Sentences with phrase «small schools creation»

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In a 2011 paper for the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, economists Jack Mintz and Duanjie Chen concluded that reducing the small business tax rate actually discourages the growth of companies and, therefore, of job creation.

Also included is a $ 200 million small business plan; acceptance of Cuomo's proposal to raise the state's charter school cap; a five - year, $ 1.5 billion highway and bridge capital fund; and the creation of five local transportation cooperatives to help farmers bring their products to major metropolitan areas.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

So, on a mild spring evening, I make my way to Hayward, California, to stand on the darkened field of the Impact Academy of Arts and Technology, a small, brand - new charter high school where Medina's students are ready to exhibit their creations.

Of the $ 2.2 billion in education - related grants made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the past five years, about $ 647 million has gone to support the creation of smaller, more personalized high schools.

This requires honest performance - based assessment of schools and the creation of options - by finding spaces in effective schools, creating new schools, or even, as Rod Paige did on a small scale in Houston, finding money to pay tuition in available private schools for a few dozen children whose public schools just wouldn't turn around.

They point, for example, to President Bush's No Child Left Behind law (enacted in 2002), mayoral governance of schools recently instituted in some cities, and the creation of a small number (4,638) of charter schools that serve less than 3 % of the U.S. school - age population.

It has gained attention because of 1989 and 1994 state laws that allowed creation of a special public school district serving only the small community's children with disabilities.

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.

The central administration also needs to support the creation of small schools.

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So far the studies have focused on what stalls small - school creation and whether instruction becomes richer and more personalized in small - school settings.

The Chicago Teachers Union is a local of the American Federation of Teachers, which also represents teachers in New York, where it has cooperated in the creation of small schools and thereby retained contractual jurisdiction over them.

«The Coolest School in America» — How Small Learning Communities are Changing Everything describes the creation and development of learning communities that are changing the conversation about what schools can be and do.

I then worked with BayCES (now National Equity Project) to support the creation of small schools in Oakland.

Since 2000, the Gates Foundation has spent roughly $ 2 billion dollars in the creation of small schools in public school districts across the United States.

By allowing students to cross district lines, charter schools will now be able to open in high - need areas where the small size of many of the school districts has made the creation of a charter school virtually....

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Often, as in the case of the Gates Foundation's creation of small high schools to replace large, big - city high schools, they have brought about the opposite of what they intended.

By allowing students to cross district lines, charter schools will now be able to open in high - need areas where the small size of many of the school districts has made the creation of a charter school....

One response has been the creation of a wide variety of public charter schools, almost all of which are small and with a distinct culture or focus on a particular population.

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Diaz saw the creation of new small schools as an opportunity to improve Kearny's low student achievement and staff involvement levels.

Though small school reforms were scaled back once Gates Foundation funds decreased, the legacy was the creation of many highly desirable and highly functional small schools.

But this is exactly what happened in Oakland, California, where years of on - the - ground organizing — community meetings, relationship building, and public actions — led to the creation of forty - eight new small schools, fundamentally transforming the district landscape.

With the expansion this year, charter schools will now be able to open in high - need areas, such as the Delta, where the small size of many of the school districts has made the creation of a charter school virtually impossible.

By allowing students to cross district lines, charter schools will now be able to open in high - need areas where the small size of many of the school districts has made the creation of a charter school virtually impossible.

This law will also help many high - need areas of the state where the small size of many of the school districts, such as in the Delta, has made the creation of a charter school virtually impossible.

He also has helped oversee the creation of a number of small high schools, another of Mr. Klein's signature policies.

We have accumulated a lot of sludge in these many years of trying to improve schools, we need to go back to small schools and revisit the gem - creation process.

Hill noted that many of the major changes — such as the creation of small schools and a school - based budgeting system — began before the takeover.

Create a positive student culture around online and small group learning Assist with the creation of individual learning plans for each student enrolled at GMC Maintain frequent communication with students and their support network regarding academic progress Dress professionally and uphold all school policies Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal

Mayor de Blasio only learned half the lesson — he should be supporting the creation of new small schools and charters rather than doubling down on the failed and expensive renewal model.