Sentences with phrase «of school closures»

That is, we found that the negative effects of school closures are experienced not just by the members of a school community.

This study examines the impact of school closures on student test scores and attendance rates.

The threat of school closures does not guarantee teachers their jobs, frustrating school leaders when negotiating with unions because teaching positions may only exist temporarily.

These policy solutions should extend the length of the school day, reduce the number of school closures, reform the calendar year, and rethink engagement strategies.

If you have a learning platform that is truly embedded into your school, then this will become a natural part of any school closure.

We have had enough of school closures, and the rapid expansion of selective charter schools... High - stakes testing takes the joy out of learning.

That means lots of school closures and less programming without community input.

What was the result of this relatively quick pace of school closures?

Staff members at one school were facing the dreaded final step of school closure.

The leadership in the parish is more predictive of school closures than demographics.

If a working parent has had short notice of a school closure, and can't find alternative childcare, it would be very hard for an employer to justify discipline.

This was a challenging period, as the effect of school closures and mergers was traumatic for many staff.

This summer the group will be studying the impact of school closures.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dec. 10: The Journey for Justice Alliance, Advancement Project and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education will be hosting a breakfast forum focused on the impact of school closures in low - income communities.

Now that he's been presented with the facts, Mayor de Blasio must correct his statements on the results of school closures under the prior administration.»

In related work conducted in Massachusetts, Harvard economist Josh Goodman finds no effects of school closures on student achievement but large negative effects of weather - induced absences on moderately snowy days when schools remained open.

The chief researcher, Dr. James Kemple, said that «our results offer support for the strategic use of school closures as part of a multi-dimensional high school reform strategy.»

Students and school staff are leaving Renewal Schools in fear of losing their jobs because of school closures.

Threat of school closures discourages professionals and families from working with Renewal Schools.

«In November, the nonpartisan Research Alliance for New York City Schools presented findings from a rigorous analysis of school closures under Mayor Bloomberg, showing that graduation rates improved by 15 - points for students who left and attendance and graduation rates improved for those who remained during the transition.

The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government's handling of a school closure in Coventry.

While some districts consider angry shouting meetings part of the school closure process that must be endured, Mapp says genuine community involvement can actually be useful.

The first, and in my view the most important, is the lack of social interaction, although this is not an issue for the odd day of school closure due to adverse weather conditions.

They were frustrated by more immediate issues: controversial interventions at a handful of schools within Zimmer's Westside district, budget cuts affecting things like school libraries, and the looming possibility of school closures.

Sure, if the mayor appoints a true «sector agnostic» that does not care which type of school is producing solid results and is insulated from the politics of school closure, it would significantly increase the chance of success in a decentralized system.

Hence the camp that favors judicious but firm use of school closures increasingly carries the day.

Over and over this downward spiral has played out in our communities, producing one round of school closure after another.»

She has been highly critical of Nutter's policies of school closures and moves to privatize the district.

I hope it stops,» Wright said of the school closures.

The Connecticut Working Families Party announced Thursday it had endorsed one candidate for the election: Shonta» Browdy, 41, a Hartford parent advocate who has been a fixture at city school board meetings for years and spoke out against the prospect of school closures in the North End.

Those who already had a culture of supporting students with anywhere, anytime learning kept students and parents fully informed of school closures or openings, and could operate almost as normal with learning materials and activities available from anywhere, ongoing student teacher communications and on - line submission of completed work.

Although I didn't have any children, you couldn't help but be caught up in the mobilization and debates on a local and citywide level about the perils and benefits of school closures and charter take overs.

Is a system in place for quickly notifying parents and carers in good time of any school closures?

West Virginia, like other states with dropping student enrollments, has seen scores of school closures — nearly 300 over the past 15 years.

But as Matthew Ladner of the Charles Koch Institute argues, the state's sector has found balance — in part because of an aggressive period of school closures between 2012 and 2016 — and now boasts rapidly increasing scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, particularly among Hispanic students (see «In Defense of Education's «Wild West,»» features, Spring 2018).

But when political leaders push policies that have no track record of success and are obviously senseless — Noguero mocked the whole notion of school closures as a solution to education failure by asking, «If we had too much crime in a neighborhood would we shut down the police department?»

In order for us to address the growing concern, we must look at what we know about the correlation and connection of school closures to gentrification.

Black and Latino students live disproportionately at or below the poverty line, and it is no accident that we are faced with the most segregated school system in history, with a disproportionate number of school closures happening in the poorest communities - all at the hands of using invalid metrics.

Chicago Teachers Union blasts new list of school closures and the parceling out of elementary students to other schools

Considerations of school closures should take demographics or economic composition into consideration to ensure communities are not disproportionately affected by school closures.

This will mean thousands of layoffs, hundreds of school closures, added to Law 85 that now allows 10 % charter implementation beginning August 2018.

Secretary Clinton almost casually mentioned one of the core aspects of education reform as practiced in the United States, indicative of how normalized the concept is even with the growing understanding that market disruption in education ends up hurting the children it claims to help, especially black and Latino children who bear the brunt of school closure as policy.

In the event of school closure related to weather or other circumstances, a message will be broadcasted using the school mass communication system.

And view and share our previous infographic, «The Color of School Closures.»

Still, the article raises the important issues of school closures and the over use of standardized testing — and pointed out that these are movements I have been a part of for many years.

The threat of school closures discourages professionals and families from working with Renewal Schools, decreasing enrollments and teacher retention.

As a result of school closures, the Hartford Public Schools may be going in the exact opposite direction by closing schools with high proportions of Black and Latino teachers.