Yet they were starting from the bottom; New Orleans was the second -
worst school district in the nation's second - lowest - ranked state.
Thirty years after being labeled
the worst school district in the nation and after two decades of fiscal crisis, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) welcomed more than 381,000 students back to class last month as a leader among the nation's urban school districts.
If Los Angeles is
the worst school district in America, its East Coast cousin, New York City, is a close second.
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren echoed Mayor de Blasio's rhetoric of income equality, saying her city has
the worst school district in the state and the fifth - highest child poverty rate in the nation.
To say that DCPS had a poor reputation would be an understatement — the national media had long labeled it one of
the worst school districts in the nation.
Here's what the Los Angeles Weekly reported about the Compton parent trigger (Dec. 9, 2010): Parent Revolution decided to focus on McKinley Elementary School and approach parents there after researching
the worst school districts in California.
By virtually every measure, this program is a remarkable success for a city that features one of
the worst school districts in the country.
Our nation's capital, home to fifty thousand students, boasts one of
the worst school districts in the country.
Not exact matches
«Nobody is going to say, «Let's stay
in a
bad school district» when they have kids, just because they have a 3.5 % mortgage,» McBride said.
His high
school was
in one of the country's
worst school districts with a 40 % dropout rate, he says.
Just like, there are variants
in any organization, US Military,
School Districts, etc.,
bad people who got into the the Catholic Church as Priests have had a very detrimental effect on the communities and the Church.
Still, there was one day
in which events
in the
school district had to be canceled and the general uncertainty of how
bad things could get hung
in the air right along with the thick ash particles.
BROOKSVILLE —
In a shuffling of administrators last week, Hernando County
schools Superintendent Lori Romano assigned two new, permanent administrators to the
district's
worst - performing
school: Moton Elementary.Brent Gaustad, credited with boosting...
My bottom line is this: empowering kids to speak up about their food is a fantastic idea, and
districts doing a legitimately
bad job
in preparing
school meals certainly need to be taken to task.
To make matters
worse, the Park
District learned in February 1999 that the school district was using a storm - water plan different from the one agre
District learned
in February 1999 that the
school district was using a storm - water plan different from the one agre
district was using a storm - water plan different from the one agreed upon.
Specifically,
in the Munster, ID and Caroline County, MD
school districts where percentages dropped off after the prices went up — Did those students switch to a la carte and spend less than $ 2.72 on food that was nutritionally
worse?
The Buffalo Teachers Federation is accusing the city
school district of «bargaining
in bad faith» for a new contract.
Let's not make cuts that will only serve to make matters
worse in our
school districts.
I submit that our current crop of office holders on every level of government,
in all 50 states, from fire and water
districts to
school districts, town, counties, cities, states and federal legislatures are so
bad that the term limit should be about 30 days.
In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest
in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
in the country and have helped that
school district go from the
worst urban
district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
in the country to the one making the biggest gains
in student achievemen
in student achievement.
Assemblyman Francisco Moya of Queens, whose
district suffers the
worst school overcrowding
in the state, predicted the CFE decision would play a part
in the upcoming negotiations.
When we bought our house, we knew that it was
in a «
bad»
school district.
I can sell this house and buy one that (literally) costs 50 % more money for the same house (or slightly smaller),
in a much
worse location, but
in a better
school district.
Even though as college - educated, well - paid, two - parent households we might be
in the best possible position to help these
schools» most fundamental problem, we still can't act to help the
bad school districts become better, because of our (selfish) desire to give our children the best education we can give them.
If the teacher gets a
bad review for three years
in a row, even if they have tenure, then the
school district is required to begin a termination process.
The graduation rate
in the Syracuse City
School District continues to be one of the worst in the state, with less than half the students getting their diplomas after four years of s
School District continues to be one of the
worst in the state, with less than half the students getting their diplomas after four years of
schoolschool.
The seven
worst schools in the Syracuse City
School District are joining forces
in an attempt to improve the performance of those
schools in a short period of time.
From its inception, the GEA has cost
school districts all across my
District, millions of dollars
in badly needed state resources.
If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the
worst SAT scores among 50 upstate
school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave
in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not
in that category.
Mulberry trees, among the
worst allergy offenders
in Southern Nevada, should start blooming
in the next week or so, said researcher Tanvi Patel, part of the Clark County
School District / UNLV Pollen Monitoring Program.
A
school district is always informed of a fed agent visit so they temporially remove the
bad stuff i.e. soda and trans fat foods; and put
in the good stuff mandated.
In Louisiana, the state takes over the
worst schools and puts them into its Recovery
School District.
Although the empirical research base on the effects of tracking is decidedly mixed, I am willing to grant Burris the point that ability tracking, as typically practiced
in district schools, probably is
bad for lower - ability students.
The Los Angeles Unified
School District is the second largest school system in the nation - and perhaps the
School District is the second largest
school system in the nation - and perhaps the
school system
in the nation - and perhaps the
worst.
While Los Angeles too claims to be decentralized, the principal of one of the inner city's most successful
schools says angrily, «There is no belief system
in the
district now that
schools can make decisions for themselves - and it's only gotten
worse.»
However, while White touts that, if the voucher
schools were their own
district, they'd rank 9th for performance improvement, they'd still be the fifth -
worst of 76
in the state
in actual performance.
School districts simply do not have the expertise to help — or,
worse, actively get
in the way — and potential sources of technical assistance like the Coalition of Essential
Schools are thinly funded and reluctant to intrude.
 · The Seattle public
school districts found that one
in six GLBT students would be attacked and physically injured so
badly at some point
in their high
school careers that they'd have to see a doctor.
It showed that among the 16 states studied, there was wide variation
in charter quality, and that while lots of charters were doing well, lots were doing
worse than local
district schools.
In 2009, CREDO reported that charter students performed somewhat worse in reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterpart
In 2009, CREDO reported that charter students performed somewhat
worse in reading and substantially worse in math than their district school counterpart
in reading and substantially
worse in math than their district school counterpart
in math than their
district school counterparts.
A recent investigation of achievement
in one large Tennessee
school district (
in which I am collaborating with Sanders and Paul Wright of the SAS Institute) has found that 20 percent of math teachers are recognizably better or
worse than average by a conventional statistical criterion.
But this article on private tuition for special education «burdens» is even
worse because the burden on the
district isn't the total cost, but the cost for private placement
in excess of what the
district would have spent if they had served these disabled students
in traditional public
schools.
Furthermore, many argue that freedom from sometimes constraining teacher contracts and
district policies can infuse a breath of fresh air
badly needed
in school reform.
At the same time, hold
districts accountable from the state and federal levels, by making their (
bad) results transparent and forcing them to adopt meaningful (and unpleasant) reforms
in their failing
schools.
Districts in California also are looking ahead to another drastically austere year; the Association of California
School Administrators has advised its members to draft «doomsday budgets» for next year, ones that take into account the
worst possible scenarios, said Brett McFadden, an ASCSA spokesman.
The U.S. Department of Education has finalized its rules governing $ 3.5 billion
in school improvement grants for states and
districts, making only small changes despite criticism that its four models for turning around the nation's
worst schools are too prescriptive.
In Arizona, a state that has always had charter
schools that draw middle - class students, there is evidence that, on average at least, charters are not doing any better at raising student achievement than
district schools; outside of urban areas, they appear to do a bit
worse.
After its fourth year
in practice, the federal No Child Left Behind Act is changing the way
schools and
districts provide instruction — for better and for
worse, concludes a wide - ranging study released today.
Given that they have the same powers and organizational interests, the only difference I can see between PM and
School District boards is that the PM is imagined to be a good guy, who will properly be motivated by quality and avoid interfering unproductively in school operations, while School District board members (even if appointed) are imagined to be bad guys who are more concerned with satisfying special interests and following procedures than with school qu
School District boards is that the PM is imagined to be a good guy, who will properly be motivated by quality and avoid interfering unproductively
in school operations, while School District board members (even if appointed) are imagined to be bad guys who are more concerned with satisfying special interests and following procedures than with school qu
school operations, while
School District board members (even if appointed) are imagined to be bad guys who are more concerned with satisfying special interests and following procedures than with school qu
School District board members (even if appointed) are imagined to be
bad guys who are more concerned with satisfying special interests and following procedures than with
school qu
school quality.
In Massachusetts in 2004, where district hostility to charter schools got so bad that state education officials had to warn superintendents to moderate their anti-charter politicking, one district student reported being pressured to sign a petition opposing charter school
In Massachusetts
in 2004, where district hostility to charter schools got so bad that state education officials had to warn superintendents to moderate their anti-charter politicking, one district student reported being pressured to sign a petition opposing charter school
in 2004, where
district hostility to charter
schools got so
bad that state education officials had to warn superintendents to moderate their anti-charter politicking, one
district student reported being pressured to sign a petition opposing charter
schools.