Sentences with phrase «kids better public education»

That's why I think Bronx residents should do everything we can to give our kids better public education options, from bringing more world class public charter schools to our borough to supporting programs like Borough President Diaz's Gifted & Talented initiative.

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Then I factored in private education costs for two kids to be conservative given I may not have two kids and public schools are often good enough.

PT: One of the ones I'm most excited about is Expeditionary Learning Schools [now known as EL Education]-- about 150 schools spread out over the country in both public and charter schools, some with well - off kids, some with kids in poverty.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by using the threat of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the public — into opposing the governor's education funding cuts hasn't stopped them from doing... well... just that.

While technically the money side of social welfare is indeed not payable to illegal aliens, (1) They still get an incredibly costly (to taxpayers) set of benefits such as free public school education for their kids; law - and - order which is a public good; and medical care in ER facilities who have to treat everyone, with or without insurance.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez today rallied with religious school parents, kids and administrators in East Harlem for the passage of the controversial education investment tax credit — which would incentivize private donations for scholarships at parochial schools and other private schools, as well as public school scholarship funds.

Instead of hand picking which kids get the best possible public education, the de Blasio administration should pursue policies that give every student this opportunity.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

So you use all kinds of connections and networks to get your kid into a good school, as opposed to what should be the case in public education; you go to the school in your neighborhood and its a good school.

Authorizers stand behind creating better public schools in a challenging system, a better education for all kids, and a better way to get there.

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There, liberals see better opportunities for poor and minority kids to get to college without exiting the «public education» corral.

And since education is a «public good» as well as a «private good» — because kids» lives literally hang in the balance and so does the future of the society whose taxpayers are underwriting these costs — we can't just look the other way.

Report authors, Prof Peterson, Eric Hanushek at Stanford University and Ludger Woessmann at the University of Munich, wrote in Education Next magazine: «Lacking good information, it has been easy even for sophisticated Americans to be seduced by apologists who would have the public believe the problems are simply those of poor kids in central city schools.»

Zimmer added, «We need to connect with kids and their families so that they believe LAUSD is the best choice for their public education dream.»

We hope that the debate on public education in Oakland will focus on what matters most - finding solutions that provide better outcomes for kids.

Charter schools are serving more minority students because that is their mission: to open in under - served neighborhoods to provide a better education for kids that are not being served well by traditional public schools.

It also made it clear to suburban districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, as well as focused American public education on achieving measurable results instead of damning kids to low expectations.

Through StudentsFirst, Rhee champions the best education opportunities for all kids whether they be traditional public, charter or private schools.

In urging the passage of a New Hampshire bill to establish education savings accounts, Jeb Bush said «when public schools face increased competition, they get better and kids learn more.»

School voucher proponents are finally admitting that their target is middle class students and the public school system — not better education for poor kids, the Center for Media and Democracy reports.

Since public education has failed to provide adequate education in the cities, a voucher program that could send kids to Catholic schools that have a track record of success, save the schools from closing, and no religion requirement was made would be good competition to the public schools.

Empower Mississippi is proud to be part of a long list of supporters for this legislation that also includes Arizona Federation for Children, Arizona Free Enterprise Club, Arizona School Choice Trust, Choose A School, Christian Schools of Arizona, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Goldwater Institute, Institute for Better Education, Institute for Justice, Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Step up for Students, and TOPS for Kids.

Our kids deserve better than the patchwork of mediocrity that has largely been the norm throughout American public education.

It is now time to ignore the teachers unions, straighten up Z MESS and give parents the right to choose the best education for their kids... traditional public, charter or private.

Jan Perry, Executive Director America's Finest Charter School, expounds upon the freedom school administrators have at charter public schools and how that leads to a better education for kids.

With these #KnowYourTruth graphics, we are celebrating the long history of communities of color who have organized better school options for their kids, and are exposing the systematic racism that still exists in the public education system today.

This will undermine local control, mean less accountability in the classroom, and gut public education at a time when we should be focused on investing in our kids» future and creating good jobs that pay a fair wage,» We Are the People Michigan spokesman Zack Pohl told the Livingston Daily.

School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best fit their needs — whether a public school, private school, charter school, home school or any other learning environment parents choose for their kids.

«But I think all of us in public education: moms, dads, teachers, principals, and board members need to be focused on the number one priority which is educating kids and how we do that better, how do we improve outcomes, raise children out of poverty, get them to graduation, college, and career.

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Given that at the time of the law's passage, most Americans not engaged in education though traditional public schools were generally serving their kids (and all children) well, there was no way that reformers could pass a law that would serve to fully overhaul the super-cluster.

Our kids deserve better from all aspects of American public education.

«The original idea for EL was taking the ideas of a good progressive education, the best of it, and combining it into something that could be implemented and serve low - income kids,» said Meg Campbell, co-founder of Boston's Codman Academy Charter Public School, a member of the EL Educationeducation, the best of it, and combining it into something that could be implemented and serve low - income kids,» said Meg Campbell, co-founder of Boston's Codman Academy Charter Public School, a member of the EL EducationEducation network.

The public and private schools are rated among the best available for your kids to get the best education.

Simply put, private school is probably where your child would get a better education, but just because your kid attends public school doesn't mean you're a bad parent!