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TEACHERS Washington Post: D.C. teachers will not be assessed on how many students they pass The 74: 3 teachers mourned as flu leads to school closures in more than 20 states EdWeek: Does It Make Sense to Offer Housing Perks for Teachers?

Reformers have been less concerned about school closures in communities of color; more willing «to destabilize the democratic institutions»; more concerned about cutting costs; more willing to subject poor children of color to unproven experiments; less concerned about ensuring the presence of experienced, well - qualified teachers and small classes; more willing to impose test - driven curricula; less concerned about kids pushed out of school; and more willing to privatize education.

The study examined the effects of school closures in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 2008 to 2014 to show that school closures can have positive effects on student outcomes.

Cerf often cites what he says is the jump in achievement that has come with school closures in New York City, where he was deputy chancellor before coming to New Jersey.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dec. 10: The Journey for Justice Alliance, Advancement Project and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education will be hosting a breakfast forum focused on the impact of school closures in low - income communities.

There's a lot of questions and conversations about school closures in Atlanta.

The study on which the article is based, «School Closures in New York City: Did students do better after their high schools were closed?»

We found a unique opportunity to study performance - based high - school closures in New York City, which closed 44 low - performing high schools from 2000 to 2014.

Our findings, however, suggest that high school closures in New York City during this particular period produced meaningful benefits for future students while not harming, at least academically, the students most immediately affected by them.

Ewing, who is currently completing her dissertation «Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago's South Side» — a look at the 2013 public school closures in Chicago, and the relationship between such closures and the structural history of race and racism in Chicago's Bronzeville community — is a sociologist focused on issues of racism, social...

Ewing, who is currently completing her dissertation «Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago's South Side» — a look at the 2013 public school closures in Chicago, and the relationship between such closures and the structural history of race and racism in Chicago's Bronzeville community — is a sociologist focused on issues of racism, social inequality, and urban policy.

In examining the causes of charter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studied.

The Connecticut Working Families Party announced Thursday it had endorsed one candidate for the election: Shonta» Browdy, 41, a Hartford parent advocate who has been a fixture at city school board meetings for years and spoke out against the prospect of school closures in the North End.

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same students.

The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government's handling of a school closure in Coventry.

In contrast, suburban West Hartford Public Schools does not appear to have a policy on school closure in their policy collection.

Recommendations include the need to: 1) consider school closure in the context of a larger reform effort; 2) develop a supply of higher - performing school options; 3) clearly explain to the public how current students will benefit; 4) provide support to families and students during the transition; and 5) provide staff members with clear information about next steps.

Not exact matches

The Midwestern school's program may become the latest casualty in a string of closures of MBA programs around the country.

Be pre ¬ pared, in the event that there are school closures, to allow workers flexible schedules or other accommodations so they can mind their children and keep them safe at home.

Smaller schools should consider sharing one head teacher, according to the document, which also suggests that in some cases the «best and most strategic option will be the closure of a school».

There is a growing school of thought in the philosophy of mind which denies that physical closure has been proved (cf Thomas Pink's Free Will: A Very Short Introduction, OUP).

This Lobby had brought about the closure of Faith - based Adoption agencies, aggravating the crisis in placing children for adoption, and was poised to put on the Statute Book laws which would have imposed its own opinions on Faith - based schools and anyone else who disagreed.

According to the school board's website, GSSD filed a complaint in 2005 that alleges the creation of CTRCSD after the closure of Theodore Public School (GSSD's school) did not meet the «criteria of being a separate school - serving Catholics who are the minority religion in the region&rschool board's website, GSSD filed a complaint in 2005 that alleges the creation of CTRCSD after the closure of Theodore Public School (GSSD's school) did not meet the «criteria of being a separate school - serving Catholics who are the minority religion in the region&rSchool (GSSD's school) did not meet the «criteria of being a separate school - serving Catholics who are the minority religion in the region&rschool) did not meet the «criteria of being a separate school - serving Catholics who are the minority religion in the region&rschool - serving Catholics who are the minority religion in the region».

• increase public funding for after - school programs • serve suppers instead of (or in addition to) snacks • recruit more school districts to provide after - school suppers and snacks • support and expand year - round participation by integrating the Afterschool Supper Program with the Summer Food Service Program • streamline and simplify the Afterschool Supper Program • serve meals during weekends, holidays and unanticipated school closures; and • improve meal quality

Naperville Streets close for race Street closures will be in effect in Naperville on Thursday, Nov. 22, during the Naperville Lions Club's annual Turkey Trot 5K that begins and ends at Naperville Central High School.

These include encouraging eligible afterschool programs to maximize service by providing suppers instead of or in addition to snacks, recruiting more school districts to provide afterschool suppers and snacks, simplifying the administration of the Afterschool Supper Program, serving meals during weekends, holidays, and school closures, and improving meal quality.

Berkeley Rose Waldorf School's nursery program is a licensed facility in accordance with California State law: Programs serving children under age 4.9 for more than 12 hours a week must be licensed or risk heavy fines and immediate closure.

The state government in readiness for the action has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state as a way of protecting the lives and properties of the entire citizenry.

A former NFL player who attended a prestigious private high school in Los Angeles was detained by police, and released, in connection with a social media post that prompted the closure of the school due to security concerns.

A failure to pass the expenditure without a budget in place would have effectively shut down state government; resulting in possible school and hospital closures, unpaid unemployment benefits and much more.

In response to the threat of closure of her local primary school, Trudy led a campaign to breathe new life into her village for future generations.

Bloomberg has closed 140 struggling schools since taking charge of the education system in 2003, drawing the ire of critics including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former City Comptroller, who called for a legal moratorium on closures this year.

Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott have long defended the school closure policy, arguing that it is irresponsible to keep kids trapped in failing sSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott have long defended the school closure policy, arguing that it is irresponsible to keep kids trapped in failing schoolsschools.

Officials blamed changes in student populations in the years prior to closure announcements on the fact that high - performing students tend not to choose to enroll in struggling schools.

City Comptroller John Liu vowed to put a moratorium on school closures and also promised to end the policy of co-locating charter and traditional public schools in the same buildings, which he said has been disruptive at many schools.

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Contenders to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed the city's school closure program Tuesday, just as Bloomberg touted the opening of dozens of new facilities in their place.

Two dozen protestors — including NYC Councilmen Charles Barron and Jumaane Willams — were arrested during a demonstration in opposition to planned schools closures.

Two million workers are set to strike, resulting in the closure of 20,000 schools as well as disruption at airports, hospitals and ports.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers has warned Governor Nyesom Wike not to proceed with his planned closure of over 5,000 private schools in the...

Following the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, and months without sufficient electricity, water and supplies, the public school system on the island now faces potential manmade devastation: closures of almost 350 public schools.

Carl Pressley, the vice president of the PTA at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts, whose middle school was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sSchool for the Performing Arts, whose middle school was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sschool was spared closure this year but is set to begin sharing space with a Harlem Success Academy school in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter sschool in September, said he worries about the loss of classroom space on the building's first floor to the charter schoolschool.

«In November, the nonpartisan Research Alliance for New York City Schools presented findings from a rigorous analysis of school closures under Mayor Bloomberg, showing that graduation rates improved by 15 - points for students who left and attendance and graduation rates improved for those who remained during the transition.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called for the U.S. Department of Education to implement a warning system for students at financially troubled schools in the wake of Dowling College's possible closure.

Instead, Mr Cameron argued the government should reverse the closure of special schools, 60 per cent of pupils in units having special educational needs.

The impending closure of the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County is already financially impacting the nearby Mexico School District.

Briggs, who gave the assurance on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, urged proprietors of such schools to apply formally to the state Ministry of Education for registration and possible approval of the schools to avoid closure.

«If you look at the timing of this, we were withdrawn the day before the forum, which really has many people thinking that everything has been resolved in our favor when it hasn't,» said Wadleigh librarian Paul McIntosh, who helped lead the effort to save the school from closure.

The closure of the secondary section of the Al - Madinah free school in Derby will be celebrated by those who oppose free schools and what are euphemistically labelled «faith» schools.

During my time as an MP, there was a proposal for the closure of ten schools in my constituency due to falling numbers of children.

He pointed towards the closure of special needs schools when explaining how the number in children in special schools had fallen by 9,000 since Labour came to power.