Sentences with phrase «of school districts across the nation»

The Center for Digital Education thanks Canon Solutions for underwriting the survey and for their support of school districts across the nation.

Gabbart Communications Contact: Teddy Gabbart at 877/810 -6894: [email protected] Frankie Hill at 877/810 -6894: [email protected] Gabbart Communications provides websites to hundreds of school districts across the nation.

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In 2012, John was elected to a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education (MD), the nation's 17th largest school district, where he advocated technology modernization across over 200 schools.

While the majority of school districts are working hard to comply with the new standards, some school districts across the nation are refusing to adopt the new lunch standards, instead choosing to opt out of the USDA School Lunch Prschool districts are working hard to comply with the new standards, some school districts across the nation are refusing to adopt the new lunch standards, instead choosing to opt out of the USDA School Lunch Prschool districts across the nation are refusing to adopt the new lunch standards, instead choosing to opt out of the USDA School Lunch PrSchool Lunch Program.

Ballston Spa is one of the 4 percent of public school districts across the nation receiving the award in 2018.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Mr. Carranza, 51 years old, until last month was the superintendent of Houston schools, the nation's seventh largest district, serving some 214,000 students across nearly 300 schools.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a case that has been closely monitored across the nation, has upheld a federal district judge's order freezing $ 47.5 - million in Education Department funds pending the Reagan Administration's payment of desegregation aid to Chicago's schools.

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.

School start times vary considerably, both across the nation and within individual communities, with some schools beginning earlier than 7:30 a.m. and others after 9:00 a.m. Districts often stagger the start times of different schools in order to reduce transportation costs by using fewer buses.

In 50 years, the council has grown from an organization with 12 districts to a membership consisting of 66 big - city school systems across the nation.

«We have no Y2K - related problems, all the schools are open, and everything's as it is supposed to be,» Joseph J. Kirkman, the director of educational technology services at the Broward County, Fla., schools, summed up in an assessment that was echoed in districts across the nation.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

To isolate the effects of an SFJ on districts within each poverty quartile, we focus on changes in spending over time within specific school districts after taking into account changes from year to year in average education spending across all of the nation's school districts.

Walsh emphasizes that better consumer education — informing aspiring teachers and school districts about the quality of programs across the nation — can play a key role in motivating institutions to «change in the direction of effective training.»

Across the nation, big shifts are afoot as 45 states and thousands of school districts gear up to implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics.

The District of Columbia's public schools, once considered among the worst in the nation, continued its trend of steady, across - the - board gains on the 2015 NAEP.

In Tacoma and 16 other cities across the nation, school districts are boosting student attendance by sending home what they call «nudge» letters when students miss too many days of school.

NACSA Members — including school districts, education agencies, independent boards, universities, and not - for - profits — work to increase the number of great charter schools across the nation, and some must make tough decisions to close poor - performing schools.

The California legislature, with the enthusiastic support of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, passed a bill last summer that seemed to grant the dynamic mayor significant new powers over the sprawling Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation's second - largest, with 873 schools spread across 700 square miles and 27 cities.

As the first noneducator to take the helm of a large urban district, Vallas inspired a trend in urban school reform across the nation.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

«So if you really wanted to take a look at spending in a very detailed way, you'd have a lot more information... analysis this is just a first cut across all the 200 odd school districts of size across the nation.»

Candace previously worked at Teach Plus, as founding executive director of the Washington, D.C. office, to empower teachers» voices to improve outcomes for their students through leadership opportunities in schools, districts, states, and across the nation.

Across the nation, the leaders of major urban school districts recognize that lessons in creativity and imaginative problem solving must begin at an early age if our children are to thrive in school and in a global economy.

While hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent on technology solutions across the nation's schools, sadly, too many districts have failed to see those investments deliver on the desired outcomes.

Though New Hampshire has some of the highest - performing public schools in the nation, performance across school districts is uneven.

Alison DeNisco writes in District Administration that «in light of a looming ESSA mandate to increase transparency around education spending,» district leaders across the nation «have been struggling to calculate per - pupil spending by school in accordance with state and federal requirementsDistrict Administration that «in light of a looming ESSA mandate to increase transparency around education spending,» district leaders across the nation «have been struggling to calculate per - pupil spending by school in accordance with state and federal requirementsdistrict leaders across the nation «have been struggling to calculate per - pupil spending by school in accordance with state and federal requirements.»

As I discussed in my Getting Smart article, Back - to - School Prep for School Leaders, we know from supporting schools and districts across the nation for the last 17 years that some of the greatest levers to improving student achievement lie in the school leader and an effective Instructional Leadership Team School Prep for School Leaders, we know from supporting schools and districts across the nation for the last 17 years that some of the greatest levers to improving student achievement lie in the school leader and an effective Instructional Leadership Team School Leaders, we know from supporting schools and districts across the nation for the last 17 years that some of the greatest levers to improving student achievement lie in the school leader and an effective Instructional Leadership Team school leader and an effective Instructional Leadership Team (ILT).

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

-- Dr. Karen Mapp There's a popular neighborhood saying, «family over everything», which ironically is quite the opposite of what it actually happening with modern day American families in school Districts across the Nation.

Many school districts across the nation are consolidating in hopes of cutting costs.

The report has three sections: 1) Setting the Context, which discusses the need for effective systems of evaluation and support for school leaders; 2) Sharing Key Lessons Learned, which highlights how states and districts can work together to agree upon and communicate expectations for school leaders and implement standards - based systems of leadership support and evaluation, thereby increasing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective educators.

MSA developed the National Institute of Magnet School Leadership (NIMSL) to provide technical assistance to schools and districts across the nation to ensure they are equipped to provide high - quality instructional programs that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.

Like many school Districts across the Nation, APS has focused in on how it can better its engagement of stakeholders.

The University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a new website resource to help school districts across the nation with their implementation of higher academic standards.

The authors of these latest titles include current school and district leaders as well as experienced educators who have implemented their strategies in districts across the nation.

For more information: Jesse Hagopian, Teacher Garfield HS, 206-962-1685, [email protected] SEATTLE — In perhaps the first instance anywhere in the nation, teachers at Seattle's Garfield High School will announce this afternoon their refusal to administer a standardized test that students in other high schools across the district are scheduled to take in the first part of January.

There's a popular neighborhood saying, «family over everything», which ironically is quite the opposite of what it actually happening with modern day American families in school Districts across the Nation.

What began at the turn of the 20th century as a movement from highly variable one - room schoolhouses to a district - level «one best system» had by century's end become a national effort to use the power of the federal government to create uniformity across the nation's public schools.

Like many districts across the nation, Rhode Island's Bristol Warren Regional School District (BWRSD) has a firm understanding of best practice and current research.

School districts across the nation are gearing up for full - scale implementation of the Common Core, in anticipation of new assessments.

Kajeet works with schools and districts across the nation to provide safe, filtered, and affordable mobile broadband service that connects economically disadvantaged students to the online content required to complete homework and out - of - class assignments.

The Education Technology Board is comprised of respected and influential connected educators and edtech specialists who are passionate about education technology and have their fingers on the pulse of which apps, teaching tools and web site resources are most popular with educators and school districts across the nation.

For most of her decadelong tenure as Hillsborough County School Board District superintendent, Elia enjoyed a glorious run, beloved by the local media and recognized by her peers across the nation as one of the top public school instructors in the coSchool Board District superintendent, Elia enjoyed a glorious run, beloved by the local media and recognized by her peers across the nation as one of the top public school instructors in the coschool instructors in the country.

Like many districts across the nation, Rhode Island's Bristol Warren Regional School District (BWRSD) has a firm understanding of...

From his perch as head of the nation's largest school district, Klein wielded outsize influence, campaigning to persuade districts and states across the nation to adopt the testing and accountability policies he had established in New York.

Many urban districts across the nation have expanded the proportion of charter schools; increased the percentage of teachers trained in alternate certification programs; widened attendance zones; adopted voucher programs; constructed new facilities; and changed their relationships with teachers unions.

He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly in large urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional public schools when it comes to student test scores.

With the federal government yelping about the «high» number of parents across the nation who opted their children out of the destructive Common Core tests, the Malloy / Wyman Administration recently announced that they will punish school districts that «allowed» parents to fulfill their legal right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC testing.