Sentences with phrase «state turnaround initiatives»

Cohen wrote, «To dramatically and systemically improve our nation's failing schools, comprehensive state turnaround initiatives, like the Commissioner's Network included in Senate Bill 24, must be pursued as part of a spectrum of interventions.

True to that challenge, Phoenix now operates three schools: two Commonwealth charter schools in Chelsea (opened 2006) and Springfield (opened 2014) and an in - district school modeled after Phoenix Chelsea's commonwealth charter structure in Lawrence (opened 2012)-- an innovative step in a state turnaround initiative.

Phoenix is replicated in Lawrence as a district school part of the state turnaround initiative, an unprecedented collaboration.

Not exact matches

«It is a little bit difficult for us to win this competition because we already won over a billion and a half dollars in state support for our strategic initiatives including this one, Buffalo Manufacturing Works, but I would say this team is very impressed by the turnaround they've seen in Western New York and Buffalo in particular,» WNY REDC co-chairman Jeff Belt said.

States will also have the opportunity to direct more Title I dollars to turnaround initiatives under the new law than in previous years.

In addition to initiating turnarounds in these schools, the Commissioner's Network is designed to serve as a vehicle for innovative initiatives, a platform for sharing effective practices, and a model for other schools and districts throughout the state.

In a presentation to the State Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't contState Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't contstate funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't continue.

As one of [our] external providers, the CST has helped our state with initiatives toward making a turnaround effort with differentiated support for school -, complex -, and state - level leaders.

Total state and federal funding for school turnaround initiatives, including the achievement centers, is slated to be $ 24 million next year, when their work is set to begin.

As the founder and leader of ED - Volution Education Group, a boutique K - 12 education consulting firm, she has worked with leading sector entrepreneurs and philanthropies on strategy, new initiative design, partnership creation, growth and launch, and management and the content areas of school turnaround; charter management; state, city and district redesign; and human capital with special focus on school leadership.

Rabinowitz questioned whether the embattled charter organization, also known as Family Urban Schools of Excellence, should continue running Dunbar School under a year - old arrangement through the state Commissioner's Network, a reform initiative that gives millions in extra funding to struggling schools that implement a three - to 5 - year «turnaround» plan.