Sentences with phrase «majority school»

Many faculty members at majority schools are very interested in collaborating with their counterparts at minority - serving institutions.

We are a high - poverty, minority - majority school in which 80 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch and 35 percent are English learners.

The fact that they would be governed by groups with significant or majority school membership would mean that any decisions taken would by definition be «schools - led».

And most minorities earn their undergraduate degrees from minority - serving institutions, not majority schools.

WBFO News asked majority school board member Larry Quinn about losing two majority members.

20 years ago, I told people that if they were so sure they wanted religion in schools, what would they do if a muslim - majority school district brought their own prayers.

PAA proposes its «LSC model,» a form of elected parent - majority school governance, as an antidote to recent efforts of corporate school reformers to

The Ferguson public schools are likely sub-standard and lack the funding that white majority schools have.

NWPHS has maintained from its inception a teacher majority school board, something that doesn't often happen in schools outside of Minnesota charters, and provides teachers the control and direction of the school that professionals should be permitted.

Many nonminority administrators committed to working in minority - majority schools try hard and succeed in connecting well with students, motivating them, and resolving issues with empathy and creativity.

Tempers flared between minority and majority school board members.

What the AP report, Chait and some charter advocates haven't said is how willing we are to experiment on the lives of black students and black - majority school districts instead of doing the hard work to eradicate the causes of segregation.

In addition to creating experiences in which preservice teachers can experiment and collaborate without fear of failure or adverse consequences, there is a need to create learning experiences that also reflect the changing demographics of K - 12 classrooms as they evolve toward greater diversity, including a shift toward minority - majority schools in 2014 - 2015 for the first time (National Center for Education Statistics, 2013).

PAA proposes its «LSC model,» a form of elected parent - majority school governance, as an antidote to recent efforts of corporate school reformers to brand parent triggers, school choice, vouchers and other attacks on public education as «parental empowerment.»

These partnerships would be governed by groups with significant or majority school membership and would take all decisions relating to, for example, course design and delivery (within national frameworks), recruitment, internal quality assurance and resource allocation.

I felt that Dr. Platz was sincere in his desire to see all of us excel in the program, and I respect him for talking with us about this issue — particularly because as I moved through graduate school, I began to realize that retaining minorities in science at majority schools is very difficult and, in fact, a serious problem in this country.

Majority School Board Member Larry Quinn was also pleased with Dr. Cash's credentials, but realizes there are some past critics.

«He illustrated very clearly, the problem — the condition that we are in,» said Carl Paladino, Majority School Board Member.

Majority School Board Member Larry Quinn said there's no need to go outside since there are other high - quality candidates within the district.

Maycock has recently convinced stronger schools to join each network; in D.C., Janney and Horace Mann Elementary Schools, which are among the district's highest - performing, white - majority schools, joined a network that is generally minority and struggling.

A new study shows just how thin the course offerings can be at some schools serving mostly students of color in comparison to the curricula at nearby, white - majority schools.

A minority - majority school, Pasco High promotes bilingual and biliterate education.