Sentences with phrase «of public school children»

In essence, they are trying to convince parents of public school children in the nation that their schools are failing.

Although the movement has acquired a critical mass of about 6 percent of all public school children, school districts and teachers unions across the country are fighting charters with renewed energy.

We now have the nation's third - highest percentage of public school children attending charters.

Additionally, I made it clear that the demographics of the country are changing and the majority of public school children are now of color.

Today more than half of all public school children live below the poverty line.

It's a question other states may be asking on behalf of their public school children.

His standing as a parent of public school children gave him credibility.

The fact is, fewer than 7 % of all public school children attend charter schools and no one is forced to attend.

Charter schools now enroll more than 20 percent of public school children in 25 school districts across the country, according to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which tracks charter school growth annually.

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-...]

Indeed, she is taking the Department in a dangerous direction, down a path that benefits private, political and religious interests at the expense of public school children across the country.

Sangeeta Ranade, a Jersey City school board member who testified today — saying she was speaking as the mother of a public school child — called the bill «a gift to students and teachers alike.»

A report by the Southern Education Foundation states that 51 percent of all public school children from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible for free or reduced - price lunches.

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.

«As the Mayor of a city where over 80 % of our public school children live in poverty, we recognize the importance of Hillary's experience.

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

As the authors themselves note, across the country only 2.5 percent of public school children roam the halls in charter schools each day; the remaining 97.5 percent are compelled to attend traditional public schools.

To be sure, the population of public school children in New York City is different from that of many other school districts around the country.

«The question remains,» says Carroll, «as charter schools continue to grow in the city — within a year of this September roughly a third of public school children in Albany will be in charter schools — will the district put its head in the sand or finally be forced to reform its schools in order to compete?»

«Thirty to 40 percent of our public school children don't have an equal opportunity to learn for lots of reasons,» Tannebaum told Education World.

One of these 19 parishes, Orleans, has the greatest percentage of public school children enrolled in charter schools in the nation.

«It will mean giving parents more choice of the public schools their children attend as one way of assuring higher quality without heavy - handed state control.»

And by a 57 percent to 29 percent margin, parents of public school children said in an AFT national poll released Monday that there is too much testing, and 57 percent said testing has taken away too much time from teaching and learning.

«Parents don't care what type of public school their child attends.

By supporting this bill, you vote to increase equity in our reimbursement system, advance student achievement and satisfaction, invest in Rhode Island's infrastructure and support families in Rhode Island regardless of the public schools their children attend.

In only one community, New Orleans, did charters serve more than half of the public school children last year.

This is an especially urgent challenge for policy - makers today, because a report issued just this month shows that for the first time, a majority of public school children come from low - income families.

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

«Billionaires should not make a profit off of public school children,» said Democratic senator Bernie Sanders in a statement earlier this month.

«The resignation of Cathie Black represents and extraordinary public acknowledgement by City Hall that her appointment did not serve the best interest of our public school children,» he said in a statement released this afternoon.

This is the prediction presented by the Southern Education Foundation's research report, A New Majority — Low Income Students in the South and Nation, which forecasts that low - income students, who are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, will soon become the majority of all public school children in the United States.

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.

The closure rate is even higher in Washington, D.C., where almost half of public school children — more than 38,000 kids — attend charters.

Union President Barbara Keshishian said the NJEA is pleased to support the measure: «It makes tenure harder to earn,» she said.Sangeeta Ranade, a Jersey City school board member who testified today — saying she was speaking as the mother of a public school child — called the bill «a gift to students and teachers alike.»

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 education for all of our City's children.

For the first time in recent history, the majority of public school children in the United States come from low socioeconomic households, according to the Southern Education Foundation.

Here are the results among voters and parents of public school children:

My suggestion — as a parent of public school children and as a former public and private school teacher — is that we individuals who are «outside» school culture (i.e. not administrators or teachers) become invested in whatever ways we can.

She remains committed to the reason she ran, to bring «a voice that I'm representing as a mother and a parent of public school child.»

Since 2013, more than half of public school children were considered to come from low - income families, Fernald said.

Compared to parents of public school children, voucher parents exhibit higher levels of participatory coproduction, but lower levels of independent coproduction.

DSBA is a member of the National School Boards Association which represents approximately 80,000 of the nations school board members, which in turn, represents more than 97 % of all public school children in the United States.

So long as education policy continues to be shaped by the interests of corporate profiteering and not the interests of our public school children, we will resist these unjust testing laws.

A current study by the Southern Education Foundation finds that more than 50 % of our public school children are living in poverty, an all time high in fifty years (Layton, 2015).

We should all be working together to fight for equitable school funding for all of our public school children, not pitting them against one another.»