They are called on to promote
equal educational opportunities for children in identified racial and ethnic groups, to monitor their development and academic achievement, and to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by school board members working with issues concerning these students and their families.
Not exact matches
A defining moment came
in the 1970s, when the California Supreme Court
in Serrano v. Priest decided that
in order to ensure
equal educational opportunity for all
children, all school districts
in California must spend
equal amounts per pupil, instigating a wave of school - finance court cases across the country.
Much has changed since the fledgling Campaign
for Fiscal Equity (CFE), 14 New York City community school boards, and 23 individual parents and their
children lodged the initial complaint charging the State of New York with denying «thousands of public school students
in the City of New York their constitutional rights to
equal educational opportunities.»
The Goldwater Institute, the Foundation
for Excellence
in Education, the Hispanic Council
for Reform and
Educational Options, and the American Federation
for Children argue that the Blaine Amendments were «motivated by bigotry» and «present an obstacle to the provision of high - quality
educational opportunities for millions of American schoolchildren» that must be removed
in order «to vindicate our nation's sacred promise of
equal educational opportunities.»
Our mission is to achieve
equal educational opportunity for every
child through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed
in college.
Capital Prep and Steve Perry have shown a complete and utter inability to provide
equal educational opportunities for Latino
children,
children who are not fluent
in English and
children who need extra help due to their special education requirements.
26 Accountability Measures
In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The
Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their
child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay
for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.
We continue to have a school funding system that does not provide an
equal educational opportunity for our
children; does not meet the additional needs of the three student populations identified
in our standard; and does not provide a fair and equitable school tax burden
for property owners.
Finally, he encourages Congress to adopt an «
equal education» clause, that states no
child in the US will be «denied
equal educational opportunity in elementary and secondary education through the lack of a challenging curriculum, well - prepared and effective teachers, and the funding to pay
for that education.»
(e) The board shall establish the information needed
in an application
for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used
in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method
for admission to the charter school; (v) the
educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed
in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners
in the education of their
children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan
for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures
for evaluation and professional development
for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of
equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency
in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of
equal educational opportunity as stated
in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students
in similar grades
in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans
for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.
The article conveniently overlooks that fact that the charter school industry fails to provide
equal educational opportunities for children who require special education services, those who aren't fluent
in the English Language and those who are forced out of charter schools
for failure to survive the abusive disciplinary policies.
(a) Promote and advance
equal educational opportunities for Hispanic
children by Council members becoming actively engaged
in national dialogue on
educational problems, issues and concerns
in conjunction with the National School Boards Association and other national organizations committed to the continued growth and development of minority
children.
More than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed school segregation
in Brown v. Board of Education, the nation's schools are still plagued by inequalities, yet the High Court today declines to intervene on behalf of
equal educational opportunity for all
children.