Sentences with phrase «schools and systems struggle»

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If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

A child of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Cherny says he watched his mom and dad — who worked as a school counselor and a teamster, respectively — struggle with a banking system that largely catered to the wealthy.

«They are struggling to support children in a school system Christy Clark tore down, struggling to support their parents at a time when Liberals have left 9 in 10 residential care facilities understaffed, and struggling to make ends meet when we have the slowest wage growth in the country and the highest cost of living.

Not surprisingly, it is the least of these — mothers and fathers struggling to grow enough food for their children, or to make enough money to send them to school — who are most affected when deforestation disrupts the earth's production system.

In reality, though, many schools and school systems look at students who are struggling in those areas and instead think: How do we discipline them?

Things I'm thinking about could be things like having his seat changed in class so he's next to someone he has conflict with, learning new skills at school that he's not confident about and is struggling with, some new kind of food he's ingesting at school that has something that's irritating his system (artificial dyes or sweeteners would be my first guesses), something other kids are talking about that are scaring him (movies or tv shows or stories).

I realize it's not popular to «give» money to school nutrition programs which are in affluent systems, but those systems are struggling for funding more than systems with high free and reduced price.

We are proud that the final agreement not only includes these longstanding priorities of our conference but also makes significant investments in our public education system, community schools, and struggling schools while holding the line on tuition increases at our SUNY and CUNY institutions.

That strategy pins the blame for failing schools solely on the de Blasio administration, the United Federation of Teachers and New York State United Teachers, who are caught in a bind of defending a public school system that objectively contains many low - performing schools, most of which have been struggling for decades.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

At Wednesday's Buffalo School Board meeting, the long struggle over getting more minority and women - owned businesses among the vendors to the district system turned into a discussion about using student labor.

The Union Square's Washington Irving High School, Murray Hill's Unity Center for Urban Technologies, Chelsea Career and Tech Ed High School and the Bread and Roses Integrated High School in Harlem are among 33 struggling schools city - wide where the new evaluation systems will be introduced.

«Now that Ms. Black and Mr. Polakow - Suransky have been approved by State Education Commissioner Steiner, I hope we can move forward on the many challenges the system faces, including creating a curriculum that will give students a well - rounded education, new and better interventions for struggling students, and early action to turn around failing schools,» he said in a statement.

«Tweed's measurement system depends almost completely on standardized tests, and its «engagement» process does little or nothing to help struggling schools improve.

In Finland, world renowned for its successful public school system, I talked to leading school improvement consultant and teacher, Mikko Salonen (of ENIRDELM, the European education network) about his work to help struggling schools turnaround and become more successful.

There has been a gradual increase over the past decade in the percentage of districts offering pay incentives for shortage areas (see Figure 4), but recent evidence (see work by Katharine Strunk with Jason Grissom, Tammy Kolbe, and Dara Zeehandelaar) shows that few districts are truly strategic in matching incentives to staffing needs, and as a consequence, school systems continue to struggle to fill teaching slots in math and science.

In a statement, the DfE said: «As more schools choose to convert to academy status and struggling schools become academies with the support of a strong sponsor, it is important RSCs have the right resources to build system capacity and hold schools to account for their performance.

Making time for great teaching found Australian school systems and schools are struggling to allocate the time and resources needed to put teaching and learning first.

Neal's most steadfast partner in the turnaround proved to be the city itself, which — like the school system — has struggled to keep existing residents and attract new ones.

But by 1980, the report states, the pace of the expansion of special - education programs and services «slowed dramatically,» as the school systems «struggled to maintain the status quo with fewer financial resources.»

Over the past several years Florida has attempted substantial reforms of its struggling public school system, the fourth - largest in the country and one that consistently ranks close to the bottom on academic indicators, including high - school graduation rates and scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

Pennsylvania's system for subsidizing private schools that are eligible to receive public money for serving children with severe disabilities has broken down — and state leaders are struggling to come up with solutions to fix it.

Retirement benefits represent a large and growing cost for public school systems, as states and school districts struggle to pay down the large unfunded liabilities these plans have produced.

Alabama overstated its rates because of an administrative oversight, and a recent ProPublica report investigated Florida schools «improving» their graduation rates by moving struggling students to the adult education system.

West Virginia has relinquished the reins of a struggling school system, leaving behind a rare state - takeover success story: a state - hired superintendent in charge of a system with higher test scores and better management and buoyed by local acceptance.

It doesn't erase the need for rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.

-- but it could very well be that Catholics are struggling to understand whether God had anything to do with the success of their school system and whether they can get by without Him.

«For large rural states like Montana, and for inner - city school systems struggling with limited resources, the impact on education could be dramatic,» according to Mr. Burns.

REC Education identified the need for more teachers in 2012 as the school system struggles to cope with present levels of demand and faces up to even greater challenges in the coming years.

Key elements included a new principal evaluation system, a pay - for - performance teacher evaluation system, a Leadership Development Fellows Academy for principals, an Accelerating Campus Excellence plan that seeks to attract educators to «struggling» schools, and an emphasis on dramatically boosting the number of students earning career certifications.

The cost of the up - keep of these systems can be enormous and the failure to do so has left some schools struggling with buildings that are simply not up to standard.

By the time struggling students enter high - school ~ it is much more challenging to stage an effective intervention and prevent them from leaving the system.

(As proof of the vicissitudes of the judicial enterprise, the actual article in the state constitution that formed the basis of this conclusion, and the Herculean struggles surrounding the CFE suit, contain these 26 words: «The legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated.»)

«The assignment is to take young people who have spent eight years in a struggling — I'll be kind — school system, and four years later when they walk across the stage somewhere, I want there to be an admission to Purdue University in their diploma,» he said.

The initial and ongoing costs of these systems can be enormous — and their failure has left many schools struggling with buildings that simply are not up to standard.

It adds that Poland has also improved the information infrastructure of its school systems so that teachers can better identify and support struggling students.

The scrutiny comes as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein are struggling to overhaul the system's governance, giving central - office administrators greater control over instructional issues.

The focus on equity is greater now because school populations are becoming more diverse and school systems are struggling to cater for the wider range of student backgrounds and learning needs.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Texas's school system «has really struggled» under Governor Rick Perry, a Republican candidate for president, and the state's substandard schools do a disservice to children.

But amidst the search for a kinder and gentler education politics, research demonstrating the positive effect of these New York City strategies makes the moral case clear for an incoming President and for states and districts rethinking education policies: The American education system presents intolerably long odds to low - income children attending persistently struggling schools, and sometimes the most appropriate response to dramatic failure is dramatic intervention.

-- The Seventy Four «Washington Post reporter Russakoff's fascinating study of the struggle to reform the Newark school system reveals the inner workings of a wide range of systemic and grassroots problems (charter schools, testing, accountability, private donors) plaguing education reform today... Russakoff's eagle - eyed view of the current state of the public education system in Newark and the United States is one of the finest education surveys in recent memory.»

The school system realized that their principals often excelled in instructional leadership, but struggled when it came to developing a vision for their schools and managing the changes needed to fulfill that vision.

I can imagine why the private schools in the D.C. program might struggle to improve test scores, especially when compared to highly effective (and highly accountable) D.C. charter schools and an improving public school system.

All types of public school systems struggle with providing equitable access to quality schools, and the New Orleans system is no exception.

Indeed as technology rapidly improves, states and school systems will struggle to keep up based on their current governance and funding structures.

The authors note that this «indicat [es] that the LSP may attract private schools struggling to maintain enrollment,» and they conclude that these results «suggest caution in the design of voucher systems aimed at expanding school choice for disadvantaged students.»

-- State Representative Lyle Sattes The struggle to reform West Virginia's widely criticized school - finance system has entered a new and critical phase, one which may lead to renewed confrontation between the state's political and judicial leaders, according to officials there.

For example, what could an Angela Duckworth learn by studying student behaviors on a system like Khan Academy or in a closed network of schools like AltSchool that can track individual students» activities and responses to times they struggle?