Sentences with phrase «of public school parents now»

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.

Not exact matches

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 thirdschool parents back the National School Lunch Program's enhanced nutritional guidelines, now in their thirdSchool Lunch Program's enhanced nutritional guidelines, now in their third year.

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.

Now, parents and education advocates from across New York City are asking state legislators to ensure the future of high - performing public charter schools by supporting the Governor's proposal.

At its founding, AQE provided Nixon a fitting pathway into activism on a cause close to home for the parent of two children currently attending New York City public schools (her eldest child is now out of city schools).

Parents are now getting in the middle of the rift between Buffalo Public Schools and Kaleida Health.

The PDK / Gallup poll released last week shows 54 percent of Americans — a majority now — agree that «standardized tests are not helpful» in letting teachers know what to teach, a figure that jumps to an alarming 68 percent when you count only public school parents.

Now, as I reflect on 18 years in the public school system and, with four children, 58 combined years of Open Houses at many different schools, I offer this advice for educators to reinvent your Parent Open House and share some of your ideas.

Many of the parents who initially supported the idea of integrating special education students into regular education classrooms in Portland are now worried about how the Portland Public School System is doing it.

Janice K. Jackson's journey through the Chicago Public Schools as a student, teacher, principal, administrator, parent, and now, chief executive officer, has prepared her for one of the toughest jobs...

The central purpose of a voucher program is to expand the choices available to all qualifying parents, especially those who now have kids in public schools.

Let's focus our attention now on public school parents and see what we can learn about the reasons some of them are interested in going private.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

Now, in his role as superintendent of Weymouth (Mass.) Public Schools, Salim said he holds monthly roundtables for teachers and parents to speak about the work, issues, and successes, which was something he learned from Ackerman.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gPublic Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gpublic schools into charter school operators and grassroots schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

«As a public school parent, I am committed to a fundamentally different way of making decisions about co-locations, and that's a commitment shared by the longtime teacher now leading our school system.»

Now many of these parents are choosing to return to public schools.

The city's charter system is now one of the largest in the country, fueled largely by word of mouth among parents looking for better public schools.

«The path of our public schools are on right now is absolutely not sustainable and certainly not equitable for students, teachers, parents or our community,» said Joy Harrell the parent of three DPS high school students.

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.

«As ESEA undergoes modernization and reauthorization, the time is now to uphold local and community leadership of public schools as serving the best interests of our students, parents, and local communities.»

Using ApplyHouston.org, parents in the Houston metro area can now apply to many of Houston's public charter schools with one shared application.

Tennessee's schools are now using all of the engagement tools advocated by Project Appleseed - the Six Types of Parental Involvement, parent pledges, parental involvement report cards and our signature national celebrationsNational Parental Involvement Day and Public School Volunteer Week.

You might recall from a post I released approximately 1.5 years ago a story about how a person who self - identifies as «Virginia SGP,» who is also now known as Brian Davison — a parent of two public school students in the affluent Loudoun, Virginia area (hereafter referred to as Virginia SGP), sued the state of Virginia in an attempt to force the release of teachers» student growth percentile (SGP) data for all teachers across the state.

For example, why is this neighborhood school advertising Great Public Schools Now's takeover of the district as just another parent choice?

Mary Najera, community liaison for Extera Public Schools and a veteran parent organizer who lives in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, said she was excited by the collaborative nature of Great Public Schools Now.

Now we have a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California asking, «Do you favor or oppose providing parents with tax - funded vouchers to send their children any public, private or parochial school they choose?&Public Policy Institute of California asking, «Do you favor or oppose providing parents with tax - funded vouchers to send their children any public, private or parochial school they choose?&public, private or parochial school they choose?»

Carmen Avalos, city clerk for the South Gate community of Los Angeles and a mother of six children, four of whom attend charter schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.schools, said the Great Public Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.Schools Now plan has been greatly anticipated by parents of color like herself who have endured what she called a «two - tiered system.»

After a brief mention from Dunn about the on - going work of Charter Schools Now, the 501 (c)(4), Veronica Garcia, the Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, gave an overview of TCSA's advocacy efforts including city - based regional grassroots coalitions, legislative engagement, parent / advocate trainings, and communications.

Whereas vouchers give parents the freedom to choose a private school for their children, using some public funding, ESAs — now a reality in five states — are more expansive, typically allowing restricted but multiple uses of the money.

We are very disappointed that the same Legislature that approved the second charter schools law in the country almost 20 years ago now wants to create obstacles to limit the growth of charter schools, as well as the choice for parents and students looking for better public education options.»

But now the option to choose a quality public school for my boys that I enjoyed as a parent and resident of Huntington Park is being threatened by thinly veiled political attacks that puts adult interest over the those of students.

A recent poll by Education Reform Now, a non-partisan partner of DFER - DC, showed that 76 % of voters and an overwhelming 86 % of parents believe that public charter schools should be part of the solution to the city's supply of vacant school buildings.

The coalition consists of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Families for Excellent Schools, the Northeast Charter School Network, Achievement First and dozens of Connecticut charter public school paSchool Network, Achievement First and dozens of Connecticut charter public school paschool parents.

But Kathleen Oropeza, co-founder of the Florida parents» group Fund Education Now, warns that reality is very different: «The parent trigger uses a parent's love for their child to pull the trigger and pass a public entity, a school, into the hands of a for - profit charter.»

At a recent town hall held by Great Public Schools Now, Myrna Castrejón, the leader of the nonprofit seeking to expand excellent schools in Los Angeles, waded into the audience of parents, community members and LA Unified officials to ask what kind of schools they wanted for theiSchools Now, Myrna Castrejón, the leader of the nonprofit seeking to expand excellent schools in Los Angeles, waded into the audience of parents, community members and LA Unified officials to ask what kind of schools they wanted for theischools in Los Angeles, waded into the audience of parents, community members and LA Unified officials to ask what kind of schools they wanted for theischools they wanted for their kids.

In the world of public education that has now turned into a political arena for unions, school boards, state capitols, and ed reformers, parents often...

Tennessee's schools are now using all of the engagement tools advocated by Project Appleseed - the Six Types of Parental Involvement, parent pledges, parental involvement report cards and our signature national celebrations National Parental Involvement Day and Public School Volunteer Week.

However, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor has put Connecticut's public school superintendents in an untenable position and now they must choose whether they see their job as carrying out orders from above or serving as the voice and chief advocate for the students, parents, teachers, staff and taxpayers that are part of their school district.

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.

Great Public Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in scPublic Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sSchools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in scpublic schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sschools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in schoolsschools.

The organization plans to continue these conversations with a broad cross-section of parents, educators, governmental leaders and community members before finalizing the Great Public Schools Now plan in 2016.

Despite having promised their support for the lawsuit, they are now not only trying to get the case dismissed, but are asking the court to prevent the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], a broad coalition of towns, schools, parents and public school advocates, from even serving as the plaintiffs in the case.

With the state - sponsored Common Core SBAC testing scheme now in full - swing throughout the state, parents and guardians in numerous schools districts are reporting that Connecticut public school children continue to be abused by local school administrators, who are following orders from Governor Dannel Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, Education Commissioner Wentzell and the State Department of Education.

Without identifying everyone by name, in addition to me there was a man who worked for the college board, a former staff member who is now a public school parent, a current high school principal of an «A» rated school who was going to host Matt and Elisa at her school later that day, a school leader from a school that is featured as a «miracle» public school in Wendy Kopp's last book, and which gets mentioned at fundraiser events, a 1990 alum who has been teaching for 22 years, and a former TFA staff member who now works for the New York City Department of Education.

And think of the message that «we need to make all public schools great» sends to parents like me who are making decisions for their children's education right now.

With repeal of Obamacare likely dead for now, we — parents, educators, clergy and community members — urge our elected leaders to fight forward for a budget that will preserve access to health care, adequately fund our nation's public schools and do what's right for the working poor and those that depend on America's social safety net.

But five years after the program was established, more than half of the state's voucher recipients have never attended Indiana public schools, meaning that taxpayers are now covering private and religious school tuition for children whose parents had previously footed that bill.

In a published report today in the CTMirror, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, Joeseph Cirasuolo, has announced that superintendents in Connecticut will now recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Testing AND that students who opt out will be provided with an alternative location where they can read a book, do homework or engage in some other educational activity for the eight to eight and a half hours of the SBAC testing.

But now many parents and taxpayers — manipulated by politicians who argue that the only way to fix public education is to weaken it with privatization — are giving up on the very idea of public schools.