Sentences with phrase «school districts in the country including»

In addition, to consumer events, National Kale Day has touched 10 countries, retailers, restaurants and schools with some of the largest school districts in the country including New York Public Schools and Los Angeles Public Schools planning to serve up kale.

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Preferred Meals, headquartered in Berkeley, Ill., provides school lunches to 300 school districts across the country including District 89's elementary schools.

That isn't unusual either: in some of the country's larger school districts — including Maryland's Baltimore County, Florida's Hillsborough County, Georgia's Cobb County, and Colorado's Jefferson County — substitutes need only a high - school GED.

What if we were to expand the concept of PE to include yoga, dance, and martial arts throughout the country, not just in a relative handful of schools and school districts?

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

There are public school districts across the country that have engaged in innovative contracts between teachers and the central office, and there are multiple models of educational interventions, including at the curricular level, that show real promise and do not depend on wholesale structural reform.

CAP outlines a series of recommendations for improving test procedures and moving away from teaching to the test and the culture of overtesting that is occurring in schools and districts across the country, including:

The Teacher Contract Database includes over 145 districts across the country, representing the 100 largest districts in the country, the largest district in each state, and member districts of the Council of Great City Schools.

The St. Louis school district boasts some of the best high schools in the country, including Lincoln College Prep and Metro Academic and Classical High Sschool district boasts some of the best high schools in the country, including Lincoln College Prep and Metro Academic and Classical High SchoolSchool.

Two local school districts, Highland Park and Carroll, were included in a list of the country's top school districts.

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.

Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America offers profiles of policies and programs at work in 15 states across the country, including examples of state virtual schools, course access opportunities, blended learning models, district - led online learning initiatives, and regional partnerships.

The Indianapolis school board and teachers union recently became the first in the country to include Opportunity Culture roles in their new contract, offering pay supplements of up to $ 18,300 — 35 percent of the district's average salary.

The number of black public school teachers in nine cities — including the country's three largest school districts — dropped between 2002 and 2012, raising questions about whether those school systems are doing enough to maintain a diverse teaching corps, according to a new report to be released Wednesday.

Today, CAN supports more than 2,500 high school and college students, including more than 1,000 high school students at 11 high schools in four school districts, and 1,500 college students in Washington State and throughout the country.

Moreover, the report included case studies of three school districts, located in separate areas of the country, each using different strategies to voluntarily increase racial and socioeconomic diversity, such as utilizing magnet schools, new student attendance zones, and school choice policies.

CTAC has conducted professional development audits in school systems across the country, including such leading districts as Duval County Public Schools in Florida, Henrico County Public Schools and Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia.

Bright Morning has impacted over 1000 school districts and organizations, in all 50 states and in multiple countries including Mexico, Canada, and Kenya.

The LA school board is one of the most powerful in the entire country, overseeing a budget of more than $ 7 billion and making decisions that impact 664,000 public school students, including 110,000 who attend charter public schools located within the district.

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 next OCR data collection, which will focus on the current school year, will be even more ambitious and include every school district in the country.

The Teach to Lead Initiative, along with 50 supporting organizations including ASCD, is hosting regional Teacher Leadership Summits to help spotlight the teacher - led work that is happening in states, districts, and schools across the country.

Over the course of a year, NCLD gathered top special education and personalized learning experts from across the country — including educators, advocates, researchers, state and district leaders, school leaders, and parents of children with disabilities — and engaged them in discussions to learn and explore ways to ensure that personalized learning systems integrate and benefit students with disabilities.

Spending on school operations — not including school construction or debt payments — ranges from less than $ 8,700 per student in a coal country district, one of the state's lowest - achieving, to more than $ 26,600 in a tony Philadelphia suburb.

Subsequently, Derek joined the Stupski Foundation and managed efforts to support district - wide reform across the country, including efforts in districts such as Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi and the Baltimore City Public Schools System in Maryland.

Innovation School Fellows also will receive significant support during their planning year, including feedback on their school - design plans from national and local experts; opportunities to visit best - in - class schools across the country; access to a national network of school - incubation leaders; and sessions with IPS officials to learn district operaSchool Fellows also will receive significant support during their planning year, including feedback on their school - design plans from national and local experts; opportunities to visit best - in - class schools across the country; access to a national network of school - incubation leaders; and sessions with IPS officials to learn district operaschool - design plans from national and local experts; opportunities to visit best - in - class schools across the country; access to a national network of school - incubation leaders; and sessions with IPS officials to learn district operaschool - incubation leaders; and sessions with IPS officials to learn district operations.

Across the country, 12 school districts enroll more than 30 percent of their students in charter schools, including New Orleans (91 percent), Detroit (55 percent), and the District of Columbia (44 percent)(NAPCS, 2014b).

I began my career as a high school social studies teacher and, over the years, have worked in multiple educational organizations, including universities, a state department of education, a regional educational laboratory, and as consultant to the USDOE, national professional organizations, multiple SDEs, regional agencies, and school districts across the country.

That includes advancing choice in the District of Columbia, which is under the jurisdiction of Congress; creating choice for children attending federally managed Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, and establishing school choice for military - connected children across the country.

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The TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement is implemented in school districts across the country, affecting approximately 15,000 teachers and 200,000 students.46 With support from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, school districts create multiple career paths for teachers, including career, mentor, and master teacher.47 Teacher leaders participate in school leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professionally.

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.

New Leaders: New Leaders is a national nonprofit that develops transformational leaders — including teacher leaders, aspiring principals, principals, instructional leadership teams, and district supervisors — in high - need communities and designs effective leadership policies and practices for school systems across the country.

CORE districts, which also include Los Angeles Unified and San Francisco Unified, are the first in the country to weigh social - emotional aspects in a school accountability system.

Of the 20 largest school districts in the country, 14, including the public school systems of New York City and Los Angeles, had absolutely no reports of bullying or harassment.

(D.C.) A group of 21 school districts, including several of the largest in the country, have joined forces to promote environmental education and influence policies that will lead to more energy efficient, sustainable school facilities.

Major milestones in Jason's work at Insight include co-authoring a book, Strategic Design for Student Achievement (Teachers College Press, 2009), serving as the chief architect of customized instructional frameworks for multiple school districts, providing leadership support for standards - based initiatives in schools across the country, and serving as the lead designer of a national teacher certification and training program for The New Teacher Project.

CTAC has successfully partnered on school improvement efforts in school districts throughout the country, including:

Academic achievement at all levels increased markedly during this time — including 70 % of elementary schools, 100 % of middle schools, and at the high school level national recognition for achieving the highest ACT scores of any large district in the country.

Over the last year, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has expanded the number of districts included in the Teacher Contract Database by adding the 100 largest school districts in the country.

Looking at the issue of gender with a racial lens, this new area of Schott's work — including the ongoing biennial report series on Black Boys educational achievement nationwide — has led school districts across the country to re-examine how they educate and measure the outcomes of the students who are most vulnerable to failure in the education system.

The Teacher Contract Database includes information on 147 school districts and 2 charter management organizations in the United States including: the 100 largest districts in the country, the largest district in each state, and the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools.

In addition to ESEA waiver requirements that districts incorporate evaluation data into personnel decisions (though compensation isn't specified), the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), a federal grant program that has allocated over $ 2 billion since its inception, began supporting state and district efforts to implement performance - based compensation in 2006.79 Grantees from across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT SystemIn addition to ESEA waiver requirements that districts incorporate evaluation data into personnel decisions (though compensation isn't specified), the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), a federal grant program that has allocated over $ 2 billion since its inception, began supporting state and district efforts to implement performance - based compensation in 2006.79 Grantees from across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT Systemin 2006.79 Grantees from across the country have included Miami - Dade County Public Schools, Mississippi, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Public Schools (see Case Study: Lessons From Washington, D.C.'s IMPACT System).

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

Nagel Rice is currently handling some of the highest profile cases in the country, including the carjacking wrongful death case against the Short Hills Mall, a cyberbullying suicide case against a New Jersey school district, a class action against the NFL for illegal ticket sales for Super Bowl XLVIII, and the multi-billion dollar RICO action against short selling hedge funds.

Dignity in Schools Campaign, 10/28/15 — CJSF ally Dignity in Schools Campaign, whose members include several of CJSF's grantee partners, released a statement about the South Carolina student assault and calls on districts across the country to use alternatives that promote positive school climates instead of suspensions, expulsions and arrests.