Sentences with phrase «in public schools across the nation»

She has 3 children and is the founder of the Redefine Positive Project, an initiative that is working to reform HIV / AIDS education in public schools across the nation.

Although silent meditation is a fairly common practice in public schools across the nation, Julie Steiner, executive director of the Tennessee aclu, said that to the best of her knowledge, only Massachusetts...

Data released in June 2016 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights highlights opportunity gaps in public schools across the nation.

A recent national workforce study estimates there are approximately 121,300 school nurses (86,800 full - time employees) in public schools across the nation (Willgerodt, Brock, & Maughan, 2018).

Not exact matches

Public Waldorf schools across the nation are at the forefront of defining themselves as exemplary educational models that value measurement of growth in meaningful, developmental, and authentic ways.

A percentage of proceeds will help in providing a well - rounded education that includes music to public school students across the nation.

Thanks to the Walmart Foundation, Partners for Breakfast - in - the - Classroom received $ 8 million, which enabled us to expand breakfast - in - the - classroom in eight school districts across the nation: Charleston County (SC); Denver Public Schools (CO); Des Moines Public Schools (IA); Elgin School District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County Schoolsschool districts across the nation: Charleston County (SC); Denver Public Schools (CO); Des Moines Public Schools (IA); Elgin School District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County SchoolsSchool District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County Schools (TN).

Ballston Spa is one of the 4 percent of public school districts across the nation receiving the award in 2018.

According to the official government count, the program now operates in more than 101,000 public and private schools as well as residential childcare facilities across the nation.

Not only are people inclined to like their local schools more than schools across the nation, but we see a clear upward trend in the percentage of the public awarding their schools either an A or a B. Over the course of the decade, the shift upward has been from 43 % to 55 %.

Colorful combatants in Washington and across the nation — like jaunty roosters embroiled in a cockfight — remain locked in battle over school choice and whether to further de-center public institutions.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

My stay was brief because the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown — and the companion decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which applied to D.C. — outlawed public - school segregation in the nation's capital and across the country in May 1954.

Each year, NAESP congratulates principals from across the nation, in both public and private schools, and overseas, for their exemplary achievements.

The District of Columbia's public schools, once considered among the worst in the nation, continued its trend of steady, across - the - board gains on the 2015 NAEP.

As the debate on school choice heats up next week, I share this post as a voice in support of the nation's public schools, which remain the number 1 choice, a great option for families and communities across the country.

They demand public accountability for education systems across the nation, and many, many public - school systems and educators in the United States simply reject the concept out of hand.

Alexandria, VA — March 15, 2018 — Nearly 200 elementary and middle - level principal leaders from across the country will gather in the nation's capital to attend the National Association of Elementary School Principals» (NAESP) National Leaders Conference (NLC) to sharpen their leadership skills and advocate for a stronger investment in students and public schools.

«I give this budget an «F» grade for failing public school students in California and across the nation,» Torlakson said in the statement.

These visits provide an in - depth perspective on UEI's work to improve teaching and learning in public school classrooms in Chicago and across the nation.

In Deeper Learning, education strategist Monica Martinez and sociologist Dennis McGrath describe the practical strategies of eight innovative public schools across the nation.

Now educators are worried that the No Child Left Behind mandate that all students meet proficiency standards by 2014 will result in the dismantling of public schools across the nation.

Though New Hampshire has some of the highest - performing public schools in the nation, performance across school districts is uneven.

NCES administers NAEP assessments in a variety of subjects in public and nonpublic (private) schools across the nation.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of JonePublic education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonepublic schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

It will include nearly 200 teachers and 10,400 seventh - grade students in 66 public middle or junior high schools across North Carolina, which researchers find provides a demographic sampling that is more representative of the entire nation and thus more likely to reliably reflect the impact of the program.

Another example: across the nation, some for - profit companies that run charter schools engage in self - serving real estate deals, hide their financial practices from public view, assert that they own assets that were purchased with public monies, and spend large sums to influence state legislators.

«We congratulate all the charter schools that were named on the U.S. News & World Report List, along with their students, teachers and families, as they truly embody the spirit of the charter school movement, and the positive impact charter schools are having in transforming public education across the nation.»

The first charter school in the nation opened in Minnesota in 1992 as a laboratory of innovation for the public sector, and since then thousands of these «schools of choice» have materialized across the nation.

While the number of charter schools across the nation has risen dramatically, data indicate that just one in five charter schools outperform public schools in reading and math assessments, according to Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Outcomes (CREDO).

I missed last week's PSAT because I was in NYC at the fabulous Parents Across America kick - off, meeting so many amazing parents from all over the nation and planning new ways for parents to support our public schools: «our children, our schools, our voices» (the PAA motto)!

State education agencies are generally responsible for implementing a course of action to ensure public schools exist for every student in every state across the nation.

Visionary educational initiatives enacted by the teaching school, such as the positive behavior support system, have been put in place by thousands of public schools across Oregon and the nation.

The public in Washington just as in California and across the nation, supports charter schools at very high levels especially the flexible, personalized learning environment they offer to students.

The authors use data from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to measure variation in time practices across the nation's traditional public, private and charter sSchools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to measure variation in time practices across the nation's traditional public, private and charter schoolsschools.

So, in five years I hope we're able to help even more schools across the nation to improve public education as a whole.

By Nina Rees, President of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools As schools start to open across the nation, the back - to - school test in New York City will be taken in November, where MSchools As schools start to open across the nation, the back - to - school test in New York City will be taken in November, where Mschools start to open across the nation, the back - to - school test in New York City will be taken in November, where Mayor...

For most of her decadelong tenure as Hillsborough County School Board District superintendent, Elia enjoyed a glorious run, beloved by the local media and recognized by her peers across the nation as one of the top public school instructors in the coSchool Board District superintendent, Elia enjoyed a glorious run, beloved by the local media and recognized by her peers across the nation as one of the top public school instructors in the coschool instructors in the country.

He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly in large urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional public schools when it comes to student test scores.

Public school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge's ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry's attack on public education in the United SPublic school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge's ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry's attack on public education in the United Spublic education in the United States.

The so - called «Mangan Report,» presented to Illinois Vision 20/20, stated that «Illinois ranks second to last in the nation for state share of public school budget revenue; as a result, significant discrepancies across the state's nearly 900 school districts exist in terms of teacher quality, building infrastructure, and educational materials, such as technology.»

While many charter school leaders across the country grapple with how to best provide and pay for special education, New Orleans recently became the first city in the nation to tackle special education on the fiscal, human capital, and program fronts in the context of a full - choice public education landscape.

Moreover, public school advocates know that while ALEC legislators have been successful in getting limited school voucher schemes passed in state houses across the nation, these measures never succeed when they are put to the ballot.

Parents, teachers and students who are concerned about how public schools are funded are holding walk - ins at schools in Connecticut today, as well as across the nation, in protest and to call on leaders to better fund the schools.

We are committed to building the research foundation for these practices, to create better causal connections and to bring valuable data back to the public, parents, and educators making this work a reality on the ground in schools across our nation.

One of the most innovative elementary schools in the country produced some of the strongest results in California's state assessment system, and the takeaway for public schools across the nation may prove game - changing.

Through its Adequate Yearly Progress measures, the low quality of education across the nation's public schools — especially in suburbia — was exposed for all to see.

Across the nation, the corporate education reform industry and its political supporters are engaged in an unprecedented assault on teachers, the teaching profession and public schools.

The track record of charter schools in our state and across the nation reflects a highly contentious image that borders on, at worst, criminality and at best questionable practices, many of which would never be allowed in traditional public schools.

For these reasons, the 2017 EdCan Network Indigenous «Innovation that Sticks» Dropout Prevention Case Study Research Program will focus on one alternative school, public school or school district with a specialized dropout prevention program for students who identify as First Nation, Inuit and Métis, anywhere in Canada to share with educators facing similar challenges across Canada.