Sentences with phrase «making high quality public schools»

The proposed funding formula threatens to undo recent progress in making high quality public schools a realistic and viable option for middle class parents of all races.

Not exact matches

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Make your voice heard by tweeting, posting and sharing why you, your students, your teachers, your community and your school district #LovePublicEducation and why every student in America deserves access to a high - quality public school.

School choice attempts to level the playing field between students of different backgrounds by making it possible for all families to have access to a city's high - quality public schools — whether students live near these schools or not.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

All of you should be incredibly proud of what we achieved with this event - we showed our strength, but more importantly, we showed the depth of our commitment to making sure every student in Los Angeles has a high - quality public school.

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These groundbreaking schools were made possible by a 2014 state law giving IPS the authority to create these high - quality, autonomous public schools within the school district.

Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) is about creating «a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.»

The Cassandra S. Pinkney Foundation exists to support Eagle Academy Public Charter School and make possible its commitment to providing a high - quality education to every child.

Delaware made increasing access to high quality preschool and collaboration among public schools and community - based providers a key theme, and early learning is one of their five core priorities.

PURE exists to support and assure a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.

The reauthorization of ESEA would force legislators to make key changes in the law that helps transform public schools into high - quality learning centers by recognizing the shared responsibility among local, state, and federal governments.

«Establishing high - quality school options in every neighborhood throughout Chicago is among our highest priorities, but we can not make that a reality without a rigorous accountability policy that holds every public school in Chicago to the same standard,» he said.

That only makes conditions worse in the public schools and the surrounding community, as they typically lose more resources while having to serve more high - need students, and eventually quality educators get driven away.

But I would be silly to think that my own cultural capital, through my connections and people I work with and for had made it possible for me to explore options other than the public schools of New Orleans and allow my daughter a chance at her inalienable right to a high quality school and social capital.

«And each year the California Charter Schools Association works harder to ensure that no barrier — at the state or local level — prevents us from making good on our promise to provide a high quality public charter school education to all students in California.»

The awards recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the Association's mission to increase student achievement by supporting and expanding California's high - quality charter public school movement.

We do what we do for the more than 90 percent of all Texas students who are educated in public schools because we believe all kids deserve a level playing field made possible by a high - quality education.

In a prepared statement, a spokeswoman for the state's education commissioner said, «The state is committed to making sure that all children have access to a quality education, regardless of their zip code... Public schools of choice have created high - quality options for thousands of Connecticut families.

Van Schoales, head of A + Denver, makes a personal and professional plea for higher quality and more comprehensive arts education in Denver Public Schools.

«Working with Flint's most vulnerable young people, I've seen firsthand how a high - quality public school education makes all the difference in helping students of all backgrounds and challenges achieve and succeed,» said Kale, the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce's Director of Member Services, and a Flint native...

While we would expect that an irresponsible initiative of this kind will struggle to find any meaningful support in this state, CCSA will remain diligent to provide whatever protection is necessary to make sure that California charter schools keep on stride for creating even more high quality public school options for children and families in the future.

The Florida public - school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.»

We need more high - quality public school seats to make that a reality.

CPD is committed to ensuring that all children have access to strong public schools that provide high - quality education, address the full - range of student needs, engage parents, teachers and community members in decision - making and are both transparent and accountable to the communities they serve.

We know that high - quality early - childhood education, additional pathways like career - and - technical education, community schools that provide wraparound services, and changing instruction to include project - based learning are ways to engage students, address poverty, and make every public school a place where parents want to send children, educators want to work and kids are engaged.

«Gov. Malloy and the legislature continue to make strong and steady progress this session in ensuring that every child has access to a high - quality public school education.

My time as a teacher in the public school system, educational consultant, and mother of three children who attend a Denver area charter school has taught me that charter schools and the autonomy, choice, and diverse models of education they represent play an important role in making sure that each student and family has access to a high - quality school that is most suitable for them.

After protracted court proceedings, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that the Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program, a universal voucher program, violated Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution: «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, safe, secure and high - quality system of free public schools.