Sentences with phrase «kids out of the public schools»

It will require hard stands at key moments — harder and more costly than merely pulling kids out of public schools, for example.

Aiden's father, Gabe, is Jewish and, although Aiden has rejected faith ever since he was a teen, his children attend a private Jewish school in L.A. as part of a deal Aiden made with his father that keeps the kids out of public school.

Those who would take their kids out of public schools ate gaining sympathy now but that sympathy would be replaced by the mob rulers favorite sentence «too bad!

No wonder parents are pulling their kids out of public schools and opting for KIPP schools.

Not exact matches

After all, implicit in Ms. Rhee's statement is the suggestion that if you have the wherewithal to get your kids out of the D.C. public schools, you have a parental obligation to do it.

Guns are in schools because quite obviously kids are able to get them with relative ease, not because the govt took forced prayer out of public schools.

We have friends whose kids are going to the public kindergarten (only 1/2 day) with the «wraparound» enrichment program for the rest of the day; their little ones are already stressed out because they have just 2.75 hours in school, during which they're basically being trampled on with mountains of «instruction,» and the wraparound program gives just 20 minutes for lunch while foregoing rest time in favor of «reading instruction» and «homework help.»

As Chicago Public Schools pushes ahead with a district - wide roll - out of its Breakfast in the Classroom program, concerns are mounting from some parents worried about kids» allergies

«Last year, we moved our kids, now 7 and 9, out of a private parochial school into our public school district's gifted and talented program.

As a rule, if you witness a large group of kids playing together you will not be able to pick the homeschooled kids out from the kids who attend public school.

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 pSchools [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 pschools spread out over the country in both public and charter schools, some with well - off kids, some with kids in pschools, some with well - off kids, some with kids in poverty.

Last night, my little public elementary school, Nettelhorst, hosted a public screening of the powerful new documentary Lunch Line, which follows six Chicago high school kids as they set out to fix school lunches — ending up at the White House.

And school food directors are most certainly aware of the current public outcry over practices that single out kids in the cafeteria.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

Next week, my school will host a public screening of the new documentary Lunch Line, which follows six Chicago kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods as they as they set out on a mission to fix school lunches — ending up at the White House.

If you want to know what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to get your head around this statistic: Every day, kids in the Chicago Public Schools district throw out nearly a quarter of a million lunch and breakfast trays made of polystyrene foam.

Others took their kids out of school and didn't spend money, use public transport or shop.

But they had their revenge on the governor, undermining the new evaluation system by convincing thousands of parents to have their kids opt out of the tests — and the union's accompanying advertising campaign inflicted real damage on Mr. Cuomo's approval ratings, forcing him to drop some of his harsher rhetoric and tactics on public school teachers.

«There's no denying that charter schools have become a fundamental part of the overall success of New York City public schools, especially in those areas where moms and dads are looking to get their kids out of a failing school so they can have a fresh start on the future of their dreams,» Flanagan said in the statement.

«In the Buffalo Public School system, we have 14,000 out of 34,000 kids who don't go to school 18 days or more,» stated FoSchool system, we have 14,000 out of 34,000 kids who don't go to school 18 days or more,» stated Foschool 18 days or more,» stated Fontana.

Stuart Shalat, director of the Division of Environmental Health at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, points out that the nation's aging infrastructure is making it increasingly difficult to protect kids from any number of environmental risks, particularly in poor communities.

So, last year — their first year out of homeschooling and in public school — their friends made it their mission to get my kids to try a Pop Tart.

As a review on Insideschools.org — an online guide to the city's public schools — said of JHS 123, «Parents were scared off by tales of kids getting their heads dunked in toilets by gang members and students ripping fixtures out of the walls and then hurling them from windows.»

Meanwhile, more parents in D.C. neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park are sending their kids to public schools, resulting in fewer spots for «out of boundary» students in the most sought - after neighborhood schools such as Lafayette, Murch and Eaton elementary schools or Deal Middle School.

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.»

Could giving underprivileged families vouchers for private school to get their kids out of chaotic public school classrooms reduce crime down the road?

Keeping Kids In School and Out of Court: Report and Recommendations from the New York City School - Justice Partnership Task Force In the 2011 - 12 school year, there were 69,694 suspensions and 2,548 arrests and summonses in the New York City public scSchool and Out of Court: Report and Recommendations from the New York City School - Justice Partnership Task Force In the 2011 - 12 school year, there were 69,694 suspensions and 2,548 arrests and summonses in the New York City public scSchool - Justice Partnership Task Force In the 2011 - 12 school year, there were 69,694 suspensions and 2,548 arrests and summonses in the New York City public scschool year, there were 69,694 suspensions and 2,548 arrests and summonses in the New York City public schools.

Thirty percent of students drop out of our public schools; 50 percent of minority kids drop out.

How closing schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make School A Democracy No Forced School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolischools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make School A Democracy No Forced School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolischools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolischools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District ConsoliSchools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consolidation?

For his part, Pocan pointed out that the last expansion of the choice program resulted in three - fourths of the public money going to parents whose kids were already enrolled in the private schools they were getting vouchers for, and two - thirds went to families making over $ 100,000 a year.

Some have come out to oppose the Governor's proposals, but I will tell you that it is wrong to cheat public charter school kids out of the resources given to district school kids.

When public schools did not work out, the kids were shipped of to private schools.

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.

«You have this billionaire who doesn't have the life experience of poverty — the story of not being able to choose a quality school and having your kid go to a low - performance public school and not having a way out.»

Great article that my principal had us ESL teachers just read - thank you for your no nonsense outspokenness, and no, Mr Shanahan, ESL will not pull during teacher direct instruction in the content areas until small groups break out - only 30 minutes then - but it's a packed schedule to do it - 8 groups a day 5 days a week to pull for listening / reading and speaking / writing per WIDA some of your comments appreciated much as a former elementary homeschooler and advocate of of ED Hirsch and his cultural literacy - which I've preached since I returned my kids to public schooling in middle school 17 years ago....

One of my kids (now 29 years of age and very accomplished - ok I am his dad), was struggling in the 9th grade and the public high school was not responsive to his needs, and my wife and I — because we are lucky enough to be able to do so — took him out the public schools and sent him to a local private school.

A Washington Heights elementary school has canceled the new standardized multiple - choice tests for the youngest public school students — after more than 80 % of parents opted to have their kids sit out the exam.

Here's one: get your kid totally out of public school by homeschooling.

But what many of them are really doing is 1) self selecting students into their school via a lottery 2) lower % of ELL and SPED kids, who are more challenging and expensive to educate 3) kicking students out who can't cut it 4) claiming 100 % graduation rates or college admissions rates, unlike those terrible local traditional public schools

In regular public school schools, there were 182 kids expelled out of a student body of more than 353,000.

Parent Jeanetta White told StateImpact in September she pulled her four adopted kids out of South Bend public schools and enrolled them in parochial school with the help of Indiana's new voucher program because she was fed up with the public schools» performance.

Jeanetta White said in September she pulled her four foster kids out of South Bend public schools and enrolled them in parochial school with the help of Indiana's new voucher program because she was fed up with the public schools» performance.

Although one can find heroic exceptions here and there (generally in schools led by extraordinary, beat - the - odds and damn - the - torpedoes principals), far too many public schools in tough neighborhoods and poor communities fail to get beyond the challenges of discipline, truancy, turnover of both students and staff, the ever - present risk of drop - outs, students» lack of basic skills, and such fundamental human needs as feeding breakfast to kids who come to school with empty stomachs.

I mean, why else would a former METCO kid, whose parents decided to CHOOSE a different educational path for him because the Boston Public Schools were an UNDERPERFORMING HOT MESS and enter him into a LOTTERY to get the chance to leave the district and eventually graduate from Brookline High School suddenly hate the idea of giving other families the chance to opt - out.

LAUSD loses over $ 500 million a year because of students who enroll in charters, but even at Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, which send 95 percent of their kids to college, the vast majority eventually drop out.

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.

By the same token, when under - funded and under - resourced public schools do not show «adequate yearly progress,» our response should be to find out why these schools are struggling, and provide them with the materials and support they need to improve — not for the charter management companies that run these schools to walk away before the end of the school year, forcing families to scramble to get their kids placed into public schools with little notice and no assistance.

But as Lake and her team points out in the case of Detroit (where the nine charter oversight groups — including Detroit Public Schools — have done little to provide kids with high - quality options), what likely ends up happening is that shoddy school operators end up engaging in shopping for lax authorizers who will let them off the hook for failure and won't think through community needs.

We no longer advocate the CCSD Magnet Program because of the heartbreak we experienced at Hyde Park and are sending all three of our kids to regular public Middle Schools and High Schools from here on out.