Sentences with phrase «urban school districts seeking»

Six urban school districts seeking to strengthen school leadership find value in measures including using principal standards and putting more rigorous hiring in place.

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In late 2014, the Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of six of the nation's largest districts (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Orlando), announced that it would seek to buy only antibiotic - free chicken for its... [Continue reading]

The district is seeking to expand urban gardens throughout the city and is in the process of having its own garden, Great Kids Farm, certified to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to schools by the fall.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

Collectively, the six districts educate 45 percent of the state's public school children, and the conference seeks to speak with one voice in advocating for urban education issues.

The elites, the wealthy families that have a disproportionate influence on politics, clearly recognize the dysfunction of large urban school districts and have sought refuge in affluent suburban districts for their own children.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

The Reach Institute for School Leadership seeks to partner with schools, districts and LEAs to train, credential and support teacher and leaders that are committed to creating and sustaining effective urban schools.

They tap the resources of these organizations and seek out the best practices and solutions that other urban school districts have discovered.

Charters were just one piece of a broader dream for advocates, who sought to make New York City — the nation's largest school district — into the central urban laboratory for education reform.

The Urban Hope Act is just a small piece of what the Christie administration seeks to accomplish in Camden, with the work on the existing district schools a major challenge given the state's track record.

Horizons, an urban charter high school that sought to provide a college - preparatory curriculum for all, established a close working relationship with its local district.

She is an entrepreneur, a nationally sought after motivational speaker, and a graduate of the prestigious Broad Superintendent's Academy, an 18 - month program that prepares executives to lead and transform urban schools districts.

Beginning with the introduction of charter schools in the early 1990's, along with the expansion of choice options in many urban districts, a growing community of parents and educators seeking alternatives to conventional public schooling continues to fuel exponential growth in the public Montessori sector.

We sought input from teachers who are currently or have recently been involved in either formal or informal teacher leadership programs at state, district or school levels — and coincidentally, three of the four work in Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools, the largest district in Kentucky with more than 150 schools and representing both urban and suburban seSchools, the largest district in Kentucky with more than 150 schools and representing both urban and suburban seschools and representing both urban and suburban settings.

Together these sites represent a mix of small and large, urban and rural, public school districts and public charter schools and each seek to apply blended learning strategies to remedy a specific challenge in their schools.

As Connecticut seeks to overhaul its education system so that all children have access to a quality education it is important to determine whether charter schools are the primary reason students score higher or whether charter schools score higher because they are «creaming off the highest performing students» in urban school districts.

We seek to become the first great urban public school system in the country — one whose schools perform on par with the best suburban districts in America, one that personalizes the student experience for all children and one that provides multiple rigorous pathways through and beyond high school to help every child, regardless of background, live up to their potential.

Rather than an afterthought, parent input is sought early and often and at all levels in this urban district in northeastern Ohio — whether it's for systemwide school improvement plans or implementation of new statewide reading benchmarks.

The Teachers on Tour program seeks to offer urban school districts across the country a unique professional development opportunity for their staff that has the potential to improve their classroom instruction, thus helping in the national concern of closing the achievement gap.

School finance reform, the remedy sought by urban districts and activists in the post-Milliken era, has made less difference than one would have hoped and has done little to bring most urban schools up to par with suburban ones.

The Center for Urban Education Leadership is sought after by school districts, institutions of higher education, government agencies and policymakers for its years of demonstrated expertise in school leadership development.