Sentences with phrase «number of public school students»

The number of public school students for every full - time teacher in California was 23.4 during the 2011 - 12 academic year, almost 50 percent above the national average of 16 students per teacher.

In that time, the number of public school students decreased from 858,205 to 854,419.

California, home to the largest number of public school students, stands to lose $ 263 million in funding that could pay for more than 3,600 teachers» salaries.

Home to the largest number of public school students in the nation, California ranks at the bottom on measures of per student spending and academic performance.

But improving academic performance is especially challenging in the Silver State, where the number of public school students increased by more than 50 percent between 1994 and...

The number of public school students in the Adirondack Park decreased by a whopping 21 percent between 2003 and 2013.

Not exact matches

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

In our public school district holiday observances are determined by the number of students that may be absent - thus the school not receiving state $.

The Principal of Public School 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in JaSchool 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in Jaschool went «Meat Free» back in January.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

This wasn't an overnight development; according to data compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, the percentage of American public school students who are low income has been rising steadily since the foundation started tracking the number in 1989.

During a public hearing on the issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered for school next year.

Thanks to the efforts of the Chicago Opera Theater, it is neither of those things for a growing number of Chicago Public School students.

With more rigorous assessment tests this year creating concerns that the number of failing students could rise, Chicago Public Schools plans to revamp its promotion policy for third -, sixth - and eighth - graders.

This article has homeschool statistics on such things as; number of students homeschooled, homeschool curriculum, and comparing homeschooling families with those of public and private school students.

It's hard to learn on an empty stomach, and an alarming number of Chicago Public Schools students come to school hungry.

Although still required to provide a free lunch to their low income students, public school districts like the one in the article (which in 2009 - 10 had only 1.1 % low income children) can easily afford to feed such tiny numbers of students for free even without the government reimbursement.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

The board has been accused of financially starving the public schools that serve a significant number of African - American students of Haitian background as well as a growing Hispanic population.

U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr., a former New York education commissioner, is pushing new regulations that would designate public schools in which large numbers of students refuse to take Common Core tests as in need of improvement.

A dozen public schools across the state, including two on Long Island, risk losing their chance to win coveted national «Blue Ribbon» awards for academic excellence because of the drop in the number of students who took standardized Common Core tests this spring.

The number of homeless students in the New York City public school system rose again last year, according to state data.

«After days of analysis and numbers - crunching, the results are clear: While charter schools will see a boost next year, the new formula which will be put in place will prevent funding parity with other public school students,» said NECSN director Andrea Rogers.

For much of the night, students from Syracuse's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications swelled the numbers at Strada Mia.

Turns out, a shrinking enrollment among the student body in Buffalo Public Schools does not equate to shrinking numbers of teachers and staff.

«Thanks to Mayor de Blasio and his friends at the UFT, there are now roughly an equal number of students in community schools as there are in public charter schools,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kitschools as there are in public charter schools,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kitschools,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah KitSchools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

Albany, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- New York public school students will spend less time taking the unpopular Common Core assessments that have been boycotted by large numbers of parents in recent years.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter sSchools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schoolsschools.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

That number equals nearly 10 percent of the students enrolled in our City's public school system.

The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact legislation that will require taxpayer - funded charters and charter chains to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools.

It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs students comparable to those in district public schools.

During this same period, the number of public school teachers rose from 2.2 million to more than 3.1 million, several times the rate of increase of the students they serve, whose numbers edged up only slightly, from 44.8 million to 48.4 million.

Unfortunately, charter schools and regular public schools have some information recorded differently in the New York City database, and these differences cause charter schools» numbers of special education and English language learner students to be understated.

Increasing numbers of U.S. students, over time, are attending public schools of choice rather than their neighborhood schools, a federal study concludes.

As the number of students entering charters has grown steadily year by year, comprising in 2012 approximately 4.2 percent of public school students nationwide, the case for rethinking the capital requirements of the charter sector has become overwhelming.

The MTC's work is not entirely original, though, and takes its lead from a number of public schools — most notably in New England — that have been rethinking traditional methods of assessing students for more than a decade.

Despite these large numbers — which indicate a huge systemic change — and despite the long - standing practice of social promotion in public schools, the rationale for holding students back seemed readily apparent to many parents.

«If you look back over the past decade, I think charter schools have absorbed half of the growth in the number of students in Utah public schools.

At the same time, students in both groups have access to a large number of public charter schools.

The 857 empty school desks in this public installation represent the number of students nationwide who are dropping out every hour of every school day.

The data also showed a continued increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in ACT public schools.

However, the study shows the decision to delay is becoming more common, with the number of «delayed entry» students increasing each year so that the proportion among all public school students almost doubled from 1.5 per cent in 2010 to 2.9 per cent in 2014.

When he closed a number of underperforming schools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang viSchools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang violence.

In 2010, the law was amended to double the number of charter students permitted in the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school students.

Allocating funds based on the number and characteristics of students that attend a school, instead of more typical methods of district - based budgeting and funding personnel, has the potential to facilitate public school choice by helping to ensure district schools of choice receive equitable funding.

The school was created through a public - private partnership among a number of organizations (PDF), with the intention of providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiences.

According to the authors» own numbers in Table 20, more than half (56 percent) of charter school students attend school in a city, compared to less than one - third (30 percent) of traditional public school students.