Sentences with phrase «many other public schools»

Prior to Mission's appearance, Washington - San Francisco was the city's only other public school to reach a state final — in 1982.

But even that school, like other public schools back then, was run as a «secular» school, hinged on Euro - Christian tradition!

The AFL - CIO railed that the bill creates a «dangerous escalation of the charter - school program» and drains money from other public schools.

«After days of analysis and numbers - crunching, the results are clear: While charter schools will see a boost next year, the new formula which will be put in place will prevent funding parity with other public school students,» said NECSN director Andrea Rogers.

BBL, for example, has far outperformed other public schools in its district on English, math and science during every year of its existence.

Moskowitz will still be allowed to open four charter schools inside other public schools as planned next fall: the Bronx's I.S. 131, I.S. 96 in Bensonhurst, P.S. 78 in Bergen Beach, and I.S. 59 Springfield Gardens in Queens, according to City Hall officials.

At rallies and protests, parents and teachers argued that Moskowitz's charter schools have a poor track record of sharing space with other public schools.

State education law requires that the board of trustees of a charter school, with minimal exceptions, employ teachers who «shall be certified in accordance with the requirements applicable to other public schools.»

New York City public schools do not use a standardized test that can be compared with any of the other public school districts.

The PLCs also don't accept English - language learners, kids with discipline problems or most disabilities, or those with elementary - level reading and math abilities, as other public schools must, which muddies the comparison.

The other public schools are of such poor quality that any parents who can afford to do so send their children to expensive private schools.

While the exact way forward may vary from one district to another, there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

On a leap of faith, Allen put in an application to send her younger son to one of the few other public school alternatives in the city: a new district school for gifted students.

As with many other public schools in urban districts, Wildwood has been up against some tough resource challenges:

In that way, the disaster can actually be an impetus for educational progress, which was also the case for MacPhee at her school in New Orleans, which initially ran a half - day program to supplement other public schools.

Charter Schools: publicly funded, privately managed schools that operate semi-autonomously, meaning they're free from some rules applicable to other public schools (such as around teacher hiring, budgets, and other operations).

The classroom - based charters were 33 percent more likely to meet their state achievement goals than other public schools, according to the May 25 report.

In the McKay program, parents dissatisfied with the offerings of particular public schools are entitled to move their children to other public schools or to receive public funds for use in private schools.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

Like every other public school in the city, Stuyvesant is plagued by bureaucratic regulations and corrosive work rules that favor seniority and paper credentials over a teacher's knowledge and skill in the classroom.

While proposing a number of possible strategies, Smith says «there should be no further delay in creating state laws and regulations that level the playing field between charters and other public schools.

When parents see Csar Chvez, they see a small school in good academic standing offering a host of extracurricular activities, and with fewer discipline problems than other public schools.

The AFT report states that charter schools do spend less money than other public schools.

But most public parents have no incentive to be well informed about specific private schools (or even other public schools), so it is not surprising that they can't point to specific schools where they'd like to send their kids.

Third, Maranto is not persuaded by the research cited in our report showing that charter schools have had only a limited competitive effect on other public schools.

• Charter schools employ many inexperienced teachers at pay that is competitive with other public schools.

Consequently, charters proudly enroll higher percentages of black and Hispanic children than other public schools, and a growing body of research underscores their success.

Like other public school students in Michigan, HFA students must pass the state's proficiency test, so they needed competence in core areas.

Charter schools, the one type of public school that is actually being held to account by authorizing bodies, are now threatened with closure if they don't perform to standards other public schools can safely ignore.

Last year it was offered to 19 other public schools around the country as part of something called Summit Basecamp.

Alex Hernandez of the Charter School Growth Fund celebrated: «[CREDO] reports that the 107,000 students whose schools receive support from the Charter School Growth Fund gain, on average, the equivalent of four additional months of learning in math and three additional months of learning in reading each year when compared to peers in other public schools.»

The authors concede that a number of national and city - level studies show relatively strong performance for disadvantaged youth in charters, but come to rest on the familiar refrain that charter students do about the same as those in other public schools.

If it is possible to meet the needs of special education students at a public school serving low - income children in the Bronx, it can be done at other public schools and at charter schools, too.

Teachers with more experience are automatically paid more in North Carolina, and in virtually every other public school system in the country.

Moreover, the statewide schedule is typical of teacher compensation in most other public school systems nationwide.

The suit, filed on behalf of Beatriz Vergara, a Los Angeles high school student, and eight other public school students, claims that the law protects poor - performing teachers assigned to working with low - income, minority children.

Two thousand and five hundred Manhattan - residing children are tested at the kindergarten level by parents who believe Hunter will be better for them than any other public school option.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools allowed to operate autonomously and free from many of the regulations that apply to other public schools.

It was, according to the paper's summary, an «article on school - choice movement; competition from charter schools, publicly - financed free schools, is forcing other public schools to sell selves aggressively and forcing parents to evaluate claims; competition for Jersey City, NJ, students between public schools and new charter school planned by for - profit Advantage Schools Inc described.»

• As many as twenty states are considering «parent trigger» legislation, which closes failing schools upon a majority vote of parents and replaces the staff, charters the school for private management, or allows the students to attend private or other public schools.

By providing access to private and parochial schools as well as charter and other public schools, vouchers begin to level the playing field for families from lower income backgrounds.

Washington plays a role here, too, since the focus of the No Child Left Behind Act on low achievers and troubled schools, coupled with state and federal funding streams for special education, means that schools serving high achievers don't receive money that other public schools often do.

For example, the AFT first states, «Charter school salaries tend to be competitive with other public schools at the beginning - teacher salary level and less competitive for more experienced teachers.»

Finally, charters and other public school choice policies — strengthened in 35 states — continue to empower parents to seek out the best educational opportunities for their children.

If these steps do not turn around the schools and improve student achievement in two years, Clinton's plan would require states to take additional corrective actions, such as permitting students to attend other public schools, or reconstituting the school by evaluating the staff and making any necessary staff changes, or closing the school and reopening it as a charter with an entirely new staff.

As the 1990s progressed, however, and the state standards movement gained strength, the ambiguity around accountability — for charters but also for other public schools — started to recede.

The second article offers a more direct comparison of charters to other public schools, using a random lottery design.

Apart from giving new start - ups an initial period of time to establish themselves, it is appropriate to hold the average charter school, serving similar students, to the same standards as other public schools in that community.

Emily Pilloton, the visionary behind Studio H, is eager to see this model spread to other public schools.

The authors provide a mostly even - handed summary of the research that evaluates and compares charter - school performance to that of other public schools.