Sentences with phrase «parents challenge districts»

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As most would guess, kids with more disadvantages, such as poverty and less educated parents, come to school less prepared, which pulls down average test scores at districts where more kids face these challenges.

With strict dietary guidelines that dictate what's on the lunch menu at Glen Ellyn's Community Consolidated School District 89, getting parents to buy lunch for their child when the selection is whole - grain pasta or broccoli with fat - free ranch dressing is proving to be a challenge.

Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local sources to supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.

Now here's where I get all cynical on you: unless you have a large coalition of parents, it's going to be challenging for you to make an impression on the district level.

With nearly 11,000 students in 10 schools, the City School District of New Rochelle, through an active partnership amongst community, parents, staff and students, provides a high - quality and challenging education for every child, in a safe, nurturing environment that embraces rich diversity and drives success.

Rather than take on the difficult and challenging work of winning loyalty and enrollment from low - income parents, school districts face much more powerful incentives to fight legislative, legal, and public - relations wars.

Gorsuch joined the opinion in Petrella v. Brownback (2015), holding that students and parents have standing to challenge statutory provisions that cap school districts» ability to raise extra money through additional property taxes, on equal protection and due process grounds.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week rejected a constitutional challenge to a Massachusetts district's policy of making condoms available to students in its junior and senior high schools without notifying parents.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

For that reason, parents can be annoyingly inconsistent: They can favor better schools but oppose anything that reallocates resources, challenges teachers to improve, or threatens jobs in schools or the district central office.

A familiar debate over the origins of life — this time centered on a science - textbook sticker — is playing out in a Georgia courtroom, where parents are challenging their school district's written description of evolution as «a theory, not a fact.»

Furthermore, many parents chose charters because their children were failing in district schools, meaning that charters have very challenging kids to teach.

Some of the reasons that parents rejected charters as placements were that «parents of students with disabilities may be more risk - averse,» «parents of students with disabilities may be able to use IEP process to get services from the district,» «transportation poses a particular barrier for students with disabilities,» «lower charter special education rates may reflect use of effective strategies to prevent or remediate common learning challenges,» and «district special education rates may reflect over-identification of students with disabilities.»

Our webinar guests will talk about those efforts, describe common challenges that districts face in discussing the common core with parents, and explain how school systems can address parents» fears and misgivings about the standards.

As schools across the country move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, district officials face a major challenge: How do they make the new academic expectations understandable to parents?

This case is designed to help teachers, school and district leaders, parents, teacher educators, and middle and high school students have nuanced conversations about the challenges posed by divisive political rhetoric for school classrooms and communities.

In four states, parents have formed parents unions to challenge their school districts and the influence of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

Most importantly, then, test results provide parents and teachers with vital information about student learning, and accountability policies challenge districts and schools to meet individual student needs with effective teachers, strong curricula, choices for families and students, and break - the - mold interventions for failing schools.

The Newark school district, long under control of the state of New Jersey, faces challenges driven in part by strong parent demand for high - performing schools and the rapid growth of a high - performing charter sector: The sector currently serves 27 percent of Newark's students and is anticipated to serve 40 percent by 2018 — 19.

In general, the district accommodates the demands and challenges of being in a community with a high mobility rate and difficult work schedules for parents.

The challenges of implementing such a schedule for parents, administrators, and even some teachers have caused some Colorado school districts to return to the traditional schedule instead of the alternative 4 - day schedule.

Responsibility for schools often falls to multiple parties, including school districts, charter school authorizers, and state agencies, weakening accountability and making it difficult for leaders to address the challenges facing parents.

There are many reasons that districts consider contracted transportation, but more often than not the reasons fall into one of the following categories: an aging fleet and limited resources; costs increasing faster than funding; overextended resources and scheduling difficulties; changes challenging the system such as redistricting, addition of inter-district schools and parental choice; or administrative headaches such as dealing with parents, employee absenteeism, drug and alcohol testing, and mandated paperwork.

In July, the Southern Poverty Law Center and some parents of Jackson Public School District students filed a lawsuit in Hinds County Chancery Court challenging the constitutionality of charter school funding in Mississippi.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

Helping parents navigate the mix of choices in the district is challenging, however.

Despite the challenges of a high student turnover rate driven by parents» reassignments to new duty stations, it remains a high - performing district with math, science, and English language arts achievement rates 15 percent above the statewide average.

Given the challenges for many working parents, it is critical that schools and districts do more to partner with families on supporting the academic growth of their children.

Based on past performance, the school district would be challenged to meet parents» heightened expectations, Barr said.

School districts included trauma, mental health issues, social media (including bullying and other conflicts), immigration status, gang involvement, drug use by students or parents, lack of parental guidance and support, and situational barriers like transportation, jobs, and responsibilities at home among the many challenges that affect student behavior or attendance and can lead to discipline issues.

But more fundamentally, I'd challenge us all to ask ourselves: why wouldn't we involve parents and families in the education of their children, the vision for their schools and the direction of the district?

West Bend social studies teacher Tanya Lohr, who was placed on paid administrative leave after challenging the district's new testing system, was placed back in her classroom Monday night after her union, her colleagues, parents and community supporters came to her defense.

Drawing on thirty interviews with district leaders and staff members, the report is an honest and highly specific portrait of the very real challenges of parent engagement.

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign has brought together more than 300 teachers, education support professionals, union leaders, district administrators, community members and parents, representing 36 Priority Schools from 17 states, in New Orleans for a three day forum to share lessons learned, challenges and strategies for success in school transformation efforts.

The district hosted week - long «Boot Camps» to introduce students and their parents to the academic challenges of AP courses, as well as to the technology they will use to do their coursework.

This change has created a public relations challenge for the district by raising concerns among parents of general education students who feel that some special needs students threaten the safety of their children.

Adding to this list of challenges is the fact that many educational stakeholders — legislators, state education administrators, school district superintendents, teachers and parents — have only a vague understanding of the value provided by their own state virtual schools.

But in spite of our financial challenges, our commitment to providing every child in every community with a high - quality education is as strong as ever, and the district, parents, teachers, principals, community members, local elected officials and business leaders must work together to protect investments in student learning that will maintain the tangible progress being made by our students.

Friends, Parents, teachers, community members and anyone in the Linked Learning field have all seen the transformative effect that Linked Learning has on students, especially in some of the biggest, most challenging school districts across the country.

Pittsburgh parent Lisa Freeman challenged Duncan and district leaders to focus on parental involvement.

There are two cities in N.J. where charter school growth is indeed challenging district budgets: Newark and Camden, where the demand by parents for alternative public schools is extremely high and as many as a third of students attend charters.

As parent - engagement strategies gain momentum in districts across the nation, the long - held belief that parents are problems or obstacles to be overcome, rather than partners in learning, remains a challenge.

As a result, Choice is Yours doesn't appear vulnerable to legal challenge in the wake of the 2007 Supreme Court case Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District.

But as previous attempts to correct the imbalance have failed to keep up with population shifts, the district's leaders and many parents are challenging the notion that the law, which was passed in 1969, is even relevant today.

The Achievement School District will spend the next three weeks meeting with teachers, parents, faculty and district leaders to determine which of the two schools with such similar demographics and challenges it should hand over to LEAD Public Schools charter school under orders to quickly turn the schoolDistrict will spend the next three weeks meeting with teachers, parents, faculty and district leaders to determine which of the two schools with such similar demographics and challenges it should hand over to LEAD Public Schools charter school under orders to quickly turn the schooldistrict leaders to determine which of the two schools with such similar demographics and challenges it should hand over to LEAD Public Schools charter school under orders to quickly turn the school around.

We congratulate NYC parents on their successful challenge of one bad school district leader — let's hope that other mayors (or mayors - elect) are paying attention!

Although Connecticut law requires that School Governance Councils be utilized in school districts that are facing the greatest challenges, in Bridgeport, Paul Vallas appears either unwilling or unable to meet his obligation to include the community, parents, and teachers in the educational decision - making process.

The district's decision was challenged in the courts by the parents who asserted that the child's progress in his current setting was sufficient.

Parent Michelle Bever challenged Todd's assertion that other school districts have a 7.5 hour school day.

The vast majority of pregnancies at this age are unplanned, and strategizing for the future often takes a backseat to coping with the present.2 The Irving Independent School District Teenage Pregnant and Parenting Students (TAPPS) program helps young mothers overcome those challenges.