Stability is good, but
adequate learning facilities are better — even if boundary changes tend to upset those parents whose kids are forced to switch schools.
Not exact matches
So seriously is it believed at McGill University that a Western student is not being offered
adequate facilities for the study of Islam and for a degree in Islamics unless he has Muslims available from whom to
learn, that it is formal policy at its Institute of Islamic Studies that half of the teachers and half of the students be Muslims.
That report, Dick and Jane Go to the Head of the Class, contends that data from those three studies indicate that students in schools with strong library media programs
learn more and score higher on standardized tests than do their peers in schools with less
adequate library
facilities.
The report rates
facilities in four categories: building condition; outside site conditions;
learning environment, which includes air quality; and
learning spaces, which focuses on
adequate classroom size and space for gymnasiums, cafeterias, music, art, and other programs.
All children, including those from low - income families, are entitled to safe, healthy, and comfortable school
facilities; well - qualified teachers and other staff members; high - quality curriculum and
learning materials; and
adequate supplies and equipment, including computers and other technology.
Administrators who responded viewed the majority of the nation's school
facilities as barely
adequate, a deterrent to
learning, and in immediate and desperate need of repair.
Charter public schools, just like traditional public schools, need the funding to provide their students
adequate and appropriate
facilities in which to
learn.
Resources for teaching and
learning: Schools with sufficient instructional materials and supplies, safe and clean
facilities, reasonable student - to - teacher ratios, and
adequate support personnel can positively affect teacher retention rates, and influence the kind of teaching and
learning that can occur.
Note: In the CCJEF trial court decision, now on appeal, Judge Moukawsher, in contrast to all precedents across the country, limited the notion of adequacy to comprise only sufficient teachers,
facilities and instrumentalities of
learning - and he said the state is already providing
adequate funding.
Despite vast differences among states, courts enumerated a remarkably consistent list of educational necessities, including: high - quality preschool, small class size, additional services for at - risk students, supports for teachers such as professional development, curriculum supports, supplies, equipment,
adequate facilities, and
adequate books and other
learning tools.