Sentences with phrase «education at a neighborhood school»

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The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

Seven NYC schools are part of a new NYC Education Department initiative aimed at maintaining a racial and socioeconomic balance in fast - gentrifying neighborhoods.

The city's Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Education's Educational Construction Fund are getting ready to release a request for proposals looking for a developer to create a new mixed - use building at 131 Livingston St., with the requirement of adding the school seats somewhere in the neighborhood, District Manager Rob Perris said at Wednesday's board meeting.

Of course, they now face a Republican presidential administration more favorable to school choice and an education secretary who, at least according to the National Education Association (NEA), has «made a career trying to destroy neighborhood public schooleducation secretary who, at least according to the National Education Association (NEA), has «made a career trying to destroy neighborhood public schoolEducation Association (NEA), has «made a career trying to destroy neighborhood public schools.»

Despite spending more per capita on preschool programs than any other state, Massachusetts has 40 percent fewer preschools for children in poor neighborhoods compared to wealthier communities, according to a study released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The return to resegregated neighborhood elementary schools in Oklahoma City, after 13 years of busing for integration, has not led to the gains in achievement, parent involvement, and equity the school district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool district had claimed, according to a report released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

But principal Michelle Tubbs, a veteran of the classroom who holds a doctorate in education technology, had conducted a pilot program with blended learning at an Alliance school in the city's Watts neighborhood, where the average freshman read and did math at the 4th - grade level.

Extension schools can also be a bridge, said Wayne Smutz, dean of continuing education at UCLA, which is trying to raise scholarship money for this purpose and is designing pop - up classrooms to operate in neighborhoods where low - income students live.

But these conflicts operate within the same conceptual framework: Public education is the neighborhood school, and all alternatives must be justified against it — if they are to be supported at all.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

6 - 9 — Education research: 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, sponsored by the Asia - Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Saint Mary's College of California School of Education, and the University of Louisville's Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Program, for researchers and educators, at the Ilikai Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu...

As a current example of ever - larger traditional public schools, the Chicago Board of Education is closing fifty traditional schools at one time and sending their students out of their neighborhoods to ever - larger schools against continuing parent protests.

Education World explores the strategies educators at KIPP Academy Charter School, Mother Hale Academy, and Crossroads School are using to break the cycle of failure for students living in some of New York City's most disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Inspired by the successful Harlem Children's Zone model, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink supports Promise Neighborhoods — communities of opportunity centered around strong schools — to wrap children in education, health, and social supports from cradle to career.

At the Urban Education Institute my colleagues have built 15 years worth of empirical evidence that even schools in Chicago's most disadvantaged neighborhoods can thrive if they are organized for improvement.

Using an innovative technique made possible by Internet surveys and geo - coding technology, Martin West and his colleagues at Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance («Grading Schools,» research) were able to match each member of a nationally representative sample of adults to the specific elementary and middle schools that serve his or her neighbSchools,» research) were able to match each member of a nationally representative sample of adults to the specific elementary and middle schools that serve his or her neighbschools that serve his or her neighborhood.

Common Elements of Effective Schools Education World explores the strategies educators at KIPP Academy Charter School, Mother Hale Academy, and Crossroads School are using to break the cycle of failure for students living in some of New York City's most disadvantaged neighborhoods.

«Research has shown that community violence has large, short - term impacts on children's attention and impulse control, both of which are central to students» ability to learn in school,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skischool,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skiSchool of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skills...

At a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoodAt a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoodat the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoods.

«Reclaiming the promise of public education is about fighting for neighborhood public schools that are safe, welcoming places for teaching and learning,» Weingarten said in her keynote speech at TEACH announcing the effort.

6 - 9 — Education research: 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, sponsored by the Asia - Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Saint Mary's College of California School of Education, and the University of Louisville's Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Program, for researchers and educators, at the Ilikai Waikiki Beach Hotel...

Amy Hull, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher BYRON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA At one time in the Byron Union School District, preschool - aged students with identified disabilities who were on an Individualized Education Program were bused to non-public schools outside of their own neighborSCHOOL DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA At one time in the Byron Union School District, preschool - aged students with identified disabilities who were on an Individualized Education Program were bused to non-public schools outside of their own neighborSchool District, preschool - aged students with identified disabilities who were on an Individualized Education Program were bused to non-public schools outside of their own neighborhoods.

How does this gentrification of urban landscapes, as it's commonly referred to, alter not only individual neighborhoods and schools, but the public education system at large?

At the crux of the matter we became charter school supporters and advocates because we believed in a system where quality education choices were available to all students, not just those fortunate enough to afford tuition or live in the right neighborhood.

The one group for whom this expansion might sound especially appealing is parents who believe their children are not getting the best education possible at their neighborhood public school.

Many of our students continue their arts education at Milwaukee High School of the Arts or attend our neighborhood high school, Riverside University High SSchool of the Arts or attend our neighborhood high school, Riverside University High Sschool, Riverside University High SchoolSchool.

Natasha Bodden is an elementary special education teacher at X062 — P.S. 62 Inocensio Casanova School in the Bronx neighborhood of New York.

Williette Crumb is an early childhood education paraprofessional in Chicago's historic Bronzeville neighborhood at Beethoven Elementary School.

Happily, he met the criteria and has now returned to his general education classroom at his neighborhood school.

At 6 pm, dinner will be served and the group will open up the discussion on public education and how the development of community schools can benefit children, families and neighborhoods.

Charter schools in these neighborhoods at least (would) give them another chance at an education, and that will serve all of us — as a society of educated individuals.

But these conflicts operate within the same conceptual framework: Public education is the neighborhood school, and all alternatives must be justified against it - if they are to be supported at all.

They can choose to deny children access to a great education by continuing to enroll them in seriously low performing schools, try to find enough money to move to a more affluent neighborhood (good luck with that) or face possible jail time or probation for using another address, in another zip code, just to get a chance at a good education.

At Robert Emmet Elementary, a school in the high - crime Austin neighborhood that's slated to be closed, special education teacher Tammie Vinson considers herself fortunate: «None of my students have actually been killed,» said Vinson, 55, a union delegate who has taught at the school for the past three years and lives in the neighborhooAt Robert Emmet Elementary, a school in the high - crime Austin neighborhood that's slated to be closed, special education teacher Tammie Vinson considers herself fortunate: «None of my students have actually been killed,» said Vinson, 55, a union delegate who has taught at the school for the past three years and lives in the neighborhooat the school for the past three years and lives in the neighborhood.

LOS ANGELES, CA - On Saturday, Feb. 4, well over 5,000 parents, students and teachers from across Los Angeles joined education officials and leaders for the «Schools We Can Believe In» rally at Exposition Park, to demand high - quality public schools in every neighborhood, quality space and equal funding for all public school stSchools We Can Believe In» rally at Exposition Park, to demand high - quality public schools in every neighborhood, quality space and equal funding for all public school stschools in every neighborhood, quality space and equal funding for all public school students.

«First and foremost we are invested and engaged at this school because we want to ensure that all the students in that neighborhood have an excellent public education,» UCLA's Quartz said about the new venture at Mann.

At a celebration in February for Teach for America's 20th anniversary, Education Secretary Arne Duncan sang the praises of an all - male, largely black charter school in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Urban Prep Academy, which replaced a high school deemed a failure.

The Los Angeles Board of Education approved the first use of the controversial parent trigger law in the city Tuesday, clearing the way for sweeping changes at 24th Street Elementary School in the West Adams neighborhood.

I am a high school teacher at Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA) in the Pilsen neighborhood, where I teach Consumer Education.

At the same time, parents in many neighborhoods still do not have viable options for sending their children to a school that provides a world - class education, whether it is a public, neighborhood, magnet, selective enrollment, charter or specialized school.

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

Chicago Public Schools divides areas of the city into one of four socio - economic tiers by looking at each area's median income, education level, home - ownership rates, single - parent family rates, rates of English - speaking, and neighborhood school performance.

At Chicago Public Schools, our mission is to provide a high quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in college, career and civic life.

The education policies of Chicago's leaders force its poor children and children of color to attend under - resourced schools, often at a great distance from their neighborhoods, on a pretext of under - enrollment and poor performance.

Superintendent Christina Kishimoto — whose employment in this capacity with the Hartford Public Schools is over at the end of this school year and who has had her request to no longer be evaluated by the Board of Education granted — has angered a number of parents at the Clark School in the city's North East neighborhood with the proposal that this preK - 8 school be phased out and replaced by an Achievement First charter sschool year and who has had her request to no longer be evaluated by the Board of Education granted — has angered a number of parents at the Clark School in the city's North East neighborhood with the proposal that this preK - 8 school be phased out and replaced by an Achievement First charter sSchool in the city's North East neighborhood with the proposal that this preK - 8 school be phased out and replaced by an Achievement First charter sschool be phased out and replaced by an Achievement First charter schoolschool.

At a time when state budget cuts are currently hurting students and teachers at neighborhood public schools, CEA President Sheila Cohen said it would have been unconscionable for the state «to divert precious education funds to expand charter schools at the expense of traditional public schools and to the detriment of all students, but especially minority students in the state's poorest school districts.&raquAt a time when state budget cuts are currently hurting students and teachers at neighborhood public schools, CEA President Sheila Cohen said it would have been unconscionable for the state «to divert precious education funds to expand charter schools at the expense of traditional public schools and to the detriment of all students, but especially minority students in the state's poorest school districts.&raquat neighborhood public schools, CEA President Sheila Cohen said it would have been unconscionable for the state «to divert precious education funds to expand charter schools at the expense of traditional public schools and to the detriment of all students, but especially minority students in the state's poorest school districts.&raquat the expense of traditional public schools and to the detriment of all students, but especially minority students in the state's poorest school districts.»

She seeks out opportunities to meet with legislators and education leaders on education issues and stands up for children, their teachers, and their neighborhood public schools at rallies, hearings, meetings, and town halls.

One of the reasons Finland has consistently stayed at the top of international rankings in education is because it focuses on equity; poorer schools receive more funding than those in more affluent neighborhoods, according to Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland author Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation is because it focuses on equity; poorer schools receive more funding than those in more affluent neighborhoods, according to Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland author Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.

• $ 3,000 from the Victoria Rotary Club for elementary school roof repairs • $ 5,000 in gifts from the Victoria Rotary Club to three district schools • Supplies and resources from Southwest ISD • Goods and supplies from the Harlandale Motorcycle Club • School supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Vicschool roof repairs • $ 5,000 in gifts from the Victoria Rotary Club to three district schools • Supplies and resources from Southwest ISD • Goods and supplies from the Harlandale Motorcycle Club • School supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool supplies from the students of Kenmore Middle School of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool of Arlington, Virginia • A truckload of supplies from students at Austin ISD's Brentwood Elementary • Supplies and school items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Vicschool items from Brownsville ISD and the Habitat for Humanity of the Rio Grande Valley, personally delivered by State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D - Brownsville) and volunteers • Food and supplies from students at Allen ISD's Ford Middle School, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool, which Victoria ISD's O'Connor Elementary School used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool used to host a «Parking Lot Picnic» for the community • Essential items and letters of encouragement from the Chris - tian School of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool of Parker, Colorado, which partnered with the Victo - ria ISD Special Education Department in the effort • Free care for children of Victoria ISD employees donated by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Victoria, which also provided buses to and from the district's high schools • Approximately 1,000 meals for neighborhood families from staff and faculty members of Victoria ISD's Shields Elementary School • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool • $ 1,000 in supplies and essential items provided by the Jordan Murray Project, created by Sealy High School student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - VicSchool student Jordan Murray to help schools affected by Harvey • 72 bags of athletic equipment delivered by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and State Representative Geanie W. Morrison (R - Victoria)