Sentences with phrase «serve urban education»

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The bond measure was approved, providing $ 40 million to build a new central kitchen, as well as an urban farm and education complex designed to serve lower - income communities within the city.

One - hundred percent of the proceeds from the Popcorn that Gives Back kit ($ 14) goes to Urban Sprouts, a non-profit dedicated to providing edible gardens and nutrition education to students in under - served San Francisco schools.

While serving as Governor of the old Bendel State, Dr. Ogbemudia initiated improvements in the areas of sports, urban development, education, public transportation, housing, commerce and agriculture.

Brown earned a doctorate in education from New York University, served as president of Bronx Community College and later directed the CUNY Center for Urban Educatioeducation from New York University, served as president of Bronx Community College and later directed the CUNY Center for Urban EducationEducation Policy.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

The article by Jane Hannaway and Shannon McKay of the Urban Institute showed how mandatory testing can serve as a lever to create structural change in an otherwise entrenched education bureaucracy.

Mr. Shanahan, 54, who will serve a one - year term, is a professor of urban education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

From a wide range of settings, from deepest rural China, through the slums of urban India and Kenya, to the urban periphery areas o Ghana, private education is serving huge numbers of children.

As the first layperson to serve as Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urban areas.

Isabel V. Sawhill of the Brookings Institution gave the keynote presentation, Eleanor Barkhorn of The Atlantic served as moderator, and the panel was composed of Robert Lerman, Urban Institute and American University; Mike Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Next; and W. Bradford Wilcox, AEI and University of Virginia.

In effect, the nation's urban high schools, which served increasing numbers of young people from poor and immigrant families, were arguably providing the best academic and, for a smaller number of students, vocational education available in the United States at that time.

Many set up shop in urban areas, serve minority and low - income students, and rely on a strategy and curriculum associated with an education management organization.

Serving in that role through 2005 exposed Bersin to the interaction among administrators, teachers, and students as well as to the theory, policy, and practice of urban public education.

Therefore, I will work to safeguard this under - served population's educational rights to ensure that students of color in urban communities receive the quality education they deserve and can reach their full potential.»

Prior to his appointment as Secretary, he served as the Managing Director at NewSchools Venture Fund, a non-profit grant - making firm that seeks to transform public education in high - need urban communities by supporting innovative education entrepreneurs.

Then serving as counselor for urban affairs to President Nixon, Moynihan pulled together a panel to study the needs of private K - 12 education, with a focus on the decline of inner - city Catholic schools.

-LSB-...] big battles over school vouchers in American education have focused on programs serving low - income children who live in urban areas.

As part of our mission, CUBE creates educational opportunities for urban school board leaders to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to serve as effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public education.

«Students with disabilities served in urban settings, in which minorities predominate, have higher likelihood of being placed in segregated settings, and lower likelihood of accessing challenging curricula,» said Tom Hehir, lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

There she led a national study of educational effectiveness in urban community art centers * where artists serve disenfranchised youth and provide models of process based education, administration, and self - assessment.

As we reflect on this moment in urban Catholic education, the Jubilee closings should not cause us to lose faith in our future; rather, we have an opportunity to work together and identify new ways — from donor relations to cost - sharing collaboration — to maintain and grow our national network of high - quality Catholic schools, especially those that serve lower - income populations in urban areas.

Five nationally recognized leaders in education have agreed to serve on a new commission to advise New York City Schools Chancellor Nathan Quinones on urban - education issues, the city board of education has announced.

In lot of metropolitan areas and urban areas charter schools are a necessity for the under - served and underprivileged to get a good education, but I'm a firm believer in the public schools system.

Dr. Stipek served 10 of her 23 years at UCLA as Director of the Corinne Seeds University Elementary School and the Urban Education Studies Center.

McIntyre has served on numerous state - level working groups aimed at enhancing public education, and was also selected as a fellow in the prestigious Broad Foundation Superintendent's Academy, an intensive ten month fellowship in the urban public school superintendency.

«I'm proud to serve as chair of the Council of Urban Boards of Education,» said Jacobs, «and I'm committed to working with the Committee in support of urban school boards efforts to close achievement and opportunity gaps so that our children and young people can flourish and have future success.&rUrban Boards of Education,» said Jacobs, «and I'm committed to working with the Committee in support of urban school boards efforts to close achievement and opportunity gaps so that our children and young people can flourish and have future success.&rurban school boards efforts to close achievement and opportunity gaps so that our children and young people can flourish and have future success.»

Prior to joining the CEL team, June served in numerous leadership roles in urban education settings most recently as chief academic officer in Seattle.

The appointment builds on Island Childress's 16 - year career at the Urban Education Institute (UEI), where she most recently served as Director of the University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program (UChicago UTEP).

She currently serves as chief executive officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education.

By virtue of its location in the City of Boston, the School of Education places particular importance on addressing educational problems that appear to be characteristic of, but not limited to, the city and surrounding urban and suburban communities which we seek to serve.

«Wallace's research and experience shows that a world - class public education system requires an effective principal in every school,» said J. Alvin Wilbanks, chief executive officer and superintendent, Gwinnett County Public Schools, and the nation's longest - serving urban superintendent.

This course also helps them situate this particular work within the larger context of challenges and innovations in urban education by introducing participants to literature on the achievement gap, the impact of racial identity on school achievement, charter school policy and critiques, and the advent and development of charter schools serving low income students that are based on high support and high expectations.

UNCF's Vice President Sekou Biddle, who has worked in urban public education reform for almost two decades and served on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, helps facilitate these conveeducation reform for almost two decades and served on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, helps facilitate these conveEducation, helps facilitate these conversations.

Vanessa was also an Education Pioneers fellow at Academy for Urban School Leadership, a Chicago non-profit school management organization, and has since served on the DC alumni board for Education Pioneers.

Victory Education Partners (Victory) advises and serves independent public charter schools and urban school districts.

Jackson currently serves as the chief executive officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, founded at the College Board and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Krupa Desai currently serves as managing director of The Broad Residency in Urban Education at The Broad Center.

She also served as the Director of Urban Education and Director for School and Community Development for the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, and Senior Associate for the National Center on Education and the Economy.

Also during his term, the district was selected by Harvard Business School for the Public Education Leadership Project as one of nine urban districts in America that demonstrated national level improvement and the preschool — implemented under the Kohn Administration — was recognized nationally and served as the basis of state legislation to support preschool for at - risk children statewide.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

He has served in educational leadership or research positions in private industry, in an urban public school district, in a state department of education, and at the university level.

«These school leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees.

The National Coalition for Public Education — which includes 50 organizations, including the Children's Defense Fund and the National Urban League — has also written that portability would expand the amount of students served through Title I and result in the poorest districts getting less of overall Title I dollars.

Throughout her undergrad she tutored young minority students from urban public schools, served as president of the Sociology club at City College and researched racial / ethnic inequalities within the education system.

Both have solid records as urban education reformers, particularly with regard to charter schools, which are built on the belief that parents need sound education options and that the common good is well served by schools run under various auspices, not just by large public - sector bureaucracies.

Mr. Conley has 20 years of experience in urban education, and has been deeply involved in classroom teaching, school leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 million.

She serves on the advisory board of Loyola University's Center for Innovation in Urban Education, the steering committee for Forest Park High School, and is working with a state - wide advocacy group to see community schools expand statewide.

Summary: This article reports on a study conducted by the University of Birmingham and Philadelphia's National Liberty Museum examining the role of character education and its impact on under - served urban youth.

Serving as NSBA ex-officio directors on the NSBA Board for 2014 - 2015 will be: Van Henri White of New York's Rochester City School District as the Chair of the Council of Urban Boards of Education; Ellis A. Alexander of Louisiana's St. Charles Parish Public Schools as Chair of the National Black Caucus of School Boards; Guillermo Z. Lopez of Michigan's Lansing Public School District as Chair of the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members; Gregory J. Guercio of New York's Law Offices of Guercio & Guercio, LLP as the Chair of the Council of School Attorneys; Karen Echeverria of the Idaho School Boards Association as the Chair of the Organization of State Association Executive Directors» Liaison Committee; and NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Located inside the school, the center is served by volunteers from community organizations, government agencies, and nonprofits, including Nevada Partners, the Urban League, Nevada Public Education Foundation, AARP, Americorps, and many others.