Sentences with phrase «of children in public schools»

What's truly alarming is that more than half of the children in our public schools now fit in this category, as low income.

My only hope is that the other parents keep their children moving into the next level of the public schools to keep the good work / scores of our children in the public schools.

Fifty - one percent of children in public schools live in low - income households, and when poverty levels exceed 50 percent, there's a significant drop in academic performance across all grade levels.

The report measured states on per - pupil funding; funding distribution, meaning whether a state provides more or less funding to schools in high - poverty areas; how much «effort» states show, meaning how much they spend on education compared with their overall economic situation; and the proportion of children in public schools and the income disparity between those in public and private schools.

The reality of the situation is that the vast majority of the children in public schools in Saudi are muslim, and the statistic for non-muslims would be far less than 1 %.

«At a minimum we need a law that protects the privacy of our children in our public schools,» Abbott said.

This was possible because the children originally randomized were subject to the state tests required of all children in public schools that are administered for the first time at the end of third grade.

We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other «tangible» factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities?

So yes, you'll be taking food out of the mouths of children in public schools... to a charter school that is not providing food — and that is wrong,» said Bryant.

In the course of working with thousands of children in the public schools, giving lectures, teaching at the university level, and consulting with parents, we have experienced first hand the importance of learning to read.

In court papers filed on November 24, 2015, parents suing to block Nevada's voucher law responded to the Attorney General and his backing of the State's sweeping voucher program that will result in the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schools.

As a mother of a child in public school, I know local teachers are best suited to teach local students, and that dedicated local principals — empowered by student - centric policies and supported by parents — have the most potential to run innovative and effective schools.

«We need to reduce the number of children in the public school system.»

The report evaluated the 50 U.S. states on four fairness measures: per - pupil funding levels; funding distribution (whether a state provides more or less funding to schools on the basis of their poverty concentration); effort (differences in state spending relative to the state's fiscal capacity); and coverage (the proportion of children in public schools and the income ratio of private and public school families).

All of the children in our public schools receive free breakfast and lunch because of the income level of the county as a whole.

While the growth of charters has mostly been in large urban districts, in 14 of those cities, such as San Antonio, Detroit, and Philadelphia, charters now enroll at least 30 percent of children in public schools.

Curry started all of her children in public school, but after she became dissatisfied with the education and treatment her children were receiving, she transferred them to private schools in Durham, and then to CFC Academy when they moved to Creedmoor.

But what if only 3 % of the children in our public schools were given the opportunity to learn math?