Sentences with phrase «other school district in the country»

The employees of this and every other school district in the country are paid from the Food & Nutrition Service Enterprise fund in each district which derives its funding from the operation of the program.

New York City spends more money on fringe benefits for teachers and other education personnel than any other school district in country, according to a new study.

LAUSD has more students in the charter system than any other school district in the country, about 100,000 students.

Not exact matches

Indeed, for a while Houston and other districts were having real trouble sourcing any fresh fruit at all, from any part of the country, due to the higher demand created by the new school food regulations, which resulted in USDA actually canceling confirmed orders for commodity fresh fruit.

They remind the Chancellor that other school districts around the country and in our own region break even or even make a profit on their food services.

In the piece, I address why America's school meals so often pale in comparison to those in other countries, and the many obstacles faced by our school districts which make scratch - cooked, healthier meals a real challengIn the piece, I address why America's school meals so often pale in comparison to those in other countries, and the many obstacles faced by our school districts which make scratch - cooked, healthier meals a real challengin comparison to those in other countries, and the many obstacles faced by our school districts which make scratch - cooked, healthier meals a real challengin other countries, and the many obstacles faced by our school districts which make scratch - cooked, healthier meals a real challenge.

Tynczuk said the park district gives the organization original drawings for the playground so they can replicate the playgrounds at parks, schools and churches in other countries.

Thanks for your input... I may try to expand and look at menus from other school districts in America and France, could be interesting to see what is served in different parts of each country.

SNA's Keys to Excellence is a state of the art online self - assessment tool that allows you to compare your school nutrition program's performance with other districts in your area and around the country.

Cheese sandwiches and other «alternate meals» have been added to menus in school districts across the country as they try to deal with lunch debts.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

«Well, I think that lawsuit is saying, hey, why don't the school districts have representation like every other municipality in New York state and like the rest of the country,» says Carlucci.

Similar troubles within the Buffalo Public School District are happening in other districts across the country.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the district in the country.

I know I and the people in my neighborhood and all the others like us across the country are all part of the problem, but we can't help make these kinds of failing school district better by sending our children to them even if we wanted to, because we'd have to risk our children's futures to do it.

Also, many school districts across the country not only have successful induction programs in place, they also are more than willing to share their successes with others.

«The U.S. market for tech tends to be handled on a school - to - school or district - to - district basis, where in other countries the purchasing decisions are made on the state or federal level.

The average student in the Washington, D.C., school district is at the 11th percentile in math relative to students in other developed countries.

Not 1 of the largest 20 school districts is above the 50th percentile in math relative to other developed countries.

The GRC enables users to compare academic achievement in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for virtually every public school district in the United States with the average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered our economic peers and sometime competitors.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

Berkeley's policy, like others in a handful of districts across the country, require school officials to consider all alternatives before they...

Several school districts across the country are trying to change their teacher - salary structures in ways that would not only reward performance, but also allow effective teachers to reach top salary levels earlier in their careers, making teacher - compensation plans more in line with those in other occupations.

It opens the way, for the first time, to comparing student, school and district performance across the land on a credible, common metric — and gauging their achievement against that of youngsters in other countries on our shrinking and ever - more - competitive planet.

To be sure, the population of public school children in New York City is different from that of many other school districts around the country.

When they're not working with schools and districts around the country, Nancy Gutierrez and Liliana Polo - McKenna sit next to each other in the offices of the NYC Leadership Academy.

By then, she, too, had heard that the board did not plan to select her, and she was already interviewing in other school districts across the country.

In other parts of the country, districts have established separate programs and guidelines for struggling schools.

In school districts across the country, students face health and other issues that cause them to miss school for weeks and sometimes months.

One in 10 special - needs students is educated in an out - of - district school, far more than any other state in the country.

The Hechinger Report is investigating how professional - development funds are spent in the country's largest school system — New York City — as well as in other districts around the nation to see what we can learn from schools, districts and countries that excel at ongoing teacher training.

We compared how districts fund schools that are eligible to receive federal Title I dollars with other schools in their grade span — elementary, middle, or high school grades — and found vast disparities throughout the country in how districts spend state and local dollars on Title I schools.

Some tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test, are developed for general use by any school district in the country, while other tests are developed for a specific state, such as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), and the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS).

Over the past seven years, the district has posted record enrollment increases (with a higher rate of enrollment growth than any other major urban school district in the country) and increased its four - year graduation rate by over 25 percentage points.

In 2010, Steve formed Future Is Now Schools, built on the successful secondary Green Dot Public Schools model, union reform and systemic district change, to take the foundational principles, lessons learned and successes achieved on the local level of Southern California and expanded this base to other communities around the country.

«We should question the relevance of comparing so - called U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run by states and the District of Columbia, not the federal government,» said Carnoy.

It focuses on the relevance of comparing U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run not by the federal government, but by states (plus the District of Columbia).

http://www.interdys.org/index.htm Core Knowledge Preschool vs. Traditional Preschool This website is about A School Reform Movement taking shape in hundreds of schools where educators have committed themselves to teaching important skills and the Core Knowledge content they share within grade levels, across districts, and with other Core Knowledge schools across the country.

In 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikIn 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikin the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strike.

Her choice from among leading educators and administrators from other districts around the country reflected a strong desire by the board to keep the district in the hands of someone well versed on the challenges facing the district, someone who would not need months of on - the - job learning to become familiar with issues, schools and personnel.

If we provide district and school leaders with tools, resources, and guidance based on NCEE's research on high performing education systems and NISL's research on leadership development from other sectors, then they can create systems in which all schools are at least as effective as schools in the highest performing countries.

She writes and publishes extensively, and consults, coaches, and teaches in schools and school districts around the country and in other parts of the world.

A prior study in Maine — showing ASSISTments provided nearly a year of additional gains for seventh grade math students — will be replicated in other school districts across the country

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

But the concept has perhaps especially resonated with educators across the country: Earlier this year, school districts in the San Francisco area announced plans to begin testing students on grit and other forms of emotional intelligence; other schools have instituted things like Grit Week, in which students set goals for their scores on upcoming standardized tests.

Since 1979, he and his RBT colleagues have taught in - depth professional development programs centered on the knowledge base of teaching to educators in more than 200 school districts each year in the United States and other countries.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

Next year, the group hopes to offer additional AP courses to the participating schools in Mississippi, and is speaking with other districts around the country about expanding.

But why compare national student performance in the United States with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems responsible to states and the District of Columbia, not the federal government?

In Topeka and other school districts around the country, «our mindset is beginning to change regarding how to teach children with trauma issues,» says Anderson, who helped spearhead trauma - informed initiatives as superintendent in Jennings, Missouri, a 3,000 - student, high - poverty community outside of St. LouiIn Topeka and other school districts around the country, «our mindset is beginning to change regarding how to teach children with trauma issues,» says Anderson, who helped spearhead trauma - informed initiatives as superintendent in Jennings, Missouri, a 3,000 - student, high - poverty community outside of St. Louiin Jennings, Missouri, a 3,000 - student, high - poverty community outside of St. Louis.