Sentences with phrase «helping existing public schools»

Even in the earliest days, Vander Ark said that the foundation would work with folks on both sides of the education - reform fence, helping existing public schools and districts whenever possible but also making sure they came under competitive pressure.

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Sources said lawmakers were looking at a proposal to help reduce the tensions that exist when a charter school moves into a building already housing a traditional public school.

inBloom, a non-profit that offered a data warehouse solution designed to help public schools embrace the promise of personalized learning by helping teachers integrate seamlessly the number of applications they use in their day - to - day teaching, collapsed and has ceased to exist, as privacy concerns from interested parties mounted over a period of many months (full disclosure: I served on the inBloom board of directors).

We help to found public high schools in low - income communities — district and charter - that send all graduates to college, and help to transform existing public schools K - 12 toward high student achievement, character and citizenship.

The type of public schools that would exist under R - 55 are making amazing strides in helping underserved students in 40 other states.

Title V — to strengthen those state departments of education most in need of helping because the inequality that exists between states is a long - standing problem and funding improvements at that level helps move them closer to fulfilling their responsibility in providing a quality system of public schools.

During the first phase, public schools lacking financial resources were awarded grants to provide instruments, dance floors, lighting grids and other necessary materials to help create new and enhance existing theater programs.

EL Education helps to found public high schools in low - income communities — district and charter — that send all graduates to college, and helps to transform existing public schools K - 12 toward high student achievement, character and citizenship.

Title I «portability» proposals want to dismantle the existing program and turn it into a private school voucher: the money to help these public schools would instead «follow the child» to private schools.

According to one estimate, Hartford now provides Achievement First with $ 2.35 million a year, money that could be helping Hartford overcome the existing challenges facing its traditional public schools.

A representative from the Thurgood Marshall Academy discussed interest in working with families to help students persist at the college where they originally enroll, while school staff from Capital City Public Charter School brainstormed ways they could build upon their existing family engagement strategies to deeply reach the greatest number of families at their sschool staff from Capital City Public Charter School brainstormed ways they could build upon their existing family engagement strategies to deeply reach the greatest number of families at their sSchool brainstormed ways they could build upon their existing family engagement strategies to deeply reach the greatest number of families at their schoolschool.

Although information on that program has been available for nearly seven years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now launching the Employer's Guide to Assisting Employees with Student Loan Repayment toolkit to «empower school districts and other public service organizations to help their employees qualify for existing student loan repayment benefits.»