Sentences with phrase «number of private schools also»

A select number of private schools also have been allowed to enter the program.

Not exact matches

An increase in the allowed number of charter schools and tax credits for those who donate or set up scholarship funds for private and religious schools are also on the table.

The national survey also reveals a 12 - percent increase in the total number of private schools.

In India, but also in China, Africa, the Philippines, and beyond, Tooley found private entrepreneurs educating enormous numbers of children at modest fees that are within the reach of most families, and in schools that typically best the government's offerings in integrity, efficiency, and quality.

Indeed, in ongoing work we have also considered measures of competition based on the number of available slots in nearby private schools and on the number of nearby churches, and again find very similar results.

The bureau also found that while the number of white private - school students declined by 37 percent, or 2.2 million students, between 1964 and 1979, the number of black students in private schools increased by one - third, or 87,000 students.

By the mid-1990s, a number of innovations were also visible in the delivery of education: charter schools were spreading, vouchers were being tried, and private firms were beginning to operate public schools on an outsourced basis.

We can also infer from the contrast between this evaluation and all the others that a disproportionate number of stable and successful Louisiana private schools read over the red - tape of the program and decided «thanks but no thanks.»

The report will not only include the number of open private school seats, but also the percentage of Nevada private schools that offer additional tuition assistance to low - income families.

The budget also significantly expands the number of taxpayer - funded private school vouchers in the state, and kept school funding mostly flat.

Gov. Scott Walker offers a revised school «report card» in his proposed state budget, which also would lift a state cap on the number of vouchers that let students use public funds to attend private schools and create a state board to authorize charter school operators.

Many traditional high schools and private schools also grade themselves by calculating the number of their graduates accepted into colleges — but then rarely follow up to ensure that those students even enroll in their freshman year of college, let alone complete their studies to earn degrees.

Pruitt said the Gary district also is committed to educating the largest population of special education students in the area, unlike private and charter schools that enroll, by choice, a limited number of students in need of special services.

A limited number of Oakland private school educators may also be invited to participate.

Although some will argue that it will lead some private schools to not participate in the programs, it will also mean that those schools that do will meet high standards for educating the kids in their care; such tightening could even expand the number of private and parochial school chains — including Catholic diocesan schools — serving children by forcing them to build up capacity.

That also leads to good public schools and a number of private school options as well.

Plans for the coming year also include a number of exhibitions by highly - regarded younger artists, many being shown for the first time in Ireland; an exhibition of Latin American art from one of the largest private collections in Europe; a new schools programme in association with the Abbey Theatre, and a series of lectures on developments in contemporary music since the 1950s.

That also leads to good public schools and a number of private school options as well.