Sentences with phrase «in nearby private schools»

Indeed, in ongoing work we have also considered measures of competition based on the number of available slots in nearby private schools and on the number of nearby churches, and again find very similar results.

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King Jr. began early education at an Elementary school in the nearby Auburn Avenue and then was transferred to Atlanta University's private laboratory school.

Chef Paul Boundas, who is serving affordable, scratch - cooked meals to about 4,500 private school students in Chicago and nearby suburbs, says breaking that contract into chunks would help passionate local chefs and restaurateurs to get involved.

He soon moved to the private Moses Brown School, but if he had remained in the public school system he would next have taken coursework in education at a nearby state coSchool, but if he had remained in the public school system he would next have taken coursework in education at a nearby state coschool system he would next have taken coursework in education at a nearby state college.

Students in both schools were offered vouchers, and nearly 50 students and their families chose to attend one of a handful of nearby private schools, most of which were religiously affiliated.

Drawn from a broad demographic range of teaching experience, some of the group came from San Francisco's inner city Mission High School, others were from San Francisco University High School, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, others were from San Francisco University High School, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, a private college - preparatory school also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin Cschool also located in the city, and some were from San Rafael High School, in nearby Marin CSchool, in nearby Marin County.

As a result, more - affluent parents in the transitioning neighborhoods — squeezed out of schools west of the park and unable to afford private schools — are taking a shot at either the elementary school down the street or a diverse charter school nearby.

When Jack started at Amherst, he was lucky enough to know what office hours were because, although he had attended public schools in Miami through 11th grade, he transferred his senior year to a nearby private school, Gulliver Prep, after a bad experience with a football coach who didn't value his academic skills.

Specifically, we look to see whether test scores showed greater improvement in the wake of the new policy for students attending public schools with more (or more varied) nearby private options that suddenly became more affordable for low - income students than did scores for students attending schools with fewer (or less varied) potential competitors.

Finally, an increase of one standard deviation in the concentration of private schools nearby is associated with an increase of about 1 percent of a standard deviation in test scores.

An additional finding described in the book is that — though there are exceptions — the average cost of private schools in the United States is about half the cost of nearby public schools.

David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

As a last grasp at hope, Darius enrolled in a new program called «Back on Track,» that joins the public Decatur High School with a nearby innovative private school, Ben Franklin Academy (BFA), run by Headmaster Wood Smethurst, Ed.D.» 70, and Dean of Studies Martha BurSchool with a nearby innovative private school, Ben Franklin Academy (BFA), run by Headmaster Wood Smethurst, Ed.D.» 70, and Dean of Studies Martha Burschool, Ben Franklin Academy (BFA), run by Headmaster Wood Smethurst, Ed.D.» 70, and Dean of Studies Martha Burdette.

Podcast: David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

We demonstrate in a forthcoming Social Science Quarterly article that in advertisements for teaching positions, KIPP schools consistently emphasize public service incentives, serving kids, while nearby traditional public schools emphasize private incentives, namely salary and benefits.

When researchers examined, for example, whether competition from private schools pressed nearby public schools to improve performance, they found that the test scores of students in these competing schools did indeed increase, albeit modestly.

The only private school available in the town is a Jewish school serving students in grades K - 8 from the region, but there is also access to nearby private schools in New Haven such as Foote and Hopkins; New Haven even includes Woodbridge as part of its interdistrict magnet program, even offering free transportation to those participating [4].

Over at the private Miami Country Day School, students participated in the national walkout and held a rally at a nearby park.

There is a public elementary school nearby but the only high school in the area is private.