Sentences with phrase «number of districts seeking»

The Cambridge, Mass., school system has joined a small but growing number of districts seeking to integrate schools on the basis of income rather than race — helping to expand what some experts see as a coming trend in American education.

Although the number of districts seeking to move to a world of personalized learning is growing, it is still quite small.

Not exact matches

CHICAGO — Seeking more than $ 1 million, the Chicago Park District filed suit Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court against the company that operated concessions at a number of district locations, including GraDistrict filed suit Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court against the company that operated concessions at a number of district locations, including Gradistrict locations, including Grant Park.

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

Meanwhile, the number of school districts seeking to override the cap has doubled this year to 36 from last year's vote.

But it is the 2019 local elections that will tell us more about the long - term viability of the party, since those will concern a larger number of English districts where the Lib Dems will be seeking to reclaim ground lost to the Conservatives since 2010.

If the number of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.

In the last year, the number of school districts seeking cap overrides was below that average — 18 in total, or 2.7 percent of all districts.

The individual donations can not exceed $ 100, and a number of them must come from residents of the districts the candidates are seeking to represent.

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.

The number of signatures required on the petition is equal to at least 3 percent of all registered voters who are not affiliated with a recognized political party in the district the candidate seeks to represent.

The campaign did not respond to an email seeking a breakdown of the number of individual donors, how many of from are from within the district and the amount of small dollar donations under $ 200.

At least one - half of 1 percent of the total number of qualified signers in the district the candidate seeks to represent

That figure doubles the number of districts that sought to exceed the cap last year, according to the state School Boards Association.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

A small but growing number of lawsuits around the country are seeking to hold school districts responsible for the sexual harassment of students by their classmates.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

Rather than seek sweeping buy - in from its school districts, which number more than 1,000, the state tightened its focus on a group of seven districts — including Los Angeles and Long Beach — where superintendents were willing to embrace more - aggressive plans than were proposed in round one.

(Kemble, New Paltz schools to discuss proposed new starting times (Jan. 22, 2017) Daily Freeman News; McMahon, New Paltz joins growing number of districts to consider starting school later (Jan. 5, 2017) N.Y. Upstate; Liu, New Paltz school district debates later start times (Jan. 4, 2016) Times Herald - Record; Staff, New Paltz seeks feedback on later start times for school day (Oct. 15, 2016) Hudson Valley One; Nani, Hudson confidential: New Newburgh ethics board to elect officers (Oct. 6, 2014) Times Herald - Record.)

Armed with new evidence about the importance of school leadership and how it can best be developed, a growing number of large districts are seeking to cultivate first - rate principals for all their schools.

The foundation is seeking to find out whether districts can create pipelines that produce a large number of highly - qualified principals and whether student achievement rises as a result.

TCTA alerted the committee to the fact that an increasing number of school districts were seeking exemption from not only CTE teacher certification requirements, but all manner of teacher certification requirements as Districts of Indistricts were seeking exemption from not only CTE teacher certification requirements, but all manner of teacher certification requirements as Districts of InDistricts of Innovation.

Byrd - Bennett on Tuesday said she inherited «a really punitive zero - tolerance code of conduct» and that the district will continue to seek to reduce the number of students who are suspended and expelled.

Great Public Schools Now, the outside group seeking to expand the number of LA Unified schools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the years ahead.

In that plan, Evers sought hundreds of millions more in state spending and changes that would help school districts with high numbers of children living in poverty and mitigate school funding losses for districts experiencing enrollment decreases, among other measures.

Further, Legg sought the numbers of students affected by having the compliance calculation at the school rather than classroom level, the number of teaching positions eliminated or unfilled because of this maneuver, and the amount of money districts have saved as a result.

Rural districts are at a distinct disadvantage in this climate as many funders seek to reach large numbers of students by concentrating their resources in urban settings.

PROBLEM: A shrinking pool of such dynamic leaders and a growing number of urbanizing districts like Madison seeking top talent.

As the year opened, the LA Unified Board of Education in the same week hired a new superintendent and unanimously voted to oppose a $ 490 - million draft plan from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that sought to rapidly increase the number of charter schools in the city so that charters would encompass half the «market share» of the entire district.

Road Map seeks to increase the number of students who graduate or earn a career credential in seven diverse, high - poverty districts in the South...

Therefore school districts seeking more diverse teaching staffs will see a limited number of minority candidates available for recruitment.

The practice has gained traction over the past five years, with national companies being forced to defend against an ever - increasing number of increase appeals in which school districts seek discovery of the property owner's confidential real estate information and then use it against the owner to justify an increase in assessment.

2016 Council Member Nomination Information The Real Estate Council of BC is seeking nominations from licensees wishing to stand for election in a number of districts.