What people are saying is that they want
a great public school in their neighborhood.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.»
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 expan
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 expan
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 expan
in 10 low - income Los Angeles
neighborhoods to successful
schools it will help replicate or
schools it will help replicate or expand.
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 years
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 years
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 years
schools — most of them charters — that represents «the kinds of
schools» the organization intends to replicate in the years
schools» the organization intends to replicate
in the years ahead.
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.
We support the growth of high - quality
public schools so that parents
in every
neighborhood have access to a
great school for their children.
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 sc
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 s
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 sc
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 s
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 schoolsschools.
Great Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbor
Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbo
Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality
public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbor
public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbo
schools in high - need Los Angeles
neighborhoods.
Great Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public op
Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public o
Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students
in high need
neighborhoods, which includes charter
schools as well as many other types of public o
schools as well as many other types of
public op
public options.
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.