Sentences with phrase «federal class size»

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More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

Data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey put the average elementary - class size in the state at 17.9 pupils, one of the lowest averages in the nation.

Colorado loses points, though, because data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey show that the average class size in its elementary schools, 23.2 students, is among the highest in the nation.

Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools, vouchers, class - size reduction, and many other strategies for school reform.

The federal government contributed another $ 1.6 billion in 2000 - 01 toward meeting the Clinton administration's goal of decreasing class size nationwide in the early grades to no more than 18 students.

This widespread support for class - size reduction has translated into legislative action at the state and federal levels.

The Tennessee Student / Teacher Achievement Ratio Experiment (STAR) class - size study inspired action at the federal and state levels.

As Lamb, Teese and Polesel have shown, with the increasing residualisation of public schools caused by the flight of cultural capital — itself a result of years of federal and state neglect and artificial choice programs promoting private schools — public schools have a larger proportion of problematic learners, disadvantaged and refugee families, and students at risk of school failure, but have larger class sizes than ever before in comparison with most private schools.

According to data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, the average elementary - class size in the state is 19.4 pupils, lower than the national average of 21.2 pupils.

Data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey put the average elementary - class size at 18.6 pupils, compared with 21.2 nationally.

Insiders say Boxer must also make sure quality and implementation issues don't undercut support for the federal after - school effort, as happened during the 1990s with equally popular initiatives to reduce class size and modernize school buildings.

At 23.9 pupils in a class, according to the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, the state is tied for the second - largest class size in the nation.

The share of funds devoted to Title I dropped as the federal government added new initiatives to wire classrooms to the Internet and reduce class sizes, among other priorities.

Cuts in the overall federal budget could mean Tennessee could see larger class sizes, slashes to grant funding for pre-kindergarten and teacher training and, eventually, the elimination of athletics and band programs, according to superintendents and child advocacy groups.

Districts are required under state and federal law to provide a long list of public disclosures including class sizes, test scores, enrollment data and facility and textbook status.

It would also redirect federal dollars currently used to finance class size reduction efforts to providing districts with funds to implement evaluations.

Panelists will include Jesse Turner, who has just completed his walk from Connecticut to Washington to protest federal education policies; National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelson; Chris Janotta, founder of the Million Teacher March; and parent activist Leonie Haimson, of Class Size Matters.

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The federal government and more than 20 states have launched class - size reduction initiatives that seek to lower the average class size in the early elementary grades of U.S. schools to 15 — 18 students.

The continual increase in federal investment in public education and corresponding decrease in class size has not produced an increase in student performance.

Lowering class size is one of only four strategies proven by the federal education department's research arm to improve student achievement, a list that does NOT include school closings, wholesale staff firings, turnarounds, or conversion to charter schools.

We greatly appreciate the President's efforts to reverse this damaging trend, and we urge him to follow through on the federal level by restoring the $ 650 million that his proposed education budget eliminates from the Title II program, money that is currently used by states and districts to reduce class size and keep teachers on staff.»

The federal government has made hefty financial commitments to education in recent years, including the implementation of No Child Left Behind and the subsequent waivers from the standards - based law as well as the influx of about $ 89 billion in stimulus dollars to prevent teacher layoffs, keep class sizes down and avoid program cuts.

C. Title I schools that use federal, state, and local money to reduce class size, and any school that uses school trust monies to reduce class size, may adjust enrollment to maintain reduced class size.

The closest thing the U.S. has to a federal school system, DoDEA benefits from having small campuses (Quantico Middle / High School has about 300 students in grades 6 - 12), smaller - than - average class sizes and a highly qualified teacher workforce.

First, a federal court issued a landmark ruling that narrowed the class size to 5 percent of total Alstom shareholders.