Sentences with phrase «students in public schools faced»

Students in public schools faced with increased private school competition showed greater gains in test scores than students in other public schools with the introduction of the program.

Many elements of success at the private school would not be easy to replicate in a public school: The students, as members of the insular Hasidic community, are mostly sheltered from the distractions, like television and video games, and problems, like single - parent homes, that many low - income students in public schools face.

Not exact matches

Bill Gates was the most public face of Microsoft, but of course the company started as a partnership with the kid Gates met one day in a group of students crowded around a teletype machine in a Seattle high school.

We recently sat down with Kern Halls, Area Manager of Orange County Public School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative initiatives like My Food Face — a sort of «internal Facebook» for students and their families — and the use of a food truck for school events and field School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative initiatives like My Food Face — a sort of «internal Facebook» for students and their families — and the use of a food truck for school events and field school events and field trips.

After making her remarks at the Hilton Albany, Nixon, who has made education one of her key issues in her campaign, held a roundtable discussion with public school parents to talk about the conditions their students face.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

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.

Because my interest here is in how portability would affect the distribution of federal funds across public schools even if students do not switch to private schools, I do not need any assumptions about the terms private schools would face.

One challenge facing the education system in the United Kingdom is that students from non-selective state (public) schools are underrepresented in institutions of higher education.

Students, teachers, and educators will face challenging decisions in the weeks and months ahead; hopefully this resource provides useful guidance and reminds everyone that youth political activity is fundamental to the purposes of public schooling.»

To estimate the effects of charter schools on students in traditional public schools, we use information on each school's distance from the nearest charter school to develop indicators of whether or not the traditional school faces competition from charter schools.

Braziller has spent a decade teaching Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO)-- a curriculum that leads students to reflect on themselves through in - depth study of history — and has taught at this public alternative school for 18 years.

Wouldn't this concept integrate nicely with early high school graduation in public schools to save $ $ in both the community as well as for the student facing increasing college loan debt?

And in a week where eight educators were sentenced to up to seven years in prison for their roles in a widespread cheating scandal in the Atlantic Public Schools (APS), what are some of the questions facing educators and policymakers tasked with ensuring student progress?

Even when researchers can evaluate charter schools that are large enough to contribute useful results to a study, old enough to have a track record, and representative of a substantial share of all charter schools, they face a daunting analytical challenge: finding students in the regular public schools who are truly comparable to the charter school students.

In order to determine the effect of scholarship - induced private school competition on public school performance, we examine whether students in schools that face a greater threat of losing students to private schools as a result of the introduction of tax - credit funded scholarships improve their test scores more than do students in schools that face a less - pronounced threaIn order to determine the effect of scholarship - induced private school competition on public school performance, we examine whether students in schools that face a greater threat of losing students to private schools as a result of the introduction of tax - credit funded scholarships improve their test scores more than do students in schools that face a less - pronounced threain schools that face a greater threat of losing students to private schools as a result of the introduction of tax - credit funded scholarships improve their test scores more than do students in schools that face a less - pronounced threain schools that face a less - pronounced threat.

Having learned these lessons firsthand as a business owner, I am determined as a governor to apply them to the single greatest challenge facing our public schools today — the challenge of providing the best possible teachers to students in our lowest - achieving schools.

In a separate 2009 study, Winters also found that «the more students a public school lost to charters, the better its remaining students performed — probably because the school now faced competition from charters for enrollment.»

For example, 62 percent of public school students in our sample believed that, if faced with long - term suspension or expulsion, they were legally entitled to at least one of the following: a formal disciplinary hearing, opportunity to be represented by legal counsel, opportunity to confront and cross-examine witnesses bringing the charges, or opportunity to call witnesses to provide alternative versions of the incident.

David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

We can help students feel more engaged and connected to their schools by giving them roles in making the school a positive environment, such as participating in safety patrols, focusing on recycling, keeping public spaces clean, upstanding in the face of harassment and bullying, being on school committees to solve problems related to gangs or drugs and alcohol, and so on.

Many practice a no - nonsense approach to discipline, for example, in which students are expected to follow rules or face suspensions — commonsense practices that many public schools are nonetheless outlawing.

Podcast: David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

In addition to the Buffett interview, other summit sessions that NBC recently confirmed include: The Changing Face of Education — More than one in five students in the nation's public schools are Latino — constituting the largest, and fastest growing, minority group in our education systeIn addition to the Buffett interview, other summit sessions that NBC recently confirmed include: The Changing Face of Education — More than one in five students in the nation's public schools are Latino — constituting the largest, and fastest growing, minority group in our education systein five students in the nation's public schools are Latino — constituting the largest, and fastest growing, minority group in our education systein the nation's public schools are Latino — constituting the largest, and fastest growing, minority group in our education systein our education system.

In striving to make it through the K - 12 system and on to higher education, this small but important portion of public school students faces special challenges.

There are many opportunities at Alliance for individuals who believe education is important, are aware of the critical issues facing our public schools, and want to help students in LA's most under - served communities...

For example, Facing History has a long - standing partnership with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) through which we have developed units for the district's civics and history curriculum in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11, reaching over 12,000 students each year.

These schools do not face the same public accountability standards as public schools, including those in Titles VI and IX of the Civil Rights Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Every Student Succeeds Act.

school governance is faced with big questions about who is in charge of public education in North Carolina and how we should improve student outcomes along the educational continuum.

Despite legal segregation being outlawed, Prince Edward County's students still faced de facto segregation in the years following massive resistance and the decision to close the public schools.

Annie understands that we must stand strong in support of public education, continue to push for a robust expansion of public Community Schools, and close the current per pupil funding disparities MPS students face compared to their suburban counterparts.

A bill to allow more charter schools for certain groups of students — such as minorities or those with disabilities — to open each year was scuttled as the Idaho Legislature focused mostly on regular public schools, which face the worst budget year for public education in the state's history.

«The Collaborative's adequacy study will be the first to truly explore the unique challenges charter schools face in providing a top - notch public school education to all students.»

«The president doesn't believe that vouchers are a long - term answer to our educational problems and the challenges that face our public school system, where the vast majority of — of students are educated in this country.»

1 A free, 246 - page handbook that introduces educators to Compassionate Schools and provides guidance on how to support students facing chronic stress and trauma is available from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington State.

Take a break from your normal routine tonight and watch The Principal Story, a PBS documentary that chronicles the challenges principals face in turning around low - performing public schools and raising student achievement.

Facing History in New York, in partnership with WNYC Radio's Radio Rookies program, helps public high school students develop digital storytelling skills through the Neighborhood to Neighborhood project.

And like most public schools in rural areas, these private schools would face significant challenges recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, providing differentiated and challenging content, providing support for students with special needs, and more.

Educators in Detroit's public school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in popublic school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poschool system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poPublic School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poSchool students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poverty.

Yet even as we have expanded public school choices for students to include career academies and all - girls schools, we are still faced with significant barriers to prevent us from teaching English language learners in a bilingual environment.

Martin said the growth of publicly funded private charter schools and private school vouchers is also an important issue because those programs divert critical tax money away from public schools, thereby increasing the challenges public schools face in meeting the growing needs of their diverse student bodies.

Touted as a way to provide school choice to parents, vouchers are promoted as an exit strategy for low - income students who are faced with poor educational offerings in the public school system.

Starting in the fall, teachers in D.C.'s traditional public schools will face another measure of how good they are at their job — and it will come from their students.

Students in public schools who're facing long - term suspension or expulsion have a right to written notice, a hearing before a neutral decision maker, and other procedural rights.

Following a ceremony honoring the 2017 Teachers of the Year, Chaffee sat down with Stephenie Johnson and Chris Ford to discuss her work at Codman Academy, a public charter school in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and the challenges teachers and students face every day.

In an about - face betrayal of California's students and hardworking families who depend on our public schools, AB 934 now abandons California's 6 million public school students and hard - working public school teachers by embracing a harmful, unpopular and unconstitutional «business as usual» mindset.

Accordingly, the People of the State of California declare that to secure the constitutional guarantee of students and staff to be safe and secure in their persons at public primary, elementary, junior high and senior high school campuses, school districts must have the appropriate statutory authority to expeditiously remove and permanently dismiss perpetrators of egregious misconduct without facing lengthy and costly litigation or creating incentives to transfer the school employee to another assignment, school or school district.

Facing History developed a two - week introductory unit for students in 6th grade social studies classes in Memphis and Shelby County public schools.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

In a joint statement from the state teacher unions, CTA President Eric Heins called the decision «a good day for students and educators,» adding, «it's time to get back to the real issues facing our public schools and work together to improve student learning and support the art of teaching.»