Sentences with phrase «good public schools across»

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When your playing a silly game with a bat and ball you bring him out, you thank him when you move a pig skin across a line, you stamp his name on my currency, you tell my children about him in our public schools, you trot him out like a prized pig at a fair anytime something good or bad or even mediocre happens, and even when you stub your toe.

In 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classrooms.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

A percentage of proceeds will help in providing a well - rounded education that includes music to public school students across the nation.

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.

«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.

For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

Moderated by NYCAN Executive Director Derrell Bradford, the panel featured leaders in the education reform movement as well as public school parents from across the state.

CodeLagos will officially launch this April, with a roll out of coding centers across 350 public and private schools as well as public libraries across the State.

The team, which also included David A. Rotholz, Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Anne M. Kinsman, Ph.D., of the Greenville Health System, and Kathi K. Lacy of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SC DDSN), as well as other leaders from key public and private stakeholder organizations from across the state, saw a way to remove this barrier.

According to the official government count, the program now operates in more than 101,000 public and private schools as well as residential childcare facilities across the nation.

Better than the performances themselves, though, is their broader purpose: all proceeds from Miscast help to fund MCC in its continual efforts to produce some of New York's most ambitious and original works of theater, as well as support its MCC Youth Company and in - school partnerships that serve public schools across New York City.

As our nation wrestles with the immigration issue more broadly, a concern raised across the political spectrum is how the public schools can best educate immigrant students.

«We are so lucky to have one of the world's best teachers right here in the NSW public schools system and now we would like to see Eddie's magic rubbing off on our educators across the State,» Ms Berejiklian said.

This is in addition to the $ 692 million recently announced to upgrade 91 public schools across the State as part of the Building Better Schools program, as well as investment in four new public sschools across the State as part of the Building Better Schools program, as well as investment in four new public sSchools program, as well as investment in four new public schoolsschools.

Although silent meditation is a fairly common practice in public schools across the nation, Julie Steiner, executive director of the Tennessee aclu, said that to the best of her knowledge, only Massachusetts...

The CREDO study asks how well a typical charter school student across the sixteen separate state policy environments does compared to the counterfactual of attending a traditional public school.

But any comparison of the demographics of students in charter and traditional public schools provides at best an incomplete picture of segregation because segregation resulting from school choice policies would occur primarily across schools, not within schools.

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.

The United States is engaged in an ongoing, public discussion about how to best expand afterschool time and opportunities for children and youth, to support their learning and development across the day, throughout the year, and from kindergarten through high school.

In our site - based work, which included in - depth interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, we examined 24 high schools with varying legal environments situated across three states (New York, North Carolina, and California), stratified by school type (traditional public, charter, and Catholic) as well as by student socioeconomic composition.

In cities and towns all across my home state of Massachusetts, school administrators and teachers» unions are engaged, usually well out of public view, in the periodic and exhausting ritual of collective bargaining.

The pay and perks enjoyed by those working at our schools and universities - and indeed across the entire public sector - must more accurately reflect how well they are doing their jobs.»

Join Todd Wirt, assistant superintendent for academics with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), N.C., and Carol Wetzel, senior director with Discovery Education, as they discuss the challenges WCPSS faced implementing Common Core State Standards across the district and how they determined the best way to scale professional development for its 11,000 teachers as they embarked on this digital and instructional journey.

«Enhancing professional development, coaching and collaboration opportunities for our dedicated Oakland teachers and school leaders, as well as strengthening partnerships and support for public schools already in existence is critical to realizing our vision of educational equity across the city.»

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.

Today, Rick and Becky DuFour are business partners as well as husband and wife, having retired from public school education in 2002 to write, consult and conduct numerous institutes, workshops and summits 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.

The KIPP Foundation supports excellence, growth, and sustainability across the network, as well as leads network - wide efforts to innovate, share what we are learning, and advocate for a great public school system.

A research professor of education at New York University, Ravitch recently published a book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools — which argues that the crisis in American education is not a crisis of academic achievement, but of the destruction of public schools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best SellerPublic Schools — which argues that the crisis in American education is not a crisis of academic achievement, but of the destruction of public schools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best SelleSchools — which argues that the crisis in American education is not a crisis of academic achievement, but of the destruction of public schools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best Sellerpublic schools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best Selleschools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list.

«The Departments» continued issuance of guidance absent public comment is not serving the best interests of students, parents, or schools, and it imposes greater expense and liability across school districts.»

Yet studies show that quality of charters across the nation vary, with just a small percent performing better than traditional public schools.

It is encouraging to see the Mayor acknowledge the important work that is being accomplished in public charter schools across NYC as well as promoting how this work can and should be shared with district schools.

She chose it because it was across the street from the Catholic school for boys that her son attends, also with a voucher, and it seemed better than a neighborhood public school that has failed for years to meet achievement targets.

The purpose of the Charter School Grants Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nSchool Grants Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nschool model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the nation.

NSBA is committed to equity and excellence in public education through school board governance, and with the onset of a new administration and a new Congress, will amplify the voice of 90,000 school board members across the country, to maintain and strengthen the ability of local districts and school boards to act in the best interests of students, parents, and communities.

Hosted by NYC Collaborates, «Diverse Schools: Opportunities and Challenges in Integrating NYC's Public Schools» discussed the historical roots of school segregation; these continue to play out across New York — even over 60 years after Brown v Board of Education - as well as the current challenges our school system faces and actionable solutions to spur integration.

«Across the United States, school districts have relied on this template to build strong systems that provide a solid education for their students, and the model makes great sense for Puerto Rico as well,» said David Kirp, a public policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Principals from the District's traditional public schools and public charter schools will spend the next 11 months learning how to better manage their schools — working together — as part of a program aimed at improving school leadership across the city.

Oakland public school teachers across our city bring their best every day.

MPS is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) that operates ten tuition - free public charter schools across California that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) based teaching to ensure its students are well - rounded and college - ready from day one.

«We are very disappointed in today's vote, as it is out of touch with the increase in demand by parents and communities across the state to open charter schools for better choices in public education.»

Under McQueen's leadership, Tennessee recently announced the state's highest graduation rate in its history at 89.1 %, best overall ACT at 20.1 — a number that represents all public school students in the state, across the board improvements in the 2nd year of the new state assessment, and a record high number of students taking and attaining credit for early college coursework.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools pulled together a varied group of seasoned educators, authorizers, attorneys and other stakeholders from across the country to share best practices and experiences.

So, to reiterate: closing underperforming schools is good for kids and giving parents the power of choice raises performance across all public schools, no matter their method of governance.

Those progressive public schools, as well as several others scattered across the five boroughs, are unzoned schools.

This third of four Attendance Awareness Month 2017 webinars focuses on providing a warm and engaging start to the school year as well as working across agencies to ensure additional supports for our most vulnerable students, including those who are living in public housing, involved in the foster care system, or exposed to trauma.

More than 1,600 participants from public charter schools across the state gathered together in Austin for training sessions and the opportunity to share best practices.

Demand for great charters — for more and better choices across the public school system — shows no signs of flagging.

25th Anniversary Celebration Reception & Plenary - Making a Difference: Charters Past, Present and Future: Featuring a panel of woman charter public school leaders from across the state moderated by Dr. Margaret Fortune, CEO of Fortune School of Education, who will discuss the diversity of California's charter public school movement, models and theoretical approaches to education as well as where we've been, where we are now and where we are headed in the next 25 school leaders from across the state moderated by Dr. Margaret Fortune, CEO of Fortune School of Education, who will discuss the diversity of California's charter public school movement, models and theoretical approaches to education as well as where we've been, where we are now and where we are headed in the next 25 School of Education, who will discuss the diversity of California's charter public school movement, models and theoretical approaches to education as well as where we've been, where we are now and where we are headed in the next 25 school movement, models and theoretical approaches to education as well as where we've been, where we are now and where we are headed in the next 25 years.