Sentences with phrase «expenses at most schools»

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Most young people in Scotland feel that schools prioritise university at the expense of other options, a survey shows

A nationally representative survey by Public Agenda found that 85 percent of teachers and 73 percent of parents agreed that the «school experience of most students suffers at the expense of a few chronic offenders.»

Perhaps most importantly, the schools are blessed with overwhelming advocacy from alumni and the parents of their students, many of whom feel that their children are receiving a private school — quality education at public expense.

The systematic evidence clearly shows that school officials dominate special education, parents rarely challenge school officials» decisions, schools win most of those challenges from parents, and parents very rarely get their children placed in private schools at public expense.

So are schools where teachers have 120 or more students to get to know (with this 120 shuffled at the end of each semester); where serious learning is broken up into snippets of 50 - minute «subject matter periods» arranged in no intellectually coherent order; where assessment keeps knowledge tightly packaged in separate intellectual domains; where short - term memory work is rated as deserving the highest value at the expense of original, long - term analytic work; and where the intellectual engine of the curriculum comes at most students and teachers as a list of subjects and skills, usually far too long for the careful savoring and devoted practice that leads to deep understanding and worthy habits.

His most recent article, «Preferencing Choice: The Constitutional Limits,» is highly critical of state policies that continue to promote school choice at the expense of public schools and values.

Ironically, at a time when U.S. high schools are under scrutiny for not being challenging enough, many students are working harder than ever, and often compromising themselves to get the highest grades and most impressive transcripts possible, at the expense of their well - being and education.

For instance, a study by the group Public Agenda found that 85 percent of teachers and 73 percent of parents felt the «school experience of most students suffers at the expense of a few chronic offenders.»

While some charter schools use related - party transactions to achieve cost savings in the best interest of their students, in most cases they are used to produce questionable salaries and profits for the charter holders, at the expense of students and taxpayers.»

If we wanted to push respondents toward Approach B, we could replace «invests» with «at the public expense» and employ additional shenanigans like the AFT poll did (e.g. - «choose the schools with the most enriching curriculum and most effective teachers»).

The American Association of School Administrators recently released a survey of superintendents that showed that while most believe there is a role for competitive grants, most also worry about over-investment in those grants at the expense of more stable dollars that districts can depend upon to sustain reform efforts.

«As a retired, life - long LAUSD educator, I believe that I have a moral obligation to raise awareness and understanding of externally driven strategies that support the uncontrolled proliferation of charter schools at the expense of the District's ability to adequately provide for the needs of all students, especially the most disadvantaged students who rely on public education,» Schmerelson told LA School Report.

Coverdell ESA funds can be used to college costs as well as qualified elementary and high school expenses at most public, private, and parochial schools.

Most Americans think a policy four times their income is sufficient, but the truth is your policy should be at least ten times your income to pay for your medical and funeral expenses, college and school fees, car loans, mortgage, and taxes.