Sentences with phrase «of their turnaround efforts»

Despite months of turnaround efforts, New York City's subway system slid to a new low point in January, with just 58.1 percent of all weekday trains arriving at stations on time, according to a new report.

States should maximize the impact of this funding by expanding access to charter schools as part of their turnaround efforts.

In this way, states can evaluate the effectiveness of their turnaround efforts.

Vargas says these three educators are part of a turnaround effort to try and improve student performance.

While the district has improved some of the turnaround efforts with the addition of a Year Zero planning process for some of the lowest - performing schools, the record of improving existing schools is mixed.

A centerpiece of the administration's plans throughout the state is the creation of seven new «regional achievement centers» that will serve as the hub of turnaround efforts for schools with low student achievement overall or wide gaps in achievement levels.

The expected timeline for the centers» work is about two years, with another assessment of turnaround efforts expected by 2015, the state said.

The schools in Camden will not require quite the same kind of turnaround effort as those in Philadelphia, where Mastery now operates 15 schools.

A four - year study of turnaround efforts in Sanger Unified School District — named by the state of California as one of its 98 lowest - performing districts in 2004 — stands out as a proof point of effective methods.

District and school leaders should implement turnaround strategies based on evidence from rigorous studies of turnaround efforts in North Carolina and other states, or well - conceived, innovative strategies with sound theoretical foundations.

Teachers pledge to remain at Milner for the minimum three years of the turnaround effort, although Principal Doreen Crawford, who joined Milner this school year after a 15 - year career with Jumoke, is stepping down in late June.

Ronan gave her significant political cover when the city teachers» union pushed back on pieces of the turnaround effort, including staffing changes at four of the targeted schools that replaced nearly everyone — even, in some cases, secretarial workers and custodians.

In this context, the process for recruiting and onboarding new staff for the first year of our turnaround effort was crucial.

Not exact matches

The return of the colonel, along with an effort to improve food quality and customer service, helped spark a turnaround for KFC.

But analysts likely wanted to hear more about those turnaround efforts — including the size of the same - store sales gain — and Penney shares sold off briskly.

In a turnaround plan Boire unveiled to Wall Street analysts barely two months ago, Barnes & Noble announced initiatives such as opening four concept stores in fiscal 2017 that will feature bars offering wine and beer, along with better food, in cafés twice the size of its usual food spots, among other efforts to rejuvenate its business.

A massive business transformation Domino's amazing turnaround was a result of extensive efforts to improve the company's processes and menu offerings by introducing new recipes, using mobile technology to attract new customers, and improving supply chain management.

The American legend had tried a number of turnaround strategies and cost - cutting efforts in recent years, but the company — which since 2004 has reported only one full year of profit — ran short of cash.

«The Board is committed to the turnaround efforts of the management team and supportive of the plan announced today.

To get there, Lemann recruited a team of young, fresh - faced executives, led by 33 - year - old Daniel Schwartz, to oversea a turnaround effort that's so far focused on relentless cost - cutting and a dramatic reorganization of Burger King's business.

Three - year vesting is common in HP Co.'s industry and corresponds to the timeframe of HP Co.'s turnaround efforts.

On February 5, 2015, RadioShack commenced Chapter 11 after a long and public period of attempted turnaround efforts, refinancing and restructurings.

«I think Woolworths will remain rational but its efforts to grow sales... will make the turnaround of Coles somewhat more difficult,» JP Morgan analyst Shaun Cousins told The Australian Financial Review on Monday.

The turnaround effort has been most impressive considering their recent slew of injuries.

Despite playing a very second - choice lineup in Portland last fall during a tight turnaround, the Red Bulls still pressed the Timbers hard, had more than their share of the ball, and outshot Caleb Porter's side in a valiant, but ultimately losing effort at Providence Park.

«That's a phenomenal turnaround — to turn around a team in this sport takes a huge amount of hard work and effort.

Giuliani remains deeply popular among New York Republicans for his handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City as well as efforts at managing the city in the 1990s that included an economic turnaround.

Ernest A. Logan, the president of the union that represents NYC's principals and assistant principals, says he and and his members have lost confidence in NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, calling the mayor's school turnaround effort «a political mess» that isn't focused on kids.

The organized effort under Cuomo is a turnaround from the surprising 2009 defeat in the state Senate, which fell eight votes short of passage in the 62 - seat chamber after strong approval in the Assembly.

The correct decision is, as I have been continually advocating for years, to fire the current administrator, develop a full efficiency and profitability turnaround plan with a strict timeline, and, if only if those concerted efforts fail, then sell the hospital to a carefully selected and responsible buyer directly rather than through the budgetary gimmick of an LDC.

His orchestration of the brand's turnaround capitalises on the «buzz» around Michele's creative efforts building long - term brand desire and engagement, reducing inventory levels and upgrading the consumer experience.

But Julie Corbett of Mass Insight Education, a nonprofit that focuses on school - turnaround efforts, says actually turning around a failing school requires comprehensive, sustainable planning and a willingness to look for outside help.

As Andy Smarick wrote in these pages a few years ago («The Turnaround Fallacy,» features, Winter 2010), «school turnaround efforts have consistently fallen far short of hopes and expectations.»

Already a teacher at Sanders - Clyde Creative Arts School in Charleston, S.C. — a turnaround school that is a part of the Charleston Promise Neighborhood, an effort modeled after the work of the Harlem Children's Zone — Hobson felt that she could do more.

I wrote about them on November 22, 2013, noting how SIG was following the script of previous failed turnaround efforts.

Mountains of studies had clearly demonstrated over many years that the success rate of school - turnaround efforts was miniscule.

I was alarmed at how much we were spending on SIG and the awful track record of previous turnaround efforts, and I was sure that districts would pick weak interventions and that kids were going to continue languishing in these schools while we went about this misguided adventure.

«Lawrence is a rare example of a district - wide turnaround effort that has led to some positive results,» says Beth Schueler, a Harvard Graduate School of Education...

In a decade or so, some other contrarian blogger can add SIG to the long list of failed turnaround efforts.

Falling into the same trap that had ensnarled countless previous reformers, the administration contended that generations of failed turnaround efforts were the consequence of insufficient funding and the wrong strategies.

We are so proud of our many turnaround efforts, from those made prior to implementation of ELT to all those made since.

An article by Andy Smarick that appeared in the Winter 2010 issue of Ed Next argued that turnaround efforts like these are unlikely to succeed.

Data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education on the $ 3.5 billion School Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement efforts.

Andy Smarick's recent article applies the word «turnaround» to a wide range of efforts to help struggling schools, and while he makes an interesting case, I disagree with his premise that school - turnaround efforts «have consistently fallen far short of hopes and expectations.»

Related efforts, such as New Leaders for New Schools and the University of Virginia's School Turnaround Specialist Program, are underway to help more turnaround leaders succeed.

A Rising Tide Harvard Gazette, 6/12/14 «Researchers at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) have studied the first round of academic achievement data to come out of Lawrence since the turnaround effort started.

[S] chool turnaround efforts have consistently fallen far short of hopes and expectations.

Instead of mandating a uniform approach to school turnarounds, convert the School Improvement Grants program into a competition and support states that take this effort seriously.

Looking back on the history of school turnaround efforts, the first and most important lesson is the «Law of Incessant Inertia.»

Our turnaround efforts have nearly tripled the number of students passing the New York State math test and more than doubled those passing the English language arts exam.