Sentences with phrase «failing school system»

«To me, being a warrior for social justice means doing whatever it takes to change the odds for kids who are stuck in failing school systems,» she says.

We have watched as politics that have decimated the black family, perpetuated poverty and created failing schools systems that we no longer want to send our children to.

Charters are a great alternative for parents to the failing school system in NYC.

Tony Kaye's film about America's failing school system isn't subtle, but it has a fierce emotional punch and he draws knockout performances from his eclectic cast.

In this atmosphere, it mattered less that the billionaire mayor had made good on his promise to fix a failing school system than that he was a billionaire.

In most cities with a failing school system the mayor faces a great dilemma: Do nothing, which is often all a mayor is legally empowered to do, or do everything, meaning mayoral takeover.

Even when families do not have children enrolled in the public schools, they can not completely avoid the adverse effects of a failing school system that contributes to dependency and higher dropout rates.

In any case, says Paul Hill, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, it takes more than a few vouchers or mayoral control to turn around a failing school system.

Rather than «keep the same faith» in a failing school system, steps should be taken to try and solve the problem and make sure there are quality options available to all families at all grade levels.

This organization has been one of the most effective groups in the country at expanding these options and giving children trapped in a failing school system a new chance at success in life.

These families deserve a mayor who will put their children first, and do the hard work to turn around our failing school system.

They question the purpose of charter schools, contending that charters should be confined to failing school systems.

In 2009, then chancellor of DC public schools, Michelle Rhee, implemented the «impact» system in a drastic move to save a failing school system.

The Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools puts in place a series of comprehensive reforms that drastically reshape the city's failing school system.

The superintendent said he recognizes that people perceive DeKalb as a failing school system, though some of its problems are in the rear - view mirror.

Boulos concludes that the contract's job protections — including seniority, job definitions, tenure, and others — «collectively contribute to poor student achievement and a failing school system.

Based on her participation in an intensive four - year school reform project in the Newark, New Jersey public schools, the author vividly captures the anguish and anger of students and teachers caught in the tangle of a failing school system.

Proponents say there may be a better chance of passing legislation in 2013 because the state's failing school system has received increased attention from the media, and lawmakers came close to passing a law during last year's legislative session.