Determination of High-Need School Districts The focuses on high-need school districts. The federal definition of high-need addresses issues of poverty No Child Left Behind Act and of teacher quality because these issues have been most closely linked to low student performance. In Missouri, high-need eligibility adopts federal standards for poverty level and district-level data on percent of courses taught by highly qualified teachers. Local school districts must meet both criteria to be considered high-need. Districts that serve at least 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line; or At least 20 percent of the children served by the district are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and Have a higher than statewide average number of courses taught by teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensing, as reported to DESE, have qualified as a high-need district are listed in the table below. The school districts, listed below, and any schools within these districts are eligible for statutory partnership in Cycle-11 of the MDHE Program. Please note that federal data is subject to change. If awarded a multi-year project, the Improving Teacher Quality Grants partner districts may remain partner districts, even if they are not listed in the as a high-need district. following year’s RFP DISTRICT_NAME DISTRICT_NAME DISTRICT_NAME ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CALHOUN R-VIII DELASALLE CHARTER SCHOOL ADAIR CO. R-I CAMPBELL R-II DONIPHAN R-I ALTENBURG 48 CARROLLTON R-VII EAST PRAIRIE R-II ATLANTA C-3 CENTER 58 EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II AVILLA R-XIII CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI EVERTON R-III BONCL R-X CLARKSBURG C-2 FAIR PLAY R-II BOSWORTH R-V CLARKTON C-4 GASCONADE C-4 BRECKENRIDGE R-I CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES GASCONADE CO. R-II BRONAUGH R-VII COOPER CO. R-IV GENESIS SCHOOL INC. BROOKSIDE CHARTER SCH. COOTER R-IV GRANDVIEW R-II BRUNSWICK R-II COWGILL R-VI GREEN RIDGE R-VIII BUCHANAN CO. R-IV CROCKER R-II GRUNDY CO. R-V BUCKLIN R-II CROSSROADS ACAD OF KANSAS CITY HALE R-I
Determination of High-Need School Districts The No Child Left Behind Act focuses on high-need school districts. The federal definition of high-need addresses issues of poverty and of teacher quality because these issues have been most closely linked to low student performance. In Missouri, high-need eligibility adopts federal standards for poverty level and district-level data on percent of courses taught by highly qualified teachers. Local school districts must meet both criteria to be considered high-need. Districts that serve at least 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line; or At least 20 percent of the children served by the district are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and Have a higher than statewide average number of courses taught by teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensing, as reported to DESE, have qualified as a high-need district are listed in the table below. The school districts, listed below, and any schools within these districts are eligible for statutory partnership in Cycle-11 of the MDHE Improving Teacher Quality Grants Program. Please note that federal data is subject to change. If awarded a multi-year project, the partner districts may remain partner districts, even if they are not listed in the following year’s RFP as a high-need district. DISTRICT_NAME DISTRICT_NAME DISTRICT_NAME ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CALHOUN R-VIII DELASALLE CHARTER SCHOOL ADAIR CO. R-I CAMPBELL R-II DONIPHAN R-I ALTENBURG 48 CARROLLTON R-VII EAST PRAIRIE R-II ATLANTA C-3 CENTER 58 EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II AVILLA R-XIII CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI EVERTON R-III BONCL R-X CLARKSBURG C-2 FAIR PLAY R-II BOSWORTH R-V CLARKTON C-4 GASCONADE C-4 BRECKENRIDGE R-I CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES GASCONADE CO. R-II BRONAUGH R-VII COOPER CO. R-IV GENESIS SCHOOL INC. BROOKSIDE CHARTER SCH. COOTER R-IV GRANDVIEW R-II BRUNSWICK R-II COWGILL R-VI GREEN RIDGE R-VIII BUCHANAN CO. R-IV CROCKER R-II GRUNDY CO. R-V BUCKLIN R-II CROSSROADS ACAD OF KANSAS CITY HALE R-I
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