Sentences with phrase «turnaround program»

That is why we invest in leadership development, school turnaround programs, and objective research that helps inform our legislative advocacy positions, based on proven best practices, not ideology.

The transfers are part of an accepted turnaround program for three low performing schools.

Three districts must select three D or F schools to participate in a three year turnaround program, giving principals autonomy over budget, staffing and resource decisions.

UVA - PLE is one of the most established school turnaround programs in the country and utilizes a systemic approach to change by working with schools, districts, and states to build internal capacity.

Carranza said he will «look under the hood» and when he does, he'll see that Mayor de Blasio's inattention to K - 12 school improvement and the achievement gap, his hostility to school choice and his failed turnaround programs mean that a change is needed,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

As superintendent of Cross County Schools, Matt McClure has tackled the challenges of a rural school district and instituted an effective school turnaround program focused on the whole child.

Carranza said he will «look under the hood» and when he does, he'll see that Mayor de Blasio's inattention to K - 12 school improvement and the achievement gap, his hostility to school choice and his failed turnaround programs mean that a change is needed,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

While a long - term turnaround program to improve profitability at one of the biggest names in British manufacturing is on track, difficulties with the Trent 1000 which powers Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft, is causing setbacks.

The budget agreement announced Sunday includes a receivership program first pushed by Cuomo, but there some aspects for local control, as well as having a year for struggling schools to enact turnaround programs.

Mayor de Blasio last week claimed «impressive gains» for the schools in his signature $ 383 million Renewal turnaround program.

Burncoat was one of four low - performing schools to take part in the state's intensive turnaround program and has now exited that process.

The de Blasio turnaround programs have suffered from a certain lack of urgency, and their scope is both too broad and too narrow.

Instead, he has invested in two overlapping turnaround programs: the Community Schools Initiative and the School Renewal Program.

In Windham, after the Special Master skims off the majority of the funds, the town's schools will have almost no additional resources to pay for its «world - class turnaround program».

The experiences of those schools helped to shape Obama's latest turnaround program.

Stakeholders in the troubled parent trigger» school turnaround program grappled Wednesday with designing regulations that would implement the new authority with fairness to both school administrators and families.»

She is currently in her first year as an instructional coach at Idyllwilde Elementary School, a school that is in the Florida Department of Education's turnaround program after having earned two consecutive school grades of «D.» At Idyllwilde, she implemented data - driven and solution - oriented professional learning communities to help her colleagues enhance their instruction.

The 2017 - 19 spending plan also sets up a timeline for a potential turnaround program for the Racine School District and limits the number of times a school district can ask voters to raise property taxes to pay for building projects and school operations.

Mequon - Thiensville Superintendent Demond Means announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from his post as commissioner of the state - mandated MPS turnaround program, indicating the process has become too adversarial.

DTLI resulted in a blueprint for a comprehensive turnaround program for Texas that builds district capacity to support school improvement by strengthening four essential systemic levers: leadership, instructional infrastructure, support and accountability, and talent management.

In districts across the country we are working with parents to ensure successful turnaround programs are used at the lowest performing schools, and we are championing quality school models at all types of public schools.

According to Duncan, the U.S. Department of Education is distributing $ 4 billion for school turnaround programs through Title I School Improvement Grants, and the department has asked Congress for an additional $ 900 million for a reauthorized school turnaround grants program.

After years of working in schools beset by turnaround programs that turned a blind eye to our individual experiences and communities, I now work in a school with a high capacity for responding to new demands and improving instruction.

In 1997, consulted with a Fortune 50 company to create a strategic turnaround program for all 290 of their production facilities worldwide.

Created and instituted a PR marketing turnaround program that resulted in insurance company customer base growth from 10 to 39 in less than 1-1/2 years.

During my 12 years as president of the United Federation of Teachers, I worked closely with parents and community allies to improve New York City schools through initiatives like the Community Collaborative to Improve District 9 Schools, a community - led school turnaround program in the south Bronx.

As superintendent of Cross County School District in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world connection.

After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed school turnaround program, NYC students need a leader who will work with urgency to give them the quality of schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

The second half will see the company reinvest a higher proportion of savings into its business in addition to increased costs related to its turnaround program, Chief Financial Officer Heine Dalsgaard said on a call with analysts.

She cites Superintendent Beverly Hall's turnaround program in Atlanta as positive because Hall «established accountability targets for every school, including the percentage of students who meet standards and the percentage who exceed them.»

When asked whether the state or the mayor would have control over the schools, Heastie said: «The mayor and the chancellor put together a turnaround program, and we wanted to make sure, particularly in the Assembly, that they have that opportunity.»

In addition, nine Renewal high schools have seen their college - readiness rates fall since 2014, before the turnaround program began.

Several urban centers — Chicago, Miami - Dade, Charlotte, New York — have turnaround programs.

Chicago is considered a national model for its turnaround program, which U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan launched while CEO of the district.

At the same time, as the reform - advocacy group StudentsFirstNY has pointed out, many city schools that are very low - performing based on the administration's own metrics are not even included in the turnaround programs.

But only last year did the dream become reality, when Marshall joined the district's turnaround program and got a substantial investment in the physical condition of its campus, a signal that the school is making a fresh start.

In addition, nine Renewal high schools have seen their college - readiness rates fall since 2014, before the turnaround program began.

Meanwhile, the turnaround program is on thin ice on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are sympathetic to those clamoring for greater local flexibility on turnarounds, including teachers unions, principals» organizations, and advocates for district and state officials.

After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed school turnaround program, NYC students need a leader who will work with urgency to give them the quality of schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Only three of the four low - performing middle schools that share a Bronx building are a part of the city's school - turnaround program, but the «Renewal» principals say they're determined to share their resources.

That time is whittled away by test preparation, interventions, and every turnaround program that comes with its own administrative process.

Equally astonishing is their decision to put a non-certified individual in charge of Connecticut's school turnaround program.

It's the turnaround program legislators approved, creating a new governance structure for underperforming public schools.

«Year after year after year, we're getting the same findings showing that this is not a turnaround program,» Smarick said.

And there's controversy over whether the turnaround program worked.