It also helps to plan for the new school places that are urgently needed, ensuring that every child has a
place at a good school near their home.
No child should have to experience this kind of bullying, and yet, sadly, it happens every day,
even at our best schools.
Instead of merely increasing salaries, teachers want to
work at the best schools where more resources are available to help teachers and students succeed.
There are far fewer available
seats at good schools than at poor ones, leaving many families to choose between bad and worse.
Poor neighborhoods have very low performing schools, with one being the «good school or high - performing school,» which explains the incredibly long waiting
lists at those good schools.
Education choice not only lets families deploy their tax
dollars at better schools, it also helps improve underperforming school districts.
``... even students who have been well trained and who exhibit all the over signs of success — faithful
attendance at good schools, high grades and high test scores, accolades from their teachers — typically do not display an adequate understanding of the materials and concepts with which they have been working.»
The Angry Moms like to say, «It's not just a movie, it's a movement,» and the «movement» side of their work can be found
at Better School Food.
Maybe this was because they wanted to stay in the neighborhood, or were concerned about how their child could safely get to another school, or didn't know there were open
slots at good schools.
Experts at the Good School Guide have predicted that 28,000 children in London starting secondary school in September will not get their top preference, adding to fears of a pupil place crisis in the capital.
In fact, Hickok isn't even sure what the federal government can do if students in a failing school can't transfer to another public school in the district because there's no
room at the better schools.
«We looked
at better schools with similar student populations and emulated them,» said Stein, who came to Manual from an elite private school.
The charity quotes government figures it says suggest there are too few places
at good schools in England, where one in six primary pupils and one in four secondary pupils attend schools dubbed «failing» by Ofsted.
And students who have been
at a good school since early childhood are more likely to be on grade level and better accustomed to a school's behavior code than those arriving later on from weaker schools.
Years later, I had written something in my journal about how «I hope one day I can get my
M.A. at a good school like NYU.»
Sometimes, the way students think about graduate school scholarships discourages them from applying for great financial award
opportunities at good schools.
Note that studying in your own country is likely to be MUCH more affordable than studying in another country... and that going to a less - well - known (and less expensive) school for a few years, getting top grades, and then trying to transfer to a better school is a valid option, as is going to a less - well - known school for your undergrad degree, making top grades, and then trying to get admitted to a masters
program at a better school.
They both earned good incomes from their careers as lawyers in downtown Toronto, lived in a nice home in North York and have 2 bright children who are completing their
educations at good schools.
«At a few, very few, schools, the farm and the dairy are sufficiently productive to be a highly important factor in raising the standard of the diet, but
even at the best schools these sources do not fully meet the requirements for the health and development of the children.
Facts supporting removal may include the enhancement of quality of life and increased standard of living of the custodial parent and the children;
attendance at better schools; genuine and sincere reasons for the move, such as a remarriage, or change in employment; moving closer to supportive, extended family; a close relationship between the children and the new spouse and the new spouse's family; and any other facts suggesting that the move will be in the best interest of the children.
The news comes as councils say they will need 336,000 more places by 2024, with some council leaders saying the scramble for places
at good schools is becoming more intensified as the crunch in school provision intensifies.
Otherwise, as more schools embrace personalized learning,
at best each school will have to go at it alone and figure out by trial and error what works for each student.
The government has committed to providing each pupil a place
at a good school, but this key objective is becoming harder to achieve in the face of budget pressures and increasing numbers of children entering the education system.
At those good schools, she said, the state teacher evaluation system could actually get in the way of getting rid of weak teachers.
Many parents therefore prioritise securing a place
at a good school, but are limited in their choices by proximity and other criteria used to allocate children to schools.
And, as the crunch in primary school provision intensifies, council leaders in some areas say the scramble for places
at good schools is even more acute.
A place
at a good school is the most effective way to address the shortfall in basic skills for children of school age.