Sentences with phrase «more public schools across the state»

Over $ 750,000 will be invested into programs supporting children with autism and children with additional complex needs to expand into more public schools across the state from next year.

Not exact matches

«More than 85 public charter schools from across the state will be in Albany on Tuesday.

A new, more rigorous curriculum was put in place in public schools in 2012 and the impacts of that exploded in classrooms across the state this past year.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalstate — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalState United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalstate Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

There are more than 4500 charter schools across the United States today, but in only a few cities do charter schools enroll a significant percentage of public school students.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

Classroom instruction for large groups of students (25 or more) across community colleges, state universities, and elite institutions differs little from what occurs in secondary public schools.

Thomas Toch, the education correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, visited more than 60 public schools across the United States while completing his overview of the reform movement, In the Name of Excellence.

Across all 28 states in our study we found that public charter school sectors were more cost effective and / or generated a higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional public schools.

As a union of more than 600,000 professionals, NYSUT proudly represents teachers in charter schools and regular public schools across New York State.

Those first public charter schools opened in the fall of 1997, educating more than 1,000 children across the state.

It provided fairer funding for existing public charter school students, cleared the way for more new public charter schools to open across the state and created a Commissioner's Network to turn around chronically failing public schools.

I hope the Newark experience inspires parents and educators across the nation to find more ways to work together, and with other public education partners, to find innovative solutions that not only help your own school but transform public education system for your city or state as a whole.

By 1969, more than 200 private segregation academies were set up in states across the South.38 Seven of those states — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana — maintained tuition grant programs that offered vouchers to students in an effort to incentivize white students to leave desegregated public school districts.39 Between the 1969 - 70 and the 1970 - 71 school years, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi saw tens of thousands of students flee to newly opened segregation academies.40 In a single school year, Mississippi led the trio with almost 41,000 students having left the state's public schools.

Across the nation, 604 charter schools, or 12 percent, operate with unions, and more than half of them must do so under state laws, according to data compiled for the last school year by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit advocacy organischools, or 12 percent, operate with unions, and more than half of them must do so under state laws, according to data compiled for the last school year by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit advocacy organiSchools, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

«This legislation will ensure that public schools across the state can continue to offer innovative programs that challenge students and bring higher education within reach of more Arizonans.»

«On behalf of the Arizona Charter Schools Association and the more than 550 public charter schools educating 185,000 students across our state, we urge legislators to move quickly in supporting Governor Ducey's proposal.Schools Association and the more than 550 public charter schools educating 185,000 students across our state, we urge legislators to move quickly in supporting Governor Ducey's proposal.schools educating 185,000 students across our state, we urge legislators to move quickly in supporting Governor Ducey's proposal.»

Following a wave of teacher demonstrations across the United States, roughly 20,000 educators from across North Carolina converged in downtown Raleigh on Wednesday to ask their state's leaders to do more for public schools.

Representing more than 90 percent of public charter school students across the state, TCSA provides its members with charter - specific training opportunities, legal services and updates to state and federal laws and rules, and discounts on services so more school funding can be directed to the classroom.

About the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) Representing almost 90 percent of public charter school students across the state, Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) provides its members with charter - specific training opportunities, legal services and updates to state and federal laws and rules, and discounts on services so more school funding can be directed to the classroom.

• Hurricane Katrina in 2005 destroyed schools across the Gulf Coast states and radically reshaped the education landscape in New Orleans, where more than 60,000 children attended public schools before the storm.

More than 1,600 participants from public charter schools across the state gathered together in Austin for training sessions and the opportunity to share best practices.

Grant Callen, Clarion Ledger Guest Columnist, October 23, 2016 For more than a decade, a political debate took place in the media, across the state and under the Capitol dome about whether Mississippi would allow public charter schools to operate.

The Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) is proud to represent more than 270,000 students enrolled at 675 public charter school campuses across the state.

Community organizations, individual schools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public Sschools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public SchoolsSchools.

North Carolina public school leaders say a legislative mandate to decrease class sizes in the early grades may have a devastating impact on school systems across the state, forcing districts to spend millions more hiring teachers or cut scores of positions for those teaching «specialty» subjects such as arts, music and physical education.

As a result, California charter schools are publicly funded and have grown to more than 1,100 in number across the State serving more than 500,000 public school students.

Unfortunately, the unintended consequences resulted in an un-funded mandate that would require thousands of new K - 3 teachers in public schools across the state, and more than 400 teachers in the Wake County Public School System public schools across the state, and more than 400 teachers in the Wake County Public School System Public School System alone.

Moreover, academically strong teachers are becoming more equitably distributed across all public schools — both high - and low - poverty — that serve the Empire State's 2.7 million public K - 12 students.

California's 1,184 charter public schools, which serve more than 547,000 students across the state, will also benefit from the over $ 6 billion increase for education funding, including $ 53.1 billion in funding for the Local Control Funding Formula in the coming year.

• KIPP Public Charter Schools: Across KIPP, a network of more than 200 schools with 80,000 students located in multiple states, 38 percent of the students who graduated from a KIPP middle school, or enrolled in a KIPP high school in ninth grade, are earning college dSchools: Across KIPP, a network of more than 200 schools with 80,000 students located in multiple states, 38 percent of the students who graduated from a KIPP middle school, or enrolled in a KIPP high school in ninth grade, are earning college dschools with 80,000 students located in multiple states, 38 percent of the students who graduated from a KIPP middle school, or enrolled in a KIPP high school in ninth grade, are earning college degrees.

Although it contained cuts that were painful to make and difficult for school districts and communities across the state to face, the bipartisan budget passed and signed into law in October did take steps in the direction of more equitable education funding for Connecticut's nearly 540,000 public school students.

Through this work, ConnCAN has emerged as a leading voice for education reform, built a base of thousands of supporters across the state and secured dozens of policy wins including: the adoption of rigorous education standards, more flexibility to recruit great new teachers and a 50 - percent increase in the number of students enrolled in public charter schools.

More than 40 school districts across the United States have stopped talking about district and charter schools as two systems locked in battle and begun using a portfolio strategy to manage their public schools.

More families across our state deserve the opportunity to send their children to these great public schools in our communities.

Public school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge's ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry's attack on public education in the United SPublic school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge's ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry's attack on public education in the United Spublic education in the United States.

COSA supports school attorneys and provides leadership in legal advocacy for public schools; its 22 - member Board of Directors oversees its continuing legal education programming and working groups for its more than 3,000 members across the United States and Canada.

Two more counties in Eastern North Carolina have joined the growing list of school districts that plan to close on Wednesday when thousands of teachers from across the state are expected to rally for increased funding for public education.

This year, charter public schools are serving a record number of Illinois families with more than 63,000 students enrolled in charter schools across the state.

As Superintendent, he will be a powerful advocate for all public school students across the state, including over 500,000 students who attend more than 1,130 charter schools.»

«We look forward to working with parents, teachers, community leaders and non-profits from across the state as they develop proposals to open more great public charter schools.»

On February 5th, more than 1,200 students, parents, teachers, and other public charter school supporters from 111 schools across New York State gathered in Albany for Charter School Advocacy Dayschool supporters from 111 schools across New York State gathered in Albany for Charter School Advocacy DaySchool Advocacy Day 2013.

Parents, teachers, community leaders and non-profit organizations from across the state can now submit their plans to provide more public school options for Connecticut families.

by Joe Shahen On February 5th, more than 1,200 students, parents, teachers, and other public charter school supporters from 111 schools across New York State gathered in Albany for Charter...

The organization representing more than 600 public school boards across the state says how science is taught in the classroom will influence how a generation of students think about climate change.

He told the audience of more than 50 people that public school systems across the United States have, for various reasons, failed to keep pace with advances in technology and the changing social and educational needs of youth, especially in inner - city neighborhoods.

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low - achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects.

No More Homeless Pets is a campaign involving animal welfare and rescue organizations, animal control officers, veterinarians, schools, and animal lovers from across the state in aggressive spay / neuter, adoption, and public awareness programs.