Sentences with phrase «in failing urban schools»

That gap, West believes, results from Republicans by and large being at ease with their own suburban schools, while African American parents in failing urban schools are frantic for alternatives.

Over the long haul, the dire condition of disadvantaged kids in failing urban schools will prompt more and more of today's liberal opponents of choice - notably the civil - rights groups and many urban Democrats - to begin representing their own constituents on this issue, leaving the teacher unions to fight their battles alone.

Not exact matches

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

Implicit in these very different proposals is the assumption that urban schools are failing because they are run badly, and that the solution lies in improving their management.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

In 1997, Richard opened the first Urban Assembly high school, and when the Bloomberg administration was looking for organizations with capacity to create small schools to replace the city's failing big high schools, Richard and the UA stepped forward.

Houston and other urban districts must also increase their use of chartering to create new options in neighborhoods where schools consistently fail to educate students to state standards.

«In the dismal gallery of failing urban school systems,» wrote Associated Press reporter Adam Nossiter in April of 2005, several months before Katrina, «New Orleans may be the biggest horror of them all.&raquIn the dismal gallery of failing urban school systems,» wrote Associated Press reporter Adam Nossiter in April of 2005, several months before Katrina, «New Orleans may be the biggest horror of them all.&raquin April of 2005, several months before Katrina, «New Orleans may be the biggest horror of them all.»

John White and Joel Klein wrote in The Daily Beast on the benefits of carefully replacing persistently failing urban schools, and Jennifer Brown of The Denver Post showed how big promises and increased funding alone won't get the job done.

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

Focusing on college prep classes when many minority children are trapped in dysfunctional and failing urban school system will likely be met with a giant «huh?»

The arrival of charter schools in 1996 offered parents another way out of a failing urban school system.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Given this strong correlation, it's not surprising that almost all high - poverty urban schools in Ohio get failing grades on the performance index.

In closing, I'd simply say that if we want dynamic, responsive, high - quality, and self - improving systems of urban schools, we need to stop stubbornly preserving the failed schools of yesterday and get about the business of building mechanisms that continuously introduce new offerings, grow successes, and phase out schools that don't work for kids.

PN: While many public schools, especially in urban areas, are in dire need of reform, I am concerned that there is a lack of clarity about why past reforms have failed and insufficient understanding about the direction change must take if we are to obtain better results.

The Recovery School District is infinitely superior to the failed urban district and, though the Achievement School District is still the understudy, we may soon see its name in lights.

Supporters, including a group of black Louisville pastors and the Bluegrass Institute, a conservative education think tank, say they would be more free to adopt innovative approaches that could help students, especially in urban areas where some schools repeatedly fail to meet goals.

In one high - performing midwestern urban district, for example, two schools became a focus for district intervention during the final year of our study because they failed to meet AYP targets (the first two schools to be designated in that statusIn one high - performing midwestern urban district, for example, two schools became a focus for district intervention during the final year of our study because they failed to meet AYP targets (the first two schools to be designated in that statusin that status).

With behind - the - scenes reporting, observations in classrooms and conversations with teachers, parents, reformers, funders and others with a stake in Newark schools, Russakoff tells the tale of how moneyed outsiders failed in the end to turnaround a failing urban school district.

The success of these programs provides a clue to the root problem of low achievement in so many urban areas: Poverty didn't keep these children from performing better, failing schools did.

The public school system has mostly failed to provide those urban minority communities with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.

American universities are widely considered the best in the world, yet many urban school systems in the United States are failing.

«If students knew when they woke up in the morning that what they had to say really mattered in what changes were made in the school - they would really come,» says RaShawn, 17, who attends an overcrowded urban high school his district has labeled as failing.

In The Urban School System of the Future, Andy Smarick contends that the traditional structure of urban public education has failed, and that it must be replaced with an entirely new one defined by choice and competiUrban School System of the Future, Andy Smarick contends that the traditional structure of urban public education has failed, and that it must be replaced with an entirely new one defined by choice and competiurban public education has failed, and that it must be replaced with an entirely new one defined by choice and competition.

In urban schools across the U.S., kids fail to reach their potential because they're disinterested in academic coursework offereIn urban schools across the U.S., kids fail to reach their potential because they're disinterested in academic coursework offerein academic coursework offered.

Some of the most dramatic gains in urban education have come from school districts using a «portfolio strategy»: negotiating performance agreements with some mix of traditional, charter and hybrid public schools, allowing them great autonomy, letting them handcraft their schools to fit the needs of their students, giving parents their choice of schools, replicating successful schools and replacing failing schools.

An estimated 40 percent of urban students fail multiple classes in 9th grade, and in many cities 50 percent or more leave school without graduating (Neild, Stoner - Eby, & Furstenberg, 2001).

The sheer number of failing and non-failing schools in urban districts increases the likelihood closing a school will happen in a black neighborhood.

«This a complete slap in the face of every child and parent involved in a failing public school in urban areas,» Williams argues.

«For children in urban communities with increased class sizes and decreased funding, the tests are a way to prove that the schools are failing so they can be closed and re-opened as charter schools,» said Morna McDermott, a founding organizer of United Opt Out, which issues state - by - state guidance on the topic.

Unfortunately, even if most CT districts do well, even excellently, 40 % of school children are in the failing or low performing districts (there are fewer urban districts but they are very large).

In an effort toward conciliation, the Christie Administration appears to have signaled that it's prepared to limit charter school expansion to chronically failing urban districts.

And as for declining enrollment in private schools, private school consumption is decreasing, particularly in urban areas where children are being ruined by failing schools, because of economics, not school quality.

He added that other urban districts around the country have made strides in assuring that teachers from one failing school do not end up in another failing school.

In the report, the researchers point out that most of the schools that are failing in terms of achievement are public schools that serve poor and racial minority students in urban areaIn the report, the researchers point out that most of the schools that are failing in terms of achievement are public schools that serve poor and racial minority students in urban areain terms of achievement are public schools that serve poor and racial minority students in urban areain urban areas.

And yet, the vast majority of urban public schools in the United States fail to provide students with the expectations, academic preparation, or social support necessary to make it to and through college.

For many years, I have been part of creating positive change in Connecticut's schools, both in suburban and urban districts, in schools with high standardized test scores and those labeled as «failing schools» due to their standardized test scores.

The 2010 - 11 school year is witnessing a larger - than - usual upheaval among the ranks of urban superintendents: Ramon Cortines is retiring in Los Angeles next month, Joel Klein quit mid-year in New York City, Michelle Rhee was done after Adrian Fenty's failed re-election bid in the nation's capital last fall, Clifford Janey is out in Newark after his contract wasn't renewed, Ron Huberman stepped down in Chicago last November, Beverly Hall is leaving amidst a cheating scandal in Atlanta, Paul Vallas is moving on from the Big Easy and Jerry Weast is throwing in the towel in Montgomery County, Md..

When large percentages of minority children do not complete high school and almost half of those in urban districts can not read at grade level, the lucky few who fit into the «diversity» quotas for higher education are insignificant in number compared to those condemned to permanent second class status by failing schools.

The DeVos family was also deeply involved in repackaging vouchers from their original racist origin as a way to get white children out of desegregation and into an «only hope» for urban children «trapped» in «failing schools.»

Apparently, «the 1 percent» includes the struggling, poverty - stricken students in urban ghettos like Compton and Watts — the students that the union has tried to trap in failing schools through their opposition to charters.

Most studies, however, fail to pull out administrative costs as a separate entity in cost functions, as the cost of running schools are a combination of many factors such as student: teacher ratio, number of students from impoverished backgrounds, number of special education students, rural v. urban locations, labor costs, school size, and district size.

The fact that we lose half the students in Connecticut's urban high schools is a major problem that deserves a lot more attention, but having a Governor who fails to tell the truth in his effort to pander to the charter school industry is hardly the answer.

National tests for years have indicated that over 50 percent of students in urban poverty schools fail 4th grade reading tests which indicate that these students can not read.