Sentences with phrase «better than the neighborhood schools»

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Another story in The Sun, about racial covenants in Rodgers Forge («Residents of Towson neighborhood confront racist legacy of covenants,» Sept. 10) was significant because, repeatedly, new residents remark that they moved to the neighborhood because of good schools and because taxes are lower than in Baltimore City.

It strikes me as a dangerous exaggeration that may seem to justify a differentiation in the pedagogies and the social policies that are enacted or applied within such neighborhoods, with greater emphasis on rigid discipline than on the informality and intellectual expansiveness that are familiar in the better schools that educate the children of rich people.

Among the 3,450 students are more than 500 black youngsters, most of them attracted by stronger curricula or better facilities than those available at schools in their own neighborhoods.

«As mayor, I will have no higher priority than ensuring kids in our city can go to a good school in their neighborhood, whether public, private, parochial or religious,» Massey said.

For the great number of Long Island residents who no longer have use for the schools, who are underwater with their mortgages, and who are living in neighborhoods that look a lot different than they used to — well, they're not sure what they're paying for anymore.

The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»

It's more than a sunny tale of three high school kids (played well by Shameik Moore, Kiersey Clemons, and Tony Revolori) trying to survive school and their neighborhood, after all.

Sixty - seven thousand Milwaukee students ride buses, but academic achievement is no better than it was when students were taught in neighborhood schools.

He says he is less interested in how schools are governed than he is in making sure there are good schools in every neighborhood.

Students in district schools with three or more charter schools within a one - mile radius perform significantly better in math than students with just one charter in the neighborhood, and they are also significantly less likely to be retained.

I say this as one of the few government administrators openly interested in the rights of low - income families to access non-governmental schools: Absent better systemic answers than those offered by ideologues, publicly funded private school choice for all children will continue to be more of a factor in legislative debates and scholarly conferences than in the homes and neighborhoods of America's youth.

That's persistent demand stoked by parents and students seeking a better education than children are receiving in neighborhood schools.

And it's a sad fact that the schools that do get closed almost always have some kids attending them — and these kids, too often, are the least fortunate youngsters of all, boys and girls whose families lack the means, the concern, or the savvy to access better options for their sons and daughters than the neighborhood school whose continued existence can not be justified on any other grounds.

The Mathematica researchers draw on other studies to try to estimate the potential peer effects, but clearly the best way to resolve the issues of self selection, attrition and replacement would be for KIPP to run a substantial number of «conversion» charter schools — schools in which KIPP educates students who happen to live in a particular neighborhood, rather than a self - selected group of students.

For example, those arguing for a return to zip code assignment of students to schools because such schools are somewhat more likely to be racially balanced than schools of choice have to discount: 1) the strong preference of parents to choose their children's schools, 2) the likelihood in some districts that a voluntarily segregated school of choice will provide a much better education than a child's marginally less segregated neighborhood school, and 3) the impacts of the competition among education providers that occurs when school enrollment is determined by choice.

That is the promise of American public education — that all students will be well - educated — not just those chosen by lottery for a charter school that may not turn out to be better than the regular neighborhood school.

The bill would provide extra support for charter school expansion, including providing new incentives for raising or abolishing charter school caps, and for taking decisions for authorizing new charter schools away from local school boards — despite substantial research showing that charter schools overall are no better than traditional neighborhood schools.

The culprit is the overreliance on property taxes to fund local public schools, which helps rich neighborhoods with high property values have better public schools than do poor areas.

Charter schools are not the answer, but for those of us last - in - line for delivery of great neighborhood schools, maybe we have a better chance, rolling our own dice rather than playing in a game historically fixed against us.

She chose it because it was across the street from the Catholic school for boys that her son attends, also with a voucher, and it seemed better than a neighborhood public school that has failed for years to meet achievement targets.

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.»

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Put another way, students at largely unionized neighborhood schools are twice as likely to progress better in their achievement than students in the largely non-unionized charter schools that are competing to enroll them.

Three years ago, I was just looking for a better option than my neighborhood school.

Additionally, state report card data released last fall suggested many charters in Chicago are performing no better than some of the same neighborhood schools.

It «appears» to do better than some of its other urban neighborhood schools because it refuses to provide educational services to the full range of students who make up the community.

They argue the money could be better spent on bringing innovations to traditional public schools, rather than picking «winners and losers» and propping up a specific few nonprofit charter operators, whose «schools of hope» could essentially replace failing neighborhood schools.

Even the rabidly pro-charter school Chicago Tribune reported that «New data suggests many charter schools in Chicago are performing no better than traditional neighborhood schools, and some are doing worse.»

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

«It makes it more objective than what it's been in the past,» Howard said, adding the report cards will help parents and neighborhoods better advocate for what their schools need to improve.

I'd like KIPP teachers to also say, you're welcome for the new neighborhood schools that I hope are a better place to send your kid than that old school no politically connected patent would touch with a ten foot pole.

Furthermore, when we examine the data we see that on the whole, charters do not perform better than high quality neighborhood public schools.

On most statistical measures, the schools in the network perform as well as and often better than district schools in similar neighborhoods.

Instead they are required to navigate the education marketplace, choosing between neighborhood schools that have been creamed of their best students and the new experimental start - ups that on average perform worse than traditional public schools.

Furthermore, in the schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, 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.

To date, Great Public Schools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public sSchools Now has met with more than 60 education and community organizations to solicit input on how best to serve under - resourced neighborhoods and give families more options for high - quality public schoolsschools.

Our approach is paying off, as African - American and Latino student achievement is better than in traditional public schools on any comparison, be it by state, by district, and particularly by neighborhood.

For example, a family that takes the time and effort to apply to a charter school, might be more involved in their student's education than a family that just sends their student to the neighborhood school, and that might be why we see choice school students performing better than the traditional public school students.

That is significantly better than the average of the neighborhood public schools — at 11.4 percent, 24 percent and 3.4 percent proficiency for math, ELA and science — but they are not, even Woodward admits, good.

And sometimes, he says, DCSRN is able to tell families their neighborhood school is actually better than it used to be and urge them to consider it.

Rather than state takeovers — which remove local control and accountability — as the go - to solution for troubled districts and schools, strategies like student - centered education, including project - based instruction, and wraparound services focused on student and family well - being, should be deployed to fix struggling schools and stabilize neighborhoods.

Despite its blind editorial support for charter schools, the Chicago Tribune reported today that «New data suggests many charter schools in Chicago are performing no better than traditional neighborhood schools, and some are doing worse.»

Last Monday, the Philadelphia Inquirer published what was intended to be a feel - good story about a family that chose an inner - city neighborhood school rather than a well - regarded charter school and wound up happy with their experience.

Renovated Pool home in East Fort Lauderdale in the sought after neighborhood of Imperial Point less than two miles away from the Beach and to some of the best schools in the Fort Lauderdale area.

Other than adults in your home or [SC]'s parents, is there at least one other adult in [SC's] school, neighborhood, or community who knows [SC][him / her] well and who [he / she] can rely on for advice or guidance?

Only two neighborhood considerations — good hospitals (77 percent) and good schools (65 percent)-- were rated higher than reliable wireless service.

While a home in a popular school district or in a higher income neighborhood may come at a greater cost, homeowners in these areas actually tend to be in better financial shape than their peers in lower value markets.

They also tend to have higher median household incomes and value neighborhood amenities such as good schools and parks more than apartment dwellers.