Sentences with phrase «schools expanded their capacity»

This year a third charter opened in Jackson and both existing schools expanded their capacity bringing the total number of students served in charters to 527.

Working with these allies and partners, we have identified four priority areas to help successful schools expand their capacity to serve students in need: (1) community engagement and outreach, (2) support for teachers and leaders in recruitment and training, (3) funding assistance to secure permanent facilities, and (4) school replication grants to fund startup costs for new schools.

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Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

Decades - Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSSchool Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSSchool Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSschool in New York -LSB-...]

Under the proposal, Success Academy Harlem 4 would have been allowed to expand at the school, pushing capacity to more than 130 percent.

Spring 2016 — Design Process complete for P.S. 19Q's new physical addition, which will expand the school to meet capacity needs.

Decades - Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New YorkSchool Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New YorkSchool Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New Yorkschool in New York City.

Read more about how schools and districts can move beyond these «pockets of excellence» to create a broad - based approach — and how to support teachers as they expand their classroom practices, as well as their confidence and capacities.

To that list, we must add two critical factors that matter a lot: creating more responsive school governance structures; and expanding teachers» capacity to have more professional discretion over their own practice.

The Department should take more effective action to speed up the process of converting inadequate schools and should improve its understanding of the factors limiting academy sponsors» capacity to expand, or discouraging new sponsors from taking on underperforming schools.

The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, is highlighting that under proposals in the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper, councils will retain their responsibility to make sure all children get a school place, but from 2022, when all schools are academies and free schools, will have no powers to force schools to expand — even where there is demand and capacity within the school.

In light of these findings, the Sutton Trust has raised» serious concerns» about using grammar schools in their current form as a vehicle for social mobility and is calling on the government to «make sure the he admissions processes of existing grammar schools are fair», before their capacity is expanded.

She added: «The principle is clear: selective schools have a part to play in helping to expand the capacity of our school system and they have the ability to cater to the individual needs of every child.

On top of good pedagogy, an expanding curriculum and a knowledge of mandatory school policies and procedures, teachers need high levels of energy, a capacity to recognise they do not have all the answers and a willingness to seek the support of others when required.

Both schools plan to increase their capacity from 420 pupils to 630 pupils, and to expand from two form entry to three.

The Charter School Growth Fund invests in CMOs that operate networks of high - quality charter schools, providing grant and loan financing packages that enable these organizations to expand their capacity to serve more low - income and minority students.

If we need to expand the school in the coming years, we would definitely consider an off - site solution again, which would give us the opportunity to increase capacity very quickly and easily.»

If it's not clear to Lansing yet, the results posted by EAA schools will make the case for expanding their authority and investing in their capacity.

New rules in the Boston teachers» contract have helped the city's schools move toward the ideal of finding the best person for the job, but school administrators still have a way to go before they take full advantage of the system's expanded capacity to hire teachers from outside the district, a report concludes.

Award expansion grants to high - quality charters to expand their capacity to serve students attending eligible schools.

City Manager Robert Healy emphasized that «the Academy responds to the City's priorities and vision defined in the Cambridge Agenda for Children by expanding capacity of existing out of school time programs through partnership and by focusing on the goal of success in school.»

[vi] If one were doing a rigorous cost - benefit analysis of retention, one would want to take into account a variety of other factors, including the extent of excess capacity (i.e., open seats) in schools currently, the additional costs (if any) of hiring new teachers and / or expanding building space, etc..

As states look for ways to expand choice and capacity, the key is to jump on Choice 101 and take an active role in promoting the creation of excellent alternatives for students in struggling schools.

Participants heard from, and discussed with, high - level education policy leaders in an effort to develop an understanding of the policy conditions, such as capacity building, professional development, funding, Common Core - aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessments, etc., that will allow support for innovative approaches, such as those featured in the site visits to schools, to expand.

(September 1, 2015, Columbia, MD) Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 5 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program that will enable the organization to expand its lending and development capacity to multiple charter schools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural commuSchools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 5 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program that will enable the organization to expand its lending and development capacity to multiple charter schools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural commuSchools Facilities Program that will enable the organization to expand its lending and development capacity to multiple charter schools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural commuschools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural commuschools located in rural communities.

New Jersey concurrently expanded the capacity of higher education to train early childhood educators by developing a specialized preschool to 3rd - grade certification with multiple pathways to licensure and by supporting the development of transfer agreements between 2 - and 4 - year schools.

Armed with a mandate to foster excellence and equity, Klein prioritized four strategies: establish the Three C's (centralized control stripped of bureaucratic inefficiencies; a coherent citywide curriculum; and capacity - building for teachers), dramatically expand school choice, empower principals by coupling increased autonomy with strict accountability, and catalyze innovation.

In its response, the Trust is urging the government to make sure the admissions processes of existing grammar schools are fair, before their capacity is expanded.

But the capacity issue is one that states will have to deal with anyway, especially as we move to the Hollywood Model of Education in which the traditional district model is ditched altogether; this is because states will have to expand its capacity in order to better oversee the variety of schools that will fall under its oversight.

Some councils must expand their school capacity by 12 per cent in the next 18 months to meet demand for places, new figures suggest.

We need to look rigorously at the capacity of MATs to deliver the existing portfolio of schools that they look after, as well as their ability to expand.»

The Tories» approach to planning for school places and removal of local input when opening and expanding schools, has resulted in the highest number of infants in class sizes for 15 years and a quarter of primary schools are now full or over capacity.

And it will build capacity, in formal collaboration with one or more postsecondary partners, among district leaders, school leaders, teacher leaders, and counselors to expand systemically high - quality Linked Learning design and implementation throughout San Diego County.

Given the challenge and commitment it takes for a private school to develop the organizational capacity to expand while maintaining excellent academics and long - term sustainability, it is exciting that the City School is able to grow to serve more families with help from a PSP school to develop the organizational capacity to expand while maintaining excellent academics and long - term sustainability, it is exciting that the City School is able to grow to serve more families with help from a PSP School is able to grow to serve more families with help from a PSP grant.

Federal and state efforts are expanding schools» capacity to ensure that at least 99 percent of the nation's students have access to high - speed internet.

Creating Learning Environments in the Early Grades that Support Teacher and Student Success profiles three expanded - time elementary schools to demonstrate how a longer school day provides educators enhanced capacity to meet the needs of young learners and foster a well - rounded education.

The Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) is launching an innovative and multi-faceted leadership development program that will expand leadership capacity at all levels of the organization.

NJCSA provides consulting assistance to charter schools that are preparing for their renewal or submitting a request to expand their enrollment capacity under their current charter.

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to increase funding that supporters say will expand the Internet capacity for an additional 40 million students in 100,000 schools nationwide.

There is an opportunity to provide «seed» and «capacity building» funding to our school districts seeking to expand existing dual language immersion or developmental bilingual programs or to establish new -LSB-...]

About the choice to expand Flamboyan's efforts into college readiness and persistence, Stevenson added, «Most of our work to date has been focused on building the capacity of educators in elementary schools to help families support learning.

Representative Murphy introduced HB 467 in the Texas House to expand the capacity of the Permanent School Fund Bond Guarantee Program by $ 3 Billion for public charter schools.

Guy Sconzo, executive director of Fast Growth School Coalition which advocates for facilities funding for traditional public schools, said expanding charter schools» bond capacity is risky.

The north Baton Rouge high school has about 400 students, all in either ninth or 10th grades, but has capacity for about 1,200 students as it expands.

Future investments in local program capacity can be advanced by recruiting champions for expanded digital learning, including governors, mayors, businesses interests in economic development, as well as chief state school officers, state boards, school districts, and influential nonprofit partners.

That's why he hopes that lawmakers next legislative session will expand the bond capacity of the Permanent School Fund for charter schools to at least the level for traditional public schools — $ 2.5 billion to $ 3 billion.

The board's decision to expand capacity for charter schools won't negatively affect traditional school districts, which have sufficient bond capacity now, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Although some will argue that it will lead some private schools to not participate in the programs, it will also mean that those schools that do will meet high standards for educating the kids in their care; such tightening could even expand the number of private and parochial school chains — including Catholic diocesan schools — serving children by forcing them to build up capacity.

Schools Week revealed last week that Carter will launch new multi-academy trust «health checks» from January to ensure only trusts with capacity to take on new schools are allowed to Schools Week revealed last week that Carter will launch new multi-academy trust «health checks» from January to ensure only trusts with capacity to take on new schools are allowed to schools are allowed to expand.

HB 467 expands the capacity of the Permanent School Fund (PSF) Bond Guarantee Program for public charter schools.