While CFJ student members make changes in their districts, they come together to make an impact
on the statewide level as well.
Those numbers are expanding
on the statewide level as job growth continues at around 3 % each year.
Not exact matches
Astorino is raising cash
on the local
level as the
statewide political picture is still unclear with three years to go before the next gubernatorial election.
Ball, a Putnam County Republican who was recently promoted to a role
on the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, said the push to appeal to everyone from surgeons to plumbers applies
on the national
level as well
as statewide.
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused
on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which,
as part of the
statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus
on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one -
on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade
level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus
on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.
Using student -
level data from two states, Harvard Professor Martin West and I found that 40 to 60 percent of schools serving mostly low - income or underrepresented minority students would fall into the bottom 15 percent of schools
statewide based
on their average test scores, but only 15 to 25 percent of these same schools would be classified
as low performing based
on their test - score growth.
Moreover, summative assessment sat at the core of many of the policy reforms that the leaders described: additional accountability levers such
as teacher evaluation systems and
statewide school report cards draw
on data coming out of these summative tests to make determinations and comparisons regarding teacher and school -
level performance.
For example, Florida law gives all parents with a child in special education the option of finding a private school with support to the same
level as the average spent
statewide on students with that disability.
a. 1) A state share of the Basic Operation Cost, which cost per pupil in March 31 ADM is established individually for each local school division based
on the number of instructional personnel required by the Standards of Quality and the
statewide prevailing salary
levels (adjusted in Planning District Eight for the cost of competing)
as well
as recognized support costs calculated
on a prevailing basis for an estimated March 31 ADM.
Where it is not accomplished
on a
statewide level, training programs should utilize the Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual
as available from the National Association, and if training is at the local Board
level, the professional standards procedures of the Board
as reviewed and certified to the local Board by legal counsel to ensure due process consistent with law.