Sentences with phrase «for public school students»

We are all united in working to ensure the best opportunities for our public school students.

Education leaders are considering drastically cutting the number of standardized tests for public school students.

In addition, the money should be spent on youth employment and free lunch for public school students, among other things.

Today's courageous and historic decision is a major victory for public school students everywhere.

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.

Yet, unfortunately, many of the elected officials wanted to exclude charters until parents, students, teachers and community members fought back and demanded equality for all public school students.

Our goal is that leaders and advocates will use this data to come together and focus energy and investments where they're needed to make opportunity a reality for every public school student.

In fact, the competition created by school voucher programs actually drives improvement for public school students, as well.

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.

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.

If Big Brother were behind the new academic standards for public school students in 46 states, you would expect private schools these days to be reveling in their independence.

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.

A mentorship program for public school students headed by Pratt Institute's Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program Critic at Large Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize - winning architect and founding principal at the firm Morphosis, was recently...

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.

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.

Under what Ladd called the most reasonable scenario, the study found that charter schools were requiring the Durham school system to reduce services for each public school student by between $ 500 and $ 700.

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.

New York State plans to rethink high school diploma requirements for public school students as a growing body of Long Island students and parents protest that more rigorous academic standards have put many teenagers at a disadvantage, toughening the odds against graduation.

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

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.

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.

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

«Through these grants, we are providing the resources to put plans and programs in action that really will help ensure opportunity, equity, and success for every public school student in America.»

The goal of the program is to engage the nation's most promising researchers in investigating school finance solutions that secure equity and excellence for all public school students.

Charter schools are a different option for public school students.

Forward results for public school students by race and ethnicity again showed persistent achievement gaps that have been evident on other measures.

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.

Opting out of standardized tests is a popular experience for public school students and many North Haven students did just that when it came time to take the new SBAC test last year.

As Superintendent, he will be a powerful advocate for all public school students across the state, including over 500,000 students who attend more than 1,130 charter schools.»

Before joining ASCD, Carter served for nine years as the superintendent of schools in Norfolk, Va., where he succeeded in reducing the dropout rate, built a partnership program with the private sector, implemented a districtwide school improvement program, established an early education center for 3 - year - olds and their parents, and implemented a regional scholarship foundation 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.»

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.

The main mechanism for that community support is the Tamura's Charitable Foundation, an organization that purchases basic school supplies such as pencils and paper for public school students.

«With primary day around the corner, People for Quality Education will endorse and promote candidates that can be counted on to be true public school education champions in the legislature, ready to fight for real investments for public school students,» Zakiyah Ansari, a board member of People for Quality Education — and a former member of Mayor Bill de Blasio's transition team, told the Observer.

Cuomo is also calling on lawmakers to amend the state's human rights law to add protections for public school students against discrimination.

«The last Senate's leadership, along with the Governor, consistently stood up for what's right for public school students, which is why [New York State United Teachers] and their allies put a target on their backs.

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.

Marshall singled out the state's «world class» curriculum frameworks, graduation exams in core subjects, and «accountability measures for every public school student, teacher, administrator, school, and district in Massachusetts.»

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.

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

The Kentucky School Boards Association was established in 1936 and represents 863 school board members from across the state to provide training, services and collegiality to aid in the effort of providing the best education possible for public school students across Kentucky.

PARCC stands for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and is the standardized test that replaced the DC CAS in school year 2014 - 15 as the assessment for public school students in the District of Columbia and other states in English language arts / literacy and mathematics.

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.

«If our end - of - grade and end - of - course tests are good enough for our public school students, then they should be good enough for private schools receiving tax dollars.»