Sentences with phrase «reach all city students»

Stringer described the initiative as a «terrific idea» that will take too long to implement, because the program is not designed to reach all city students until 2025, nearly a decade from now.

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Long before he reached the city, a party of young students met him, having come out to bring him in triumph to the town.

The world - class education that CUNY provides is integral to students across New York City and the surrounding communities, and I am confident that the system will continue to reach new heights under Bill's and Fernando's leadership.»

New York's Utica City School District has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that says it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.

November 28, 2006 A donation from Wegmans of 1,700 books has enabled Give Back, Give Books to reach its goal of 10,000 new books to donate to city school students.

Those policies include a ten - year plan, $ 81 million to make computer science a requirement in city schools, and a $ 75 million annual commitment to hire reaching specialists to get all students up to reading on their grade level by the end of second grade.

The competition reaches out to the dissertation advisors as well, inviting them and the students to a day in New York City, complete with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange and dinner with the judges.

Intended to reach low - income schools with students who are primarily from underrepresented minorities, BioEYES is now a partnership between the Carnegie Institution and Johns Hopkins that has worked with 100,000 students in Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities.

In Baltimore, the program runs in 45 schools (36 of them Baltimore City public schools), reaching more than 4,000 students a year.

The academy, with 150 freshmen, will share a building with two other Renaissance 2010 schools on the former Austin High School campus on the city's West Side, adding a grade level and an additional 150 students per year until it reaches a maximum of 600.

If every school starts from scratch, the prospects are grim for reaching more than a scattered handful of students in every city.

We reached this conclusion after examining responses to a citywide survey of parents of children in grades K — 8 and students in grades 6 and higher, which was conducted at the end of the 2006 — 07 and 2007 — 08 school years as a part of the city's new school accountability system.

During Alonso's tenure, students in the Baltimore City Public Schools reached their highest outcomes in state exams, across all categories of students.

In fourth - grade reading, eighth - grade reading, and eighth - grade math, about one out of every four students reaches proficiency in the average large city.

Coverage was narrowed to only three districts: St. Louis, Kansas City, and Wellston, potentially reaching about 8,000 poor and at - risk students in failing schools.

In School Breakfast in America's Big Cities, a January 2011 report released by the Food Research and Action Center, 16 of the 29 urban districts examined in the study «performed above the national average in reaching low - income students with breakfast.

In studying Ancient Greece, teachers form groups of five and have their students reach a consensus on who should be the new patron goddess or god of the fictional city - state Dasteinia.

In 2016, he announced the city was on target to reach the ambitious goal of the Boston Summer Learning Challenge to serve more than 11,000 students in more than 120 committed summer sites.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

And our Long - Term Impact strategy ensures that City Year will continue to grow and reach the students and schools that need us the most.

As part of the Move Across America program at Adams Elementary School in Arkansas City, Kansas, students kept track of the number of quarter - mile laps they have run or walked to see if they can reach the total number of miles between San Francisco, California, and New York City.

Responding to recent violent incidents and concerns about student - discipline problems raised by a high - school headmaster and others in the Boston Public Schools, Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston late last week called a meeting of top city and school officials to try to reach agreement on how to address the problem.

Bailey Danielson, Fourth - Grade Teacher PROVO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UTAH Bailey Danielson says, «I realized... the amount of students I could reach could greatly increase by becoming involved in my local,» which is why, as vice president of the Provo Education Association, she works to introduce the student program to universities in her area and travels to Salt Lake City to help legislators create education - friendly policies.

The KIPP and Uncommon Schools networks in Newark, the two largest charter organizations in the state, both won approvals to expand that will widen their reach in the city to more than 14,000 students combined.

This change is a logical next step for a community dedicated to a whole child approach that helps every student in Park City schools reach their potential.

The Syracuse City School District (SCSD) is setting a higher bar for students and staff alike — and doing more than ever to help them reach it.

The variation in the percent of students reaching «goal» across grade levels was even less in Connecticut's major cities;

And in New Orleans, which was almost completely taken over by charter school operators, significant academic gains have been made by students — but it's a situation not easily replicated as the city had reached rock bottom status thanks to Hurricane Katrina.

The UFT agreed to allow teachers to be evaluated by student test data in exchange for a promise of $ 700 million which has yet to reach city classrooms.

Jonathan shows that yesterday's failure to reach a deal will stall progress for New York City teachers and students.

New York City's public charter schools are now reaching 100,000 students, a size that would make them, combined, the 29th largest school district in the country.

It boasts a diverse student population, a multitude of schools (approximately 900), and reaches beyond the city limits to serve students in 31 smaller, surrounding municipalities.

Eskolta works with nonprofit organizations that partner with public schools to serve the hardest - to - reach high school and middle school students, particularly students in New York City schools who have fallen behind and are at risk of dropping out.

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Eskolta works extensively with the New York City Department of Education to understand the needs and perspective of educators who are serving the hardest - to - reach middle and high school students.

But one out of three students in nearby Bridgeport and other poor cities did not reach the most basic level in math, and did only slightly better in reading.

New York State, for example, is having trouble implementing its new teacher evaluation regime because New York City, Buffalo, and other districts can't reach agreement with AFT affiliates opposed to using student test score growth data in performance management.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has reached a resolution agreement with the Memphis, Tenn., City Schools on aids and services to students with disabilities.

Unlike many charter schools, the charters Canada created — although technically open to any student in New York City — deliberately seek out the hardest - to - reach kids and fight to keep them on that conveyor belt to college by any means possible.

«Relay D.C. will help us reach our shared vision of a city where every student is prepared for college and career with the help of exceptional educators.»

Virginia Virtual Academy, a tuition - free program of the King and Queen County Public Schools, the Patrick County Public Schools, and the Richmond City Public Schools, provides a personalized education experience that brings learning alive and helps K — 11 students reach their potential.

But he's also reaching out to software developers and connecting them with the problems the city wants to solve — from below - grade - level mathematics performance for 60 percent of 6th graders, to helping students and parents wade through the often - overwhelming high school choice process.

A representative from the Thurgood Marshall Academy discussed interest in working with families to help students persist at the college where they originally enroll, while school staff from Capital City Public Charter School brainstormed ways they could build upon their existing family engagement strategies to deeply reach the greatest number of families at their school.

New Visions for Public Schools currently works with 70 district schools and six charter high schools in New York City, reaching about 50,000 students.

The group said that a number of cities — including Boston, Lowell, and Chelsea — have reached or are nearing their limit for charter school students and called for the cap to be lifted in low - performing school districts.

The funding disparity reaches throughout the state, and is even worse in cities like Buffalo where students only receive 60 cents for every dollar children in district schools get.

Jennifer Bell - Ellwanger, a senior New York City education official, defended the use of that benchmark, saying students who reached Level 2 had a better chance of academic success than those who scored worse on the test.

Artsy's reach into the worldwide art market resulted in the participation of students from 78 cities in 13 countries and 5 continents in the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's Emerging Curator Competition - evidence of Artsy's tremendous educational impact.

Professional Experience Walt Whitman Middle School 246 (Brooklyn, NY) 2004 — Present New York City Teaching Fellow — 7th & 8th Grade Collaborative Team Teacher • Develop individualized education plans and interdisciplinary lessons for students with various disabilities • Implement varied instructional techniques to reach students of diverse backgrounds and skill sets • Create an atmosphere conducive to learning and personal growth • Implement and meet district and statewide curriculum and content standard demands • Organize and facilitate meetings with students» parents and related service providers

Arlington Hills Presbyterian Church (City, ST) 2006 — Present Children's Christian Education Teacher • Design and implement engaging curriculum in a weekly Children Sunday school environment • Utilize various instruction techniques to reach students of varied learning styles and abilities • Prepare weekly reports concerning classroom progress and individual student performance • Develop special events, summer outreach programs, and daily classroom activities • Set and strictly adhere to class budget ensuring cost effective operations