Sentences with phrase «of high quality public schools»

The George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA) is a nonprofit network of high quality public schools that help children (whom we call «scholars») excel in their academics and grow as well - rounded individuals.

Accordingly, Democracy Prep will continue to explore opportunities to partner with communities looking to expand the availability of high quality public school options for low - income students.

Subsequently, using its successful Harlem model as a starting point while accounting for key operational and cultural distinctions, Democracy Prep opened thousands of high quality public school seats in Camden, the South Bronx, the District of Columbia, Baton Rouge, and Las Vegas.

The Design Line is our solution to create and provide our school design community with the resources and tools that they need to master an understanding of high quality public school design, apply and develop that understanding and ultimately implement and operate a high quality public school design.

Not exact matches

I went to a public school but the quality of education was pretty high.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

NECPA's mission is to create broad public understanding of the benefits of high quality early childhood care and education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise» required to deliver that high quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.

Jean Ronnei, director of school nutrition for the St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota, said the school district purchased high - quality equipment in bulk to ensure that all designated equipment funds were used effectively when available.

The programme also registered suppliers to distribute farm produce to public institutions including the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School Programme, Prisons, Defence and Police, among others to ensure availability of quality food in a timely manner in these institutions.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

I have been proud to lead the fight in creating several high - quality schools with more on the way, opening new public parks and upgrading our waterfront, new retail, and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York City.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

Calling for an end to the unfair distribution of teacher quality across New York City public schools, StudentsFirstNY organizers and hundreds of New York City public school parents came together today to demand action to address the disproportionate number of unsatisfactory - rated teachers in schools with the highest needs.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

Upper West Success Academy, part of the Success Charter Network group of schools founded by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, says it will provide high - quality public education options in an overcrowded district.

«My concern is that independent trials are on the decline and that means we have less high - quality data to inform public health that are not influenced by commercial interests,» says study leader Stephan Ehrhardt, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Epidemiology.

«There is mounting scientific evidence that diets including less low - quality carbohydrates, such as white breads, potatoes, and sweets, and higher in protein - rich foods may be more efficient for weight loss,» said first and corresponding author Jessica Smith, Ph.D., a visiting scholar at the Friedman School and a research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Patients who had major surgery at high - quality hospitals in the U.S. cost Medicare less than those who had surgery at low - quality hospitals according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Consuming a plant - based diet — especially one rich in high - quality plant foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes — is linked with substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Some organizations direct their activities only to district and / or charter school issues, such as improving teacher quality and effectiveness, developing new public charter schools, or closing and transforming failing district schools to create new high - quality schools of choice.

Within K - 12 education, it seems to me that any study of school choice environments should include an analysis of civil society and the role it plays in enabling the delivery of high - quality public education.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

If traditional public schools refuse to provide a safe, orderly, academically enriching environment for young adolescents to prepare for college preparatory high schools or high - quality career and technical options, then we should encourage the development of charter schools, magnet schools, and other choice strategies that do.

The TAP is a systemic reform of public schools intended to attract, motivate, develop, and retain high - quality talent in the teaching profession.

The Alliance for Excellent Education — a Washington - based policy and research organization — surveyed 1,200 adults this month and found that 32 percent said they believed the quality of public high school education had declined nationwide.

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Within the exploration of school reform, participants considered topics including high quality teachers, national education reform, public / private partnerships, and implementation strategies.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

That is, the high rate of private placement in D.C. may be more a function of the quality of D.C. public schools than a function of special education per se.

These public displays of high - quality work enhance academic engagement and pride, among both students and teachers — and they increase the community's pride in the school building itself.

Yet, there are still millions of children with limited access to a high quality public charter school.

Since my focus is on life and learning at the intersections of the arts and education, there seems to always be considerable work ahead to ensure that high - quality arts learning experiences are available to all through our public schools and out - of - school settings.

It's education, stupid: a paucity of high - quality public schools.

A clear vision: inclusivity and quality If our vision of a musical school is limited to spotting, attracting and encouraging a few high achievers for public occasions, then music will never be «at the heart of the school».

A public statement followed by a series of activities to promote more high - quality schools could drive improvement from the ground up if state leaders continue to fail to act.

If we want to nurture high standards, if we want teachers to take responsibility for the quality of instruction and for student outcomes, we need public policies and school organizations that demand that teacher unions behave differently.

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Paul Curtis is director of school quality for New Tech Network, a national organization that works with communities to develop innovative public high schools.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

It was thought early on that public charter schools would serve as «laboratories of education,» where independence, flexibility, and innovation would produce high - quality learning environments that could be replicated across the country.

Even more controversial among teachers than Shanker's advocacy of high standards and public school choice was his embrace of a series of reforms intended to improve the quality of the teaching profession.

If we in the charter community respond with robust growth of high - quality schools, we will surely see greater public understanding from all quarters.

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

Moreover, in the public system, the ability of parents and students to ensure that they receive a high - quality education is constrained by the enormous obstacles to leaving a bad school.

Parents use test scores to gauge their children's academic strengths and weaknesses, communities rely on these scores to judge the quality of their teachers and administrators, and state and federal lawmakers use these scores to hold public schools accountable for providing the high - quality education every child deserves.

A new framework in the West Midlands is helping to deliver high quality schools against a backdrop of severe public sector cuts.

NAF cited Schwartz's long history of advocacy for high quality school - to - career programs, especially in his current position cochairing Pathways to Prosperity, a foundation - funded initiative designed to increase public support for the creation of multiple pathways linking work and learning to enable more young people to successfully complete high school and go on to obtain a meaningful postsecondary credential.

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Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.