Sentences with phrase «for taking over struggling schools»

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Also singled out for criticism is the governor's push to make it easier for the state to take over struggling schools.

The approved 2015 - 16 state budget includes a program for struggling or «failing» schools to be taken over by a state monitor, with the schools potentially re-opening as charter schools.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson, Twisted) is a former basketball star who takes over for a friend retiring as a basketball coach for struggling, inner - city high school, Richmond High.

This suggests universities see taking on struggling schools as too risky to their own reputations, or that they may have concerns about financial pressures or showing a preference for one school over another.

While some are creating separate school districts for the lowest - achieving schools, others are using charter management organizations and providing parents with greater choice, and still others are appointing state receivers to take over struggling districts.

«The issue here is with taking away the voice of school employees who work in struggling schools taken over by the school reform officer,» said Doug Pratt, a spokesman for the Michigan Education Association.

The bills would create a number of penalties for schools that receive low ratings from the Department of Public Instruction and could even end public funding for struggling schools, giving private companies a chance to take over management.

As states weigh whether to allow parents to take over struggling schools, reformers are still waiting for a successful trigger.

However, some education experts and community leaders are questioning if Kayser's plan is necessary or even realistic for a school district with declining enrollment and a host of other problems that might take precedence over re-hiring, such as giving struggling students more instructional time and paying teachers for extra days.

When that was blocked, he formed the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit that took over some of the city's most struggling sSchools, a nonprofit that took over some of the city's most struggling schoolsschools.

Here's a chart from the 2005 Designs for Change report, «The Big Picture,» that starkly demonstrates how struggling schools that retained local control (top line) improved far more more than similar schools taken over by the administration (bottom line).

Green Dot, for example, operates almost exclusively in low income, high need areas, and has taken over control of some of the district's most struggling schools.

«That's scary to me,» said Charlotte parent LauraLee McIntosh when she learned of Ridnouer's involvement in the state's Innovative School District, a controversial program that would allow outside groups — including private nonprofits like AAC and, possibly, for - profit companies — to take over struggling traditional public schools.