Sentences with phrase «best public school»

We live in a rental in a very affluent area, so that the last 2 at home could go to one of the best public school districts in our state.

It's close to Boston, public transit, local highways and one of the best public school systems in the state.

However, the end of summer doesn't mean that your additional expenses will stop — school trips and school cutbacks have put many parents in a position where they have to spend money to give their kids the best public school experience.

We have been on a march for the past 25 years that had led us to what was rated as the best public school accountability system in the country, one that, when fully implemented would measure progress to postsecondary readiness at every grade level culminating in a high school diploma signifying college and 21st century career readiness.

«I honestly believe that our state should be working to create the best public school system in America,» Caire said.

I say all the time that if you visit the best public school in your community, what you see is what we should see in every public school.

According to U.S.News Nicholls State ranks as the 102nd best school in the South, and 43rd best public school.

The public school choice movement is based on the same beliefs and goals — that parents should have the freedom to pick the best public school environment for their students and that access to quality public school options should be afforded to all students.

While we live in the state with the best public school education system in the country, we know that not all of our communities reflect this measure.

According to U.S. News San Diego State is the 146th best school in the nation and the 74th best public school and also ranks highly for business, international business, and undergraduate level engineering programs.

I've never heard a parent say they considered a school's «authorizer» when picking the best public school.

I was reminded this week that our goal at TCSA, to improve student achievement by advocating for and strengthening a diverse set of high quality charter schools, is shared nationwide by educators and policymakers who believe that charter schools are the best public school option for students.

Aside from celebrating charter schools, the rally «will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high - quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents» right to choose the best public school for their children,» according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association Families.

«Our veteran teachers have helped build what is arguably the best public school system in the nation, so this agenda makes no educational sense,» he said.

Nick and Kelly believe that a zip code should not determine the educational quality that a student receives and they value a parent's right to choose the best public school for their child, whether that's a traditional district, magnet, pilot, or charter school.

While the group describes itself as «an alliance of parents that supports and defends parents» rights to access the best public school options for their children,» the local phone number on its flier rings the office of GOP consultant Dee Stewart of Raleigh - based The Stewart Group.

I attended schools in two of the best public school districts in Southern California and achieved not just an undergraduate degree, but two master's degrees.

We are also working to attract and keep the best public school teachers, many of whom work very hard under very difficult circumstances.

Forward - thinking candidates know that educational and economic justice means expanding school choice to all and not just families that can afford private - school tuition, tutors or suburban homes in the best public school districts,» said NYIA spokesman Robert Bellafiore.

Alongside the best public school reform proposals outlined above, as a nation we should invest equal resources in testing a voucher plan.

The men covered a range of topics, including Buffett's «obsession» with good public schools (Detroit's schools are failing), and his prognosis for the American economy (it's looking good).

We do have free medical (pretty much), good public schools, and much cheaper higher education, but prices are much higher and income taxes are much higher.

«They still want good restaurants, but now it's also about space, affordability and being able to send their kids to a good public school,» said Paternite, 45, who said that about 70 percent of her business now comes from young families who are making the move from Brooklyn or Manhattan.

For some homebuyers access to good public schools is crucial, while for others safety is the top priority.

When he was in his prime, Greenville, MS had perhaps the best public schools in the country, where Walker Percy and Shelby Foote had to struggle to get Bs in English.

When I asked why they attend the the school if the didn't beleive they said its academics were better the the public school alternative.

(Read: not cloth diapering or the best public schools.)

While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.

For nearly two decades, she's been fighting for LGBTQ equality, women's rights, and better public schools — for her kids, and for all of New York's kids.

Too often, she said, receiving a good public school education can come down to «the luck of the draw» in the regional school choice lottery.

«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.

The Florida Democratic Party is proud to be fighting alongside Annette for good public schools, an economy that works for everyone, and better transit options in senate district 40.

Instead of giving 1 percenters a massive tax break they don't need, I am using my platform as a celebrity to advocate for LGBTQ equality, women's health, and better public schools.

Ed Balls went to a good public school, to Oxford, over to Harvard for a stint teaching, returning to write leaders for the FT, on to working for Gordon Brown in opposition and government, to MP and into the cabinet two years after entering parliament.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the dire need for more schools Downtown, as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the need for more schools Downtown as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Buery returns from Ohio today after hitching up with Mike Mulgrew for a road trip to the Midwest in search of a good public school.

New test scores show that public charter schools are the best public schools in the city for high - need students, but Mayor de Blasio continues to drag his feet in giving...

We see this reality in many ways, from where good public schools and bad ones are found to sentencing disparities for possession of crack versus powder cocaine.

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

As Louie's own story suggests, they shared information to find out about the best public schools in the area or about how to apply for scholarships to private schools.

They believe true equity depends on universal access to good public schools.

Massachusetts supposedly has the best public schools in the United States, and the best of the best are to be found in the affluent Boston suburbs — Belmont, Lexington and Wellesley, for example.

For years, reformers of left and right have dueled over whether the best way to shake up poorly performing public schools is to provide parents with the opportunity to switch to private schools (through vouchers) or to allow parents to move their children to better public schools (through public school choice).

They also hold the public schools in their own community in comparatively high regard, perhaps because they have better access to good public schools.

There is also the worry that even the best public schools provide a superficial...

If we are going to truly become the great public school system we want to become, we need to transform public education, and we need to transform it so that every child has access to a good public school.»

I assured the board that I wanted what they wanted: a better public school system to help all of our children to be more successful.

Armed with that information and empowered by the state's open - enrollment law, they moved their children to better public schools.

Children will receive the best education if the public invests in better public school safety, curriculum, support services, and teachers.