«Now, this of course, comes from a school district that gets hundreds of millions of dollars from New Jersey state taxpayers every year because of a failed, and I believe, unconstitutional court requirement that we put disproportionate funds into
a small number of school districts,» he said.
Some groups that are pressing for changes in the state's school funding system represent the interests of
a small number of school districts that see themselves as somehow «unfairly» impacted by the state's recapture provisions.
There is
a small number of school districts around the country that have development offices.
A: According to Brad Carl, associate director and researcher at the Value - Added Research Center at UW - Madison, Utah and New Hampshire in recent years were allowed to provide multiple tests on a trial basis for
a small number of school districts.
Kona Ice, which sells sugary shaved ice drinks; World's Finest Chocolate,
a small number of school districts, and a company called TiFry that sells «a device that not only assists with reducing cooking oil consumption but will reduce calories in fried foods.»
Not exact matches
Throughout Vermont an increasing
number of schools benefit from universal free meals, including
small schools in the rural counties
of the Northeast Kingdom, some
schools in Burlington, the entire Winooski
school district and the entire Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.
So why is it as the population
of Cheektowaga gets substantially
smaller, meaning the tax base and
number of children attending
school gets
smaller, we still have 5 major
school districts?
A
small but growing
number of lawsuits around the country are seeking to hold
school districts responsible for the sexual harassment
of students by their classmates.
(Almost all the African - American students came from
schools with average test scores below the
district mean; the few that did not had almost identical average impacts, but the
number of available observations was too
small to recover precise estimates.)
(Reliable information for the
small number of students attending
schools in
districts with enrollment below 300 is unavailable for the years prior to 2000.)
We are a
small district in a
small town, but her concern raises a
number of questions that go to the heart
of public
school governance: How involved should the
school board be in hiring and firing decisions?
Each
district's foundation level is adjusted by such factors as the «teacher - training and - experience index,» by the
number of special education students, and for
small rural
schools and
districts.
For this portion
of the study, we compare KIPP students with two groups
of district school students: all those attending non-KIPP middle
schools in the same
district, and a
smaller comparison group
of students attending middle
schools that accepted an above - average
number of students from the feeder elementary
schools.
A
small number of CMOs will have grown to serve at least 20,000 students, placing them among the largest 2 percent
of school districts nationally in terms
of size, while delivering a level
of performance that will change the current paradigm
of delivering performance at scale.
A
small number of progressive leaders
of major urban
school systems are using
school closure and replacement to transform their long - broken
districts: Under Chancellor Joel Klein, New York City has closed nearly 100 traditional public
schools and opened more than 300 new
schools.
That path is a limited replication
of No Excuses
schools that rely on a very unusual labor pool (young, often work 60 + hours per week, often from top universities); the creation
of many more charters that, on average, aren't different in performance from
district schools;
districts adopting «lite» versions
of No Excuses models while pruning
small numbers of very low performing teachers; and some amount
of shift to online learning.
Across the country, a
small number of schools and
districts are modifying or extending the academic year.
Philadelphia, the country's sixth largest
school district, has now joined the ranks
of the
small but growing
number of districts that impose residency requirements on their newly hired employees.
While the
number of observations is too
small to yield statistically significant evidence that charters are helping the
district schools, they offer no help for the claim that they are having a negative impact.
If, as has been the case in a
number of places, the comparison group is all the teachers in a given grade in the
school district — with, say, the top 15 percent
of the 4th grade teachers receiving an award — what is the significance
of a big or
small school?
While there has been a gradual increase in the
number of school - based health clinics, which provide preventive and remedial care and even crisis interventions, clinics serve only a
small minority
of students, and few states and
districts have policies in place to help them scale up and become sustainable.
The Cambridge, Mass.,
school system has joined a
small but growing
number of districts seeking to integrate
schools on the basis
of income rather than race — helping to expand what some experts see as a coming trend in American education.
The
number of schools failing to meet AYP targets was nil or
small in many
of these
districts (e.g., 2
of 60
schools in one large
district), although in one state an entire
district was designated as «in need
of improvement.»
In fact, a growing
number of Federal agencies (U.S. Departments
of Education and Justice, CDC, SAMHSA and IES), state departments
of education (Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts) and large and
small districts (from Chicago to Westbrook, Connecticut) are developing
school climate policies and / or laws that support students, parents / guardians,
school personnel and even community members learning and working together to create safer, more supportive, engaging and flourishing K - 12
schools.
Most
districts will complete testing by mid-June, although a
small number of California
schools that offer year - long instruction will be giving the tests up until Aug. 31.
The
district school board sets and monitors the attainment
of community standards, and it establishes a
small number of policies and regulations that ensure the choice - driven decision - making system promotes equity, diversity, excellence, and other community values.
Third, the ESA supports the incubation
of new edfirms and enforces the
small number of district policies and regulations (adopted by the
district school board) for all edfirms.
Ms. Anderson had argued that One Newark would offer more parents the opportunity to opt out
of failing
schools, and that by improving the
smaller number of public
schools that remained, it would ultimately help retain the families that might otherwise leave the
district for charter
schools.
Using Cognitive Labs - Video Links (2018) These 4 video segments were developed in conjunction with the NH PACE project to illustrate how to pilot a new performance assessment with a
small number of students before using it
school or
district wide.
How closing
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make School A Democracy No Forced School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair
of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make
School A Democracy No Forced
School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating
Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades:
Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools kept community alive Opposition to
School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing
numbers of very large and very
small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
small public
schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses
Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
Small High
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin
Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential
of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolida
Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some
Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools More Than Others The Power
of 12 The True Cost
of High
School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About
School District Consolidation?
When the staff
of each
school district is reviewed, «A» rated
districts, on average, employ more teachers as a percentage
of their staff than all other
districts, while «D» rated
districts (the lowest ranking any
district is currently rated) employed the
smallest number of teachers as a percentage
of their staff, according to most recent data available.
In the Oakland Unified
School District, just over a third
of students (34.7 %) were found to be meeting or exceeding standards in English and Literacy, and an even
smaller number (27.6 %) were meeting or exceeding standards in Math, representing a slight increase from last year's results.
In 2013, Moody's Investor Service, a bond credit rating agency, released a report which concluded that a
small but growing
number of school districts face severe financial stress as charter
schools proliferate, specifically because these
districts can't reduce their costs as quickly as they lose revenue.
This positive impact
of charter
schools in Denver is almost entirely due to the achievements
of a
small number of charter management organizations (CMOs) that have academic performance significantly better than both
district - operated
schools and single -
school charters.
We provide effective strategies that help
school leaders tell their
district's story by defining success, and by prioritizing a
small number of evidence - based
school quality indicators and benchmarks.
Given the relatively
small number of students moving back and forth between charter
schools and
district - managed
schools, it is unlikely these students would have a large impact on the overall graduation rate.
But the bigger problem with the
district's statement may be this line, which said the 900 students who we know moved to charter
schools was too
small a
number to impact the graduation rate: «Taken together, that is less than 1 percent
of all the students in San Diego city
schools.»
But a
small number of other urban
school districts are much further along, and they're beginning to show results that ought to persuade many others to follow suit.
At the present time, a
small number of studies describes how superintendents and their staffs work with state policies and regulations to ensure authentic reflection
of such reform efforts while, at the same time, doing justice to local
district and
school priorities.
A
number of principals also pointed to the
small size
of their
districts as an important contributor to positive
district -
school relations.
A
small but growing
number of school districts are receiving «ransom demands» from hackers who threaten to make public confidential student information stolen from
district computers.
I maintained the daily «pop - in» (as it has proved to pay dividends in relation to enhancing my visibility in the
school and allowed me to touch base with students in the classroom daily) and individual support for the
small number of teachers undergoing formal evaluation (as instructed by
district policy).
We also provide pest control services to a growing
number of small to medium - sized businesses, several local restaurants, and just picked up the service for the Greenville County
School District.