Sentences with phrase «attend quality public schools»

GO Public Schools Oakland is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization that informs, advocates, and cultivates leadership within the Oakland community so that all our students have the opportunity to attend quality public schools.

«All students should have the opportunity to attend a quality public school, and all schools, whether they are charter or traditional schools, should be held to the same high standards.

For all of our initiatives and good intentions, our nation has been unable to ensure that each and every American child can attend a quality public school.

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Wanting to reach all eligible children, Congress required that remedial programs for those attending private schools be «comparable» in quality to public school programs.

Said DeSantis: «The purpose of updating the guidance is to ensure that all New York state students, whether they attend a public or nonpublic schools, receive a quality education.»

Attacking new teacher evaluation systems that are, for the first time, enabling district public schools to make decisions based on teacher quality, does violence to the cause of improving the quality of education for the overwhelming majority of students who don't attend charter schools.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

The program's effect on today's participants may differ due to changes in which private schools participate in the program, which students participate, and the quality of the public schools that FTC students would otherwise attend.

The conscience of a liberal should struggle with supporting a system in which the children of the poor are consigned to attend the school that is assigned to them by public officials, regardless of its quality, whereas more affluent parents can shop for the school they want for their children by purchasing a home in the vicinity of the public school they prefer or paying private school tuition.

This pattern provides strong evidence that the smaller gains made by these charter school students are indeed due to the quality of the schools they attend rather than to any unobserved differences between charter school students and students in traditional public schools.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

From a public policy standpoint, LeVine says their work is important because it shows — despite what many in education don't want to hear — that even low - quality schools and attending for only a few years can have a positive impact, especially in developing countries.

The question is whether simply providing vouchers to students, who can use them to attend better public schools or private schools, is sufficient to satisfy the legislature's obligation to provide a high - quality education to all students.

The 2018 Distance to School Report analyzes how far students travel to attend public charter schools, including by students» demographics and grade levels and schools» locations, program offerings, and quality.

But the reality that many kids must travel as long as two hours away from home in order to attend school (often on inefficient public transit) has also put a strain on the Crescent City's poorest families, who, like middle - class households, want high - quality schools within their own neighborhoods.

With such demand, it is up to our elected officials to remove the facilities and funding barriers that exist to ensure that every child has the option to attend a high - quality public charter school.

As students in DC continue to attend public charter schools — 44 % of all DC public school students in 2014 — judging the quality of the education programs becomes increasingly important.

Finally, an individual student's academic success depends not so much on whether he or she attends a private or public school but rather on a complex interaction of abilities, attitudes, and strengths or problems brought to school; the skills and knowledge of teachers; and the quality of the learning environment.

The findings reported above represent the first systematic evidence that Americans» perceptions of the quality of their local public schools reflect publicly available information about the academic achievement of the students who attend them.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.

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Seattle Public Schools is whole - heartedly committed to ensuring that all students attend a quality school in which they experience powerful teaching and learning.

Share this page with your family and friends, and help us achieve our vision of every public school student in DC attending a quality public traditional or charter school.

We believe every child in the State of New Jersey should have the opportunity to attend a high - quality public school that best meets his or her needs.

States can — and should — play a more active role in fostering collaboration efforts if they are serious about ensuring quality public education for all of their students, regardless of what type of public school they attend.

Serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

While many private schools offer high - quality pre-kindergarten programs and full - day kindergartens, providing enriching educational opportunities for children under age 6, many children who attend public schools, particularly children living in poverty, do not have access to these programs.

According to an editorial published in today's Daily News by the leaders of Achievement First, Uncommon Schools, KIPP, Public Prep, and Coney Island Prep, NYC students are best served by expanding access public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.Schools, KIPP, Public Prep, and Coney Island Prep, NYC students are best served by expanding access public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.&Public Prep, and Coney Island Prep, NYC students are best served by expanding access public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.&public charter schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.schools «so that every family looking for a high - quality school can, in fact, attend one.»

CEL is proud to partner with the Seattle Public Schools in their efforts to ensure that every student attends a high quality school with quality teaching at each step of their educational journey.

Los Angeles is one of nine cities whose leaders announced today that the school district and charter school community have signed an agreement to work together to ensure all students have the opportunity to attend high - quality public schools in their neighborhoods.

Now, their main tasks revolve around making teacher tenure decisions, conducting «Quality Reviews» of school's internal organizational structures, attending public hearings about schools in their districts, and putting out fires when they arise.

«I want to thank Gov. Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, bill sponsors Rep. Scott Hilton and Sen. Fran Millar and the Georgia General Assembly for ensuring that more Georgia students will have access to a high quality and transformative public education because the public charter schools they attend will receive a funding increase.

The goal of public education in Wisconsin today and in the years to come should be to allow all parents to choose which schools their children attend, require every school to compete for every student who walks through its doors, and make sure every child has the opportunity to attend a quality school.

Unfortunately, every day millions of children in the United States attend dilapidated public schools with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and materials, harsh discipline policies and limited access to quality teaching and wraparound supports like school nurses, college counselors and afterschool programs.

To ensure all children throughout the county are well served, regardless of where they live and which type of public school they attend, the compact establishes a local Advisory Committee to ensure that district and school leaders execute shared commitments and strategies, including supporting accountability, transparency, and adequate and appropriate access to services and resources; and providing parents and students access to high quality public school options.

«It will mean giving parents more choice of the public schools their children attend as one way of assuring higher quality without heavy - handed state control.»

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GPSN is an independent, non-profit organization working to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools and significantly reduce the number of students attending chronically low - performing schools in Los Angeles.

«The facts of the mailer in question are indisputable and serve as a public service announcement to Latino families whose children have as much right to attend quality schools in any neighborhood they choose as anyone else.»

We do this by serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

Even more shocking was Gov. Jay Nixon's decision that same month to veto legislation co-authored by his arch-nemesis, Rep. Maria Chappelle - Nadal, that would have allowed for kids in failing districts to attend higher - quality public and private schools in the area shows the callousness of state officials when it comes to providing kids with high - quality educational options.

Let us be the catalyst for keeping public schools as the bedrock for our democracy and be the leaders remembered for being advocates for our children attending our high - quality public schools in Indiana.

«The challenger and three incumbents we've chosen to endorse represent the common sense leadership that families in Los Angeles are counting on to provide equitable access to a quality public education, which includes the 130,000 students who attend 285 independent and affiliated charter schools in the district.»

PARSS began in 1983 as a group of public school superintendents who expressed concern that Pennsylvania students in rural and small school districts did not have access to the same quality of education afforded to students attending school in the more metropolitan areas of the state.

That said, the highest - quality research studies find that charter schools tend to produce greater gains in math and reading test scores for traditionally disadvantaged students, compared to the gains these same students would achieve if they attended a traditional public school.

Across Nevada, zip code and household income continue to be indicators of the quality of the neighborhood public school that a child can attend.

«This bill is not one that has ever been discussed in open community meetings, in meetings of the Boston School Committee, which I attend regularly, in the local press or in any other public way,» said Wolf, who spoke on her own behalf, not as a representative of the parent group Quality Education for Every Student (QUEST), of which she is a member.

If you are a white or middle - class family living in Washington, your child will likely attend a socioeconomically segregated neighborhood school or a higher - quality magnet, and will outperform her peers in suburban public schools.

Scholar Academies exists to close the achievement gap and to ensure every child can attend a high - quality public school.