Sentences with phrase «great public school system»

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

We simply want a great public school system that does right by students, families and the community.

Think how public schools would flourish if they were funded like they should be, and if the country got behind one great public school system!

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.

In March Booker devoted half of his hour - long State of the City address (his fifth) to education, saying «More than anything, we must do better for our children's education... We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.»

If we are going to truly become the great public school system we want to become, we need to transform public education, and we need to transform it so that every child has access to a good public school.»

«People historically haven't thought Chicago has a great public school system.

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Student - to - Nurse Ratio: Code § 49-3-359 (2004) provides funding to public school systems for school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in public school systems for school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in school systems for school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in Public School Nurse program established in School Nurse program established in Tenn..

A day after winning re-election in a landslide, Mayor Bill de Blasio said his «greatest passion» in his second term will be making the public - school system «look entirely different.»

A day after winning re-election in a landslide, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his «greatest passion» in his second term will be to make the public school system «look entirely different.»

The public school system — the great equalizer — are undermined, so that the private schools can thrive.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

«What we want all the candidates to know right now is that the minute this Mayor's term is over, the new administration can count on having in this great union, the UFT, a partner who will work with you to make New York's public schools into the greatest schools system in the nation,» he added.

«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.

On public education, Mr. Cuomo also hinted at great change, though it was not clear what exactly awaits the public school system this year.

Her 1974 book The Great School Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the scSchool Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the scschool history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the schools.

This plan places a great deal of faith in competition and innovation, though within the construct of a robust public school system.

That will in turn put greater pressure on public school systems to clean up their own acts, if only to retain students.

One chapter, by Ludger Woessmann (coauthor of «School Choice International,» research, page 54) uses international data to show that systems that make greater use of public - private partnerships (ideally combining public funding with private operation) perform better than systems that do not.

His past TV series Jamie's School Dinners was a great success and the support from the British public led the British government to commit # 60 million to the school food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK scSchool Dinners was a great success and the support from the British public led the British government to commit # 60 million to the school food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK scschool food system as well as placing a ban on processed junk food in all UK schools.

It's clear that we need a new type of system for urban public education, one that is able to respond nimbly to great school success, chronic school failure, and everything in between.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

«I've been in the public school system for some time, so I know that schools are full of great, dedicated teachers — and yet there are still some kids who aren't good readers or who aren't motivated to read,» says Coffey.

Even if 1 in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school syschools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sySchools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school systems).

We believe that by taking a careful approach to scale, these charter school systems will have a greater impact on public education in the long term.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

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.

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.

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 here in New York, we're joined by Diane Ravitch, the former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, historian of education, best - selling author of over 20 books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, as well as The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.

«The current system not only discriminates against low - income kids, but it also stops these great public schools from serving more students.»

Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all indicators in the State's accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the indicator or indicators of school quality or student success.

Because public money will directly support the charter schools, and because the results of these schools are of great public importance, it creates a system of public accountability.

Given the dysfunction of the larger system within which they must work, how much should we focus on recruiting great leaders for traditional public schools and school districts?

The report takes great pains to describe the specific practices and guard rails that Summit Public Schools has put in place to erect a system in which students can chart their own learning.

The School District of Rhinelander Board of Education voted to take a stand in favor of greater transparency when it comes to Wisconsin's school voucher system and its impact on public scSchool District of Rhinelander Board of Education voted to take a stand in favor of greater transparency when it comes to Wisconsin's school voucher system and its impact on public scschool voucher system and its impact on public schools.

By rejecting the second prong used to great effect by Mike Bloomberg and Joel Klein — improvement from outside the system through the expansion of public charter schools — you cripple yourself.

Any doubt about the progress being made by the public school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the npublic school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nschool system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nPublic School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nSchool (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nation.

New Jersey public schools will begin grading teachers and principals using a new evaluation system this fall, and educators received their first look last week at proposed regulations spelling out in greater detail exactly how they will be judged.

Caputo - Pearl sees this as a threat to UTLA's very existence, which makes it strange when his two national affiliates may both end up supporting Clinton, who once said, «I stand behind the charter school / public school movement, because parents do deserve greater choice within the public school system to meet the unique needs of their children.»

To win a contest «takes capacity and skill and know - how and grant - writing savvy,» said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of urban public school systems.

Every world - class public school system excels at recruiting, retaining and growing great teachers.

Indiscriminately targeting all charter schools, even the many great public charter schools that are offering students a bridge to college, while ignoring underperforming district schools, undermines the quality and integrity of our entire education system...

Ten years of good intentions — with more rules and greater resources — have failed to dramatically improve our public school system.»

General: ESSA allows states greater authority over their public school systems and expects states to bear more responsibility for their success.

The first paper, «Building for the Future: A Toolbox for Attracting and Retaining Great Teachers in Hard - to - Staff Schools» provides a wide array of strategies for bringing in and keeping talent in the public school system.

«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.

Reign of Error begins where The Death and Life of the Great American School System left off, providing a deeper argument against privatization and for public education, and in a chapter - by - chapter breakdown, putting forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve it.

New York City's public school system, the largest in the country, yesterday won the Broad Prize, given each year to an urban school district that has made great improvements in student achievement, particularly in closing gaps between white and minority students.

To help New Orleans become the first high - quality urban education system in the country, NSNO invests in great public schools, helps schools become more effective, and coordinates solutions to citywide challenges.