Sentences with phrase «for public schools across the country»

All the more reason for public schools across the country to do more to recruit and retain teachers of color.

In April, she wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan saying she would freeze the state's targets for proficiency — a move flouting the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the landmark federal education legislation that sets performance benchmarks for public schools across the country.

Not exact matches

The «Musically Mastered Menu» series pairs celebrated chefs and musicians for an intimate evening aimed at raising funds to restore music programs in public schools across the country.

A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

Now advocates have a new tool to help achieve just such a lofty goal: It's called the Good Food Purchasing Policy and after its successful passage in 2012 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proSchool District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proschool districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is proschool lunch, is procured.

When the school lunch program was institutionalized across the country in 1946, Congress voted 9 cents for every child in the country eating school lunch, according to Victoria Leonard, director of Children «s Nutrition for the Center for Science and Public Interest, a Washington - based consumer activist group.

And schools across the country are making their kitchen facilities available to the public for activities that promote health and...

And schools across the country are making their kitchen facilities available to the public for activities that promote health and community engagement, such as cooking classes, business incubation, and food storage for after - school events.

So for 50 million school kids across the country, the provision allowing parents to save for public or private or religious or parochial schools, that's in there.

More than 20 public school districts across the country, including the large urban districts of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, have quietly entered into «compacts» with charters and thereby declared their intent to collaborate with their charter neighbors on such efforts as professional development for teachers and measuring student success.

Arkansas is the first state in the country to require yearly body - mass index, or BMI, screening for all of its 450,000 public school students, and this was the first year those measurements were taken by school nurses across the state and analyzed.

All girls from across the country are invited to apply for the fall or spring semester of their sophomore year, and the school includes students from public and independent schools, as well as those who are homeschooled.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Producers from seven public - television stations across the country followed high school seniors around for a day last May for «High School Stories: One Day in America's Schools.&school seniors around for a day last May for «High School Stories: One Day in America's Schools.&School Stories: One Day in America's Schools.»

This past spring, the U.S. Department of Education released data showing that approximately 1,700 public schools across the country were eligible for «restructuring» under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for 2005 — 06.

Across the board, in every country studied, what they found was that women retain the literacy skills they learned as young girls in school — even when they attended lowquality schools only for a couple of years — and then use those skills later, as mothers, to understand and connect with public health information disseminated through the media and through healthcare workers.

At a time when charter schools account for 10, 25, even 45 percent of public school enrollment in urban areas, this represents thousands of students across the country who won't start the school year with the teachers they need.

According to a 2015 study of charters in urban regions across the country, conducted by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, African - American students at charters out - performed comparable students at nearby public schools in math by roughly a half years» worth of learning.

Across the country, 3 million students are enrolled in public charter schools and millions more are on waiting lists hoping for a spot.

This care for the success of public schools and the success of other school attorneys across the country is the reason I am proud to be associated with COSA.»

As the debate on school choice heats up next week, I share this post as a voice in support of the nation's public schools, which remain the number 1 choice, a great option for families and communities across the country.

«As charter schools continue their reach across the country to respond to increased demand from families, we realize the mounting importance of having a stronger, improved framework in place to inform state and national leaders of what is working and where they can improve,» said Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Sschools continue their reach across the country to respond to increased demand from families, we realize the mounting importance of having a stronger, improved framework in place to inform state and national leaders of what is working and where they can improve,» said Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsSchools.

As the national organization for school superintendents across the country, AASA is in the best position to lead the dialogue about the importance of public education.

Washington, D.C. Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released the latest report evaluating the health of the charter public school movement in key states across the coPublic Charter Schools released the latest report evaluating the health of the charter public school movement in key states across the copublic school movement in key states across the country.

A national leader in education reform — and recent winner of the Broad Prize for best public charter school network in the country — Success Academy has long been committed to advancing education reform nationally by sharing its content and approach, and inviting others across the country to access and adapt what we teach and how we teach it.

2015 has proved to be another active year for charter public school legislation across the country.

For 17 years, Green Dot Public Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school opPublic Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school oSchools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school oppublic schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school oschools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school options.

This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three - quarters of public school enrollment.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) joins families, schools, and communities across the country in celebrating National Charter Schools Week, May 1 - 5Schools (National Alliance) joins families, schools, and communities across the country in celebrating National Charter Schools Week, May 1 - 5schools, and communities across the country in celebrating National Charter Schools Week, May 1 - 5Schools Week, May 1 - 5, 2017.

Since 2012, over 500 people across the country have participated in Linked Learning Coach Training either through ConnectEd or The Center for Powerful Public Schools.

Something of a patron saint and unifying voice for battle - fatigued public school teachers across the country, Ravitch was in Oakland for the fourth annual conference of the Network for Public Education (NPE), the largest gathering of education reformers opposed to the corporate - styled privatization of the «school choice» movpublic school teachers across the country, Ravitch was in Oakland for the fourth annual conference of the Network for Public Education (NPE), the largest gathering of education reformers opposed to the corporate - styled privatization of the «school choice» movPublic Education (NPE), the largest gathering of education reformers opposed to the corporate - styled privatization of the «school choice» movement.

In January 2012, Washington Post education reporter Michael Alison Chandler said school choice has become «a mantra of 21st - century education reform,» citing policies across the country that have traditional public schools competing for students alongside charter schools and private schools.

There are schools across the country — some are charter, some are private, and many are traditional public — that have shown us that it is possible for poor children to achieve at high levels when we respond to their needs and create conditions that are conducive to learning.

In a belated response to the National Education Association's criticism of the Center for Education Reform (Letters, Jan. 31, 1996), I would like to express my resentment over the suggestion that I, and thousands of other charter school proponents across the country, are pursuing an «agenda» to erode public education.

The study, based on survey responses from 16,000 1985 seniors at public and private high schools across the country, is the 11th annual report on teen - age drug use by the university's Institute for Social Research.

Across the country, teachers and supporters of public schools are vocally supporting the Fight for $ 15, in recognition of the fact that raising wages for families raises academic performance for students.

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 National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that almost 7,000 charter schools are open and serving scholars across the cSchools reports that almost 7,000 charter schools are open and serving scholars across the cschools are open and serving scholars across the country.

Alexandria, VA — March 15, 2018 — Nearly 200 elementary and middle - level principal leaders from across the country will gather in the nation's capital to attend the National Association of Elementary School Principals» (NAESP) National Leaders Conference (NLC) to sharpen their leadership skills and advocate for a stronger investment in students and public schools.

Phoenix (May 7, 2018)-- In a record - breaking year that saw national charter public school enrollment surpass 3.2 million students for the first time, Arizona is proud to join students, families, educators and advocates across the country in celebrating National Charter Schools Week.

Foremost, Imagine Andrews will serve as a national model of excellence for innovation in public school education for military bases and their surrounding communities across the country.

Senior Corps» Foster Grandparents program provides an opportunity for volunteers age 55 and older to serve as mentors and tutors for students.39 In 2016, an estimated 24,000 Foster Grandparents volunteers served approximately 200,000 students.40 Similarly, in 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the country.

A 2016 national study by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reports that there are currently over three million children enrolled in charter schools across the cSchools reports that there are currently over three million children enrolled in charter schools across the cschools across the country.

New Survey Shows Support For Charter Schools And School Choice Remains Strong April 29, 2016 by Brett Kittredge The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school choiFor Charter Schools And School Choice Remains Strong April 29, 2016 by Brett Kittredge The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school Schools And School Choice Remains Strong April 29, 2016 by Brett Kittredge The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school cSchool Choice Remains Strong April 29, 2016 by Brett Kittredge The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school choifor Public Charter Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school Schools has released a new survey showing that parents across the country strongly favor charter schools and school schools and school cschool choice.

Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, examines the lottery system that students must participate in to gain access to charter schools across the cSchools, examines the lottery system that students must participate in to gain access to charter schools across the cschools across the country.

According to a 2017 nationally representative survey from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, enrollment at charter schools is on the rise across the cSchools, enrollment at charter schools is on the rise across the cschools is on the rise across the country.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

In response to public outcry over its call for a charter moratorium, the NAACP is on a listening tour across the country to learn more about charter schools.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter sSchools, more than 100 school districts across the country now have at least 10 percent of students enrolled in charter schoolsschools.

Our program, devoted to bringing a financial education curriculum into public high schools across the country, had one simple goal: provide funding to teachers for financial education curriculum, materials and training so they can teach their students the skills they need to help them succeed and achieve brighter future.