Sentences with phrase «took over the school system»

This is the most dramatic change in school management since Tom Boasberg took over the school system in 2009.

Governor Malloy's original «education reform» bill included language that mandated that when the State of Connecticut takes over a school system, the education commissioner will have the authority to approve or reject the local board's choice for superintendent.

RESPONSE: The Governor proposes to spend $ 25 million dollars over two years to help 25 school districts once the state has «taken over the school system».

McQueen, formerly the senior vice president and dean of the college of education at Lipscomb University, took over the school system last year upon the departure of Kevin Huffman, the divisive education reformer who oversaw significant changes to the state's K - 12 system.

The focus shifted when the State of California took over the school system in the 90s, and schools with sub par test results were identified.

Not exact matches

It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores, is built on an experience - based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.

Details of the Cyberattack On April 14th, suspected hackers took over the computer system of the Leominster Public Schools District in Massachusetts, shutting it down.

Yeah, the conditioned brain you were brainwashed all your years growing up in the school system the Pharisees took over..

News broke over the weekend that all twenty - three schools within the California State University system have taken steps to «derecognize» InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF), a para-church Christian ministry organization that's had a longstanding presence within university life religious settings.

There are smaller steps that could be taken to accomodate the prayer needs of those students rather than rescheduling a whole school system over the needs of a small minority.

They have also established schools and made a significant contribution to the development of the educational system, although in several countries in recent years church schools have been taken over by the state.

«We are trying to instill the team concept and develop a camaraderie and team spirit,» Iverson said of taking the program over for longtime coach Carl Massey, who retired after teaching and coaching in the El Dorado County School System for 37 years, including at Oak Ridge since it first opened in 1980.

The school system in England gave up on competitive sport but now professional clubs have taken over the coaching of schoolchildren and the dividends are paying off.

We are educating young people to make sure they understand that high standards are not the problem — school cafeterias where no cooking takes place, the power of processed food industries, and lack of control over our food systems are the real problems.

The Board also took the first step toward expanding its social worker program to meet the explosive student enrollment growth experienced by CCSD over the last two decades by hiring a third social worker: Dr. Tara Quinn - Schuldt, who has worked as a social worker in Carroll County's school system for 13 years.

While awaiting word from the state education commissioner as to whether he'll retain his seat on the Buffalo School Board, Carl Paladino suggested the board be disbanded and an independent receiver take over the entire school sSchool Board, Carl Paladino suggested the board be disbanded and an independent receiver take over the entire school sschool system.

The system already works for schools, where the speed limits are extremely low and cars are expected to go about 10 miles per hour over a speed limit, give or take.

Cuomo's education plan includes revamping the state's teacher evaluation system, increasing the charter school cap, approving the education investment tax credit and DREAM Act and allowing outside entities to take over failing schools.

A ruling is expected next week, before Black is set to take over the city's public schools system Jan. 3.

Cuomo is tying much of the increase to approval of his education policy changes in this year's budget, including a new teacher evaluation system, addressing failing schools by having them taken over by a state monitory and a strengthening of charter schools.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

Unfortunately, this led to some sleepless nights in high school and college as I stayed up all night studying or making sure a report was perfect, but over time, I've learned to harness my perfectionism and love of systems to actually save time rather than take time.

Yet still chic what a weird school system calendar - I'd always take some extra days of summer over random winter!

In addition, Yamashiro continued to work on a project that he had begun during the school year for the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) of Michigan — a new statewide school system that was just beginning the process of taking over some of the lowest performing schools in the state, starting in Detroit.

As the New York Times reported when Anderson took over, in June of 2011, «Cami Anderson faces the monumental task of rescuing an urban school system that has long been mired in low achievement, high turnover and a culture of failure, despite decades of state intervention.»

The mayor's consolation prize after he lost his bid to take over the entire system, these schools operate under «a more localized decision - making authority as a strategy to improve student achievement,» according to Superintendent Ray Cortines's 15 - page guide to school options.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

Arne Duncan has also espoused the wisdom of looking at progress over time, yet his ESEA waiver rules require state accountability systems to take proficiency rates into account — those are expected to be the drivers in identifying «focus» and «priority» schools.

An important aspect of the system is that, rather than being «taken over», lower - performing twinned schools form joint management and teaching teams with their higher - performing counterparts.

On November 13, 2014, Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute hosted a discussion with Cami Anderson, superintendent of Newark Public Schools since 2011, focusing on the challenges she has faced since taking over a system with a 50 percent graduation rate.

Taking a new tack toward resolving Michigan's long - running dispute over school - finance equity, Gov. John M. Engler has announced a plan to help close the gap between rich and poor districts by making better - off systems bear more of the burden of school - employee retirement costs.

Continuing poor performance and general disarray in the system enabled Mayor Slay to form an alliance with the governor to take over the schools.

Spielman, who took over from Sir Michael Wilshaw at the beginning of the year, told the Guardian: «I don't see it as something that has much to do with making the most of every school, of Ofsted making the most of its work and contributing to system improvement.»

Ironically, at a time when the system was winning praise, DoDEA officials planned to hire a consultant to spend 18 months studying the costs to maintain each U.S. school in each community, and the estimated cost of having a local education agency take over a school.

Mississippi appears poised to take over the financially strapped North Panola school system in Sardis under a so - far - untested law passed in 1991 that allows the state to assume control of troubled districts.

She is a fifth - grader in the schools gifted program ~ which I took over this summer when I accepted a new position and relocated to a new school system.

One fear is that financial considerations will take precedence over sound fire safety thinking, particularly around the application of new building materials and techniques, the use of fire engineering theory and the omission of a suitable fire suppression system in new build schools.

Immediately surprised by the amount of administrative time that was taken up by collecting money, Maria now has over 85 per cent of parents paying online through the school's payment system.

In 2012, after years of worsening test scores and abysmal graduation rates, the Lawrence Public Schools system was taken over by the state of Massachusetts — and the answer to all three of those questions later turned out to be «yes.»

KIPP's staunchest critics have said they won't be convinced until the charter system replicates its success by taking over traditional, impoverished public schools.

Unlike Sweden, which was taking a perfectly well - functioning school system and handing it over to private operators, New Orleans was starting from rock bottom.

«Today when less than 20 % of students in our state are black, but over 90 % of the students consigned to neighborhood schools that perform in the bottom 5 % are black, we have to take a critical look at how we have let the blood, sweat, and tears of freedom fighting generations past turn into today's segregated and unequal systems of schools.

The Quality Single Accountability System (QSAC), which is the state's way of monitoring schools, gives the state the power to take over a district.

Instead of a system with limited choice for families, predicated on a lottery system, all families in the District should have control over their child's share of education funding, and should be able to take those funds to any school or education option of choice.

As innovative assessments are administered and used for accountability and reporting in participating schools, states in the demonstration authority can apply lessons learned from implementation to improve their innovative systems and take these projects to scale, building a new statewide assessment system over 5 years - one that is high - quality, fair, and worth taking.

Daley, for one, realized the political risks inherent in taking over a troubled school system.

They asked the state superintendent of public instruction, Richard Ross, to take over their local school system.

«When mayors take over schools, they think they can just manage the same system.»

Parents and teachers in the nation's largest school system would have broad new authority over their schools under a plan the New York City school board is expected to take up next week.