Sentences with phrase «keeping the school open for»

By contrast, Moskowitz kept her schools open for one reason: In a city where the overwhelming number of black and Latino students are failing their proficiency tests, she believes students can not afford to miss the precious education they get.

That kept the schools open for another school year, while justices contemplated the second part of the «suitable» equation, whether the state was providing enough money overall.

When school funds were distributed annually, the district was committed to keeping the school open for the length of the school year.

The state's charter law, on the other hand, guarantees an extensive legal process for any charter facing closure, effectively keeping the school open for many years.

Unable to pay its bills, the state legislature passed a bill late last year allocating over $ 215 million to help CPS keep schools open for the full year.

Not exact matches

Rather than be disowned (which would have happened if he'd pursued horticulture, which he loved) he opted for dental school and a career that would keep the family happy while providing an income that would allow early retirement to finally do what he really wanted to do — open his own plant nursery.

Because he's a year removed from his high school class, Diallo is eligible for the draft but he hasn't signed with an agent yet and is keeping his options open.

I called a snow day for my kids today, despite the fact that the mayor kept the schools open.

Whittier said keeping the outdoor pool open in the fall is a stopgap measure at best, and the high school swim teams need an indoor pool for meets and practice.

Whether it is the beginning of August and you are attending Open House, or if it is April and you are touring for the following school year, take a look around and keep these considerations in mind.

He made the assertion in Ibadan, Oyo State capital in an address at the opening session of the Training Workshop on the Use of Curriculum Guides, Record Keeping, Guidance and Counselling and Multigrade Teaching Techniques for Nomadic School Teachers in the South - West Zone.

Meanwhile, the Senate has called it quits for the day and is planning to return at 9 a.m. tomorrow to vote on a deal to keep the parks open and — for now, anyway — a charter school bill.

Nearly 100 students from Legacy School for Integrated Studies on 34 W. 14th St. gathered in Union Square Wednesday afternoon to ask the Department of Education to keep the school open despite its poor School for Integrated Studies on 34 W. 14th St. gathered in Union Square Wednesday afternoon to ask the Department of Education to keep the school open despite its poor school open despite its poor marks.

If tommorrow the State determined we should keep schools open 24 hours a day and provide 3 meals, snack, with reacreation and daycare then who do you think would pay for it?

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

A state appellate court ruled unanimously on Thursday that New York City must keep open 19 schools it wanted to close for poor performance, blocking one of the Bloomberg administration's signature efforts to improve the educational system.

Major rallies are planned at the Capitol Tuesday to lobby for universal pre-K and to keep Charter Schools open, as well as add new ones.

NBC «Today» weather anchor Al Roker apologized today for comments he made on Twitter regarding Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to keep New York City schools open on Thursday.

Queens state Sen. Jose Peralta said on Twitter that keeping schools open would make it difficult for parents.

In the last mayoral election, most of the Democratic wannabes vowed to keep open dysfunctional city schools, just to preserve jobs for staff and cater to unions.

The governor's proposal also calls for federal support to keep Brooklyn's ailing hospitals open, changing the controversial Common Core school curriculum, ending standardized testing for grades K - 2, begin construction of four new casinos in the fall, allow public funding of political campaigns and reforming the state's ethics policy.

She «sets priorities and agendas for the school,» which is a dean - ish way of saying that she controls the Magic Money Valve, opening it for certain purposes and keeping it closed for others.

The custodial staff doesn't work for the principal, who must get permission from the custodian to keep a building open beyond the regular school day.

So when we have bad weather, we do everything we can to keep the school open and make sure the site is safe, for example reducing the risk of people hurting themselves on ice.

I know it's the end of the school year, but keep your eyes open for buttons.

A network of schools in California is designed around the idea that career preparation and college preparation should blend seamlessly, keeping all doors open for students.

Beyond that, exposure to different cultures will keep TFA «open to new ways of doing things,» which can be a challenge for young companies, Jon Schnur, a co-founder of two education nonprofits, America Achieves and New Leaders for New Schools, told me.

«We're sticking with our school, and use our time and resources to help improve it — not just for our own kids, but for all the students there,» said Hewson, who regularly attends board meetings to fight to keep the school open.

The third finding, which is fundamental for us, is about recognising there's a willingness on the part of philanthropy to open that conversation and keep that conversation going; that they want to know what's happening in schools.

In fact, they cite with contempt the fact that in some instances «teachers, students, and parents successfully lobby to keep their charter school open» when authorizers attempt to shut them down, often for political rather than academic reasons.

«Time is at a premium and both schools and teachers need to keep their eyes open for new and innovative ways in which to work, making learning more engaging and effective and optimize time spent on tedious admin.

Might there be compelling civic or social reasons for keeping open persistently failing or unsafe inner - city schools?

Circle Rock had been struggling to keep open its 185 - student religious school for the poor.

School buildings must be kept open longer four days each week and on the fifth day for teacher meetings.

This tool for connecting kids, teachers, and parents online can open up the lines of communication between school and home and can help keep kids on their toes.

«We can not create more good schools for our children by accepting more failing schools,» Mary Bradley, CPS top officer responsible for charter schools, told the commission before it decided to keep the South Side charters open.

«I'm not so sure our legislators are committed enough to keep schools open, and that's scary for me,» she said.

«Interest groups do all they can to keep new schools from opening up in neighborhoods where there are other schools existing — not because of what's best for kids, but because of what they perceive is best for adults.»

Instead of deflecting potential concerns, it aggravated them, opening a festering sore about funding for district schools, which local officials say are straining to make do under an outdated state financing formula that has not kept pace with spiraling costs.

The Legislature should take whatever action is necessary to keep our schools open, something Democrats have been calling for all along.»

By 84 percent to 14 percent, Americans prefer that failing schools be kept open, but research suggests that closing the schools may be better for students.

By 84 percent to 14 percent, Americans said that even when a public school has been failing for several years, the best response is to keep the school open and try to improve it rather than shut it down.

Such a solution would enable officials to keep the schools open and maintain neighborhood schools, while making constructive use of the space that is no longer needed by the school, according to Janis L. Cromer, a spokesman for Superintendent Floretta D. McKenzie.

Thanks also to our generous donors and the wonderful volunteer crew which kept the booth open nightly from 5 to 8 p.m. Thanks to all for helping to share the wonderful gift of instrumental music with our city school students!

For example, 54 percent polled by Gallup in 2010 agreed that the best thing to do about low - performing schools is to keep the school open with the same staff and give it more support.

The authors contribute arguments for pushing forward with school closures even if the community is fighting to keep these schools open.

Attorneys for the state argued that the legislature must simply set up a «system» of education, that any system that keeps the doors of schools open is sufficient, and that «no individual child has any specific right to an education at all.»

The minister also said the Lib Dems would keep the academy school system, and allow more free schools to open, but only in places where there was a need for extra places.

But School board Chairman Mike Lee said he needs to see a contingency plan for closing schools and one for keeping them open with more than one - third of the district's 2,400 teachers missing.

But the decision was reversed after a campaign to keep the school open was backed by parents, the council and Steve McCabe, the Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak.