Sentences with phrase «more public school students»

Their efforts will help ensure that more public school students get a great education, regardless of race, wealth or zip code.»

She also coordinates outreach, supervises logistics and provides administrative support for our educational programs which strive to assure that more public school students read at grade level by the time they complete third grade.

More public school students passed their standardized exams last year than in the previous year, in part because of changes to the grading scale that made it easier for students to be considered proficient.

A 1 percent increase in both, for example, would mean 2,000 more homeschool students but 50,000 more public school students.

There are more remedial classes today, but there are also more public school students with special needs, more students who don't read English, more students from troubled families, and fewer students dropping out.

Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.»

Whence comes the strong and powerful push to turn more public school students over to privately run schools?

, we work hard every day to get more kids and their families cooking in the kitchen, help fight the battle against hunger, and help more public school students have an opportunity toward education in the restaurant and foodservice industry.

Not exact matches

The pair's solutions to the alleged problems of CEO - speak are greater government control of markets, more bureaucracy in the private and public sectors, an end to CEOs» duty of care to shareholders and — get this — more snore - inducing courses on critical textual analysis in business schools so students can know exactly how many times a CEO says «our company» versus «the company.»

While the public response to the report focused on the school's athletes, the report found that more than half of the students enrolled in the paper courses were nonathletes — many of them referred through the campus» fraternity system.

These are obvious questions to ask, but according to a massive new analysis of more than 45 million public school students nationwide from Stanford's Sean Reardon (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer), they can actually be misleading cues to focus on.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

Sprint 1Million Project is helping more than 700 high school students from Puerto Rico who were displaced after Hurricane Maria and are now enrolled in Orange County Public Schools.

On the question of whether public funding for elite private schools that charge more than $ 10,000 per year per student in tuition should be eliminated, 75 per cent of respondents agreed and more than half, 53 per cent, agreed strongly.

A more recent study is even more striking: «The achievement of students in Catholic high schools was less dependent on family background and personal circumstances than was true in the public schools.»

In one study of a fundamentalist Protestant academy (Bethany Bible Academy), a Jewish intellectual found the Bethany students more tolerant on issues of race, religion and freedom of speech and less concerned with making a lot of money than their public school peers.

Our society desperately needs more advocates for public schools who deeply believe in the God - given potential of every single student.

That means, according to Shakeshaft, that «of the approximately 45 million students attending public and private K - 12 schools, more than 3 million will have been the target of physical sexual exploitation by an employee of the school by 11th grade.»

While pledging allegiance to the flag (with a more subdued physical salute) continues to this day to be routine in America's public schools, for the seventy years since Barnette it has been unlawful to compel any student to participate, and no student who elects not to participate is obliged to give any reason for that choice.

Noting that more than 10 percent of New York City school students are Muslim, he suggests that the public school calendar grant the Islamic community the same holiday leisure as it already gives to Christian and Jewish students.

Nice point: our public students ARE getting more ignorant, and our church - supported private - school students are making all the difference in the world.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

But my own judgment is that the absence of some of the more highly motivated students is not the primary problem with the public schools; and in any case these students might lose much of that motivation if forced to attend those schools.

Of those studies, only one found that public - school students were more tolerant.

Students at Boston Public Schools are finding more prominent placement of meat - free dishes in their cafeterias on Mondays and are filling their trays with black bean burrito bowls, garden fresh salads topped with chickpeas, protein - packed chili, and more.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

Over the next three years the demographics of the 700 - student school changed dramatically according to administrators, from roughly 2 % African - American to more than 30 %, many of them from failing public schools.

Connections Education counts more than 45,000 students among its accredited private and public schools.

More than 100,000 students on U.S. youth, public school and college teams have no stable place to live.

From Men in Blazers: America SCORES is non-profit organization that promotes football and poetry with students at more than 175 public and charter schools across North America.

What's more, these students were among the most disadvantaged in the New York City public school system.

In 2010, more than a tenth of all public high school students nationwide were suspended at least once.

A Tribune investigation has found that nearly 32,000 Chicago students in public elementary schools - or roughly 1 in 8 - missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem a devastating problem.

The Public Waldorf high school curriculum delivers deeper and more sophisticated content as students» capacities continue to develop.

Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools.

All public schools and private schools enrolling more than 60 % of students at public expense are required to adopt a policy on the management of head injuries that is consistent with the policy of the Commissioner.

BCPS has a student population of more than 225,000 students at nearly 230 traditional public schools.

In partnership with Chicago Public Schools, the company offers free tickets to more than 5,000 Chicago - area low - income students each season.

Donna travels the world to promote Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy, but she is still happiest eating lunch with Burke County Public School students, out standing in collard fields with organic farmer Sam Adderson, or planning new ways to get even more local products, like grits, onto school lunch trays and farmers market shoppingSchool students, out standing in collard fields with organic farmer Sam Adderson, or planning new ways to get even more local products, like grits, onto school lunch trays and farmers market shoppingschool lunch trays and farmers market shopping bags.

In fact, most homeschool parents pay even more on average for their student's education than those subsidized within the public school system.

They also had their meal — stuffed green peppers, carrot quesadillas, and refrescante salad — served to more than 40,000 public school students nationwide.

A continuation of our partnership with DC Public Schools that began in 2010, DCCK will serve nearly 1,000 more low - income students, providing healthy, scratch - cooked meals to schoolchildren at 12 District schools in Schools that began in 2010, DCCK will serve nearly 1,000 more low - income students, providing healthy, scratch - cooked meals to schoolchildren at 12 District schools in schools in Ward 7.

More than 70 percent of District of Columbia Public School students are eligible for free and reduced price lunch, and many of these students acquire a majority of their total daily nutrition at sSchool students are eligible for free and reduced price lunch, and many of these students acquire a majority of their total daily nutrition at schoolschool.

Public schools serve all students in a community: rich, poor, middle class, of various ethnicities, ability levels, health concerns, family backgrounds and more.

adolescent homeschooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than public and private school students, who were in class an average of 18 minutes before homeschooled children even awoke.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean - Claude Brizard tries to make a case for longer school days in «A push for longer school days; It is time for adults to deliver more to Chicago students» (Commentary, June 10).

CHICAGO — In his new book, «Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,» journalist Paul Tough investigates the challenge of educating low - income children, who now account for more than half of all public school students.

More than half of public school districts in the United States are in rural communities where millions of students struggle with poverty and hunger.

The report also shows that American Indian students, who account for less than 2 percent of the student population statewide, received more than one - third of all corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools, although most of that disparity was driven by one school district, Robeson County.