Sentences with phrase «give local public schools»

Only 39 percent of Americans give local public schools an «A» or a «B» compared with 54 percent in 2012 — a 15 - point drop.

Forty percent of the public give the public schools in their community an A or a B, while a quarter give them a D or an F. African Americans assign lower marks: only a quarter give their local public schools an A or a B, while a third give them a D or an F. Public school teachers, meanwhile, offer the highest assessments of their local public schools: fully 61 percent give local schools an A or a B, while only 16 percent assign them a D or an F (Q. 2).

Fifty percent of those surveyed gave their local public schools the top two grades compared with 27 percent.

Unfortunately public schools didn't fare so well in the Friedman study with only 39 percent of Americans giving local public schools an «A» or a «B» compared with 54 percent in 2012 — a 15 - point drop in just one year.

Not exact matches

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

Chance recently gave Chicago Public Schools $ 1,000,000 out of his own pocket, and argued that it's the schools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police aSchools $ 1,000,000 out of his own pocket, and argued that it's the schools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police aschools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police academy.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and healthy options every day.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

Camps are usually scheduled to coincide with the local public school system's spring break to give kids a fun alternative to staying home all week if your family isn't traveling.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and healthy options every day.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

Libraries Are Highly Valued Nearly half the public gave libraries an «A» - higher than public schools, the police and the local news media.

The idea of Stella and her husband, magazine publisher Alasdhair Willis, doing a Diane Abbott in reverse — dragging their children out of public schools to send them to the local state - education establishments to give them a better chance in life — is laughable.

Around the same time, she became involved with a program in which university students and researchers visited local public schools to give presentations.

People looking to get rid of their aquarium fishes, says U.S.G.S. biologist Pam Fuller, should consider returning them to the local pet shop, giving them to another hobbyist or donating them to a public aquarium, school or hospital.

The 2016 Golden Helix Summer School will also include a Science night that will be open to the public, where local speakers will give state - of - the - art lectures on recent developments on cancer treatment and prevention.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

They give a higher evaluation to private schools than to public ones in their local community, but opposition to market - oriented school - reform proposals such as performance pay for teachers and school vouchers seems to be on the rise.

Just 5 percent give private schools a «D» or an «F,» as compared to 16 percent giving one of those low grades to local public schools and 23 percent giving those grades to the nation's schools.

Public supports Common Core, and when given national ranking of local schools, Americans give those schools lower grades and express greater support for vouchers, charters, and teacher tenure reform

2014 EdNext poll finds while the public, on average, gives 50 % of teachers in their local schools an A or a B grade, 22 % are given a D or an F

The public is also famously and enduringly off the mark regarding the academic performance of their local schools, still sipping the warm waters of Lake Wobegon and giving honors grades to «the public schools in your community,» even while conferring far lower marks on «the public schools in the nation as a whole.»

The percentage giving their local schools an «A» or «B» grade has risen 12 percentage points since 2007, when 43 % of the public awarded one of the two high grades.

At that point, public evaluations edged downward, with only about 44 % willing to give their local schools an A or a B in the PDK poll, comparable to the 43 % assigning schools one of these two grades in the EdNext poll of 2007.

The board asserted that the statute gives the state board of education more powers than the Colorado state constitution permits and infringes on the state constitution's provision that the local school board «shall have control of instruction in the public schools of their respective districts.»

In the decade prior to the 1983 release of «A Nation at Risk,» the landmark report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the percentage of the public giving local schools one of the two highest grades in the Phi Delta Kappan (PDK) poll had fallen from nearly 50 % to just above 30 %.

The law creating the Schools of Excellence Commission is in «total and fatal conflict» with the Florida Constitution, which gives the local boards — not the state — authority over public schools, Judge Edward T. Barfield wrote in the unanimous oSchools of Excellence Commission is in «total and fatal conflict» with the Florida Constitution, which gives the local boards — not the state — authority over public schools, Judge Edward T. Barfield wrote in the unanimous oschools, Judge Edward T. Barfield wrote in the unanimous opinion.

Excluding respondents who did not answer, only 45 percent of respondents gave an «A» or a «B» to their local public school compared with 78 percent who gave the highest two marks to their local private schools.

When asked to evaluate their local public schools, uninformed Americans give much more positive assessments than they offer when asked about the nation's schools.

In India, for example, government - funded schools (whether public or private) tend to teach in the local language despite widespread parental preference for instruction to be given in English.

Other groups were given specific information about the performance of students in their local public schools.

When asked in 2012 to grade their local schools, about 60 % of both parents and teachers give a grade of A or B. Nearly as many parents express confidence in public school teachers as do those teachers themselves.

When the public is provided with specific information on the current level of expenditure in the local school district, it is less willing to spend more money on schools than when this information is not given.

Over 60 percent of respondents give the post offices and police force in their local community an A or a B, and only 10 percent give them a D or an F. Even teachers assign the local post office and police force higher marks than local public schools (see Figure 2).

• Who has right ideas for public education: 81 percent of parents said they believe teachers have the right ideas for their public schools; 77 percent said principals have the right ideas; 70 percent gave the nod to parent organizations; 39 percent said their governor has the right ideas; 37 percent had confidence in mayors / local officials; and 33 percent said business owners / corporate executives have the right ideas.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operations.

High - quality charter schools like these are the norm, giving families access to local, public, and effective educational options in communities where traditional district schools aren't meeting the needs of students.

In statistical modeling, public school parents who give higher grades to local schools are less likely to send a child to a nonpublic school when only half - tuition coverage is provided.

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsSchools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools do.136

One of the indicators of success for charter schools, which do not receive the same funding given to schools in the public school system, is in its academic performance compared to the local school system.

In an effort to give more control to local school districts, the state Legislature passed sweeping changes to public education, many of which affected teachers directly.

The solutions to every perceived or claimed public education problem seem to revolve around standardizing teachers and children, closing public schools, giving away taxpayer resources like school buildings to charter schools, and stripping local control from community stakeholders.

However, as a public charter school we are required to give standardized tests for local use and state use.

Referendum 55 would give local communities an effective tool to help public school kids who are falling through the cracks.

«Given the massive amount of money funneled from the pro-school privatization lobby to Republican legislators, l am afraid that we will see yet another effort to decimate our local public schools and allow unaccountable private voucher schools to play by a substandard set of rules.»

Commonly known as the «Anti-Affirmative Action Proposition,» among other things, it prohibited ``... the state, local governments, districts, public universities, colleges, and schools, and other government instrumentalities from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any individual or group in public employment, public education, or public contracting on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.»

Senate Bill 193 would allow parents to use 90 percent of the per - pupil grant the state gives to local public schools and instead put it toward alternative educational expenses, including private school tuition or homeschooling.

The committee stalled desegregation efforts by giving local school districts control over student assignments at particular schools, blocking African - Americans from attending all - white public schools.

In «Two Minutes with Mitch» local radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on school reform ideas pushed by Lowell Holtz, a candidate for Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction.

While most legislators would agree that local control of public schools is important, this bill would take all control over the creation of charter schools out of the hands of local officials and give it to an unelected state commission — while simultaneously undermining the financial structure of traditional schools which are under local control.