Sentences with phrase «great neighborhood public schools»

«We support great neighborhood public schools and high - quality public charter schools, and we will help them disseminate best practices to other school leaders and educators.»

Just as we came together to transform federal education policy, it's time — guided by our innovation, our experience and our collective wisdom of what works — to work together to build that system of great neighborhood public schools.

And we fulfill that responsibility through a system of great neighborhood public schools, where educators have the tools and resources to meet the needs of each and every child.

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Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Among the concessions to neighbors would be greater access to the school's athletic events, scholarships for neighborhood children to participate in sports camps and a public dock at the waterfront.

What people are saying is that they want a great public school in their neighborhood.

If they put just some of that private tuition money into their neighborhood public schools, these places could go from good to great.»

I believe deeply that arts education is of great value in and of itself, not only instrumentally; I believe just as emphatically that education in the arts is the business of all of us, from the home and the family to the neighborhood and the village, from the P - 12 school system to higher education to lifelong learning, culminating in the great and defining legacy of our public culture.

Issued in the spring of 1972, the panel's final report predicted that, unless steps were taken, alternatives to public schools would all but disappear; the greatest impact, the report noted, would be felt in «large urban centers, with especially grievous consequences for poor and lower middle - class families in racially changing neighborhoods where the nearby nonpublic school is an indispensable stabilizing factor.»

Both sought to achieve these objectives while preserving their commitment to other educational goals, e.g., districtwide commitment to high quality public schools, increased pupil assignment to neighborhood schools, diminished use of busing, greater student choice, reduced risk of white flight, and so forth.

Map of 10 neighborhoods where Great Public Schools Now will focus its efforts.

A plan unveiled today by Great Public Schools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theSchools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theschools for kids close to where they live.

In June a new initiative, Great Public Schools Now, announced it will expand access for 160,000 students in failing schools in 10 low - income Los Angeles neighborhoods to successful schools it will help replicate or Schools Now, announced it will expand access for 160,000 students in failing schools in 10 low - income Los Angeles neighborhoods to successful schools it will help replicate or schools in 10 low - income Los Angeles neighborhoods to successful schools it will help replicate or schools it will help replicate or expand.

For example, why is this neighborhood school advertising Great Public Schools Now's takeover of the district as just another parent choice?

Mary Najera, community liaison for Extera Public Schools and a veteran parent organizer who lives in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, said she was excited by the collaborative nature of Great Public Schools Now.

Great Public Schools Now, the outside group seeking to expand the number of LA Unified schools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsSchools Now, the outside group seeking to expand the number of LA Unified schools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools serving students in high - poverty neighborhoods, has released a list of district schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of schools» the organization intends to replicate in the yearsschools» the organization intends to replicate in the years ahead.

Two new public charter schools are due to open — and hundreds of families who've been stuck on waiting lists, will finally have access to a great neighborhood school....

The neighborhood public schools have greater proportions of students who are poor and who need special education services.

They all have one thing in common: They undermine our capacity to create great public schools in every neighborhood, by diverting scarce resources that public schools desperately need.

They recommend «changes to federal, state, and local policy» and a greater degree of «neighborhood partnerships» among charters, public schools, foundations and universities if these schools are to «be a powerful vision for educational innovation in a new century.»

The recent election showed there is strong public support for improving district accountability, creating better educational outcomes, supporting students beyond the classroom, and making sure every child in every neighborhood has access to a great school.

At DFER we work closely with our city's elected officials to advance the policies that move us closer to a great public school in every neighborhood, whether East of the River or West of the Park.

We support the growth of high - quality public schools so that parents in every neighborhood have access to a great school for their children.

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Great Public Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in scPublic Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sSchools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in scpublic schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sschools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in schoolsschools.

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While families with greater means can move to neighborhoods with public schools they like, or pay twice for education by opting for a private school, lower - income families often don't have those options.

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«Now, communities are coming together for our schools and our children to champion great public schools as the heart of our neighborhoods.

Many voiced suspicion and dismay that their city faces a future with more charters than public schools, leaving only those with the greatest needs or fewest options in neighborhood schools.