Sentences with phrase «quality schools across the state»

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Schools can serve healthy lunches, but whether kids will eat them is a question that has been asked often since the 2012 - 13 school year, when districts across the United States raised the nutritional quality of meals to meet updated national standards.

«Secretary Duncan's report saying New York is on the watch - list for failure is yet another warning that the inability of school districts across the state and their unions to come together has jeopardized the quality of our kids» education,» Cuomo said.

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

Animasaun listed quality roads, mega schools, emergency equipments such as ambulances across the state, provision of positive engagements for several thousands of youths in the state and above all, a new image of a prosperous state where investors can now come as indelible marks that Aregbesola has created.

In February, 200 public school parents from communities across New York City traveled to the State Capital in Albany for a special panel co-sponsored by State Senator Kevin Parker and StudentsFirstNY on the need for high - quality school options in our communities.

«These schools would provide a high quality, culturally relevant curriculum; health, social and emotional services in high needs communities for both students and their families; and sahre best practices across the state and nation,» she wrote in the letter.

Now, it's up to citizens across the state to hold the commission accountable and encourage its members to recommend real reforms to elevate the teaching profession and improve the quality of our public schools.

The state Senate has taken a welcome step toward bolstering quality education in New York with a bill that would authorize creation of hundreds of new charter schools across the state.

According to data released by the Alliance for Quality Education, the New York State Education Department owes schools across the state $ 5.9 billion in classroom operatingState Education Department owes schools across the state $ 5.9 billion in classroom operatingstate $ 5.9 billion in classroom operating aid.

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

The city said that the contract was necessary to ensure consistent quality across prekindergarten programs, while Success said that the contract violated state law, which it argued gave a charter school's authorizer the sole right to oversee the school's operations.

Looking across our analyses, we see that under IMPACT, DCPS has dramatically improved the quality of teaching in its schools — likely contributing to its status as the fastest - improving large urban school system in the United States as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The National Council on Teacher Quality, in conjunction with U. S. News and World Report, has issued an ambitious report evaluating the quality of teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United Quality, in conjunction with U. S. News and World Report, has issued an ambitious report evaluating the quality of teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United quality of teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United States.

In light of the ongoing push to establish common academic standards across states, the authors examined data from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress to see whether citizen ratings of school quality are responsive to the level of student performance relative to the nation as a whole or only relative to other schools within the same state.

Tired of living in the only Southern state without a publicly financed program of early - childhood education, business leaders across Mississippi have launched a three - year pilot effort to improve the educational quality of child - care centers and better prepare children for school.

The analysis of growth rates across countries emphasized the quality of the elementary and secondary schools of the United States.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

The quality and quantity of induction support varies across states and territories, sectors and schools;

In furtherance of his work in educational leadership development, he is founder and president of the Partnership for Deliberate Excellence, LLC, through which he is working with school districts across the United States to improve the quality of public education.

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«We commend President Obama and his administrations continued commitment to growing high - quality public charter schools across the United States.

We measured actual school quality as the percentage of students in a school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on the state's accountability exams (taking the average proficiency rate across the two subjects).

The authors see progress in establishing more meaningful measures of school quality despite the difficulty of comparing school quality across states.

Quality Counts 2005, the ninth annual edition of the report, continues to track state policies and information across key areas of education: student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and financial resQuality Counts 2005, the ninth annual edition of the report, continues to track state policies and information across key areas of education: student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and financial resquality, school climate, and financial resources.

As an association, TCSA staff members are working diligently to provide you leadership and value in the areas of charter school advocacy and quality member services for our great charter schools across the state of Texas.

Across the state most charter schools are living up to the promise to provide a high - quality public education to students.

Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so - called «Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.&Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so - called «Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.&across the United States, released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so - called «Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.»

We are a coalition mobilizing communities across the state to keep New York true to its promise of ensuring a high - quality public school education to all students regardless of ZIP code.

Jason has a solid understanding of charter issues across the state and the importance of supporting and increasing the number of high - quality charter schools in New York.

In February, 200 public school parents from communities across New York City traveled to the State Capital in Albany for a special panel co-sponsored by State Senator Kevin Parker and StudentsFirstNY on the need for high - quality school options in our communities.

The Quality Schools Program helps charter schools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic perfoSchools Program helps charter schools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic perfoschools across the state improve their teachers» knowledge and skills, which results in improved academic performance.

James Henderson, with the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, who serves as a Quality Schools Facilitator across the state proudly endorsed and recommended Curriculum Crafter to all educational stakeholders, saying that «[he] learned quickly that the gold standard for a curriculum and curriculum support was Curriculum Crafter.

From 2002 to 2015, he served on the organization's leadership design and developmental team, designing and facilitating high - quality professional development for school leaders across the United States and around the world.

CCSA recognizes charter public school teachers across the state who provide a high - quality public education to students at their charter public schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12schools in honor of National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week, both of which fall on the week of May 6 - 12, 2018.

Indeed, as per a statement made by Ron Adler, president of the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education, not only is it «disappointing that ODE spends so much time denying that poverty and mobility of students impedes their ability to generate academic performance... they [continue to] remain absolutely silent about the state's broken report card and continually defend their value - added model that offers no transparency and creates wild swings for schools across Ohio» (i.e., the EVAAS system, although in all fairness all VAMs and the SGP yield the «wild swings» noted).

Jamilah spent four years building strong relationships with faith leaders across the state, and led them to action on local and state - level issues related to school choice, teacher quality, and school funding.

She also served in both the human capital and charter school offices at the Louisiana Department of Education and Recovery School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the school offices at the Louisiana Department of Education and Recovery School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the state.

But this can only happen with quality implementation of California's new science standards across all the state's districts, schools and charter schools — for the benefit of all of California's students.

Families across the state are being misled about the quality of their schools.

Now, it's up to citizens across the state to hold the commission accountable and encourage its members to recommend real reforms to elevate the teaching profession and improve the quality of our public schools.

Southwest Plains now has direct access to yet another high - quality professional to support their work with schools across the state.

Yet, even as the United States begins implementing SEL across its educational system and shifting from high - stakes, strictly test - based accountability, SEL experts debate whether we can accurately measure and assess these skills and competencies — and if so, whether we should use those results to gauge school quality.

The consequences of approving charter school applicants that vary dramatically in quality are real, as evidenced by the varying quality of the charter schools that already operate across the state.

One group found on average charters have a slight edge over traditional public schools in reading and about the same in math but acknowledged charter quality is uneven across the states and across schools.

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

Betsy Kippers, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, a statewide teachers union, said the state should support its public schools so students across the state have access to quality education.

This annual gathering of charter school leaders from across the state to engage with each other and expand their knowledge is a powerful testament to the shared commitment of ensuring that every child attains a high quality education.»

Creating a uniform standard for teacher licensure may also reduce inequities in teacher quality and provide more flexibility for teachers to move from state to state.25 If teacher licensure were universal across states, school districts would enjoy an expanded pool of qualified teachers from which to fill their vacancies.

Similarly, once the pathway for transferring licenses across state lines opens up, states would need to implement policies specifically designed to attract high - quality teachers to work in high - need school districts, particularly in rural locales, in order to limit shortages in those areas.

«Within the United States and across nations, there seems to be consensus that teacher quality is the most important school - based variable in determining how well a child learns.