Sentences with phrase «of public school parents»

Half of adults (50 %), 61 percent of likely voters, and 47 percent of public school parents say it is a big problem.

49 % of public school parents say standardized tests don't measure aspects of their child's education that are important to them personally.

Overall, the public is happy with local schools, with 57 percent of public school parents giving their school an A or a B for performance.

In other findings, a majority of public school parents oppose the closing of «failing» schools and allowing some students to opt out of standardized tests.

A recently released poll of public school parents found that 67 percent think there's too much emphasis on testing in schools.

About half of adults (53 %) and likely voters (49 %) say it is not enough, and 62 percent of public school parents express this view.

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

Only 22 percent of public school parents first heard about the Common Core from school communications such as a website or newsletter.

In 2012, 37 percent of public school parents reported that public school choice was available to their children.

A somewhat higher share of public school parents (65 %) have heard at least a little about the new standards.

Speaking of public school parents, 84 % give their children's schools an A (53 %) or B (31 %) grade.

53 % of public school parents give the schools either excellent or good marks.

And only 31 percent of public school parents expressed that they would excuse their child from taking a test.

Mr. Walker is a leading advocate of public school parents in the United States and the parent of four public school graduates.

PAA is committed to bringing the voice of public school parents — and common sense — to local, state, and national education debates.»

(New York, NY)-- Hundreds of public school parents joined education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and other advocates on the steps of City Hall today to urge new Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to hit the reset button on Mayor Bill de Blasio's failing education agenda.

-- Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a non-partisan, non-profit national network of public school parent activists, released a proposal for true parent empowerment that authentically involves parents in collaborative school decision making and has a strong research base in improving student achievement.

(New York, NY)-- Hundreds of public school parents joined education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and other advocates on the steps of City Hall today to urge new Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to hit the reset button on Mayor Bill de Blasio's failing education agenda.

But only about half of the public school parents (52 %) in the survey said that their child's school or district has provided information about how to become involved, while 45 percent said they have received no information.

The LSU survey found that 58 percent of public school parents support for providing vouchers to help pay for students in underperforming public schools attend private schools.

Seventy - five percent of Alabama voters overall and 71 percent of public school parents back the National School Lunch Program's enhanced nutritional guidelines, now in their third year, and more than 6 in 10 support federal rules implemented in 2014 that regulate food and drinks sold in school vending machines, at snack bars, and on a la carte menus.

«I want to thank millions of public school parents and other New Yorkers who have given their teachers such a vote of confidence,» he said 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.

The majority of public school parents oppose these strategies, and we know that

Based on interviews with 1,706 adults — of which 501 were parents — the poll found just 8 percent of public school parents who said they knew a lot about the Common Core assessments.

Mr. Walker is a leading advocate of public school parents in the United States.

In other words, for significant numbers of public school parents — those whose children are most likely to need strong supports and services from their school system — board membership is unlikely to be a realistic option.

Chicago, IL and other cities across the US — Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a non-partisan, non-profit national network of public school parent activists, released a proposal for true parent empowerment that authentically involves parents in collaborative school decision making and has a strong research base in improving student achievement.

These findings are echoed in a July 2013 poll of public school parents by the American Federation of Teachers, which found that 77 percent support strong public schools over expanded vouchers and charters.

Sixty percent of public school parents believe local school boards should determine what is taught in classrooms, whereas 27 percent believe that authority should fall to the state and only 12 percent believe the federal government should make those decisions.

Back in the spring, the PAC (which consists of public school parents selected by school board trustees from each district) was invited to a three - hour brainstorming session hosted by HISD / Aramark Food Services.

The survey found that 97 percent of voters and 96 percent of public school parents think serving nutritious foods in schools is important to «ensure that children are prepared to learn and do their best.»

De Blasio is hoping to overcome Council Speaker Christine Quinn's early lead in the polls by casting himself as an outer borough alternative who can better relate to the concerns of public school parents, and who would provide a clean break with the policies of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

A new political action committee of public school parents and community members is backing teacher and Democratic District Leader Daniel Dromm in the race for the 25th Council District seat currently held by Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights).

A 2014 Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) survey found that while 55 percent of public school parents participated in choice, nearly one - third of families had some difficulty understanding which schools their children were eligible to attend, a quarter had trouble getting information to choose a school, and one in five reported difficulty in transporting their child to the school of their choice.

The 185,000 - plus students who opted out of the state English Language Arts [ELA] test last week did so because of more than three years of organizing by a genuinely grass - roots movement of public school parents.

The annual Gallup poll about education shows that Americans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the quality of the nation's schools, but 77 percent of public school parents award their own child's public school a grade of A or B, the highest level of approval since the question was first asked in 1985.

A New York City - based nonprofit organization working to improve teacher quality, the commission conducted two polls late last year: one of 807 adults, including an oversampling of public school parents, and one of 533 public school teachers.

When a subset of public school parents were asked a similar question - «How confident are you that these tests do a good job measuring how well your child is learning?»

In addition to the career and technical education findings, 81 percent of public school parents did believe «their child's school provides students with a safe place to learn.»

Posted on December 1, 2017 · In an online survey, only a third of public school parents said they were very satisfied with their engagement

The AFT recently conducted a poll of a broad array of public school parents.

Read about the disconnect between how well parents think their children are performing academically in school and how students score on tests nationally as our «Parents 2016: Hearts and Minds of Public School Parents in an Uncertain World,» research findings are highlighted in this Edweek blog.

Paul: Here is a link to a summary of a recent Gallup national poll of public school parents on Common Core.

The film, The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman highlights the real life experiences of public school parents and educators to show how these so - called reforms are actually hurting education.

Knowledge of the new standards that California and 44 other states have adopted has grown in California, with 56 percent of respondents overall and 65 percent of public school parents now saying they know at least a little about Common Core; that compares with only 45 percent of parents a year ago.

The results of the 1992 Gallup Poll indicated that 71 % of public school parents favored requiring public schools to use standardized tests to measure the academic achievement of students.

In February, a coalition of public school parents and advocacy groups alleged that New York has not complied with terms of an agreement that resolved a 2006 case.

Polls indicate that about 70 percent of public school parents want schools to teach «strict standards of right and wrong,» and 85 percent want schools to teach values.