Sentences with phrase «like other public school students»

Like other public school students in Michigan, HFA students must pass the state's proficiency test, so they needed competence in core areas.

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Saint Paul Public Schools» (SPPS) Nutrition Services team, like so many others nationwide, has dedicated their careers to improving school menus and encouraging students to make healthier choices.

Many students try to compensate for other bad habits (like binge drinking) by taking these drugs, says Amelia Arria, PhD, director of the Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, in College Park.

Many public and private schools, like Martin's, are still years away from full implementation, and others are grappling with the nuts and bolts of how to implement dramatically new systems for student learning and assessment.

Although some progress had been made since the horrors of unhealthy school lunches had been made public by folks like celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, interest in hot lunch had plummeted to a dismal 43 percent of students, with schools losing money and making up costs from other parts of the budget.

Critics of ESAs and other school choice efforts like to allege that the programs will «siphon» resources from public schools or harm students in some way.

Some districts in the largely rural state have long - standing voucher - like programs, called «tuitioning,» in which they pay to enroll students at secular private schools or public schools in other districts when...

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

On Monday, April 3, we would like to encourage parents, students, community members, educators, etc. to gather in front of one of their local public schools and encourage others to #GoPublic.

They have use of school buildings and receive student funding, just like any other public school.

Too often charter schools, like other public schools, lack the specialized knowledge to know how to serve students with disabilities, especially severe disabilities, and to meet their needs directly, rather than serving them through a private placement outside of the school.

Though they are public school students like any other, each public charter school student is given, on average, $ 2,800 dollars less per year than their peers in traditional public schools.

Because students in kindergarten are not required to attend a public school for 100 days like students in all other grades, it may be the case that some kindergarten ESA users fit that mold.

«I came up with the idea for The Empathy Gap Project after I realized it seems like we're having a harder and harder time putting ourselves in each other's shoes,» Zalcman said in a video addressed to the students of the Inspired Teaching Public Charter School, one of Pulitzer Center's D.C. education partners.

Tangi Academy students are Tangipahoa students, and they deserve 100 percent of their education funds, just like all other public schools in the parish.

Tonight, DeVos offered several examples of other students who, like Denisha, desperately needed alternatives to the public - school system for a variety of reasons.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

Vouchers called «Hope Scholarships» that would allow students who are bullied or suffer other abuses in public schools to receive voucher - like scholarships to transfer to private schools.

For example, Call Me MISTER in South Carolina aims to recruit college students to increase the incoming teacher pool, while other programs — like Boston Public Schools» High School to Teacher Program — reach out to students in high sSchools» High School to Teacher Program — reach out to students in high schoolsschools.

Like any other public school, charter schools provide learning opportunities for students of all abilities, and achieve strong results with their full student populations, among them special needs, gifted, and English Language Learners.

Though they are public school students like any other, each public charter school student is given, on average, nearly $ 4,00 dollars less in public operating support per year than their peers in traditional public schools.

Like other public schools across the nation, Colorado charter schools are faced with health challenges and learning barriers related to the physical and mental well - being of their students, families, and staff members.

The Broad plan, and others like it, funded by groups such as the Walton Family Foundation, are instead part of a coordinated national effort to decimate public schooling by rigging the system against neighborhood public schools and the students they serve.

Evers also has said lawmakers need to properly fund public school districts before expanding the state's taxpayer - funded school voucher programs to ensure districts like Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee and Racine have enough money to provide needed tutoring, teachers and other programs to improve academic achievement among low - performing students.

Like other public schools in Wisconsin, charter schools are still held accountable for students» academic performance and progress.

Voucher schools like St. Marcus, although they claim they provide specialized services for students with special needs, are under no obligation to do so and the parents who send their students to St. Marcus or any other voucher school waive all disability rights their children would have in a public school district.

Around this time last year, a number of ambitious lawmakers began planning for a future in which public school students in the US went wholly digital, much like initiatives in other parts of the world.

Certain students will react more negatively than others to the Socratic Method and on - demand public speaking scenarios like the first - year oral argument program, based upon their psychological makeup.154 This subset of a given law school student body might experience serious psychological and physiological manifestations155 of stress and anxiety.