Sentences with phrase «offered by public schools»

A defined contribution plan, similar to a 401 (k), offered by public schools and certain tax - exempt organizations.

While proponents of the program say it offers low - income families access to better education alternatives than what may be offered by public schools, critics point to the fact that there is not enough accountability associated with the state - funded program.

Home schoolers have challenged and are increasingly overturning laws barring them from participation in high school sports and other extracurricular activities offered by public schools.

Other research has focused on childcare (see sidebar) and programs offered by public schools.

In its letter, NSBA took the opportunity to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts; from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

The National Summer Learning Project, supported by the Wallace Foundation, is the largest study ever to look at whether and how large - scale, voluntary summer learning programs offered by public school districts can help improve educational outcomes.

This guide is based on lessons from the National Summer Learning Project (NSLP), the largest study ever to look at whether and how large - scale, voluntary summer learning programs offered by public school districts can help improve educational outcomes for children.

In advance of today's «Expanding Education Opportunity through School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

You should check with your child's teacher or principal about what summer school services are offered by your public school and how to make arrangements for your child to attend.

Not exact matches

Within the next decade, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer computer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Gil Alterovitz, a Harvard Medical School professor listed in Kogan's email, told The Post that he was introduced to Kogan by a friend he knew from the Harvard School of Public Health, who suggested Kogan offered a potential academic collaboration.

In February, 13 graduate students from the university's School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, and seven Master of Business Administration students from the Haskayne School of Business travelled to Israel for the Multi-Faces of Israel course offered by The School of Public Policy.

Stevens offered not a word of concern about whether religious students might feel themselves to be less than full members of the political community if, by order of the nation's highest court, their messages and only their messages are categorically excluded from the school's public arena.

The government's method was to offer private schools four options: (1) continued independence with no aid, (2) integration into the public school system, (3) a permanent «contract of partnership» in which the classes under contract would be taught according to public school schedules by teachers under contract to the state, and (4) a «simple contract» of limited duration in which the designated classes would be taught by teachers hired by the school but certified by the state.

By a vote of 9 - 8, the court held that Spain did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it declined to renew the contract of a public school teacher who had been offering classes in Catholicism.

The Institute offers a series of video - based online courses on key operational areas of school food, taught by Chef Ann Cooper, internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children.

The school was started by a group of committed parents and teachers who believed they could offer a distinct educational alternative by forming a school guided by the Core Principles of Public Waldorf education.

In an interview, CPS parent Joy Mollet said she was appalled by the classroom breakfast program offered by her children's public preschool and does not want to see it at their grade school, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy.

Fed Up With Lunch Appalled by cafeteria offerings at her Chicago public school, a teacher (aka Mrs. Q) resolves to endure the school lunch every day for a year and write about it anonymously in this blog.

I think city councils could do more good for kids by considering other food and kid scenarios like banning soda served to kids in public schools, or requiring food with nutritive value to always be served when refreshments are offered at a school, or requiring restaurants to offer kids real food choices on the kids menu.

The benefit that farm to school programs offer to farmers is about to get a boost, thanks to a new joint effort spearheaded by the Georgia Departments of Agriculture, Public Health, and Education.

Shedd Aquarium's bus fund program, sponsored in part by Target, offers field trip assistance to economically disadvantaged schools in the Chicago Public Schools schools in the Chicago Public Schools Schools system.

The Institute offers a series of video - based online courses on key operational areas of school food, taught by Chef Ann Cooper, internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children.

Cuomo's previous proposal, which he included in the state budget before it was rejected by lawmakers, offered $ 50 million each for donors to scholarship funds and public schools, up to $ 100 million total.

Buffalo, NY — The Buffalo Board of Education has approved an offer by M & T Bank President Robert Wilmers to pay for a national search for a new superintendent for the city's struggling public school district.

Mr. Cuomo has also voiced support for a bill, backed by the Catholic Church and advocates of vouchers, that would offer tax credits to individuals and corporations who donate money to public schools, or to scholarship programs that help poor and middle - class students attend private schools.

David Ozonoff, an epidemiologist at the Boston University School of Public Health, says that the reports «smear» the scientists involved in pandemic planning by «insinuating» that they would have offered different advice had they not had a relationship with drug companies.

Social media messaging, screening and interventions offer new tools to help colleges prevent and reduce excessive drinking, according to a report authored by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher, working with a group of experts.

Writing in a linked Comment, Dr Kenneth Mayer, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, and Dr Chris Beyrer, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, conclude: «The PROUD results show that PrEP should be part of the range of services offered by any clinical programme that focuses on sexual health.

Why: Attending the CFDA Awards, the model offered a fresh take on the gray checked suit by cinching the waist with a fitted corset in a Public School look.

Our basic assumption was that K12's model — which relied on parents or other caretakers doing most of the instruction — wouldn't be feasible for kids living in poverty, most of whom would need the custodial care offered by traditional public schools.

All content is made with / by kids for kids; it is free of advertising; it is offered as Open Educational Resources to schools, kindergartens, public libraries, civil - society media (community radios) for free.

By 2001 the state had 93 cybercharters serving more than 30,000 students, which meant that over $ 200 million of California's public school budget was being paid to private firms offering home - school curricula and technology.

A 2005 study by the Rhode Island Education Partnership, for example, found that public school districts in that state uniformly allowed employees to select their own health carrier and plan design and that 73 percent of districts offered no - cost health benefits for retirees; not one of the private - sector firms in the state the study examined offered these perks.

This K - 8 school, one of the first public schools inspired by Waldorf methods, infuses music, art, and movement into lessons and offers student - directed learning and what public schools refer to as looping, a process in which a teacher follows her class, ideally, from first grade through eighth grade.

Likewise, Christian schools offer models that may prove useful to public schools by eschewing standardized testing; reviving Latin, logic, and rhetoric; emphasizing the place of music and foreign languages; refusing to track students by ability; or choosing an unhurried approach to learning.

According to Leonard Sax, executive director of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, in 1995 there were just 3 single - gender public schools in the United States; by 2007 there were 86, with an additional 277 public schools offering all - girls or all - boys education programs within their coeducational builPublic Education, in 1995 there were just 3 single - gender public schools in the United States; by 2007 there were 86, with an additional 277 public schools offering all - girls or all - boys education programs within their coeducational builpublic schools in the United States; by 2007 there were 86, with an additional 277 public schools offering all - girls or all - boys education programs within their coeducational builpublic schools offering all - girls or all - boys education programs within their coeducational buildings.

inBloom, a non-profit that offered a data warehouse solution designed to help public schools embrace the promise of personalized learning by helping teachers integrate seamlessly the number of applications they use in their day - to - day teaching, collapsed and has ceased to exist, as privacy concerns from interested parties mounted over a period of many months (full disclosure: I served on the inBloom board of directors).

As the result of a new state law that offers school personnel early - retirement benefits, the Philadelphia public schools could be filling as many as 1,200 teaching positions by September, according to Peter Bent, the district's director of recruitment.

In a program sponsored by the Northwest Educational Cooperative, students come to Rolling Meadows High School to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near ChSchool to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near Chschool districts near Chicago.

In Arkansas, the main education policy initiative championed by the governor is a law that requires all public schools to offer computer science classes.

But it could appeal to large numbers of students and be offered at such a low cost that it could be affordable even to low - income families without needing public subsidy or adoption by the public school system.

Faculty compensation in college, unlike public high school, is also influenced by market demand for those faculty members, so people in some fields are paid significantly more than others and outside offers are sometimes matched.

As I write, Coursera offers 207 courses, ranging from astronomy to public health, presented by professors at such upscale schools as CalTech, Duke, and Stanford (where, as best I can tell, all this originated — and just a few years ago).

For example, dissatisfaction with performance in a charter middle school that is not captured by test scores (such as discipline issues or a poor fit between the student's interests or ability and the curriculum being offered) could lead parents to choose to send their child to a traditional public high school.

In separate lawsuits, Green Dot Public Schools and Partnerships to Uplift Communities, or PUC Schools, allege that district officials have failed to provide «reasonable offers of facilities,» as required by Proposition 39.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's plan includes «elevating» the teaching profession, rebuilding schools, breaking the school - to - prison pipeline, the expansion of affordable preschool and child care, and making college more affordable by offering free tuition at community colleges and four - year public universities.

-- that by offering a viable alternative to the values of contemporary society, the Catholic high school has a unique niche in the educational scheme of things, especially given the lack of consensus about educational goals characteristic of so many public urban schools.

Opponents of the practice of offering tenure to public school teachers outnumber its supporters in 2010 by a margin of nearly two to one.

The ability of public schools to offer such perks is hampered by layers of bureaucratic regulations and management, an unfortunate by - product of political governance.