Sentences with phrase «of every urban school district in»

Houston also has the highest SAT participation rate of any urban school district in the competition — two - thirds higher than the Texas average — and showed the highest increase in Advanced Placement exam participation for all students.

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Former New York City Board of Education chancellor Rudy Crew, worried that the Internet age was passing by too many kids in his urban districts, provided the B - schoolers with three beta - test schools and agreed to join the duo's previously nonexistent board of advisers.

The piece doesn't offer much in the way of solutions, but I thought it did a great job of capturing the current, entrenched problems in school food, at least in large, urban districts like L.A. and Houston.

Two days ago, the Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece by Robert Gottlieb, director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College, with an update on school food in the Los Angeles Unified School Disschool food in the Los Angeles Unified School DisSchool District.

To remedy this problem, some districts, particularly those in large urban areas, have adopted universal, in - class breakfast programs whereby all students are able to obtain and eat a free breakfast in their classrooms at the start of the school day.

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a forward - thinking group of six large urban school districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 schUrban School Food Alliance (USFA), a forward - thinking group of six large urban school districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 scSchool Food Alliance (USFA), a forward - thinking group of six large urban school districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 schurban school districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 scschool districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 schools.

As a fellow member of the Parent Advisory Committee in Houston, I'd love to hear any large - scale victories in sizable urban school districts.

In late 2014, the Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of six of the nation's largest districts (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Orlando), announced that it would seek to buy only antibiotic - free chicken for its... [Continue reading]

The district is seeking to expand urban gardens throughout the city and is in the process of having its own garden, Great Kids Farm, certified to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to schools by the fall.

Design, Setting, and Participants This descriptive, longitudinal study examined changes in the nutritional quality of 1741630 school meals at 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in an urban school district in Washington state.

This longitudinal study in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in a large, urban US school district in Washington state compared the nutritional quality of student school lunch food selections before and after the implementation of the new National School Lunch Program meal stanschool district in Washington state compared the nutritional quality of student school lunch food selections before and after the implementation of the new National School Lunch Program meal stanschool lunch food selections before and after the implementation of the new National School Lunch Program meal stanSchool Lunch Program meal standards.

This descriptive, longitudinal study examined changes in the nutritional quality of 1741630 school meals at 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in an urban school district in Washington state.

The six districts formed the Urban School Food Alliance in 2012 to combine their purchasing power of $ 520 million to force lower prices on better quality food, supplies and more environmentally friendly packaging and cutlery.

And in a large urban district like mine, where over 80 % of our kids are economically disadvantaged and a universal, in - class breakfast is the norm among our 300 schools, paying for that 1/2 cup increase is likely to be a big drain on our school food budget.

An analysis by AQE found Cuomo's proposed cuts in operating aid average $ 773 per pupil in the 30 urban and suburban school districts classified as «high - need» by the State Education Department that have the greatest concentration of black and Hispanic students.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

The Miami - Dade schools website says the district has become one of the nation's highest - performing urban school systems, receiving systemwide accreditation from AdvancEd in 2014.

«It is crucial that parents and members of the public know that this bond proposition, which will greatly benefit students in urban school districts around Westchester, will need support on Election Day,» said Williams.

Mr. de Blasio is a rare big - city critic of charter schools at a time when they are spreading rapidly in low - performing urban school districts.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

Collectively, the six districts educate 45 percent of the state's public school children, and the conference seeks to speak with one voice in advocating for urban education issues.

City school results still fall well below state proficiency levels but sit within the middle of the pack among the five biggest urban districts in the state.

The research team — led by professor Jeannette Ickovics, director of CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement) at the School of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in ConnecSchool of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool district in Connecticut.

Stephanie Anzman - Frasca, Ph.D., of ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Boston, and co-authors used data from 446 public elementary schools in a large, urban school district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievschool district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievSchool Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievschool attendance and academic achievement.

As in virtually all urban school districts, there is substantial turnover of teachers in the D.C. schools, and for a variety of reasons.

More importantly, FOSS is adopted in 50 of the 100 largest urban school districts where FOSS reaches large populations of under - served students.

So I have recently started adulting after a long run with school and internships... I have Summer's off as I am a guidance counselor in an urban school district... I am finding my middle ground of going to shows and also...

It is in the less desirable and more troubled systems, the nation's urban and rural school districts, that administrators currently have tremendous difficulty finding sufficient numbers of certified teachers.

The Council of the Great City Schools, based in Washington, is a national policy and research organization in urban education that represents 65 urban public school districts.

Female teachers in large urban school districts would require a 25 percent initial increase in compensation, rising to more than 40 percent when they reach three to five years of experience.

Months before taking office, he engaged in an extended effort to educate himself on the problems and prospects of urban — school district management.

The passing of the torch in Cleveland is imminent: This fall, the beleaguered school district will join the list of large urban school systems — including Boston and Chicago — under mayoral control.

A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buiSchool District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buischool with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

Prior to his appointment by the Governor, he was Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego City Schools, the nation's eighth largest urban school district.

The lab set up four different models in four cities with low - performing urban school districts — Chicago, Dallas, New York City, and Washington, D.C. — and over two school years, handed out a total of $ 6.3 million to 38,000 students.

The driving force of this relationship is not teachers» leaving urban districts for suburban ones; on the contrary, most of the difference in leaving rates between these types of schools is caused by teachers moving to new schools within their original district.

The forthcoming second edition of Education Week's 50 - state report card on public education finds huge gaps between the performance of students in urban and nonurban school districts.

To identify more precisely the independent effects of the multiple factors affecting teachers» choices, we use regression analysis to estimate the separate effects of salary differences and school characteristics on the probability that a teacher will leave a school district in a given year, holding constant a variety of other factors, including class size and the type of community (urban, suburban, or rural) in which the district is located.

Since 2007, the proportion of D.C. students scoring proficient or above on the rigorous and independent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) more than doubled in fourth grade reading and more than tripled in fourth grade math, bringing Washington up to the middle of the pack of urban school districts at that grade level, while the city's black students largely closed gaps with African American students nationwide.

Throughout the spring, VOISE designers have been up to their laptops in the typical challenges of opening a new school in a large urban district: community outreach, teacher recruitment, student enrollment, fundraising, and a bit of bureaucracy, to boot.

Agreement between school boards and superintendents over achievement goals, an emphasis on the lowest - performing students, and the adoption of districtwide curricula are among the most successful strategies being used in four urban school districts, concludes a report released last week.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sSchools reports that, nationwide, 55.6 percent of charter schools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district sschools operate in urban areas, as compared to only 24.5 percent of district schoolsschools.

The fact that 72.6 percent of Ohio's charter schools operate in urban areas likely has something to do with the fact that the state's suburbs continue to opt out of enrolling students from other districts.

New Mexico's charter cap shields small districts from enrollment loss, and as a result, the state's charters cluster primarily in urban settings (51 percent of charter schools operate there compared to 21 percent of New Mexico's district schools) and in suburbs (which host 12.3 percent of the state's charters but only 8.2 percent of its district schools).

In Arizona — a highly urbanized state with population primarily clustered in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas — both charter and district schools are concentrated in urban areas, yet as of 2010 there were more than 200 charter schools operating in suburbs, towns, and rural areaIn Arizona — a highly urbanized state with population primarily clustered in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas — both charter and district schools are concentrated in urban areas, yet as of 2010 there were more than 200 charter schools operating in suburbs, towns, and rural areain the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas — both charter and district schools are concentrated in urban areas, yet as of 2010 there were more than 200 charter schools operating in suburbs, towns, and rural areain urban areas, yet as of 2010 there were more than 200 charter schools operating in suburbs, towns, and rural areain suburbs, towns, and rural areas.

Previous Voucher Research The IES evaluation of the DC OSP adds to a growing body of research on means - tested school voucher programs in urban districts across the nation.

The PELP faculty team invited, through a competitive process, urban school districts to partner in the design and delivery of an innovative executive education program tailored specifically to meet the actual challenges that educational leaders are facing.

The elites, the wealthy families that have a disproportionate influence on politics, clearly recognize the dysfunction of large urban school districts and have sought refuge in affluent suburban districts for their own children.

The Milwaukee school choice program and the response of Milwaukee Public Schools are especially significant in light of Frederick M. Hess's study of the effects of competition on large urban school districts.

School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaSchool districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaschool open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.