Sentences with phrase «about one's public schools»

The purpose of the report card is to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school.

When asked about the public schools in their community, no less than 55 percent give such favorable assessments.

There are various views about public school choice coming out of the 2016 election.

They too cite concern about public school environments, family ties and academic standards as reasons to home school, research shows.

The school's website wasn't her first stop for asking about the public schools in the area — she turned to referrals and social media.

If there's one thing that people know about public school funding, it's that a majority of the money comes from local property taxes.

The good thing about the public schools is the variety of students and the openness of it all.

... For parents, it's not about public schools versus private schools.

You aim to take advantage of every opportunity to share good news about public schools — your school in particular.

People care more deeply about public schools when it is their child's butt in the seats, they said.

While there has been great debate about public schools increasing their costs, they continue to have the lowest tuition and fee costs.

You might also want to take advantage of this collection of What's Right About Public Schools.

I'm opposed to ignoring the truth about our public schools.

If you would like to post something about public schools on my website let me know.

The group advocates refusing standardized testing as a way for parents to get a seat at the table in decisions made about public school education.

• How about the public schools in your community?

I think we tend to be a little limited in our thinking because we are not used to thinking this way about public school choice.

They usually know considerably less about public schools than state legislators, who are at least in touch with their local constituents and who sometimes start their political careers on a local school board.

When asked about public schools around the nation, these grades drop.

Two - thirds of respondents said they read mostly «bad stories» in the media about public schools.

Parents are usually the last to know anything about the public school and district their children attend.

None of this is particularly surprising, but private school enrollment rarely comes up in discussions about public school funding.

I write mostly about public schools, but private schools have their own methods and rituals that affect many families.

There are many misconceptions out there about public schools, too.

Everything you read and hear about public schools today is about this revolution.

If your child is doing well and you are happy about public school you probably don't need to read any further.

• If parents really are concerned about public school strikes, at some point they need to ask if we should be giving government unions the broad powers that we give them.

Social media changed her mind about the public school.

While there is no research indicating whether this policy will succeed or fail at helping students finish their degrees, we know enough about public school achievement to be skeptical.

That's the other thing about public schools — not any teacher can decide to use this punishment, or implement it.

There's so much bad news about public schools.

I knew that museum education could be an exciting platform for the kind of work I wanted to do with young people, but I knew I first needed to learn more about the public school system, educational policy, and curriculum design.

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Learn about your public school options from Clara Hemphill, InsideSchools founder.

«I'm trying to get us to where when we talk about a public school system, we talk about the entire public school system,» Watson said.

For more on this topic, please see «The 2012 Republican Candidates So Far: What they've said and done on education in the past, and what they might do about our public schools if elected,» by Allison Sherry, which will appear in the Fall 2011 issue of Education Next and is now available online.

Find out more about Public School Choice and read profiles on the other charter applicants.

«Once we make the decision to focus on leading children to excellence and turning around low - performing schools, we have an opportunity to change the conversation about public schools with the media and the public.»

House Speaker Ryan was hammered on Twitter after he tweeted out an item about a public school employee who, thanks to the tax bill, got an extra $ 1.50 in her weekly paycheck.

In February, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R - WI) tweeted an item about a public school employee seeing an extra $ 1.50 in her weekly paycheck thanks to the Republican tax bill.

He has nothing additional to say about the public schools, which do play a part in the shaping of children and must have had some role in creating the great divide he describes.

That's a Mistake,» Erika Christakis frets over the «dystopian narrative» that she says dominates conversations about public schools, which she insists are «nothing close to the cesspools portrayed by political hyperbole.»

Parents and guardians must have easy access to information about all public school options and operations

Unfortunately, as this analysis finds, the WPRI report is fatally flawed, undermining both its claims about public school choice and any implications for private school choice...