Sentences with phrase «school district in the nation serving»

Today, Chicago Public Schools — the third largest school district in the nation serving over 400,000 students — will stand with its sister cities in adopting a policy and programming blueprint that increases the access to, equity in, and quality of arts education.

As the third largest school district in the nation serving over 400,000 students, Chicago will now stand with its sister cities in prioritizing arts education for every student, in every school, with every art form, every day.

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From a district in which each school batch cooks for its own students to a central kitchen serving 14,000 meals using only a 400 gallon steam kettle to the nation's largest district in which many schools are self - op and without highly skilled staff members or adequate equipment, I have to understand their needs and provide solutions.

The Community Eligibility Program (CEP) is a meal service option for schools and school districts in low - income areas — allowing the nation's highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without the burden of collecting household applications.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disableIn 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely dDistrict, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely ddistrict in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disablein the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disabled.

Prior to being named State Superintendent, White served as Superintendent of the Louisiana Recovery School District, overseeing the nation's first system of publicly - funded charter and non-public schools in New Orleans and launching the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone to replicate successes in New Orleans.

While serving at - risk students in one of the nation's highest - cost cities, charters get, on average, only two - thirds as much per - pupil money as district schools get.

She has held numerous leadership positions within Palm Beach County School District, the 11th largest district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory District, the 11th largest district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory Council.

«There is a front - loading concept to teacher residency programs that is the antithesis of how ed reform and teacher prep has worked in the nation,» said Anissa Listak, executive director of Urban Teacher Residency United, which has residency programs serving 29 school districts.

That last point is significant as more people become aware of just how myopic it is to accuse charter schools of segregation when they serve only 5 percent of the nation's students while ignoring the systemic and indefensible politics of segregation that exist in traditional school districts.

During this time, Cohn became the longest serving superintendent of any large, urban school district in the nation.

As Dropout Nation has pointed out ad nauseam since the administration unveiled the No Child waiver gambit two years ago, the plan to let states to focus on just the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps) effectively allowed districts not under watch (including suburban districts whose failures in serving poor and minority kids was exposed by No Child) off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.

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When I served as president of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the nation, I witnessed first - hand too many educators who were tired of hearing from a bureaucracy that was comfortable with low expectaSchool District, the second largest school district in the nation, I witnessed first - hand too many educators who were tired of hearing from a bureaucracy that was comfortable with low expecDistrict, the second largest school district in the nation, I witnessed first - hand too many educators who were tired of hearing from a bureaucracy that was comfortable with low expectaschool district in the nation, I witnessed first - hand too many educators who were tired of hearing from a bureaucracy that was comfortable with low expecdistrict in the nation, I witnessed first - hand too many educators who were tired of hearing from a bureaucracy that was comfortable with low expectations.

Receiving recognition from our Nations largest charter school organization and the board that authorizes charter schools in the District only serves to strengthen our resolve and let us know that we're headed in the right direction.

In addition to her work as a legislator who fought tirelessly for the children she now serves, she is also a Broad Fellow and is among an elite group of individuals who lead some of the nation's largest urban districts and charter school networks.

«In July 2012, William R. Hite, Jr. was appointed superintendent of The School District of Philadelphia, the eigth largest district in the nation serving more than 146,000 students in over 250 schoolIn July 2012, William R. Hite, Jr. was appointed superintendent of The School District of Philadelphia, the eigth largest district in the nation serving more than 146,000 students in over 250 District of Philadelphia, the eigth largest district in the nation serving more than 146,000 students in over 250 district in the nation serving more than 146,000 students in over 250 schoolin the nation serving more than 146,000 students in over 250 schoolin over 250 schools.

Of all the nation's school districts, only in New Orleans and Detroit do charter schools serve higher percentages.

He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly in large urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional public schools when it comes to student test scores.

Public schools serving these students are not underperforming because they are underfunded, they are underperforming despite the fact that they are, on average, the best - funded districts in the nation.

Today, as one of only 40 school study councils in the nation, it is considered one of the oldest and largest organizations of its kind, serving administrators, faculty and students in more than 100 school districts.