Sentences with phrase «plan for the school system»

Lead Adviser: Edison Schools Inc., based in New York City, will offer overall management advice, including assessing the effectiveness of professional development; improving teacher and principal recruitment and retention; strengthening classroom management; and preparing an 18 - month action plan for the school system's incoming chief executive officer.

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The company's plan, which prioritized community amenities, called for affordable homes that Hershey workers could rent or own, as well as public schools, an all - boys orphanage, shops, restaurants, and a trolley system.

«What we'll do is make it easy for the cellular system to be deployed everywhere,» he explains, including hopefully plans to bring high - speed connectivity to schools in remote parts of developing countries.

The Education Super Centre, like all currently owned and planned rental units, will be located directly by local transit systems in the core of Vancouver, allowing students to travel with ease for both school and recreation.

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Requirements for local school systems» plans are outlined in the statute.

The group is planning future purchases with an eye toward foods that are typically too costly for most school systems, such as whole pieces of beef, avocado, pineapples and good quality spices, Goldstein said.

Finish assessments and strategic planning for our 7 2017 GET SCHOOLS COOKING districts and process their $ 50,000 systems grants to help them achieve their strategic goals.

Around the same time Richmond began implementing salad bars (called garden patches in their schools) they also received a USDA Farm to School Planning Grant that allowed them to explore the readiness and eagerness of students, staff and community for fresh local food incorporated into the school sSchool Planning Grant that allowed them to explore the readiness and eagerness of students, staff and community for fresh local food incorporated into the school sschool system.

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

The fragmentation and privatisation of our education system is a disaster for any coherent planning in our schools and for achieving a good local school for every child.

Glick said the Cuomo plan also needs to be studied for its possible impact on capacity issues within the SUNY system to accommodate an expected rise in attendance and, in turn, how such a trend might affect ability of in - state students to get into a SUNY or CUNY school.

Governor Cuomo's plan to make tuition free for many New York State residents who attend SUNY or CUNY two - or four - year schools would be an exciting step toward ensuring students across the state can access New York's prized public university systems.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.

Cuomo proposed a plan called «Tax - Free NY» that would waive taxes, including local property taxes, for new companies that partner with schools in the SUNY system.

School districts would need to finalize any locally negotiated aspects of their ratings system and submit their plans for state approval by November.

The $ 530 million includes $ 254 million that the city has to contribute to an $ 836 million short - term emergency plan unveiled by MTA chairman Joe Lhota to fix the city's beleaguered subway system — which has been plagued by delays and service problems over the last several months — and $ 140 million less than the city had expected to receive in state aid for city schools.

Joseph Dragone, assistant superintendent for business in the Roslyn school system, noted that his district would lose more than 2 percent in operating aid next year based on the governor's plan.

Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School plans to push for a system of public funds to match smaller donations as a way to limit the influence of big money donors in campaign fundraising.

Senior Tory MP Edward Leigh noted that the ballot system had been introduced in his party's plans for grant - maintained schools in the past, and admitted it was a «huge error».

An ambitious plan put forward by the Rochester City School District hopes to transform the educational system for students in the area.

It is particularly noteworthy that his proposal will ensure a permanent evaluation system for New York City, and that the specifics will be decided by June, with plenty of time to plan and implement for the 2013 - 2014 school year.

The directors of alcohol and substance abuse programs are responsible for the year - round administration, supervision, work - plan development and implementation to prevent alcohol and substance abuse among students in the New York City school system.

At a speech given at Hofstra University, Cuomo announced a proposal for a new, less generous pension system for future state, local and school employees that is designed to save taxpayers $ 93 billion over 30 years, according to two officials briefed on the plan.

Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

At least three Republican senators are demanding big 11th - hour changes to the plan, including prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System from spending on diversity training, greatly raising the income eligibility limit for the statewide school - voucher program and repealing the state's remaining prevailing - wage laws within months.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

Parents at a high - performing public school in Brooklyn are protesting a city plan to change its admissions system, for fear it will water down the school's rigor.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The White House on Sunday pledged to help states pay for firearms training for teachers and reiterated its call to improve the background check system as part of a new plan to prevent school shootings.

The Governor also renewed his call for all Californians to conserve water, laid out the key elements of the state's long - term water plan and noted the work ahead to fight climate change and build on historic reforms to the state's school funding and criminal justice systems.

Her testimony followed that of Buffalo Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash, who testified earlier Monday that settling the teacher contract was necessary to execute his plan for turning around the struggling school system.

The Syracuse public school system has a plan in place for the future of Fowler High School, one of three it's overhauling thisschool system has a plan in place for the future of Fowler High School, one of three it's overhauling thisSchool, one of three it's overhauling this year.

Growth at the BNMC includes plans for a new Women and Childrens Hospital of Buffalo, a new SUNY Buffalo medical school, and a new headquarters for Catholic Health Systems.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

The plan also calls for free tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools, a transit system on par with Europe's and public investments to help make a transition to carbon - free energy.

No school systems on the Island plan to attempt overrides of their local tax cap during budget votes scheduled for May 15, according to the reports supplied to the comptroller's office.

For teachers with paperless classrooms, or teachers planning to go digital in the 2017 - 2018 school year, a classroom management system like Google Classroom is key to successfully making the shift from printed handouts to online assignments.

«We do not believe there is capacity within the system to withdraw funding and powers for councils to support school improvement and hold schools to account in August 2017 as currently planned by the government.

The Fordham Institute's new report, High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA, examines whether states» current or planned accountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serve all students.

The ASG Planning for Education Index showed that Sydney ($ 547,414) is the most expensive city in Australia to educate a child in the private school system, 15 per cent above the national metropolitan average.

Schools systems minister Lord Nash said: «Part of the government's plan for Britain is building a fairer society, with a good school place for every child.

Other initiatives in their school improvement plan (PDF) included Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an operational framework for implementing practices and interventions to improve academic and behavioral outcomes, and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college readiness system with research - based methods for elementary through postsecondary students.

Critics need feasible plans for phasing in new tests and ideas to make sure that school systems are not suddenly left adrift as they select new tests, curricula, and instructional materials.

Gates support, which usually begins with planning grants of $ 100,000, pays for joint professional development; for designing a universal enrollment system; for establishing common metrics for evaluating all students, regardless of school type; and for creating more personalized learning for students.

Third, charter operators have generally chosen to offer relatively attractive defined benefit plans, though these appear less costly and more flexible (for both educator and school) than the established state system.

Texas education officials have announced a sweeping review of test security and a new monitoring plan for the state accountability system after a newspaper investigation alleged that assessment results for hundreds of schools throughout the state — including one celebrated elementary school in Houston — showed evidence of cheating and other irregularities.

The Los Angeles city school system is planning to form a cadre of 200 «master teachers,» both to reward outstanding teachers and to serve as models for others in the profession.

The Texas Supreme Court late last week struck down the state's school - finance system for the third time in 28 months, forcing lawmakers once again to develop a new funding plan.

The city's redevelopment plans are underway but will fail without a plan for redeveloping the city's school system.