Sentences with phrase «schools improve educational outcomes for all students»

The Comprehensive Centers provide technical assistance that builds the capacity of SEAs to help school districts and schools improve educational outcomes for all students.

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These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

Lucky for us, we have a left leaning school board who do support our efforts and who understand that this is an investment they make in our students which pays big dividends in terms of better focus in the classroom and improved educational outcomes.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

Charter schools are not new to education, having been developed as early as the 1800s, but they are newly used as a reform strategy designed to improve educational outcomes for K — 12 students.

While this could be seen as damning proof that technology does not have the capability to improve educational outcomes, and instead provides a platform for students to be become distracted from learning, Andreas Schleicher, OECD director for education and skills, concluded that schools systems «need to find more effective ways to integrate technology into teaching and learning».

In Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners Ailsa MacFie uses a body of research, plus her own experiences as a teacher in a high Aboriginal population boarding school in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students.

U.S. Schoolchildren Tumble in International Reading Exam Rankings, Worrying Educators (The Washington Post) Marty West discusses the impact the Great Recession may have had on school systems and what that means for improving educational outcomes for the most challenged students.

For a program that was supposed to improve the educational outcomes of low - income high - school students, this was not good news.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

«Inclusive education strengthens all students and communities by reducing educational fragmentation and providing a school environment in which all the resources are used to improve outcomes for all the kids,» said Riley.

ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.

In Chicago and Kentucky, local school councils were created to improve educational outcomes for students in their respective jurisdictions.

In «Eliminating Ableism in Education,» Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Thomas Hehir describes the effects of ableism in education and outlines ways to begin improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

The Bureau of Federal Educational Programs provides technical assistance, program support and monitoring to local educational agencies that will lead to improved academic achievement outcomes for students who are disadvantaged, migrant, neglected, delinquent, at - risk, or homeless; or in rural and low - income schools.

Through the Fellowship Program, graduate students who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students have the opportunity to directly impact the quality of the charter school sector.

His plea for greater integration as the road to improving educational outcomes for poor and black students closely echoes that recently made by Gerald Grant in his Hope and Despair in the American City: Why there are no bad schools in Raleigh (see «Tale of Two Cities,» book review, Spring 2010).

This plan sets out clear metrics for improving educational outcomes for Oregon's African - American students, and funding, largely to school districts to improve academic outcomes for English Learner (EL) students.

to develop strategies used by school staff — administrators, support staff and teachers — to improve educational, behavioral and health outcomes for all students, enumerating those factors at the school, classroom and community levels

Charter schools exist to improve educational outcomes for students and are awarded autonomy in a variety of ways to allow this to happen.

The bottom line is this: If we are serious about eliminating long - standing academic achievement gaps and improving learning for all students, we can not ignore the critical role of school district central offices in improving educational outcomes for all students.

In 2016, Jared Bissen accepted the position of Director of Special Education for Gem Innovation Schools and continues his passion to improve the educational outcomes of students with disabilities as he coordinates services throughout the network of sSchools and continues his passion to improve the educational outcomes of students with disabilities as he coordinates services throughout the network of schoolsschools.

Leading Charlotte foundations formed a funding collaborative to support a five - year district turnaround initiative to dramatically improve educational outcomes for students in the West Charlotte High School corridor, one of the city's lowest - performing feeder zones.

Charter public schools provide school teachers, administrators, and board members the flexibility to shape important decisions about working conditions; the mission, curriculum and instruction, programs and services, schedules, budgeting, and staffing — with the goal of improving educational outcomes for students.

At the same time, the law provides guardrails to ensure our work is appropriately targeted toward improving educational opportunities and outcomes for all students and all schools,» Wright said in prepared remarks.

The coalition came together to push for school finance reform and improved educational opportunities and outcomes for Nevada public school children, especially those students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and talented, and students with disabilities or other special needs.

They define the work of teachers and make explicit elements of high - quality, effective teaching in 21st century schools that will improve educational outcomes for students.

The Urban League, Project GRAD, Centro Hispano and Knox County Schools worked to promote advocacy and engagement efforts generating deeper support for educational equity, opportunity and excellence to improve educational outcomes for underserved students of color in Knox County.

The Carnegie Foundation has collaborated with colleagues in the University of Michigan's School of Education and Ross School of Business to develop a massive open online course that moves aspiring and practicing educational leaders to improve learning outcomes for all students.

The report's executive summary notes that «this study shows that attending a charter school that is part of a larger network of schools is associated with improved educational outcomes for students.»

School choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scSchool choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scschool choice programs help improve educational outcomes — for students who receive private school scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public scschool scholarships, those who attend public charter schools, and those who remain in traditional public schools.

That's also Caire, in an interview this week about his proposal for a publicly funded charter school designed to improve educational outcomes of low - income minority students.

Jeb Bush served as the 43rd Governor of the State of Florida and, under his leadership, the state dramatically expanded school choice opportunities and improved educational outcomes for students, especially those from disadvantaged families.

In charter schools, teachers, administrators, and board members shape important decisions about working conditions, including the mission, curriculum and instruction, programs and services, schedules, budgeting, and staffing — with the goal of improving educational outcomes for students.

Somewhat overshadowed by the growing controversy over Mayor - elect Rahm's schools pick, this Tribune story shows the intention of the privatizers not to listen to the research about charters or to the reasonable concerns of interim CPS CEO Terry Mazany, who said about his decision to postpone consideration of new charter contracts at his first board meeting last January: «We simply do not have any budget flexibility to allocate dollars that will not lead directly to improved educational outcomes for all of our students.»

The school choice system implemented in Hartford, Connecticut is designed to improve educational outcomes for students and to promote inclusive and integrated learning environments.

However, AUSL recognized that transforming teacher talent alone wouldn't suffice in improving educational outcomes for these students, so it expanded its scope and became the first non-profit organization in the country to contract with a large urban school district to transform the lowest - performing schools from inside the public school system.

Its mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education announced Tuesday that it has selected the Oakland Unified School District to be one of six districts in the country to participate in a new program aimed at improving educational outcomes for all students.

The recent election showed there is strong public support for improving district accountability, creating better educational outcomes, supporting students beyond the classroom, and making sure every child in every neighborhood has access to a great school.

The literature on effective schools emphasizes the importance of a quality teaching force in improving educational outcomes for students.

The More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative seeks to add time to the school day and year, as well as improve the quality of time in school, to improve educational and social opportunities and outcomes for students residing in high poverty areas.

The Partners are currently working with school districts in target states to leverage Breakfast in the Classroom strategies to increase student participation in the School Breakfast Program, thereby reducing childhood hunger and improving health and educational outcomes for schoolchischool districts in target states to leverage Breakfast in the Classroom strategies to increase student participation in the School Breakfast Program, thereby reducing childhood hunger and improving health and educational outcomes for schoolchiSchool Breakfast Program, thereby reducing childhood hunger and improving health and educational outcomes for schoolchildren.

School choice has been around long enough, now, that we have data showing that such programs can and do improve educational outcomes, especially for African American students.

«Myrna brings decades of experience in education to Great Public Schools Now, especially the ways that charter schools have helped to improve educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public SchooSchools Now, especially the ways that charter schools have helped to improve educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public Schooschools have helped to improve educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public SchoolsSchools Now.

As Norwalk contemplates who would best serve as their school superintendent, they should be especially cognizant of the policy issues surrounding how to improve educational outcomes for those students who enter the school system without the English language skills necessary to succeed.

Principles EdisonLearning has a strong belief in holistic, coherent and sustainable school improvement, founded on educational research and focused on improved outcomes for students.

The Martin Family Initiative's First Nations Schools Principals» Course serves as a much - needed resource, providing principals, vice-principals and aspirants with professional development aimed at building leadership skills and improving educational outcomes for students.

Cohen concluded, «We feel confident that these new guidelines will have positive outcomes for everyone — students, teachers, and administrators — and will allow us to continue to move forward to improve the educational opportunities for all public school students in Connecticut.»

California middle schools in high needs districts are eligible to compete for a share of an $ 11 million federal grant awarded to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities.