Sentences with phrase «overwhelming majority of school districts»

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They simply don't have the LEGAL authority to cut the overwhelming majority of their expenses and with the double digit cut in state aid most local school districts will receive, they will have to make up for that money by significantly jacking up property taxes... which are far more regressive and oppressive than income taxes.

Attacking new teacher evaluation systems that are, for the first time, enabling district public schools to make decisions based on teacher quality, does violence to the cause of improving the quality of education for the overwhelming majority of students who don't attend charter schools.

The overwhelming majority of teachers (68 %) indicated support for this testing program when it is used as a diagnostic instrument, and even as a accountability tool when similar schools and / or school districts are being compared.

A federal judge has ended an 18 - year - old desegregation suit against the Lowndes County, Ala., schools, after declaring further efforts at integration pointless since the overwhelming majority of students in the district now are black.

The overwhelming majority of state constitutions make no mention whatsoever of school districts or local school boards.

Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of superintendents, school district officials, and school principals rise through the ranks the traditional way - first as teachers, then as assistant principals, principals, and then up to the district office.

As has been said a thousand times, the overwhelming majority of kids, including the overwhelming majority of needy kids, attend district - operated schools; if we don't do something about those district schools, the great majority of kids will be left in the dirt.

Then there's the overwhelming majority of district school boards and superintendents who want no part of charters or won't collaborate with them, often refusing to authorize them, and pressing lawmakers to limit them.

But the overwhelming majority of practices singled - out by the ACLU are neither illegal nor anything but commonplace among both public charter and district schools.

While the «overwhelming majority» of school districts make layoff decisions based on seniority alone, according to NCTQ, 10 states specifically require school districts to make layoff decisions based on seniority.

«Remember we have over 600 (including public school districts and charters), and an overwhelming majority of them are working very, very hard with their educators and their IT people to get ready for this,» he said in an interview.

The overwhelming majority of case studies or portfolio scenarios I've written about involve the acquisition of a portfolio of quality single family homes in great school districts.