Sentences with phrase «school district in the country now»

«Duval County is closer to being the best urban school district in the country now than ever before,» Vitti wrote.

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Localecopia Marketplace is now making inroads with farm - to - school for 5 school districts (3 of which are the top 11 in the country).

Now advocates have a new tool to help achieve just such a lofty goal: It's called the Good Food Purchasing Policy and after its successful passage in 2012 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proSchool District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proschool districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proschool lunch, is procured.

The unexpected problems that arose in Los Angeles as the country's second - largest school district rolled out an ambitious 1 - to - 1 and digital curriculum initiative are now legendary in the ed - tech world.

Modeled after a program in Sacramento, Calif., Denver's home visit program is now the second - biggest in the country behind only D.C. Public Schools, according to the district.

In 2010, Steve formed Future Is Now Schools, built on the successful secondary Green Dot Public Schools model, union reform and systemic district change, to take the foundational principles, lessons learned and successes achieved on the local level of Southern California and expanded this base to other communities around the country.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter sSchools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter schoolsschools.

«There is an absolute laser focus on teacher evaluation in this country now — I've never seen anything like it,» said Rob Weil of the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 2,200 school districts.

Huberman's predecessor in Chicago, Arne Duncan, is now the U.S. Secretary of Education, and his encouragement of small schools in the country's third - largest school district led to a new wave of high school reform that Huberman had vowed to continue.

As a result of Minnich's leadership, state education agencies are now better positioned to support their schools and districts, to elevate teacher voice in decision - making and to offer career pathways to every kid across the country.

Unfortunately for the naysayers, standardized tests are now being used as part of a teacher's evaluation in various school districts around the country.

By a 7 - 0 vote, the board made it clear that it would do what it could to discourage the effort by the Broad - affiliated group, Great Public Schools Now, to grow what is already the largest charter school population of any school district in the country.

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.

With the start of this school year, the RSD became the first district in the country in which every school is a charter; there are 57 charters now under its general oversight in the city.

Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of traditional district schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],Schools [NAPCS], 2015).

According to the report, the National Center for Education Statistics said 88 percent of school districts around the country offered some form of credit recovery courses to their students in school year 2009 - 10, and, «as online and blended learning have grown significantly in the last five years, it is likely those numbers are significantly higher now.»

Through evidence - based approaches piloted and now implemented in 30 major districts throughout the country, TDS has played a lead role in helping schools and districts mobilize existing staff and support organizations in ways that are proven to make considerable differences in attendance, climate and overall academic achievement.

Now, a small suburban Colorado school district is looking to fight its state's so - called Blaine Amendment in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the provision leads to religious discrimination in a case that has the attention of school choice choice watchers all over the country.

But now, at 41, this surfer, skier, adventurer and educator is facing a unique career challenge as the executive director of the first all - girls charter middle school in the second - largest school district in the country.

Since that time, Dr. Jackson has served as a principal, a Network Chief, the Chief Education Officer, and now, as Chief Executive Officer for CPS, the third largest school district in the country.

These ideas — choice, charter schools, vouchers — have all gained a foothold to one degree or another in struggling urban districts across the country, including in DeVos» own home turf of Detroit, where more than half of public school students now attend charter schools.

Now West Chester may be joining a growing number of districts around the country in eliminating class rank in its high schools — a high - stakes strategy that educators hold could help some of their students get into the nation's elite colleges, since those schools often overlook candidates who aren't in the rarefied percentiles.

The nation is seeing legitimate and significant gains in high school graduation rates in schools, districts and states across the country that now calculate and report their rates using the same formula.

A slew of lawsuits in the 1980's and 1990's caused states to increase their share in funding education, and now school districts across the country have three main revenue streams: local, state and federal funding.

Based on widespread acclaim for the program in Florida, CEL is now offering this professional learning program directly to school districts and states across the country.

But even when you plug in those more modest representations of the Florida school districts, the national numbers are still staggering: More than 414,000 students around the country now attend school in districts where shootings took place.