Sentences with phrase «for our public school students»

Right alongside my admiration for the public school students who have been so articulate and so focused in their advocacy, lies a deep anger and shame for some of the adult behavior on full display: adults creating and perpetuating fake news, doctoring video and pictures; adults pilfering from the holy ground that is the site of a mass killing; and adults attempting to steal the bright shine of these student advocates.

«Offering free lunch for all public school students will help ensure that all our children have the nutrition they need as they learn,» said Council Member Costa Constantinides.

As you'll recall, Cuomo said during his State of the State address that he would be the self - appointed «lobbyist» for public school students this year, taking on what he perceives to be the bloated bureaucracy in the education system.

Former teacher Linares said he also intends to focus on education, and called for more funding to help community schools and provide wrap - around services for public school students.

There are some slight gains for public school students on this year's New York State Assessments.

In September 2017, Fariña and Public Advocate Letitia James announced that lunch would be free for all public school students throughout the city.

It's time our elected officials stand up for public school students and fight for this funding in the current state budget.»

She has recently split with the mayor by supporting equal disability pensions for city uniformed employees, and by advocating for free school lunches for all public school students, both proposals Mr. de Blasio views as too expensive.

Parents worry about funding and standards for their public school students and remain least concerned about the amount of testing in classrooms, a survey released by High Achievement New York and Achieve found.

Many of the council's lofty budget aims — adding a thousand cops to the police force and instituting free lunch for every public school student — were pared down in the final budget.

Todd is also the statewide leader on access to diplomas for special needs students, as well as fixing New York's broken standardized testing system for public school students.

City Councilman Daniel Dromm held a press conference with other elected officials and community members Thursday to demand that the Department of Education designate Diwali as a day off for public school students.

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas has launched his 1998 re-election bid with a get - tough pledge to make it harder for public school students to advance to the next grade before mastering basic academic skills.

Extracurricular activities, including athletics, appear to be important for public school students too.

Total Federal Government funding per student for Australian public schools rose by 115.2 per cent over the past decade, compared with 15.8 per cent for private schools although the total Federal Government expenditure per student is still higher for private school students at $ 6434 compared with $ 1915 for public school students.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Overlooked by most of the press was the fact that the increases were caused by private - school improvements; SAT scores for public school students were stagnant.

for public school students, instruction relating to the flag and certain legal holidays, as required by section 802 of the Education Law;

Students can receive scholarships up to 100 % of the per - pupil amount appropriated for each public school student unless the private school tuition is less than this amount.

«This appeal is not about the merits of charter schools or district schools, but rather about the state's overarching obligation to ensure a thorough and efficient education for all public school students in Newark,» Sciarra said in an earlier statement on the appeal.

LEAs may use for this purpose either the same source of data used to select and allocate funds among public schools (i.e., usually free or free and reduced - price school lunch data) or one of a specified range of alternatives, such as data from an income survey of private school families, private school scholarship applications, or estimates based on the assumption that the percentage of students attending a private school who are from low - income families is the same as that for public school students who reside in the same geographic area.

All states participating in Title I must implement assessments of student achievement, linked to state content and academic achievement standards, for all public school students in each of grades 3 - 8 plus at least once in grades 10 - 12, in reading and mathematics and at three grade levels (at least once in each of grades 3 - 5, 6 - 9, and 10 - 12) in science.

The No Child Left Behind Act set this goal for public school students «on a wing and a prayer.»

Per - pupil spending averages for public school students with special needs are not available.

For one thing, the per - pupil expenditure for public school students can not be directly translated into the private school setting.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

Among a few Democrats in the Legislature who agree with the need to try charter schools is state Rep. Eric Pettigrew of Seattle, who has said this year's emerging ballot measure «will finally bring Washington into the 21st century in terms of educational opportunities for public school students.»

The charter schools model offers a community a way to create a school that often has lower operating costs than traditional schools — particularly for employee compensation — and greater flexibility in class offerings, all funded with federal start - up money and a large portion of the annual per - pupil payment from the state for public school students.

«As the Senate reaches the home stretch for consideration of ESEA, NSBA will continue to advocate on behalf of America's 90,000 school board members for an education law that restores local governance, allocates targeted investments in Title I, and authorizes the resources needed to improve academic achievement for all public school students.»

Because of this funding stream, this program is for public school students.

The projected average score for public school students in New Jersey (545 out of 1,000 points) brought the Garden State in at No. 9, following Massachusetts, Vermont and Minnesota.

The funds appropriated are for classroom teachers to purchase, on behalf of the school district or charter school, classroom materials and supplies for the public school students assigned to them and may not be used to purchase equipment.

More than two decades later, the influence of Choudhury's grandfather is clear in his own work to engineer equity and access for public school students in San Antonio as the district's first chief innovation officer.

While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.

The version that passed out of committee includes a $ 200 increase in per - pupil funding for public school students in the first year of the budget and $ 204 in 2018 - 19 to $ 654 per student in the final year of the budget.

When those who opted out were included in the total and counted as not scoring proficient — as is the case for public school students who opt out — 25.7 percent scored proficient or advanced overall.

But one in five Arizona eighth - graders is not included in state reported figures of the AzMERIT math exam, a required test for all public school students — district and charter, according to newly released data analysis by the Center for Student Achievement.

Charter schools are a different option for public school students.

«While not perfect, the Senate bill is the better bill for public school students, and we are hopeful it will prevail during conference,» Rees said in the statement.

Malloy also proposed massive amounts of new Common Core standardized testing for all public school students and tied his modest funding increases for poor schools to inappropriate privatization strategies.

In three short years, the 45 states and the District of Columbia that joined the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative have not only implemented new college - and career - readiness standards for public school students, but also required teachers to make dramatic instructional shifts as they align their curriculum to these more rigorous standards (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2012).

HB 1591 would create a universal ESA for public school students.

Nonetheless, the principle behind Prop. 39 is one of equity and fairness for all public school students, irrespective of whether they attend public district schools or public charter schools in their communities.

Many educators in the state are calling it an unprecedented victory for public school students.

One such provision is the proposal that would withhold state funding for public school students in a school district that fails to meet and report certain aspects of Act 10.

LOS ANGELES, CA - On Saturday, Feb. 4, well over 5,000 parents, students and teachers from across Los Angeles joined education officials and leaders for the «Schools We Can Believe In» rally at Exposition Park, to demand high - quality public schools in every neighborhood, quality space and equal funding for all public school students.

The New York Times is reporting today on a draft proposal for standardizing a portion of the academic experience for public school students throughout the country.

Newly released census data finds that Utah is still last place in education spending for each public school student.

ConnCAN statement on Governor Malloy's school choice proposal Important steps toward fair funding, but more work remains to achieve true equity for all public school students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — February 6, 2012 Contact: Jessica Bloom, ConnCAN Tel: [phone] x19 Email: [email protected]

A state commission reviewing the Common Core academic standards for public school students met for the first time on Monday.