Sentences with phrase «up to the districts»

However, if consolidation is a better option, decision - making about the process should be left up to districts.
But it's up to the district attorney whether the case makes it to a grand jury.
Then, it will be up to district leaders and administrators like you to decide how to invest in programs that best meet the needs of your students.
It's up to district administrators and building leaders to create those conditions for success.
The district has indicated it would pay to bring the fitness center up to district standards.
For the most part, according to the letter, it is ultimately up to the district to decide whether these activities meet the physical education goals laid out by the state.
These four conditions can easily be mapped to the classroom, a grade level or department, a school, right on up to district systems.
As autonomous public schools, charter school leaders make many decisions that would be up to district leadership in a traditional school setting.
Further, developing the mentoring plan will be strictly up to the district superintendent, removing local committees and teachers from the equation.
He stayed close to the future Speaker, and eventually worked his way up to District Leader in Heastie's Bronx District.
Rayow stressed that Edgenuity simply provides curriculum and that the threshold for passing a course and how much a student needs to master is always up to the district.
But the Governor left final details of the new evaluation system up to district leaders and local unions, stipulating that districts must reach an agreement before January 17, 2013, or forfeit 4 % of their education funding from the State.
«Our two - year goal is to bring the charters up to the district (special education) average,» Porter said.
In New York it is largely up to district administrators to hire and assign principals.
Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of superintendents, school district officials, and school principals rise through the ranks the traditional way - first as teachers, then as assistant principals, principals, and then up to the district office.
New Jersey will leave a large part of the decision making up to districts, with the majority of ESSA funds «allocated to districts which [they] may choose to expend ESSA funds (Title II, Part A in particular) to collaborate with an educator preparation program to create a teacher residency program, whereby a teacher resident receives a stipend for the time he / she spends in the classroom.»
Years of evidence and experience tell us that bullying behavior only thrives when good people — students, teachers, parents, community members, and decision - makers — remain silent about what they observe and hear is happening, from the classroom and playground up to the district level.
Distributing a portion of the money to online charter schools is left up to the district's discretion, and levies passed by voters to service bonds for capital projects in the district are not included in the sharing mandate.
New York's highest court says it's up to the district attorney, not a city judge, to decide whether or not to prosecute protesters charged with disorderly conduct as part of the Occupy Albany movement that gripped downtown four years ago.
Teachers at SMCPS can better focus their teaching strategies and content, making every instructional moment count now that the district can disaggregate data from the student level all the way up to the district - wide level, The data pulled from Unify also enables the district to customize professional development and resources on opportunities that will have the greatest impact on teaching.
This is up to the district's interpretation of a long - term hardship, and can vary from district to district.
Local control is a hot issue with budgets and common core so leave it up to the districts to decide the issue.
«We've seen this in Columbia County where the DA chose not to press charges, so I leave it up to the district attorneys to do their jobs,» McLaughlin said.
It is up to each district to choose its desired level of taxation, and then the state provides aid to equalize the tax yield, thereby reducing inequities in local property wealth.
The President's 2011 budget supports a new framework for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that will foster innovation, reward excellence, and promote reform in our schools, as well as invests an additional $ 1.35 billion to continue the historic Race to the Top program to open it up to districts in order to spur innovation and additional progress.
It will be up to the districts to examine their placement of teachers and use the plan to make sure that all students have equal access to effective teachers.
California has identified English learners based on how well they do on the language development test but has left it up to districts and students» teachers to also weigh a mix of factors, including teacher judgment, scores on other standardized academic tests and parent consultations.
How often benchmark tests are given is up to districts and even individual teachers to decide.
The decision to hire uncertified staff would be up to the district, and a district could not offer higher wages to staff with advanced degrees unless the degrees are in the subjects they teach.
While state legislators should recognize the inequalities in state aid and factors that separate and hinder rural districts, it is up to those districts to let the Legislature know of their problems also.
Some of the funds are likely spent on teacher professional development, but that's up to districts.
How the money is spent is up to the districts, he says, as long as they restrict themselves to professional development, instructional materials or technology that will help them implement the Common Core, and they're «public about what they spend it on.»
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