Sentences with phrase «other schools across the state»

Other schools across the state used the grants to buy instruments including pianos, guitars, ukuleles and xylophones.

Today, the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced that Blackstone Valley Prep Middle School 1 (MS1) and twenty - one other schools across the state are Commended.

For a description of the TN School Success Measure calculation and the prior performance of current ASD schools comparable to other schools across the state, click the link above.

Former state superintendent Tony Bennett's staff made «plausible» changes to the state's school rating system before releasing 2012's A-F grades, «consistently applying» their changes to benefit not only a favorite charter school but to 180 other schools across the state, a report released Friday says.

So impressed was the MFOA Director that he and Ms. Abbott began to consider making the Pet Club a model for other schools across the state.

Not exact matches

«Mr. Speaker, today in First Nations communities across the country, the unemployment rate can reach 80 %, half of the housing units are in a pitiful state and schools and students receive 30 % less funding than others,» Thomas Mulcair reported.

Even if your own school doesn't provide any K - 12 resources, you can browse other schools across the country or discover content provided from state Departments of Education.

It's all here on our education page: newspaper articles on education, education blog articles, as well as in - depth coverage of state testing and other issues affecting schools, both in Tampa Bay and across Florida.

He realized that there were many other food allergic children across the state whose parents were trying to keep them safe at school each day!

In addition, the Family Support unit at the Center for Schools and Communities offers supplemental PAT oriented and broader professional development opportunities to PAT providers and other early care and education professionals across the Commonwealth t hrough regular webinars, specialized workshops as well as annual regional or state meetings.

Under the Tennessee Promise program, more than 16,200 students were enrolled in the 2015 - 16 school year at 41 institutions across the state, including at 13 community colleges, 27 colleges of applied technology and other eligible institutions offering an associate's degree program, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

«In states across America, legislators have been pressured into a toxic game of cross-border business poaching that drives millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to wealthy executives — draining funds we need to invest in infrastructure, schools, parks, and other public goods that is the bedrock of economic health.»

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Polls are now closed across the state after communities voted on school budgets and other critical issues.

In response to a sharp uptick in hate crimes across New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a $ 25 million program that would provide additional security measures to schools and day - care centers affiliated with religious or other belief - based organizations.

He says the New York State Board of Elections alone has registered more than 500 high school students across the county, and there are also other organizations like the League of Women Voters, as well as candidate groups, that are working to get first time voters registered.

Sammakia has sought to reign in the wide - ranging economic development activities undertaken by Kaloyeros across the state, while other programs and deals that would have brought the school significant revenue were discontinued or delayed.

Like their colleagues across New York, Saugerties school officials listened intently to governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State last week, hoping to hear good news in the proposed 2016 - 17 budget and other educational initiatives.

By shining a light on school - level funding inequities before the school year begins, the final budget can serve as an important new protection for students of color, low - income students, and other historically under - served groups of students across the state.

McConville and thousands of other college - bound students across the state are now eligible for free college tuition at State University of New York schools after passage of the 2017 - 18 state budget last state are now eligible for free college tuition at State University of New York schools after passage of the 2017 - 18 state budget last State University of New York schools after passage of the 2017 - 18 state budget last state budget last week.

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

Since its implementation, school officials across the state have heavily criticized the state Department of Education for pushing the new mandates before local districts were ready for them, among other complaints

School superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school staSchool superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school staschool staffers.

De Blasio said Wednesday that the city's test scores beat out increases seen in the state's other «Big 5» urban school districts and stressed that the city is closing its performance gap with schools across the state in general.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

The team, which also included David A. Rotholz, Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Anne M. Kinsman, Ph.D., of the Greenville Health System, and Kathi K. Lacy of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SC DDSN), as well as other leaders from key public and private stakeholder organizations from across the state, saw a way to remove this barrier.

CSML courses feature faculty members from HGSE, HBS, and other Harvard schools, principals and educators from across the United States, and leaders in fields outside of education.

This online resource is a highly organized repository of pacing calendars, classroom - tested lesson plans, presentations, and activities shared by teachers throughout the district, as well as 40 other partner districts and charter schools across the state.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

The scholars write, «Across the state, black students are about 2.4 times as likely to receive exclusionary discipline (conditional on reported infractions and other student characteristics), whereas within school, this same conditional disparity is not statistically significant.»

The study intended to report on, among other things, levels of racial segregation in charter schools across the United States.

According to analyses by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) and the Center for Education Policy, the most popular restructuring option chosen by schools, across all these states, was «any other major restructuring.&States (ECS) and the Center for Education Policy, the most popular restructuring option chosen by schools, across all these states, was «any other major restructuring.&states, was «any other major restructuring.»

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

In light of the ongoing push to establish common academic standards across states, the authors examined data from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress to see whether citizen ratings of school quality are responsive to the level of student performance relative to the nation as a whole or only relative to other schools within the same state.

These sites all offer users the ability to compare their school with others in the same school district or state (because standard tests in each state vary, it's difficult to make such comparisons across districts in different states), and a few rank schools based on test performance or other factors.

American adventurers have fanned out across the globe to bring back to the United States the lessons of other school systems.

Those giving local schools one of the two highest grades stands at 49 percent among the uninformed but just 41 percent among those told their own district's ranking relative to other districts across the state (see Figure 1).

This program includes a unique opportunity to study with experienced colleagues from across the United States and around the world, building lasting connections with other veteran school leaders who share similar challenges and support each other during and beyond the program experience.

It is too soon to tell whether other states will follow the lead of Colorado and Florida, but the stories of how the laws were passed in the two states remind us that across the country, the politics of charter schools and charter funding vary greatly.

But with roughly 5,500 kids across the state still dropping out of high school every year, Professor Reville and others acknowledge that Massachusetts, widely recognized as having the nation's leading education system, still has a long way to go.

The city's Independent Budget Office estimated in early 2002 that one reason billions of dollars» worth of school construction wasn't making a dent in the crowding issue was that it cost 400 percent more to build new schools in New York City than in other parts of the state and across the Hudson River in New Jersey.

Students and teachers from the pilot schools and a growing number of others across the United States and Europe continued to visit the Web site each day.

I hope the Newark experience inspires parents and educators across the nation to find more ways to work together, and with other public education partners, to find innovative solutions that not only help your own school but transform public education system for your city or state as a whole.

In building support for this legislation and other efforts to support student attendance, ACNJ strengthened partnerships with diverse groups such as NJPTA, NJSACC, Jersey CAN, Paterson Education Fund, NJSSNA, the League of Women Voters, SPAC and NJASA, and most importantly schools and communities across the state that are tackling absenteeism.

In partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education, National Board Certified Teachers will work directly with students in their classrooms, as well as with other teachers in their schools and districts, to transform literacy teaching for K - 3 students across the state.

We're fast approaching the point where those schools and other charters across the state won't be to afford these necessities, because the $ 11,000 they receive per - child is simply not enough to cover rising structural costs.

Furthermore, students are «Selected» to attend Arts High School and other magnet schools across the state.

But right now New York State does nothing for the three young women pictured above and tens of thousands of others in charter schools across the sState does nothing for the three young women pictured above and tens of thousands of others in charter schools across the statestate.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

One panel will consist of charter school leaders from across the state, while the other will have current charter school parents and students.

But the Democratic governor also wants a $ 52.9 million cut in funding for special education, after - school programs, reading tutors and other services in low - performing public schools across the state.