Sentences with phrase «avoid failing public schools»

They wring their hands about having some of the most segregated public schools in the country — both by race and income — then keep quiet about neighborhood unzoned schools, where middle - class parents send their children in order to avoid failing public schools.

Not exact matches

Instead of complaining about stranded costs, districts should be worried about the students who choose charters to avoid being «stranded» in failing public schools.

A schools commissioner offered a troubled academy trust a «sweetheart deal» to quietly shift its schools to avoid information about its failings being made public.

«So long as districts continue to ignore the crushing reality of the looming financial crisis at the hands of unfunded retiree liabilities, and so long as the Legislature fails to fundamentally overhaul the authorizing structure in California, we anticipate that powerful special interests will continue to use charter public schools as a red herring to avoid the hard decisions that lie ahead,» continued Marquez.