Sentences with phrase «student issues in your district»

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During a public hearing on the issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered for school next year.

In a statement released after the issue gained traction, the district said, «In the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquIn a statement released after the issue gained traction, the district said, «In the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquIn the best interest of our students, we are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances and will make any necessary changes to promote a positive environment where all students feel included and empowered in their choices.&raquin their choices.»

Yet because 80 % or more of HISD students qualify for free or reduced price meals, I've often wondered if stigma is really an issue in my district; in other words, if most kids qualify for federal assistance, maybe there's less shame in taking advantage of those benefits.

GSE graduate students also are embedded in a district rapid - response team to assist with pressing operational and policy issues.

As the chairperson of the nutrition committee of HISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), I'm working with a dedicated group of parents and public health professionals to address the issue of a la carte foods in HISD — both the items sold by the district itself (like the Flaming Hot Cheetos above) and items sold by parent and student groups (usually in violation of state rules) as campus fundraisers.

The English language - learners and the students with special needs have both been major issues for the district in recent years.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> School district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the school day.

Peoples - Stokes says it is a time for discussions of issues important to people of color, along with scholarship fundraising for students in caucus districts.

«This is the real scandal in Albany, the alarming fact that state government has stood by and done nothing as generation after generation of students have passed through failing schools,» Cuomo said in a series of press releases he issued Thursday naming each failing school and the legislators whose districts they are located in.

The new school year begins Thursday for students in the district and Tuesday, Mayor Byron Brown issued a proclamation declaring September «Attendance Awareness Month.»

It was a particularly strong issue in the East Ramapo Central School District, where the school board has faced criticism for budgetary cutbacks, allegations of improper placement of special education students, and providing school materials to private yeshivas, among other complaints.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

The San Diego Unified School District issues every student in its new iHigh Virtual Academy a laptop for home use.

Addressing that chronic absenteeism was like untangling a rope, loosening knotted - up, long - established habits, cultural issues, and the persistent barriers of poverty that can keep children out of school, leaders in the district of 835 students said.

The formulas are complex and opaque: in the Every Student Succeeds Act, Congress asked the Institute of Education Sciences to issue a report explaining how the current formulas affect different types of districts and school attendance areas.

In an effort to lower chronic absenteeism among its Native American elementary school students, the district worked with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to hire a coordinator who worked with families to address transportation, bullying, and other issues that were keeping kids out of school.

Members of Congress debated a directive to drive down disproportionately high discipline rates for students of color with Republicans questioning whether similar policies in a Florida district allowed the accused Parkland, Fla., shooter to avoid being arrested despite his reportedly frequent discipline issues at school.

«Funding Phantom Students: State policies insulate districts from making tough decisions» will appear in the Summer issue of Education Next and is now available online at www.educationnext.org.

In the Spring 2018 issue cover story, we present evidence on the spillover effects of charter schools on nearby district - school students.

In a sudden shift in negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialIn a sudden shift in negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialin negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district ofDistrict and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officialin their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district ofdistrict officials.

More important, last fall the department also issued regulations announcing that districts could no longer use a lack of capacity as an excuse to deny transfers to students in failing schools.

In his 5 1/2 years in Topeka, he has overseen the implementation of a court - ordered desegregation plan, the passage of two bond issues, and the creation of a strategic plan for the 14,000 - student districIn his 5 1/2 years in Topeka, he has overseen the implementation of a court - ordered desegregation plan, the passage of two bond issues, and the creation of a strategic plan for the 14,000 - student districin Topeka, he has overseen the implementation of a court - ordered desegregation plan, the passage of two bond issues, and the creation of a strategic plan for the 14,000 - student district.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

In Palm Beach County, Fla., what started out as just another student fad has turned into a murky legal issue that has district officials grappling with how to deal with students who are smoking bird seed to get high.

NCLB has been a great success in the sense that no one disagrees with its goals: accountability for results, addressing issues of teacher quality, putting a spotlight on the learning of all students, and better targeting of funds to districts serving the most disadvantaged students.

Recently, our company visited a large district in Ohio because our support team could see from the client's daily data logs that elementary school students were having issues with screens freezing when they used our i - Ready tool.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

The Spring 2014 issue of Education Next includes a study looking at the impact of the Kalamazoo Promise program on the performance of high school students in the district.

In a report issued last week, Richard J. Condon, the special commissioner of investigation for the 1.1 - million student district, says that providers of supplemental educational services also improperly obtained private student information and used it to try to sign them up.

Furthermore, Ali promised to «issue 17 guidance letters that will touch on issues such as how districts should address sexual violence in schools, how nurses should be trained to address students» food allergies or work with students who have diabetes, and how schools should address the needs of ELLs who are gifted or have disabilities.»

To learn more certain issues, studies must be large in scale and compare the experiences of districts across states or large populations of students.

The Commission will examine state and local policies to increase parent and family engagement, including: how the school calendar meets the needs of students and families to optimize engagement such as parent - teacher conferences and half - days; district and school - level policies to address student attendance issues; access to information regarding teacher effectiveness; and parental involvement in school policies such as placement of students in low - performing schools and in the classrooms of ineffective teachers.

All school districts in the United States employ occupational therapists who have the expertise to assist parents, teachers, and students in dealing with this important public health issue.

In school districts across the country, students face health and other issues that cause them to miss school for weeks and sometimes months.

Join in a discussion of issues including: • Teacher involvement in district technology trials • Bridging the classroom and home via Microsoft Office 365 • A teacher's digital experiment to increase student engagement • Transforming student engagement with text via Microsoft OneNote • Considerations to take when deliberating how to execute a 1:1 initiative

The U.S. Department of Education said in a statement that it «has not had to withhold money — yet — over this requirement because states have either complied or have appropriately addressed the issue with schools or districts that assessed less than 95 percent of students.

«The mountain of evidence we put on at trial proved — beyond any reasonable dispute — that the irrational, arbitrary and abominable laws at issue in this case shackle school districts and impose severe and irreparable harm on students,» he said, in a statement.

«Most school districts have policies that address playground supervision issues such as teacher / student ratios, and those are typically larger ratios than in a classroom setting,» she said.

Furthermore, Ali promised to «issue 17 guidance letters that will touch on issues such as how districts should address sexual violence in schools, how nurses should be trained to address students» food allergies or work with students who have diabetes, and how schools should address the needs of

With one district, you can build a systemic approach, which gives you advantages addressing student mobility issues and in how you deploy resources.

She analyzes and engages issues of diversity, opportunity, and inequality in schools and communities, with a focus on the district, school and classroom leverage points that can increase college access for underrepresented, low - income students.

Recognizing that truancy was a barrier to ensuring students were graduating prepared and on time, the Mission: Graduate network partnered with New Mexico PBS, targeting families and students with public service announcements on the importance of attending schoolwhile also launching a broader campaign to ensure schools in the region have the necessary tools to address issues related to chronic absenteeism.27 The latest convening connected 41 schools across seven districts.28

Over his nearly three decades in the district, he had watched as issues like poverty and mental health grew in importance, and he wanted to create a space where teachers could meet regularly to talk about student progress.

«Sometimes people think education is an intractable problem,» McCartney said, citing the scale of the issues, the flood of unanalyzed data about students» performance, and the apparently inadequate American level of learning revealed on tests administered around the world — not to mention the daunting gaps in performance between and within U.S. districts.

School districts are required to comply with Public Health Law section 2164 (7) and all other applicable provisions of the Public Health Law and its implementing regulations, including orders issued by a State or local health department pursuant to such laws or regulations, that impact a student's admission to or attendance in school.

The executive leadership training programs will provide an opportunity for participating state and district teams to work more collaboratively in such areas as leading change and team development, leadership for instructional improvement, methods to accelerate leader performance, addressing stakeholder engagement around critical state and local issues, and sustaining improvements in school and student achievement.

Peer sexual harassment is essentially the companion issue to the high court's ruling in June that set a new standard for holding districts liable for a teacher's sexual harassment of a student.

«The ultimate issue is whether funding is provided to each school in the district so as to provide equal educational opportunity for all students.»

The school board for the 102,000 - student district voted 5 - 2 to appeal the decision issued on Jan. 13 by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper in district voted 5 - 2 to appeal the decision issued on Jan. 13 by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper in District Judge Clarence Cooper in Atlanta.