Sentences with phrase «opportunities improve public schools»

School choice opportunities improve public schools by enabling parents to find the particular school that fits their child's unique educational needs.

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Instead of engaging in an unseemly, public battle with the White House, the organization could be closely allied with a still - hugely popular First Lady to jointly advance the cause of improved school nutrition, able to take advantage of all the prime PR opportunities only someone like Michelle Obama can offer.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

In Chicago, many chefs have shown interest in using their skills to improve school food, but small pilot opportunities don't exist in Chicago Public Schools.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

It also seemed to point out that only a small fraction of the city's public school students attend charter schools, and said its main focus was on improving opportunities for all children.

«We commend the decision of the governor for the window of opportunity it provided for the affected teachers and gave an assurance of improved service delivery in state public schools.

About Askwith Forums: The Askwith Forum, established in 1998 by an anonymous donor and named in honor of New York City public - relations consultant, writer and publishing executive Herbert Askwith, is a series of public lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that provide an opportunity for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to share their work, talk with one another, and advance proven practices that will improve learning opportunities for all.

A recent book by Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge of American Education, for example, describes what the authors call «high schools that improve life chances,» pointing in particular to small, nonselective high schools created in New York City by the Department of Education and New Visions for Public Sschools that improve life chances,» pointing in particular to small, nonselective high schools created in New York City by the Department of Education and New Visions for Public Sschools created in New York City by the Department of Education and New Visions for Public SchoolsSchools.

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.

By using a range of strategies, we raise the level of thinking in schools working in partnership to raise the standard of teaching and of learning, improving outcomes and increasing opportunities for all of those whose futures are so dependent upon the public education system.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - 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We invest in people and programs that improve America's public schools and create better opportunities for students.

It's encouraging that so many talented and energetic people are working to improve the opportunities available to kids assigned to troubled public schools.

If policymakers aim to improve the educational opportunities available to the poorest students, they will have to develop strategies to turn around the schools — charter schools and traditional public schools — that these students attend.

School choice provides an opportunity for public schools to compete and improve — and for high - performing teachers to be recruited by top schools.

Improve its support for building strong public schools by providing greater equitable educational opportunities for all students across the state;

With a new year comes new opportunities to work together to address challenges charter schools face in Northeastern California, and to improve public education as a whole.

«If Wisconsin is serious about improving schools, we must stop expanding this failing voucher program and instead invest in public schools that provide opportunity to all students, regardless of their zip codes.»

Next month, Washington voters will have the opportunity to help improve our public schools by approving Referendum 55.

Ms. Anderson had argued that One Newark would offer more parents the opportunity to opt out of failing schools, and that by improving the smaller number of public schools that remained, it would ultimately help retain the families that might otherwise leave the district for charter schools.

The 2017 - 18 Section 99k - Cybersecurity Competition Event Grant is made available to public school districts that provide pupils in grades 6 - 12 with expanded opportunities to improve computer science skills by participating in cybersecurity competitive events hosted by Mertit Network, Incorporated, known as Michigan High School Challenge, or hosted by the Air Force Association, known as Cyberpaschool districts that provide pupils in grades 6 - 12 with expanded opportunities to improve computer science skills by participating in cybersecurity competitive events hosted by Mertit Network, Incorporated, known as Michigan High School Challenge, or hosted by the Air Force Association, known as CyberpaSchool Challenge, or hosted by the Air Force Association, known as Cyberpatriot.

«As public schools, charter schools are providing important new choices to parents and students seeking improved learning opportunities.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rSchools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

Chartering Quality is a blog devoted to improving public education and expanding opportunity through smart authorizing of charter schools — autonomous, accountable, public schools of choice.

Sixty - two years after the landmark Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that desegregated America's public schools, the education system is still struggling with a number of issues in classrooms, including segregation, the opportunity and achievement gaps, school funding discrepancies, improving high school graduation rates, and college enrollment and persistence.

We stand by their endeavors to secure school finance reform and improve education outcomes and opportunities for our public school children, especially those who are at - risk, English language learners, and students with disabilities and other special needs.

The coalition came together to push for school finance reform and improved educational opportunities and outcomes for Nevada public school children, especially those students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and talented, and students with disabilities or other special needs.

In order to improve rural schools, authors recommend federal policymakers stop promoting private school vouchers as a way to expand educational opportunities in rural areas, and to instead boost educational opportunities in local public schools by increasing efforts to modernize rural classrooms and integrate technology into teaching and learning.

Not only does school choice give low - income children the same choices and opportunities that children from wealthy families have always had, it also improves the public schools, making them stronger and more effective,» Cruz said in the press release announcing the legislation.

Working in partnership with public school districts, Alvarez - Ortiz successfully pioneered innovative education reform initiatives targeted at improving opportunities and outcomes for students, schools, and districts deemed at risk of failure.

New ideas are often challenging, and this one — that independently managed public schools could improve educational opportunity — is perhaps counterintuitive.

«Principals in more than 300 New York City public schools have the freedom and flexibility that comes with being empowered and have been using it to improve the educational opportunities for their students,» the school system says.

Healthy school communities are an outgrowth of work ASCD began in 1998 to link schools and community public health agencies to provide meaningful opportunities for students to create and participate in activities designed to improve the health of their communities.

• Use of multiple forms of evidence of student learning, not just test scores; • Extensive professional development that enables teachers to better assess and assist their students; • Incorporation of ongoing feedback to students about their performance to improve learning outcomes; • Public reporting on school progress in academic and non-academic areas, using a variety of information sources and including improvement plans; and • Sparing use of external interventions, such as school reorganization, to give reform programs the opportunity to succeed.

In addition, Walker's budget eliminates Chapter 220 — the only educational program in Milwaukee designed to reduce racial segregation in public schools and improve equal opportunity for students of color.

The report found that while charter schools have dramatically improved public school opportunities for American families over the last quarter century — particularly for urban students and students of color — most charters continue to look fairly similar to the schools Americans have attended for generations.

Inform parents, communities, lawmakers, business leaders, taxpayers and other stakeholders about inequities in Colorado public schools and the urgent need to improve access to high quality educational opportunities for all Colorado students.

The rigorous Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by 45 states represent a once - in - a-generation opportunity for the United States to improve public schools nationally, bringing math, science and literacy education up to levels achieved by high - performing nations abroad.

Although his statewide marathon of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is for this state's future that the ravages of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state funding mechanisms be devised to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children.

The mission of the SCSC is to improve public education by authorizing high quality charter schools that provide students with better educational opportunities than they would otherwise receive in traditional district schools.

«As public schools lose students via school choice or for any other reason, they have a tremendous opportunity to improve the quality of their schools.

A Minneapolis Public School steam that participated in the Denver summit is engaged in the same follow - up on a very different project that aims to improve student outcomes within career and college readiness through integrated STEM education opportunities.

«Change will have its challenges, but we should see this as an opportunity to create a stronger public school system with a focus on improving outcomes for students and teachers.

Gerard Randall is the executive director of the Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP), which aims to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Milwaukee Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public educPublic Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public educpublic education.

Anthony Bryk, Eric Camburn, and Karen Seashore Louis, «Professional Community in Chicago Elementary Schools: Facilitating Factors and Organizational Consequences,» Educational Administration Quarterly 35, no. 5 (1999): 751 — 781; Andrew Calkins, William Guenther, Grace Belfiore, and Dave Lash, The Turnaround Challenge: Why America's Best Opportunity to Dramatically Improve Student Achievement Lies in Our Worst - Performing Schools (Boston: Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, 2007); Yvonne L. Goddard, Roger D. Goddard, and Megan Tschannen - Moran, «A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Teacher Collaboration for School Improvement and Student Achievement in Public Elementary Schools,» Teachers College Record 109, no. 4 (2007): 877 — 896; Karen Seashore Louis and Helen M. Marks, «Does Professional Community Affect the Classroom?