Sentences with phrase «underperforming schools and school systems»

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«Senator Marcellino and the members of the education committee will seek information about what is being done to fix underperforming schools and other specific plans to improve and strengthen the city school system so that the state's examination of mayoral control is as comprehensive as possible.»

«Equity is an issue and I will tell you that from the work that we did in San Francisco carrying on through Houston, when you look at schools by whatever metrics are «underperforming»... my experience has been — again, now in four different states and four different school systems — that the schools don't just decide that they're going to be underperforming,» he said.

Transforming failing schools, reforming tenure, expediting removal of underperforming teachers, providing performance bonuses, adding wraparound services to create Community Schools and reducing testing, are all reforms that have the potential to dramatically improve our schools, reforming tenure, expediting removal of underperforming teachers, providing performance bonuses, adding wraparound services to create Community Schools and reducing testing, are all reforms that have the potential to dramatically improve our Schools and reducing testing, are all reforms that have the potential to dramatically improve our system.

Emerging models of learning that are student - centric, flexible and results - based are demonstrating success in some of our most challenging and chronically - underperforming school systems.

The new version of the law, he said, will need to ensure effective teachers and principals for underperforming schools, expand learning time, and devise an accountability system that measures individual student progress and uses data to inform instruction and teacher evaluation.

A columnist for the Sacramento Bee goes further, charging that such «a fuzzy, nonspecific «accountability» system completely undermines the ability of parents, especially in poor communities, to demand improvement in underperforming schools, including the creation of charter schools to seize control from school boards, superintendents and their union allies.»

Second, proportional growth measures provide useful system - wide instructional signals and allow underperforming schools to seek out high - performing model schools working in similar educational contexts.

And we have an accountability system that has led to at least a few cases of direct state intervention in underperforming schools and districAnd we have an accountability system that has led to at least a few cases of direct state intervention in underperforming schools and districand districts.

Without mincing words, Osborne criticizes the traditional district - based system and makes it clear that charter - like schools underperform true charters.

An initiative aimed at helping urban and underperforming school systems, ExEl is a collaborative effort of HGSE, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the Wallschool systems, ExEl is a collaborative effort of HGSE, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the WallSchool, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the WallSchool (HKS), in association with the Wallace...

An initiative aimed at helping urban and underperforming school systems, ExEl is a collaborative effort of HGSE, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the Wallace Foundschool systems, ExEl is a collaborative effort of HGSE, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the Wallace FoundSchool, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), in association with the Wallace FoundSchool (HKS), in association with the Wallace Foundation.

Second is the cost of establishing a state - level system for evaluating schools and districts and for intervening in those schools that continuously underperform.

While I see glimmers of hope in persistently underperforming cities like Detroit and Cleveland, I don't see the same for Philadelphia, which may now, sadly, have the most distressing American urban system of schools.

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

Opponents of the new rule say the move could set the table for additional state takeovers or interventions in underperforming schools, and fear the new system is too complex.

The bill would require states to have «college and career - ready standards» for student performance and would replace a system of proficiency targets that labeled many schools as failing with a focus on federal intervention in underperforming schools.

Indiscriminately targeting all charter schools, even the many great public charter schools that are offering students a bridge to college, while ignoring underperforming district schools, undermines the quality and integrity of our entire education system...

The unfortunate answer is that too many urban school systems preemptively declare underperforming students to be failures, a practice that fosters dysfunctional classrooms that fail to motivate, engage, and inspire students to succeed.

Schools Minister David Laws said: «The new system will mean higher standards, no hiding place for underperforming schools and coasting schools, and real credit being given to schools and colleges which may have challenging intakes but which improve their pupils» perfoSchools Minister David Laws said: «The new system will mean higher standards, no hiding place for underperforming schools and coasting schools, and real credit being given to schools and colleges which may have challenging intakes but which improve their pupils» perfoschools and coasting schools, and real credit being given to schools and colleges which may have challenging intakes but which improve their pupils» perfoschools, and real credit being given to schools and colleges which may have challenging intakes but which improve their pupils» perfoschools and colleges which may have challenging intakes but which improve their pupils» performance.

The standardized testing system relies on punishing schools, teachers, and students that are «underperforming.»

Local school improvement planning efforts are set to begin this upcoming fall and will have serious implications for those schools defined as «underperforming» under a given state's accountability system.

The old system at the previous comprehensive high school funneled many underperforming students into GED programs, vocational classes, and remedial tracks.

Ms. Burnim is currently a Consulting Teacher, providing direct support for new teachers and underperforming teachers in her school system.

Developing better measures of how groups of schools are performing and their potential for taking on new underperforming schools is therefore critically important both for monitoring the performance of our education system and for delivering improvement in schools which are falling behind.