Sentences with phrase «city students receive»

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Last year, 76 percent of public school students in the city received free lunches and another 6 percent did not pay full price for their meals, according to CPS records.

In our city, where three - fourths of public school students qualify for free and reduced - priced lunches, we have a special responsibility to make sure that each and every child receives the nutritious, delicious meals that will propel them to academic success.

Junior high students started work this fall on the river restoration project after receiving a $ 3,000 grant and permission from the Rolling Meadows City Council and Park District.

I received a media advisory yesterday from my friends at School Food FOCUS indicating that Chicago Public Schools and its food service provider Chartwells will announce today a first - of - its - kind initiative to serve only * chicken raised without antibiotics to the city's K - 12 students.

Along with their academic report cards, students at KIPP Infinity in New York City also receive character report cards that assess them on 24 character traits linked to success.

Charter schools in New York City receive almost $ 5,000 less per student each year than traditional schools, according to a study to be released today by researchers at the University of Arkansas.

The funding included in the budget will target $ 350,000 for outreach coordinators at each school that will focus on underrepresented middle schools, $ 650,000 for test preparation at middle school students for underrepresented populations and $ 750,000 for test prep that targets students receiving free or reduced lunch in New York City.

He noted that students of the college will be exposed to world class training and receive City Guild Certificate at the end of their programme.

The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that all public school students, regardless of family income, will receive free lunch.

My children are not in Bais Medrash but my friends and community have every right and expectation to receive the same opportinities that city college offers to any college student if they choose to send their children to chaim berlin, mir, tv, etc for their higher education.

Governor Cuomo has consistently failed in his obligation to provide the resources necessary for all New York City students to receive the «sound basic education» that is guaranteed by New York State's constitution.

This morning, the New York City Independent Budget Office released data showing charter schools housed in private space receive 16 % less funding per student than district schools.

Mayor de Blasio doesn't seem to want to have that discussion and just wants a rubber stamp renewal, but when 8 out of 10 students who walk across a stage and receive a New York City high school diploma need remediation in college, how can we say that this public school system is doing its job?»

«New York City public school parents are highly dissatisfied with the quality of education their children are receiving,» said Tenicka Boyd, StudentsFirstNY Director of Organizing and mother of a public school student in Brooklyn.

The Kingston City School District has received bids on three of their former elementary schools, two of which were shuttered over the past two years as part of a comprehensive redistricting plan which sought to address declining student enrollment.

U.S. Fifth Fleet Chaplain Mark Steiner wrote to Legislator Hardwick to express the gratitude of the servicemen and women who received valentines created by students attending schools in the City of Tonawanda, Grand Island and Town of Tonawanda.

Through this effort, about 3,200 city school students will receive a new book over the holidays.

About 35 city school students and their parents received scholarships to attend the dinner free of charge thanks to donations from REF supporters.

Students who meet Ms. Weatherford will also receive one of her biographies to keep, thanks to REF's collaboration with Rochester City School District.

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New York City schools received a mass e-mail warning that ISIS would kill students and Mayor de Blasio — but it turned out to be a hoax, police sources said...

Charter schools, which receive public financing but are run by nonprofit groups, flourished under Mr. Bloomberg, and there are currently 183 in New York City, serving about 70,000 children, or 6 percent of students citywide.

The meeting was postponed by the New York City Department of Education (DOE) upon receiving complaints from Townsend Harris» School Leadership Team for the lack of information about the C - 30 process, coupled with reports of student demonstrations and petitions with thousands of signatures.

A report released this month by the city's public advocate, Letitia James, found that thousands of students with disabilities who were given the vouchers weren't receiving services to which they were entitled.

Students in kindergarten through third grade at nine low - income New York City schools will receive more than 24,000 books they can take home, as part of a pilot literacy project launched Tuesday by the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City Department of Education, First Book, The American Federation of Teachers and The New York Community Trust.

Dr. Tisch said that among the things she was proudest of was creating alternative pathways to graduation for students who wanted to focus on the arts or a career - related skill, advocating for undocumented students to receive tuition assistance at city and state colleges, and pushing for state oversight of the troubled East Ramapo school district in Rockland County.

In New York, students who attended all assigned mentoring and tutoring sessions received a MetroCard (worth about $ 100 a month), which gave them free access to the city's extensive subway and bus network.

But he neglected to mention that the city had received more than $ 260 million in new dollars for poor students alone under NCLB in the previous two years (see «Who Got the Raw Deal in Gotham?»

(The 45 charters in the city, allowed since 1993, received between $ 7,000 and $ 9,000 per student.)

Every freshman at UML receives a tour of this National Park and education students learn to use the city as their classroom through the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a hands - on history, science, and professional development center named after Senator Paul Tsongas, who championed this park partnership.

For example, in Baltimore City, where about three - quarters of schools already participate in Title I, portability would result in a loss of about $ 200 per poor student in schools now receiving funds.

A study in the Summer 2013 issue of Education Next looked at the impact of receiving a voucher on the college enrollment rates of students in New York City.

Thanks to a $ 50,000 raise he received last month, Chancellor Rudolph F. Crew now earns $ 245,000 a year as the head of the 1.1 million - student New York City district.

Parents of children assigned to failing schools in the New York City and Albany, N.Y., systems claimed in a lawsuit last week that those districts had denied students the chance to transfer or receive supplemental services as required by the federal law.

Most of the schools are not even close to it, resulting in students across the city receiving far less physical education than required by law.

With the advent of powerful online learning tools, such as those on display in New York City's School of One, students might be able to receive instruction that's truly individualized to their own needs — differentiation on steroids.

In 2013 — 14, 77 percent of Success students received free or reduced - price lunch, compared with 79 percent for city schools overall; 12 percent of Success students received special education services, compared with 18 percent for the city; 4 percent of Success students were English - language learners (ELL), compared with 13 percent for the city.

At the start of each school year, parents of public school students in New York City receive a 28 - page pamphlet titled Citywide Standards of Discipline and Intervention Measures: The Discipline Code and Bill of Student Rights and Responsibilities, K — 12.

Indeed, the city's fiscal disadvantage in 1993 was clear to everyone: its schoolchildren received some 12 percent fewer dollars than their counterparts elsewhere in the state; 11.8 percent of the city's teachers were uncertified, compared with 7.3 percent statewide; the city's students had 1 computer for every 19 students, compared with 1 for every 13 students statewide; there was 1 guidance counselor for every 700 city students, compared with 1 per 350 students in the rest of the state; there were 16.5 library books per pupil in the state, but only 10.4 in the city.

High - school students living in the city of Cleveland get $ 5,700 (up from $ 5,000 in 2012 — 13), while students living outside the city and enrolling under EdChoice receive $ 5,000.

Some districts, like the nation's largest, in New York City, have found that it helps to pair general education teachers with special education teachers in a co-teaching model, where teachers share classroom responsibilities and both receive specialized training in teaching students with autism.

In the fall, 870 students in kindergarten through 3rd grade whose families earned less than two and a half times the federal poverty level and who would otherwise attend some of the worst schools in the city received vouchers worth up to $ 6,000 to attend private schools of their choice.

Seventy - seven percent of Icahn students receive free or reduced - price lunch, compared with 79 percent for city schools overall; 6 percent of Icahn students receive special - education services, compared with 17 percent for the city; 5 percent of Icahn students are English - language learners (ELL), compared with 14 percent for the city.

In addition, Syracuse is one of the most under - funded districts in New York state, with city schools receiving $ 4,455 less per student than they would have received under the 2007 - 08 state budget agreement.

Earlier this month, Sahlberg stopped by the Dwight School in New York City to speak with educators and students, and his visit received national media attention and generated much discussion.

African - American students who received vouchers to attend private schools in New York City derived no academic benefit from them, a Princeton University researcher has concluded.

As authorizers, we can increase the quality of education our students receive and change the economic forecast for our cities.»

Most recently, multiple analyses of the New York City Choice Scholarships Foundation program found that students who received scholarships as a result of a lottery had math scores that were five percentage points higher on average than the control group.

Early in the book, when describing the history and context of Union City, he sneaks in two paragraphs about how it is wrong to oppose the DREAM act, before settling back in to describe the number of students that receive subsidized lunches.

If the geographic barriers weren't enough, in many of the central cities of the CBSAs used in the CRP report, a student must either be a resident of the city (such as in Boston, see here) or, if they wish to travel from outside the city, they must pay tuition to the receiving charter school (see Washington D.C.'s rules here).