Sentences with phrase «school district in the country where»

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This year, there are more than 4,200 schools in almost 600 school districts across the country where kids will be introduced to the game of golf along with character education.

The second is written from a cook - from - scratch school kitchen in the heart of Alice Waters country — the same school district in Berkeley, CA where Chef Ann first revolutionized school lunch.

We are told over and over that there's not enough money to fix school lunch, yet we live in a country where we consistently spend 2, 3, 4 or even 5 times more for our daily coffee than we do on food for our children's school lunch, which in most school districts amounts to less than a dollar.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

Currently, universal pre-K exists in only two of the Island's school districts — Middle Country and Brentwood — where there is a seat for each eligible child.

In 2000, I left Drake to join the Career Academy Support Network, where I was a consultant to schools and school districts from around the country in school redesign, project - based learning, small learning communities, and school leadershiIn 2000, I left Drake to join the Career Academy Support Network, where I was a consultant to schools and school districts from around the country in school redesign, project - based learning, small learning communities, and school leadershiin school redesign, project - based learning, small learning communities, and school leadership.

«The U.S. market for tech tends to be handled on a school - to - school or district - to - district basis, where in other countries the purchasing decisions are made on the state or federal level.

Locating new schools is just one of many issues facing charters in the District, as well as in cities across the country where charters are growing, including Kansas City and Cleveland.

«We're getting to the point where people are beginning to depend on wireless devices, just like we depend on wired devices,» says Jim Hirsch, the associate superintendent for academic and technology services for the 33,000 - student Plano, Texas, school system, which has a reputation as one of the more technologically sophisticated districts in the country.

The remote, 85 - student district in southeastern Colorado is one of about 100 districts around the country where school is a four - day - a-week affair.

Hartford is just the latest in a series of school districts across the country where school administrators have doctored test results to make it appear that their students are doing better on standardized tests such as the Connecticut Mastery Test.

http://www.interdys.org/index.htm Core Knowledge Preschool vs. Traditional Preschool This website is about A School Reform Movement taking shape in hundreds of schools where educators have committed themselves to teaching important skills and the Core Knowledge content they share within grade levels, across districts, and with other Core Knowledge schools across the country.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

The following list identifies schools and districts throughout the country where Safe & Civil Schools programs have made a real difference in how teachers, students, parents, and community members perceive safety in their sschools and districts throughout the country where Safe & Civil Schools programs have made a real difference in how teachers, students, parents, and community members perceive safety in their sSchools programs have made a real difference in how teachers, students, parents, and community members perceive safety in their schoolsschools.

Richard Barth, CEO of the KIPP Foundation, says similar collaborations have sprung up across the country, where civic leaders have moved past the «charter vs. district debate» and are asking themselves: «How do we just make sure that every child in the city gets to wake up in the morning and go to a great school?»

In the popular mind, Summit County, Colorado, in the heart of Colorado ski country, might seem worlds apart from the usual challenges many other school districts face — a place where perhaps privileged, ski sweater - clad youngsters gather» round roaring fireplaces to sing John Denver songIn the popular mind, Summit County, Colorado, in the heart of Colorado ski country, might seem worlds apart from the usual challenges many other school districts face — a place where perhaps privileged, ski sweater - clad youngsters gather» round roaring fireplaces to sing John Denver songin the heart of Colorado ski country, might seem worlds apart from the usual challenges many other school districts face — a place where perhaps privileged, ski sweater - clad youngsters gather» round roaring fireplaces to sing John Denver songs.

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.

According to the biography he provides to organizations where he is going to speak, as Hartford's Superintendent he «engineered one of the most comprehensive urban school district overhauls in the country.

Ms. Williams was placed with the University of Virginia's Darden - Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education in Charlottesville, Va., where she works with school districts around the country to support their school turnaround efforts.

«The districts across the country where at least 30 percent of students are enrolled in charter schools are: New Orleans (92 percent); Detroit (53 percent); Flint, MI (53 percent); Washington, D.C. (45 percent); Gary, IN (43 percent); Kansas City, MO (40 percent); Camden, NJ (34 percent); Philadelphia (34 percent); Indianapolis (31 percent); Dayton, OH (31 percent); Cleveland, OH (31 percent); Grand Rapids, MI (31 percent); Victor Valley, CA (31 percent); San Antonio, TX (30 percent); Natomas, CA (30 percent); Newark, NJ (30 percent); and St. Louis (30 percentin charter schools are: New Orleans (92 percent); Detroit (53 percent); Flint, MI (53 percent); Washington, D.C. (45 percent); Gary, IN (43 percent); Kansas City, MO (40 percent); Camden, NJ (34 percent); Philadelphia (34 percent); Indianapolis (31 percent); Dayton, OH (31 percent); Cleveland, OH (31 percent); Grand Rapids, MI (31 percent); Victor Valley, CA (31 percent); San Antonio, TX (30 percent); Natomas, CA (30 percent); Newark, NJ (30 percent); and St. Louis (30 percentIN (43 percent); Kansas City, MO (40 percent); Camden, NJ (34 percent); Philadelphia (34 percent); Indianapolis (31 percent); Dayton, OH (31 percent); Cleveland, OH (31 percent); Grand Rapids, MI (31 percent); Victor Valley, CA (31 percent); San Antonio, TX (30 percent); Natomas, CA (30 percent); Newark, NJ (30 percent); and St. Louis (30 percent).

Ostro previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Chicago Public Schools, where she helped usher in a more equitable, student - based school funding model while responsible for financial operations of the third largest district in the country and a nearly $ 6 billion annual budget.

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.