Sentences with phrase «choose schooling alternatives»

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When danger of street violence prevented Arieh Klausner from sending Amos to the school attended by the professors» children, he chose an Orthodox religious institution» not because he wished to initiate his son in religious practice, but because of animus against the alternative socialist orientation.

Cast iron seemed to be the best alternative but most of the electrical ones were outrageously expensive so I was left with a few old school options to choose from and ended - up getting Rome's # 1100 Old Fashioned Waffle Iron for $ 20.

We thought hearing from high school counselor and CS board member Lisa Spengler on how she helps her students choose a high school would help provide some perspective on an alternative way to think about high school choice.

Many parents today also choose alternative options, such as academic redshirting, or the practice of postponing for a year school entry for kids whose birthdays are close to cut - off date (often in or around September for most districts).

In the very small number of local authorities where there is information on religion, about 31 % of home educators belong to a faith group, although that may not be the reason they have chosen an alternative to school.

You will be introduced to the types of dairy products chosen by boys and girls at breakfast in both elementary and secondary schools and learn about effective breakfast service alternatives.

In fact, your teen can pick and choose healthy alternatives to what is offered in the school cafeteria and make them at home.

New York State taxpayers should not be subsidizing private school transportation that is excessive and that financially benefits the private school investors, trustees, and parents who have chosen these as alternative to their local public school.

Should a large share of the state's 600 - plus school districts choose to use alternative exams, the commissioner and her department would face a massive task in screening such tests.

The repeal bill would make school districts» use of state assessments in evaluating teachers and principals optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.

Little contemporary information is available about families and students who choose not to participate in the school lunch and may result in less healthful lunch alternatives or skipping lunch.»

We make it at home and is probably over 5 % but I'll tell you what... my kids are NEVER sick, are in great health, have no weight problems and always choose healthy alternatives to the sodas and juices that schools sell in their dinner halls.

I am honest and always seem to get with the wrong guys, I am busy with school and work, which is one of the main reasons why I choose to give this a try, I love music, country and alternative rock are all I listen to lol, hmm I lived in Texas before and I loved it I met a lot of nice people and...

The increasing diversity of home schoolers and institutional configurations should not obscure the fact that many who home school still choose this option out of frustration with or protest against formal, institution - based schooling and seek to impart an alternative, usually conservative Christian, worldview to their children by teaching them at home.

To scholars, experimentation further suggests: 1) conducting studies in laboratories where external factors can be controlled in order to relate cause more directly to effect; or 2) randomly choosing which schools, classrooms, or students will be exposed to a reform and which will be exposed to the alternative with which the reform is to be compared.

In the real world, even if everyone had the right to choose their schools, parents who are educated and financially well off are likely to be more motivated than other parents, to have better information about their alternatives, to have more resources at their disposal for getting their way, to have better social connections and more attractive opportunities, and to have children who are easier and less costly to teach.

To do this, he went to Harvard Business School to recruit top graduating seniors who, surprisingly, he was able to convince to choose working with him, over Wall Street alternatives, in his new organization, Victory Education Partners.

We chose to label the years that four key accountability policies went into effect, in order to look for a possible relationship between alternative school enrollment the implementation of policies that would penalize schools for poor performance.

If states choose to use this tool, they can require students to either take the same state assessment that all public school students take, or they can allow students to take alternative exams.

This year, there are 6,700 public charter schools enrolling over 2.5 million students across the country in 43 states, and parents» rights to choose myriad alternatives are in effect in all but a few.

If so, then schools have a particular responsibility to make sure that young people are well informed when choosing among higher education options and alternatives.

Your right to choose an alternative public charter school is guaranteed by the federal law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

In particular, the ability to opt out by choosing an alternative to the public system — including private, parochial and, more recently, charter schools — can lead to the sorting and segregation of children by social groups.

This alternative school was chosen as the first outreach site for the «Take a Hike» Program, which incorporates academics, adventure - based learning, therapy and community involvement.

Public charter schools across the country were started with the promise of being alternative, quality options for parents to choose for their children.

◦ the development of alternative arrangements for current students who choose not to attend a charter school that was converted from an existing public school

Once the locally - developed alternative assessments are officially endorsed by their local school boards, any of the state's 115 school districts can pick and choose from those alternatives for use in their own school districts in lieu of the portfolio system.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Its «feel - good» story about a white family's decision to choose a local elementary school over a higher - performing alternative gave little voice to the community parents and educators at the neighborhood school.

Would parents choose to opt out of the traditional system if spots were available in alternative public schools?

Some parents will choose home school, private school or public charter schools as an alternative to the traditional public school setting.

In some states, scholarship - giving nonprofits also provide innovation grants to public schools and / or transportation assistance to students choosing alternative public schools.

Although he does not think unregistered, part - time alternative provision should be closed down, Gibb did say Ofsted will be holding schools to account for the provision they choose for their pupils and will be asking what steps they have taken to ensure it is safe and high quality.

Aided by politicians like Taylor, public schools leaders have chosen to not to embrace competition but to seek protection from it, fighting the growth of better educational alternatives at every turn.

Murkowski cited DeVos» lack of experience and said DeVos had «chosen to focus exclusively on alternatives to our public school system» that are not available in Alaska.

Should the public charter school choose the supplemental funding, the public charter school may only expel a student for a reason expressly allowed in law and must provide a disciplinary alternative education program or juvenile justice alternative education program, as applicable.

Public schools across the country have chosen to partner with Catapult Learning on the basis of our high - caliber special education and alternative education programs and services that fully accommodate specific school district requirements and fulfill individualized student placement needs.

General Principles for Teaching Young Gifted Children Many schools today have chosen to serve their gifted student population by enabling teachers to provide educational alternatives for them within the existing curriculum and in the regular classroom.

Like all charters, Phoenix's schools can't choose their students, but they can make it known that they are alternative institutions whose mission is to serve disconnected youth.

We believe in a competitive environment that sees private, public, parochial, charter, and alternative schools where parents can choose the best fit for their kids.

This alternative certification program is available through various higher education universities throughout the state to allow candidates to choose the school that best serves their needs.

All Bonilla's latest version does now is grant school districts the authority to negotiate an alternative dismissal process with their local bargaining units, if they so choose.

; (2) how do neighborhood characteristics and alternatives to local schools affect where families choose to live and enroll their children?

As an alternative, I invited Mr. Talton to produce two control - group studies of any of the nation's school - choice programs that show students learn significantly less after choosing to go to school elsewhere.

«In recent years, fewer and fewer schools have been buying into the service - only a third of secondary schools and 43 % of primary schools now choose to buy in, with others finding alternative provision.

About one third of school - attending pregnant adolescents in Baltimore choose to transfer to the alternative school.