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Of the 52 Facebook comments, the remaining five included one asking whether the clear backpacks were just at Stoneman Douglas or were countywide (Answer: Just Stoneman Douglas); two that weren't understandable; and two that maintained minor students have no rights in public school, so the complaints about the loss of rights by students were meaningless.

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We recently sat down with Susan Roberson, Director of School Nutrition Services to talk about breakfast - in - the - classroom and why it's the right fit for Richmond Public Schools.

About 140 Buffalo Public School students received a history lesson in civil rights outside their classrooms Thursday.

... Many of us also believe that charter schools are public schools and deserve... support as well, so it's really just about finding the right balance of that and getting this done.»

«Private schools have every right to exist,» veteran Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez wrote this week about this Council bill, «but not at public expense.»

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We urge the federal and state governments to improve publicly available data about charter schools and to monitor the civil rights of all students who attend or wish to attend charters, in addition to further examining the effects charter schools have on surrounding public schools.

But the dire predictions about the resegregation of public schools and turning back the clock on civil rights gains for women never materialized.

But our public school system right now is not authoritarian; obviously, people are worried about doing anything because they'll get sued.

In the case of private school choice, you're right that there's a mixed track record, though I would say mostly positive if you look at the full body of evidence about what happens when you allow a student to move from a public school to a private school using a voucher.

AP: Do you think public school teachers get paid too little for the work they do, too much for the work they do, or about the right amount?

Drew Gilpin Faust, the current president of Harvard University, is right in insisting that «even as we as a nation have embraced education as critical to economic growth and opportunity, we should remember that [public schools], colleges and universities are about a great deal more than measurable utility.

Increase target women knowledge about gender issues and human rights with improvement in their skills to advocate their rights and to participate in decision making, it will also has impact the children through the work with teachers and within schools - as well as the whole community through public event community mobilization and so on.

The Louisiana legislature in 2008 gave teachers in that state's public schools the legal right to raise questions about evolution — and a dozen or more states have K - 12 science standards that pussyfoot around the topic.

I'm not just talking about the unions, but there is a tremendous and deep resistance — here we are in the center of capitalism, right — there is a very deep resistance to the private sector that's embedded in the culture of public schools.»

Traditional public schools are right to complain about being the «provider of last resort.»

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Law professor at the University of South Carolina whose current research focuses on constitutional law and public education, Derek Black has written about charter schools in the context of education reform, civil rights, and service of the public priorities.

But it's also impossible to legitimately debate what the right level of public school funding should be when bureaucrats misinform the public about what public school funding currently is.

«Dr. Richard DuFour's In Praise of American Educators takes a surprisingly fresh approach to the traditional education blame game by spending the first four to five chapters talking about what schools and namely schoolteachers are doing right in America's public education system.

«If the public becomes more informed about charter schools, it's possible that support may shift from the right to the left of the political spectrum,» Howell and West point out.

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

Their autobiographies might include information about parental ties to the community or immigration status — information that no public school has a right to know.

Right now, the U.S. Senate is making crucial decisions about education funding for next year, and this is our chance to tell our Senators to increase funding for charter public schools.

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

With the state education agency expected to announce a plan to overhaul special education programs in public schools, we asked members of our community what questions they have about such services — and turned to a disability rights advocate for help answering them.

Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) is about creating «a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.»

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

Franklin said 2016 poll data show 57 percent responding said their public schools received too little money while 30 percent said the state's support is about right.

Although North Carolina might not be considered union - friendly — it's a right - to - work state — the Priority Schools Campaign is still changing perceptions about public educators and what NEA has to offer to reform efforts.

PURE exists to support and assure a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.

After 40 years working in California public schools I've observed that most probationary teachers are non-reelected because an administrator didn't get around to evaluating properly, or the teacher was too outspoken about student rights and lack of resources or the administration didn't expend time or resources to help the teacher succeed.

Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools; about 82 % of teachers were white, down from 83 % eight years earlier.

ess should consider requiring states to notify parents / guardians about changes in federal special education rights when a parent moves a child from public to private school.»

About Momma Bears Momma Bears is a Tennessee - based grassroots organization of public schools advocates who defend and support children and public schools and recognize quality public education as a right for every child.

John Humphries, the director of state and federal programs for the school district of about 1,300 students, signed the 2011 petition to trigger a recall election for Walker following the passage of Walker's signature legislation known as Act 10 that all but eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public employees, including teachers.

Families frequently take advantage of these options, with only about a quarter of public school students attending their in - boundary schools — District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter scpublic school students attending their in - boundary schools — District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter sschools — District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter scPublic Schools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter sSchools (DCPS) that students have a right to attend based on their address — and the rest enrolling in out - of - boundary DCPS schools or public charter sschools or public charter scpublic charter schoolsschools.

Assuming the parents were right I've amended my approach to suggest that there was some inherent bias in the selection process since it required parents to know about the lottery and go through the process as well as a related out - migration system in which students that didn't fit the mold were sent back to the public school system.

From where Casey sits, the criticism of Brown and others about the unwillingness of the AFT to embrace any reform of the obsolete process for teacher dismissals — including the Big Apple affiliate's successful opposition to Bloomberg's effort this year to give the city's schools chancellor final say over dismissing those alleged and convicted of criminal misconduct (and those engaged in inappropriate behavior with students)-- amounts to» a vicious slander» geared to «chip away at public support for the due process rights» and to «distract» people from the city's failures to put more effort into firing such teachers.

According to a 2010 study by the Civil Rights Project, for example, almost half of low - income students in charter schools attended schools where more than 75 percent of students were low income, compared with about a third of low - income students in traditional public schools.

We believe that the balance we have, with a thriving public charter sector and strong traditional schools, is about right.

In one of the first rulings in the nation on the public's right to access information about the effectiveness of public school teachers, a judge in Los Angeles upheld that teacher performance ratings are...

In one of the first rulings in the nation on the public's right to access information about the effectiveness of public school teachers, a judge in Los Angeles upheld that teacher performance ratings are a matter of «keen public interest» and should be released.

Parents of public school students in a number of Connecticut school districts continue to report that there are superintendents and principals who are not only misleading parents about their fundamental and inalienable right to refuse to have their child participate in the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests and / or the NEW SAT, but are actually telling parents that it is «illegal» for them to opt their child or children out of these tests.

Of course, private schools have their problems too (which I will write about in future posts), but for me right now, it is a much better place than public school.

She just recently testified before South Carolina's K - 12 Subcommittee of the House Education and Public Works Committee, specifically «about legislation regarding improving teacher evaluations and rewarding effective teachers in the public school system in S.C.» It worked so well in D.C., riPublic Works Committee, specifically «about legislation regarding improving teacher evaluations and rewarding effective teachers in the public school system in S.C.» It worked so well in D.C., ripublic school system in S.C.» It worked so well in D.C., right?!?

Meanwhile, Malloy's Commissioner of Education is not only preparing to take the stand against Connecticut's children in the critically important CCJEF School Funding Lawsuit, but she is leading the Malloy / Wyman administration's inappropriate attack on students, parents and the public school administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing sSchool Funding Lawsuit, but she is leading the Malloy / Wyman administration's inappropriate attack on students, parents and the public school administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing sschool administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

Whether like Jennifer Alexander who lobbies for charter schools, you see thousands of Connecticut public school students «trapped in failing schools» or, like me, you see the possibilities for curriculum design and professional development in those schools, what we have before us and before the Connecticut legislators in the future is a key moral question about what is the right thing for citizens in a democracy and their elected representatives to do.