Sentences with phrase «process in large urban school districts»

Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school districts.

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For example, a simple, streamlined process that allows families to choose any school in a large urban district — and uses a fair method for allocating spaces at oversubscribed schools — could be a way to weaken the link between residential and school segregation that has plagued our school system since the end of legally mandated segregation more than 50 years ago.

Louis (1989), drawing upon a large - scale survey and case studies of effective schools initiatives in urban secondary schools (Louis and Miles, 1990) identified four district - level approaches to school improvement varying in terms of the uniformity of process and outcomes intended: implementation strategy; evolutionary planning; goal - based accountability; and professional investment.