Sentences with phrase «of traditional district»

Other members include the Philadelphia Student Union (which collected $ 20,000 from AFT last fiscal year and whose board includes Anissa Weinraub, a flunky with the union's City of Brotherly Love local), Youth United for Change (another Philadelphia - based outfit which picked up $ 60,000 from the union last year), and ACTION United, the beneficiary of $ 49,120 in AFT largesse for helping the union stall systemic reform of the traditional district there.

In a wide - ranging interview that focused on the state of charters in the district, Caputo - Pearl was highly critical of the effort, asserting that charters are undermining the ability of traditional district schools to maintain a quality education for all students.

After all, the complaints from suburbia about how No Child has led to revelations of traditional district mediocrity is one reason why the Obama Administration has undertaken its thoughtless waiver gambit.

Existing school buildings are typically reserved for the use of traditional district schools.

Lincoln High, in southeastern San Diego, lost 72 students, or five percent of its enrollment last school year — the most of any traditional district high school.

Same for the District of Columbia, where reform efforts, including the overhaul of the traditional district as well as the expansion of school choice, has also yielded fruit.

The Achievement First residency program raises questions, as one of the challenges described within the proposal is how best practices can be transferred from the charter model to that of the traditional district school model.

They must become active players in shaping education for their children, ask tough, thoughtful questions about what is being taught in classrooms, demand information on the quality of the teachers working in classrooms, and play stronger roles in shaping the overhauls of traditional district schools (and in the operations of charter schools serving their kids).

Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of traditional district schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS], 2015).

Today, Black students represent 27 percent of charter school enrollment nationally, versus just 15 percent of traditional district school enrollment.

It is also notable because New York law requires each charter school to enroll and retain students with disabilities (as well as English Language Learners and students eligible for free or reduced price lunch) in numbers comparable to those of traditional district schools in order to earn renewal at the end of its charter term.

Fulton County and Atlanta may find themselves on the path to the Hollywood Model of Education and the end of traditional district operation of schools.

The adjacent chart depicts the demographics of traditional district students and shows that 15.7 percent are Black, 26.2 percent are Hispanic, 46.4 percent are White and 9.9 percent are Asian.

The idea was to break the monopoly hold of traditional district schools.

One seeks to oppose efforts to open charters at the expense of traditional district schools, an obvious response to GPSN; the other would create greater scrutiny of charters.

Researchers examined the decade between 2002 and 2012 because it was a period of rapid expansion of public charter schools and closures of traditional district schools.

Here, along with colleagues from HGSE, HBS, and HKS, she is engaged in research and teaching that focus on helping entrepreneurial teams both within and outside of traditional district structures scale their work for even greater social impact.

But when compared to the expanse of the traditional district - based system and the educational needs of low - income families, the movement's accomplishments are modest.

But weaknesses in many charter laws regarding authorizing and the animus of traditional districts toward charters have created a problem - plagued authorizing environment where 90 percent of today's thousand plus authorizers are the very districts that charters compete with for students — an inherent conflict of interest.

Assuming the batch contains 241,153 valid signatures, state voters will get a fourth chance to approve charters — free and public schools that operate independently of traditional districts and are allowed to use unconventional techniques.

While many communities seem willing to cede the cause of educational innovation to charter schools, CCE specifically partners with public school districts to negotiate opportunities for our MA PLN schools to innovate in the context of traditional districts.

Not surprisingly, many supporters of traditional districts blame their enrollment woes on charter competition.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

If they did, they would know that Alexander's plan would all but solidify the Obama Administration's move over the past few years to eviscerate No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provisions, which have exposed the failure of traditional districts to provide high - quality teaching, curricula, and school cultures to poor and minority children (as well as those condemned to the nation's special ed ghettos).

Not exact matches

According to Airbnb, 76 % of the company's hosts are located outside of traditional hotel districts.

Unlike current traditional procurement practices, the program — a partnership between MaRS Discovery District and the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services — enables healthcare organizations and technology innovators to work together to develop, test and evaluate solutions... Read More

Unlike current traditional procurement practices, the program — a partnership between MaRS Discovery District and the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services — enables healthcare organizations and technology innovators to work together to develop, test and evaluate solutions before bringing them into healthcare settings.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

When the dam of past episcopal miscreance broke in Boston last January, district attorneys began to be more assertive about the possible complicity of bishops in criminal acts, and bishops felt forced to compromise traditional and legal prerogatives related to the Church's right to govern itself.

The Essenes celebrated Passover a day ahead of the other Jews, and the traditional site of the upper room is located in what has been discovered to be the Essene district of New Testament Jerusalem.

Having been recently acquired by James Cropper — based in Cumbria at the heart of England's Lake District — 2015 sees Croxley Heritage re-launched to carry the values and traditions of one of the world's oldest and most sought after paper products, with the brand's custodians encouraging buyers to rediscover the romance of beautifully made, traditional stationery.

Helmed by Executive Chef & Partner, Timon Balloo, SUGARCANE raw bar grill is located in the heart of Miami's Midtown district at 3252 Northeast First Ave.. The menu features globally - inspired small plates from three kitchen concepts — an open fire grill, raw bar, and traditional kitchen — overseen by award - winning Executive Chef & Partner Timon Balloo, inviting guests to «kick back, eat well, and stay awhile.»

The Park District of Oak Park's director, Jan Arnold, said installing a turf field has long been a goal of the district, and the turf fields» durability allows for more play time than traditionalDistrict of Oak Park's director, Jan Arnold, said installing a turf field has long been a goal of the district, and the turf fields» durability allows for more play time than traditionaldistrict, and the turf fields» durability allows for more play time than traditional fields.

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As a result of concerns such as Kingsley's, the Arlington Heights Park District has decided to revamp its improvement plans, combining the best features of a water park with the traditional neighborhood swimming pool concept.

The DCE admitted that the District traditional sources of revenue thus, I.G.F, DDF, DACF etc can't not be enough to help achieve the above objectives and visions hence the District has to look beyond the traditional sources.

«A couple of Republicans residing in the district have proven themselves to be very adept at attracting swing and even traditional Democratic voters and could be coaxed into making a run.»

The traditional leader talked about the provision of potable water in the district that was of grave concern to the people, saying water delivery was in short supply in the district because of the growing population He further called for a senior high school to be cited at Gbentri in the East Mamprusi District and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around thdistrict that was of grave concern to the people, saying water delivery was in short supply in the district because of the growing population He further called for a senior high school to be cited at Gbentri in the East Mamprusi District and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around thdistrict because of the growing population He further called for a senior high school to be cited at Gbentri in the East Mamprusi District and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around thDistrict and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around that area.

The traditional ruler of Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashante Region, has condemn the District Chief Executive of the area for his role in mobilizing youth of the town to seize some mining equipment belonging to Engineers and Planners.

State legislative districts must also take into account the «historic and traditional significance of counties.»

He said the Volta Region was ready to take advantage of government's One District, One Factory policy and stated the readiness of traditional rulers in the Region to support the initiative.

Redistricting in 2012 changed it from a majority black district to a majority Hispanic district that included parts of the Bronx as well as its traditional Harlem stronghold.

Traditional rulers from Delta Central Senatorial District have passed a vote of confidence (VoC) on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, expressing satisfaction with his administration's delivery of dividends of democracy.

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

About 80 traditional leaders from some selected districts in the Northern Region have been educated on the risks associated with violation of mentally challenged people rights.

In face of this criticism, Moskowitz has time and again cited the network's high performance on standardized tests compared to traditional district schools.

Democrats denied that claim, and leveled an accusation of their own: that lawyers working on behalf of Mr. Venditto had been purposely challenging ballots coming out of heavily black and Latino parts of the district, owing to those groups» traditional support of Democratic candidates.

«Enough is enough,» he said at this year's celebration of the Damba festival of the Mamprugu Traditional Area in the East Mamprusi District.

Naa Gori appealed to the President for a separate district for the Dorimon Traditional Area to facilitate the development of the area.

Chief of the Kamanpa Traditional Area in the Pru District of the Brong Ahafo region Nana Kwame Wande II has asked politicians to stay off his community during the 2016 electioneering.