Sentences with phrase «local public schools deserve»

Overall, 49 percent say that their local public schools deserve an «A» or a «B» on the scale traditionally used to evaluate students, but only 20 percent say so when respondents are asked about schools nationwide.

Not exact matches

While it might be thought that those with more education would cast the more critical eye on their local public schools, in fact, 64 % of college - educated whites say their local schools deserve an A or a B, as compared to just 51 % of the less - educated ones.

Maybe all urban public schools — perhaps even all schools — deserve a greater degree of deference because of characteristics associated with their «local - ness.»

Charter advocates argue that charters are public schools, too, serving local children, and that they deserve a fair share of local education dollars.

The average member of the public says that 50 % of teachers at the local schools deserve an A or a B.

«We are pleased that lawmakers recognize the critical role local board members serve in providing all public school students with an education they deserve,» stated NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

With funding for public schools in Robeson County at rock bottom among North Carolina counties, local leaders are in agreement that our children deserve better.

«Our nation's schoolchildren deserve a world - class public education, and NSBA acknowledges the positive momentum toward a bill to support local school district leadership and community ownership to ensure student success.»

«By adopting this compact, the SCS school board and local educators have taken a huge step forward to help ensure all students have access to the high quality education they deserve, and to underscore the important role that public charter schools play in our community.»

While there are shortcomings to the Local Control Funding Formula that will need to be revisited in future years, we recognize that, as the new system is phased in over the next eight years, charter schools will achieve growing levels of funding equity, something we know that parents and the general public support and that charter school students clearly deserve.

As a local education leader, elected in 2014 to serve on the Yolo County School Board, I know firsthand that our public schools need big changes to give all students access to the education they deserve.

Once supporters for ensuring Connecticut has a fair and equitable school funding formula, Governor Dannel Malloy and Attorney General George Jepson are now leading the effort to ensure that Connecticut's public school students and Connecticut's local property taxpayers don't get the help they need and deserve.

Charter school parents are local tax - paying parents and their students deserve access to the same resources as other local public school students.