Sentences with phrase «students in the district agreed»

The curriculum director and all of the fourth grade teachers and students in the district agreed to be partners on this project.

Not exact matches

Back in February we ran across HCPS's Student Nutrition Service Facebook page and fell in love with their photos; we reached out, and Heather was kind enough to agree to sit down and answer our questions about how school breakfast is served in her district.

The Westbury school district on Long Island has agreed to guarantee immigrant students» constitutional right to an education by entering a settlement with the state attorney general's office that puts in place monitoring and reporting requirements until 2019.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

The Senate and Assembly passed the bill that had been introduced Monday after lawmakers and the East Ramapo School Board agreed on measures to be contained in the legislation, which sends $ 3 million to the district to restore student programs.

The Buffalo Public School District and the District Parent Coordinating Council agree that student suspensions remain a problem in city schools.

The Jefferson County, Kentucky, contract, for example, mandates that the district may not use student test scores «in any way to evaluate the work performance of employees unless they agree voluntarily.»

The schools that agreed to participate in the study included 22 open - enrollment district schools, five oversubscribed charter schools, two exam schools to which students are admitted based on their grades and standardized test scores, and three charter schools that were not oversubscribed at the time the 8th - grade students in our study were admitted.

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.

I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school funding policies must recognize the underlying heterogeneity of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).

In crafting the initiative, lawmakers specified that pilot districts agree to a long list of assurances that they wouldn't use their flexibility to turn their backs on the students that the federal funds are designed to help.

In November 2010, 45 states and the District of Columbia had all agreed to use PARCC or Smarter Balanced, offering the possibility of comparing student performance across many states.

Even before this letter was mailed, the school district in Oakland, California, had settled charges of bias brought by the federal department of education by agreeing to «targeted reductions in the overall use of... suspensions for African American students, Latino students, and students receiving special education services.»

[1] Students selected to receive a voucher could attend private schools that agreed to accept the voucher as payment, which was more than half of all private schools in the District.

Diane Ravitch makes many points in her article «The Myth of Charter Schools» [NYR, November 11, 2010]-- some we agree with, some we disagree with, namely ill - informed conclusions about what we can learn from Locke High School, a high school of more than three thousand students in Los Angeles that Green Dot took over from the school district in 2008.

Ohio lawmakers agreed to introduce vouchers in the 74,000 - student Cleveland school district, the state's biggest and most troubled system.

They also agreed to a scaled - back block - grant proposal that would have allowed 7 states and 25 school districts to sign a performance contract with the federal government that would free them of most federal education regulations in exchange for a promise to improve student performance.

The team worked out an arrangement with the Minneapolis School District to sell student tickets to the third game of its season at the reduced rate of $ 3; the district, in return, agreed to allow students to skip afternoon classes toDistrict to sell student tickets to the third game of its season at the reduced rate of $ 3; the district, in return, agreed to allow students to skip afternoon classes todistrict, in return, agreed to allow students to skip afternoon classes to attend.

As in Washington, D.C., where the federal government agreed to send $ 2 in aid to the public schools for every $ 1 it spent on the voucher program, Spence found it politically necessary to continue sending 15 to 25 percent of the per - pupil funding to the school districts for each student who chose to use a voucher.

The California state school board has agreed to continue allowing school districts flexibility in how they carry out a new state law that calls for limited - English - proficient students to be taught mostly in English.

If you agree, take this opportunity to let your representatives in the House and Senate know how SEL is helping the students in your school, district, and state.

The administration would devote $ 1 billion in Title I dollars meant for poor children to a new grant program (called Furthering Options for Children to Unlock Success, or FOCUS) for school districts that agree to allow students to choose which public school they attend — and take their federal, state and local dollars with them.

In June of last year, Supreme Court Judge James Chalfant agreed with the plaintiffs and ordered the district, UTLA and the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, the administrators union, to develop new evaluations based in part on student progresIn June of last year, Supreme Court Judge James Chalfant agreed with the plaintiffs and ordered the district, UTLA and the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, the administrators union, to develop new evaluations based in part on student progresin part on student progress.

An estimated 140,000 students attend schools in another district under a permit process in which both receiving and sending districts agree on a case - by - case basis.

AMP allows educators and administrators to coordinate assessments and curriculum in order to track results across an entire school district and to evaluate students» progress toward agreed - upon learning goals.

The report has three sections: 1) Setting the Context, which discusses the need for effective systems of evaluation and support for school leaders; 2) Sharing Key Lessons Learned, which highlights how states and districts can work together to agree upon and communicate expectations for school leaders and implement standards - based systems of leadership support and evaluation, thereby increasing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective educators.

But with the Obama administration's Race to the Top program providing billions of dollars to states and school districts that agree to evaluate all teachers according to student achievement data, attempts to «count» learning in nontraditional subjects are proliferating.

«District and school administrators overwhelmingly agree with ISBE that every high school junior should have access to a college entrance exam, a policy that promotes equity and access and that provides each and every student with greater opportunities in higher education,» state Superintendent of Education Tony Smith said in a written statement.

Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of traditional district schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS], 2015).

As part of the agreement, which the district agreed to enter prior to any OCR compliance determinations, the district committed to take specific actions to ensure that it is providing an equal opportunity and equal access for black students to participate in its college and career preparatory programs, in particular its advanced courses and enrichment programs, IB program, AP courses, honors courses, and dual enrollment courses.

We have to agree with the parents and students in the 21 Colorado school districts who brought the lawsuit, and with the majority of the state's 178 school districts that endorsed the Lobato case.

Calhoun agreed that he has seen improvement in Social Emotional Learning indicators in his student surveys since his district made it a point of emphasis.

Thirty - seven California school districts — which together educate more than 1 in 5 elementary students in the state — agreed to a settlement in April in a lawsuit that alleged the districts failed to provide elementary students with the minimum number of physical education minutes required by the California Education Code.

«We are pleased that the district has agreed to terms that will ensure that all public school students are eligible for their fair share of funding in the spirit intended, and as voters mandated» when they passed the parcel tax, said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the charter schools association.

In passing the district's first Local Control and Accountability Plan, the trustees of the East Side Union High School District agreed that the LCAP needs more details to meet the commitment to improve the academic performance of African - American sdistrict's first Local Control and Accountability Plan, the trustees of the East Side Union High School District agreed that the LCAP needs more details to meet the commitment to improve the academic performance of African - American sDistrict agreed that the LCAP needs more details to meet the commitment to improve the academic performance of African - American students.

Districts agree that students aren't engaged by traditional methods of instruction, yet when polled anonymously, administrators admitted that they haven't fully committed to prioritizing creativity, critical thinking, writing, and communication in their district.

In a letter to the district, Torlakson agreed to delay enforcement until 2017 - 18 of a California Department of Education ruling that found the district wrongly determined that as much as $ 450 million it spent on special education services also satisfied the Local Control Funding Formula's requirement for additional programs and services for low - income students, foster youth and English learners.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy, although named as a defendant, said Tuesday that he agreed with the lawsuit's major assertions: that state law requires the use of student test scores in evaluations and that the district does not use them except in a limited voluntary program involving 700 teachers and principals.

Cahill said it was encouraging that 45 states and the District of Columbia have agreed to adopt the Common Core, a program which aims to set clear expectations of what students are expected to learn in schools.

While school districts may develop local promotion criteria, the prohibition against promoting students who fail one or more TAKS exams at the fifth or eighth grade level (unless the local grade placement committee unanimously agrees to promote) remains in place.

Authorizes a student loan repayment program for graduates who agree to teach math or science at least four hours per day for four years in districts that receive Title I funding, followed by four years at any public school.

He agreed with the district's position that, without dates, it couldn't be sure the student in question was enrolled at the time or was under the care of the person signing.

In addition, the district agreed to discuss decreasing class sizes, which have ballooned to as many as 30 students in kindergarten, and eliminating combination classes, which include students from different grades, Ruiz saiIn addition, the district agreed to discuss decreasing class sizes, which have ballooned to as many as 30 students in kindergarten, and eliminating combination classes, which include students from different grades, Ruiz saiin kindergarten, and eliminating combination classes, which include students from different grades, Ruiz said.

«District and school administrators overwhelmingly agree with (the State Board of Education) that every high school junior should have access to a college entrance exam, a policy that promotes equity and access and that provides each and every student with greater opportunities in higher education,» state Superintendent Tony Smith said in a statement.

States across the country have followed the District's lead, many in pursuit of rewards — such as billions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds and waivers from the most onerous provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law — that the Obama administration granted to states that agreed to use student test scores in teacher evaluations.

In return for being allowed to retain a portion of the energy cost savings, the schools agreed to serve as mentors to students in district elementary schools to encourage broader understanding of energy and environmental issuIn return for being allowed to retain a portion of the energy cost savings, the schools agreed to serve as mentors to students in district elementary schools to encourage broader understanding of energy and environmental issuin district elementary schools to encourage broader understanding of energy and environmental issues

If you agree, take this opportunity to let your representatives in the House and Senate know how SEL is helping the students in your school, district, and state.