Sentences with phrase «city schools their children attend»

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If the unity of society requires that children from all different backgrounds go to school together, then we must outlaw private schools and compel suburban children to go to the same schools inner - city children attend.

Brinig and Garnett argue that, given their demonstrably positive impact across society, these schools should be given a fighting chance through mechanisms like tuition tax credits or vouchers, with public funds going to the child to enable students to attend an inner - city Catholic school.

Some parents who live in big cities even establish second homes near a village Waldorf school so that their children can attend.

But we also should be concerned about the long - term costs, which continue to add up long after a child stops attending school — and extend far beyond the city limits.

«I had two children attend the Waldorf School of Garden City.

Brian S Carter, MD, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Neonatology, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics; Faculty, Children's Mercy Bioethics Center Brian S Carter, MD, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Society for Pediatric Research, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

You might live in a health - conscious, progressive city and / or your children might attend a school (public or private) in which the parent community is well educated about nutrition — or at least open to nutrition education.

«As the mother of two young kids who attend New York City public schools, I know first - hand how important it is for children to eat lunch at school,» said U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, a Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Kids Safety Caucus.

Both of Evanston's school boards acknowledged the potential pitfalls of creating such a job — nearly 10,000 children attend the city's two districts, which include a total of 17 schools — and teachers at the high school publicly voiced their overwhelming opposition to it.

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.

NYCLU announced a settlement with Utica City schools ensuring refugee children receive the same educational opportunities as their peers, by guaranteeing them the right to attend public school past the age of 21.

The City of Buffalo says testing of water sources in common use areas of the City's 27 community centers, prioritized by where young children attend daycare and spend time after school and on weekends, is nearing completion, while the analysis for lead and copper at more than 150 city - owned buildings by the end of the year is on trCity of Buffalo says testing of water sources in common use areas of the City's 27 community centers, prioritized by where young children attend daycare and spend time after school and on weekends, is nearing completion, while the analysis for lead and copper at more than 150 city - owned buildings by the end of the year is on trCity's 27 community centers, prioritized by where young children attend daycare and spend time after school and on weekends, is nearing completion, while the analysis for lead and copper at more than 150 city - owned buildings by the end of the year is on trcity - owned buildings by the end of the year is on track.

It also seemed to point out that only a small fraction of the city's public school students attend charter schools, and said its main focus was on improving opportunities for all children.

At its founding, AQE provided Nixon a fitting pathway into activism on a cause close to home for the parent of two children currently attending New York City public schools (her eldest child is now out of city schooCity public schools (her eldest child is now out of city schoocity schools).

New York, NY — Eva Moskowitz released an open letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio today that calls on City Hall to provide permanent middle school space for 465 Success Academy children who still don't know where they will attend school next year.

Born on March 29, 1952 in the city of Lagos, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu attended St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos and Children's Home School in Ibadan, South West Nigeria.

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Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

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In the study, 292 first - generation immigrant children who attended eight high - poverty, urban elementary schools in Boston took part in the intervention, called City Connects, in the early 2000s.

The second, Martinez v. Malloy (led by the legal team behind Vergara v. California), contends that, in Connecticut, «inner - city children are compelled to attend public schools that the state knows have been failing its students for decades.»

Parents in cities beyond Gaza's immediate parameters have warned that they will not let their children attend school as long as the Palestinian threat persists.

Dianne Payne leaves the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan after asking a judge to force the state to pay the same amount of money that the New York City system spends per pupil for two of her children to attend private school.

He believed that it was a serious civil - rights violation for the city's elite public schools to use race - blind admissions standards, while his own children attended exclusive private schools where money, connections, and «culture» played a major role in the admissions process.

The United Federation of Teachers, along with some parents whose children attend the New York City public schools, has filed a lawsuit against the city to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.&raCity public schools, has filed a lawsuit against the city to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.&racity to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.»

After reading the critics and examining many more studies than Klein names (some inevitably negative), I believe there is simply no doubt that under Klein's leadership, children attending public schools in New York City were, on average, being far better educated at the end of his eight years than they had been nine years before.

A new Brookings study by Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft finds that students attending the charter school connected with the Harlem Children's Zone do not outperform students at other New York City charter schools, but Jay Mathews warns that it is too soon to draw conclusions about the impact of the HCZ's services.

In 71 of the nation's 100 largest cities, the percentage of public school teachers whose children attend private schools exceeds that of the general public, according to the study by the education analyst and consultant Denis P. Doyle.

In her acknowledgements, she virtually paraphrases the most famous progressive intellectual, John Dewey, in extolling the private, progressive school her own children attended in New York City.

A last - minute bailout by private donors may allow about 2,000 children here to attend religious schools despite a legal roadblock to a controversial expansion of the city's school - voucher program.

The number of charter schools has doubled and children can apply to attend almost any public school in the city.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced (under pressure from the state legislature) changes that will make it easier for special - needs students to attend private school at public expense when their parents believe that public schools are not meeting the needs of their children.

To qualify for a scholarship, children had to be entering grades 1 through 4, live in New York City, attend a public school at the time of application, and come from families with incomes low enough to qualify for the U.S. government's free or reduced - price school - lunch program.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

The child of Puerto Rican immigrants, Nieto attended New York City public schools, then, as an adult, began teaching at the first bilingual school in New York.

Her first book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City, analyzes youth culture among children of immigrants attending low - performing high schools in New York City and London.

Education historian Diane Ravitch notes that New York City's Catholic clergy moved to protect children from «Protestant propaganda» by discouraging them from attending the city's public schoCity's Catholic clergy moved to protect children from «Protestant propaganda» by discouraging them from attending the city's public schocity's public schools.

«I want every single inner - city child in America who is today trapped in a failing school to have the freedom, the civil right, to attend the school of their choice.»

New data shows that 40 percent of the city's children don't attend their neighborhood school, undermining the idea that residential patterns cause racial isolation.

Brinig and Garnett argue that, given their demonstrably positive impact across society, these schools should be given a fighting chance through mechanisms like tuition tax credits or vouchers, with public funds going to the child to enable students to attend an inner - city Catholic school.»

But amidst the search for a kinder and gentler education politics, research demonstrating the positive effect of these New York City strategies makes the moral case clear for an incoming President and for states and districts rethinking education policies: The American education system presents intolerably long odds to low - income children attending persistently struggling schools, and sometimes the most appropriate response to dramatic failure is dramatic intervention.

And at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis, 30 to 60 underprivileged children from the city attend a three - week summer day camp, where they play sports, study arts and crafts, and take field trips.

The long - awaited opinion, issued Aug. 25 by Judge Steven L. Lefelt, is the first ruling on the equity issues raised by Abbott v. Burke, the lawsuit filed in 1981 on behalf of 20 children attending schools in Camden, East Orange, Irvington, and Jersey City.

State law essentially says that a child who attends a charter school is allowed to receive only 68 % of the funding given to a child who attends a city school — even if those two kids are best friends and live right next door to each other, or even if those kids are brother and sister.

The report to be released Friday by Mathematica Policy Research said the school's students made more progress than similar children attending traditional city schools.

In the meantime, we wait, fingers crossed, expecting that someday soon the New York City children that attend public charter schools are treated like equals in a system that has flaws aplenty, as well as advocates and passionate leaders willing to make a significant change.

If my family lives in Rancho Cordova, can my child still attend GPS since it is located in the Sacramento City Unified School District?

The centerpiece is the charter school movement's effort to radically transform education for the city's mostly African - American public school children, many of whom would still be attending some of the worst performing schools in the nation.

But the fact remains that children in the City of Boston are doomed if they attend the average district school.

Carmen Avalos, city clerk for the South Gate community of Los Angeles and a mother of six children, four of whom attend charter schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.»