Sentences with phrase «provide schools autonomy»

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EL Education is a research - based program that helps schools work with emotionally or behaviorally challenged students in therapeutic ways, then provides curriculum allowing students more autonomy and challenge.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

«Apparently, according to Gove's orthodoxy at the time, any requirement imposed upon schools to provide meaningful careers advice and guidance was regarded as a breach of the sacrosanct autonomy of schools.

Lastly, if greater autonomy and decision - making were reserved for the local level, would schools be more responsive to student needs and provide more personalized learning experiences?

Already, some cities are finding political advantage in creating «hybrid» or «partnership» schools that have the full autonomy of a charter school but operate on contract with districts within district - provided buildings, generally created by state legislation.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disabled.

The plan also provides enough structure and support to help school leaders be successful without impinging on their autonomy.

The franchise concept provides for flexible budgeting and finds ways to allow even more autonomy for both schools.

Curriculum reform was also prioritised, with a core curricular developed with the goal of providing schools with greater autonomy and responsibility.

With greater autonomy and collaboration across an age range from three to 18, The Three Rivers, which was previously a Multi-Academy Trust made up of The King Edward VI School, along with Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools, is able to provide better links throughout the school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students School, along with Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools, is able to provide better links throughout the school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students alike.

Much has been written about the trust and autonomy Finnish schools provide teachers, but I would like some firsthand examples of how that autonomy extends to students having freedom or involvement in the learning process.

to provide an adequate education for all, with local autonomy to go beyond that as individual school districts desire and are able....

With more autonomy to provide flexibility to school leaders and teachers, charter schools generate innovative and individualized - learning environments that meet the unique needs of their school community and foster student achievement.

Behind this trend is the idea that providing schools with more autonomy, coupled with more intense accountability, will lead to innovation and better results.

Districts aren't really designed to give individual schools full autonomy, nor are they staffed to serve as authorizers, nor do most districts provide full school choice to their families.

According to state officials, it was designed to support sound educational practice, encourage professional development of education, encourage local autonomy, and provide comparable information across schools.

We put up with all of this because, as charter schools, we're granted the autonomy to provide educational services in a way that makes sense to us, and we are free to experiment with new models and create the innovative, exciting public schools to which folks in our communities want to send their kids.

Our schools have engaging learning environments that provide for pre-adolescent and adolescent needs; autonomy through personal inquiry and choice; belongingness through full - time advisories; and mastery goal (competency - based) orientation through projects of choice and authentic assessment.

Arizona laws provide public charter schools more autonomy in exchange for greater accountability for improved student achievement.

and Angus King (I - Maine) on their amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) that would provide strong support for local autonomy in managing school administration, budget development and related operations for school district responsibilities in improving student achievement.

We don't want to see that in the private sector, so what a lot of states have done is impose nationally norm - referenced tests, again, giving schools more autonomy and flexibility while at the same time providing parents with information to help them make informed choices for their children.

This allowed her «lots of autonomy over areas and year groups, as if it were a mini school», but it also provided the security of knowing that accountability rested with the senior leadership team.

They are unique in the nation in that they have autonomy over budget, staffing, governance, curriculum and assessment, and the school calendar to provide increased flexibility to organize schools and staffing to best meet students» needs, while operating within the economy of scale of a large urban public school district.

In terms of learning what works in education, our experience suggests that providing schools and teachers with lots of autonomy but at the same time controlling the outcomes through standardized national exams is a good strategy.

While observing 133 high school classrooms, Deci and colleagues found that students were most engaged when teachers balanced structure with autonomy — communicating «clear expectations» for learning and «explicit directions,» while «highlighting meaningful learning goals» and providing opportunities for self - directed learning (Jang, Reeve, & Deci, 2010, p. 588).

To address the teacher shortage, the priority for policymakers and school leaders should be providing the resources and support (time, money, mastery, authority, and autonomy) to recruit and retain the right teachers with the right qualifications in the schools that need them the most.

So why can't charter schools — with more autonomy and less accountability than traditional systems — leverage these advantages and provide a new path for labor and management interaction?

The Charter Law provides charter schools with additional autonomy under Minnesota law.

We also met with educators who provided feedback about everything from testing to raising standards to flexibility in spending and autonomy in schools.

2.1 The Superintendent provides sufficient oversight to ensure quality programming while protecting the autonomy of the nontraditional or alternative school's operation.

«Option 2» was designed to provide charter schools with increased flexibility and autonomy for providing special education services for their students without forcing them to seek LEA status for special education in another area of the state.

Overall, the goal in MPS charter schools is to provide new programs for underserved or at - risk students, reduce dropouts, and give autonomy to schools that improve student achievement.

Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

Built on the same principles that guide schools like Betsy Layne High School and districts like Daviess County, there are also research - based, comprehensive models that provide roadmaps to teacher autonomy, leadership and collaboration.

One such bill is SB 1552 by Altamonte Springs Republican David Simmons which would encourage school turnaround efforts in which districts extend their school days by at least an hour, provide students with wraparound services, or give charter - like autonomy to their principals.

So how do we create teacher support in ways that teachers and secondary schools, particularly those working in high need schools, and with traditionally underserved students, have high levels of teacher professionalism that promotes their knowledge, that provides opportunities to participate in the peer networks that we've heard so much about and also creates opportunities for them to have this autonomy?

One of these options provides the same autonomy and access to funding that charter schools would receive by joining another SELPA, but enables schools to remain part of the District's SELPA.

By providing charter schools with the autonomy to design innovative special education models, and the funding to support these services, this arrangement has the potential to transform the way special education services are delivered to public school students.

Increasing school autonomy can be successful when the district provides the transitional support that school leaders may need to make their visions a reality.

As authorized in Section 1008.36, the program provides greater autonomy and financial awards to schools that demonstrate sustained or significantly improved student performance.

In contrast, schools that provided more discretion and autonomy to classroom teachers, as well as schools with higher levels of faculty input into school decision - making, had lower levels of minority teacher turnover.

Read a new report highlighting successes of schools and students in LAUSD's Charter Operated Program Option 3 which restructured the existing SELPA to provide charter schools a new option with full responsibility, flexibility and autonomy for serving students with disabilities.

Ministers argue this will provide a high level of autonomy to schools, and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

Moreover, we appreciate the many ways the regulations highlight priority actions and conditions necessary for school leaders to be most effective — such as elevating the importance of hiring turnaround leaders who are trained for or have a record of success in low - performing schools and providing principals with balanced autonomy to transform underperforming schools.

A district budgeting system that allocates actual dollars and provides principals with autonomy to make tradeoffs with scarce resources would help ensure that all schools get a fair shot at hiring talented teachers without forcing those with less expensive staffs to subsidize the others.

The school system has adapted a student - based budgeting approach that provides principals with the autonomy to decide how money is spent inside their buildings, according to Alan Coverstone, previous director of Nashville's innovation zone and now an assistant professor at Belmont University.

The program, which was authorized through the state's new education law, H.B. 7069, provides greater flexibility and autonomy to the principals of the highest - performing 20 percent of schools at each level.

Thanks to your donations, we have been able to assist 135 charter schools overcome legislative hurdles impeding their flexibility and autonomy, provide training and support services to charter school leaders and teachers which in turn benefits the 71,000 + students attending charter schools throughout the state!

We commend the South Carolina Public Charter School District for working to fulfill the charter school promise by providing schools with the autonomy to innovate and the accountability necessary for charter schools to thrive,» comments Greg Richmond, president and CEO of NACSA, which supports and monitors public charter school authorSchool District for working to fulfill the charter school promise by providing schools with the autonomy to innovate and the accountability necessary for charter schools to thrive,» comments Greg Richmond, president and CEO of NACSA, which supports and monitors public charter school authorschool promise by providing schools with the autonomy to innovate and the accountability necessary for charter schools to thrive,» comments Greg Richmond, president and CEO of NACSA, which supports and monitors public charter school authorschool authorizers.