Sentences with phrase «targeting high needs district»

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The Partners for BIC grant is targeted to help high - need schools and districts cover up - front costs commonly associated with implementing breakfast - in - the - classroom; funds can be used to purchase equipment and supplies, provided some staff support and training, or to procure marketing materials and other related costs.

Our goal is to fund high - need districts in our ten target states to reach an additional 30,000 students during the morning meal.

«The Governor is right to prioritize helping high need districts, but we would like see more of the increase for all districts targeted to general operating aid.»

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

Governor Andrew Cuomo included $ 25 million in this year's budget for universal full - day pre-K, targeted toward high - needs students in lower wealth districts, which follows a top recommendation his education reform commission made last December.

The governor said 70 percent of that funding would target the highest - need districts, including New York City.

Successful programs do exist for recruiting quality teachers (targeting males, minorities, and people with specialties) in high - need areas; eliminating barriers for them to move to where they are needed; and increasing the ability of low - wealth districts to pay for them.

One early example of collaborative problem solving in the district was the creation of the Southside Schools Reading Collaborative, which targeted resources and support to six high needs schools that then showed the most growth on standardized assessments in the district.

An increase of more than $ 800 million in education spending in the state budget will be targeted toward high needs school districts including Rochester.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

This transparency, in turn, can help reformers and their allies in state houses set high proficiency targets, and in turn, leverage an important tool for holding districts and schools accountable for providing all children with comprehensive college - preparatory content, for evaluating how well teachers and school leaders are doing in helping all students in their care succeed, and for providing all children with the high expectations they need to thrive in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

It is past time for the state legislature to determine adequacy targets for every school district — how much funding each school district needs to provide students with a high - quality education.

The targets need to be broken down for each district and high school, so they know exactly what they need to do to contribute to the state's goal.

And when these schools still receive high ratings despite not serving all students well, the state and districts do not need to take any action to target resources and supports to improve achievement and close gaps.

The proposal provides $ 100 million to implement community school initiatives such as health services and summer learning opportunities in districts with schools identified by the state as «failing» or «persistently failing» as well as in some targeted high - need districts.

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

• Community schools: The proposal provides $ 100 million to implement community school initiatives such as health services and summer learning opportunities in districts with schools identified by the state as «failing» or «persistently failing» as well as in some targeted high - need districts.

Districts would then receive additional money above and beyond that base level for additional programs, some of which targeted high need students.

As a part of this process of engagement, Partners for collaborated with a group of Illinois advocacy organizations to convene district leaders in Illinois» highest - need districts to begin a conversation around comprehensive and targeted support and intervention strategies under ESSA.