Sentences with phrase «independent public schools in»

Washington became the 42nd state to OK independent public schools in November.

Washington became the 42nd state to OK the independent public schools in November.

Washington became the 42nd state to approve the independent public schools in November, when voters authorized the opening of up to 40 charter schools over five years.

Not exact matches

«We're staffed to really support not just independent private schools like ourselves, but in the future, public schools where the majority of kids are educated,» said AltSchool CEO Max Ventilla.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

And to what extent is the local congregation any longer able to serve as a school for the creation of a self - disciplined, independent, public - spirited, in a word, virtuous citizen?

Whether your school is public, private or independent, you must participate in the NSLP to be eligible to receive a salad bar from Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools.

An independent analysis of the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2012 showed there had been a 90 percent reduction in calories from beverages shipped to schools between the 2004 - 2010 school School Beverage Guidelines published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2012 showed there had been a 90 percent reduction in calories from beverages shipped to schools between the 2004 - 2010 school school years.

Upon graduation, our 8th Grade students routinely attend the most competitive independent and public high schools in New York City and beyond.

Mehta acknowledged in his essay that some of this inequity is on the supply side: Schools that have the freedom and resources to adopt the techniques of deeper learning are more likely to be well - funded independent schools or public schools in wealthy suburbs or neighboSchools that have the freedom and resources to adopt the techniques of deeper learning are more likely to be well - funded independent schools or public schools in wealthy suburbs or neighboschools or public schools in wealthy suburbs or neighboschools in wealthy suburbs or neighborhoods.

In addition to his private therapy practice, he is also a speaker and consultant to public and independent schools, and a teacher of parenting classes and classes for daycare teachers.

Waldorf educators, whether they work in independent or in public schools, hold Rudolf Steiner's goal for education to be eloquently expressed in this quote: «Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and meaning to their lives.»

Her background in non-profit administration also includes serving as an admissions officer at Columbia Law School, publications coordinator at the Detroit Grand Opera Association, and public relations assistant at NYC's Museum of Contemporary Crafts, as well as sitting on various independent school bSchool, publications coordinator at the Detroit Grand Opera Association, and public relations assistant at NYC's Museum of Contemporary Crafts, as well as sitting on various independent school bschool boards.

With the much - discussed Hollywood film Won't Back Down making educational waves, Tough's book is not only timely but germane to the larger public dialogue about improving teaching and learning in all schools — public, private and independent.

Shaw is an active partner to leaders in government and public and charter education around the role of independent schools in the vital debate about the future of education.

We've spent many decades building an independent and free PUBLIC school system in this country, and it has served us well.

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

Meanwhile a research and data report from the Empire Center for Public Policy, which describes itself as «an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, New York,» found that since the tax cap went into effect, school tax levies have risen by an average of just 2.2 percent annually — the lowest in any four - year period since 1982.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial scPublic Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sSchools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sschools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial scpublic, private and parochial schoolsschools.

«Independent - minded people — bringing them together in such a way that we're talking about relevant things, and I believe that should be good union jobs and public schools and health care and [the] prescription crisis,» Vaid said.

Education in New York: Art Students League of New York • Bard College Conservatory of Music • Capital Region Independent Schools Association • New York State Education Department • Global History and Geography Regents Exam • Mathematics education in New York • New Visions for Public Schools • United Nations International School • White Plains Public Schools

Independent charters are particularly desperate for facilities funding, while large charters — mostly sited in co-located public school space — are focusing on increasing the amount of public money each charter school student receives.

Organizers including Queens Neighborhoods United, New Queens Democrats, Queens Community Action Group, NY Indivisible and Jackson Heights People for Public Schools plan to discuss the Independent Democratic Caucus, which the senator joined in January, along with the recent budget and the effect of President Donald Trump's plans for the district.

Another independent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochiindependent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochiIndependent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

«The public deserves to see in place a robust and independent system of school accountability that does not allow those who are privileged to be running state funded schools to operate within their own secret garden.

After Senate Republicans proposed a one - year extension last weekend with an independent inspector with new oversight powers over city schools, the bill was met with such dissent that Flanagan was forced to publicly defend his belief in public education over multiple days at the Capitol.

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

An Independent Budget Office study suggested that charter schools actually get more overall aid than regular public schools when factoring in the free rent or subsidy they receive from the city.

He now represents a half - dozen interest groups, including Alliant Energy, which spent $ 194,000 on lobbying in the 2011 - 12 legislative session; School Choice Wisconsin, which supports public spending on private schools and has another former Assembly speaker, John Gard, on its lobby payroll; and the Wisconsin Council for Independent Education, which represents for - profit colleges.

In a recent Daily News op - ed, Vance announced that the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at the Columbia University Law School will conduct an independent review of how he tackles campaign contributions and present recommendations in 90 dayIn a recent Daily News op - ed, Vance announced that the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at the Columbia University Law School will conduct an independent review of how he tackles campaign contributions and present recommendations in 90 dayin 90 days.

In New York City, there were nearly 240,000 students in private or parochial schools in the 2014 - 2015 school year — a fraction of the 1.1 million children in the city's public school system — according to the Independent Budget OfficIn New York City, there were nearly 240,000 students in private or parochial schools in the 2014 - 2015 school year — a fraction of the 1.1 million children in the city's public school system — according to the Independent Budget Officin private or parochial schools in the 2014 - 2015 school year — a fraction of the 1.1 million children in the city's public school system — according to the Independent Budget Officin the 2014 - 2015 school year — a fraction of the 1.1 million children in the city's public school system — according to the Independent Budget Officin the city's public school system — according to the Independent Budget Office.

«My concern is that independent trials are on the decline and that means we have less high - quality data to inform public health that are not influenced by commercial interests,» says study leader Stephan Ehrhardt, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Epidemiology.

The study team — which also included Pierre Azoulay of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and Joshua S. Graff Zivin of the University of California, San Diego — used public records to reconstruct the careers of 10,004 elite life scientists in the United States from the moment they earned their first independent position until 2006.

Prior to joining the Obama administration Dr. Holdren was Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, as well as professor in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the independent, nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center.

The official website of Northwest Independent School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square School District, a public school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square school district in North Texas that serves families in 234 square miles.

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Prior to the ruling, the California Department of Education had interpreted the state's education code to allow four ways for children to be taught at home: 1) qualify as a private school, 2) use a certified tutor, 3) officially enroll in a private school satellite program, or 4) enroll in a public school's independent study program.

Students who attend five charter schools in the San Francisco Bay area that are run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or kipp, score consistently higher on standardized tests than their peers from comparable public schools, an independent evaluation of the schools concludes.

The initiative aims to extend and strengthen the range and quality of the services these professionals provide in all kinds of school settings: public and independent; rural, suburban, and urban; and elementary and secondary.

Through such initiatives as Voces de los Padres and others, the Houston Independent School District is successfully rebuilding the «public» trust in public education.»

Another is Aim High in my city of San Francisco, a unique partnership between independent and public schools which historically have had little to do with each other.

Independent schools often have excellent facilities, such as labs, computers, sports fields, and theaters that public schools lack due to underinvestment, and strong faculty interested in teaching a more diverse group of students.

Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis on American precollegiate education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the general public.

South Australia's Catholic and independent schools are set to receive nearly $ 110 million in extra funding, with new State Government investment in public, independent and Catholic schools totalling more than $ 1 billion.

«I understand how [vouchers] would gut public schools and they wouldn't actually help independent schools,» said Anna Bertucci, the associate head of school at Oakwood Friends School, a Quaker boarding school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. «I feel like that funding should go ischool at Oakwood Friends School, a Quaker boarding school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. «I feel like that funding should go iSchool, a Quaker boarding school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. «I feel like that funding should go ischool in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. «I feel like that funding should go into...

In March 1996, the nation's governors met in Palisades, N.Y., and called for an «external, independent, nongovernmental effort» to measure and report on each state's annual progress in raising student achievement and improving the public schoolIn March 1996, the nation's governors met in Palisades, N.Y., and called for an «external, independent, nongovernmental effort» to measure and report on each state's annual progress in raising student achievement and improving the public schoolin Palisades, N.Y., and called for an «external, independent, nongovernmental effort» to measure and report on each state's annual progress in raising student achievement and improving the public schoolin raising student achievement and improving the public schools.

As a former teacher in a diverse public high school, a community activist, and independent scholar on GLBT youth in schools and communities, I joined the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth in 2006, when it was newly established, and was elected chair in 2009.

It's the emergence of K - 12's own version of mini mills in the form of independent public schools of choice.

In the midst of a presidential sex scandal and the release of the 453 - page report from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr to Congress and the public, millions of children and adolescents are now back at school.

In places with fast - growing enrollments, the independent public schools also eased pressure on facilities and capital budgets.