Sentences with phrase «balance of some public school districts»

The fight between federal officials and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal started in 2013 when then - Attorney General Eric Holder tried to halt the program out of concern that it was upsetting the racial balance of some public school districts.

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I'm the parent of a child with a severe peanut / tree - nut allergy, and I've always been comfortable with our (public) school district's balanced and rational approach to keeping all kids safe, healthy, and included.

Charter schools - in - a-municipality may be established when a municipality obtains a charter school; enrolls students based upon a random lottery that involves all of the children of the residents of the municipality; and enrolls students according the racial / ethnic balance reflective of the community or other public schools in the same school district.

Charter schools - in - the - workplace may be established when a business provides the school facility to be used; enrolls students based upon a lottery that involves all of the children of the employees of the business; and enrolls students according to the racial / ethnic balance reflective of the community or other public schools in the same school district.

◦ the ways in which the school will achieve a racial / ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves or within the racial / ethnic range of other public schools in the same school district

The percentage of Portland Public Schools students opting out of new Smarter Balanced tests has risen by three percentage points since last month, according to new data from the district.

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Complaints from school district officials about how long students needed to take part of the English language arts section of the Smarter Balanced test, also known as the Badger Exam, prompted the Department of Public Instruction to shorten the test.

While it can take time and some resources, having a system of checks and balances in school districts and at the state level for state testing are critical to having a system of assessment and accountability that will build public trust and provide policy makers with guidance for what works.

In fact, a new report out from The Center for Reinventing Public Education, «A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011,» argues that the relationship between conventional districts and charters is evolving «from a traditional paradigm of opposition, competition, and indifference to a partnership based on trust and collaboration through a shared mission, shared resources, and shared responsibility.»

Parents of public school students in a number of Connecticut school districts continue to report that there are superintendents and principals who are not only misleading parents about their fundamental and inalienable right to refuse to have their child participate in the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests and / or the NEW SAT, but are actually telling parents that it is «illegal» for them to opt their child or children out of these tests.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Thursday that he would require school districts to offer the Common Core practice tests, created by the Smarter Balanced states» consortium, in both math and English language arts next spring.

On behalf of parents of public school students across Connecticut, I am writing to request that you add an agenda item to the April 6, 2015 State Board of Education Committee meeting to review and address the actions taken by your Interim Commissioner of Education and other State Department of Education staff as they relate to the issue of a parent's fundamental and inalienable right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing program and how local school districts should deal with children whose parents have opted them out of the SBAC testing.

Their legislative agenda also includes taking away local citizen control of public schools and supporting the Malloy administration's effort to punish school districts in which more than 5 percent of the parents opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.