Sentences with phrase «wider range of school districts»

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We need to have a wide range of programs because our children have a wide range of abilities,» said Ralph Yozzo, Adams» task force appointee and member of the Community Education Council for School District 16.

Today, Build SF receives software and equipment from companies including Adobe, Autodesk, IBM, and Apple, grants from the Hewlett Foundation, and a wide range of local support for what is a unique partnership between the San Francisco Unified School District and the city's design community.

There is a wide range of different themes for the 504 California magnets, which are scattered across 87 school districts.8 Most people probably think of the «gifted» or «high achieving» version of magnet schools with selective admissions criteria, but these are less than 20 percent of California magnet schools (81 of the 504).

We studied 16 charter elementary and secondary schools with a wide range of personalized learning models from across the country (we hoped to include district schools, but the data were not available).

The four dissenting justices pointed to the considerable authority the state enjoyed over school districts, including the «wide - ranging powers to consolidate and merge school districts, even without the consent of the districts themselves or of the local citizenry.»

The researchers also conducted a test - score analysis separately for schools in Miami - Dade County, which is Florida's largest district (345,000 students) and offers a wide range of grade configurations up through grade 8.

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely dDistrict, the second largest district in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely ddistrict in the nation, reorganized to provide charter schools a new level of autonomy and flexibility while providing them support and resources to ensure they can effectively serve a wide range of students — even the severely disabled.

The Los Angeles school board has voted to allow schools in that district to use a social - studies textbook series that was criticized by a wide range of ethnic and religious groups.

To fully exploit ESSA's expanded possibilities for state leadership on school and district improvement, chiefs need a wide range of skills for effectively wielding their hard and soft powers on behalf of students.

As well as working with the children and families within the schools involved, residents from the wider district will get to benefit from a range of events, tips and advice about how to live healthier and well during the course of the project.

The 2002 federal law requires that states provide annual report cards with a wide range of information for each district and school.

President Barack Obama's announcement last week of a wide - ranging anti-violence plan in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings comes as many districts are adopting new and sometimes dramatic measures — including arming teachers and volunteers — intended to prevent similar tragedies in their own schools.

Her work with over 100 schools, districts, organizations has supported a wide range of initiatives centered on improving teacher and student learning.

To fully exploit ESSA's expanded possibilities for state leadership on school and district improvement, state superintendents will need a wide range of skills.

NNPS provides a wide range of resources to help schools and school districts build strong partnerships.

The practices presented in the book are being used in schools and districts that seek to improve science teaching at scale, and a wide range of science subjects and grade levels are represented.

Tricia's teaching career began at a private elementary school in Boston, and she now serves in a wide - range of teacher leader roles at the Murphy School and in the disschool in Boston, and she now serves in a wide - range of teacher leader roles at the Murphy School and in the disSchool and in the district.

A high - powered commission appointed by Gov. Terry E. Branstad issued wide - ranging recommendations last week for change in Iowa's schools, including a call for measures of academic achievement that all districts would be required to report for their students.

Some are former district staff frustrated with the bureaucracy and lack of autonomy, some are free marketers who philosophically believe (absent a whole ton of research) that the market will rescue schools, some are pro union, some anti union, some want a new union, some are well intentioned and fail, some are less well intentioned and succeed, and there is a wide range within.

Smith and Shepard (1988) also found a wide range of opinions about readiness without having to leave a single school district.

«Although the current dialogue about school choice is generally focused on charter schools, vouchers, and the overall diversion of taxpayer monies to private entities, it misses a fundamental reality: Most public school districts already offer a wide range of choices to their students.»

Using a wide range of item types, our banks engage students in complex thinking needed for college and career readiness and can be used to create multiple types of classroom, school, and district assessments.

The 20 CA districts closest in enrollment to OUSD operate an average of 47 schools, representing a wide range: from 20 to 76 schools.

As an example of gathering and communicating about data to extend conversations about equity, one district we recently worked with as part of an equity data review chose to reach out to a wide range of parent and community stakeholders to collect data about their experiences and perceptions of local schools.

«From early education to college and career readiness, the Senate floor debate is addressing a wide range of concerns pertinent to public school students and school districts» priorities for academic achievement.»

The D.C. Policy Center has already published over 60 studies on the District's economy and demography and provided strong evidence to develop a wide range of public policies, including proposals on paid family leave, tax reform, and out - of - school time programs.

The San Carlos Elementary School District and Charter Learning Center reached an agreement this week that covers a wide range of topics, including facilities, accountability, special education, fundraising and enrollment.

The districts on the list range from systems in growing suburban pockets, to countywide districts that cover huge expanses of territory with wide disparities in income and resources, to crowded urban districts that have to cope with both the deterioration of aging facilities and the construction of new schools to accommodate growth.

Afterschool programs and systems can benefit by connecting to a wide range of community partners, including school districts, community - based organizations, faith - based organizations, and parent organizations.

Right now, the District has the best of both worlds: a vibrant charter sector that offers a wide range of learning models from some of the best school leaders and a strong, improving and growing DCPS that has responded to charter competition by revitalizing its commitment to quality.

The new assessments will be designed for a wide range of students with significant cognitive disabilities and will be aligned to the common set of college - and career - ready standards that were recently developed by governors and chief state school officers and have been adopted by 35 states and the District of Columbia.

For example, the district's ePathways program allows middle and high school students to create a customized learning plan that includes virtual courses, traditional face - to - face classes and a wide range of options for acceleration.

«For too long,» he said, «the leadership of LAUSD has failed to acknowledge the collateral damage to the majority of our students when systematic, external agendas are being developed and well financed to weaken, and eventually destroy, LAUSD's ability to provide a quality education for students who rely on our neighborhood schools and a wide range of district innovative programs and critical services.»

Prior to discovering charter schools, I worked in both private and district schools, teaching a wide range of age groups and classes ranging from A.P. classes to teaching 1st graders.

School districts around the state have continued to warn about a wide range of negative consequences of smaller class sizes without additional funding.

School districts are required to develop a wide range of policies to address chronic absenteeism and yet one of Hartford's principals is running double they chronic absentee rate...

To serve each of these purposes, states will use a wider range of long - and short - term outcomes, as well as contextual data about the conditions of learning present in schools and districts, than was required by NCLB.

This paper explores the wide range of ways in which school districts are using Title I funds for early education through Kindergarten and examines how the implementation of NCLB has impacted those investments.

With 47 percent of its population connected to the military, Killeen Independent School District (KISD) in Texas has the unique challenge of educating students with a diversity of primary languages, a wide range of socio - economic levels and a high mobility rate.

Under ESSA, states and districts are required to involve a wide range of stakeholders — including teachers and school leaders — in the law's implementation planning.

In this toolkit, classroom teachers, school / district teams, piloting organizations, and edtech companies can access a wide range of resources from Learning Assembly organizations to support their pilots from start to finish: from pilot planning, to supporting implementation, to reporting results.

Recent op - eds in The Detroit News continue to pit the wide - ranging needs of charter public school students against those of students enrolled in traditional public school districts.

Guided by Illinois CSI, district and school leaders, teachers, and community stakeholders (in some cases including students) roll up their sleeves and spend the day interpreting a wide range of district data collected by Illinois CSI to identify strengths and challenges in closing achievement gaps.

Designed in collaboration with the host (school, district, regional, or state education agency), they meet the needs of a wide range of audiences.

It should be noted that the St. Vrain school district has a fairly wide range of school options from Core Knowledge to STEM, dual - language, International Baccalaureate ® (IB) and Montessori.

We collected data from a wide range of respondents in nine states, 43 school districts, and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools.

The problem is that districts are under a lot of pressure to provide a wide range of after - school programs, and starting later could complicate that.

Since its founding in 1996, AES has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in education grant competitions for school districts and has evaluated a wide range of education programs.

Her work with numerous schools, districts, departments, and organizations has supported a wide range of initiatives centered on improving teacher and student learning.

In a wide - ranging interview that focused on the state of charters in the district, Caputo - Pearl was highly critical of the effort, asserting that charters are undermining the ability of traditional district schools to maintain a quality education for all students.