Sentences with phrase «with public schools across the country»

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A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

On pupils» enrolment, in March 2017, the Federal Government — although with no statistics to back it up — said the feeding programme had led to increase in the enrolment of pupils in public primary schools across the country.

[5] This central finding, together with our study, only reinforces our ultimate conclusion: it is critical to consider what kinds of choices we are offering families in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country, and in charter or traditional public schools alike.

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

We already have an impressive joint project with the Business School, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coSchool, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is an executive education program that unites the faculty resources of both schools to address the specific challenges faced by nine urban school districts from across the coschool districts from across the country.

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

Alumni who graduated with the CAS in Counseling are working in public, charter, and independent schools across the country as school counselors, adjustment counselors or school social workers.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

When asked to name a preferred private school, roughly half named independent private schools (the most popular being Worcester Academy and Milton Academy), with tuitions that eclipse the values of even the most generous school vouchers offered in public and private programs across the country.

Across the board, in every country studied, what they found was that women retain the literacy skills they learned as young girls in school — even when they attended lowquality schools only for a couple of years — and then use those skills later, as mothers, to understand and connect with public health information disseminated through the media and through healthcare workers.

At a time when charter schools account for 10, 25, even 45 percent of public school enrollment in urban areas, this represents thousands of students across the country who won't start the school year with the teachers they need.

Countries without such alternative systems, either because the public systems were acceptable to Catholic leadership (as in Italy, Spain, Austria, and most of Latin America) or because the Catholic share of the population was too small to create and sustain an alternative system competing across the board with public schools, have not experienced the benefits of such competition.

YPO, the UK's largest public sector buying organisation, has signed a partnership agreement with Fisher Scientific, a leading supplier of laboratory products and laboratory equipment, to supply a range of high quality science equipment and resources to secondary schools across the country.

This care for the success of public schools and the success of other school attorneys across the country is the reason I am proud to be associated with COSA.»

With this knowledge and experience, we provide consultation services to school districts all across the country to further our impact on public education.

The increase in teacher production has more than kept up with increases in student enrollment in public schools across the country.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

The data should inform a call to action on behalf of students with disabilities in public schools across the country — both charter and traditional.

Chartwells, which provides school lunches to public and private schools across the country, will team up with NGA to help create living laboratories within schools, bringing gardening expertise to the culinary and nutrition foundation in Chartwells» schools.

NSBA is committed to equity and excellence in public education through school board governance, and with the onset of a new administration and a new Congress, will amplify the voice of 90,000 school board members across the country, to maintain and strengthen the ability of local districts and school boards to act in the best interests of students, parents, and communities.

This interview very clearly explains what's happening with charter schools (and public schools) across the country today.

Across the country, public schools play a critical role in integrating them into American society and setting them up for long - term success: by equipping them with English mastery.

Public schools across the country rely upon federal investments for key education programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trust lands.

Public charter schools across the country were started with the promise of being alternative, quality options for parents to choose for their children.

As a person who works closely with teachers locally, and who has spent the last five years working closely with teachers across the country — from both district and charter settings — I can tell you first hand that you will be hard pressed to find anyone working in a school today who agrees our public schools are «flush with cash.»

That's why, earlier this year, we joined with two dozen other organizations and advocates to support the California State STEM School, inspired by 14 other states that have specialized state STEM public schools across the country.

As states across the country rapidly adopt their own requirements for student data privacy, NSBA supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and of the families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable information.

As states across the country rapidly adopt their own requirements for student data privacy, the National School Boards Association supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable informSchool Boards Association supports the timely efforts of America's school districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable informschool districts to protect the privacy of students and families who entrust public schools with their child's personally identifiable information.

It's happening through a growing program from the national nonprofit group Parents for Public Schools, based in Jackson, but with active chapters in big cities and small towns across the country.

Public schools across the country have chosen to partner with Catapult Learning on the basis of our high - caliber special education and alternative education programs and services that fully accommodate specific school district requirements and fulfill individualized student placement needs.

As DFER president Shavar Jeffries said in a response to the dustup in Colorado this week: «If our intra-party opponents would prefer counter-productive family warfare as opposed to unity around shared values, this should be clear too: We stand with the millions of families across our country demanding access to high - quality public schools and the thousands of elected Democrats who fight tirelessly to ensure they get it.»

Rees said that more than 300 public charter schools opened last year, with a total over 6,900 charter schools serving over 3 million students across the country.

«New York has the most segregated schools in the country: in 2009, black and Latino students in the state had the highest concentration in intensely - segregated public schools (less than 10 % white enrollment), the lowest exposure to white students, and the most uneven distribution with white students across schools.

«In working together with the parents and the charter school operator to arrive at this decision,» said Desert Trails Parent Union lead coordinator Cynthia Ramirez in a press statement, «the school board has set an example for other parents and districts across the country on how to use Parent Trigger legislation to transform otherwise failing public schools.»

The grievances expressed by West Virginia teachers like Salfia are emblematic of those felt by public - school educators across the country, many of whom have struggled for years with demanding and often growing workloads despite relatively low pay.

Aligning with Alma Powell's belief in uniting a community to help solve the educational crisis, public schools across the country have developed comprehensive programs to bring dropout students back to their classrooms.

As part of its effort to share best practices with the special education community, The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) identified several public charter schools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabiSchools (NCSECS) identified several public charter schools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabischools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabilities.

KIPP, the highly - regarded charter school network with 209 schools across the country serving 90,000 students, announced today the appointment of Richard Buery as Chief of Policy and Public Affairs.

«Their leadership on the Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act and the ESEA reauthorization amendment are extremely important to public school leaders across the country who deal daily with federal regulations that hinder their abilities to improve student achievSchool Board Governance and Flexibility Act and the ESEA reauthorization amendment are extremely important to public school leaders across the country who deal daily with federal regulations that hinder their abilities to improve student achievschool leaders across the country who deal daily with federal regulations that hinder their abilities to improve student achievement.

While many charter school leaders across the country grapple with how to best provide and pay for special education, New Orleans recently became the first city in the nation to tackle special education on the fiscal, human capital, and program fronts in the context of a full - choice public education landscape.

With nearly 500,000 students enrolled in private school choice programs and 3.1 million students enrolled in public charter schools across the country, coupled with the demand from millions of families wanting these offerings, AFC is committed to helping as many families as possible access the education environment that best meets their child's neWith nearly 500,000 students enrolled in private school choice programs and 3.1 million students enrolled in public charter schools across the country, coupled with the demand from millions of families wanting these offerings, AFC is committed to helping as many families as possible access the education environment that best meets their child's newith the demand from millions of families wanting these offerings, AFC is committed to helping as many families as possible access the education environment that best meets their child's needs.

While explicitly avoiding the debate over the existence of charters and carefully noting that he was looking at the problems associated with a poorly regulated sector taking public funds, Mr. Oliver looked at financial scandals and fraud in charter schools across the country:

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

Both of these legislative options face difficulties becoming law in a divided Congress and with vocal pushback from public school supporters across the country.

In districts across the country we are working with parents to ensure successful turnaround programs are used at the lowest performing schools, and we are championing quality school models at all types of public schools.

According to dozens of interviews with parents, students, researchers, lawyers and teachers across the country, many public schools are not identifying students with dyslexia and are ignoring their needs.

The downside of this, as became clear in public - school systems across the country, is charter schools and voucher programs entice parents with the promise of more «options,» while weeding out the children that neither charters nor private schools have the capacity to educate.

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99

In a rebuttal to those who say states should use common tests so that the public can compare how students perform across state boundaries, fewer than one in five public school parents said it was important to know how children in their communities performed on standardized tests compared with students in other districts, states or countries.

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title X funds to provide transportation services, educational services for which the child or youth meets the eligibility criteria, programs in vocational and technical education, school nutrition programs, and to prepare teachers to deal with the unique challenges the homeless student must confront to attain academic achievement.