Sentences with phrase «attend traditional district schools»

Those reviewing New York State's No Child waiver request were concerned that it was «unclear» whether the Empire State's education agency had consulted American Indian tribes (whose children attend traditional district schools throughout the Upstate region) on any aspect of the waiver package; the Department of Education didn't mention this in its letter to state officials regarding the reviewer's feedback.

Enrollment figures show that charter school students are just as diverse (racially and economically) as students who attend traditional district schools.

In fact, enrollment figures show that charter school students are just as diverse (racially and economically) as students who attend traditional district schools.

The database also shows the test scores of students who attend traditional district schools and independent charter schools.

But given the union's longstanding support of policies and practices that have harmed kids, especially those from poor and minority backgrounds attending traditional district schools the union's locals have long dominated, neither it nor Weingarten can claim to be working to reclaim a promise it never made.

In Ohio for example, where the charter sector has been struggling with poor student achievement results for over a decade, charter schools in Cleveland are producing positive learning gains for their students in both reading and math, compared to students attending traditional district schools in the city.22 In Ohio in particular, the Cleveland School District has been a willing participant in partnering with a high - performing charter management organization, Breakthrough Schools, to ensure that these charter schools have the autonomy and accountability, as well as the access to financial resources and school facilities, necessary to produce high - quality results.

The father of three also has a daughter attending a traditional district school in Buffalo, though she will be attending CSAT next year as well.

Not exact matches

They need to advocate for policies that promote cooperative problem solving among school providers, including districts in cities where thousands of students still attend traditional public schools.

A similar pattern appears for the «parent trigger» proposal, which would allow a majority of parents whose children attend a low - performing traditional public school «to sign a petition requiring the district to convert the school into a charter.»

Even when it leads to a GED, adult education can severely limit students» options and is not viewed by the Orange County school district as a desirable outcome for students young enough to attend traditional schools.

The latest example of this comes courtesy of Charles Epps, the superintendent of the woeful Jersey City school district, who declared on Wednesday that the young women attending the traditional public schools there were «our worst enemy» in his (abysmal) effort to improve education in the district and prevent school crime.

Second, we didn't just compare TFA teachers with the Houston district's other new hires, a fair share of whom are uncertified and didn't attend a traditional education school (though not nearly as many as NCTAF claims).

In Detroit, where more than 40 percent of students attend charters, traditional district schools are slowly taking on a higher and higher proportion of students with special needs.

The study, just completed, compared test scores of 46,000 charter school [fourth - grade] students in 20 states and the District — almost every student attending the special schools with fewer restrictions than traditional public schools.

Over the years, Tanaisia has attended both public charter and traditional district schools, which has allowed me to fully see the differences in opportunities that are presented at each type of school.

If you attend a [traditional] district school, you're much more likely to have access to more funds.»

While Congress and the Obama administration have pressed the Bureau of Indian Education to overhaul operations at the schools it oversees on or near American Indian reservations, more than 90 percent of the 950,000 American Indian children attend traditional public schools run by local districts.

From where they sit, allowing families to actually choose the schools their kids attend offends their adherence to the traditional district model in existence since the days of Horace Mann.

Putting an end to traditional enrollment counts — and only providing districts with dollars based on whether the student is actually attending school — will force districts to look at the underlying reasons why chronic truancy is a problem in the first place, as well as address the issues by providing children with high - quality teaching and strong, college - preparatory curricula.

In 2016, according to the editorial, «children who attended public charter schools in these eight districts were 146 % more likely to pass state exams than students at traditional district schools, and three times more likely to score at the highest proficiency level.»

«They are all our students whether they attend a traditional school, a charter school, a pilot school or any other publicly funded school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. Corschool, a charter school, a pilot school or any other publicly funded school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. Corschool, a pilot school or any other publicly funded school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. Corschool or any other publicly funded school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. Corschool authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. CorSchool District,» said Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines.

Further, if money were not an issue, 73 percent of Idaho's parents would prefer that their child attend a private or charter school, while only 26 percent would opt for a traditional district school.

More than 200 people from the LA Unified world attended the forum, which featured a series of workshops and discussion panels aimed at sharing best practices between the district's charter schools and traditional schools.

Virtual learning enables districts to expand learning opportunities beyond school walls and days by increasing access to high - quality courses and meeting the needs of students who are unable to attend classes on a traditional campus.

We know this because of the more than 63,500 students attending F schools in traditional public school districts, three - quarters of those children — more than 49,000 students — are poor enough to receive free or reduced price lunches.

When speaking of charter schools» enrollment of a «comparable share of special education students,» Rubin / Weber say that these special needs students who attend charters are «likely to have less expensive disabilities» than those who stay in the traditional district.

Because the vast majority of our nation's students still attend traditional public schools, we believe in finding solutions to empower students in the district context.

Opponents of charter schools, which include many school districts, say they worry that an increasing number of such schools will drain vital dollars away from traditional public schools and create a divided system in which select students attend charter schools and students with special needs fill the traditional schools.

The majority of students in Chicago, Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and other cities where public school districts have been devastated by the cycle of resource extraction cited by Moody's, continue to attend traditional public schools.

In that survey, «73 percent of parents said they would prefer that their child attend a private or charter school, while only 26 percent would opt for a traditional district school.»