Buffalo's Nichols School announced this month that an investigation
initiated by the private school found that 10 former teachers had improper relationships with students dating back to the 1970s.
Not exact matches
The Blaine Amendments, which also were
initiated by Nativists fearful of Catholicism and which remain in place in many states, ban any state aid to
private, religious
schools.
Initiated in 1991
by a Minnesota law allowing
private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate
schools if authorized
by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter
schools.
Schools — some assisted
by foundations,
private business, or federal funds — are
initiating programs to redirect disinterested students toward the study of mathematics and science.
Alexandria, Va. (November 24, 2015)- The National
School Boards Association (NSBA), joined
by the Nevada Association of
School Boards (NASB), filed a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, urging the Court to grant a preliminary injunction to halt the pre-registration process Nevada has
initiated to use public funds to provide savings accounts for
private education.
Longitudinal evaluations of the effects of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), the voucher program
initiated by Governor Thompson, indicate that student achievement outcomes were not consistently affected
by vouchers but other vital student outcomes, including educational attainment, civic values, criminal proclivities as well as parent and student satisfaction were positively influenced
by participation in
private school choice.
In addition, the DOE has
initiated a program
by which it will reimburse special education
private schools to provide free or reduced - cost breakfasts and lunches to all students who would be eligible to receive these meals if they attended public
school.
Supporters of the Common Core State Standards are moving to confront increasingly high - profile opposition to the standards at the state and national levels
by rallying the
private sector and
initiating coordinated public relations and advertising campaigns as
schools continue implementation.