I work with several
schools and school districts in various stages of moving to standards - based grading, from those in the beginning exploration stages to those in full implementation.
What if we were to expand the concept of PE to include yoga, dance, and martial arts throughout the country, not just in a relative handful
of schools and school districts?
But in the education field especially, society is interested not only in individual effects but in the effects
on schools and school districts of policy changes.
In my vision, the accumulated database of student work provides policy makers with better information to help determine whether
particular schools and school districts are measuring up to agreed - on standards.
I am an educator with 47 years of experience who seeks to support
schools and school districts in fostering improved student outcomes with the continuous improvement of professional practices.
Given the dysfunction of the larger system within which they must work, how much should we focus on recruiting great leaders for traditional
public schools and school districts?
«Also, look to
other schools and school districts who have done it or are considering it, such as Oakland, Los Angeles, Detroit, now Chicago, and the successes they've had saving money, improving health, and the sweeping environmental savings.
Instead of trying to come up with an unsatisfying compromise between pro- and anti-charter forces, legislators in New York should really be working to broker a compact between charter
schools and the school district like the one Denver has.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation launched both awards to
help schools and school districts across American learn from innovative public school systems producing the strongest student outcomes.
The substitute amendment prohibits the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) from considering how many pupils enrolled in a school or school district have been excused from taking an examination required under state or federal law for purposes of the
annual school and school district accountability report published by DPI.
For example, under the 1994 legislation, states were required to define «adequate yearly progress» in a way that resulted in «continuous and substantial yearly improvement»
by schools and school districts toward the goal of getting all students to the proficient level.
On April 2 of 1999, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D - CA), introduced a congressional resolution to
encourage schools and school districts to reconsider early morning start times to be more in sync with teens» biological makeup.