Sentences with phrase «schools in districts»

The bottom line, however, was the same: The gap in teacher qualifications at high - and low - poverty schools in both districts has narrowed since the beginning of this decade.

But critics note that TFA teachers can go to newly opened charter schools in districts where public school teachers are being laid off.

Louisiana's top education officials have launched a nationwide search for organizations to help them turn around academic achievement in 11 chronically failing schools in districts around the state.

Moreover, there was no control group, and thus no basis for comparison with other schools in their districts.

The Patrick administrations poison pilllaced plan to raise the cap on charter schools in some districts was proposed too late to be discussed in our article.

Of 210 primary schools in these districts, 140 schools were randomly selected to participate in the Extra-Teacher Program.

Instead of applying only to «failing» schools, the new powers would now pertain to all schools in districts «in academic crisis» that had performance scores below the state average.

And if you cut through the blather on the achievement record of Edison Schools, you'll find that it was materially higher than other comparable schools in their districts, including in Philadelphia.»

About 59 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts whose spending is at or above the national average.

About half of the public school students in the U.S. attend schools in districts that have fewer than 10,000 students.

The schools in the districts of Yardley, Hall Green, Garrett's Green and Hodge Hill — locations identified in the 2016 Birmingham Road Safety Strategy as child accident «hot spots» — all gave road safety lessons in which each pupil worked from their own copy of «The Conies: Walking to School Safely Journal».

The report by the National Association of Partnerships in Education said that 29.7 million students or 65 percent of the total student population - attend schools in districts with partnerships.

In this study, we use detailed student - level data to compare patterns of entry, attrition, and replacement in 19 KIPP middle schools and in traditional public middle schools in the districts in which the KIPP schools are located.

To offset such misperceptions, we need to require that all schools in all districts report student performance — and calculate achievement gaps — using the same, internationally benchmarked standards.

(Reliable information for the small number of students attending schools in districts with enrollment below 300 is unavailable for the years prior to 2000.)

That figure still falls below the national average, but almost 29 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average per pupil.

Almost 83 percent of students attend schools in districts spending at least the national average.

Fewer than 1 percent of students attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average.

Spending: Just under 1 percent of students in Tennessee attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average.

Almost 97 percent of students attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average.

[10] Second, there is an ongoing to need to understand the implications of magnet schools for the traditional public schools in their districts.

In Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, the coefficients of variation were nearly always more than 0.15, meaning that one - third of the schools in these districts had spending levels that deviated from their district's average by 15 percent (or $ 225,000 for a school of 500 when average spending is $ 3,000 per pupil).

Just 4 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average per student.

More than 45 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts where spending equals or eclipses the national average.

Until 1996, the community school boards had authority over the elementary and middle schools in their districts, including the power to appoint superintendents and to approve the superintendents» choice of principals.

So do schools in districts including Syracuse, Fayetteville - Manlius, Baldwinsville, West Genesee and elsewhere.

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

Rather than the mass exodus from the NSLP implied by these stories, Woldow tallies up the schools in the districts mentioned in the AP piece and finds that they add up to a mere ten schools — out of the 100,000 schools participating in the program.

It will stop at the Wheeling, Elk Grove and Palatine township buildings and at schools in districts including Arlington Heights School District 25, Community Consolidated School District 15 in Palatine and Community Consolidated School District 59 in Elk Grove Township.

The newly implemented system in Crown Point gives officers access to all doors at every school in the district.

The state is offering Palm Beach County schools $ 5.5 million to hire 75 officers so all 180 schools in the district have their own officers.

He and three friends made homemade candy and also resold other vendors» stock to three schools in their district.

Must all schools in a district precisely reflect the overall black - white ratio?

And the first major change Garmong made to their operations was the introduction of salad bars in each of the three elementary schools in his district.

With 61 schools in the district unequally equipped for lunch service, heat and serve seemed like the only option.

You can request a salad bar for any school in your district that has at least 100 students.

In other schools in the district, staff were a little more nervous about the introduction of salad bars to their cafeterias.

Number of kids enrolled at ANFSC: 1,600 Number of schools in district: 6 Percentage who are free and reduced: 40 % Number of local farms worked with in a given year: 10 Kids» favorite local produce: Berries, apples, carrots, peppers

ATA is focused on developing strategic relationships with educators, administrators, and board members to ensure that most underserved schools in the district are identified and ultimately, helped.

There are a few public charter schools in our district, a public International Baccalaureate school, as well as many traditional public schools.

We serve breakfast in 215 schools — every school in the district.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED): HB3723 (2008) requires each school to develop and implement an AED program for each high school in the district.

Throughout the year, this food is distributed to each of the 21 schools in the district and made available to students for lunch, breakfast, and summer food service programs.

Five schools in the district have edible school gardens and students enjoyed growing and eating fresh turnips, collards, cabbage, tomatoes, squash, jalapenos, and more.

School Gardens Two schools in the district — one elementary and one high school — have their own gardens and corresponding curriculum exists for each grade.

In other schools in the district, staff were a little more nervous about the introduction of salad bars to their cafeterias.

With 61 schools in the district unequally equipped for lunch service, heat and serve seemed like the only option.

Three schools in the district have edible school gardens.

We have fourteen secondary schools in our district with the reimbursable vending machines that vend out a complete breakfast option to each child.

This is the opportunity to brainstorm ways to start out farm to school in the district with those who will implement it.