In each case, the issue was compulsory performance of a flag salute
by children in public schools, a sign of patriotic loyalty to the nation that implied obligations to defend it.
Not exact matches
The NRA, bolstered
by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns
in public places, including
schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his
child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Fla.,
in which 17 people were killed and others injured.
Private
schools, charter
schools, voucher programs and other
school choice options have been championed
by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless
children of color living
in poor communities with even poorer - performing
public schools.
The Tennessee judge (
in Mozert v. Hawkins County) ordered
in November 1986 that
public schools honor a request
by a group of parents that their
children be excused from using certain readers offensive to their religious convictions.
If you want god
in your
children's classroom, send them to a
school run
by a religious organization...
public tax dollars should not be covering the teaching of god
in any form, unless the church wants to start paying taxes.
This contrasts with the climate of American
public schooling as described
by sociologist Anthony Bryk et al.
in Catholic
Schools and the Common Good (1993, 2009): «Mirroring the spiritual vacuum at the heart of contemporary American society, schools now enculturate this emptiness in our child
Schools and the Common Good (1993, 2009): «Mirroring the spiritual vacuum at the heart of contemporary American society,
schools now enculturate this emptiness in our child
schools now enculturate this emptiness
in our
children....
While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private
school, and charter
school options are celebrating a
school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts
school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian
public school parents and advocates are disheartened
by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's
public schools (she has mentored
in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent
children to
public schools).
About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle
in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families
by allowing those who withdraw their
children from
public schools to receive a deposit of
public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private
school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.
Separating
children for the sake of prayer or worship could prove extremely divisive
in public schools already divided
by race and other factors.
The winning team
in every grade,
in other words — with the exception of those outliers from San Benito — came from a private
school, an exam
school, a parochial
school, or a
public school populated
by the
children of Apple engineers.
Paul will discuss How
Children Succeed
in a community conversation at Ottawa Hills High
School, 2055 Rosewood Ave SE, presented
by First Steps, the Grand Rapids
Public Schools, and Believe 2 Become.
Public schools can often accommodate gifted
children if they group
children by ability from day one, even starting
in kindergarten.
These are essentially questions of
public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged
children, these questions will need to be addressed,
in a creative and committed way,
by public officials at all levels —
by school superintendents,
school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as
by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.
In an interview, CPS parent Joy Mollet said she was appalled
by the classroom breakfast program offered
by her
children's
public preschool and does not want to see it at their grade
school, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy.
Her career
in child nutrition began
in 1950, with the Georgia Department of Education, and she has created an enduring legacy for her fellow
school foodservice professionals; her commitment to
child nutrition is equaled only
by her passion for
public policy.
I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science
in the
Public Interest
in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed
by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the Environmental Working Group; Healthy,
Child, Healthy World; The Healthy
Schools Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.
To recap, the reader's
child has just entered
public school and she's dismayed
by the cafeteria food, the snacks
in the kindergarten classroom (Rice Krispie Treats and Cheetos), and the fact that her son is receiving Dum - Dums as rewards from the gym teacher.
Parents of gifted
children are invited to a free presentation, «How to Get Your Gifted
Child Organized,»
by Michelle Navarro, counselor of gifted
children at Access to Psychological Services
in Long Grove, at 7:30 p.m. Monday
in Hasz Hall at St. Paul
School, 18 S.
School St.. The meeting is sponsored
by Supporters and Advocates of Gifted Education, and the
public is welcome.
According to a survey released
in June of this year
by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health 26 percent of parents whose high school aged child plays sports hope their teen will become a professional at
School of
Public Health 26 percent of parents whose high
school aged child plays sports hope their teen will become a professional at
school aged
child plays sports hope their teen will become a professional athlete.
Despite the overwhelming odds, 26 percent of parents whose high
school aged child plays sports hope their youngster will become a professional athlete, according to a new survey — Sports and Health in America — conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public H
school aged
child plays sports hope their youngster will become a professional athlete, according to a new survey — Sports and Health
in America — conducted
by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public H
School of
Public Health.
The «No
Child Left Behind» act, signed
by President Bush
in January, greatly expands federal oversight of
public education, mandating annual testing of
children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level
in high
school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps
in test scores.
Chicago
Public Schools has increased property taxes the past two years, a move Emanuel has justified
in part
by talking about cost - cutting initiatives at the central office and the need to emphasize greater spending on the city's
children.
The vast majority of Kentucky voters, including parents with
children in public schools, support the healthy
school meal standards
in effect nationwide, according to a poll released today
by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.
WASHINGTON — Almost half (48 percent) of Ohio voters with
children in K - 12
public schools think that students do not have enough time to eat lunch at
school, according to a statewide survey released today
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
There's an article
by Brian Bethune on «How
Children Succeed»
in the new issue of Maclean's, the Canadian weekly, featuring a photo of me
in a classroom of the Montauk
public school.
Though they differ a bit
in the years during which they require a
child to be
schooled —
children may be required to start
school at age 5 — 8 and not allowed to leave until age 16 — 18 — they all require
public schooling or acceptable substitutes (for example, private
school, homeschooling), with criteria set
by the state for how this works.
«The inability to afford a nutritious lunch is a difficulty faced
by far too many
children in our
public school system.
A deadline for each sport
by which the private
school student's parents must register with the
public school in writing their intent for their
child to participate at that
school in the sport.
WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Kentucky voters, including parents with
children in public schools, support the healthy
school meal standards
in effect nationwide, according to a poll released today
by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.
She is certified as a Montessori teacher for
children ages 0 - 3 and 3 - 6
by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and also holds
public school certifications
in early childhood education, elementary education, bilingual education (Spanish and English), and English as a Second Language.
(2014) Directs each local
school board to adopt a policy to set aside,
in each
school in the
school division, a non-restroom location that is shielded from the
public view to be designated as an area
in which any mother who is employed
by the local
school board or enrolled as a student may take breaks of reasonable length during the
school day to express milk to feed her
child until the
child reaches the age of one.
The budget laid out
by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and members of the City Council designates funds for crime prevention
in public housing developments, enhanced services for inmates, free
school lunch for middle
schoolers,
child care for low - income families, and...
Moderated
by Ali Dorazio (MS, RD), nutrition scientist at the General Mills Bell Institute of Health & Nutrition, we heard presentations from Karen Hallford (MS, RD, CSP) and Byron Sackett; Karen is Nutrition Education Coordinator at Gwinnett
Public Schools, Suwanee, GA and Byron Sackett is the
Child Nutrition Director at Lincoln County
Schools in Lincolnton, NC.
Selective mutism (SM), formerly called elective mutism, is best understood as a childhood anxiety disorder characterized
by a
child or adolescent's inability to speak
in one or more social settings (e.g., at
school,
in public places, with adults) despite being able to speak comfortably
in other settings (e.g., at home with family).
«Those rallying
in Albany next week should stand together with the city and advocate — side
by side — for our
children, particularly the most underserved, and all of whom are
public school students.»
«I am disappointed
by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating
in good faith but also the hundreds of thousands of
children relying on the city's
public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education.
Yes, the pro-charter group StudentsFirstNY praised the budget: «New York made history
by investing
in... charter
schools in a manner that will dramatically assist
in educating
public school children.»
«
By rewarding donations that support
public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their
children to independent, parochial or out - of - district
public schools, we can make a fundamental difference
in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.
A handful of family - centered proposals are part of the women's agenda, including investments
in prekindergarten and after -
school programs, increasing
child care subsidies
by $ 7 million, continuing the
child care tax credit and requiring all new or renovated buildings with
public bathrooms to be equipped with diaper changing stations.
By providing resources to these students early, and continuing throughout middle
school, we can ensure that every
child in the New York City
public school system has the same opportunity to learn, grow, and potentially enroll
in these prestigious
schools,» said Senator Klein.
Linda Banta, a Larchmont resident with two
children in public schools who joined a rally against the regulation on July 29 held
by state Senate candidate Julie Killian and congressional candidate Phil Oliva, both Republicans, said, «It's alarming that the federal government announced something
in the middle of summer that could so adversely affect our
schools and economy.»
At 11 a.m., NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman and staff attorney Samantha Pownall, joined
by parents whose
children were arrested and suspended
in city
public schools, discuss a new report titled «A, B, C, D, STPP: How
School Discipline Feeds the
School - to - Prison Pipeline»; 19th floor, 125 Broad St., Manhattan.
A lawsuit filed
by AG Eric Schneiderman against the Utica City
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high s
School District charges that
children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs,
in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only
public high
schoolschool.
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday
by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, against the Utica City
School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high s
School District charges that
children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs,
in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only
public high
schoolschool.
Battle of the Books is part of the overall Summer Reading initiative run
by the 37 - site Buffalo & Erie County
Public Library System where
school age
children are encouraged to read during the summer months
in an effort to advance their academic performance.
«The decision to reject the waiver application submitted
by Mayor Bloomberg is a tremendous victory for the more than one million
children in the New York City
public school system,» he said.
While I recognize that it is not the Board's nor the district's role or responsibility to take such things into consideration, I do believe that we have an obligation to utilize community resources whenever possible as that only serves to strengthen the community
in which the
children served
by the Buffalo
Public Schools live.
Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million
in contracts without going through the bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson
by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13
school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion of the
public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs
children.
HARD TO MISREAD THIS MESSAGE — DeVos,
in first visit to NYC
schools, picks yeshivas,
by POLITICO's Azi Paybarah, Eliza Shapiro and Caitlin Emma: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to New York City, whose 1.1 million
public school children represent the country's largest
school district, and walked into an all - girls private yeshiva
in Manhattan's tony Upper East Side.
«Rob Astorino is a product of
public schools, a father of three
children in the
public education system and a former
school board member who was recruited to serve
by teachers,» spokeswoman Jessica Proud said
in a statement.