Sentences with phrase «high need 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 options.

The study also does not make comparisons at the neighborhood level; because the City has rightly directed more resources to district schools in high needs neighborhoods, the gap for charter schools in those same neighborhoods is much wider - showing that charter schools do in fact do more for less.

Not exact matches

As we studied our neighborhood we began to notice the high percentage of seniors living in their own homes but still in need of assistance.

Thus, corporal punishment in a high crime neighborhood as part of a controlling parenting style is more likely to be part of the parents» efforts to assure their children's safety, and less a part of the parents» need for control and authority.

«As a high level Giuliani official he helped cut red tape, streamline government, and revitalize our economy and neighborhoods while creating much needed construction and permanent jobs.

«As a city with one of the highest rates of concentrated poverty in the United States, we need to focus our efforts on projects that can alleviate the pernicious effects of poverty, creating meaningful jobs and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.»

He went on to say that it was «disgraceful» that the state administration had not paid money owed to schools through the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, especially because most of that money would go to high need schools in minority neighborhoods.

«This new development, 810 River Avenue Apartments, will provide high quality, affordable housing opportunities to New Yorkers most in need of them, within easy reach of neighborhood shopping options, mass transit, Gateway Mall and the borough's civic center,» said HCR Commissioner / CEO Darryl C. Towns.

«We already have ineffective teachers in our highest - needs neighborhoods,» she said.

AIDS advocacy groups, including the Gay Men's Health Crisis, stated that the city's most heavily policed neighborhoods are also those with the highest rates of HIV infection — and therefore the greatest need for the protection condoms provide.

Across the city, zoned schools in heavily chartered neighborhoods have higher percentages of high - needs children than a decade ago; far higher, in fact, than the surrounding charter schools.

«Today we are breathing new life into the Beacon program in 67 high - need communities to boost student's learning outside the classroom, build healthier neighborhoods, and connect youth and adults to learning opportunities ranging from career preparation and civic engagement to tutoring and tenant advocacy.»

While the industrial space has high ceilings and fits the needs of trapeze artists, its garage - door facade means that even people who live in the neighborhood often express surprise that STREB operates there, said the group's co-managing directors, Susan Meyers and Cathy Einhorn.

As a high - level Giuliani official, he helped cut red tape, streamline government and revitalize our economy and neighborhoods while creating much - needed construction and permanent jobs.

Whereas cities do need minimum corridor and neighborhood densities to support their pedestrian and transit - based economies, an occasional high - rise barely makes a dent.

One of the high schools I worked at, Burton High School in the Bayview / Hunter's Point neighborhood, needed to take an annual field trip to a local univershigh schools I worked at, Burton High School in the Bayview / Hunter's Point neighborhood, needed to take an annual field trip to a local universHigh School in the Bayview / Hunter's Point neighborhood, needed to take an annual field trip to a local university.

«If you're someone who just walks around the neighborhood and doesn't do any high - level activity or exercise, you don't need as many carbohydrates.»

In D.C., officials also need to level the playing field for the city's neighborhood high schools.

These CMOs operate exclusively in urban neighborhoods, serving predominantly low - income, high - need students (see Figure 1).

National teachers unions also hail the program as a way to attract teachers to high - need areas in low - and middle - income neighborhoods.

In sum, the de Blasio administration «has not devised a coherent strategy for addressing the needs of schools in high - poverty neighborhoods,» says Pedro Noguera of UCLA's Graduate School of Education.

Further, there exists in many locales the unrealistic expectation that every neighborhood (and charter) school should be able to serve every youngster with special needs at a high level.

«High needs» schools were identified by characteristics such as fewer experienced teachers; more socioeconomically disadvantaged students; a lower neighborhood median income; and fewer students passing state exams.

For a high - poverty urban district like LAUSD, where declining birth rates, reduced immigration, gentrification and the expansion of charters have left neighborhood schools scrambling for resources, education researchers believe that community schooling offers the first meaningful bang for its buck in delivering equity for its highest - needs students.

For 17 years, Green Dot Public Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school options.

Many Democrats see portability as the first step toward federal vouchers for private schools and argue that it would siphon dollars from schools with high poverty and profound needs to those in more affluent neighborhoods.

It also says the vouchers are designed to give low - income families in neighborhoods where schools need improvement the chance to send their children to «higher - performing schools.»

GPSN says it will fund the expansion and replication of successful schools in 10 high - needs neighborhoods, including charter schools, magnet schools, pilot schools and Partnership for Los Angeles Schools...

These reforms would help prevent fraud, improve teacher training and preparation, and ensure that charters are serving high - needs students well and that neighborhood public schools aren't adversely affected by rapidly expanding charters.

Besides giving new authority to the chancellor, the mayor is also proposing to allow some charter schools — those located in «high need» areas of the city — to become neighborhood schools, which students living nearby would have a right to attend.

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

He reminds us that «in the US, wealthy children attending public schools that serve the wealthy are competitive with any nation in the world... [but in]... schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, [that are not competitive with many nations in the world] we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.»

One concern is that districts receiving the minimum amount, such as KPS, which serves high - poverty neighborhoods, won't get the resources they need for the challenges they face, and that smaller, lower - funded charter and cyber schools will receive more than they need.

At that time, Auer Avenue had the resources needed to employ a full team of professional educators to meet the needs of their students — a critical piece of the puzzle for student success in neighborhoods with high poverty and unemployment.

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

Dr. Rivers Murphy has served as a transformational change agent in education for over two decades in some of the highest needs and neighborhood districts.

The Charter School Accountability Agenda lays out tangible steps we need to take to guarantee that every child gets a high - quality public education, whether that child is in a neighborhood school or a publicly funded charter school.

Schools in all neighborhoods — especially in high - poverty neighborhoods — need stable, caring, and smart teachers who are willing to become a part of the school and community.

Existing programs may not match the needs of youth in high - risk neighborhoods for accessible locations, targeted social and educational interventions, and hours of operation.»

New Leader principal Nadia Lopez is interviewed on PBS Newshour about her work with high - need kids in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

In light of the fact that the Dyett Hunger Strike is occurring in Chicago because an open enrollment neighborhood public high school is no longer a choice, we need to have the school choice conversation all over again... now.

Our strategies (including The Story Project and Family Education and Literacy) are focused and coordinated in high - need neighborhoods surrounding elementary schools.

Furthermore, in the schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.

Great Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Today, AppleTree educates more than 1,300 children across 11 charter preschools in high - need neighborhoods.

Through this process, community schools can provide families with a neighborhood school option that includes high - quality, challenging curriculum and instructional practices and that is grounded in what the community needs and wants.

The new formula will send more money to many schools in high - poverty neighborhoods, enabling principals to pay for psychologists, tutoring services or other tools that could better serve children in need.

Our team is committed to increasing the number of high - quality public school seats within Clark County neighborhoods to collaboratively help prove that every child can achieve, regardless of their race, zip code, unique learning needs, family history, or household income.

As ranked by a Student Need Index - created through a collaboration between the Advancement Project, Community Coalition, and InnerCity Struggle - that takes a holistic measure of student need by including neighborhood conditions such as poverty, violence and access to resources, all 18 Partnership schools are high - or highest - nNeed Index - created through a collaboration between the Advancement Project, Community Coalition, and InnerCity Struggle - that takes a holistic measure of student need by including neighborhood conditions such as poverty, violence and access to resources, all 18 Partnership schools are high - or highest - nneed by including neighborhood conditions such as poverty, violence and access to resources, all 18 Partnership schools are high - or highest - needneed.

Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.