Sentences with phrase «best public schools in the nation»

«California's students deserve the very best public schools in the nation, but for too long, our schools have been stuck near the bottom.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

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

A percentage of proceeds will help in providing a well - rounded education that includes music to public school students across the nation.

Ellen Haas has spent a good portion of her adult life trying to improve the nutrition of the nation's school lunch program, first as the founder and director of the consumer group Public Voice, and in the last two years as Department of Agriculture undersecretary of food, nutrition and consumer services.

We believe in a New York where wages are rising, small businesses are thriving and our public schools are the best in the nation.»

Superintendents and education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the education budget for the third year in a row.

In this year's «Best Graduate Schools» edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UC San Diego School of Medicine (5th) in the nation among public medical schools (14th among all U.S. medical schools), with its AIDS program ranked 6tIn this year's «Best Graduate Schools» edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UC San Diego School of Medicine (5th) in the nation among public medical schools (14th among all U.S. medical schools), with its AIDS program rankSchools» edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UC San Diego School of Medicine (5th) in the nation among public medical schools (14th among all U.S. medical schools), with its AIDS program ranked 6tin the nation among public medical schools (14th among all U.S. medical schools), with its AIDS program rankschools (14th among all U.S. medical schools), with its AIDS program rankschools), with its AIDS program ranked 6th.

According to the official government count, the program now operates in more than 101,000 public and private schools as well as residential childcare facilities across the nation.

The nation's largest for - profit manager of public schools is well acquainted with controversy, but it has experienced more than its typical share of bumps in the past month.

But if the public thinks better of local public schools than it does of those in the nation as a whole, it is definitely more satisfied with local private schools than with public ones.

If the United States is ever to pay off its vast and rising public debt, as well as the growing deficits in its teacher pension accounts, it will have to fix not only the nation's schools but local ones, too.

A 2005 study by the Public Policy Institute of California found the improvement in reading «so definitive that San Diego's efforts are well worth a look by other school districts in California and the nation.»

Although silent meditation is a fairly common practice in public schools across the nation, Julie Steiner, executive director of the Tennessee aclu, said that to the best of her knowledge, only Massachusetts...

Now, as he assumes the role of chief academic officer of the nation's largest school system, Polakow - Suransky, who very few people, including educators, have heard of, will have to get used to being on a brightly - lit stage in the klieg - light capital of the world; just as private industry CEO Cathie Black travels from the well - insulated corporate board room to the decidedly raucous arena of a sprawling public school system.

Equally important is well - informed choice, a powerful principle in our economy and in higher education, but one that is severely constrained in K - 12 public education, particularly for low - income populations that are most likely to be assigned to low - performing schools under the nation's residence - based school system.

The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain quality teachers in U.S. public schools.

This research is part of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain quality teachers in U.S. public schools.

«Well, I said we'd go from 10:30 to noon,» Bob Ward reminded the crowd, trying to end a sold - out public policy forum on «Charter Schools in New York and the Nation.»

Public schools all over the nation — but especially in cities — are grappling with difficult problems of strikes, decreasing enrollment and increasing costs, as well as the perceived threat of tax credits for private - school tuition and voucher plans.

The future of our state depends directly on how well we teach our kids today and I look forward to working together with the Commission to make our public schools the best in the nation.»

Citizens like their local schools much better than they like the nation's public schools in general.

In another Gallup poll in 2012, only 19 percent of the public gave an A or a B to the nation's public schools, but 77 percent of parents awarded high marks to their own public school, the one they knew besIn another Gallup poll in 2012, only 19 percent of the public gave an A or a B to the nation's public schools, but 77 percent of parents awarded high marks to their own public school, the one they knew besin 2012, only 19 percent of the public gave an A or a B to the nation's public schools, but 77 percent of parents awarded high marks to their own public school, the one they knew best.

They amount to less than 1 percent of the Class of 2014 at the selective public school in Fairfax County, regarded as among the nation's best.

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Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NoSchools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NowSchool Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

All free public Alliance charter schools outperform their neighborhood schools and have been recognized as among the best in the nation...

STANFORD — Despite an economic downturn and new data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released last month that show no learning gains in math for American 4th graders, the nation's public schools will likely have more money and a larger and better paid labor force than they had in 2009, according to education researchers James W. Guthrie and Arthur Peng of Vanderbilt University.

Because the social and political trends of our nation are increasingly egalitarian, we will want the school in the year 2000 to provide for all children the kind of education that is available today only to those in the best private and public schools.»

The nation is very likely to be better served in the long term by public schools that afford students the opportunity to be exposed to peers from a diverse set of backgrounds.

Before the recession began, California K - 12 public schools, which were among the nation's best in the 1960s, already ranked near the bottom nationally in many measures of academic achievement and...

In the nations leading the world in student achievement, the schools look quite traditional; and the classrooms in many of America's best traditional public, charter public, and private schools look like they did 40 years agIn the nations leading the world in student achievement, the schools look quite traditional; and the classrooms in many of America's best traditional public, charter public, and private schools look like they did 40 years agin student achievement, the schools look quite traditional; and the classrooms in many of America's best traditional public, charter public, and private schools look like they did 40 years agin many of America's best traditional public, charter public, and private schools look like they did 40 years ago.

«We can't ignore the fact that the South and North Carolina lag behind the rest of the nation in school funding,» said Keith Poston, president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, a nonpartisan advocate for better scschool funding,» said Keith Poston, president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, a nonpartisan advocate for better scSchool Forum of North Carolina, a nonpartisan advocate for better schools.

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which barred federal funds from going to segregated schools, made it clear that Prince Edward County could not continue their practices legally and receive federal funding.29 This law, as well as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, was instrumental in elevating the role of the federal government in protecting students from discrimination in the nation's public schools.

Self - described reformers argued that Newark schools spent too much for too few results, and that charter schools had shown they could do better; per - pupil spending in the public schools was about $ 24,000 when Ms. Anderson arrived, and the teachers were among the nation's highest paid.

The Mind Trust grants $ 1 million to teams of innovators to start or expand networks of some of the nation's best public charter schools in Indianapolis.

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, which is the oldest voucher program in the nation, also bested Milwaukee public school graduation rates by 11 to 13 percent.

He reminds us that «in the US, wealthy children attending public schools that serve the wealthy are competitive with any nation in the world... [but in]... schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, [that are not competitive with many nations in the world] we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.»

«It's time to focus on the additional investments that ensure our public schools are among the best in the nation,» he continued.»

All public and accredited nonpublic schools are invited to participate in the Mary V. Bicouvaris Virginia Teacher of the Year Program to select the Virginia Teacher of the Year and to honor teachers who represent the best in teaching in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation.

After six years, there is overwhelming evidence that the deeply flawed «No Child Left Behind» law (NCLB) is doing more harm than good in our nation's public schools.

Los Angeles Unified School Board Election Has Nation's Attention The race for three Los Angeles Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public educSchool Board Election Has Nation's Attention The race for three Los Angeles Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public educschool board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public education.

In South Texas, for example, the first PTA Comunitario in the nation was begun with IDRA support by the women leaders of ARISE, a community - based organization in the colonias working to make sure their children get a good education in their neighborhood public schoolIn South Texas, for example, the first PTA Comunitario in the nation was begun with IDRA support by the women leaders of ARISE, a community - based organization in the colonias working to make sure their children get a good education in their neighborhood public schoolin the nation was begun with IDRA support by the women leaders of ARISE, a community - based organization in the colonias working to make sure their children get a good education in their neighborhood public schoolin the colonias working to make sure their children get a good education in their neighborhood public schoolin their neighborhood public schools.

«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.

They are unique in the nation in that they have autonomy over budget, staffing, governance, curriculum and assessment, and the school calendar to provide increased flexibility to organize schools and staffing to best meet students» needs, while operating within the economy of scale of a large urban public school district.

Today, our school district is a leader and innovator in public education, offering families some of the best educational choices in Iowa as we become the nation's model for urban education.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranks Washington's charter school law as the third best in the nation (out of 43).

Dedicated to giving every child the chance to attend a great school, Civic Builders partners with the nation's best educators to create public charter school buildings in communities where the need is greatest.

Through its nationally - unique Charter School Incubator, The Mind Trust grants $ 1 million to teams of innovators to start or expand networks of some of the nation's best public charter schools in Indianapolis.

«This is a pivotal time in public education and our nation's school children deserve the best education possible,» said Gentzel.

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) report «Condition of America's Schools» is released, estimating $ 112 billion was urgently needed to repair or upgrade the nation's public school facilities to put them in good overall condition.