Sentences with phrase «fight over students»

Competition between schools is so fierce that charter schools in the same charter network say they sometimes fight over students.

Not exact matches

The Pennsylvania school district that faced a social media backlash over news that it armed students with rocks to fight off mass shooters now says it will be adding good guys with guns for protection.

Do we snap the fight with our significant other or tell the Instagram story of us stressing over our student loan bills?

RHI's unique curriculum and live - role playing develops each student's food server and customer service skill set so each graduate becomes a candidate employers will fight over to hire.

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Students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet as we gear up for the fight over healthier school meal standards in Congress this fall, the voices of these critical stakeholders can easily be drowned out... [Continue reading]

D.C. Public Schools Fires Director of Food Services Amid Fight Over How Student Meals Are Served (The DCist.com, January 15, 2013)

Students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet as we gear up for the fight over healthier school meal standards in Congress this fall, the voices of these critical stakeholders can easily be drowned out by politicians, lobbyists and the School Nutrition Association.

This year was an especially busy one, given the fights over the implementation of the Common Core standards, as well as eventual alterations to how they impact students and later the state teacher evaluation law.

She's fought on behalf of students and recent graduates suffering from crippling student loan debt, and to change the debate in D.C. from a discussion over whether to cut Social Security into one about how we can grow it.»

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

Anticipating the fight, Senate Democrats joined in faulting Republicans for protecting wealthy tax dodgers over college students.

The Common Core has been one of the educational and political struggles of the year, with the fights over its standards and the tests used to study how well students are doing with its material.

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» Azzopardi said.

The state has attempted to increase its support for these students over the years, but it's fighting a fast - growing population.

The Oswego Common Council and mayor are fighting over a proposed housing complex for students at SUNY Oswego that may now be in jeopardy.

It gave former Mayor Bloomberg outsize power over the system, and helped make sure that teachers, parents and advocates had to fight at meetings, on the streets and in the courts to block his efforts to close schools and establish standardized test scores as the only measure of students and teachers.

Or Ava DuVernay's «Selma,» with its ideological clashes, fights over the best approach and portraits of the diverse real - life figures involved: students, women, preachers, laymen.

Especially considering that a college professor who cheats on his wife with a student and let's her slide on her schoolwork to boot isn't really worth fighting over in the first place.

Most students had nothing to do other than to chase each other and fight over the four or five balls.

The fight is over essentially before it began — a disappointment, apparently, to at least one student at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School (CRLS), the only public high school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Delisle pointed out that educators often lose sight of creating well - rounded students because they are busy fighting over accountability and who is at fault in the classroom.

Consider, for example, that when high school students themselves are asked whether they've been in a fight at school over the past year, 5.2 percent of white students say yes, versus 11.4 percent of black students.

Charities such as The Access Project have been fighting to challenge these odds by working with motivated students from less privileged backgrounds over five years to offer them a stronger chance of meeting their potential.

«Today when less than 20 % of students in our state are black, but over 90 % of the students consigned to neighborhood schools that perform in the bottom 5 % are black, we have to take a critical look at how we have let the blood, sweat, and tears of freedom fighting generations past turn into today's segregated and unequal systems of schools.

The teachers» fight against MAP echoes, at least in some ways, UTLA's opposition to Academic Growth Over Time (AGT) student assessment program.

The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is looking for ways to reopen as it continues to fight with the state over how it tallies students and, ultimately, how much public money it should get.

But in its swirl of jargon and personal acrimony — a parent at a meeting once asked Ms. Anderson, the white mother of a biracial child, why she did not want the same for Newark's «brown babies» as she did for her own — the fight over her tenure is emblematic of the bitter national debate about how to educate American students for a more competitive world.

A years - long fight between a Loudoun County parent and the Virginia Department of Education over the release of student performance data has come to an end.

When we reporters mention schools like Ivymount for students with disabilities, it is usually in connection with fights over money.

Not only will principals finally receive more meaningful feedback on their performance but the union also agreed that student growth data — the major sticking point in the ongoing fight over teacher evaluations — could be one factor on which principals are rated.

While we applaud the UFT leadership for standing their ground, the MORE Caucus has no intention of giving up the fight to prevent our teachers and students from being given over to the standardized testing regime.

A new law requires Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele to take over struggling schools, but parents, students, teachers and community members are fighting back.

Though his ruling was about Connecticut, he spoke to a larger nationwide truth: After the decades of lawsuits about equity and adequacy in education financing, after federal efforts like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, after fights over the Common Core standards and high - stakes testing and the tug of war between charter schools and community schools, the stubborn achievement gaps between rich and poor, minority and white students persist.

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Dear U.S. Secretary John B. King, Jr.: Write regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act that ensure schools serving poor students get the federal funds they were intended to get and don't back down from the fight over supplement - not - supplant, nine Democratic senators — including presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — wrote in a letter Monday.

Public school families are fighting over scarce resources, and the reality is that school districts like Freehold Borough have seen significant student population increases without corresponding dollars and schools like University Heights Charter School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack funding.

Students with special needs, limited English proficiency, or without a regular place to call home are forced to fight over limited resources in the public schools.

Cities from Boston to Los Angeles are locked in fierce fights over charter schools, which critics say siphon off money and the most engaged families from local districts, while skimming the best students and steering away the most challenging — not always with better results.

IDRA has contended for decades that rather than causing education advocates to fight over small slices of the funding pie, legislators should create a larger pie that provides what is needed in all major education areas so that all students are served appropriately.

Welch of Students Matter said, in a statement, that the fight over education equality is not over.

«The fight is far from over and we will continue to pursue ALL options until we can get to a per - pupil funding level that gives our students the quality education they need and deserve.»

Over the years, we have fought for and traced the evolution of the principal's role — from one frequently sidelined in policy to one at dead center in conversations about practices and processes that directly affect student achievement.

While fights and protests over a rough draft we disagree with may feel cathartic, it will not be as effective as working with diverse community, education and civil rights groups to answer this fundamental question and influence the vision for a plan to create great schools for all students.

Take the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), currently embroiled in a fight with Navient over its student loan servicing practices.

The recent fight over the just - passed tax reform package, current budget proposals from the Trump administration, and legislation just introduced into Congress all point to an uncertain future for student borrowers.

Tung Fu Rue — A grand master of the Hakkyokuseiken fighting style who has taught many famous students over the years including: Terry Bogard, Geese Howard, and more.

Members of the nonprofit school the Art Students League are fighting a legal battle against the school's leadership over the decision to sell the air rights above its historic West 57th Street building.

A fight had ensued between animal welfare campaigners and a mix of environmental studies students, school administrators and community groups over next steps, which ranged from a semi-tongue-in-cheek recipe for Rabbit Restoration Stew to moving all of the animals to a sanctuary.