Sentences with phrase «school districts in the country hire»

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In their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomeIn their work at the Project for Policy Innovation in Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomein Education, Kane and his colleagues have been working with school districts around the country, using data to evaluate hiring and certification policies for teachers, public school choice systems, and the effect of charter and pilot schools on student outcomes.

One response has been the School Administration Manager (SAM) process, created in 2002 in Louisville, Ky., with Wallace Foundation support and in use in 82 districts across the country as of 2012.61 Participating schools either hire a SAM to assume non-instructional tasks from the principal, or more commonly, the principal designates a person or persons from the staff - typically an assistant principal and / or administrative assistant - to function as a SAM.

Clark County in Nevada, one of the biggest school districts in the country, expects to hire 2,000 teachers, which would bring the district's total to nearly 19,000 teachers.

As Davis found out, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $ 100 million donation to the Newark school system never went toward patching holes in buildings that «need a district - estimated $ 1.3 billion in repairs,» or hiring counselors, social workers or nurses for «the fifth - poorest youth population in the country.»

This unique funding mechanism, utilized by roughly 30 school districts in the country, is based on a belief that school principals are better equipped to make financial decisions — on how many teachers to hire, for example — than those in the district's North Avenue headquarters.

«Principals in the Pipeline,» a feature article sponsored by Wallace, profiles six districts across the country taking part in a six - year initiative to establish principal «pipelines» — local systems ensuring that a large corps of school leaders is properly trained, hired, and developed on the job.