Sentences with phrase «on school closure»

In contrast, suburban West Hartford Public Schools does not appear to have a policy on school closure in their policy collection.

For instance, none of our wonks focused overly much on school closure as a strategy toward greatness; most seem to see it as a way to raise the floor.

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same students.

(We have a study coming out on school closure effects later in the spring.)

City Comptroller John Liu vowed to put a moratorium on school closures and also promised to end the policy of co-locating charter and traditional public schools in the same buildings, which he said has been disruptive at many schools.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

At a subsequent panel on education, Liu slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record on school closures and called for an end to the practice of allowing charter schools to take over space in traditional public schools.

This is the second of three pieces to show how this conceptual friction actually rears its head in the real policy world — the first was on school closures, the third will be on ESEA reauthorization and NCLB waivers.

Marcotte and Steven Hemelt (2008) collected data on school closures from all but one school district in Maryland to estimate the impact on achievement.

A Pew Foundation report on school closures found that «academic studies suggest that student achievement often falls during the final months of a closing school's existence.»

The protest goal is a moratorium on school closures, phaseouts and turnarounds.

Visit http://worldforautism.org/alerts for important information on school closures and emergencies.

Judith Browne Dianis (Advancement Project) speaks at the forum on school closures.

In the event of severe weather, such as hurricanes, MYcroSchool Jacksonville follows the Duval County Public Schools» policies on school closures.

This man's organization wrote the book on school closures — really!

The group also demanded a moratorium on new charter schools, on school closures and on out - of - school suspensions, which they link to the school - to - prison pipeline.

This paper contributes to the nascent literature on school closures by evaluating student achievement and mobility outcomes in a large - scale restructuring effort in Washington, D.C. in which 32 elementary and middle school campuses were closed or consolidated in the summer of 2008.

Not exact matches

This Lobby had brought about the closure of Faith - based Adoption agencies, aggravating the crisis in placing children for adoption, and was poised to put on the Statute Book laws which would have imposed its own opinions on Faith - based schools and anyone else who disagreed.

Naperville Streets close for race Street closures will be in effect in Naperville on Thursday, Nov. 22, during the Naperville Lions Club's annual Turkey Trot 5K that begins and ends at Naperville Central High School.

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State Police are on site, and the schools are functioning once again after a brief closure this morning.»

City schools chancellor Carmen Fariña is expected to hold a media availability on the closures later Monday morning.

Wadleigh's truncation had been scheduled for a vote on Wednesday evening, April 25, by the Panel for Education Policy (PEP), the body that votes on Department of Education (DOE) policy and school closures.

Bloomberg has closed 140 struggling schools since taking charge of the education system in 2003, drawing the ire of critics including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former City Comptroller, who called for a legal moratorium on closures this year.

Officials blamed changes in student populations in the years prior to closure announcements on the fact that high - performing students tend not to choose to enroll in struggling schools.

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

Following the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, and months without sufficient electricity, water and supplies, the public school system on the island now faces potential manmade devastation: closures of almost 350 public schools.

Carl Pressley, the vice president of the PTA at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts, whose middle school was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sSchool for the Performing Arts, whose middle school was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sschool was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sschool in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter schoolschool.

PLATTSBURGH Students displaced by the closure of the Webb Island footbridge last month can now catch a ride to school on Clinton County Public Transit (CCPT).

The closure of the passenger bridge on the city's South End earlier this month due to safety concerns sparked questions about who is responsible for repairs: the City of Plattsburgh, or the Plattsburgh City School District.

On NY1's Inside City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio misstated the results of the previous administration's school closures.

The following school districts have announced closures an delayed starts on Thursday, May 17 as a result of road conditions and power outages following Tuesday's severe thunderstorms.Westchester County North Salem Central School District, one - hour delays for students, staff reports on timeSomers Central School District, two - hour delayOur Montessori SchoolPutnam CountyCarmel Centschool districts have announced closures an delayed starts on Thursday, May 17 as a result of road conditions and power outages following Tuesday's severe thunderstorms.Westchester County North Salem Central School District, one - hour delays for students, staff reports on timeSomers Central School District, two - hour delayOur Montessori SchoolPutnam CountyCarmel CentSchool District, one - hour delays for students, staff reports on timeSomers Central School District, two - hour delayOur Montessori SchoolPutnam CountyCarmel CentSchool District, two - hour delayOur Montessori SchoolPutnam CountyCarmel Central...

Briggs, who gave the assurance on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, urged proprietors of such schools to apply formally to the state Ministry of Education for registration and possible approval of the schools to avoid closure.

City Council members, proposing a bill that would have the Parks Department extend the public recreation season from its current closure date on Labor Day until the start of school on weekdays and the end of September on weekends, hashed out the issue at a budget hearing Monday.

This coupled with the failure and closure of many free schools have costed the taxpayer millions and had a detrimental effect on children's education.

While most of the schools on the chopping block had long histories of poor performance, some among the closure list were recently opened by the Bloomberg administration.

In fact a few of the small schools turned up on this year's closure list.

Indeed, reality seems to have sunk in with Team de Blasio on this front: The city last month finalized 10 school closures, a record for this mayor's tenure.

Harlem's Choir Academy, once a beacon for the arts in education, is now on Mayor Bloomberg's list of 24 schools marked for closure after being driven into the ground by school administrators and the Department of Education, says the school's longtime UFT chapter leader.

The Morrisania school on the William H. Taft campus is among the latest group of schools slated for closure under Mayor Bloomberg.

Currently, Buchanan receives $ 3 million in tax breaks as per a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, and Joseph Hochreiter, superintendent of the Hendrick Hudson school district, has said that the closure of the plant would negate a third of the district's tax base, and has therefore halted intentions to move forward on a $ 14 million capital improvement project.

The 30 - second United Federation of Teachers spot, which is set to run on major networks across New York through next Monday, criticizes the mayor on everything from school closures to the failed tenure of ex-schools chancellor Cathie Black.

Additionally, Joseph Hochreiter, superintendent of the Hendrick Hudson school district, said that the closure of the plant would negate a third of the district's tax base and has halted intentions to move forward on a $ 14 million capital improvement project for the district.

Tonawanda Huntley Plant Aid: The Ken - Ton School District will receive $ 2.7 million more aid, the town of Tonawanda will receive an extra $ 1.8 million and the county an extra $ 1 million to offset massive property tax losses with the closure of NRG Energy's Huntley power plant on River Road, according to a statement from Sen. Chris Jacobs and Assemblyman Robin Schimminger.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

They vote on policy and make decisions about school closures and consolidations.

PEP still OK'd shutting 10 other schools and postponed voting on another closure later withdrawn by the DOE.

Schools were closed across much of the area affected by the cold snap, including in the Twin Cities on Monday, and there were closures and delays yesterday in much of the Southeast as the weather moved south.

That same day, Chris was spotted making his way inside El Capitan Theater to make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the flick, talk Wonder Woman, and sing literal school closures — Watch all the clips below!

Borrowing heavily from The Muppets (or even High School Musical), the overall plot — put on a show, save the home from closure — is predictable, but the performers are clearly having a good time; Michael Gambon is deliciously cruel as the show's controlling musical director, while unlike Marigold Hotel, Maggie gets more to do than simply look at people with a withering expression.