Sentences with phrase «of private schools for their children»

Problems included: Schools enrolling students without their knowledge, Owners / Adminstrators at one of the private schools for children with disabilities, actually stole identities of the children, Buildings were unsafe and not habitable and some of the major courses at the private schools didn't equate to classes in the public schools, so any student returning to their public school or moving on to college, had to repeat those courses.

He was the headmaster of a private school for children aged between three and 16.

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Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

If private education is no longer funded for my two children at the avg of 7.5 K per child then we will be moving them to public school.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

For decades, states had used taxes to support public and private schools controlled by Protestants, with the goal not merely of Americanizing but of Protestantizing Catholic children.

On issues like tuition vouchers for families to send their children to private and parochial schools, Orthodox Jews have effectively allied themselves with Catholic and Evangelical Christian conservatives and have gained the support of senators like Joseph Lieberman (D - Conn.)

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

This raises the question of whether public money should be used to allow parents to choose private schools for their children.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

As the general quality of public education has declined, at least in public perception, and as the power of the youth culture in public schools has increased, many more parents seek private schools for their children, and many of these schools are connected with churches.

The more young, orthodox Catholics we can get on the faculties of parish or private schools — heck, even public schools — the better prepared our children will be for life as faithful and thoughtful Catholics.

In other words, the fact that double the number of private school students go on to complete college degrees has more to do with who attends private school than what the private school is actually doing for the child's college prospects.

Parents of children with special needs should be aware of a state - sponsored program that can help them pay for nonpublic school education (private schools or home schools) and for other education - related expenses for their children.

She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, was a founder of a private Waldorf School (Sanderling School in Carlsbad, CA) and now strives through the Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children at Journey School where she has worked for the past 14 years.

I would guess most of us say we'd do anything for the benefit of our children short of robbing a bank so they could go to private school.

Your child's school can provide recommendations for Tutoring Centers or services, or may have names of trusted, qualified, private tutors on file for parents to make use of.

Even parents who are homeschooling children or have sent them to private schools are entitled to ancillary services courtesy of their public school district if it's been determined that the children have a learning disability or other disorder that requires intervention for them to function optimally in school.

(Regardless of whether your child goes to a private or public school, public schools must, under law, provide these evaluations for a child when requested.)

As a former classroom teacher turned private educational consultant, I've seen my share of homework woes: inane assignments, tedious worksheets, and busywork for elementary school children.

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You can expect this kind of holistic learning for your child when you have them enrolled at the Waldorf School of Baltimore, one of the premier private schools in Maryland.

The parents of a private school student participating in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible for transporting their child to and from the public school at which the student participates.

There are reports of moms being asked to stop breastfeeding, go to a restroom to breastfeed, or go to a private room to breastfeed when they are visiting a school for a conference, program, or to pick up their school - age child.

When the public school fails to meet the needs of a gifted child, parents can either homeschool or look for a private school.

Some of them are private schools for gifted children, but not all of them are.

The coalition has already announced measures to limit tax credits, scrap the Child Trust Fund, for the part - privatisation of Royal Mail, to scrap National Insurance increases for employers but maintain them for employees, cut by 10,000 the planned extra university places, provide for a greater role for the private sector in «free schools» and a «review» of all employment law to «maximise flexibility» amongst other measures.

The compromise would have yoked the Dream Act — which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — to the tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarships as well as public school programs.

The net effect of this not - thought - through policy is that, in many cases, children from rich and affluent homes who attend some of the best private schools for their primary education will be the beneficiaries of this scholarships, and children of less endowed schools and remote villages and towns will be disadvantaged.

In 2012, Ball has expressed strong support for the use of public funds to transport private school students and is currently trying to increase the distance for these children that the public schools would be responsible for.

Very pleased for the sake of diversity that a parent who sends her children to private schools is in the race.

Abbott's decision in 2003 to send her son to the private City of London School after criticising colleagues for sending their children to selective schools, which she herself described as «indefensible» and «intellectually incoherent», caused controversy and criticism.

Questions on other topics include: the NYS Attorney General's investigation of the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee, whether de Blasio's pre-K initiative will include private and parochial schools, the «absent teacher reserve», a protest by Girls Prep supporters against de Blasio's expected charter school policies, performance of Administration for Children's Services and whether de Blasio plans to contact the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee to urge them to lift their exclusion of LGBT groups and organizations.

The duo has also said that this measure is merely a first step, recognizing that it leaves a lot of ground untouched — like, for example, the question of private schools and other buildings where children (who are particularly vulnerable when it comes to lead exposure) are likely to be present, like libraries and daycare centers.

«Even if government policy included an acceptance of private schooling for those with special needs, the fact that the complainant did not feel that the current state system could meet her child's requirements raised questions about the nature of publicly - funded schooling and its ability to cater for children with special needs (including those whose families would not be able to pay for private schooling).»

An at - large voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.

Half of that money would be used to fund scholarships for low - and middle - income children to attend public schools outside their district or private and parochial schools.

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Recounting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's recent speech on educational policy, he noted that it focused on providing vouchers for children nationwide to attend whatever type of school they choose, whether public or private.

New Yorkers for Independent Action, a group that backs education law changes including a tax credit program to assist parents of children in private schools, allocated $ 139,000 on Jacobs» behalf towards the end of the contest.

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Of course, Mary's teacher Bonnie (Jenny Slate, Obvious Child) immediately realizes Mary is special, and just like that, the wheels of the educational system are in motion to explain to Frank why they know what's best for Mary... a high - fallutin private school where she can be all she can bOf course, Mary's teacher Bonnie (Jenny Slate, Obvious Child) immediately realizes Mary is special, and just like that, the wheels of the educational system are in motion to explain to Frank why they know what's best for Mary... a high - fallutin private school where she can be all she can bof the educational system are in motion to explain to Frank why they know what's best for Mary... a high - fallutin private school where she can be all she can be.

I am much more optimistic abut the future of my children than I am about the future of all black children,» admits a 39 year - old sister with an MBA from Harvard University and the wherewithal to afford to pay for private schools.

Prior to the ruling, the California Department of Education had interpreted the state's education code to allow four ways for children to be taught at home: 1) qualify as a private school, 2) use a certified tutor, 3) officially enroll in a private school satellite program, or 4) enroll in a public school's independent study program.

He also emerged as a leading proponent of a federal tax credit for low - income families who send their children to private schools.

Parents who pay for private schooling or who start new charter schools also make sacrifices in order to give their children a particular kind of education.

After several months of protests and concomitant uncertainty for the 160,000 home - schooled children in the state, the court reversed the ruling to permit home schooling as a «species of private school education» and came surprisingly close to finding in the federal Constitution a right to home school.

The expansion of charter and magnet schools, along with private school options, does provide some opportunities for children in high - poverty areas to attend schools that are more mixed in terms of class and income.