Sentences with phrase «district public schools want»

And if the folks in district public schools want some insight into our secret sauce, we should come right out with it: we are free to evaluate our staff in a way that makes sense to our school and our mission.

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If you want to know what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to get your head around this statistic: Every day, kids in the Chicago Public Schools district throw out nearly a quarter of a million lunch and breakfast trays made of polystyrene foam.

A Buffalo Public Schools official says that the district wants to respond to the city's serious lead poisoning problem with a sense of urgency.

«A tax cap that is tied to an inflationary number that does not reflect school district costs and which results in negative levies should raise concerns with both state policymakers and the general public that want a quality education for our students.»

The man who wanted to improve public schools is closing them, in a city where some school districts (like District 24) are packed to the brim with students.

Many teachers are particularly outraged at Cuomo's support of charter schools instead of existing district schools — he even recently said he wants to break up the monopoly that is public education.

«When public schools — be they district or charter — are delivering resounding results, we want to ensure their success continues.»

I am certainly open to negotiating a residency requirement with the police union, but even more so I than that, I think we should focus on promoting from within: we have the PSLA (Public Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including poPublic Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including popublic service jobs (including police).

Our recent national survey of American adults («What Americans Think about Their Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one Schools,» features, Fall 2007) found that those who support increased spending on public schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one schools in their district outnumber those who want spending to decrease by a five - to - one margin.

There were also several barriers — and subsequent workarounds — identified around technology and infrastructure: grappling with a slow and unwieldy public contract code for technology and even furniture procurement; allowing for Bring Your Own Device programs given the state's free public education clause; and struggling to provide sufficient technology access at school and home for all students if the district wanted to adopt digital materials.

Boston public schools that want to join the district's network of «pilot» schools can tap into a new fund to help pay for planning and implementation.

If You Want to Go Far, Go Together with Kaya Henderson, chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools and Josephine Bias Robinson, chief of Office of Family and Public Engagement for Office of the Chancellor at District of Columbia Public Schools.

A majority of the districts want to keep control of academics, despite a few highly publicized experiments in which private companies have taken over instruction in public schools.

In sum, clear majorities of uninformed respondents want their districts to spend more, but when respondents are told current expenditure levels, they take those amounts into account — an indication that public thinking on expenditures would change if residents were better informed about actual fiscal practices in their schools.

Others seem to want the charter sector to permanently operate in parallel to a district sector, giving interested low - income families public alternatives to assigned government - run schools.

«We've had kids who were in the [Toledo Public] schools for their entire academic careers and suddenly the district wants to challenge where they live.»

Melissa Joy Bollow Tempel said she encountered pushback when she wanted to start including professional development on gender identity in the training she provided as a culturally responsive teacher - leader in the Milwaukee Public Schools district.

For public school educators who want to jump start this process, like Scott Spector, the Los Angeles Unified School District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university seschool educators who want to jump start this process, like Scott Spector, the Los Angeles Unified School District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university seSchool District's director of educational technology, the challenge will be to find the right champion in the right department within the many overlapping schools and institutes of a university setting.

If traditional public schools and districts want to reclaim the mantle of minting engaged and competent citizens, they have some valorizing work to do of their own.

As the leader of an entire district of charter schools in Lake Wales, I wanted the NAACP's education task force to hear from someone who has worked for nearly three decades in both traditional public schools and in charter schools, which are also public.

And when charters don't enroll high - cost special ed kids and suspend the kids that they don't want, district schools are left with a more challenging task because we do have to give them a public education, a free and appropriate education.

Public - school parents might want to check their districts» status as well; Elgart estimated that one in 10 U.S. high schools is not accredited, which can make for an unpleasant surprise once students attempt to enroll in college.

With public schools, he wants to change the way funds are distributed so that districts with concentrations of poor and English learning students receive greater funding, although there is some controversy that not all such districts will benefit as described.

Mr. Menino, who oversees the Boston schools, wants Massachusetts communities to be able to transform traditional public schools into district - controlled charter schools and link teachers» pay to performance.

White parents who could not afford public schools, but wanted their children to socialize only with others of their race and caste, could simply move across the district line to avoid desegregation.

This is not a significant issue in a large district like the Jackson Public School District, but this is a significant challenge for those communities in lesser populated areas who want to create a charterdistrict like the Jackson Public School District, but this is a significant challenge for those communities in lesser populated areas who want to create a charter sSchool District, but this is a significant challenge for those communities in lesser populated areas who want to create a charterDistrict, but this is a significant challenge for those communities in lesser populated areas who want to create a charter schoolschool.

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger, who facilitated a charter while superintendent at an Oregon school district, announced as soon as the initiative passed that she wanted a charter school in the district.

The SBOE wants to hear the community's thoughts on the proposed content of a new school report card that will provide the same information about every public and public charter school in the District.

When every public school is a good choice for students, districts will be giving parents what they really want.

Said Johnson: «I want to improve student performance and the quality of public schools in Board District 1 and across the entire LAUSD.

So, for example, reporters who want to examine documents involving the District of Columbia Public Schools must ask DCPS, which then decides whether or how to honor the request.

I noted that SDE provided districts with a sample letter to parents who indicate they want to opt their children, warning them that state law «requires that all children enrolled in public schools must take yearly state assessments;» but not informing parents that there is no punishment to a parent or child who insists on opting out.

So, yes, I agree with the posts encouraging older teachers to try private schools, but the pay is lower, and many of us want the public school districts that offer secure pay increases and retirement benefits.

Though voucher school proponents love to talk about «choice» and «achievement,» the real story is that these schools do a serious disservice to students, families, educators, public school districts and state taxpayers and we don't want anymore of them in Milwaukee!

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This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional district and charter schools are serving all their city's children and how their schools compare to those in other cities, the report measures outcomes for all public schools, based on test scores and non-test indicators, in 50 mid - and large - sized cities.

Yes, sacrificing the have - nots by taking more educational dollars from already struggling public school Districts and sending them to upper class / upper middle class families who want to send their children to private schools.

For instance, in late April the California Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Anaheim parents who want to use the state's parent - trigger law to turn a traditional public elementary school into a charter school.

Backers of the legislation wanted to prevent students like Jacob from falling through the cracks in the state's public - school system, where many districts are struggling with funding shortfalls.

If we want to end this debacle then we need to elect political representatives with a clear mandate to clean up our public school districts.

Moving forward, we want to make sure that any new school expansion we support or encourage (be it district, charter public or private) are in areas where the need is greatest, and that the schools are actually providing programs and opportunities that meet the needs of their unique student population.

A Camino Nuevo Charter Academy student explains why she wants the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to select Camino Nuevo as the operator of a new school under the Public School Choice ResolSchool District Board of Education to select Camino Nuevo as the operator of a new school under the Public School Choice Resolschool under the Public School Choice ResolSchool Choice Resolution.

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It has also been reported that Rocketship wants to expand to the District of Columbia Public Schools.

«Most of our public schools and school districts are providing a solid education to our children, but we don't want to rest on our laurels,» State Superintendent Tony Evers said in a statement.

School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two years.

The changes would make it easier for parents who want to enroll their students in public schools outside their own district, but may not be thinking about that decision in February, said Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, who introduced the bill.

But you wanted a public education, and if your parents moved to a different district, you had to change schools.

Jocelyn Lopez, a Camino Nuevo Charter Academy student explains why she wants the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to select Camino Nuevo as the operator of a new school under the Public School Choice ResolSchool District Board of Education to select Camino Nuevo as the operator of a new school under the Public School Choice Resolschool under the Public School Choice ResolSchool Choice Resolution.