Case Study: The Hawaii Association Of Independent Schools

Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison were the District Finance officers and Controllers for the BISD school district. They were caught for committing fraudulent and illegal activities from 2010 to 2014. This started after Devin was promoted as the Director of Finance and Allison was promoted to Controller as she worked directly under him. In 2012, they took advantage of fraudulent behavior because they had access to all of the finances in balancing checks and wiring transfers.

Seminole county schools is a top ranked school district, located in Central Florida. “Seminole County schools is ranked in the top 100 school districts in the nation in terms of offering high quality education in a moderately priced community. The school district has been recognized every year since 1992 for being in the top 10% of the nation's 15,600 school districts as meeting the needs of families choosing schools. Seminole County had 94% of their schools rated A or B schools with 80% earning an A.” ("Education", 2016)

I recommend that the classrooms throughout the Federal Way District School System comply with The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. All classrooms should be tested. If the noise level in an unoccupied classroom exceeds 35 dBA it should be modified to meet the recommended and appropriate acoustical levels.

The appeal at bar challenges significant legal errors committed by the district court when it erroneously create a new category of law, and misinterpreted federal law to such an extent that it would impose significant burdens upon school districts nationwide if allowed to stand, and incorrectly applied statutory law resulting in an inaccurate finding that the Appellant did not comply with its obligations under the IDEA. The district court’s findings that K.W. is not a parentally-placed private school student and the district courts creation of a new category of private school placement for students with disabilities under the IDEA was inappropriate. In this case, Parent made clear that she did not intend to enroll K.W. in the public school system due to her preference that K.W. attend a private school. In reviewing the district court’s decision, the court erroneously determined that K.W. was not a parentally-placed private school student. This Court has been asked to establish that K.W. was a parentally-placed private school student as defined by 34 C.F.R. § 300.130.

1. According to the law, states had the flexibility to define yearly progress but had to include certain federal guidelines.Teachers and administrators compared the results to prior years, and, based on state-determined AYP standards, determine if the school had made adequate progress toward the proficiency goal (Education). Schools receiving Title I funds generally fall within those where at least 35% of students are from low income families. More than half of all public schools can be classified as Title I schools.

The South Beloit Community School District is located in South Beloit, Illinois on the boarder of Illinois and Wisconsin. The district has 5 school serving Pre-K – 12 with approximately, 1,100 students attending. The district believes in an open door policy and welcomes parents with their concerns and will work with parents to make sure the needs of the students are being met. Each school has their own special education classrooms with a well-qualified staff overseeing the process each day. Each school offers the individual care your child needs in order to reach their highest potential possible. The district offers social workers at each building to work closely with the teacher, student, and the parent to help the student reach their goals pertaining to social behaviors, and also in any other situations that may

Teach for America is an organization that hires recent elite college graduates for a two year contract teaching at low-income schools. Their main goal is to eliminate education inequality, viewing the achievement gap between low-income minority students and their wealthier peers as the problem. Their values and principles include closing the achievement gap, having an absolute certainty that effective teaching can conquer all poverty and limited resources and faith in the power of "high expectations". (page 34 35) They use an incentive design approach involving a classroom economy. In the classroom economy they use fake money that students earn as a reward for showing good behavior in class like academic improvement and being kind to their peers. They then use the money to pay for obligatory rent payments on their desk. Students using this class room economy become devoted to this system as they will sometimes sell items with their peers so they can afford rent.

The conditions that the American Federation of Teachers fights for are important not only for the well-being of teachers, but also for the success of students. This union does not focus solely on their own benefits, wages, and other measures of wealth, but they fight for the causes that they are passionate about. Fortunately, the American Federation of Teachers is an impactful union that has the ability to make a difference in the issues that are most concerning. This kind of power is unique to unions, because when people bind together to fight for a mutual benefit, the impact is much greater. However, the American Federation of Teachers individually develops a voice that cannot be ignored.

Thank God for making the vision clear. He has the power and authority to open doors that no man can close. We are overly excited about Premier Minds Education Group LLC. Our company aims to provide quality services to schools, parents and students. It focuses on consultation, evaluation, career placement, psychometric assessments and professional development.

Prosper, Texas is one of the last additions to Collin County and has a current population of over 12,000 residents (Minor, 2010). Prosper’s establishment came about from the merging of two farming settlements in 1902, however the city’s name was not incorporated until 1914 (“History”, n.d.; Minor, 2010). According to the city’s webpage, Prosper is committed to being family-oriented and providing every resident an opportunity to experience quality living while maintaining small town ideals (“About Prosper”, n.d.). The Prosper Independent School District’s (PISD) vision to “reach everyone, everyday” (“REACH Philosophy / REACH”, 2002) mirrors the town’s belief in including everyone. Despite the exceptional growth within the city over the past few years, the school district is determined to meet the needs of its student population. One way in which PISD plans to ensure all of its students receive an equitable education, is through its adoption and implementation of the Response to Intervention (RtI) program.

The United States Department of Education was established in 1977 after Jimmy Carter decided to split up the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by signing the Department of Education Organization Act into law in hopes of winning “increased federal funding for schools and teacher training.” The newly cabinet-level department began operation on May 16th, 1980. However, its name has differed over the past 130 years and its basis really began in 1867 by a legislation President Andrew Jackson signed into law. The original purpose was to help create effective schools across the nation by collecting information on teaching tactics and school systems. That purpose still holds true today and has expanded since then through its years.

Valley View Academy is a private secondary school that is located in Oregon City, Oregon. The school was founded in 1978 and it’s among the largest secondary schools in the state of Oregon. It only offers classes in its main branch with no other extended sites in other places. Valley View Academy provides programs in career development, workforce development, community education, basic skills development, and other courses. The school serves over 2,000 students from the state of Oregon. Besides other educational buildings in the schools, there are athletic fields and other facilities to support sports programs in the school. Recently, the school’s management decided to renovate the facility in order to increase space

Independent schools have had a historical role in educating students throughout the world. Economic pressures and school competition, at various times, have threatened the sustainability of independent schools. This study will examine the marketing approaches used by Hawaii Independent Schools (PK-12) and what the school’s administration perceives to be the effectiveness of their marketing techniques and its impact on enrollment. Hawaii has a thriving and competitive independent school climate, which requires marketing strategies to attract parents to enroll their children in a particular school. It is a common practice that independent schools create marketing strategies which they believe will have an impact on enrollment. The goal of marketing

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was founded in April 1916 by eight local teachers in Winnetka, Illinois. The union began to rise and drew more members during World War I when school boards were pressuring and intimidating teachers to resign from the union. From this time, the union fought for tenure laws and academic freedoms of teachers whose belief were investigated, following the “Red scare” hysteria. Fast forward to the 21st century, now governed by elected officers and delegates to the union’s biennial convention, the AFT represents about 80,000 early childhood teachers and 250,000 retiree members. The national union represents 1.6 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel;