Sentences with phrase «growing quality public schools»

In two years, we hope to tell more stories of expansion, growing quality public schools that offer the best to Ohio's students.

Not exact matches

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

The quality of the neighborhood where a child grows up has a significant impact on the number of problem behaviors they display during elementary and teenage years, a study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers suggests.

«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.

The Harvard School of Public Health found that poor indoor air quality increased the risk of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, which is one of the fastest growing sleep disorders.

After navigating the public school system in New York City as a caregiver and in Philadelphia as an afterschool program administrator, Melissa Diana Aguirre grew increasingly outraged at the poor quality teaching in urban schools.

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Charter schools are growing in number, improving in quality, and beginning to pose genuine competition to public schools, especially within big cities.

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«We commend President Obama and his administrations continued commitment to growing high - quality public charter schools across the United States.

Charter public schools can help add new high - quality seats for the state's growing number of new students.

As we document in Public Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter operPublic Impact's new report for the Charter School Growth Fund, Growing a High - Quality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opeQuality Charter Sector: Lessons from Tennessee, the state benefitted from the convergence of favorable policy conditions, political leadership, public - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter operpublic - private grants, and an existing supply of local high - quality charter opequality charter operators.

In the months ahead, we plan to work side by side with our partners in Mississippi to defend the state's strong charter public school law and ensure that the state's low - income students have access to a growing number of high - quality public school options.»

As a growing, intentionally diverse network that is part of the Charter School Growth Fund portfolio, BVP offers a high - quality public school choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves approximately 1,600 scholars in grades KSchool Growth Fund portfolio, BVP offers a high - quality public school choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves approximately 1,600 scholars in grades Kschool choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves approximately 1,600 scholars in grades K - 11.

As a growing network that is part of the Charter School Growth Fund portfolio, BVP offers a high - quality public school choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves 1,800 scholars in grades K - 12 across 6 scSchool Growth Fund portfolio, BVP offers a high - quality public school choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves 1,800 scholars in grades K - 12 across 6 scschool choice to the families of Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket and currently serves 1,800 scholars in grades K - 12 across 6 schools.

As the first Latino Mayor of Los Angeles since 1872, Villaraigosa transformed education, growing the number of high - quality charter public schools and increasing the graduation rates for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students.

The results from the High Quality Schools Campaign (HQSC) reflect DCSRN's growing understanding of the nuances of the DC public school choice sector and, in particular, how these nuances impact underserved families.

Serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

Increasing student learning by growing the number of families choosing high quality charter schools so that no child is denied the right to a great public education.

What these numbers do not show is a growing national problem, particularly acute in North Carolina that was not discussed in the debate over the budget — the problem of attracting high quality teachers to teach in the state's public schools.

CCSA's vision is to increase student learning by growing the number of families choosing high quality charter schools so that no child is denied the right to a great public education.

My son had Ms. Hummer for two years and we moved him to Grandville Public Schools this year where he has grown in so many ways because of the quality of teachers that he has had.

Example projects: Ms. Hargrave's work includes co-authoring the forthcoming The Secret to Sustainable School Transformation: Slow and Steady Wins the Race, and co-authoring Teachers Supporting Teachers: State Policies for Non-Classroom-Based Instructors; Growing a High - Quality Charter School Sector: Lessons from Tennessee; The Achievement School District: Lessons from Tennessee; Student Achievement in Charter Schools; Raising the Bar: Why Public Charter Schools Must Become More Innovative; and The Conditions for Success: Ensuring Great Public Schools in Every Neighborhood.

«Those who voted in favor of AB 401 today are turning a blind eye to the contributions charters have made to public education in California, and to the growing demand for quality public schools.»

The city of Nashville has experienced a boom in population growth in recent years, and a growing sector of high quality public charter schools has followed suit.

Despite strong public support for greater parental options in choosing quality schools, charter schools have not grown without controversy and opposition.

The QualityStart program provides relevant, targeted and individualized training and support for the charter school development and application process to founders who demonstrate significant potential to develop and grow quality, high - performing public charter schools in New Jersey.

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«Given the ability to customize educational programs, public schools could be leaders in innovating new solutions that improve education and attract new revenues in response to the clear, and growing, demand from parents for quality options,» said Bender.

The George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA) is a nonprofit network of high quality public schools that help children (whom we call «scholars») excel in their academics and grow as well - rounded individuals.

We do this by serving as the advocacy organization that builds the policy environment needed to grow as quickly as possible the number of students attending high quality charter public schools.

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Yet HB 467 would have a huge impact on public charter school savings, and thereby provide public charter schools more opportunity to grow and provide a quality education to the students of Texas.

Our mission is to support and grow the state's high quality public charter school movement.

On the issue of public education he said, «We're turning around struggling schools by growing our Commissioner's Network, with funding for 17 more schools... We're continuing to broaden the range of educational opportunities by maintaining our support for magnet schools, agricultural - science schools, and other high - quality options, including funding for additional state charter schools.»

Public charter schools have more opportunity to grow and provide a quality education to the students of Texas.