Sentences with phrase «state takeover»

There, a controversial state takeover of the local schools may solve some problems, but parents worry it isn't helping students who are behind academically.

It focuses responsibility of improvement on the district to provide strong support to schools and ensure they do not become eligible for state takeover.

The local board passed a resolution opposing state takeover in 2003.

Since the board's charter - school decision and the new state takeover law, progress has been steady.

I added that if we continued to fall short of the targets, we could face more severe sanctions — up to and including state takeover.

This requires abandoning the threats of a complete state takeover.

Because initial funding estimates were based on enrollment at the schools before state takeover, the turnaround operators started last year with one of the highest per - pupil funding amounts in the state.

But no school has ever suffered state takeover or intervention because of low participation and there is no state law that would permit such action even if state officials wanted to.

This new state takeover strategy varies in terms of the level of state control and local influence, and its success has been mixed or can not yet be fully measured.

Some schools that fall short aren't will have to take steps toward improvement, which could include a total restructuring of the staff or a private or state takeover of the school.

Many of the schools were marked for state takeover or other drastic measures such as rebuilding after the firing of administration and teachers.

Hartford's reform was influenced not only by state takeover of the district, but also by Connecticut's broader standards - based reform, which had incorporated principals into an ambitious overhaul of teaching beginning in 1986.

Enrollment at state takeover schools is even lower than turnaround operators anticipated, writes the Indianapolis Star «s Scott Elliott:

He also proposed state takeovers of chronically failing public schools, merit pay for teachers and linking tenure to the evaluations.

IPS officials and several members of the school's staff argue the state's ratings miss a crucial point: community schools, like Washington and three of the public schools facing state takeover, aren't designed to improve test scores.

Highest grades achieved since state takeover INDIANAPOLIS, In (Oct. 4, 2017)-- Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donnan Elementary School students have proven that when given the right tools for success, they can achieve what many called impossible.

Yet the latest version of the counties» request — an eight - year state takeover of the health care program — got very little enthusiasm from Cuomo.

But, threatening public schools like Schuyler with state takeover when the state has NOT provided the necessary funding and support does everyone a disservice.

As the first Louisiana school to be taken over for academic failings, Capdau is a test case, said Leslie Jacobs, a member of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education who championed a constitutional amendment to allow state takeover of failing schools.

Most of the headlines you read about education in Indiana are about schools outside the traditional public school districts — charter schools, private schools accepting vouchers, and schools under new management after state takeover.

This initiative became one of the few examples in the United States in which a school district under state takeover increased student achievement.

ATLANTA On Thursday, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and the Southern Education Foundation released a new report criticizing the proposed state takeover district in Georgia and urging the state to instead turn to evidence - based reform strategies such as sustainable community schools.

Two DPS elementary schools — Lakeview and Glenn elementary schools — that were the target for possible state takeover by the North Carolina Innovative School District (NCISD) are among the 14 low - performing schools that were scheduled to operate under the Restart model.

With the threat of state takeover looming, the Houston school district says it will not turn over control of 10 struggling schools to outside organizations.

The two proposals are design to stave off a potential state takeover of the district operations, a possible punishment mandated under a new Texas law.

We will stand for fair funding for our students and against state takeovers of our public schools.

Districts that do get flagged qualify for increasing levels of state intervention — starting with a data analysis conducted by a county office of education that's aimed at understanding the root causes of poor performance, and escalating up to possible state takeover if a district fails to improve.

County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef's spokesman Ron Levine responded to this, saying, «The County Executive is supporting legislation sponsored by Lower HudsonValley members of the New York State Legislature that would require state policy makers to take full responsibility for New York's largest in the nation Medicaid program which would be implemented through an eight - year gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs.

State takeovers as a policy practice are used in about half of states nationally, and on the whole have very mixed results.

And we pushed the use of accountability to determine which schools would be eligible for state takeover through the Achievement School District, which obviously was a big deal.

Two Indiana schools face the possibility of state takeover next year.

When Ken Folks was hired as chief academic officer at Marion Community Schools, the district's high school was facing the possibility of state takeover because of low performance.

Individual members of the GOP have to feel the hypocrisy of supporting state takeover in education while running on platforms against government encroachment in health care and taxes.

It's no secret Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz opposes state takeover of struggling schools.

Federal legislation mandating state takeover of county Medicaid costs would benefit some counties more than others

Speaking about Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeover of failing schools, «that hit me more than anything else,» said Mulgrew, who went on to talk again about the lack of school aid offered up by Cuomo.

The New York Racing Association will be returned to private control, which has been the goal for several years since a temporary state takeover passed its original expiration date.

Do state takeovers result in education reform?

During the campaign, Governor Murphy promised to withdraw New Jersey from the PARCC assessments and to implement shorter tests that give teachers and students actual feedback, to fully fund the state's education aid formula, and to walk back from state takeovers and other top down policies.

Following the illegal state takeover of Bridgeport's schools, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor invited his friend Paul Vallas to head that district.

Recent revelations that some members of the county legislature are pushing state takeover of local elections costs represent little more than a continuation of the so - called «Cahill sales - tax crisis.»

Testifying on the fiscal 2016 budget in the state capital Wednesday, de Blasio pushed for making mayoral control of city schools permanent, rather than just extending it for three years, as sought by Cuomo — a move he argued would make state takeover of failing schools unnecessary.

In 2012 the original NYRA state takeover bill called for a three - year period of government control; it was extended through this year.

Now, Oakland Unified's $ 9 million budget cut, while necessary to avoid full state takeover, will end up hurting students even more, particularly groups of kids who are already struggling.

On Jan. 25, I attended the governor's speech at the Convention Center and hoped to hear additional details about his plan for partial state takeover of Medicaid costs.

Gabrieli is chairman of a new school authority that oversees a set of low - performing Springfield middle schools that were facing likely state takeover.

As I have documented, the State Board of Education routinely reauthorizes charter schools despite their failures, while poor districts are subject to state takeover despite the state acknowledging that the districts» troubles are financial.

Highest grades achieved since state takeover INDIANAPOLIS, In (Oct. 4, 2017)-- Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donnan Elementary School students have proven that...

«When state takeovers placing the state department of education in charge of school districts produce administrative and political turmoil, student achievement suffers.