Sentences with phrase «number of districts attempted»

Only a small number of districts attempted to get the 60 percent supermajority they need to override the tax cap and increase their spending.

«The number of districts attempting overrides is less than one - half the number that tried in fiscal 2013,» the report found.

Not exact matches

This special report, «Joining Forces,» examines the attempts by a small but growing number of districts and unions to work together to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers and, in turn, improve the achievement of schoolchildren.

Arizona school districts where a significant number of children left for charter schools responded with leadership changes and other attempts to draw students back to the district.

Using a complicated formula approved by the court, the state funds magnet schools that accept students from several different districts (at a minimum there must be two) at a per - pupil rate that increases as the number of districts sending students increases — an attempt to bring central - city minority students and white suburban students together in the same school.

This special report examines examines the attempts by a small but growing number of districts and unions to work together to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers and, in turn, improve the achievement of schoolchildren.

Instead of providing money based solely on enrollment, districts that use weighted funding formulas attempt to calculate how much it takes to educate a child with certain needs, such as special education services or remedial help, and then distribute money to schools based on the numbers of students with those needs.

The NJDOE reissued this NGO in an attempt to fund the maximum number of districts possible to help shape the future of educator evaluation in New Jersey.