Sentences with phrase «need better public schools»

But too many students and families — especially those who live in large cities, who are Black or Latino, or who struggle with poverty — need better public schools and school systems.

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This is certainly good news for our roads, bridges, schools and other public works, many of which are in sore need of a spit shine.
Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»
These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.
However, if your child is a student who can finish at the top of his or her public school class while securing the support needed to navigate the college admissions process, then he or she may be better off as a giant gerbil in a pint - sized Habitrail.
The good news is that football and soccer coaches at public high schools in Washington State nearly all reported completing the required concussion education annually, concussion knowledge among coaches was high, and nearly all reported being somewhat comfortable or very comfortable in deciding whether an athlete needed an additional evaluation for a suspected concussion.
The fact that Nick agreed to support VH1 Save The Music to promotion music education in public schools, as well as MyWorkButterfly, a social network to help moms return to work and working moms trying to do it all, tells a woman all she needs to know.
Her public school internship had left her with the question of whether there was a form of education which would better meet the needs of children.
While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.
«The top three qualities public school kindergarten teachers consider essential for school readiness are that a child be physically healthy, rested and well - nourished; be able to communicate needs, wants, and thoughts verbally; and be enthusiastic and curious in approaching new activities.»
For instance, the Administrator said through the Schools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community LSchools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Lschools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Lschools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Library.
NYS Education Commissioner David Steiner's judgment and his own personal integrity are at issue here, as well as the independence and disinterestedness of the panel he has named to advise him on whether to grant the waiver to unqualified Cathleen Black, which she needs in order to assume the post of NYC Public Schools Chancellor.
She therefore appealed that the programme be extended to the Junior High department of various public schools as there were equally students in need at that level as well.
For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.
Instead of giving 1 percenters a massive tax break they don't need, I am using my platform as a celebrity to advocate for LGBTQ equality, women's health, and better public schools.
As a public school teacher for the past twenty - four years, I know first - hand what is working in our education system and I know all too well what desperately needs fixing.
During her first - ever speech before the Association for a Better New York — a nearly 30 - minute speech which drew a mere 90 attendees — Malliotakis mainly rehashed her usual criticisms of de Blasio: an insufficient plan to address the homelessness crisis, a need to better tackle mental health issues, troubled schools, the city's overspending and public urinBetter New York — a nearly 30 - minute speech which drew a mere 90 attendees — Malliotakis mainly rehashed her usual criticisms of de Blasio: an insufficient plan to address the homelessness crisis, a need to better tackle mental health issues, troubled schools, the city's overspending and public urinbetter tackle mental health issues, troubled schools, the city's overspending and public urination.
Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the dire need for more schools Downtown, as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.
«The numbers are undeniable that charter schools haven't done well in serving those students, who have a great need for school access,» explained Lasher, who is also advocating to eliminate the state income tax for public school teachers.
Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the need for more schools Downtown as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.
In order to ensure that the best teachers are hired and retained in the classrooms in which they are needed most, he proposed offering full tuition as an incentive to top CUNY and SUNY students who pledge in return to serve as public school teachers for a minimum of 5 years.
Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.
Even as they promised more help for parents, both de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña reiterated Tuesday that they felt the city's public school system still remained the best place for most special needs students.
Todd is also the statewide leader on access to diplomas for special needs students, as well as fixing New York's broken standardized testing system for public school students.
We need better schools with more accountability, public safety, and improved quality of life in the neighborhoods.
The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools
NEC members praised his conference speech and drew attention to Tory attacks on employment rights including access to tribunals, the paradox under which British railways can be run by states as long as they are foreign states, the need for good jobs not just any jobs, further cuts in public service pay, the threat of a new European / United States trade agreement, excessive warmth towards free schools, and expansion of food banks and payday loans into mainstream society.
The governor says the money is needed to pay for a middle class tax cut, agreed to last year and which is scheduled to begin phasing in later this year, as well as a plan to provide free tuition at public colleges for New Yorkers earning less than $ 125,000 a year and to spend more on public schools.
«We need to have a national search to get the best possible candidate that we can get for a Buffalo Public School system,» said Rev. Mark Blue with Baptist Minister's Conference of Buffalo and Vicinity.
New test scores show that public charter schools are the best public schools in the city for high - need students, but Mayor de Blasio continues to drag his feet in giving...
In addition to potentially using library and NYCHA space, the mayor's office plans to generate the needed seats through a combination of converting the more than 27,000 existing half - day pre-K seats in public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources said.
Good data are needed for good policy, says David Hemenway, an expert on injury and violence prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HeaGood data are needed for good policy, says David Hemenway, an expert on injury and violence prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Heagood policy, says David Hemenway, an expert on injury and violence prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
«We think we can use our molecular, rational design approaches to make a better flu vaccine for people who really need it,» says study leader Andrew Pekosz, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The team, which also included David A. Rotholz, Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Anne M. Kinsman, Ph.D., of the Greenville Health System, and Kathi K. Lacy of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SC DDSN), as well as other leaders from key public and private stakeholder organizations from across the state, saw a way to remove this barrier.
«More work needs to be done to better understand the causes of these differences, so that steps can be taken to improve outcomes for mothers and babies,» study lead author Dr. Paul Aylin, of Imperial College London's School of Public Health, said in a college news release.
But to have access to those opportunities, immigrants need to be well positioned through deliberate assimilation strategies, specifically, through attending great public schools.
Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.
The multiplicity of ills facing our nation's public schools can depress even the most optimistic.How can we be hopeful when we have 30 million illiterate children?And it is no longer just the well - being of our poorest children that we need worry about; our top - performing public schools are no match for the international competition.
Close to three - fourths of the public say their local schools are doing well at attending to the needs of more - talented students, but that percentage plummets to just 45 percent when asked about the effectiveness of local schools at meeting the needs of the less - talented (Fig. 3).
To be sure, there are often good reasons to place children out of district at public expense — no district can serve all students equally well — but neither are there always clear and obvious distinctions to be made between who can be educated in a regular school, those who need alternative settings and those like Adrian who run afoul of the rules so frequently, or who are penalized so often and systematically, that they simply give up and leave.
They saw that there were success stories but that further work would need to be done to ensure that more of the good charters flourished and fewer of the bad charters remained (just as the case with traditional public schools).
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.
April 7, 2016 — To better meet the unique needs of different students, urban districts are increasingly expanding the options available to families by providing a variety of public schools: traditional, magnet, charter, and hybrid models.
One needs to establish «suitable indicators» that «track how well the city's public schools are doing.»
We need voices and ideas from many places to continue to improve our understanding of how well students are learning in our public schools.
I would speak often about the great mission of American public schools, as well as the pressing need for an equally ambitious vision for their future.»
He set about creating «a technical support and advisory group that would seek out the very best of these community leaders, give them the start - up funds and technical advice [finances, payroll system, health care program, implementing curriculum, relations with public authorities] they needed, and help them manage their own schools
The poor, so this logic goes, need government assistance if they are to get a good education, which helps explain why, in the United States, many school choice enthusiasts believe that the only way the poor can get the education they deserve is through vouchers or charter schools, proxies for those better private or independent schools, paid for with public funds.
Gergen also spoke about the need to increase student funding and financial aid at Harvard's public - service schools in order to attract the best students and lessen the burden of education debt.
Public school leaders throughout the United States are approaching consensus about what it takes to educate all students well: more class time, smaller schools, a college preparatory curriculum, instructional coaching for teachers, and utilization of data to understand student needs.
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