Sentences with phrase «urban school districts serving»

During the 2014 - 2015 school year, P16Plus worked with 20 campuses within the San Antonio Independent School District and 30 campuses within the Harlandale Independent School District, both urban school districts serving a majority Hispanic and economically disadvantaged population.

This focus is not entirely without reason, since large, urban school districts serving low - income students are clearly dysfunctional.

In light of this, the current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in middle school students from a large urban school district serving a high proportion of diverse immigrant and low - income families.

Not exact matches

CitySoft CEO Nick Gleason was a community and labor organizer in Oakland, Calif., and ran his own urban - development consulting company, serving nonprofits, foundations, school districts, and governments.

You've told us that Carpinteria is «an example of what other schools can do,» so how can I get my huge urban school district to serve food just like that?»

This study took place in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in a large, urban US school district that serves predominantly low - income, racial / ethnic minority students.

More importantly, FOSS is adopted in 50 of the 100 largest urban school districts where FOSS reaches large populations of under - served students.

«An ideal situation in five years may be in a leadership role at a large urban school district, charter school network, or nonprofit organization that serves underrepresented students, especially those living in poverty,» she says.

More recently, we drew heavily on those experiences to create Opportunity by Design, an initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York that is enabling a select group of urban districts to design new secondary schools that serve all students, particularly those who are underprepared and need to accelerate and recuperate their learning.

In 2005 and 2006, the department gave several urban school districts (Anchorage, Boston, Chicago, Hillsborough County [Florida], and Memphis) permission to serve as tutoring providers, even though they were themselves «in need of improvement» under the law.

As the first layperson to serve as Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urbanSchools for the Archdiocese of Boston, she served on the Cardinal's Cabinet and led the second largest school district in Massachusetts composed of 120 schools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urbanschools and 42,000 students primarily located in Greater Boston's ethnically diverse urban areas.

The other reform strategy pursued in recent years, by large urban districts from New York to San Diego, is to recruit celebrity superintendents from other professions, such as Joel Klein, the Clinton administration's antitrust official, who is now serving as chancellor of the New York City schools.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).

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.

In addition to being President of the CTU, David is a Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers; past co-chair of Ohio 8, a coalition of the Superintendents and teacher Union Presidents in Ohio's eight urban school districts; and serves on the Executive Board of the North Shore Federation of Labor and the Ohio AFL - CIO.

Like equalization formulas in other states, the one in Kansas was designed to help poor, primarily urban districts, not the sprawling, land - rich agricultural areas of the state, like Beloit, where Mr. Bottom serves as superintendent of schools.

New Jersey's school - finance system should be discarded because it shortchanges property - poor urban districts and the disadvantaged students they serve, a state administrative - law judge has ruled.

For our analysis of the relationship between district improvement efforts and state influences (see also section 3.3), we focused mainly on the small - to medium - sized districts, given that more than 90 % of school districts in the United States serve less than 25,000 students, and given our impression that much research on the district role in educational reform is concentrated on the experiences of large, urban districts.

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.

The projects have served over 2,000 schools in more than 300 urban, suburban, and rural school districts in 36 states and Washington, D.C. Based on the core premise that educators have the greatest impact on student learning across various in - school factors, TIF awards competitive grants to States, districts, or partnerships with non-profit organizations.

Eight years ago, after 21 years of serving as principal of a small, rural elementary school that housed preschool through third grade, I accepted a position as principal of a startup public school preschool in a large urban district.

Daniel Moirao, EdD Dan has served as a classroom teacher and site and district administrator in a variety of school districts ranging from rural to urban to suburban, representing every level of the socioeconomic spectrum.

Given that the LSP is the first statewide voucher program systematically studied (other rigorously studied programs serve smaller samples of students in urban school districts), the program's scale may have played a role;

«There is a front - loading concept to teacher residency programs that is the antithesis of how ed reform and teacher prep has worked in the nation,» said Anissa Listak, executive director of Urban Teacher Residency United, which has residency programs serving 29 school districts.

Victory Education Partners (Victory) advises and serves independent public charter schools and urban school districts.

Also during his term, the district was selected by Harvard Business School for the Public Education Leadership Project as one of nine urban districts in America that demonstrated national level improvement and the preschool — implemented under the Kohn Administration — was recognized nationally and served as the basis of state legislation to support preschool for at - risk children statewide.

In addition to being a key - team member for many of CTAC's partnerships, Mr. Eglinton served as CTAC's co-project director for the TIF - supported Leadership for Educators» Advanced Performance Initiative (LEAP) with the Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, directed CTAC's National Urban Reform Network, led site research and evaluations teams in Christina (DE) Denver (CO) and Newark (NJ) and trained district leadership teams, community collaboratives, corporate leadership groups and policymaking bodies at local, state and national levels.

During this time, Cohn became the longest serving superintendent of any large, urban school district in the nation.

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.

Such schools exist in many U.S. urban and suburban areas and sometimes operate under joint agreements, serving more than one school district.

The appeal around SEL is significant enough that now California's CORE districts, which serve over a million students in major urban areas like Los Angeles and San Francisco, now require social - emotional skills to make up 8 % of a school's evaluation.

He has served in educational leadership or research positions in private industry, in an urban public school district, in a state department of education, and at the university level.

«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.

Michael Chirichello, Ed.D., served as a district superintendent, principal, vice-principal, and teacher in urban and suburban districts in the New York City and New Jersey public schools for 30 years.

He has served as a middle school teacher, elementary, junior high and high school administrator in urban, urban - suburban and suburban districts.

Mr. Conley has 20 years of experience in urban education, and has been deeply involved in classroom teaching, school leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 mischool leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 miSchool District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 million.

This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional district and charter schools are serving all their city's children and how their schools compare to those in other cities, the report measures outcomes for all public schools, based on test scores and non-test indicators, in 50 mid - and large - sized cities.

He has served as a classroom teacher and site and district administrator in a variety of school districts ranging from rural to urban to suburban, representing every level of the socioeconomic spectrum.

There is no strong consensus about the best way to serve these students and no major national program of financial aid to the urban school districts most affected by immigration.

Serving as NSBA ex-officio directors on the NSBA Board for 2014 - 2015 will be: Van Henri White of New York's Rochester City School District as the Chair of the Council of Urban Boards of Education; Ellis A. Alexander of Louisiana's St. Charles Parish Public Schools as Chair of the National Black Caucus of School Boards; Guillermo Z. Lopez of Michigan's Lansing Public School District as Chair of the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members; Gregory J. Guercio of New York's Law Offices of Guercio & Guercio, LLP as the Chair of the Council of School Attorneys; Karen Echeverria of the Idaho School Boards Association as the Chair of the Organization of State Association Executive Directors» Liaison Committee; and NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Denver Public Schools (DPS), a large urban school district that serves approximately 90,000 students, has made a strong commitment to recruiting and retaining great leaders and teachers.

To develop and serve as a clearinghouse for policies that influence important issues for urban school districts.

The four partner school districts included a small district on an Indian reservation 120 miles from the University, a small district just off another Indian reservation 150 miles from the University, a medium - sized district serving predominantly Hispanic students 190 miles from the University, and a large urban district 325 miles from the University.

Responding to a comment by DeVos that she couldn't think of an ongoing civil rights issue that would warrant federal involvement, Lhamon, in an op - ed for The Hechinger Report, ran down the types of cases her office had worked on: a North Carolina University revoking a student's acceptance after discovering he had cerebral palsy; a segregated Alabama school district offering advanced courses at its high schools that served primarily white students, but not at the high school that served virtually all of its black students; California district employees ignoring sexual assault cases because they considered them part of their Latino students» «urban culture.»

In addition to her work as a legislator who fought tirelessly for the children she now serves, she is also a Broad Fellow and is among an elite group of individuals who lead some of the nation's largest urban districts and charter school networks.

She also served as principal of Urban Promise Academy and as a teacher for 8 years in both district and charter schools.

School Name: Michigan Technical Academy Grades Served: K - 8 Location: Detroit, MI Operator: Matchbook Learning Operator Type: Nonprofit School Type: District Setting: Urban Students: 1,014

Shannon's career in public education spans over 20 years and she has had the privilege of serving NYC students as a teacher, district staff developer, assistant principal and as the principal of the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice.

School Name: Whittemore Park Middle School Grades Served: 6 - 8 Location: Conway, SC Operator: Horry County Schools Operator Type: School District Setting: Urban Students at Start: 200 Students at Capacity: 900

School: Urban Promise Academy Grades Served: 6 - 8 Location: Oakland, CA Operator: Oakland Unified School District Operator Type: District Setting: Urban Students: 384