Sentences with phrase «of school systems»

They receive the MABE Directory of school systems and members, as well as our electronic publications.

Administration officials say a federal program that backs performance pay in dozens of school systems has grown to $ 400 million a year, from about $ 100 million when Obama took office in 2009.

«They also raise questions both about the overall stability of the teaching force and the ability of school systems to provide adequate support to so many novices,» the article states.

High school graduation rates have traditionally been a barometer of student success, as well as a measure of the quality of school systems.

Deasy to work for Broad Center as «superintendent - in - residence» Former LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy will be working as a consultant for The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems as a «superintendent - in - residence.»

Without tools to measure success and investments in leadership at the top of school systems and at the front of classrooms, the other efforts made by this Commission, and future committees, will be made in vain.

At each level of our school systems, it's up to leaders to safeguard the working environment of the people who depend on them.

A number of school systems are complementing — not minimizing — the principal supervisor role with adult learning best practices that include principals self - assessing to determine their own learning needs, engaging in cycles of inquiry, and working in professional learning communities with their peers.

Regarding strategic relationships, a number of school systems are taking on broader efforts to partner with principals in areas such as talent management, fiscal leadership, curriculum, and teacher professional development.

3 — Number of school systems in Halifax County (Halifax County Schools, Roanoke Rapids City Schools, Weldon City Schools)

His endorsement of school systems in other countries that subsidize both private and public schools is followed by his censure of «enthusiasts... who look abroad for pat fixes» (p. 195).

Former LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy will be working as a consultant for The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems as a «superintendent - in - residence.»

The experiences of the school systems we studied highlight how central offices can directly support districtwide teaching and learning improvement.

A man who identified himself as Bill Ford of Panola County called Common Core «a Muslim takeover» of school systems.

To give context around the ongoing connection of former trustees Arnold and Mincberg to high - stakes, test - based education reform, take a look at Center for Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod Paige.

Jones received a master's degree in Educational Leadership from the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems and holds an MBA from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in Biology from American University.

As a central office administrator in two Arizona districts and a former senior consultant for Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL), Aurora, Colorado, Schmoker worked with teachers and administrators to successfully facilitate improvements in a number of school systems.

If high standards are so important than it should be evident that these states with existing high standards have already proven the worth of their high standards by consistently outperforming other states in the national testing of school systems.

One key reason: Because the structure of school systems can be as much a culprit for why reforms don't happen as it can be a reason for why tough action can happen swiftly.

Since then, the number of school systems closing has ballooned to 42.

Prior to that, Seth served as Teach For America's vice president of school systems talent matching, where he coached and supported district leaders in their pursuit of cabinet - level school systems opportunities.

Following her time with CPS, she earned her Master of Education with a focus on Educational Leadership and Administration from the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems.

But critics in Georgia, including a set of school systems that filed suit, charged that the law establishing that state's commission usurped the local authority of school districts and inappropriately drained public money from those systems.

What the heads of these school systems do has a much greater impact than anything Rhee does.

Thousands of school systems are smaller still.

A 2009 literature review of the within - country studies comparing outcomes among different types of school systems worldwide revealed that the most market - like and least regulated education systems tended to produce student outcomes superior to more heavily regulated systems, including those with a substantial number state - funded and regulated private schools.

Nearly every district in California and Florida, and one - third of the school systems in New York and Massachusetts, have requested one -...

Author Bio: Justin C. Cohen is a fellow at the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems, and former president of Mass Insight Education and senior adviser at the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Teacher degree and experience levels: Teachers» education (degree) and experience levels are probably the most widely studied teacher attributes, both because they are easy to measure and because they are, in the vast majority of school systems, the sole determinants of teachers» salaries.

A change of this nature would allow for a new way to measure the progress of school systems that discards the flawed reliance on test scores and looks for integral and diverse relationships within the school and the greater world.

She has worked extensively with a subset of school systems eager to embrace the new policy to aid in their implementation of competency - based learning.

I would argue that this function of school systems receives too little attention at the local level.

LOS ANGELES (March 30, 2015)-- The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems has been granted Initial Accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges» Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.

In this age of mayoral control of school systems, mayors in other jurisdictions can choose a school superintendent and still be held accountable to the voters for that choice.

That forced Gov. Sam Brownback to call a special session of the Legislature in June to address the court ruling, or face a court - ordered shutdown of all school systems on July 1.

It adds that Poland has also improved the information infrastructure of its school systems so that teachers can better identify and support struggling students.

Dear Prof Masters, There is one main mitigating factor against the capacity of the school systems in Australia to address, with flexibility, the slower start and subsequent development of some children because of inherent learning disabilities, socio - economic factors or any of the myriad factors that affect child development.

An international study of school systems offered lessons for reform in Alberta, Canada, that may sound familiar to U.S. educators.

Fortunately, many countries have different types of school systems operating side - by - side within their own borders.

Right before going to the Foundation, Scott was the Chief Academic Officer for Boston Public Schools, where he was responsible for the academic programming of the school systems, as well as overseeing all regional superintendents and schools in the district.

The starting point for an organizing approach to education change is typically grassroots mobilization outside of school systems and electoral politics.

Second, Don McAdams, founder of the Center for Reform of School Systems, argued that philanthropy typically entails limited dollars in the grand scheme of things, but has an outsized influence because this money is nimble and can be used to drive a state or a district's reforms, where it's hugely difficult to redeploy more than a sliver of public funds.

- Donald R. McAdams is executive director of the Houston - based Center for Reform of School Systems and the author of Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools... and Winning!

Dr. Donald McAdams, a member of the Houston Board of Education and the director of The Center for Reform of School Systems at the University of Houston, agreed.

The real culprit of the school systems» troubles, Weingarten says, has been state governments» support for expanding charter schools, voucher plans and other school choice policies, which she argues has eaten into the budget for traditional public schools.

In other words, nurturing educated citizens won't be delegated as solely the purview of school systems, but rather the mission of various community stakeholders with an emphasis on public - private partnerships (PPP).

And it is also unfitting of school systems to lose relevance.

The foundation supports a number of what Katzir calls «branded flagship initiatives,» such as the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems or the Broad Institute for School Boards.

The ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit is a see - and - be-seen of the edtech world, where entrepreneurs, heads of school systems, and big name investors come to learn about education product development and broker deals.

The fact that the entire distribution of students in other developed countries outperforms the entire distribution of U.S. students suggests that there is a difference in the effectiveness of school systems across countries that school reform could remedy.