Sentences with phrase «take part of the school district»

As Debbie later put it, she and Bob knew all about «the crazy Black man who was trying to take part of the school district.»

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Broward Schools Chief of Staff Jeff Moquin received applause and boos when he said the district won't take part in a state guardian program where employees are trained to use guns.

After taking a look at Lion Kona beans processing equipment and drying porch, the tour moved to farming land in Hawaii is leased from the school district, which was granted ownership of more than 365,000 acres of land in 1883 as part of a bequest from Princess Bernice Pauahi, the last royal descendant of the Kamehameha line.

In this position she provided technical assistance to several school districts and took part in administrative reviews throughout the state of Georgia.

School districts long struggled with the issue of feeding children whose parents couldn't or wouldn't pay, and Diane Pratt - Heavener, spokesperson for the School Nutrition Association, recently asserted on Take Part that the improved meal standards mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act have only worsened the problem.

And even if it does show up in the final rule, it would still take serious commitment on the part of local school districts to adopt and enforce such language in actual practice.

«The study will determine if a pool could operate with the school taking part of the time and the Park Districts taking part of the time,» he said.

Complete implementation of the hot meals could take several years, because the district would need the kitchen facilities at Scullen Middle School, slated to open in fall 2001, and at two other new middle schools that are part of a $ 88.8 million referendum question.

about forty - seven basic, Junior and Senior High schools in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region took part in Ghana's 59 Independence Day celebrations.

State officials say the law gives the executives the option of inviting representatives of school districts, which account for nearly 70 percent of the property tax levy, and other taxing jurisdictions to take part in the process.

As voters get ready to consider more than 70 school district referendums as part of the statewide elections in a week, a state lawmaker's aide is saying his boss plans to reintroduce legislation that would limit when such votes can take place.

An analysis of local news reports and school district data by The New York Times found that at least one out of every six students eligible to take the third - through eighth - grade tests in New York State sat at least one of them out this past school year, part of the so - called opt out movement.

School districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public sSchool districts around the country are experimenting with programs that allow students to home school for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public sschool for part of the day but take certain classes at the local public schoolschool.

A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buiSchool District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buischool with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

A charter approved as part of the district's small - schools reform plan, Carver took over a failing high school in a poor neighborhood on the edge of the city.

Hurrah for Houston Congratulations to Education Next for its trio of articles on the positive reforms in the Houston Independent School District, carried out in large part by Secretary of Education Rod Paige while he was the district's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, FalDistrict, carried out in large part by Secretary of Education Rod Paige while he was the district's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, Faldistrict's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, Fall 2001).

Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.» 76, hopes and believes that he and his colleagues are part of a revolution — a revolution called Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is increasingly taking hold in schools and school districts across the country and seeks to design curriculum from the outset that can accommodate all types of learners, rather than retrofitting existing curriculums on an ad hoc, as needed basis.

The Kentucky meetings, which take place in eight regions that comprise about 20 school districts each, are only one effort the state has undertaken to help teachers make the common core standards an integral part of classroom practice.

But in 2013, the district, with the financial help of a local foundation (Kern Family Foundation), agreed to let the school take part in the test in 2014.

And while assessment as part of a single study is unlikely to take more than a few hours for any individual participant, there are many large schools and districts in which numerous studies are under way.

A second Nebraska school district has settled a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of high school girls who claimed they were denied equal opportunities to take part in sports.

Between 60 and 70 teachers from 12 of the district's 20 schools take part in lesson study every year.

As part of that special report, Market Brief conducted an exclusive survey of 1,000 teachers and school district leaders to take stock of their perceptions of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Thousands of school districts have declined to take part in the competition for the federal money, while some states have balked at the emphasis on charter schools.

School districts and BOCES shall be required to maintain a record of professional development successfully completed by certificate holders, who are subject to the professional development requirement and / or continuing teacher and leader education requirements prescribed in Part 80 of this Title, and who take professional development and / or continuing teacher and leader education offered by the school district or BOCES or by entities on behalf of the school district or School districts and BOCES shall be required to maintain a record of professional development successfully completed by certificate holders, who are subject to the professional development requirement and / or continuing teacher and leader education requirements prescribed in Part 80 of this Title, and who take professional development and / or continuing teacher and leader education offered by the school district or BOCES or by entities on behalf of the school district or school district or BOCES or by entities on behalf of the school district or school district or BOCES.

A high proportion of minority students taking part in school - choice programs isn't a surprise, given that many are located in urban districts with stressed public schools.

While the developing plan for mayoral takeover was promoting the centralization of school governance, another part of the committee's agenda proposed to take the district in the opposite direction through «school - based management.»

In most parts of the state, the heterogeneous interests of local school districts preclude collusive responses to school choice policies, and districts have consequently adopted a variety of strategies to take advantage of their competitive position in the education system.

To find out, I took a look at the 2010 salary schedule in Dade County, Florida's largest school district, which serves the Miami metropolitan area, as part of my preparation for the conference on Merit Pay, which Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance is sponsoring on June 3 - 5.

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

Mike Piscal, ICEF's tough - talking founder, runs 13 schools in South L.A. and has set a goal of effectively taking over the district's role in that part of the city.

As part of the Syracuse City School District High School Graduation Initiative we are offering all rising 9th grade students a great opportunity to come and take part in a program that will help you succeed as a high school stSchool District High School Graduation Initiative we are offering all rising 9th grade students a great opportunity to come and take part in a program that will help you succeed as a high school stSchool Graduation Initiative we are offering all rising 9th grade students a great opportunity to come and take part in a program that will help you succeed as a high school stschool student.

The Diversity of Opportunity Education Partnership, or DO Partnership, will enable up to 30 students from 13 suburban districts to take part in a number programs at the two city schools, including advanced manufacturing and engineering, digital media, construction, information technology, culinary arts, medical careers and more.

As a teaching and administrative leader, Dueck has been a part of district work groups and school assessment committees that have further broadened his access to innovative steps taken by others.

New York city is one of six urban school districts taking part in Wallace's principal pipeline initiative to develop a large corps of highly effective school leaders.

Even if a school or district doesn't ultimately take part in one of the seven ESSA state - level pilots, investing in a strong local system of teaching and assessment aligned to principles of student - centered learning is a good idea.

Save for a few instances, such as the initial efforts of Southern governors (including Alexander during his tenure as Tennessee's governor) and chambers of commerce during the 1970s that spurred what became the modern school reform movement, it has been the federal government that has been the driving force in coaxing states to take full responsibility for the districts they control as part of their constitutional provisions requiring them to provide education.

When I was at the Department helping to craft this grant, we took the necessary time and energy to meet with districts who wanted and needed federal support to pursue diversity strategies in their schools as part of their effort to close the achievement gap and uplift ALL students.

A similar kind of grassroots reform is taking root in Los Angeles Unified School District, where pioneering teachers started designing their own school reform plans as part of a program called Public School CSchool District, where pioneering teachers started designing their own school reform plans as part of a program called Public School Cschool reform plans as part of a program called Public School CSchool Choice.

«The bottom line is that state takeovers, for the most part, have yet to produce dramatic and consistent increases in student performance, as is necessary in many of the school districts that are taken over,» the report concluded.

Jefferson is now part of the lawsuit, and by his support, Deasy criticized a district school's policy of allowing students to take periods with no educational content.

Over $ 9 million for Minneapolis Public Schools is at stake if teachers approve the agreement that has already been approved by the Minneapolis Public Schools Board and accepted by the Minnesota Department of Education.Members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) are casting their votes this week to determine if our district should take part in the Quality Compensation (Q Comp) program offered by the state since 2005.

Taking part were school principals, as well as new «educational leaders,» a coaching position now in place for every one of the district's 26 schools.

But while nearly 70 percent of teachers say they have no interest in becoming a principal, more than half expressed interest in teaching part - time while also taking on additional roles or responsibilities in their school or district.

«As emerging concepts and evolving law impact the topic of student data privacy, it is vital for school districts and communities to take part in state and national conversations as proposed laws and policies take shape,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Associschool districts and communities to take part in state and national conversations as proposed laws and policies take shape,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

For more information: Jesse Hagopian, Teacher Garfield HS, 206-962-1685, [email protected] SEATTLE — In perhaps the first instance anywhere in the nation, teachers at Seattle's Garfield High School will announce this afternoon their refusal to administer a standardized test that students in other high schools across the district are scheduled to take in the first part of January.

The intent of the series was to spark debate and encourage action on the part of local school districts to take the major problems facing education facilities to the national level.

Complaints from school district officials about how long students needed to take part of the English language arts section of the Smarter Balanced test, also known as the Badger Exam, prompted the Department of Public Instruction to shorten the test.

As part of President Barack Obama's efforts to implement school reform, «turnaround» is one of four approaches that school districts can take to improve an underperforming school participating in the School Improvement Grant prschool reform, «turnaround» is one of four approaches that school districts can take to improve an underperforming school participating in the School Improvement Grant prschool districts can take to improve an underperforming school participating in the School Improvement Grant prschool participating in the School Improvement Grant prSchool Improvement Grant program.

Why not, says Lori Gardner, retired Park City School District associate superintendent of teaching, learning and technology, addressing 36 middle school teachers taking part in the start of a yearlong training on co-teaSchool District associate superintendent of teaching, learning and technology, addressing 36 middle school teachers taking part in the start of a yearlong training on co-teaschool teachers taking part in the start of a yearlong training on co-teaching.