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One out of five children in public schools today has mental health difficulties that could be helped with support and early intervention.

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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.

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.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

Westchester County Rob Astorino on Tuesday said he and his wife will have their children not take the new round of standardized tests starting today in the state's public schools.

To ensure that every child can learn the skills required to work in New York City's fast - growing technology sector, Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce today that within 10 years all of the city's public schools will be required to offer computer science to all students.

«Buffalo is a better place today because Carl Paladino no longer has any power or authority over the lives of tens of thousands of children of color in the Buffalo Public Schools,» the Buffalo chapter of Showing up for Racial Justice, which has staged a series of anti-Paladino protests, said in a statement.

In this study from researchers at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and published today in the journal Tobacco Control, more than 400 English children aged 11 - 16 who had never smoked or «vaped» previously were recruited and randomly allocated to one of three groupIn this study from researchers at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and published today in the journal Tobacco Control, more than 400 English children aged 11 - 16 who had never smoked or «vaped» previously were recruited and randomly allocated to one of three groupin the journal Tobacco Control, more than 400 English children aged 11 - 16 who had never smoked or «vaped» previously were recruited and randomly allocated to one of three groups.

After the 2000 election, George W. Bush dubbed himself America's «educator in chief,» and until terrorism hijacked the national agenda, he was staking his presidency on a school - reform package known as the No Child Left Behind Act, a bill that — as every teacher knows — dominates the course of public education in America today.

08, Ed.D.» 11, and Professor Hiro Yoshikawa were released today in the journal, Child Development, showing that Boston Public Schools» (BPS) prekindergarten program is substantially improving children's readiness for kindergarten.

In a 5 - 4 decision, the United States Supreme Court today ruled against Seattle and Kentucky school - choice programs that considered race in the assignment of children to public schoolIn a 5 - 4 decision, the United States Supreme Court today ruled against Seattle and Kentucky school - choice programs that considered race in the assignment of children to public schoolin the assignment of children to public schools.

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Today, public schools are often the safest places for children in tough neighborhoods.

Today, one in every 20 public school children in America attends a charter school.

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.»

Twenty - five years isn't a long time relative to the history of public and private schooling in the United States, but it is long enough to merit a close look at the charter - school movement today and how it compares to the one initially envisaged by many of its pioneers: an enterprise that aspired toward diversity in the populations of children served, the kinds of schools offered, the size and scale of those schools, and the background, culture, and race of the folks who ran them.

Today, one day after this election, there are still 2.5 million children in California public schools who can't read and write at grade level.

The Valley News - Dispatch ran a great LTE today from a parent who has educated her children in both public and private schools.

California public school students - our children - were the losers today,» said Calderon in a statement.

Some Detroit Public Schools parents are planning to keep their children home today, which is Count Day, to protest and highlight problems in the school district.

Today, the D.C. Policy Center is releasing a new report, «Needs Assessment of Out - of - School Time Programs in the District of Columbia,» which examines the extent to which out - of - school time programs — offered after school and during the summer — are meeting the needs of children and youth attending D.C. public and public charter scSchool Time Programs in the District of Columbia,» which examines the extent to which out - of - school time programs — offered after school and during the summer — are meeting the needs of children and youth attending D.C. public and public charter scschool time programs — offered after school and during the summer — are meeting the needs of children and youth attending D.C. public and public charter scschool and during the summer — are meeting the needs of children and youth attending D.C. public and public charter schools.

«Sadly, too many teachers have been trapped in mindless data exercises that irresponsibly neglect the story behind the numbers, turning children into faceless numbers,» Madison Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Scarice writes in an opinion piece for CT Viewpoints today.

National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel was selected to present at today's public meeting at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Seeking advice and recommendations on the implementation and operations of programs under Title I, as States and local education agencies begin the transition from No Child Left Behind to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Acting Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. called for two regional meetings, today's in D.C. and a second scheduled for January 19 in Los Angeles, California.

Indianapolis — The Mind Trust today announced that Caitlin Hannon of Indianapolis was awarded its Education Entrepreneur Fellowship, through which she will develop and launch Enroll Indy, a new nonprofit that will create a unified enrollment system in Indianapolis to provide parents with a central hub for information about various public school options and how to enroll their child in one of those schools.

The Mind Trust today announced that Caitlin Hannon of Indianapolis was awarded its Education Entrepreneur Fellowship, through which she will develop and launch Enroll Indy, a new nonprofit that will create a unified enrollment system in Indianapolis to provide parents with a central hub for information about various public school options and how to enroll their child in one of those schools.

The goal of public education in Wisconsin today and in the years to come should be to allow all parents to choose which schools their children attend, require every school to compete for every student who walks through its doors, and make sure every child has the opportunity to attend a quality school.

More importantly, in arguing that No Child's accountability provisions wrongly label schools, Duncan fails to acknowledge that American public education today is poorly serving all of its students regardless of who they are or where they live.

The State Board of Education, which oversees public education in the state, is expected to approve two charter schools today that will teach children from their home computers in schools run by Wall Street - traded companies.

Instead of honestly acknowledging the root causes of struggling schools and investing in real equity in public education, today's policymakers and deep - pocketed corporate education «reformers» offer misguided strategies that fail to address the central problem: a failure to invest in Black, Brown and poor children, the educators who teach them and the communities in which they live.

Just as Mrs. Thompson was told over 60 years ago, that she could not have access to a school within walking distance of her home, black children are denied access to public schools in their neighborhoods today; some traveling more than 3 miles to attend school.

Skillman Foundation CEO Tonya Allen brings experience serving city's underserved students in taking a fresh look at public school funding DETROIT, Mich. — Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation and a recognized tireless advocate for Detroit and the city's undeserved children, has joined the School Finance Research Collaborative, the Collaborative announced school funding DETROIT, Mich. — Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation and a recognized tireless advocate for Detroit and the city's undeserved children, has joined the School Finance Research Collaborative, the Collaborative announced School Finance Research Collaborative, the Collaborative announced today.

Today, in Indiana, all schools are schools of choice, and all parents have the freedom to find the best learning environment for their children — whether that's a traditional public school, a public charter school, or a voucher participating private school.

But in a sadly predictable move, Governor Dannel Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education continued their incredible record of failure by refusing to step at today's State Board of Education meeting to protect Connecticut's public school parents and children.

In his ruling today Hobgood recognized the state's obligation to provide a «sound basic education» to the children attending public schools in North Carolina as mandated by the Supreme Court in its Leandro decisioIn his ruling today Hobgood recognized the state's obligation to provide a «sound basic education» to the children attending public schools in North Carolina as mandated by the Supreme Court in its Leandro decisioin North Carolina as mandated by the Supreme Court in its Leandro decisioin its Leandro decision.

The names of classroom activities are different, but children today are engaged in tasks that have cycled in and out of public school classrooms for decades.

First New Connecticut Public Charter School in Five Years Opens Today in Waterbury Brass City Charter School will educate some of city's most at - risk children

As millions of American children head back to school, Michele and Igor chat with John B. King Jr., former U.S. secretary of education and president and CEO of The Education Trust, to discuss our public school systems, school choice, and the racial dynamics that are still prevalent in education today.

In a published report today in the CTMirror, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, Joeseph Cirasuolo, has announced that superintendents in Connecticut will now recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Testing AND that students who opt out will be provided with an alternative location where they can read a book, do homework or engage in some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testinIn a published report today in the CTMirror, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, Joeseph Cirasuolo, has announced that superintendents in Connecticut will now recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Testing AND that students who opt out will be provided with an alternative location where they can read a book, do homework or engage in some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testinin the CTMirror, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, Joeseph Cirasuolo, has announced that superintendents in Connecticut will now recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Testing AND that students who opt out will be provided with an alternative location where they can read a book, do homework or engage in some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testinin Connecticut will now recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Testing AND that students who opt out will be provided with an alternative location where they can read a book, do homework or engage in some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testinin some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testing.

An analysis being issued today suggests that, at their best, charters are doing that job well, outperforming most traditional public schools that serve children in poverty...

The Quebec Minister of Education, Jean - Marc Fournier, announced today that he is creating a consultative committee on diversity in the province's schools whose primary task will be to come up with «a clear and accessible definition of what is a reasonable accommodation» between the needs of children from cultural and religious minorities and the values of the officially secular public education system.