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But it doesn't just provide teachers and administrators with a bunch of raw numbers — it turns that data into insights that can be used to demonstrate need to district leaders and other stakeholders.

Leaders from the Episcopal, Methodist and Catholic churches of Alabama sued the state's governor, its attorney general and a district attorney this month over the law, which is to go into effect September 1.

The National School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.»

But with the help of government leaders ranging from Illinois Senate President James «Pate» Philip (R - Wood Dale) to the DuPage County Forest Preserve District to the village's Park District, Redmond's vision of a state - of - the - art recreational facility slowly evolved into a $ 5 million reality.

Park Board President Terry Lorenz said Gardiner «came into our district during a time of change and was a leader through a series of policy implementations that will continue to help our district throughout the coming years.»

A candidate forum for a vacant southern Brooklyn Assembly seat turned into a bitter verbal tussle over abortion last night — not between the two women running to represent the district, but between one of them and a civic leader in the audience.

Gillibrand sent an appeal this morning to her list of supporters on behalf of two «dear friends» and «inspiring women leaders» who have been targeted by the NRCC now that the special master's House maps, which drew both of them into difficult districts, have been finalized.

«I didn't agree with the mayor's endorsement of Dell, even coming into the district, even getting himself involved into local politics — because this is local politics, and it's about, that's why you have county leaders, because they know the temperature of the people,» Mr. Sampson told host Errol Louis.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

But let's look at the bright side, now Jennifer is backed into serving as a District Leader where she can do little harm and we don't have to listen to her hollow claims of experience for the NYS Assembly.

Although many New York Assembly Districts contain multiple Democratic clubs whose jurisdictions are divided into the various Parts of the Assembly District, the Lexington Democratic Club is the «official» Democratic Club for the entire 73rd Assembly District and accordingly, its members have substantial influence in the election of six District Leaders and two State Committee representatives.

At 2 p.m., leaders from the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and Education for a Better America will address the policy implications of the influx of unaccompanied children into the Hempstead, NY Union Free School District, 185 Peninsula Blvd., Hempstead.

«The future of the Capital District and Hudson Valley falls into the hands of our positive, proven leaders that are geared towards building a more environmentally - sound and just future.

The good feelings of the afternoon just about masked the political hornet's nest the mayor had waded into when he chose to endorse Mr. Sikora, an economist with the Communication Workers of America, over Jo Anne Simon, a Democratic district leader and the chosen successor of the area's retiring assemblywoman, Joan Millman.

«Janet Cruz raises a lot of money in first weeks of campaign for Senate but Dana Young raises more» via Florida Politics — House Majority Leader Cruz nearly matched Tampa Republican Young in April fundraising despite joining the Senate District 18 race 10 days into the month.

A number of other Democrats expressed interest in running after Ackerman's surprise announcement, including Sen. Tony Avella, who was drawn into a potential primary with fellow Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky by the Senate GOP; and S.J. Jung, a Korean - American district leader who ran a close NYC Council race in 2009.

«What began as a routine narcotics investigation suddenly mushroomed into a huge operation, and one of the biggest takedowns of an MS - 13 leader in the United States,» Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said at the morning press conference.»

Current communications director Paul Rivera is staying on, but he's likely moving into a more limited chief of staff - type role, although there are two people with that title at the moment in Sampson's camp: Michelle Trotman, whose name appeared in a recent Times story on the leader's representation of a shady Queens real estate broker, Edul Ahmad; and Michael Cohen, who I'm told runs things in the senator's Brooklyn district.

Westchester County is broken down into over one thousand election districts, each of which elect two Republican District leaders every two years to serve as members of the Westchester Republican County Committee.

The National Republican Congressional Committee brought their Congressional big guns into the district for fundraisers, including House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and released web ads criticizing the records of Hochul and Davis.

«I've had the privilege of watching Rodneyse Bichotte grow into a great leader and organizer in her time in public service,» de Blasio said in a statement announcing the endorsement, «and I am confident that she will be not just a fierce advocate for the people in her district, but also a strong leader for the city of New York.»

Since Katniss volunteered for the games and defied the government with the support of Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a fellow District 12 competitor, she's been forced into the limelight as a leader in the rebellion against the Capitol.

But this proposal would remake the relationships between schools, districts, and states into a far more efficient and effective model, one that would increase agility and remove regulations that limit the autonomy of school leaders.

EdLeader21 is a national network of school and district leaders focused on integrating the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) into 21st - century education.

But each time enrollment falls, district leaders seem to be caught off guard, forced to dip into reserves, pare down extracurriculars, and make out - of - cycle pleas for rescue funding in order to avert salary freezes, seniority - based layoffs, or school closures.

Hoping to make a big system feel more intimate, leaders of the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., schools are working to divide the district into smaller parts.

Using an article about labor leader Cesar Chavez's grape boycott and hunger strike, these students at Stuart - Hobson Middle School are doing a «close read,» a skill prized by the new Common Core State Standards being put into practice in the District of Columbia.

But California, always proud of being a leader, has written into law that this is the preferred option if districts face budgetary shortfalls.

They will learn from a recognized leader of a 1 - to - 1 school district that has successfully integrated iPads into classrooms and directly engaged application developers.

Many feel powerless against state and federal laws, uncertain as to what their district leaders will endorse, unsure how to steer anger into action, or overwhelmed by a torrent of youthful voices.

A survey of 500 district leaders shows they want educational games backed up by research of effectiveness and that can be easily integrated into existing curricula.

VisionSBA: K - 12 Financial Modeling Tool VisionSBA provides education leaders with a unique outlook on spending by school level within a district, delivering insight into relative spending across schools adjusted for each school's actual mix of students.

To infuse research - based practices into more classrooms, 150 teachers and leaders in Small Learning Community schools in the district began taking courses this fall through WIDE World, capitalizing on the advantages of networked technologies to access HGSE research across distance.

With his massive plan to enroll half of all LA Unified's students into charter schools, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad is threatening major disruptions at LA Unified, cementing his role as Public Enemy No. 1 to many district and local union leaders.

The Marzano District Leader Evaluation Model builds upon three decades of research into the relationship between administrator behaviors, teacher efficacy, and student achievement.

Systems and Civic leaders like School District of Philadelphia Superintendent, Dr. William Hite, have been instrumental in challenging us to step into leadership roles in advocacy and diversity.

We extend heartfelt thanks to the superintendents, principals, district administrators, teachers, school board and community members, and state leaders in education who welcomed us into their busy work lives, providing time to talk with us, to observe in classrooms, and to complete surveys, all of which gave us the most complete national data set ever assembled to better understand issues in educational leadership.

At the same time, she should also call for school leaders and districts to look past the misbehavior of kids and probe deeply into why it is happening.

Our staff partners with district leaders, principals, and teachers to develop strategies to weave the Five Principles of Personalized Learning into curriculum, instruction, assessment, and school culture.

«We're taking an incremental approach to the rollout of Master Scheduler so that we can learn from the experiences of a diverse, cross section of school leaders — and incorporate their feedback and vision into the platform as we expand to additional schools and districts.»

In this op - ed, Arun Ramanathan, executive director of The Education Trust - West, writes that «by authentically engaging and empowering parents and community members in their planning and budgeting processes, district leaders can really put the «local» into local control.»

Aimed at educational leaders as they begin to design and implement digital learning in their school or district, this program provides an overview of blended learning basics as well as a deep dive into sustainable and disruptive models.

To begin integrating formative assessment into a district system, Perie and colleagues (2007) recommend that district leaders build capacity for formative assessment practices and evaluate the effectiveness of these practices through teacher feedback and cost - benefit analyses.

These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish system coherence by aligning central office and site programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the quality of instructional leadership by providing ongoing professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.

Such collaboration, district and union leaders say, led to the development of a stronger, more positive, and open relationship between both organizations which has spilled over into other areas of their work.

CMS school design teams, which include teachers and school leaders, will integrate the new models into 17 more schools this year, and more schools will join the implementation in each of the two years after that, with almost half of the district's schools implementing by 2017 — 18.

NSBA's survey of school leaders shows that since that law went into effect in 2010, 83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.

Feller reports on the establishment, growing pains, and initial good results of the Teacher Leader Cohort plan, which uses financial and other rewards to encourage teachers with success at raising student achievement to transfer — in cohorts — into the lowest - performing schools in the district.

Chiefs for Change continues to expand into the ranks of school district leaders, with two urban schools chiefs among the four new members.

This campaign will educate families and Oakland community members alike on the real and urgent budget challenges OUSD faces, and will advocate for and support District leaders in adopting sound financial practices focused on wringing the most good for students out of every dollar — both today and long into the future