Sentences with phrase «quality of the school board members»

Having seen in the first two years the increasing sense of ownership and commitment, and the quality of the school board members, I am confident that they will serve as effective partners for the schools.

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Among other things, It uses such factors as a school's diversity — in female faculty, staff and board members — to judge the «quality» of a program.

Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into charters.

18 - 19 — Professional development: «The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: The «Principle - Centered» Approach to Quality Schools,» conference, sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators — National Academy for School Executives, for superintendents, central - office administrators, board members, principals, teachers, and parents, to be held at the Mills House Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Contact: A.A.S.A. - N.A.S.E., 1801 North Moore St., Arlington, Va. 22209 - 9988; [phone]; fax: [phone].

This tailored list of legal and federal advocacy resources includes: a guide for school board members; a Q&A co-authored by NSBA's Center for Public Education and the Data Quality Campaign; and a Phi Delta Kappa magazine article that offers insight on student data privacy efforts as of February 2015.

The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) recently released Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting; a series on public reporting of education data that includes a primer; federal spotlight; and resources for parents, administrators, and local school board members.

The election of three school board members comes at a particularly important time as the district faces critical budgetary decisions, the need to improve student achievement particularly for chronically underserved students and even greater parent demand for high quality educational options including charter public schools.

It is critical for us that LAUSD board members support parent choice, the growth of high - quality charter schools in Los Angeles and funding and facilities equity for all students,» said Corri Ravare, managing regional director, Los Angeles for the California Charter Schools Association schools in Los Angeles and funding and facilities equity for all students,» said Corri Ravare, managing regional director, Los Angeles for the California Charter Schools Association Schools Association (CCSA).

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

Members of the coalition, all of whom were closely involved as active participants in work leading up to the Board's approval of the regulation, pledge to continue to collaborate to ensure that all students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in school and in life and to contribute to Kentucky's future quality of life and prosperity.

District # 5 in NW Denver is now the most challenged DPS board member district in terms of quality schools with only 1 in 25 students attending a «distinguished» school while nearly 1 in 4 students attend schools in the lowest school performance categories.

While there are great disparities in school quality across the board member districts, there is no district that is not in need of serious reform.

«Talking About the Facts of Education Data with School Board Members: Data Collection and the Value of Education Data,» co-branded by NSBA's Center for Public Education and the Data Quality Campaign, 2014.

Encourage your local school board members to call their members of Congress and ask them to prioritize funding Head Start and other quality preschool programs.

Among its basic goals, DSBA is dedicated to advancing the quality of Delaware's public schools, promoting efficient and effective administration of those schools and strengthening the tradition of local citizen control through the establishment of education policy by elected and appointed school board members directly accountable to the communities they serve.

Professional / staff development — Training for teachers, principals, superintendents, administrative staff, local school board members and Board of Education members designed to enhance student achievement and is required by the Standards of Quaboard members and Board of Education members designed to enhance student achievement and is required by the Standards of QuaBoard of Education members designed to enhance student achievement and is required by the Standards of Quality.

Charter School Research Guide, February 2012 Summary: Charter Schools Research Guide, February 2012 NSBA developed this guide and its summary to help school board members assess the quality of charter research and identify the limitations of its data and finSchool Research Guide, February 2012 Summary: Charter Schools Research Guide, February 2012 NSBA developed this guide and its summary to help school board members assess the quality of charter research and identify the limitations of its data and finschool board members assess the quality of charter research and identify the limitations of its data and findings.

Charter schools are proud to be partners with LAUSD in working towards our common goal of ensuring that all students in Los Angeles have access to a high - quality education and we look forward to working with Boardmembers Garcia and Galatzan in their leadership roles, as well as Superintendent John Deasy and the rest of the LAUSD board members.»

In a guest editorial in Educational Leadership 20 years ago (April 1989), Art Costa suggested five approaches to «reassessing assessment»: (1) reestablish the school as the locus of accountability; (2) expand the range and variety of the assessment techniques used; (3) systematize this variety of assessment procedures by developing schoolwide plans for collection and use of information; (4) reeducate legislators, parents, board members, and the community to help them understand that standardized test scores are inadequate indicators of the quality of schools, teachers, and students; and (5) remind ourselves that the purpose of evaluation is to enable students to evaluate themselves.

View the full suite of Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting, including the full primer; the infographic summary; and resources for parents, administrators, and local school board members here.

Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have led the process to develop legislation that addresses both equity and excellence to help our school boards provide the high - quality public education that all our children deserve and need to be successful adults and citizens.»

As shared in a letter to the school board, members of the GO network call on the board to hire a superintendent who is community - driven, equity - focused and a systems thinker — all qualities critical to successful school transformation and ensure all students have access to an excellent education.

The results of the surveys are scrutinized by the Quality Assurance Board members in order to identify any patterns that might emerge relevant to the satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the continuous improvement goals of the school.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Teacher quality matters, but there are other pieces to this puzzle, and the quality of administrators and school board members also play a role.

, members of the GO network call on the board to hire a superintendent who is community - driven, equity - focused and a systems thinker — all qualities critical to successful school transformation

At the completion of the Self - Study, a team composed of Quality Assurance Board members, conducts a Team Visit to the school.

Improving the quality of early learning is an especially critical issue facing school board members today.

Assemblymember Rubio was born in Juarez, Mexico, and came to the United States with her parents at a young age for an opportunity to achieve a better quality of life, becoming a classroom teacher and local school board member before being elected to the State Assembly.

The superintendent is far more important to the schools than the quality of any single board member.

MASB was officially organized in 1949 to advance the quality of public education in our state, promote high standards in providing educational programs, help school board members keep informed about education issues, represent the interests of boards of education, and promote public understanding about school boards and citizen involvement in our schools.

In the last 14 months alone, I've worked with the coalition of charter school supporters to bring charter schools to the state, testified before the Legislature on the quality of Alabama's charter school law, spoken with a room of more than 400 Alabama school board members about what it means to be an authorizer, and even sat down with the regional paper to talk about the pros and cons of authorizing charter schools.

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«We have worked with board members and their staff over the past few weeks to demonstrate the high quality education all of our students are receiving at these schools,» he added.

The federal education law known as ESSA spells out several opportunities for ParaEducators to receive quality professional development, writes Lynn Goss, a ParaEducator in the St. Croix Central School District and a member of the National Education Association Board of Directors.

NREPP listing provides external assurance about the quality of research behind Safe & Civil Schools resources, offering peace of mind for administrators and school board members who want to ensure that their investment will produce immediate and lasting returns that con - tribute to increased learning and improved behavior outcomes for all students.

It is critically important that we elect qualified school board members in order to ensure the quality of Arizona's public schools.