Sentences with phrase «of public school parents back»

Seventy - five percent of Kentucky voters overall and 76 percent of public school parents back the National School Lunch Program's enhanced nutritional guidelines, now in their third year.

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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.

Four years later, Tough — now the proud parent of a public school first - grader — is back with a new book that picks up where its predecessor left off.

Among parents of children in the city's public schools, support for the plan following a description is just as strong (73 %), with just under half (49 %) backing it strongly.

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So vaccination is clearly on the minds of doctors, public health officials and all those parents who will be sending their kids back to school in September.

SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14 - year - old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents» relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

Despite these large numbers — which indicate a huge systemic change — and despite the long - standing practice of social promotion in public schools, the rationale for holding students back seemed readily apparent to many parents.

Once again, a controversial proposal to require Georgia's public school students to obtain a parent's permission before joining an extracurricular club is back in the hands of the state legislature.

«An objective observer of the District of Columbia schools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public Sschools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public SchoolsSchools.

We spoke with frustrated teachers and exasperated administrators, well aware that they're riding the back of an AP tiger from which it's hard to dismount, especially for a public school that must weigh the priorities of parents, taxpayers, and voters.

A while back I brought to your attention the great analysis of my current research heroes — those delightful debunkers at the the National Education Policy Center — of the Public Agenda report explaining to self - described «education reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opposition.

After thousands of parents, educators and students held «walk - ins» at over 100 Milwaukee public schools in September, Abele started to back down.

The Bridgeport Board of Education race has garnered national attention and is now seen as proof that parents, teachers and public school advocates can use elections to beat back the corporate education reform industry.

Driven by a desire to accelerate the privatization of public schools while the economic window of chaos still exists, the Broads, depends on legislation like the Parent Trigger, Broad, has resorted again to a WWII - style propaganda film: Won't Back Down is scheduled for release in Sept. 2012.

I have heard from a number of charter school parents who really like their program and resent the suggestion that their children should get «dumped» back into the public school system.

Examples include guidance going back to the early 1980s, such as OSEP's Informal Letter to Chief State School Officers on Data Submissions Due During FY 1983 or those superseded by statute or regulation (like OSEP's May 4, 2000 Memo 00 - 14 Qs & As on Obligations of Public Agencies Serving Children with Disabilities Placed by their Parents in Private Schools).

In court papers filed on November 24, 2015, parents suing to block Nevada's voucher law responded to the Attorney General and his backing of the State's sweeping voucher program that will result in the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schools.

The guide is designed to enable ASCD and other LFA members to effectively communicate the value of public schools to parents and the public through speeches, articles, and back - to - school messages.

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On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers, convert public schools into privatized charters, and cut public sector pensions.

He wants to focus on accelerating academic achievement and luring middle - class parents — many of whom have removed their children from the county's schools in favor of private schools or other jurisdictions — back to the public school system.

I am holding you responsible for the 9 - year - old student who came to school with hardly any sleep after witnessing his mother administer Narcan to save his father's life, only to then take a three - hour test and I am holding you responsible for the autistic child whose parents opted him out of the test but the school counseled him back into... I hold you responsible for not passing legislation that allows for a public - school TEACHER to serve on the Board of EDUCATION, yet the chair of this Board, Paul Sagan can contribute $ 600,000 to a campaign that sought to charterize, segregate, and create a two - tiered system of privilege using high - stake test scores as the ammunition.»

Despite Tom Foley's decision to join Malloy in backing the corporate education reform industry's agenda, any endorsement of Malloy — prior to him publicly reversing course on the issues listed above — would be an insult to every Connecticut teacher and the tens of thousands of parents and public school advocates who are counting on the Connecticut Education Association to stand up for public education in Connecticut.

Tuesday night Clark Rising, a grassroots group of Clark Elementary School parents, SAND Elementary School parents and local public school advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectSchool parents, SAND Elementary School parents and local public school advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectSchool parents and local public school advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectschool advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectSchool, respectively.

While Malloy is touring the state claiming that his goal is to «win back» the respect of teachers, parents and public school advocates, later this week, Commissioner Pryor and SDE Turnaround Director Morgan Barth will be handing the microphone over to the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a corporate funded lobby group that has spent over $ 160,000 lobbying on behalf of Malloy's «education reform» initiative.

And back in Hartford, after spending nearly four years pushing his corporate education reform industry agenda, Governor Malloy has decided to seek re-election and is now trying to persuade teachers, parents and public school advocates that he is going to transform himself into a supporter of public schools.

Jeremy Corbyn is right to put schools back under the control of local authorities who are at least accountable to the parents and public.

The ESSA is to reduce «the federal footprint and restore local control, while empowering parents and education leaders to hold schools accountable for effectively teaching students» within their states, and also «[reset] Washington's relationship with the nation's 100,000 public schools» and its nearly 50 million public school students and their 3.4 million public school teachers, while «sending significant power back to states and local districts while maintaining limited federal oversight of education.»

And back here in Connecticut, Stefan Pryor's operation claims that they are choosing Friendship Public Charter School, Inc., regardless of the opinion of Clark School's parents, because the Friendship Public Charter chain will provide the personal attention that Clark Elementary School needs.

Since the courageous parents and students of the Sherman Public Schools pushed - back against the unproven and invalid SBAC tests in ways comparable to our determined ancestors at Lexington and Concord 240 years ago, the proverbial shots have been heard around the State.

For parents who take time to compare their choices, the tendency thus far is toward choosing more back - to - basics types of schools or specialty schools, many of which are just as traditional in their approaches to learning as the public schools.

Low - performing public schools have become a critical battleground between corporate - backed initiatives that remove local control of schools and favor the privatization of public education, and proponents of community schools who assert that parents, teachers and students — in short, the public — are the greatest asset in restoring strong educational outcomes.

Policymakers on Capitol Hill, heeding the calls of parents and teachers, have rolled back high - stakes testing and put the focus back on logical decision - making, listening to those closest to kids and targeting funding to support the children who need it most and the public schools they attend.

Some see the refusal to participate in SBAC testing as an act of courage and conviction; they see it as willful push - back against flawed education reform policies that since the passage of NCLB have failed to improve education in America's public schools and yet continue to be promoted by special interests who seek to profit at student, parent, and taxpayer expense.

Back in the early 1990's, parents in the Bay Area community of San Carlos were dissatisfied with the public schools their kids were attending.

Students assigned to special education programs often encounter significant challenges in obtaining an education in the New York City public school system — some parents are sent back and forth between schools and enrollment centers without their problems being resolved; some students are kept out of school because they must wait for proper placements or special education services after the school year starts; and some students with disabilities do not receive the special transportation they need to get to school.