Sentences with phrase «kids out of public education»

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The word went out in education, mass communications, public philosophy and political life: «Be the first kid on your block to reappropriate the values of the Judeo - Christian tradition.»

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.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying «drop - out factories» and «academic sinkholes,» methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.

It is time to stop warehousing kids we deem incapable of learning — and clear out one of the ghettos of American public education.

After all, reformers (along with traditionalists) go on an on about the importance of «teacher's voice» in shaping the transformation of American public education — even though the reality of how teachers work (in silos, out of sight of one another, often without the strong subject - matter competency needed to help kids succeed) makes them far less expert on education than they may think.

WASHINGTON — With public schools cutting back on spending for physical education, some members of Congress want to intervene, worried that the nation's schools are churning out too many fat kids.

«Opting out sends a powerful message to the Governor, the legislature, and the Board of Regents: that enough is enough when it comes to overtesting our kids, demonizing teachers, and undermining public education.

«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.

A voucher would give a kid a chance to opt out of a failing public school and use his education dollars to pay for a private school of his choice.