Sentences with phrase «as over traditional public schools»

And yes, charters that choose not to backfill have advantages over charters that do backfill, as well as over traditional public schools that backfill.

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The folks over at the Harvard School of Public Health — led by Walter Willett — don't think the traditional USDA food pyramid (officially known as MyPyramid) doles out the best advice.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groOver the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gPublic Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groover 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gpublic schools into charter school operators and grassroots schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

Built around the use of an embedded set of connected, web - based data tools, the OIP is being used by well over half of the 612 traditional public school districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strschool districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strSchool Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strategy.

This past cycle of Newark Enrolls, the collaborative enrollment system that lets parents prioritize their choices among traditional district schools and public charters, over 50 percent of parents of incoming kindergarteners chose charters as their first choice.

(The district reports having «over 900» traditional public schools as well as 187 charters.)

This year's eight fellows were selected from a pool of over 1200 applications from teachers and instructional specialists serving in traditional public and charter schools, as well as alternative and private schools; from nearly every state, grade level and instructional area, and who teach in a wide variety of urban, rural and suburban settings.

Few education policy battles have burned as hot as debate over the practice of requiring traditional public schools to share under - used space with charter schools.

But over the years I've come to recognize home schooling as a viable and beneficial choice for families and children who are not thriving in traditional public schools.

As CapitalNewYork reported, Gov. Christie responded to the Mayor, «thousands of your constituents are choosing [charter schools] every year over traditional public schools in Newark because they give their children a better chance at a brighter future.»

Voucher and charter schools have gained steady traction as alternatives to traditional public schools over the last two decades, on both the state and national level.

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

Over the last two decades, charter schools have emerged as major competitors to low performing traditional public schools in some cites.

As states began enacting charter school legislation, the departure from Shanker's vision was repeated over and over again in the three critical areas: collaborating with traditional public schools, empowering teachers, and integrating students.

All teachers will still be awarded raises from the same pool of money for traditional public schools, and Pike, the union leader, worries that pool will shrink over time, particularly as the state spends more on private school vouchers and charter schools.

You know, NYSUT has focused — as have parents — their attention on the governor in lots of different ways, including the fact that there's been lots of criticism about... preferring charter schools over traditional public schools.