Sentences with phrase «school districts and charter schools across»

Beyond Textbooks is not only a feasible, effective approach for improving student achievement in Vail, but it is also noteworthy that Vail is now partnering with over 100 school districts and charter schools across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Wyoming, and Kentucky who are currently implementing the Beyond Textbooks program to move the needle on student achievement for its own students.

Not exact matches

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.
He noted that large and growing charter networks across the city and country have a «direct analogy with a school district,» but noted that he believes New York's networks have proved their academic merit.
The Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (WPCCS) opened its virtual doors in the fall of 2000 as Pennsylvania's second cybercharter and the first to offer its services across district lines.
Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.
This online resource is a highly organized repository of pacing calendars, classroom - tested lesson plans, presentations, and activities shared by teachers throughout the district, as well as 40 other partner districts and charter schools across the state.
As mentioned, there is no published comparison of parental perceptions of school life across the charter, district, and private sectors nationwide.
The CREDO study assessed the performance of charter schools compared to traditional public schools across 15 states and the District of Columbia.
More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.
This phenomenon is common across the United States, with charters fighting for space in high - cost cities without the legislative and financial supports that district schools enjoy (see «Whose School Buildings Are They, Anyway?»
We measured expansion of charters across districts: first, by whether the district had at least one operating charter school in the 2003 — 04 school year and, second, by the fraction of public school students enrolled in charter schools during the 2003 — 04 school year.
We studied 16 charter elementary and secondary schools with a wide range of personalized learning models from across the country (we hoped to include district schools, but the data were not available).
Many of the reforms he championed, namely, more accountability, more focus on standards, and growth in charter schools, are already at various levels of implementation in states and districts across the country.
We're now operating in district, charter, and independent schools; in urban and rural schools; in red states and blue states; at schools with a variety of enrollment and staffing levels; and across four US time zones.
Charter schools must avoid the combination of longevity - based salary scales and across - the - board tenures that have done so much to hamstring school districts.
Researchers found that while charters across the country enroll higher percentages of low - income, black, and Latino students than traditional district schools, they enroll lower percentages of students with disabilities.
By separating out these students (most of whom were presumably attending 1 of the 5,274 charter schools operating across the U.S. in 2011), we are able to compare parent satisfaction of students at charter schools with students in private schools, assigned - district schools, and choice district schools.
Some charter schools and traditional public school districts across the country have started to retool their approach.
My colleagues also argue that the coexistence of charter and district schools has led to academic increases across both sectors in Washington, D.C..
He collaborated with districts and charter schools across the state in developing their local activities, launched multiple innovative programs with non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education, and worked with the Professional Standards Board and State Board of Education in constructing policy frameworks.
He collaborated with districts and charter schools across the state in developing their local activities, launched multiple
NACSA Members — including school districts, education agencies, independent boards, universities, and not - for - profits — work to increase the number of great charter schools across the nation, and some must make tough decisions to close poor - performing schools.
The Central Valley Networked Improvement Communities, known as CVNIC, include 1,091 students and 41 teachers across 15 schools in eight school districts: Burton School District in Porterville, the Cutler - Orosi Joint School District in Orosi, Dinuba Unified, Exeter Unified, Tulare City School District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in Vschools in eight school districts: Burton School District in Porterville, the Cutler - Orosi Joint School District in Orosi, Dinuba Unified, Exeter Unified, Tulare City School District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in Vischool districts: Burton School District in Porterville, the Cutler - Orosi Joint School District in Orosi, Dinuba Unified, Exeter Unified, Tulare City School District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in ViSchool District in Porterville, the Cutler - Orosi Joint School District in Orosi, Dinuba Unified, Exeter Unified, Tulare City School District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in ViSchool District in Orosi, Dinuba Unified, Exeter Unified, Tulare City School District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in ViSchool District, Visalia Unified, and the Sycamore Valley Academy charter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in Vcharter school and Valley Life Charter Schools in Vischool and Valley Life Charter Schools in VCharter Schools in VSchools in Visalia.
Perhaps the best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts of the story Russakoff leaves out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).
Goal: Provide planning expertise and support to all interested districts and charter schools across Missouri in the implementation of digital learning to move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship.
An overview of the district - charter collaboration landscape and one strategy that many cities are pursuing: sharing instructional practices across district and charter schools.
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.
The Assembly has proposed revisions to the enrollment and retention policy that many traditional district schools themselves have not been able to meet and includes penalties that would likely result in the closure of charter schools across the state.
Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.
The Portfolio Network meeting is an annual gathering of innovative district, charter school, community, and civic leaders from across the country who are figuring out how to run and oversee autonomous schools of choice in ways that ensure all families have good options and the system operates fairly.
In order to reach the broadest group of schools and students possible, we will provide grants to schools across Boston's district, charter, and Catholic sectors, which together serve over 95 % of Boston's students.
More than 150 charter schools across the state submitted requests for facilities to their districts under Proposition 39 last year and many did so again this year by the Nov. 1 deadline.
Charter school operators with good track records would be able to apply to open new schools across the state, although the performance thresholds will be lower in areas where traditional school districts perform poorly and are in high - poverty areas.
It is encouraging to see the Mayor acknowledge the important work that is being accomplished in public charter schools across NYC as well as promoting how this work can and should be shared with district schools.
Translation: Newark's charter school students were killing it in math, way beyond students in district schools across the state and, frankly, at an unsustainable pace, a value - added.3.
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that WNYC recently did its own dive into the data to find out if charters or districts are better at retaining their students — and they found that in NYC, across all grades, a smaller percentage of charter students transferred out of their schools than did students at district schools.
While many charter schools across the state achieved impressive gains, charter schools in San Diego County and in Oakland Unified School District experienced the most dramatic student achievement gains relative to their neighboring public schools.
In addition to federal policy, school districts and charter networks across the country are doing their part to promote racial and socioeconomic integration by considering socioeconomic factors in student assignment policies.
Charters outperformed the district across both subject areas at every single grade level, doing especially well at the earlier grades: in 3rd and 4th grade Math, charter schools outperformed the district by 16.3 and 11.2 percentage points, respectively.
The scores released today from the National Assessment for Educational Progress show charter students significantly outperforming district and private school peers across the state.
Together, the four facets add up to 100 percent of each city's total enrollment across all charter schools and all district schools.
In 2016, for the second year in a row, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced that magnet school students significantly outperformed their peers across the state, district, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts assessSchool District (LAUSD) announced that magnet school students significantly outperformed their peers across the state, district, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts asseDistrict (LAUSD) announced that magnet school students significantly outperformed their peers across the state, district, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts assessschool students significantly outperformed their peers across the state, district, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts assedistrict, and in charter schools in Math and English / Language Arts assessments.
A new report released by the California Department of Education showed Empower Charter School had the highest percent of reclassification of English learners across all district and charter elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School DiCharter School had the highest percent of reclassification of English learners across all district and charter elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School Ddistrict and charter elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School Dicharter elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School DistrictDistrict.
Arizona charter school students registered substantial gains on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress science assessment, and results show charter students significantly outperforming district peers across the state.
By focusing only on the problems in charter schools, the series misses the bigger picture in Detroit: a lack of quality across both district and charter schools, turf battles rather than leadership and problem - solving, and splintered government oversight.
Across that period, charter schools statewide consistently provided greater academic growth than their district peers: on average, charter students over the course of the study saw the equivalent of 34 additional days in reading and 63 in math each year.
Chavez Schools join with other public charter schools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their commuSchools join with other public charter schools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their commuschools and public school districts across the United States in calling on Congress to enact within the next six months a permanent solution that will allow our undocumented friends to continue without fear their educations, jobs and contributions to their communities.
Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.
District and charter partners in Camden, NJ, have implemented a new enrollment process designed to give families equal access to schools across the city through a neutral, unified system, while also guaranteeing a spot at their neighborhood school.
They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.
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