Sentences with phrase «piloted this school year»

Building on an initiative piloted this school year in Virginia, participating districts could offer students a choice of supplemental educational services, or SES, a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.
Greg Fisher, a teacher at Narbonne High School in the Harbor City area of LA, is one of the leaders of his Small Learning Community's plan to transform into a pilot school this year.

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Few of the people who apply to flying schools actually get in — Quebec schools, for instance, only train around 150 to 200 pilots a year, according to Service Canada.
For instance, Quebec schools train only an average of 150 to 200 pilots a year, according to Service Canada.
Haskayne Reads is the Haskayne School of Business reading circle that piloted in the 2015 - 2016 academic year following a focus on enhancing student experience at the autumn faculty and staff retreat.
I have been teaching entrepreneurship at Ohio State for several years and we are now piloting the program at this art school.
Canada Student Grants and Loans has expanded eligibility for part time students, as well as full and part time students with children, and introduced a three - year pilot project that will provide adults returning to school on a full - time basis after several years in the workforce with an additional $ 1,600 in grant money starting Aug 1, 2018.
JP finished school in the Top 1 % of his state, earned a technology degree with First Class honours at UNSW, completed a distinguished 10 year career in the Australian Air Force as an officer and pilot before founding a technology company in 2015.
More often than not, the British pilots who flew those Hurricanes and Spitfires were a year or two removed from secondary school.
We have piloted it in UK primary schools and early years settings and have shown that it can dramatically improve children's outcomes (see below for more details).
Last year schools in Arizona, Idaho, New York, and Tennessee were able to order any quantity of Greek - style yogurt from September to November 2013, within the balance of their USDA Foods entitlement, and the response was so successful that eight new states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vermont, and Washington — will have access to pilot purchasing of Greek - style yogurt for the 2014 - 15 school year.
La Leche staff members hope the pilot program, which the organization will fund at about $ 7,500 a year, catches on at Amundsen and expands to include boys» classes before moving to other high schools.
The pilot was such a success, Urban was able to implement breakfast - in - the - classroom at two additional elementary schools for the 2014 - 15 school year.
Mason Co. schools to offer free breakfast this year (July 22, 2011): A pilot breakfast program is launching in West Virginia — congratulations, Mason County Sschools to offer free breakfast this year (July 22, 2011): A pilot breakfast program is launching in West Virginia — congratulations, Mason County SchoolsSchools!
The report describes a two - year pilot program in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), which comprises 85 schools and 37,000 students.
By the end of the year, all 80 elementary schools will have them, and then they'll start piloting in the middle schools, followed by high schools.
But that study helped stimulate a similar three - year pilot program in 15 schools statewide by the Illinois Nutrition Education and Training program, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
About nine years ago, the school nurse suggested the change, and the school conducted a pilot study, tracking food waste and visits to the nurse along with anecdotal reports on student behavior.
When the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom pilot program began in school year 2010 - 11, Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX) was one of the original districts to sign on and begin serving children breakfast - in - the - classchool year 2010 - 11, Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX) was one of the original districts to sign on and begin serving children breakfast - in - the - clasSchool District (Dallas, TX) was one of the original districts to sign on and begin serving children breakfast - in - the - classroom.
After a successful pilot program last year, Alachua County Schools in Gainesville (FL) has added a food truck to their free summer meals program, bringing delicious options to neighborhoods in need over the summer months.
We at Sherwood Elementary school are experimenting and completed to pilots this year.
D.C. Central Kitchen was the winning bidder for one of two contracted pilot programs intended to provide some competition for Chartwells, the giant food services company that has been providing meals of mostly processed convenience foods to the city's 122 public schools for the past two years.
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De Blasio has pushed back on that proposal, arguing that the pilot program his administration funded last year that provided free lunch to all middle schoolers has yielded «mixed results.»
Calling this «the start of a new tradition - something so obviously a good idea that you wonder why no one has done it before» Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the BHA continued «we are delighted to be able to support the web initiative which has received a very positive response and the schools based pilot of this project where we have put together a free package of materials for classes that has gone out to 5 - 19 year old groups across the world to be trialled and will be launched next year».
To reverse this trend, this year Hoosick Falls Central School (HFCS) is piloting its College Completion Project, a program that introduces students to career options and helps them develop the skills and the knowledge necessary to successfully complete post - secondary studies and attain a degree or professional certification.
The governor says the rules of the tax cap do not take away local decision making, but he says it does end the previous system, which the governor says was on «automatic pilot» as school taxes went up year after year.
Mr. Bernardo in his UCIDA (Ulster County Industrial Development Agency) application promised 51 full time jobs (26 the first year and 25 the second year) to be maintained over ten years in return for a PILOT program (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) which meant he avoided paying sales tax and a good amount of property and school taxes for ten years while we taxpayers picked up his tab.
Last year, he announced a pilot pre-K program funded by $ 25 million in competitive grants which will serve 27 of New York's roughly 700 school districts.
In his State of the State speech on Jan. 9, Gov. Cuomo announced an ambitious education agenda for 2013 that includes full - day pre-kindergarten in the poorest areas, community schools such as those being piloted by the UFT this year, and a «bar - like exam» to qualify future teachers that was first proposed by the AFT.
Longer - term spending cuts The government is also reviewing all spending decisions and pilot schemes approved since the start of the year, including a number of school building and transport projects.
We don't understand how the current Town Board could approve a 30 - year PILOT agreement (twice) when this project did not have a public hearing for the PILOT, does not have Planning Board approval, and the Town Board did not consult with school district administrators or our school board about the school tax implications of the PILOT.
The program was piloted in five public inner - city elementary schools in Denver, Colo. and three in Hartford, Ct. during the 2013 - 14 school year.
They will be piloting these units with their students throughout the upcoming school year.
In a pilot project this year in two suburban Atlanta high schools, students earned $ 8 an hour to attend study sessions in math and science.
NAVARRO: During our check in for our governing council a month ago [note: each pilot school in Los Angeles is supported by a governing council], the first one of the year, my assistant principal asked the council, «Why Humanitas?»
The Arts and Education Reform: Lessons from a 4 - year Pilot of the A + Schools Program (PDF).
During the four - year pilot period, A + schools showed growth on North Carolina's accountability tests, relative to the state, as well as improvements in organizational capacity and community partnerships, and increased channels of communication.
Implementing an effective blended - learning program may require hiring outside help, visiting other school systems, or running semester - or year - long pilots to get teachers onboard.
Researchers looked at 67 schools where Mr. Hornbeck's education - reform plan was piloted last year and found that, in general, changes were taking hold and were viewed favorably by those involved.
This report, developed by Catherine Awsumb Nelson, synthesizes the findings of a four - year evaluation of the A + Schools Program pilot in 25 North Carolina Schools.
The programme, titled Bikeability Plus, has been piloted across 18 areas of England and introduces four and five year olds to balance training, teaches older pupils how to fix and maintain their bikes and encourages safer cycling to and from school.
The 2015 - 2016 school year was a pilot year for our House Flipping program.
Nairobi, Kenya 5 March 2015 — A new report launched today by Future First Global shows the transformative impact alumni are having in the employment potential for secondary school students Nairobi, The report «An Alumni Community for Every School: Learning from Kenya pilot programmes» examines a two year pilot programme across fifteen schools in Naschool students Nairobi, The report «An Alumni Community for Every School: Learning from Kenya pilot programmes» examines a two year pilot programme across fifteen schools in NaSchool: Learning from Kenya pilot programmes» examines a two year pilot programme across fifteen schools in Nairobi.
The pilot also rightly places increased emphasis on how their students learn in the course of a school year, regardless of where they start the year on the achievement spectrum.
Principals in Tennessee judged 98 percent of teachers to be «at expectations» or better last school year, while evaluators in Georgia gave good reviews to 94 percent of teachers taking part in a pilot evaluation program.
In the first three and a half weeks of its launch, Kaiser reported that 250 arts organizations contacted the Kennedy Center for its pro bono help, which will include a new arts in education program, slated to pilot in the Lafayette, La., schools next year, that aims to reshape the current, episodic nature of children's arts education.
To solve this problem, the state now requires high school students to take three years of math and science, and teachers will pilot end - of - year course assessments to gauge student performance and how well the courses stack up.
This year, that number has jumped to 99 percent, thanks to a pilot program run by the state that provides free breakfasts to all students, not just the poor ones, in four schools.
This initiative is built on our successful pilot program last year with 35 schools and more than 10,000 students.
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