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Poached chicken sliders, grilled zucchini «chips» and toasted chickpeas may seem like menu items at a chic eatery, but the offerings actually are options in new school lunches at one Northwest Suburban school district.

The district now offers (mostly at the middle and high school levels) many more options that are part of the federal meal, such as pasta and sandwich stations.

The School District is increasing access to breakfast for students by offering «Grab and Go Breakfast» options at a growing list of schools including Clark Creek ES STEM Academy and Carmel and Macedonia ES; Dean Rusk and Mill Creek MS; and River Ridge and Woodstock HS.

Cherokee County School District is again participating in the USDA Seamless Summer Option, which offers free meals to children during the summer.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parendistrict: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parenDistrict of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.

The Federal government offers Magnet Schools Assistance grants to districts as a way to promote this more positive school choice option that meets the unique needs of the learners who attend them.

Chicago, Rochester Offer Flexible Graduation Options Two urban school districts — Rochester, New York, and Chicago, Illinois — are launching programs this fall that will allow students to graduate from high school in three, four, or five years.

Districts with schools that had persistently failed to make «adequate yearly progress» in their test - score performance were required to offer the students in those schools options ranging from a seat in a higher - performing public school to free tutoring services.

Options for K - 12 online education include full - time virtual schools (often state - sponsored charter schools), part - time online courses (offered through a state or district - led initiative), and blended environments, according to «Keeping Pace.»

In my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site - based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and colleges.

Districts could address within - district inequities in lots of ways — they could offer higher salaries to teachers in poorer schools, they could have lower class sizes in poorer schools, or they could expand other services within poorer schools — but local teachers» union contracts often prohibit all of these policy options.

Roughly 70 percent of districts also offered parents some degree of choice among public schools or the option of applying to a magnet school.

These obstacles are compounded by the fact that few districts are making it easy for parents to exercise their right to choose or to avail themselves of the related option that offers «supplemental services,» such as after - school tutoring, to students who remain in schools that have failed to improve student performance.

During the current academic year, a limited number of districts in five states — Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia — have been permitted to offer students a choice of supplemental educational services a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

In some districts, school lunch menus are being pared down to fewer selections, instead of the array of healthy options districts would like to offer.

If your school district doesn't offer eLearning courses, there are also several useful online communities where you can connect with parents to find other options.

The diversity of the studies we collected mirrors the diversity of choice options that portfolio school districts attempt to offer.

The new law phased out the statewide programs, mandating that beginning in the 2009 — 10 school year, each Florida school district must develop its own offering or contract with a provider to offer a K — 8 full - time online school option.

Building on an initiative piloted this school year in Virginia, participating districts could offer students a choice of supplemental educational services, or SES, a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

yes - we have online course options for advanced math students... the high schools in our district offer over 20 online courses... I had a student take an online Mandarin Chinese class last year.

Since all three choice sectors — private, charter, and district schools of choice — are offering parents educational options that are considerably more satisfying, one must expect the market demand for educational alternatives to increase.

Thirty - seven percent of respondents support the idea of public school districts offering parents the option of sending their child to a single - sex school, 25 percent oppose the idea, and the remainder are undecided.

For poor parents unable to afford private - school tuition or a home in a better school district, chartering at last offered improved educational options for their children.

CRPE researchers discover distinct school differences in three cities and offer innovative, evidence - based solutions to help urban U.S. districts increase options so that families can find the right fit for their child.

Washington can tell a district it must offer school choice regardless of capacity, but in the real world the absence of high - quality school options means that parents are still stuck.

The state education department's resulting rules and guidance did not foreclose school districts from requiring an alternate standardized reading test before offering the portfolio option.

TalentEd's solutions are designed to offer the functionality K - 12 schools and districts need to overcome talent management challenges, and built with dozens of customization options so each individual school or district can meet its unique needs.

With options for teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and non-classroom personnel, the Learning Sciences Marzano Center offers a wide variety of high - impact observation / evaluation models.

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One family had older children attend district schools years ago and knew what the district could offer — but now that they're sending three younger kids to public school, they chose a different option, and also enrolled their kids at King Center.

In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts; from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

The district superintendent was forced into the drastic option after the local union refused to accept an offer by the district that would pay teachers $ 30 per hour to help students after school.

The Certica partnership with ATI offers Districts an additional item bank option fully integrated within Galileo ® K - 12 Online beginning at the start of the 2018 - 19 school year.

Florida, which will soon allow any student to cross district lines to attend a public school as long as they have open seats, has been a national leader in offering parents educational options for two decades.

Maryland school districts will have the option to offer high school students four more standardized tests next year under a plan approved Tuesday by the state Board of Education.

A virtual implementation may help your school or district offer more flexible and expansive course options to serve populations in need.

Charter Schools: Charter school legislation was first passed in 2013 to offer new educational options for children living in poorly performing school districts.

Charter Schools: Charter school legislation was first passed in 2013 to offer new education options for children living in poorly performing school districts and it was expanded this session.

There are 4 traditional public school district options for Monroe county students - eAchieve Academy represents a 5th, with flexible course offerings to address the needs of all students.

Green Lake offers 4 school district options for Wisconsin residents.

The move will force Grosse Pointe to compete with other districts for the families it serves, especially those dissatisfied with the district's offerings and more than willing to go elsewhere; it could even spur the expansion of school options — especially charters and online providers — within the communities the district serves.

Burnett county offers 3 options for school districts.

Dane county offers 16 options for public school districts for students located near Madison.

Right now, 23 district schools are piloting the new versions of the Full Option Science Systems (FOSS) program that offers hands - on kits for students to solve problems on their own, said Ayham Dahi, the secondary school level science coordinator.

The district's unified enrollment system that parents used for the first time this year to apply to magnets and other district options did not contain information about student academics, but it did contain other information about the schools like what after - school activities are offered, if Advanced Placement classes are available, and notable alumni.

Of course, public school districts may also offer school choice options.

IPS, one of Indiana's largest school districts, offers the broadest range of magnet and option programs in the state.

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Families whose children attended one of these schools had to be offered the option to transfer to any other district school that was not so identified.