Sentences with phrase «as real public schools»

You do not serve an equal percentage of ELL and special education students as REAL public schools.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

We see parental school choice (even vouchers) emerging as real possibilities as Americans see a moral vacuum in public education.

Perhaps the mass media are the real public schools — the institutions in which the public is not only taught but brought into being as a public.

As silly as this article is, my 4th grader's public school recently pulled «Superfudge», a book by Judy Bloom, out of the curriculum because the characters talk about the fact that Santa isn't reaAs silly as this article is, my 4th grader's public school recently pulled «Superfudge», a book by Judy Bloom, out of the curriculum because the characters talk about the fact that Santa isn't reaas this article is, my 4th grader's public school recently pulled «Superfudge», a book by Judy Bloom, out of the curriculum because the characters talk about the fact that Santa isn't real.

And yet, as important as the public schools have been, the real school of republican virtue in America, as Alexis de Tocqueville saw with such masterful clarity, was the church.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding the city «take real steps» to deal with a troubled Bronx middle school — which The Post revealed as plagued by poor discipline and coverups — where a student accused the principal of shoving and harassing him.

Documents suggest that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group, REBNY, as an intermediary to press Albany politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

Dromm told Gay City that one of the real problems in the public schools is «abusive» security agents, and he said if the Council can afford $ 20 million for private schools they should appropriate an equal amount for «restorative disciplinary practices» for such security personnel in the public schools as well as for many more guidance counselors.

We have people lined up, ready to go and we're going to use it as an opportunity to talk both about the democratic process and the real issues in this state: public funding of elections, funding for public schools, fracking, our tax code and the environment.»

«Our results, based on in - depth interviews with seniors and their caregivers, add to a growing body of evidence that this decline in dementia risk is a real phenomenon, and that the expected future growth in the burden of dementia may not be as extensive as once thought,» says lead author Kenneth Langa, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the U-M Medical School, Institute for Social Research and School of Public Health, and a research investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

He consulted for the Education Commission of the States (ECS) in its 1999 report, Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules, which described a «public schools real estate trust» as follows: «In any locality, one or more real - estate trusts assume ownership of a community's public school buildings, sell the surplus buildings, and build or lease additional facilities in areas with insufficientSchools: Changing the Rules, which described a «public schools real estate trust» as follows: «In any locality, one or more real - estate trusts assume ownership of a community's public school buildings, sell the surplus buildings, and build or lease additional facilities in areas with insufficientschools real estate trust» as follows: «In any locality, one or more real - estate trusts assume ownership of a community's public school buildings, sell the surplus buildings, and build or lease additional facilities in areas with insufficient space.

The Monuments Project: Giving students as young as middle school opportunities to do the real work of historians — and provide meaningful public service in the process — is the idea behind the Monuments Project.

Had the commission been able to develop as a real alternative to local authorization, larger numbers of charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support of charter schools, capable of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment.

«Although we call them «public» schools,» Dougherty notes, «we buy and sell access to most as «private» commodities, based on the underlying real estate and governmental boundary lines that restrict entry.»

As for the latter, states must to find ways to get charter schools to a decent level of per - pupil funding, plus facilities funding, if not in comparison to traditional public schools then at least in terms of real dollars.

Emily Pilloton, the innovative educator behind Studio H, describes her approach as «a design / build public school curriculum that sparks community development through real - world, built projects.»

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While the racial, social, political, and economic consequences of poorly performing schools are innumerable and harsh, they won't be felt by Burris who earned $ 268,000 as a principal; or Ravitch who became a fierce public school advocate only after her children completed private school; or Valerie Strauss — another private school parent — who uses her Washington Post real estate to bolster all the drivel teachers» unions send her (without mentioning her connection to communication contracts with labor).

The two teamed up with a group of our PhD students as well as PhD students from the University of Colorado - Boulder in order to tackle what they have deemed the 50 Myths and Lies that Threaten America's Public Schools: The Real Crisis in Education.

Less clear, though, is whether charter schools offer real, long - term solutions to fixing public education in America, or whether the Obama administration should be relying on them so heavily as a means of turning around the nation's record of academic mediocrity.

If we as a nation are serious about creating a highly - educated citizenry, we have to be honest about the weaknesses of our public school system and be willing to make real changes.

Unless North Carolina requires the same level of accountability and transparency from the private and religious schools that receive vouchers as it requires from other schools that receive public money, it is making education policy on hunches and ideology rather than real data.

Incessant testing with no relation to the real world, the mindless collection of trivia classified as data, forcing a «business model» like Enron or Lehman Brothers or General Motors on the public schools, driving the arts and the social sciences out of the curriculum, and watching every Chancellor, Superintendent, Commissioner, and Secretary of Education promote charter schools over their own public schools at every turn.

«This will mean a real reduction in the public service portfolio,» he said, adding that it was likely to hit areas with few or no academies hardest as the money would not be replaced via individual school budgets.

Bill Gates apparently doesn't want funding to go towards real public schools staffed by professional career teachers either, since the foundation met with CREEED as noted at the top of this post.

As the State of Washington Supreme Court recently noted, it means charter schools are not real public schools.

Second, we believe that claims made on the basis of this flawed study feed the false hopes of many Americans, including policymakers, educators, and the general public, that we can find a single, simple solution, such as directly teaching phonics, to the real and complex problem of improving the reading of young children in high poverty schools.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

While her nomination gave exposure to an honest and passionate debate about charter schools as an alternative to traditional public schools, her hardline opposition to any real accountability for these publicly funded, privately run schools undermined their founding principle as well as her support.

As Wisconsinites are becoming increasingly aware, the real money in state politics is streaming in from a nationally financed campaign to destroy public schools and privatize education.

Another approach that is attracting some teachers is the teacher led school idea — which would be real power in teachers» hands — as part of a district or charter public school.

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

According to the Miami Herald: But the Zuluetas» greatest financial success is largely unseen: Through more than two dozen other companies, the Zuluetas control more than $ 115 million in South Florida real estate — all exempt from property taxes as public schools — and act as landlords for many of Academica's signature schools, records show.

Indeed, the establishment of a charter school in place of a public institution has the real practical effect of diminishing the rights of parents to be involved in their children's education; it curtails the parents» standing as «citizens» and leaves them only as «consumers» or «stakeholders,» at best.

As I have stated before, it is time for all Indiana public school systems to stand up and share with local taxpayers the real value of where their tax dollars should be going, and that is into INDIANA PUBLIC SCpublic school systems to stand up and share with local taxpayers the real value of where their tax dollars should be going, and that is into INDIANA PUBLIC SCPUBLIC SCHOOLS!

Although all public school educators should rejoice in the admission by the president that we are «over-testing,» the real joy will come when we have new pro-public education leadership in Washington, DC as Secretary of Education.

The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children's Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.&raquAs corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.&raquas ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies — e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion — have been attempting to re-brand them as «parent empowerment.&raquas «parent empowerment.»

She continues to support the school's highly collaborative culture where students and teachers are engaged in transdisciplinary projects across grade levels that produce real work while also maintaining her role as a 1st grade teacher in this public school.

Baltimore City, MD — The Baltimore City Public System came on board as partners with REAL School Gardens in 2017 with Gwynns Falls Elementary School as our first partner.

In 2010, Policy Matters Ohio published a report on the practices of Imagine Inc., a for profit charter school network with schools in Ohio that was acting as a profit mill for the charter school corporate network by using insider deals, including on real estate its subsidiary owned to drain as much public money out -LSB-...] Read More»

Not only are these schools segregationist and intended as elitist schools (never mind that they fail to deliver elitist - quality education), but also they suck millions of dollars away from the REAL public schools each year.

Even as vouchers have shored up many parochial schools, public schools have been squeezed: State education spending has not kept up with inflation, and still is not as high, in real dollars, as it was in 2011, according to Lawrence DeBoer, an economist at Purdue University.

If real public schools discriminated against students based on their ethnicity, language skills or special education needs, the Courant and every other respectable media outlet, as well as every education and community advocacy organization would be calling for investigations and prosecutions.

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