Sentences with phrase «school system in»

No school system in the world has ever achieved successful whole - system reform by leading with punitive accountability.

By comparison, attrition from the city's public school system in 2013 - 14 was 6.1 percent, according to the Education Department.

Parent Herald: Matt Damon Takes On US Public School System In New Documentary Film; What Is «Backpack Full Of Cash» About?

Black and Latino students live disproportionately at or below the poverty line, and it is no accident that we are faced with the most segregated school system in history, with a disproportionate number of school closures happening in the poorest communities - all at the hands of using invalid metrics.

It's time for a productive and thoughtful transition to a single unified, autonomous public school system in New Orleans.

Instead of fulfilling their legal, moral and ethical duty as a superintendent of a public school system in Connecticut, yet another public school superintendent has decided to join the Malloy's administration's ongoing efforts to mislead Connecticut parents into thinking that they do not have a right to opt their children out of the absurd, unfair and inappropriate Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test of a test.

We partner with the school system in producing Pieces of Gold, the annual student talent showcase.

«This would close three of our middle schools on the north side and create a dual school system in which there is no elected school board representation.

Those schools are trying to educate children who did not do well in the traditional public school system in the first place.

Meanwhile, the public school system in Green Bay is set to cut $ 40 million from its budget, which will likely mean increased class sizes and program cuts.

The school system in the nation's capital is unique among large school districts for the complexity of its teacher - evaluation system, which scores the performance of teachers based on classroom observations, student test scores and other factors.

But if the school system in England was ever straightforward for charities, it isn't any more.

Presenter: Dr. Daniel A. Domenech has more than 36 years of experience in public education, twenty - seven of those years served as a school superintendent with Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, the 12th largest school system in the nation with 168,000 students.

Carranza announced earlier this month is leaving the district to become chancellor of New York City Schools, the largest public school system in the United States.

Charter schools receive government funding and operate independently from the state school system in exchange for greater accountability for students» performance.

«We — as charter school parents — feel compelled that our side of the story be heard... We are so grateful for the charter school system in Arizona, because we were able to find a school that could meet the needs of our family and the individual academic needs of our children.

When the Illinois legislature gave Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley direct control of the city's faltering school system in 1995, Daley appointed Vallas, the city's budget director, to take the reins of the nation's third largest district.

It seemed like Louisiana was a shoo - in for destroying the public school system in New Orleans.

Meanwhile, the parents of nearly 10 million school children across America have opted out of the traditional public school system in favor of private schools, charter schools or homeschooling.

Before joining Youth Truth, Wilka worked as a consultant to the 25,000 - student Fe y Alegria School System in Ecuador.

Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of school voucher programs around the country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low - income students with funds to flee the public school system in exchange for a private education.

It is part of the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina.

However, subsequent chain of events have made its goals crystal clear — allow the Bridgeport Public School to be decimated, undermined; and then, point to the failure of the traditional public school system in Bridgeport.

The ad raises important questions about the sustainability of a public school system in the city, given charter exponential growth.

The elementary school at CCAS out - performed the local school system in all eight testing categories.

«Our veteran teachers have helped build what is arguably the best public school system in the nation, so this agenda makes no educational sense,» he said.

The new Ed Trust West report, Building a More Equitable and Participatory School System in California: The Local Control Funding Formula's First Year, describes the ways in which districts and community stakeholders engaged with one another to develop plans for their LCFF dollars.

The CCAS middle school also out - performed the local school system in language arts and is making progress in math.

Adding to the pressure on the school system in general, is the Conservative's manifesto promise that all pupils who «fail to meet the expected standard» in English and maths will be required to resit the tests at secondary school, in year 7.

Our school system in England has made great strides forward in recent years.

LA Schools Reinventing Art Education The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest public school system in the United States with some 700,000 students.

He went on to serve as a Senior Vice President at Voyager Expanded Learning Systems; did a tour in Baghdad Iraq at the request of the White House and Department of Defense, serving as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Education to assist with the rebuilding of the Iraqi school system in 2003; was Superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District; and, perhaps most significantly, served seven years as Chief Executive Officer of AVID, a global nonprofit that helps prepare students for postsecondary education and is one of the leading providers of professional development for educators in the US.

As head of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 students..

Prior to joining NJCIE in 2007, Michelle was a Behavior Specialist and Inclusion Facilitator for the Howard County Public School System in Maryland.

In this deep dive into the regression of Governor Andrew Cuomo's commitment to education reform, Eliza Shapiro surveys the last three years of education politics in the most segregated state school system in the country.

As a product of the urban, local public school system in Atlanta, Georgia, Artesius has first hand experience with the academic disparities and challenges that affect our youth.

-- The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering school system in a place where deprivation is layered on heartache.

Dr. Terry Froman is a senior statistician for the public school system in Miami, Florida.

A call was issued to unite together to have one voice dedicated towards the growing public school system in America.

The District of Columbia Public School system in reality is # 71 in number of enrolled students with approximately 57,000 students.

Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of school voucher programs around the country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low - income students with funds to flee the public school system in...

«Please close Wake County schools on May 16th to allow the largest school system in the state to advocate for public school funding at the state legislature,» Lormand said during Tuesday's school board meeting.

From an experience perspective, I thought it was important to bring experience growing up in public schools on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, serving as a senior leader in the central office of a large, complex public school system in Chicago — with over 600 schools serving almost 400,000 students — and as an executive at a nationwide nonprofit working through state agencies and local districts to support public education.

This is the most dramatic change in school management since Tom Boasberg took over the school system in 2009.

2014 — 207 schools select CEI - PEA as their Partnership Support Organization, which makes our PSO the sixth largest public school system in the United States.

Deasy Wants 30 % of Teacher Evaluations Based on Test Scores L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy announced Friday that as much as 30 % of a teacher's evaluation will be based on student test scores, setting off more contention in the nation's second - largest school system in the weeks before a critical Board of Education election.

(Hanover, MD, October 27, 2011) CSDC Board Chair Tom Nida reflects on the decline and resurgence of learning and hope at his alma mater as a result of a unique partnership between a charter school operator and the traditional public school system in the following commentary in the Washington Times:

When Ms. Reed took the reins of the school system in 2005 after earning her doctorate, one of the first actions she took was to give teachers and principals training on the effects of poverty on children so that they could better understand some of the challenges their students face in learning.

WakeEd consistently emphasizes the positive economic impact of having an excellent public school system in our community.

Amid all of the obstacles, the film offers lesson plans about innovative education initiatives, examining the success of the Knowledge Is Power Program Foundation's network of charter schools, the Harlem Children's Zone that aims to guide schooling from infancy through college, and radical alterations to the school system in Washington, D.C.