Sentences with phrase «education than a state school»

I put myself through four years of college at a private university (at the time I thought it was a better education than a state school, but now I realize there isn't much difference in the real world unless we're talking about Yale or Harvard or something!).

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He started the Education Freedom Fund, which awarded more than 4,000 scholarships to underprivileged children in Michigan, the West Michigan Aviation Academy, (a High School that aims to provide a rigorous educational program through an aviation focus), and has served on the State Board of Education.

Additionally, this is an education system that promotes inequality and therefore injustice: Schools in the United States are twice as likely to pair poor and minority students with brand - new teachers and almost four times more likely to suspend black students than white students.

There is now a clear consensus that this type of education provides a far better source of Jewish identity for Jewish children in America than education that can only supplement the education offered in the public (that is, state) schools.

Other than being accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools and licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education, we are also a member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the... Read More

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the...

The results of a study on state high school athletic association policies for managing sport - related concussions revealed that concussion education policies for more than 70 % of high school athletic directors did not exist (Miller & Ammon, 2017).

If you relate this with the issue of education, you will discover that these two states have the worst cases in terms of children's school drop - out rate with more than 50 percent drop - out rate.

«Everybody knows there's real pressure on school places at the moment, and the secretary of state for education knows better than most.

Belluck has used his own Twitter handle in recent days to dog the State Education Department over the results of third - through eighth - grade English and math test scores that showed charter school students performing slightly better than their public school counterparts.

Mount Vernon — Accusations of impropriety continue for Mayor Richard Thomas, who is already facing corruption charges as the Mount Vernon Board of Ethics has accused Mayor Richard Thomas of collecting more than $ 100,000 as a trustee of the Amani Public Charter School in violation of state education law.

Under the Tennessee Promise program, more than 16,200 students were enrolled in the 2015 - 16 school year at 41 institutions across the state, including at 13 community colleges, 27 colleges of applied technology and other eligible institutions offering an associate's degree program, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

Repeating the governor's claim that state cuts to education do not require layoffs, Mulgrew said it was clear that Mayor Bloomberg's priority «is not to get money for the schools; he would rather fight over who to lay off than fight on behalf of children.»

More than 1,000 delegates voted to adopt a resolution which noted that «studies conducted by prominent researchers and renowned education experts show that individual merit pay plans have not helped to significantly improve student achievement in any of the United States school districts where they have been implemented.»

Wealthier schools in the state spend 80 percent more on student education than poorer districts.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

Education analysts at both the state and local levels asserted Wednesday that more than $ 2 billion in added funding will be needed in 2016 - 17 just to allow the state's 700 - plus school districts to continue offering student services at current levels.

«The truth is that New York dedicates more money per pupil to education than any other state — including over $ 25.8 billion in this year's budget,» Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said in a statement, «and we'll continue to work to strengthen our public schools and provide New York children with the education they deserve.»

That means districts will be almost entirely dependent on the state to cover rising salaries and other education costs, school administrators said, and Cuomo's budget provides less than half the financial aid needed.

If there was any indication that New York City Schools Chancellor - in - waiting Dennis Walcott would face an easier process than his predecessor, it was this afternoon's statement from the state Education Department's screening panel lauding Mayor Mike Bloomberg's pick.

Growth in school taxes statewide will be held next year to a baseline property - tax cap of 1.26 percent — higher than this year's near - zero limit but less than what education officials said they need to meet expenses, according to the state comptroller's office.

What Hammond's analysis of school funding fails to account for is that New York State's share of the burden for supporting K - 12 education has fallen from 49 % in 2001 to less than 40 % in recent years.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Assembly Education Chair Cathy Nolan and Sen. Kevin Parker will release letters signed by more than 70 legislators in both houses calling for $ 2.4 billion in new school aid with an emphasis on Foundation Aid, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The U.S. Department of Education warned states this week that federal school aid may be withheld withheld next year if less than 95 percent of students take government - mandated exams.

But because these exams are not available in most state schools, Mr Willetts warned a «worrying divide is opening up in British education» that could lead to a bigger gulf between state and private schools than there had been in a generation.

A for - profit network of schools and the family behind it have agreed to pay the state more than $ 4.3 million in a settlement after having spent state funds, intended to pay for special education preschool, on credit card bills, maintenance of a boat and a son's law school tuition, as well as claiming false tax deductions.

Long Island school districts stand to recover more than $ 117 million in lost state financial aid during the coming year, according to the region's education leaders who say the money will help compensate for tighter state property tax limits.

The head of the state's Business Council, Heather Briccetti, says the state already spends more than most other states on education, but does not rank among the top rated schools in the nation.

The draft bill would also amend the state's education law, requiring that any school in which more than 25 percent of students live on campus must set aside a minimum of 50 beds — or 10 percent of total beds, whichever is less — for substance abuse free living.

Driven by anger at education reforms included in this year's state budget, there's a movement afoot in Albany to encourage parents to keep their children home from school, rather than sit for state tests.

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According to the State Education Department, 420 of the state's more than 700 school districts have been granted waiState Education Department, 420 of the state's more than 700 school districts have been granted waistate's more than 700 school districts have been granted waivers.

ALBANY - ALBANY — Setting up a budget fight on education, the Democrat - led state Assembly said Thursday it opposed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call for a tuition hike at state universities and favored boosting aid to K - 12 schools by $ 2.1 billion — more than double the increase the governor suggested.

The money can be used, they say, to enact needed education reforms — different reforms than Cuomo has proposed, which include state takeovers of chronically failing schools and an expansion of charter schools.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)-- The New York state comptroller says a special education provider overbilled school districts by more than $ 600,000.

Only 35.3 percent of the population received just a high school diploma (compared to 43.5 percent of the state's population) and just 11 percent of the population received less education than a high school diploma (compared to nearly 15 percent of the state's population).

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

The state's education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams because they will be different than last year's tests.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

Let's dedicate $ 100 million to transform every failing school in New York into a comprehensive, holistic, full - service community school and change the basic education system in this state and stop the cycle of incarceration in this state and paying for problems, rather than stopping the problems at an early age.

Peneston was one of seven New York teachers of the year who signed an open letter to Cuomo saying his education reform proposals would hurt rather than help public schools across the state.

For setting a Senior School English summary passage which harped on the alleged negligence of education by the Ogun state government, no fewer than six top...

HARLEM — The city says it plans to replace toxic PCB light fixtures in schools earlier than expected after City Councilman Robert Jackson called on the state Education Department to investigate.

«Angle's radical plans to eliminate the Department of Education would cost Nevada college students more than $ 500 million in financial aid like Pell grants, and hundreds of millions for our state's elementary and secondary schools — all at a time when our students can least afford such draconian cuts,» Reid campaign spokesman Kelly Steele said in a statement.

The New York education sector has had its own controversy over race in the past week: Daniel Loeb, a political donor and chairman of the board of directors of Success Academy, the state's largest charter school network, said in a since - deleted Facebook post that state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, was worse for racial minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood,» because of her support of teachers» unions.

More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatives.

Now, parents and some state legislators think it is time the City of Buffalo pay a bigger part of the education bill, especially since the city has not increased its funding for schools in more than a decade.