For example, Montgomery County Public Schools is one of the largest
school districts in the country with more than 100,000 students, but its alternative school programs serve only about 125 students at a time.
The four board members in the majority, who were elected with charter school support, have told LA School Report that it's about time the second - largest
school district in the country with the largest number of charter schools revamp its «District Required Language» (or DRL) that is necessary for a charter school to be authorized by LA Unified.
Not exact matches
His high
school was
in one of the
country's worst
school districts with a 40 % dropout rate, he says.
«Our own associates... are exceptionally well - qualified, hailing from the
country's best law
schools and having worked directly
with the partners at our firm on complex, confidential government investigations, civil litigation, or both,» the Trump lawyers stated
in a letter to U.S.
District Judge Kimba Wood.
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 kal
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 u
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 kal
in the
country including New York Public
Schools and Los Angeles Public Schools planning to serve u
Schools and Los Angeles Public
Schools planning to serve u
Schools planning to serve up kale.
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.
Established
in 1956, Clark County
School District is the fifth largest school district in the country, educating almost 75 percent of all students in Nevada with more than 320,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th
School District is the fifth largest school district in the country, educating almost 75 percent of all students in Nevada with more than 320,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12t
District is the fifth largest
school district in the country, educating almost 75 percent of all students in Nevada with more than 320,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th
school district in the country, educating almost 75 percent of all students in Nevada with more than 320,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12t
district in the
country, educating almost 75 percent of all students
in Nevada
with more than 320,000 students enrolled
in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Localecopia Marketplace is now making inroads
with farm - to -
school for 5
school districts (3 of which are the top 11
in the
country).
Greenville County
School District is the largest
in South Carolina, and the 45th largest
in the
country with over 72,000 students.
FRAC's «Making it Work
in Large
School Districts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morning
School Districts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morn
Districts» takes a look at the
country's largest
school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morning
school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morn
districts — from 17,000 students
in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students
in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students
with their morning meal.
According to those officials present, despite the fact that Houston is the seventh largest
school district in the
country and therefore a major consumer of milk, the profit margins for dairies supplying
schools (as opposed to private entities) is extremely low and would be wiped out by the manufacturing costs associated
with making such changes.
This annual analysis looks at
school breakfast participation and policies
in 75 large
school districts across the
country to evaluate successful practices
in reaching more low - income children
with school breakfast.
But
in the intervening four years,
in which I educated myself about the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP), started this blog, continued to work closely with my district, and also met school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food pr
School Lunch Program (NSLP), started this blog, continued to work closely
with my
district, and also met
school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food pr
school food professionals around the
country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a
district's
school food pr
school food program.
SNA's Keys to Excellence is a state of the art online self - assessment tool that allows you to compare your
school nutrition program's performance
with other
districts in your area and around the
country.
Kay Brown, who produced the GAO study of eight
districts, says they visited a range of
schools across the
country with differing levels of participation
in free and reduced lunch and
with widely different characteristics.
Cheese sandwiches and other «alternate meals» have been added to menus
in school districts across the
country as they try to deal
with lunch debts.
In the speech, Bellone cited a new pilot program dealing with fourth - and fifth - graders in Wyandanch and South Country school districts aiming to divert youngsters who are showing signs of gang involvement like using gang clothing or terminolog
In the speech, Bellone cited a new pilot program dealing
with fourth - and fifth - graders
in Wyandanch and South Country school districts aiming to divert youngsters who are showing signs of gang involvement like using gang clothing or terminolog
in Wyandanch and South
Country school districts aiming to divert youngsters who are showing signs of gang involvement like using gang clothing or terminology.
«I think this referendum is very important because this
country had a lot of problems
with the current system,» 27 - year - old Ozcan Ayata told CNN
in Ankara Sunday after voting at a local
school in the Sogutozu
district.
The new provisions will be particularly burdensome for New York City, which has the largest
school district in the
country,
with 1.1 million children and 1,800
schools.
Through his second annual Valentines for Veterans program, Legislator Hardwick partnered
with 10
schools in his
district to create and deliver handmade cards
in appreciation of everything our veterans and active servicemen and woman do for our
country.
With another season of scholastic football
in full swing at
school districts across the
country, a growing number of physicians and athletic trainers are re-evaluating how they diagnose and treat head injuries suffered during practices and games.
From what I can tell
in talking
with my friends around the state and
country, we were the very last
school district on the planet to let out for summer.
Newark, the tenth - largest parochial
district in the
country, closed nine elementary and two secondary
schools in 2005,
with a corresponding enrollment decline of 5 percent, from some 47,300 to 44,750 students.
Also, many
school districts across the
country not only have successful induction programs
in place, they also are more than willing to share their successes
with others.
In the fall, for example, New York City's public
schools — «the
country's largest
school district,
with 1.1 million students — encouraged teaching cursive to elementary
school students.»
While there are practitioners around the
country who have been implementing deeper learning for decades, many
districts are not yet equipped to make it happen
in their
schools,
with their teachers and students.
The fiery California atheist who last week lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get «under God» stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance vows to continue the fight
with new plaintiffs, preferably
in cases against
school districts all over the
country.
Although officials from the 4,000
districts nationwide that receive federal impact - aid funds have been outspoken
in their opposition to cuts
in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax
school board was the first
in the
country to threaten military families
with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.
The GRC enables users to compare academic achievement
in math and reading between 2004 and 2007 for virtually every public
school district in the United States
with the average achievement
in a set of 25 other
countries with developed economies that might be considered our economic peers and sometime competitors.
Better at When Than How As
school districts around the
country grapple
with turnaround strategies and fiscal realities,
school closure (and consolidation) has become a popular option
in districts from Baltimore to Detroit, from Boston to Denver, even
in rural places like Maine and North Dakota.
This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare
with similarly advantaged students from other
countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems
in four urban
school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.
There are an endless number of interesting stories that could be told
with this information, but the one that really stood out to us is that achievement
in many of our affluent suburban public
school districts barely keeps pace
with that of the average student
in a developed
country.
Several
school districts across the
country are trying to change their teacher - salary structures
in ways that would not only reward performance, but also allow effective teachers to reach top salary levels earlier
in their careers, making teacher - compensation plans more
in line
with those
in other occupations.
We believe these «new designs for new
schools» will produce a set of
schools that show
districts across the
country that high
schools can provide underprepared young people
with the supports they need to graduate from high
school, go to college, place out of remedial courses, and stay
in college for at least two semesters at substantially higher rates than are commonly achieved today.
Ed Secretary Nominee Has Fans
in the Field Colleagues of Houston Independent
School District Superintendent Rod Paige say that although they will miss him, the
country will benefit from his experience
in dealing
with urban education issues.
With or without Camden, Uncommon is on track to be larger than 97 percent of all public
school districts in the
country.
Five student groups shared their presentations
with ISTE's Leadership Symposium, which is made up of more than 150 educators from across the
country who strive to develop and model the effective use of technology
in education
in their
schools,
school districts, and states.
With food and fuel prices increasing sharply, food and nutrition directors
in school districts around the
country are finding themselves facing some uncomfortable choices.
At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision
in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene
in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public
schools across the
country; to mandate equal access to education for students
with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and
districts of different income levels.
Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of
school districts and charter
schools around the
country are experimenting
with such reward programs
in the hope of improving...
But perhaps the two initiatives Eisenhower is best known for are its multi-week exchange programs
with sister
schools in Mexico and France, and the Culture Box Program, a rich collection of artifacts from 46
countries (such as clothing, games, and musical instruments) that are available for use
in the Eisenhower curriculum as well as any
school in the
district (or a non-
school group for a $ 15 fee).
Three days after the deadliest K - 12
school shooting in American history, state and district education leaders across the country are reviewing security measures, increasing police presence, and grappling with how to answer students» questions about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Newtown, Conn., dis
school shooting
in American history, state and
district education leaders across the
country are reviewing security measures, increasing police presence, and grappling
with how to answer students» questions about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary
School in the Newtown, Conn., dis
School in the Newtown, Conn.,
district.
Formed
in 2003, PELP continues its mission
with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence
in District Improvement, and
with the annual executive education summer institute which brings public
school leaders from around the
country to Harvard to focus...
On February 14, 2005, State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse, who had overseen the case from the beginning, awarded the city a staggering $ 5.6 billion more per year for its
schools, a 43 percent increase to the city's $ 12.9 billion
school budget, an amount that would raise per - pupil spending to more than $ 18,000 per year and make New York City's huge
school district (
with more than a third of the children
in the state) among the richest
in the state, if not the
country.
Over the past decade,
school districts across the
country have invested billions
in creating wired classrooms and
schools,
with significant financial and moral support from government at all levels.
In this interview, Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countrie
In this interview, Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement
in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countrie
in virtually every
school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countrie
in the United States and compares the performance of U.S.
districts with the performance of students
in 25 developed countrie
in 25 developed
countries.
Formed
in 2003, PELP continues its mission
with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence
in District Improvement, and
with the annual executive education summer institute which brings public
school leaders from around the
country to Harvard to focus on their
districts challenges as well as possible solutions.
When they're not working
with schools and
districts around the
country, Nancy Gutierrez and Liliana Polo - McKenna sit next to each other
in the offices of the NYC Leadership Academy.
Suburban areas
with high - performing
school districts have shown little support for vouchers, so it was surprising to have the first locally enacted voucher program come from Douglas County, a Denver suburb
with one of the highest median incomes
in the
country.
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 outcome
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 outcome
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 outcomes.