Sentences with phrase «years in a single district»

The statewide averages are for students who spent the entire year in a single district.

For example, approximately 35 percent of patent infringement cases have been filed in recent years in a single district, the Eastern District of Texas.

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Before single - handedly bootstrapping AppSumo five years ago from the basement of an apartment in San Francisco's trippy Haight - Ashbury district, the 33 - year - old entrepreneur was a self - described «cubicle monkey» at Intel, employee number 30 at Facebook (he was fired) and employee number four at Mint (he quit).

Redevelopment at the Rosewood Park Beach has been the target of opposition for years, including a 2010 Park District proposal that would have combined elements in the current plan into a single structure.

John Duane is an attorney who served in the state Assembly for a single two - year term in the 1980s, and, as he put it, «was beaten by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, who swept the Democratic district.»

«The Buffalo Police Department Strike Force has been disbanded and the new police commissioner has reassigned them to traffic detail so I just spoke with the police chief of the D district and every single year there's hundreds of tickets that are written in the Parkside area for cars that are either going through stop signs or speeding and they regularly assign details to that area,» said Joel Feroleto, Buffalo Common Council member.

The Democrats being singled out are considered among the most vulnerable House incumbents in next year's elections and generally represent swing districts around the country that are politically and culturally moderate.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, re-apportioned in 1953, 58 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single - seat districts for two - year terms.

In one of the biggest single day takedowns of the violent MS - 13 gang, 41 alleged gang members were indicted on Long Island in what Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas called a «four - year violence spree.&raquIn one of the biggest single day takedowns of the violent MS - 13 gang, 41 alleged gang members were indicted on Long Island in what Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas called a «four - year violence spree.&raquin what Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas called a «four - year violence spree.»

«Hundreds of people are injured every single year and people are dying, also, in his district.

The New York freshman is likely to face a competitive re-election next year in a district that President Donald Trump carried by single digits.

«I promise, as I did two years ago, that I will work my hardest every single day bringing fresh energy, innovative ideas, working in every corner of this very large district, focusing on economic growth and creating jobs, setting the standard for transparency, and always standing up for our troops,» she said.

But Republicans are licking their chops as Democrats push each other leftward, warning that going after single - payer supporters (categorized as left of center) in primaries next year will signal certain defeat in the November general election, particularly in the purple 19th and 21st districts, which are held by the GOP.

That's about average for off - year local elections, way short of predictions from advocates of single - member districts, who had argued that replacing multi-member districts with one - on - one contests voters would result in better - known candidates and greater voter participation.

Fleming's deceit resulted in $ 10,618 in unwarranted refunds within a single calendar year, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.

For example, in a forthcoming analysis in three school districts where it was possible to track teachers» student achievement growth over many years, Doug Staiger and I found that of those teachers who were in the bottom quartile of value - added in a single year, 55 to 65 percent were in the bottom quartile over their careers and 82 to 87 percent were in the bottom half.

Robert Smotherman, superintendent of the Bardstown Independent School District in Kentucky and past president of the Kentucky Association for Year - Round Schooling, also thinks single - track year - round education is the way toYear - Round Schooling, also thinks single - track year - round education is the way toyear - round education is the way to go.

According to research from Stanford, Bay State charter pupils gain 1.5 months more learning in reading during a single school year than their district - schooled counterparts.

in the Human Rights Watch report is that of the 37 - year - old single mother of six, Maryam, who was raped in 2012 at a camp in Wadajir district of the capital Mogadishu.

When 42 - year - old Buddy Berry — whose family has lived in rural Eminence, Kentucky, for generations — took the reins of the Eminence Independent School District in 2010, he found his hometown district and its single school in a state ofDistrict in 2010, he found his hometown district and its single school in a state ofdistrict and its single school in a state of crisis.

The ACLU filed a federal suit last year against the Vermilion Parish school district on behalf of an unnamed parent whose daughters were placed in single - sex classes at Rene A. Rost Middle School.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) set or tied its national record for the number of new charter school opened in a single year at 23, equaling last year's record.

Mass school closings occur when school districts decide to close large numbers of public schools in a community within a single year, citing a variety of reasons like «underutilization» or academic failure.

State and district testing systems will not be fixed in a single year.

By 1969, more than 200 private segregation academies were set up in states across the South.38 Seven of those states — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana — maintained tuition grant programs that offered vouchers to students in an effort to incentivize white students to leave desegregated public school districts.39 Between the 1969 - 70 and the 1970 - 71 school years, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi saw tens of thousands of students flee to newly opened segregation academies.40 In a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schoolin states across the South.38 Seven of those states — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana — maintained tuition grant programs that offered vouchers to students in an effort to incentivize white students to leave desegregated public school districts.39 Between the 1969 - 70 and the 1970 - 71 school years, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi saw tens of thousands of students flee to newly opened segregation academies.40 In a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schoolin an effort to incentivize white students to leave desegregated public school districts.39 Between the 1969 - 70 and the 1970 - 71 school years, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi saw tens of thousands of students flee to newly opened segregation academies.40 In a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schoolIn a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schools.

Four years later, Dara Holt, the curriculum director for Valdosta City Schools (VCS), reports that DreamBox continues to boost achievement rates in K — 5 schools across the district, «We do universal screening three times a year and our math scores are higher than our rating scores every single time.

In the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the median period that a teacher stays in a single school is less than three yearIn the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the median period that a teacher stays in a single school is less than three yearin a single school is less than three years.

It has steadily expanded its program offerings and financial services as the charter school movement has grown from a single school in Minnesota over 20 years ago to millions of students attending charter schools in 43 states and the District of Columbia today, with 600,000 families on charter school waiting lists nationwide.

This approach wouldn't require a major investment in a single year and would ensure that no district would see a decrease in funding per pupil.»

«Even though a district may be paying $ 28MM / year in health care benefits for their employees, they could be fined $ 10MM if they miss offering health care to a single - qualifying individual.»

The Wisconsin State Journal's analysis of districts» test score data includes only students who completed the previous full academic year in a single school.

«In three years as superintendent I have not had a single conversation with anyone, including principals at the private and parochial schools, who has indicated there is any organized interest in developing a voucher program for our district,» Maas sayIn three years as superintendent I have not had a single conversation with anyone, including principals at the private and parochial schools, who has indicated there is any organized interest in developing a voucher program for our district,» Maas sayin developing a voucher program for our district,» Maas says.

Local Legends can help GITC shift the school culture in a small to mid-sized district in a single year.

The legislation that established the Commissioner's Network requires that no more than two schools can be chosen from one district in a single year and no district can have more than four schools in the network.

What began as a single after - school guitar class has since exploded into a national movement that brings free, weekly music lessons to more than 320,000 public school children each year through the efforts of more than 2,000 teachers in 200 school districts nationwide.

LA's English learners trailed badly among other large districts in the state: 6 percent were proficient in math, only a single percentage point improvement from last year.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

In 2015 the Texas legislature passed a law that would allow the Texas Education Agency (TEA) close schools or replace an entire school board if a district has even a single school that has failed to meet the state's education standards for five consecutive years.

Last year, only 7 percent of New York City students with disabilities scored «proficient» or better in English and 12 percent in math, and statewide there were at least 190 school districts in which not a single special education student was proficient on the third - grade language arts test.

Over the last ten years, I estimate that the city of New Haven has received over $ 80 MILLION for students who never attended a single day in the district schools.

Introduced last year, the index takes all scores from all students in a school (and district) over a three year period and turns it into a single number.

While not required by the law, many school districts were reluctant to hinge the possibility of a third grader moving on to the fourth grade on his or her performance on a single test, especially considering that North Carolina just adopted more rigorous standards and more difficult assessments based on those standards — meaning that even more students are likely to fail End of Grade tests than in years past.

The REAL TRUTH is that more than $ 100 million a year in scarce Connecticut funds are being handed over to charter school companies and that according to the most recent reports filed with the Connecticut State Department of Education (2012 - 2013), every single major charter school in Connecticut is more racially segregated than the school district they are supposed to serve.

There are 11 school districts where a teacher can save up for a down payment in five years or less, seven of which are in a single state: Texas.

[9] Buying a house in most of the districts in our sample (62 percent) is within reach of two married teachers within 5 years, even if they start at the bottom of the salary schedule, as opposed to the 20 percent of districts where this is possible on a single starting teacher's salary.

«I don't think we've gotten a single complaint in the past year and a half dealing with the PowerUp program,» said P. Gayle Fallon, the president of the 6,000 - member Houston Federation of Teachers, which is currently involved in a lawsuit challenging the district's use of controversial statistical methods to gauge teacher performance.

Students in the District's traditional public schools scored higher than ever on the city's math and reading tests this year, also posting the largest single - year gain since 2008, according to test results released Tuesday.

There already exist model catch - up programs and policies that systems and institutions can learn from: California State University at Long Beach has pioneered a partnership to deliver bridge courses to close student - readiness gaps; Illinois has passed legislation requiring the development of transitional math courses across the state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school year.

New and existing charter schools added an estimated 56,000 new students this year, the largest single - year enrollment increase in history and equivalent to adding the entire enrollment of the ninth largest school district in the state.