Sentences with phrase «systemic school district»

She has worked in several organizations committed to systemic school district improvement.

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Although salad bars and pilot programs, such as the First Lady's Go for the Gold campaign, are positive steps, they tend to mask the larger systemic problem, namely that children can't learn if school districts continue to serve sub-standard food, day in and day out.

Additionally, I will advocate for a solution to fix the systemic problems associated with a district in which a majority of school - aged children do not attend public schools.

Stallings, 44, a tax professional seeking his second term on the board, said part of dealing with Hartford's systemic problems is «right - sizing» the district through school consolidation.

As attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensions.

Two years later, the investigation found that cheating had occurred in at least 44 schools and that one of Georgia's major school districts had been plagued by «organized and systemic misconduct.»

As long as the elites hold onto the belief that their own school districts are excellent, they have little desire to push for the kind of significant systemic reforms that might improve their districts as well as the large urban districts.

State and district guidelines for school improvement planning are focusing too heavily on standards and results - oriented improvements instead of promoting systemic changes to address barriers to teaching and learning, concludes a report from the Center for Mental Health in Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Besides gaining access to district buildings, these schools also tend to attract principals and teachers who like the idea of working more closely with districts and being part of systemic reform.

Finally, by focusing on general trends, as opposed to merely year - to - year variations, assessments can more accurately capture the systemic performance of schools, districts, and states in educating their students with disabilities.

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Mounting research tells us that a systemic approach to SEL in districts and schools yields positive outcomes for students during school and into young adulthood.

The need for a more robust safety net for these students is a key systemic challenge for many urban school districts.

The dashboard aligns research - based strategies and practitioner - tested techniques with each district's specific needs, allowing school district leaders to create systemic action plans for student - centered, personalized learning before purchasing additional technology — ensuring a much smoother implementation.

Districts know they need principals who are strong instructional leaders, but rarely do all of school leaders have knowledge and skills necessary to improve instruction in a systemic way.

Written by the RAND Corp. of Santa Monica, Calif., the study analyzes efforts by the New York City - based Wallace Foundation to foster systemic out - of - school - time programs in five cities: Boston; Chicago; New York City; Providence, R.I.; and the District of Columbia.

Systemic educational racism has shortchanged entire school districts serving Black, Brown and immigrant students, resulting in the underfunding of high need schools for students of all races.

«I came to Boston to see whether or not you could lead a midsized urban school district toward systemic reform,» says Payzant.

States, districts, and schools can use EWS data to examine school - level patterns to address systemic issues that may be impeding a student's ability to meet key educational milestones.

Through these efforts teachers will be able to will enhance school climate, make a difference in the lives of their students, change the fabric of their classroom communities and impact systemic change in their districts.

In 2010, Steve formed Future Is Now Schools, built on the successful secondary Green Dot Public Schools model, union reform and systemic district change, to take the foundational principles, lessons learned and successes achieved on the local level of Southern California and expanded this base to other communities around the country.

The data presented analyzes and compares the 2013 - 14 school discipline data for every district in the state that helped uncover promising practices and examples of effective educational accountability while at the same time highlighting the numerous areas for improvement and the deeper systemic issues that still need to be addressed.

She is the lead coordinator and manager on many projects such as Scale - up of EC Pyramid Implementation and Routines - Based Early Intervention in school districts statewide, Part B Early Childhood RDA Initiative for State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), Results Matter Child Outcomes B - 5 for Part B and Part C SPP / APRs, and the Statewide child assessment system.

The findings are based on case studies of 12 reforming schools located in six reforming school districts in three states that have taken somewhat different approaches to systemic reform — California, Michigan, and Vermont.

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He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for the Christina School District, Delaware's largest district, providing leadership for the New Directions in Christina systemic reformDistrict, Delaware's largest district, providing leadership for the New Directions in Christina systemic reformdistrict, providing leadership for the New Directions in Christina systemic reform effort.

The framework relies on a synthesis of decades of school improvement research to identify five systemic components regarding district - level commitments, four support system components for implementation at both the district and campus levels, and seven factors proven to be critical to campus success.

Bob Delaporte, an aide to Joint Finance Committee co-chairwoman Sen. Alberta Darling, R - River Hills, said the intent behind the proposal is «to leverage change in large urban school districts with systemic rates of failure.»

In this session, district administrators will share their experiences implementing this successful reform that promotes strong systemic and intentional approaches to personalize the learning experience for high school students.

As the Executive Director of High Schools for Edison Schools and the Chief Academic Officer for Great Schools Workshop in Sacramento, CA, Patrick worked with building and district administrations in nine states to implement systemic high school reform.

She works with school district administrators and teachers across the country to customize and deliver systemic approaches to literacy development through instructional practices that integrate culture, language, and cognition to expand and accelerate student learning and achievement.

63 More than 56,000 public schools currently receive grants through Title I, Part A, but few districts are using these funds to support students» learning mindsets and skills in a targeted, coherent, and systemic way.64

That last point is significant as more people become aware of just how myopic it is to accuse charter schools of segregation when they serve only 5 percent of the nation's students while ignoring the systemic and indefensible politics of segregation that exist in traditional school districts.

In recent years, we have partnered with an urban school district in a systemic middle level science curriculum reform effort.

There may also be a lack of administrative support, so critical to the systemic change needed to support differentiation practices within a school or district.

Payzant believed that a systemic approach to school reform led by the district was necessary to support and organize school improvement.

We hope that the findings will help school districts across our region and the country develop a consistent and precise way to measure and track student absences that ultimately will lead to systemic change as we combat absenteeism.

About a dozen of these districts are using cooperation, also commonly referred to as district - charter collaboration, to drive decisions and address systemic challenges, including tracking school performance, student enrollment, and school closure.

This would essentially create a Parent Trigger law of a sort for the Bayou State, allowing families to take control of the schools within their communities and lead their overhaul instead of waiting on dysfunctional districts (which often perpetuate systemic failure) to improve themselves.

CEC provides schools, unions, and districts with a systemic, collaborative approach to their unique challenges by building their internal capacity for continual improvement.

Speed up the timeline for state - led interventions in schools with chronically poor test scores or create a parallel timeline for state - led interventions in districts where underperformance has become «systemic.»

Ending traditional school funding — especially the use of property tax dollars as a funding source for districts and schools (which account for 34 percent of school funding in the Wolverine State)-- would get rid of excuses traditional districts use to oppose all forms of school choice, keep poor and minority kids out of the schools they operate, and refuse to take on other systemic reforms.

During her tenure as a teacher she served as an Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) Teacher Partner and Regional Teacher Partner for her home school district.

Equity training teaches district and school leaders to take a systemic approach to leading.

Not only are our schools benefiting from the support, but from a systemic perspective, the entire district leadership team is as well.

Panel Discussion: Systemic, Integrated and Sustained Family Engagement Following Dr. Mapp's presentation, a panel of local community school experts talked about the strategies their districts and agencies use to engage families.

But the fact that the Obama administration granted Virginia a waiver in the first place in spite of its record of obstinacy on systemic reform, along with the fact that many of the 32 other states granted waivers (along with the District of Columbia) have also set low expectations for districts and schools to improve the achievement of the poor and minority kids in their care, has put President Obama in the uncomfortable position of supporting the soft bigotry of low expectations for children — especially those who share his race and skin color.

The New York State Response to Intervention Technical Assistance Center (NYS RtI TAC) is part of the NYS Education Department's strategy to promote and build school district capacity to implement a systemic, response to intervention process.

But AYP and the 100 percent proficiency target have put much - needed pressure on states and districts to embrace systemic reform, including expanding school choice and overhauling teacher evaluation systems.

Through meaningful professional development, on - site technical assistance, and leadership training for school, district, and community liaisons, each school develops a systemic approach that will increase their graduation rate well beyond the scope of this program.