Sentences with phrase «choosing quality schools»

Despite strong public support for greater parental options in choosing quality schools, charter schools have not grown without controversy and opposition.

The Walton Family Foundation supports coverage in Education Week and on edweek.org of issues related to creating opportunities for all American students and their families to choose a quality school.

«You have this billionaire who doesn't have the life experience of poverty — the story of not being able to choose a quality school and having your kid go to a low - performance public school and not having a way out.»

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Getting a quality old - school shave requires investing in quality products, and other than the razor itself (check out our list of best safety razors), there's no other product where this is truer than when it comes to choosing a shaving soap.

But instead of trying to bridge that gap by fighting for funding and other support for struggling school districts, the SNA, which claims in its mission statement to be «committed to advancing the quality of school meal programs,» chose to take the easy way out.

Whether or not Congress chooses to increase reimbursements, the first step to providing resources for higher quality school meals is to ensure that federal reimbursements for free and reduced price meals are used for their intended purpose — providing nutritious breakfasts and lunches to low - income school children.

In a new study they started with the premise that: «Choosing poor - quality foods in school cafeterias is a risk factor for childhood obesity.»

Ultimately our son chose a university based on the quality of the programs he thinks he wants to pursue (math, biology, research), learning community opportunities, cost, and which school offered him the most attractive scholarship.

Choosing a quality after - school care program can have a tremendous impact on your child's academics, self - esteem and overall happiness.

This study aimed to assess changes in nutrient quality of school meals chosen by students before and after implementation of new meal standards authorized through the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010.

To assess the nutritional quality of foods chosen by students and meal participation rates before and after the implementation of new school meal standards authorized through the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act.

But the reality is that there are many things that would affect that other than just individual parenting skills — like a long line of trickle - down societal expectations; the way kids are treated at school; not to mention a high - quality, state - funded daycare system that most parents choose over staying at home permanently with their children.

Or is it morally acceptable to have a situation where those who don't get their name down first, are only able to choose from a lower quality selection of schools and hospitals to be treated at?

Schools may also choose to use SupplyAdvisor so that they can see the supply agencies that teachers believe are the best, both for levels of pay and quality of training.

In many areas of the US people choose the place to live based on the quality of local schools.

«We look forward to helping more Bed - Stuy parents choose a high - quality school for their children.»

Henry Hogo, assistant deputy executive officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, said his agency offers guidelines for choosing school sites, but there are no regulations since it has no authority over land use planning.

Having come from a «low - quality high school,» she chose easy classes at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, but when professors recognized her potential, she warmed to the challenge of advanced courses in psychology and behavioral pharmacology.

After providing more and better information about the character and quality of schools, states should foster more opportunities for parents to choose schools that work for their children.

Responsible for implementing the full project, Portuguese technology design company, JP - Inspiring Knowledge (JP - IK), has chosen the award - winning NetSupport School to be bundled with the devices to allow the Kenyan schools to provide a high - quality learning environment for their students in technology - led teaching and learning — as well as being able to support and manage school devices via the built - in Technicians» CoSchool to be bundled with the devices to allow the Kenyan schools to provide a high - quality learning environment for their students in technology - led teaching and learning — as well as being able to support and manage school devices via the built - in Technicians» Coschool devices via the built - in Technicians» Console.

To choose wisely in the face of such challenges, John Bush explores why school leaders should look to high quality evidence to support their professional judgement.

Speaking of the rise in the number of schools choosing to travel with STF assured operators, School Travel Forum general manager, Gill Harvey, said: «By taking care of standards of safety and quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.&School Travel Forum general manager, Gill Harvey, said: «By taking care of standards of safety and quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.&school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.»

For new or potentially expanding MATs, this move has a significant impact on how their senior leaders choose to oversee and monitor quality within each school under their control, says Louise Doyle, a MAT trustee and maintained school governor as well as director of self - assessment and improvement planning resources specialist, MESMA.

If parents can choose among schools and new schools can enter the market, then schools that provide a subpar education in order to increase profits would be driven from the market by higher - quality providers.

If students choose their school, those schools have incentives to adopt and implement policies and practices that will improve their quality and attract students as well as the resources they generate.

Families choose virtual schools for many reasons: curriculum quality or focus, individualized instruction, flexible scheduling, interest in technology, and more.

The Health & Safety Executive's Tackling the health and safety myths statement supports this view, advocating: «Those running school trips need to focus on the risks and benefits to people — not the paperwork» and choosing a provider with an LOtC Quality Badge is one way of benchmarking effective risk management.

Five years ago, civic and education leaders in Cleveland launched the Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.schools from which families can choose.»

Notably, the quality reviews were not conducted by bureaucrats in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, but by the state's network of «teacher leaders,» two from each school, chosen by the LDOE.

When choosing schools, the authors find, parents of all economic and ethnic groups place academic quality first.

Choosing Schools: Consumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools by Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, and Melissa Marschall Princeton University Press, 2000, $ 35; 320 pages.

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«Overall, our research showed that the most commonly cited reasons for choosing a particular school were the convenience of its location to family, whether other family members were attending, its academic quality and its philosophical or religious focus.»

When asked which measures would most likely improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive schools», ahead of two social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.

In addition to the idea that raising the economic benefits of being a teacher could improve the quality of the teaching workforce, the results also suggest one upside to recessions: they may provide a window of opportunity for school districts to recruit strong teachers who might otherwise have chosen a different career path.

School Webmaster Fred Holmes also added his tips for choosing quality classroom software.

By providing clear, understandable information that is accessed by somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun information.

«While many young people will choose to move onto A-Levels, university and beyond, there are many options on the table for school leavers, including high - quality technical qualifications and apprenticeships.

A number of forward looking cities have set aside contentious debates about charter schools, and have instead chosen to embrace high - quality charter schools in their reform strategies.

If we use accommodation as an example, not only will a school accept responsibility for the proper execution of a contract, but they need to assess the quality, safety and, if food is to be provided, the hygiene management of their chosen accommodation.

Most have chosen to grow slowly, to ensure consistently high - quality academic outcomes for students across their schools.

Parents in Australia say teacher quality is the most important factor when choosing a school for their child, and if their school had extra cash the majority would choose to spend it on more teachers or better pay for existing teachers, followed by more support staff.

«Among those who did have a choice of schools, the most important factor for parents when choosing their child's school, alongside location, is the quality of teachers.

When asked about the most important factors when choosing their child's current school, «quality of teachers» and «location or distance from home» came equal first globally (45 per cent of parents chose these two answers in their top three).

We chose Playrite's MatchPlay2 as the surfacing for the multi-use games area due to its quality, durability and low maintenance requirements, which makes it an ideal option for a school that needs to host a number of different sports.

Unlike the libertarian form of freedom, opportunity is mostly an empirical issue, as it requires not only that families be unfettered by government policies in selecting schools for their children, but also that they are able to choose from among accessible, high - quality options.

What they want and deserve is real decisionmaking that goes beyond simply choosing between mediocre and high - quality schools.

Parents in Australia say teacher quality is the most important factor when choosing a school for their child, and if their school had extra cash most would choose to spend it on more teachers or better pay for existing teachers, followed by more support staff.

ECAA: States must establish «a system of annually identifying and meaningfully differentiating among all public schools in the State» that include student proficiency and graduation rates, in significant part, plus at least one other «valid and reliable indicator of school quality,» but states are free to weight factors as they choose and omit student growth.

Instead of states mandating a single curricular approach within their geographic boundaries — much less a single national approach such as Common Core — states should empower local school systems and other educational providers to select quality standards and aligned tests that fit their instructional philosophy, while also empowering parents to choose from among different schools the one which best meets the needs of their children.