Sentences with phrase «about investments in public schooling»

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Overall, the foundation is spending about $ 20 million a year to «leverage change in public education — especially in schools serving disadvantaged students — through large strategic investments in a small number of initiatives that bolster student achievement.»

Developing a more comprehensive source of information about barriers to attracting good candidates and about ways in which school districts, professional associations, and institutions of higher education can contribute to ensuring that these candidates are prepared and ready to move into leadership positions is an investment that would pay high dividends to our public schools and the children they serve.»

Alturas International Academy School Type: Charter Public Location: Idaho Falls Grades Served: K - 8 ’20 in 10 ′ Investment: $ 1,000,000 over five years ’20 in 10 ′ Impact: 538 new seats About the School: Alturas International Academy promotes academic distinction, while empowering students to be principled and intellectual leaders as they explore, create, investigate, and analyze in a safe, engaged, collaborative environment that inspires them to make a genuine difference in their local and global community.

D.C. public schools chancellor Kaya Henderson talked about signs of progress in her third annual State of the Schools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeschools chancellor Kaya Henderson talked about signs of progress in her third annual State of the Schools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeSchools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeschools, and more engaging courses system wide.

But even beyond that, it is about restoring the public confidence in the public school system and only then can we build a base of support that can ultimately be used to raise taxes, to create critical investments in the public school system again.

Yet it is worth noting that the public - school systems in Montgomery County and the neighboring District of Columbia both spent about $ 15,000 per student in the 2007 - 2008 school year — and while Montgomery County has obviously gotten a respectable return on its investment, D.C. has performed dismally, ranking dead last in the nation on 2007 and 2009 NAEP math and reading scores for fourth graders.

After having spent some $ 3.4 billion on public education in the United States — much of it directed toward the development and implementation of the highly controversial Common Core State Standards — Gates says that 60 percent of his new investment will go to public schools and about 15 percent to the development of charter schools.

However, parent and families» decisions about schools happen in the context of State over-investment and policy in favor of public school choice programs and under - investment in other public schools with high proportions of low income and Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino children.

Facing a $ 665 million budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools has had to make difficult but necessary choices about how to protect key investments in student learning.

This report draws upon the most recent federal, state, and public school budget information — and what we know about effective investments in young children.

Jones also spoke to GoodeReader about the possible reasons why digital textbooks have seen a greater adoption at the higher education level than in the public schools, namely that in those arenas that students are accustomed to paying for content, as well as the fact that they see the means to an end in this kind of investment towards their degrees and ultimately their careers.

The Kindergarten Assessment will provide invaluable information about: whether our public investments are improving the school readiness of Oregon's children; how extensive the opportunity gaps are between groups of children; and whether Oregon is succeeding in closing those gaps.

The report draws upon the most recent federal, state, and public school budget information — and what we know about effective investments in young children.

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