Sentences with phrase «millions of public school parents»

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There are millions of poor kids who only eat because of free and reduced - cost meal programs at public schools, and still tons of kids are running meal account deficits because their parents can't or won't pay their account balances, and it's the kids who suffer in that case.

The parents of public school students say 66 - year - old Cathie Black lacks the required educational experience or academic credentials to be even a teacher, much less direct the 80,000 teachers of 1.1 million students.

Councilmember Greenfield, a former vice president of the Sephardic Community Federation, heads an outside organization that is dedicated to securing government funds for religious schools, and he boasts in his online Council bio that he has been successful in securing $ 600 million in tax credits for parents of school children not in the public schools.

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.

Adoption of a statewide choice plan in California, with its 4.6 million public - school students, would be by far the most significant victory yet for proponents of allowing parents to select their children's public schools.

The DOE in this case is the Department of Education in New York City, which the article points out «last year spent $ 116 million on tuition and legal expenses related to special - education students whose parents sued the DOE on the grounds that the public - school options were inadequate.

«Even the most conservative estimate shows that parents of more than a half million students are attempting to vote with their feet to choose a public charter school that better meets their child's needs, added Rees.

In 2014, 31 of the largest school districts in America, serving nearly 8 million students, had provisions for parents to choose the public school their child would attend.

This action by the NAACP is a slap in the face to 700,000 African American children currently benefiting from public charter schools and the millions of African American parents struggling to give their children a quality education.

Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students attending public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reportedschools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported Public Charter Schools reportedSchools reported today.

A coalition of 14 leading education organizations, LFA represents over 10 million parents, educators, and policymakers dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools.

A partnership of 15 leading education organizations, * LFA represents more than 10 million parents, educators, and policymakers dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

FundEducationNow.org is determined to arm children, parents, teachers and concerned citizens with the power to speak out against the Florida Legislature's plan to defund public education, disrespect professional educators and cause deep and lasting harm to the state's 2.6 million school children.Thanks to thousands of volunteer hours and in - kind donations, FundEducationNow.org quickly grew into a statewide non-partisan alliance of dedicated advocates.

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Six parents who are suing the State of Nevada over the new voucher law Senate Bill 302 (SB302) filed a preliminary injunction motion to prevent the loss of millions in funding to their children's public schools.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan had said in 2010 that he was «convinced that this new generation of state assessments will be an absolute game - changer in public education» because they would be able to tell millions of school children, parents and teachers — «for the first time» whether students are «on - track for colleges and careers.»

LFA members, which include AACTE and collectively represent more than 10 million educators, parents, and local policy makers, contributed their sectors» best practices and research to the compendium to advance a collective vision of how and why public schools flourish.

Meanwhile, the parents of nearly 10 million school children across America have opted out of the traditional public school system in favor of private schools, charter schools or homeschooling.

Last summer North Carolina charter school officials put the small suburban school, which got about $ 1.6 million in public money last year, under extra supervision because of state concerns about finances and parent complaints about building safety and school leadership.

The editors» word choice is a bit hyperbolic — after all, most of the city's 1.2 million students attend traditional public schools and always will — but the 10 % benchmark highlights parents» sense of urgency about equitable educational opportunities.

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And the imperial stormtroopers who enforce their educational edicts on California's state legislature, its thousands of public school boards, and by extension, millions of parents and children, are all part of an evil empire called the California Teachers Association, or CTA.

Today, nearly 10 million parents have opted out of traditional public schools for private schools and charter schools or homeschooling.

It takes a lot to change a status quo that's been accepted with few questions for generations, especially one that affects tens of thousands of California teachers, millions of public school students and so many parents.

The ESSA is to reduce «the federal footprint and restore local control, while empowering parents and education leaders to hold schools accountable for effectively teaching students» within their states, and also «[reset] Washington's relationship with the nation's 100,000 public schools» and its nearly 50 million public school students and their 3.4 million public school teachers, while «sending significant power back to states and local districts while maintaining limited federal oversight of education.»

Since Malloy introduced his «Education Reform» agenda, the charter school industry and the corporate funded «education reform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public school system.

In reality, the Malloy administration's entire maneuver was nothing be a farce designed to, once again, mislead Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and taxpayers about the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, and the fact that the tests are wasting millions of dollars in scarce public resources and turning public schools into little more than testing factories.

Starting with a meeting on Sunday evening, March 30th, the public and private funded groups promoting Friendship Charter Schools, Inc. met with a small group of Clark parents to scare them into thinking that if they did not choose Friendship Charter Schools immediately, they would lose out on the Malloy administration's promise to allocate $ 1.5 million to help enhance the Clark Elementary School.

, the public and private funded groups promoting Friendship Charter Schools, Inc. met with a small group of Clark parents to scare them into thinking that if they did not choose Friendship Charter Schools immediately, they would lose out on the Malloy administration's promise to allocate $ 1.5 million to help enhance the Clark Elementary School.

Those oh - so - elusive SBAC results: after millions of dollars squandered on broadband improvements, tedious test prep, and time diverted from actual learning, our students, parents, and teachers have been prevented from getting the test results because no one in educational leadership today has figured out how to «spin» the results without facing the consequences of this poorly designed, invalid, questionably - standardized assessment that was perpetrated on our public school students.

As more and more facts come out about Michael Sharpe, the CEO of the Jumoke / FUSE Charter School Management company, parents, public school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school School Management company, parents, public school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school school fraud.

All told, the parents of roughly 10 million children have opted out of the traditional public school system.