Sentences with phrase «affect neighborhood schools»

State education law requires the Department of Education (DOE) to get the approval of the community through its local CEC when it wants to make certain changes, including zoning changes that affect neighborhood schools.

That lawsuit charged the DOE with violating state education law by making zoning changes that affect neighborhood schools without approval from Community Education Councils, effectively denying parents and children access to neighborhood schools without a voice in the process.

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When she was a toddler, I would notice things and wonder, but now that she's in school and playing with more kids in the neighborhood it's affecting her life more.

Also at 6 p.m., Transportation Alternatives hosts and «L - Train Shutdown Candidate Forum,» for NYC Council candidates in districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to discuss «street design innovations and action plans they will fight for if elected to represent affected neighborhoods,» with Gothamist City Editor Christopher Robbins moderating, The New School, 66 West 12th St., Manhattan.

Cleaning and greening vacant lots might be just enough of a change, Kaplan says, to help build a sense of ownership and neighborhood identity in the affected communities so they can come together and push for larger improvements like better schools and sanitation — and remain in the neighborhood to enjoy them.

Yet the decision by a small number of children to opt out of neighborhood schools may adversely affect the academic and social environment in those schools, as the remaining children are likely to have less - involved families on average.

My point is merely that those pursuing school - closure strategies should be mindful that every school, even the lowest - performing, is woven into the fabric of its neighborhood — and tugging on that thread affects the entire cloth.

Because recessions may affect student outcomes through channels other than school budgets (such as parental employment or neighborhood crime), the Shores and Steinberg result likely reflects all ill - effects of the recession rather than those through reduced per - pupil spending per se.

However, little work assesses the extent to which differences in the neighborhoods in which schools are located either affect teacher recruitment and retention or explain the observed relationship between school characteristics and teachers» career choices.

In particular, the income of neighborhood residents and the amenities available near the school both affect teachers» decisions of where to teach, particularly in urban areas with high population - density.

These reforms would help prevent fraud, improve teacher training and preparation, and ensure that charters are serving high - needs students well and that neighborhood public schools aren't adversely affected by rapidly expanding charters.

At the Charlestown community meeting on school choice options that was held last week by Boston Public School (BPS) officials, two goals that will affect the children in our neighborhood who attend or might attend the public schools were brought to school choice options that was held last week by Boston Public School (BPS) officials, two goals that will affect the children in our neighborhood who attend or might attend the public schools were brought to School (BPS) officials, two goals that will affect the children in our neighborhood who attend or might attend the public schools were brought to light.

Seton Catholic Schools is the solution to the educational and community challenges affecting our neighborhoods.

Also emphasized is trauma - informed teaching, which addresses how the trauma children experience at home and in their neighborhoods affects their behavior and learning at school.

And poverty adversely affects the amount of quality schools in your neighborhood, if they exist there at all.

Variation in school attributes, proximity, and fees across neighborhoods is used to identify factors which affect whether poor households send their children to government school, private school, or

Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabotage, a stunning report released this week by Journey for Justice (J4J), cuts through the ideological babble on school «reform» and lets us listen as «voices from America's affected communities of color» — parents, students, and community leaders — tell us how school closures and privatization are affecting them, their neighborhoods, and their chiSchool Closures, and Public School Sabotage, a stunning report released this week by Journey for Justice (J4J), cuts through the ideological babble on school «reform» and lets us listen as «voices from America's affected communities of color» — parents, students, and community leaders — tell us how school closures and privatization are affecting them, their neighborhoods, and their chiSchool Sabotage, a stunning report released this week by Journey for Justice (J4J), cuts through the ideological babble on school «reform» and lets us listen as «voices from America's affected communities of color» — parents, students, and community leaders — tell us how school closures and privatization are affecting them, their neighborhoods, and their chischool «reform» and lets us listen as «voices from America's affected communities of color» — parents, students, and community leaders — tell us how school closures and privatization are affecting them, their neighborhoods, and their chischool closures and privatization are affecting them, their neighborhoods, and their children.

In fact, the work of the many researchers Brill approvingly cites — including Kane, Staiger and Stanford's Eric Hanushek — shows that while teaching is the most important in - school factor affecting student achievement, family and neighborhood characteristics matter more.

Good schools affect everything: who moves here, who leaves, how your business grows, who lives in your neighborhood, what your house is worth — not to mention how healthy and vibrant your fellow (young) citizens are.

School segregation isolates many students of color in neighborhoods that battle entrenched poverty — where housing remains inadequate and the unemployment rate is considerably higher than that of more affluent communities29 — and these challenges affect student academic success.

For many neighborhoods affected by extreme poverty, schools represent the last remaining institution with access to resources, support and opportunity.

City schools CEO Gregory Thornton has faced backlash over staffing issues this year, following the departure of high - profile principals — including the principals who led schools in neighborhoods affected by the Freddie Gray unrest — and school layoffs that included the depletion of a surplus pool of teachers.

District leaders knew they needed to shut down some schools, a process that is never popular, especially in the neighborhoods most directly affected by the closures.

Moreover, the process for identifying «failing schools» was neither consistent nor research - based, and disproportionately affected low - income African American and Latino students by closing schools in disadvantaged minority neighborhoods while leaving untouched those schools in more affluent areas with comparable performance and enrollments.

; (2) how do neighborhood characteristics and alternatives to local schools affect where families choose to live and enroll their children?

• $ 3,000 from the Victoria Rotary Club for elementary school roof repairs • $ 5,000 in gifts from the Victoria Rotary Club to three district schools • Supplies and resources from Southwest ISD • Goods and supplies from the Harlandale Motorcycle Club • School supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Vicschool roof repairs • $ 5,000 in gifts from the Victoria Rotary Club to three district schools • Supplies and resources from Southwest ISD • Goods and supplies from the Harlandale Motorcycle Club • School supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Vicschool items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Victoria)

Examples include Patio Taller, a performance space and grass - roots educational center in the industrial zone of San Antón that organizes a «theater of the oppressed» to address issues affecting their community; the collective transformation of the hillside town of El Cerro, Naranjito into a living mural that is socially and artistically charged; intergenerational workshops known as Escuelas Oficios (Trade Schools) that are recuperating artisanal traditions threatened by modernization and colonialism, such as weaving, lace making, and basketry; the revitalization of blighted properties and neighborhoods through participatory urban design of community centers, public parks, urban gardens, and food cooperatives; and the aesthetic and physical reclaiming of public space through movement by artist Noemí Segarra.

Prenatal exposure to pesticides — common in agricultural areas as well as low - income urban neighborhoods, where the chemicals are used to control cockroaches and other insects — can significantly affect a child's ability to succeed in school, a trio of new studies finds.

Following this fatal home explosion, the National Transport Safety Board commenced investigations, with neighborhood evacuations that affected over 300 people as well as 700 students at Foster Elementary School.

They also include many for whom it would broaden the set of neighborhoods they could afford to live in, expanding access to employment or schooling opportunities and affecting daily commutes.

A REALTOR ® also may be able to tell you about planned developments or other changes coming to the neighborhood — such as a new school or highway — that might affect its value.

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