Sentences with phrase «many good public school»

The men covered a range of topics, including Buffett's «obsession» with good public schools (Detroit's schools are failing), and his prognosis for the American economy (it's looking good).

We do have free medical (pretty much), good public schools, and much cheaper higher education, but prices are much higher and income taxes are much higher.

«They still want good restaurants, but now it's also about space, affordability and being able to send their kids to a good public school,» said Paternite, 45, who said that about 70 percent of her business now comes from young families who are making the move from Brooklyn or Manhattan.

For some homebuyers access to good public schools is crucial, while for others safety is the top priority.

Alongside the best public school reform proposals outlined above, as a nation we should invest equal resources in testing a voucher plan.

When he was in his prime, Greenville, MS had perhaps the best public schools in the country, where Walker Percy and Shelby Foote had to struggle to get Bs in English.

When I asked why they attend the the school if the didn't beleive they said its academics were better the the public school alternative.

(Read: not cloth diapering or the best public schools.)

While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.

For nearly two decades, she's been fighting for LGBTQ equality, women's rights, and better public schools — for her kids, and for all of New York's kids.

Too often, she said, receiving a good public school education can come down to «the luck of the draw» in the regional school choice lottery.

«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.

The Florida Democratic Party is proud to be fighting alongside Annette for good public schools, an economy that works for everyone, and better transit options in senate district 40.

Instead of giving 1 percenters a massive tax break they don't need, I am using my platform as a celebrity to advocate for LGBTQ equality, women's health, and better public schools.

Ed Balls went to a good public school, to Oxford, over to Harvard for a stint teaching, returning to write leaders for the FT, on to working for Gordon Brown in opposition and government, to MP and into the cabinet two years after entering parliament.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the dire need for more schools Downtown, as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the need for more schools Downtown as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Forward - thinking candidates know that educational and economic justice means expanding school choice to all and not just families that can afford private - school tuition, tutors or suburban homes in the best public school districts,» said NYIA spokesman Robert Bellafiore.

Buery returns from Ohio today after hitching up with Mike Mulgrew for a road trip to the Midwest in search of a good public school.

We are also working to attract and keep the best public school teachers, many of whom work very hard under very difficult circumstances.

New test scores show that public charter schools are the best public schools in the city for high - need students, but Mayor de Blasio continues to drag his feet in giving...

We see this reality in many ways, from where good public schools and bad ones are found to sentencing disparities for possession of crack versus powder cocaine.

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

As Louie's own story suggests, they shared information to find out about the best public schools in the area or about how to apply for scholarships to private schools.

They believe true equity depends on universal access to good public schools.

Massachusetts supposedly has the best public schools in the United States, and the best of the best are to be found in the affluent Boston suburbs — Belmont, Lexington and Wellesley, for example.

For years, reformers of left and right have dueled over whether the best way to shake up poorly performing public schools is to provide parents with the opportunity to switch to private schools (through vouchers) or to allow parents to move their children to better public schools (through public school choice).

They also hold the public schools in their own community in comparatively high regard, perhaps because they have better access to good public schools.

There is also the worry that even the best public schools provide a superficial...

If we are going to truly become the great public school system we want to become, we need to transform public education, and we need to transform it so that every child has access to a good public school.»

I assured the board that I wanted what they wanted: a better public school system to help all of our children to be more successful.

Armed with that information and empowered by the state's open - enrollment law, they moved their children to better public schools.

Children will receive the best education if the public invests in better public school safety, curriculum, support services, and teachers.

APPROACH A) We should focus on ensuring that every child has access to a good public school in their community.

The question is whether simply providing vouchers to students, who can use them to attend better public schools or private schools, is sufficient to satisfy the legislature's obligation to provide a high - quality education to all students.

No longer would they have to move to neighboring Maryland or Virginia in search of better public schools.

As the daughter of New York City educators and parent of a son with special needs, she writes frequently about the need to listen to families and ensure access to good public school options for all.

Authorizers stand behind creating better public schools in a challenging system, a better education for all kids, and a better way to get there.

• Best approach for improving education: 77 percent said the focus should be on ensuring that every child has access to a good public school in his or her community; just 20 percent said there should be more public charter schools and vouchers.

«I believe that it is a public duty to provide a good public school with adequate resources and a rich curriculum in every neighborhood.»

In earlier eras, reformers wanted such things as a better curriculum, better - prepared teachers, better funding, more equitable funding, smaller classes, and desegregation, which they believed would lead to better public schools.

Every student in the school will be given the option to transfer to a better public school in the district.

If you care about public education and you think that an organization like PAA is needed to push for better public schools for every single child, and to give stakeholders a national voice in progressive education reform, please make a generous donation now.

Schools chancellor Antwan Wilson resigned Tuesday after it was revealed he pulled strings to get his daughter into a better public school rather than resigning her fate to the district's lottery assignment system.

Your support maintains our excellence and helps us to dream about the future of maintaining a model that is among the best public schools in the United States.

California parents looking for better public schools for their kids will get to elect a new state schools chief in November, and this week was their first chance to compare the three candidates side by side — something parents can't yet do with schools.

Buffalo can not sustain its remarkable turnaround without better public schools.

If we are serious about giving our kids the tools they need to succeed, we must support as many good public schools as possible.

Instead, we try to help citizens make sense of the conflicting opinions and perceptions about public education and create the conditions that will lead to better public schools.

The culprit is the overreliance on property taxes to fund local public schools, which helps rich neighborhoods with high property values have better public schools than do poor areas.