Sentences with phrase «equitable schools so»

Educator's for Social Responsibility Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) works directly with educators to implement systemic practices that create safe, caring, and equitable schools so that all young people succeed in school and life, and help shape a safe, democratic and just world.

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«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»
We should accomplish the following four tasks by September 2017 so we can build an equitable, transparent, dynamic, self - improving, choice - driven, citywide system of schools.
The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.
Third, I want to use my research to inform policy around early childhood and early intervention programs so that schools become more equitable and accessible for students from their first years of education.
«So perhaps cost in dollar terms is not a barrier to making schools more equitable places.»
We work with diverse communities to elevate examples of comprehensive approaches to education so that our public school system ensures every child an excellent and equitable education.
In her role as chief academic officer for Boston Public Schools, she is committed to eliminating racial achievement disparities while improving student learning results so that students of all races and cultures receive an equitable and excellent education that enables them to thrive and experience success in college, career and life.
They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a right to free and edgy speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate education.
State leaders must find a way to distribute what education funding we do have based on student need, rather than the type of public school, so that every Connecticut child receives equitable support for their public education.»
Money raised for K - 12 schools and community colleges would be pooled, so that low - property - wealth rural districts would get an equitable share, as required by previous court rulings in the Serrano cases.
The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.
«It's been so disruptive to the community,» parent advocate Lyn Hoyt, who is founder and president of TREE, Tennesseans Reclaiming Educational Excellence, a group dedicated to fighting for strong and equitable public schools, told N.C. Policy Watch.
When schools commit to promoting students» social - emotional learning, they become positioned to engage all education stakeholders and create a safe, equitable, and engaging school climate, so each student acquires and enhances the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need for interpersonal and life success.
Her study examines principals in diversifying suburban schools as well as their transformative leadership practices used to advocate the elimination of deficit thinking through the promotion of cultural competence and social justice so that all students have equitable educational opportunities in classrooms and on standardized assessments.
«We have an education stakeholder community that is uniquely engaged, informed, and excited about our ESSA plan, and we are moving forward on this important work: providing pathways for all students so they can access real opportunities after high school, improving schools that have consistently underperformed, and supporting a well - rounded, equitable education that can serve the whole child.»
Promoting Equity — Support equitable funding so that children in both rural and urban schools are fully supported and are able to meet expectations of the state's performance standards.
«One State, One Future is really just a first step, as E4E - Connecticut teachers are looking to continue this conversation on school funding with legislators, parents and community members to create the momentum for the more equitable system students in our state so desperately need and deserve.»
Texas must provide equitable access to funding for school facilities so that all districts have equal access to facilities revenue for equal tax effort.
Agency and school leaders demonstrate that instructional time, material resources, and fiscal resources are allocated so that all students have equitable opportunities to attain challenging learning expectations.
Kentucky's overhaul was so sweeping that when the General Assembly created a new educational system, it included a more equitable way of paying for school construction.
Wouldn't it be more equitable, while this inequality exists, for small schools to still receive the # 2,300 subsidy they so desperately need?
However, the State School Board is concerned that the low number «might indicate an unwillingness to identify ineffective teachers at the local level so (the Utah State Board of Education) will develop a plan for ongoing monitoring of effectiveness data and equitable distribution to ensure equitable access to effective teachers for all students,» the plan states.
By doing so we might both create significant competition among schools serving the poor (and thus improve the schools) and meet in an equitable way the extra costs of teaching the children of the poor.
The truth is that Steven Adamowski has already given a deposition in support of Malloy's position and against the interest of Norwalk and all the other communities that are fighting so hard to force Connecticut's elected officials to adopt a fair, equitable and constitutional school funding formula.
All charter schools deserve full and equitable funding so we can continue doing the important work of educating children.»
This year, one of the two issues they selected was equitable school funding and resources, in part because of the budget issues, so we can ensure our students who need more, are receiving more resources.
That's why the work you are doing here is so important, because the decisions you make will have a profound impact on shaping their futures with a more equitable, transparent and accountable school system.
As an equitable matter, a parent may be ordered to continue support for a child that continues thier education to the age of 21 so long as they remain in school.
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