Sentences with phrase «urban school district in the country»

Advocating at school meetings several days per week at one of the largest urban school districts in the country, invariably I see tremendously frustrated teachers, mind - numbing paperwork and by definition dissatisfied parents.

Performance increases have not been achieved by ignoring equity; rather, New Orleans has become one of the most equitable urban school districts in the country.

Last year, DCPS was the fastest - improving major urban school district in the country.

Under Henderson's leadership, DCPS has become the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

Over the past seven years, the district has posted record enrollment increases (with a higher rate of enrollment growth than any other major urban school district in the country) and increased its four - year graduation rate by over 25 percentage points.

Antwan Wilson was the Chancellor of DC Public Schools (DCPS) from February 2017 to February 2018, assuming leadership of the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the country.

On Oct. 28, 2015, the D.C. Public Schools district put out a statement lauding itself with this headline: «DC Public Schools Continues Momentum as the Fastest Improving Urban School District in the Country.»

Two school districts will share the most coveted annual award for urban school districts in the country, U.S. News and World Reports reported.

Today, Henderson's biography on the district website says that the D.C. system became the «the fastest - improving urban school district in the country» under her leadership.

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

Joseph Escobedo serves as the Director of Charter Schools for Albuquerque Public Schools, one of the largest urban school districts in the country, serving about one - third of all the students in the state of New Mexico.

In 2005 the city was a finalist for the Broad Prize for Urban Education, given annually to the best urban school district in the country.

«Duval County is closer to being the best urban school district in the country now than ever before,» Vitti wrote.

«The candidate [Mayor Bowser] has selected appears by résumé and reputation to have the same kind of forward - thinking passion for excellence that has helped make D.C. schools the fastest - improving urban school district in the country,» The Washington Post editorial board said in November.

On that measure, DCPS has improved — in fact, as DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson likes to point out, it's the fastest - improving urban school district in the country.

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2011 — The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today it has awarded $ 2 million in Broad Prize college scholarships to 106 graduating high school seniors whose school districts were recognized last year as the most improved urban school districts in the country.

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

Not exact matches

For a long time I've wanted to write on TLT about School Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolSchool Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolschool districts in the country to improve schoolschool food.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

Not only did the district, the largest in the country, take on a student population that had come to symbolize the impossibility of educating a certain kind of child — the urban poor who entered high school two and three grades behind — but it succeeded in getting those students to graduation.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

Not only has he held the top post in Pittsburgh for 12 years, he has also helped the Pittsburgh school district earn a reputation as one of the most innovative, reform - oriented urban districts in the country.

Ed Secretary Nominee Has Fans in the Field Colleagues of Houston Independent School District Superintendent Rod Paige say that although they will miss him, the country will benefit from his experience in dealing with urban education issues.

The couple hopes that the Ed School will become a laboratory for innovative ideas, which will be tested in Cambridge and then spread to urban areas and school districts, starting in Boston and eventually expanding across the country and the School will become a laboratory for innovative ideas, which will be tested in Cambridge and then spread to urban areas and school districts, starting in Boston and eventually expanding across the country and the school districts, starting in Boston and eventually expanding across the country and the world.

Some of the country's urban school districts are reviewing their crisis - management plans to ensure school officials know how to react in the wake of citywide disasters.

The district went from arguably one of the worst urban districts in the country to one of the best by using what Kirp calls «old school» tactics.

Started in 2002, the Broad Prize is an annual award that honors the country's urban school districts that are making the greatest improvements in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among ethnic groups and between high - and low - income students.

Partnership Schools (PNYC) is a network of six urban Catholic schools in Harlem and the South Bronx, serving over 2,000 students from two of the poorest congressional districts in the country, in the heart of one of the richest cities in theSchools (PNYC) is a network of six urban Catholic schools in Harlem and the South Bronx, serving over 2,000 students from two of the poorest congressional districts in the country, in the heart of one of the richest cities in theschools in Harlem and the South Bronx, serving over 2,000 students from two of the poorest congressional districts in the country, in the heart of one of the richest cities in the world.

Alexandria, Va., (January 16, 2018)-- Nearly 20 percent of the country's students are enrolled in rural schools, yet are not provided the same focus in national policy or research as students in urban and suburban school districts.

Terry Ryan, president of the Idaho Charter School Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuSchool Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuschool districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural students.

The guidebook of the mass school closings movement is a 2009 «School Closure Guide» written by the controversial Broad Foundation, which boasts of training and placing non-educator superintendents and high - level school leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatizschool closings movement is a 2009 «School Closure Guide» written by the controversial Broad Foundation, which boasts of training and placing non-educator superintendents and high - level school leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatizSchool Closure Guide» written by the controversial Broad Foundation, which boasts of training and placing non-educator superintendents and high - level school leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatizschool leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatization.

After seven years as superintendent, he has been one of the longest serving superintendents of an urban school district with an elected school board in our country's recent memory.

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.

The tools represent the best thinking of school board leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts across every region in the country.

Our impact will ripple out beyond our 1,600 scholars, impacting policy and school decision - making in low - income urban districts across the state and country.

Prior to EducationSuperHighway, Jeff worked with the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the couUrban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the couurban districts across the country.

New York City's public school system, the largest in the country, yesterday won the Broad Prize, given each year to an urban school district that has made great improvements in student achievement, particularly in closing gaps between white and minority students.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenIn Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemenin student achievement.

Project ACHIEVE is a comprehensive school transformation and improvement program that has been implemented in thousands of urban, suburban, and rural districts across the country since 1990.

In a new series of short videos, superintendents of six large, urban school districts around the country share lessons for improving development of leaders for their districts» schools.

«These school leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of Truschool leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of TruSchool District Board of Trustees.

In many of the country's largest urban school districts, such as Detroit, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, the dropout rate is as high as 60 percent, and rates are similarly high in many rural areaIn many of the country's largest urban school districts, such as Detroit, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, the dropout rate is as high as 60 percent, and rates are similarly high in many rural areain many rural areas.

To promote it, he is blitzing the country and filling the nation's newspapers with an argument that is familiar yet powerful: High quality charter schools are the best hope for urban education, so states and cities should do everything in their power to allow them to grow and prosper, and school districts should embrace them as well.

Portland faces challenges similar to many urban districts around the country: how to provide consistent, challenging, powerful classroom instruction in all schools, for all students.

Every year, urban school districts across the country release test scores showing dismal student proficiency in math and reading, especially for students in poverty.

Educators across the country are currently implementing Safe & Civil Schools projects in urban, suburban, and rural districts.

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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).

The signs of school failure in Indianapolis seem overwhelming: from low test scores to high dropout rates, they mirror troubled urban districts around the country.