Sentences with phrase «urban school systems including»

The conference represents New York's urban school systems including the Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers districts.

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The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition that includes the school systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteSchool Food Alliance, a coalition that includes the school systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteschool systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteschool lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost after use.

The Conference is a membership organization advocating for New York's urban school systems, including Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Yonkers and New York City, which make up 45 percent of the state's public schoolchildren.

The study included 1,205 students at five urban middle schools in the same charter system.

The passing of the torch in Cleveland is imminent: This fall, the beleaguered school district will join the list of large urban school systems — including Boston and Chicago — under mayoral control.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

After 1974, however, school integration efforts outside the South were stymied by the Supreme Court's 5 - 4 decision in Milliken v. Bradley, which prohibited heavily minority urban systems from including nearby suburbs in desegregation plans.

The council includes superintendents and board members from 28 of the nation's largest urban school systems.

Chapter Five of my book The Urban School System of the Future chronicles the intellectual history of chartering, which includes motivations well beyond district R&D.

The CORE Districts are a collaboration of large urban school districts in California that began measuring social - emotional skills, including Growth Mindset, as part of an innovative multiple - measures data system under a No Child Left Behind flexibility request.

Robinson, Lloyd and Rowe noted that: «Instructional leadership theory has its empirical origins in studies undertaken during the late 1970's and 80's of schools in poor urban communities where students succeeded despite the odds... these schools typically had strong instructional leadership, including a learning climate free of disruption, a system of clear teaching objectives, and high teacher expectations for students.»

We have seen urban public schools successfully adopt many charter school «secrets,» including the nine - hour school day (e.g., United for Success Academies in Oakland); a rigorous, standard curriculum (e.g., the more than a dozen Chicago public schools that offer the International Baccalaureate); merit pay (e.g., the Washington, D.C., system); and the regular use of teacher video in professional development and evaluation (e.g., the Houston system, which was using video in this way as early as the 1980s).

Curtis works with school systems, foundations, higher education and education policy organizations on a variety of topics including urban district improvement strategy, superintendent and principal leadership development, and how to make teaching a compelling and rewarding career.

A new breed of urban mayors, including Chicago's Richard M. Daley (right, seated next to his father, former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley), have come to see the school system as one of the keys to rebuilding the cities.

But the budget proposal drew condemnation from many in the education world, including teachers» unions, superintendents, school boards, and representatives of state education chiefs and urban school systems.

Nine urban school systems, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, entered into the compact with charter scschool systems, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, entered into the compact with charter scSchool District, entered into the compact with charter schools.

Prior to her current position at AIR, Dr. Gandhi spent five years as an independent consultant, providing research and evaluation services to local school districts, including the New York City public school system, the District of Columbia public schools, Ithaca and New York public schools, and several large urban districts in Massachusetts.

In addition Dr. DeCapua's has contributed to numerous articles in a variety of journals including Preventing School Failure, ELT Journal, Bilingual Research Journal, Urban Review, TESOL Journal, and System.

Ten urban districts in California — including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest — collectively called CORE (California Office to Reform Education) districts, have designed a system to make schools answerable for improving students» social and emotional skills by using data from student, parent, and teacher surveys, among other factors, to assess whether students are improving in these areas.

Key examples include Cawelti and Protheroe's (2001) study of change in six school districts in four states; Snipes, Dolittle and Herlihy's (2002) case studies of improvement in four urban school systems and states; Massell and Goertz's (2002) investigation of standards - based reform in 23 school districts across eight states; McLaughlin and Talbert's (2002) analysis of three urban or metropolitan area California districts; Togneri and Anderson's (2003) investigation of five high poverty districts (four urban, one rural) from five states; and several single - site case studies of district success (e.g., Hightower, 2002; Snyder, 2002).

Howard claims exceptional results in many urban school systems, including, most recently, Memphis, Boston, and Palm Beach County, Florida, where the efficacy approach has resulted in clear and measurable improvement in student outcomes (personal communication, August 15, 2008).

Their Learning Carousel provides a wealth of resources through collaboration with like - minded organizations including the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), the National Center for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), and NIUSI - LeadScape.

I then offer a comprehensive profile of Massachusetts» approach to charter schools, including an analysis of Massachusetts» charter cap system alongside an examination of various data trends accompanying the policy, including the conclusion that the cap seems to have produced charter schools which appear to be serving Boston's and other urban areas» low - income and minority communities particularly well, although this pattern is not necessarily replicated in non-urban schools.

Much of the innovative work is happening in our partner districts, large and small, including the 10 large urban school systems that are participating in our multiyear Collaborating Districts Initiative.