Sentences with phrase «measured against public schools»

Walker said it was his intention to make sure data from private schools in the voucher program are included in future report cards, so their performance can be measured against public schools.

Not exact matches

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

In contrast, Polikoff's public comment on draft ESSA accountability rules drew heavily on a large empirical literature as it argued against a federal mandate for states to use proficiency rates as measures of school performance.

Patti Lehman, a 45 - year - old Olympia preschool teacher, said she voted against charter schools because she fears the measure would drain funding from existing public schools.

Teachers and Rutherford County administrators have also seen some low - performing children sent away from the charter and back to the traditional public school system just before end - of - grade tests, an important measure of how schools stack up against each other, said Dr. John Mark Bennett, the chair of the county school board and a local family physician.

On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers, convert public schools into privatized charters, and cut public sector pensions.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

Georgia PTA dedicated its efforts over the past year to advocating against the Opportunity School District ballot initiative, which would have put a state political appointee in charge of public schools with few accountability measures and removed control from locally elected school boards and famSchool District ballot initiative, which would have put a state political appointee in charge of public schools with few accountability measures and removed control from locally elected school boards and famschool boards and families.

The state Assembly today unanimously passed a bill (Senate Bill 67) that would ensure that scores on the statewide Badger Exam given to public school children this spring aren't used against teachers or put on report cards measuring school performance.

SB102 (Orr)-- prohibits college and universities, local board of education, schools using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures.

It is impossible to gauge students» academic achievement when private school voucher students and public school students are not measured against the same standard.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

Since George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind in 2002, federal law has required states to give all public school students in grades three through eight the same exams, so their math and language skills could be measured against a common yardstick.

The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Disschool; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School DiSchools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Dischools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School DisSchool District.