Sentences with phrase «failing public schools who»

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Dolan is still smarting from what he believed was a failed promise last year from Cuomo to enact the education tax credit that would benefit those who donate to public, private and parochial schools.

That strategy pins the blame for failing schools solely on the de Blasio administration, the United Federation of Teachers and New York State United Teachers, who are caught in a bind of defending a public school system that objectively contains many low - performing schools, most of which have been struggling for decades.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

Loosely based on real - life events, «Won't Back Down» tells the story of a single mom who teams up with a disillusioned teacher to transform a failing public school into a charter school.

The subject of high - profile lawsuits and heated political rhetoric, vouchers tend to split people into two camps — those who believe they are a valuable tool for helping disadvantaged children escape failing public schools and those who charge that they strip funds from public schools...

The New York City public schools, which in the past two years began holding back 3rd and 5th graders who fail city tests, will extend the promotion policy to 7th graders.

The nondisabled students who remain in D.C. public schools lack the same mechanism for exiting failing schools.

Also likely to fall would be the Florida A + program, which provides up to $ 3,472 for children who attend chronically failing public schools.

Specifically, for students who had attended public schools deemed to be failing before the students took part in the voucher program — a high - priority target for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — the new federal study shows no statistically significant impacts on their test scores.

«The public perception,» says Stanford professor Tom Dee who has researched the law, «seems to be that No Child Left Behind has failed, but the available research evidence suggests it led to meaningful — but not transformational — changes in school performance.»

When the opportunity arose, Canada, who had watched public schools fail for decades, jumped at the opportunity to deliver a great school to large numbers of poor children.

Those parents who qualify for public school choice and supplemental services are the least likely to know it; fewer than one in ten parents with children in schools that failed to make adequate progress could correctly identify their school's status.

The nation's public schools have failed to adequately prepare students for life after high school, said honors students in college who participated in a recently concluded «national forum» series.

Cleveland's Saint Martin de Porres High School accepts students who use state - issued vouchers to escape failing public schools.

While a lottery to select voucher recipients chose first from among students in 15 D.C. public schools that failed for two years to meet goals under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, about one in six D.C. children who will receive tuition grants are students who already attend private school.

Never mind that the body of empirical evidence suggests that choice helps not only the children who leave failing public schools but also those left behind.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NoSchools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NowSchool Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

One program offers a tax credit to help offset the cost of tuition for families who move their children from public schools designated as «failing» by the state to a private school.

What happens if all the high - performing schools in a district are full and can't take the children who were granted public school choice because their own school failed two years in a row?

Unfortunately, for every year a child who wants access to a public charter school who is stuck on a waitlist or without a school nearby, we're failing to follow through on the vision lawmakers had twenty years ago.

More than a third of Washington students who entered public high school as freshmen in the class of 2003 failed to graduate on time in four years, a rate unchanged from 2002.

More than a third of the Washington state students who entered public high school as freshmen in the class of 2003 failed to graduate on time in four years, a rate unchanged from 2002, a state education official said yesterday.

The Common Core test is designed to fail the vast majority of public schools students, including up to 9 in 10 students who aren't proficient in the English Language or require special education help.

After that, the charter school students gained an additional 2.4 to 3.6 points a year beyond the regular public school students who failed to win a charter spot in the lottery.

It seems odd to me the way Rhee seemed to imply turing her time in office that the DC public school system was full of lazy, incompetent teachers who fail to educate students and are interested only in protecting their own careers, but then, when she drills down on an evaluation system, doesn't suspect that those terrible teachers will try to cheat the system.

«I think it's the year for us,» said state Rep. Brad Montell, R - Shelbyville, who announced Monday that he had filed a bill to allow the creation of state - funded charters dubbed «public school academies,» which he said would provide an alternative to failing schools.

We need to help our children who are stuck in failing public schools with no choices but to suffer or quit.

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

A city study — undertaken after media reports revealed the situation — found that more than 900 of 2,758 students who graduated from a D.C. public school last year either failed to attend enough classes or improperly took makeup classes.

Instead of complaining about stranded costs, districts should be worried about the students who choose charters to avoid being «stranded» in failing public schools.

The program's original intention was to award vouchers to students attending failing schools, but data shows the number students using the vouchers who never attended a public school grew.

But this week the education secretary faced strong criticism from the Public Accounts Committee, who warned the Department for Education had failed to engage with the seriousness of funding problems facing schools.

But despite more than 50,000 certified teachers and administrators, Governor Malloy and Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor chose to put Connecticut's «Alliance Districts» in the hands of an individual who has consistently failed to do what is legally required of Connecticut's real public school teachers and administrators.

Bender argued that targeted charter schools can help students of color who have been failed by the public school system, while Slekar said that school choice undermines the effectiveness of public schools, including their ability to address racial disparities.

According to the American Federation of Teachers, «The film's central themes — that all public school teachers are bad, that all charter schools are good and that teachers» unions are to blame for failing schools — are incomplete and inaccurate, and they do a disservice to the millions of good teachers in our schools who work their hearts out every day.»

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

Because school segregation is as much a story of failed public policy as it is one of white / privileged families thwarting it, our hearts - and - minds campaign offers a new model for integration in which this undertaking falls not on the backs of marginalized communities, but on white and / or privileged families who care about equity.

Now we pass on 56 percent of children in Title 1 public schools who fail national reading tests in the 4th grade to the 5th grade with the pretense that the 5th grade teacher will handle the problem of a mixed class of children who can read with a large number of children who can not read.

What is clear is that many charter schools want to claim the mantle of being public schools, but the majority fail to take their fair share of students who need special education services, just as they fail to take their fair share of students who need extra help when it comes to learning the English language.

In one fell swoop, she plays the «poor teacher» card, blames legislators who try to help kids to escape their failing public schools (which her union rules over) and Republicans.

Students who fail to comply shall be disciplined according to the procedures set forth in the Harford County Public School System's Parent / Student Handbook.

In our bizarre newspeak world, the leader of a labor union who tries to force kids to stay in their failing public schools gets a «human and civil rights» award and the Walton Foundation, which gives millions to help free those kids, is vilified.

Won't Back Down, a movie due to open nationally on September 28th, centers around two determined mothers, one a bartender and the other a teacher, who team up and try to transform their failing public school in Pittsburgh.

MADISON — Assembly Republicans are backing off their plan to force failing public schools to be converted into independent charter schools in an effort to reach a deal with Gov. Scott Walker and state senators who opposed such a penalty.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

Yesterday (July 16, 2015), after a seven day trial, Superior Court Judge Andrew P. Banks issued his decision awarding the parents and children who wished to convert their failing public school Palm Lane Elementary into a public charter school under the Parent Empowerment Act (also known as the Parent Trigger Law).

Aptly named Success Academy, each of the 46 schools serves disadvantaged youngsters from minority communities (66 % Black, 30 % Hispanic) who had been failing academically in their neighborhood public schools.

The vast majority of students who fail my class, or withdraw during the semester for failing grades, are American public - school students.

Since they're starting the process of turning around a public school — and got stuck with a chronically failing one for years — it seems only smart to ask parents who are on the front lines about their thoughts and experiences, don't you think?