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Don't devastate communities by closing schools and diverting resources to charters.

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If you look up Marcus Borg — the principal source of information for this article — you will find that he is a leading member of the so - called Jesus Seminar that is not only been criticized within the Christian community, but also by scholars close to the Jesus Seminar such as Harvey Cox of the Harvard Divinity School.

The actual number by that date was probably not much more than a third of that total; furthermore, despite the good that existing centers have done and are doing, the plan's most imaginative features — those that would bring such centers into close contact with schools, churches, the police, and other responsible community organizations — are the ones that have been least realized.

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The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

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Critics of the closure say closing the school will hurt the district and the Truxton community by reducing property values and forcing higher school taxes.

If the controversial school closings it has rubberstamped for the mayor — over the protests of countless community members — wasn't enough to convince New Yorkers that the Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, is broken beyond repair, then perhaps its most recent move, approving a $ 120 million contract with Verizon, will be.

But while the chamber has closed, Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership of New York City, said the Israeli tech community is well - represented in New York City by the country's consul general and the Technion Institute, which has partnered with Cornell University to build a new graduate engineering school on Roosevelt Island.

«Since Thursday, none of the insider chatter has increased the number available jobs for his constituents, eased local parents» anxiety over the upcoming school year, or dealt with our senior citizens» fright over the proposed closing of senior centers throughout our community,» Johnson said in a statement distributed by her campaign.

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.

At the same time, it should be made clear by both the district and the charter community that students pay the price of NOT closing schools.

The institute includes a blend of theory and practice - based techniques for addressing student learning by strengthening instruction and better engaging communities, closing the achievement gap and establishing a positive, safe and goal - oriented school culture.

As the days of desegregation by decree draw to a close, many schools and communities again find themselves asking how to preserve the perceived gains made under court - ordered plans — or to undo the perceived harm they inflicted.

Worse, there is not yet evidence that these community gaps are filled by the charter schools that so often take the place of closed Catholic schools.

The study, «The Louisiana Scholarship Program,» by Anna J. Egalite and Jonathan N. Mills, finds that the transfers resulting from the LSP vouchers statewide «overwhelmingly improve integration in the public schools students leave (the sending schools), bringing the racial composition of the schools closer to that of the broader communities in which they are located.»

Many schools already allow their play spaces to be used by after - school clubs, the new proposal would simply extend this access to times when the main school building is closed so children from the community can use the playground over the weekend.

NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involSchools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involschools, and increasing parent and community involvement.

Among the subset of students for whom data are available, we find that transfers made possible by the school - choice program overwhelmingly improve integration in the public schools that students leave (the sending schools), bringing the racial composition of the schools closer to that of the broader communities in which they are located.

And those gaps will be closed not by teachers in isolation, but by supportive communities that empower parents and embrace children — before they ever get to school, and when they are outside of it as well.

Communities of color value the information provided by the assessments and know that comparable standards provide their community schools with important information to help close gaps in achievement that separate students of color and their white peers.

Blending tradition and innovation, Weilenmann School of Discovery provides individualized learning delivered by Master Teachers in a close - knit community.

Founded in 2015, the purpose of the Lee Montessori Public Charter School Family Teacher Association (FTA) is to enhance and support the educational experience at Lee Montessori PCS, to promote a closer connection between school and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suSchool Family Teacher Association (FTA) is to enhance and support the educational experience at Lee Montessori PCS, to promote a closer connection between school and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suschool and home by encouraging family engagement and strong family - school communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial suschool communications, and to foster a sense of community among families, teachers and administrators at Lee Montessori PCS through family engagement, volunteerism and financial support.

In this role, she sets the vision and direction for TFA's impact in the broader San Francisco community by building relationships with community leaders and school partners in an effort to close the opportunity gap.

A strong structure of leadership shared among district leaders, principals, school and teacher leaders, and community leaders who are committed to school improvement ensures that decisions are made by those as close to students as possible.

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WHEREAS, the so - called «reform» initiatives of Students First, rely on destructive anti-educator policies that do nothing for students but blame educators and their unions for the ills of society, make testing the goal of education, shatter communities by closing their public schools, and see public schools as potential profit centers and children as measureable commodities; and

Digging into some California - focused work with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), we found that teachers at L.A. Unified's Social Justice Humanitas Academy (9 - 12) and UCLA Community School (K - 12) do just that by establishing collaborative leadership cultures driven by shared purpose, functioning as learners, taking risks to try creative new things, assessing performance, and establishing close ties with the community to learn about iCommunity School (K - 12) do just that by establishing collaborative leadership cultures driven by shared purpose, functioning as learners, taking risks to try creative new things, assessing performance, and establishing close ties with the community to learn about icommunity to learn about its needs.

The change in facility plans, announced by Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, comes after public hearings where residents and community activists criticized the proposal to close all four schools in the Englewood neighborhood at the end of this academiSchools CEO Janice Jackson, comes after public hearings where residents and community activists criticized the proposal to close all four schools in the Englewood neighborhood at the end of this academischools in the Englewood neighborhood at the end of this academic term.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

The event included statements from parents and youth whose education and communities have been harmed by mass school closings, disciminatory school discipline and charter school expansion.

In Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Newark and elsewhere, officials, often backed by outside billionaires, have waged identical campaigns of destruction: disinvesting in community schools while funding and promoting privately run charter schools, declaring underfunded community schools «failures,» closing them and replacing them with more charters.

J4J started in 2013 as parent and student organizations who were impacted by school privatization began to organize national mobilizations to protest policies such as school closings and to push for community - driven school improvement.

In Cincinnati, high school graduation rates have increased by close to 30 percentage points since the 2000 launch of its community schools initiative.

Students are supported by Individualized Pupil Education Plans (IPEP) which determine how teachers and partners involved in the community school can best help struggling students and reflect the close relationships between students and teachers.

The new e-book entitled: «Closing the Homework Gap: A Guide to Increasing Student Success with Home Connectivity» by Daniel Neal, CEO and founder of Kajeet with a foreword by Chris Dede from Harvard Graduate School of Education discusses the homework gap — how it affects a community, barriers school districts face and strategies to overcome this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chiSchool of Education discusses the homework gap — how it affects a community, barriers school districts face and strategies to overcome this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chischool districts face and strategies to overcome this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chischool - aged children.

A key aspect of this process (in the new or proposed policy) calls for people close to the decision (e.g. direct involvement by those communities considered) to have a say in whether their school would close or remain open.

«For children in urban communities with increased class sizes and decreased funding, the tests are a way to prove that the schools are failing so they can be closed and re-opened as charter schools,» said Morna McDermott, a founding organizer of United Opt Out, which issues state - by - state guidance on the topic.

Regardless of which model is closest to the original vision of charter schools — either community - based, independent charters like Pine Lake Preparatory or the for - profit schools operated by NHA, CSUSA, and other EMOs — the reality is that under current financial constraints like what exist in states such as North Carolina, neither model can be funded without drawing from significant money from non-traditional sources.

When the community of West, Texas was rocked by a devastating fertilizer plant explosion, the school closest to the blast was severely damaged.

The state and the Hartford BOE showed no respect for the Clark community in attempting to close the school by edict.

«I think that it is a tragedy to close a school that is supported by the community and that supports children with wrap - around services the way Renaissance has done in the last three years,» Assistant Principal Greta Goodwin said.

by Bill Phillips The Board of Regents» recent decisions to close Community Charter School and propose Enterprise Charter School receive one more year to get it right give cause for...

The investment in early learning is motivated by parent demand and by the commitment of school officials and community leaders to close the achievement gap in upper grades by making sure that all children begin school ready to learn.

Although the observations that follow are based mainly on UK experience, similar trends appear to be emerging across global education systems: increased public accountability in tandem with greater autonomy for schools; an urgent imperative to close the opportunity gap between affluent and poorer communities; national, public or state authority over schools being replaced by stakeholder communities or not - for - profit mission - driven organisations impatient with endemic failures of the status quo.

The new e-book entitled: «Closing the Homework Gap: A Guide to Increasing Student Success with Home Connectivity» by Daniel Neal, CEO and founder of Kajeet with a foreword by Chris Dede from Harvard Graduate School of Education discusses the homework gap — how it affects a community, barriers school districts face and strategies to over this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chiSchool of Education discusses the homework gap — how it affects a community, barriers school districts face and strategies to over this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chischool districts face and strategies to over this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged chischool - aged children.

Guided by Illinois CSI, district and school leaders, teachers, and community stakeholders (in some cases including students) roll up their sleeves and spend the day interpreting a wide range of district data collected by Illinois CSI to identify strengths and challenges in closing achievement gaps.

Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.

It's hard to imagine public authorities closing down 50 schools largely populated by middle class Euro - Americans; but this policy was enacted in the largely black and Latino district of Chicago, and it was done in the face of strong protests by the community.

ClassDojo classrooms and schools become close - knit communities, connected by the shared belief that they will improve education together.