Sentences with phrase «urban systems under»

A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she joins impact models with climate models to project future outcomes of both land - based and urban systems under altered climate conditions.

Not exact matches

«Bixi has been under attack a lot, but the system has had some positive effects,» says Ahmed El - Geneidy, lead author and Associate Professor at McGill School of Urban Planning.

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.

Looking across our analyses, we see that under IMPACT, DCPS has dramatically improved the quality of teaching in its schools — likely contributing to its status as the fastest - improving large urban school system in the United States as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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.

Meanwhile, two - thirds of CPS schools failed to meet state proficiency standards under Illinois's accountability system, and Chicago remained among the nation's lowest - performing urban districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

A small number of progressive leaders of major urban school systems are using school closure and replacement to transform their long - broken districts: Under Chancellor Joel Klein, New York City has closed nearly 100 traditional public schools and opened more than 300 new schools.

To counter the charge that they can not control students and make them learn, urban schools adopt strategies to deceive the public.In one strategy, «suspended» students simply choose another school and must be admitted if that school is under their quota.The school system then claims it has a rate of 100 percent nonsuspension when they simply have a lot of student movement.This is called «the dance of the lemons.»

The Urban Institute data indicate the lack of an incentive to open a new private school with the anticipation of voucher funding in preference to a charter school in DC under this system of finance.

Under the current system, any effort to meet the teacher shortage by placing alternatively certified teachers in urban schools is bound to fall short.

In lot of metropolitan areas and urban areas charter schools are a necessity for the under - served and underprivileged to get a good education, but I'm a firm believer in the public schools system.

Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of 68 urban school systems, said his members rely on the fund mostly to reduce class size, which is allowed under current rules.

Everybody romanticizes what it means to teach in an under - resourced urban public school system.

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.

Educators in Detroit's public school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poverty.

Boston University enjoys longstanding relationships with many urban and suburban school systems in greater Boston that offer our students rewarding field experiences under the guidance of expert teachers and faculty.

The California Collaborative on District Reform joins researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders in ongoing, evidence - based dialogue and collective action to improve outcomes for all students in California's urban school systems, with particular attention to equity and access for traditionally under - served students in the state.

and impacts under - resourced urban school systems across this country: a veritable «Who's Who?»

Under Johnson's leadership, the district teamed up with EdVestors, a nonprofit that raises private donations for urban school improvement, to help expand arts instruction during the school day and build up the system's school programs and partnerships.

Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, the school system serves a diverse student population from urban, suburban and rural communities located in the Washington, DC suburbs.

We have no idea what these private philanthropic endeavors are teaching, but the country's education system certainly is suffering under their leadership especially in the large urban school districts that they have taken over (last full paragraph is telling).

Teachers who work in urban and poorer communities, those that work with students of color, those that work with English language learners and those that teach students with special education needs will be especially punished under the new teacher evaluation system.

In response to such concerns, he repeatedly stated that Christel House Academy, which was widely viewed as a successful charter school in an urban environment, would do well under the new system.)

Under her leadership, the district's lowest - performing elementary schools have made significant academic gains, and the Cincinnati school system became Ohio's first and only urban school district to earn an «effective» rating on the Ohio Report Card for school years 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11.

(Through our interviews, we learned that Dr. Bennett had been under considerable pressure to design an accountability system that was not deemed harsh to charter schools or urban schools.

In the urban congestion, despite the standard start & stop system, it's hard to obtain figures under 6.5 l / 100 even when you want to get better values from the eco indicators that are being evaluated by the multimedia system from the dashboard.

A new updated version of this paper is under preparation, that will also incorporate an overview of urban food / food system policies and strategies (category a above).

It's an intriguing proposition, and one which may help to bring urban farming and backyard farming out from under the Portlandia hipster umbrella and put it back in the forefront of conversations about sustainability and food systems.

This point system is only enforced on Ohio interstates outside of urban areas, and applies to cars and other vehicles weighing under 8,000 pounds.

Implementing Best Start LA: Continued Commitment in the Midst of Persistent Challenges (PDF - 946 KB) Benatar, Hill, & Adams (2012) Urban Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, & First 5 LA Reviews the implementation and outcomes of Best Start LA (BSLA), a multifaceted community investment designed to improve the health, well - being, and development of children, ages 5 and under, while supporting the needs of their parents, and strengthen the capacity of communities and broader systems to support families.

Cities are «smart» when infrastructure, urban assets, public services, human and social capital, mobility systems and other forces are improved and optimised under ICT.

What I see is a vast urban sprawl and the road systems are buckling under the increased burden of thousands of cars and trucks every day.

It replaces the Good Faith Estimate designed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under RESPA and the «early» Truth in Lending disclosure designed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) under TILA.