The CORE Districts are a collaboration
of large urban school districts in California that began measuring social - emotional skills, including Growth Mindset, as part of an innovative multiple - measures data system under a No Child Left Behind flexibility request.
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.
I am here to represent both the district I serve and, the roughly 7200 students that attend our 16 schools in our schools, and my professional judgment as a
leader of a large urban school district.
Baltimore's scores on a rigorous national math and reading test were in the bottom
third of large urban school districts across the country, though educators highlighted some progress in math and a promising trend of better - than - average results among some low - income black students.
CASEL works closely with districts across the country, including ten
of the largest urban school districts through the Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI) and nine district communities through the Wallace SEL Initiative Districts.
Advocating at school meetings several days per week at one
of the largest urban school districts in the country, invariably I see tremendously frustrated teachers, mind - numbing paperwork and by definition dissatisfied parents.
Joseph Escobedo serves as the Director of Charter Schools for Albuquerque Public Schools, one
of the largest urban school districts in the country, serving about one - third of all the students in the state of New Mexico.