Sentences with phrase «of public school»

Parents of public school students have grown distrustful of the board, whose meetings have at times devolved into shouting matches between members and the public.

«Our landmark achievents on education has been manifested in the quality of public school products.

«We wouldn't have universal pre-K without mayoral control,» she said, to applause from the audience of public school parents.

«With this lawsuit, the UFT is telling the tens of thousands of parents looking for a better option for their children that the doors of public school buildings are closed to them,» said Glen Weiner, interim executive director of StudentsFirstNY, in a statement.

In addition to meeting and talking with groups of public school parents, StudentsFirstNY is building a team of organizers to spread the word within communities.

We appreciate your strong leadership and advocacy on behalf of our public school communities and your support of educators.

He vowed to push for a new, tougher round of teacher performance evaluations and break the back of the public school «monopoly» if he's re-elected.

That means making sure parents can choose the option that works for their children, no matter what they do for a living and no matter what kind of public school they prefer.

All of the Senate's bills on mayoral control include provisions to strengthen charter schools, which Flanagan said are an integral part of the public school system.

Southern Tier Republican Sen. Tom O'Mara has launched the second TV ad of his re-election campaign, which focuses on his success in getting a bill passed through the Legislature and signed into law that mandates the testing of public school water for lead.

However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

A group of public school parents has gone to court in hopes of prying from New York State money that they say they were promised for improving their schools.

The announcement comes just days after the state announced more than half of its public school students are attending college tuition - free this year, in part due to the new Excelsior Scholarships.

Twenty - three percent of public school teachers and administrators in New York school districts outside New York City were paid more than $ 100,000 during the 2016 - 17 school year, according to data added today to SeeThroughNY.

The parents of public school students say 66 - year - old Cathie Black lacks the required educational experience or academic credentials to be even a teacher, much less direct the 80,000 teachers of 1.1 million students.

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

The PTO is not only taking issue with Perry's charter school background, but also charged that he is «profiting off of public school funds,» and making «fraudulent claims» about addressing students» needs.

Over the years, state lawmakers have stripped away school funding as well as the wages, pensions, workplace rights and health benefits of public school educators.

«Yorkshire Nick» enjoyed the privilege of a Public School education at the # 30,000 per year Westminster School.

Other outstanding budget issues include the amount and type of public school aid, as well as a slew of proposals to build infrastructure that Cuomo is touting.

The legislature granted former Mayor Michael Bloomberg control of the public school system for seven years in 2002, and extended it for six more years in 2009.

The makeup of the powerful education policymaking panel will be drastically different, with increased racial and gender diversity and a greater representation of public school educators.

But now AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes is suggesting that the administration might actually cross that bridge if it supports a bill proposed by Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, that would do away with the «last in, first out» rule of public school teacher layoffs.

Unlike the majority of public school anarchists who were trashing the place on Saturday, I can't afford a full hamper, so I'll probably settle for a nice jar of strawberry jam.

The Regents also backed legislation to ensure that at least some representatives of public school children are elected to the school board over time.

I urge my public school colleagues and parents of Connecticut students to write in a vote for Jonathan Pelto, the only true proponent of public school education.

More than half of Long Island students eligible to take the state Common Core test in English Language Arts refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.

Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has inaugurated a community based management committee to see to the effective maintenance of public school facilities across the state.

«Parents of public school children who object to curriculum changes this fall?»

At 11 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina wil testify at the second state Senate hearing on NYC mayoral control of the public school system, (de Blasio won't be attending, angering the GOP), Senate Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, Manhattan.

Muba Yarofulani, 53, parent of public school children Aziza, 17, and Jelani, 12, agreed, adding that Black's appointment sets a poor example for children by telling them that they can be appointed jobs without becoming qualified.

At the time of that agreement, the public mood seemed to back stronger evaluations, at the expense of public school teachers, whose job protections had long been a punching bag for Republican politicians.

Mr. Avella, an eastern Queens lawmaker, historically opposed charter schools, once going so far as to propose legislation blocking the Bloomberg administration policy of co-locating them inside of public school buildings.

«New York City public school parents are highly dissatisfied with the quality of education their children are receiving,» said Tenicka Boyd, StudentsFirstNY Director of Organizing and mother of a public school student in Brooklyn.

State leaders and advocacy groups have accused the board of making decisions that favor private school students at the expense of public school children, many of whom are low - income, have disabilities or are immigrants who don't speak English.

In her speech, Ms. Nixon touched only briefly on her own biography — born in New York City, attended public schools, the mother of public school attendees — as her wife, Christine Marinoni, looked on from the side of the room.

Ms. Kittredge is the parent of public school children who attend P.S. 101Q and The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School and has been a strong advocate for -LSB-...]

It is also extending the pre-registration period for families that applied in the first round until the end of the public school year on Friday, June 26.

Billy Easton, with AQE, calls Brown a front person for billionaire Wall Street executives, who he says fund the charter school movement at the expense of public school.

Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, says a survey of her members finds that not having a state budget is an obstacle to opening school for the new academic year.

Thirty - two percent of public school students between the ages of six and 12 across the state are either overweigh or obese.

One can comfortably situate Dalyell in the Labour Party as both a Scot and a product of public school (Eton) and Oxbridge (Cambridge).

Rosenthal is the chair of ParentJobsNet, a non-profit that helps parents of public school students join (or rejoin) the workplace.

Those unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of public school employees, spent a combined $ 1.1 million lobbying Albany in 2017.

Ballston Spa is one of the 4 percent of public school districts across the nation receiving the award in 2018.

At the same time, minority students in the area make up nearly half of the public school student population.

Residents of public school districts throughout the state will head to the polls on May 15 to decide the fate of annual budgets and also to vote for board members seeking re-election or wishing to win a seat.

«New Yorkers defied expectations by rejecting a State Senate that would have turned its back on the needs of all public school students across the state,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.