to take over most of the schools in New Orleans under the Recovery School District, which oversees 37 schools now operating in the city, including some charters.

The plan also suggests that, to accomplish swift and deep reform akin to The Mind Trust's outlined plan, the Indiana General Assembly might want to consider passing a law that enables the state to take over «failing» districts much like it now has the authority to replace the leadership at «failing» schools.

And now, the 24th Street parent organizers have convinced the district to partner with a local charter operator to take over the struggling school; Tuesday parents get to vote on that.

The district has taken significant steps to expand the advanced and higher learning opportunities for all of its students (over 6,600), including reducing tracking for many courses All fourth - and fifth - grade students now benefit from the English Language Arts enrichment program and the district is in the second year of phasing in the rigorous, inquiry - based curriculum in its new International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program to prepare its students for college preparatory courses at the high school.

In 2013, Tennessee created the Achievement School District to take over the state's worst - performing schools; the district now runs 27 Memphis schools, 20 of them cDistrict to take over the state's worst - performing schools; the district now runs 27 Memphis schools, 20 of them cdistrict now runs 27 Memphis schools, 20 of them charters.

«If the state expects local school districts to take over the fiscal responsibility for charters that are now borne by the state this would have enormous — and negative — consequences.

Now the district has one last chance to prove itself, or else the State Department of Education will step in and take over.

School district expenditures on benefits leapt 123 percent since the early 2000s, and climbed steadily over the past four years as well, now taking up nearly 23 percent of school district spending.

The person who will now take over management of the Connecticut State Department of Education told the group at CABE last year that it was full steam ahead, that the State Department had been using the «technology readiness tool» that has been provided by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, and that «Our districts input all of their data and then we are able to constantly monitor kind of a dashboard of tech readiness for the state... And we are very close to 100 percent tech readiness in Connecticut — we are lucky.

Ms. Miro has taken over the former Capricorno Gallery in the San Marco district from her friend Bruna Aickelin, now in her 90s.