The announced closure of Roseville sparked protests not just within the school's community, but also from activists citywide who saw it as a continuation of a pattern of closures
sweeping urban districts across the country.
Through those choices, we see a number of incredibly talented leaders from EP and other talent networks voting with their feet in deciding to join Kaya Henderson at DCPS or other strong leaders in reform -
minded urban districts across the country.
These ideas — choice, charter schools, vouchers — have all gained a foothold to one degree or another in
struggling urban districts across the country, including in DeVos» own home turf of Detroit, where more than half of public school students now attend charter schools.
Justin then transitioned to Director, Strategic Consulting where he provided consulting services for teacher leadership initiatives for the New York City Department of Education and leaders
from urban districts across the country.
In 2003, just 15 percent of teachers in
large urban districts across the country were black but in New Orleans, teaching was largely a job done by black women: 71 percent of teachers were black and 78 percent were women.
The average tenure of principal supervisors
in urban districts across the country is fairly short: about three years, according to a recent Wallace - commissioned report by the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS).
Olson is one of 244 principals in Tampa, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools, one of six large
urban districts across the country that since 2011 have been involved in The Wallace Foundation's «principal pipeline» initiative — designed to grow more effective principals.
As a Strategic Account Manager for Edgenuity, Linda brings over ten years of experience in leading implementations in large
urban districts across the country.
In partnership with NoVo Foundation, CASEL launches a first - of - its - kind national effort, the Collaborating Districts Initiative to implement systemic SEL in eight large
urban districts across the country.