Sentences with phrase «trends at district schools»

First, I investigate the possibility that charters choose where to open based on existing performance trends at district schools, such as opening near a school where performance is on the decline.

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Use the scorecard to track national and state trends in school breakfast service and participation, and take a closer look at how 73 of the country's largest school districts are managing breakfast programs.

Bradford Trudeau, Director of Student Nutrition Services at Garland Independent School District (TX), said two of the fastest trends in school meals are international options and the ability to have students create their own School District (TX), said two of the fastest trends in school meals are international options and the ability to have students create their own school meals are international options and the ability to have students create their own lunch.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), based at Harvard, will help states and districts assemble and analyze their student and teacher data, providing policymakers with much needed information about trends on student graduation and college - going, the effectiveness of teachers and schools, and human capital management.

Similarly, the trend toward bringing in outsiders to run school districts is now at least a decade old.

Teachers in DAmatos district use a different program that enables them to look at data associated with a specific exam or school - wide trends.

Coverage of trends in K - 12 innovation and efforts to put these new ideas and approaches into practice in schools, districts, and classrooms is supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York at www.carnegie.org.

With Kickboard, educators can look at data over time to identify trends and needs, from the individual level to the classroom, school, or district level.

In a few districts, district and school leaders reported that analysis of trend data by district and / or state assessment specialists had led to the identification of early indicators of students academically at risk, based on test scores or other factors (e.g., family circumstances), in lower grade levels.

More than just a trend of the modern digital age, implementing electronic talent management processes helps schools and districts correct inefficiencies and inaccuracies not previously identified, as leaders at Fort Zumwalt School District in Missouri discovered when implementing Records — PeopleAdmin's automated recordkeeping solution.

It's a trend that Filardo's report called «inherently and persistently inequitable» in the nation's schools because it places low - income districts with smaller tax bases at a clear disadvantage.

To reverse that trend, many districts and organizations are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school.

U.S. News & World Report looks at the trend of white, wealthy neighborhoods seceding from their school districts to form new districts.

Powerful, on - demand filters then help users to drill down and examine data at the district, school, teacher, or classroom level; identify trends over time and pinpoint any exceptions; make comparisons; and determine areas that need attention so they can make informed decisions about the instruction and resources that support student learning.

We discovered a number of surprising trends, at both the overall district and board member level, which shed additional light on our schools and students.

With this goal in mind, this paper looks at five trends in education and what they imply about the kinds of buildings and spaces districts will need for tomorrow's schools.