Sentences with phrase «for all public school children»

The state Legislature adopted it one year after a 2006 ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity that ordered New York to provide enough funding to schools to ensure a «sound, basic education» for all public school children.

Please join with us as we stand up for the promise of public education, and for the public schools all children deserve.

Teachers, parents and students are walking in to reclaim our schools and advocate for the public schools all children deserve.

I will continue to fight for our public school children and the profession that I love from outside the system.

Say Yes to Education coordinates a citywide collaboration of government agencies, schools, nonprofits and others in Syracuse and Buffalo to make «wraparound» services available for all public school children K - to - 12, along with the promise of paid - for college education to those who graduate from high school.

This year CCSA will continue to move full throttle to advocate for systems that achieves equity, transparency and accountability for all public school children in California.

We stand by their endeavors to secure school finance reform and improve education outcomes and opportunities for our public school children, especially those who are at - risk, English language learners, and students with disabilities and other special needs.

During the week of November 20, over 150 parents, student, teacher and community groups from more than 15 cities nationwide participated in the National Week of Action for the Public Schools All Our Children Deserve.

We are rank - and - file educators challenging the current leadership of the UFT in the 2016 union elections in order to fight for the public schools our children deserve.

TXCC assisted the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff with coordination of the council's work to inform policymakers and stakeholders about high - quality development and implementation of expanded learning opportunities for public school children, applying knowledge of research and best practices in this area.

Over 150 parent, student, teacher and community groups from more than 15 cities participated in the National Week of Action for the Public Schools All Our Children Deserve in November 2014.

It is time for all public school children to be treated fairly, no matter what type of school their families choose.

Also released this week is a report from The Century Foundation (TCF) lauding magnet schools in several districts for reaching their goal of creating diverse environments for public school children.

Not exact matches

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

«The whole reason for this company is to protect children in schools,» says the founder of Amulet Protective Technologies, which makes ballistic material that can be put into walls, doors, cubicle dividers, and office furniture to create bullet - stopping barriers in public spaces.

Last year, one such company, Dovden Investments, launched at least 35 lawsuits against Canadian organizations — including a school for gifted children in Alberta and a pair of individual developers of free public - transit apps — that ostensibly stole the obscure intellectual property in its portfolio.

Turning our provincial school systems into providers of universal free child care for well - to - do families is a perversion of good public policy.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

If private education is no longer funded for my two children at the avg of 7.5 K per child then we will be moving them to public school.

For decades, states had used taxes to support public and private schools controlled by Protestants, with the goal not merely of Americanizing but of Protestantizing Catholic children.

Wanting to reach all eligible children, Congress required that remedial programs for those attending private schools be «comparable» in quality to public school programs.

Question: Are families that choose private schools and home education for their children more likely than families involved in public schools to be socially isolated and withdrawn from participation in civic life?

His mother began to fight for her son, first against a local public school system that takes a cookie - cutter approach to children, then against the county and state.

What constitutes legitimate protection of a child and what are the obligations of a family to protest against an injustice in school segregation, for example, and to open the way for better public education?

And that children in public schools gather in the classroom for prayer.

That being said, however, for at least the short - term future most American children will be attending public schools dominated by the myths of neutrality toward the differences that make the deepest difference.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimizFor this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimizfor a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

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We have too short a school year already relative to the rest of the world and that, among other things, accounts for why are children are receiving woefully inadequate educations in the public school system.

The reality of the situation is that the vast majority of the children in public schools in Saudi are muslim, and the statistic for non-muslims would be far less than 1 %.

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

The effect would be devastating for public schools and for teachers and children,

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

The question of whether Catholic parochial - school children were to ride public school buses free of charge drew more ink and blood than the cause of justice for women or blacks.

Waqfs were established to furnish trousseaux for orphan girls, for paying the debts of imprisoned or bankrupt businessmen, for clothing for the aged, to help pay village and neighborhood taxes, to help the army and the navy, to found trade guilds, to give land for public markets, to build lighthouses, to help orphans and widows and the destitute, to care for the needs of poor school children and to give them picnics, to pay for the funerals of the poor, to provide holiday gifts for poor families, to build seaside cottages for holidays for the people, to distribute ice - cold water during the summer, to create public playing fields, to distribute rice to birds, and to give food and water to animals.

With the zeal of a reformer and the heart of a dreamer, she calls for turning off the television at home, providing better funding for public schools and public media, and enacting laws that forbid marketing to children altogether.

Without major public efforts in this field, the global super information highway is not likely to include the two billion people who live on less than $ 300 a year, or the more than 1 billion people who are illiterate and some 500 million children for whom there are no schools.

Regardless of the educational options available or schooling choices made for their own children, Christians can serve and strengthen public schools through volunteering as tutors or reading partners.

This raises the question of whether public money should be used to allow parents to choose private schools for their children.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

As the general quality of public education has declined, at least in public perception, and as the power of the youth culture in public schools has increased, many more parents seek private schools for their children, and many of these schools are connected with churches.

The more young, orthodox Catholics we can get on the faculties of parish or private schools — heck, even public schools — the better prepared our children will be for life as faithful and thoughtful Catholics.

He's been an advocate for science education in public schools and an expert in making learning entertaining and valuable for children for decades.

Separating children for the sake of prayer or worship could prove extremely divisive in public schools already divided by race and other factors.

mentally ill, delusional people who believe in the existence of gods should be prohibited from voting, serving on a jury, running for or holding any public office, purchasing or owning firearms, teaching public school, or having any contact with children under the age of 18.

Expanding the Illinois public school breakfast program next year is a big win for the state in an effort to end child hunger.

There is now a clear consensus that this type of education provides a far better source of Jewish identity for Jewish children in America than education that can only supplement the education offered in the public (that is, state) schools.

The Institute offers a series of video - based online courses on key operational areas of school food, taught by Chef Ann Cooper, internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children.

Each school has been «adopted» by a celebrity or public figure, exposing children to inspirational people who have worked hard for their successes.

Whether it be public school or homeschool, you strike me as the type of mom who will do what is in her heart that is best for her children.