Sentences with phrase «on public school pupils»

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The practice of a Christian school choosing to admit pupils based on the family's church attendance has been branded «unacceptable» by 56 per cent of the public.

Barton's therapy was made public when he visited a school on behalf of the charity and told pupils not to repeat his mistakes.

«Based on the relatively high competence of Waldorf pupils in natural science, combined with exceptionally high indicators of motivation and reflective cognition in these subjects as well as the different pedagogical principles, it is reasonable to conclude that public education can learn from the Steiner Waldorf schools, in particular with regard to being able to concretely apply knowledge in natural science.»

Policy achievements — such as the pupil premium, free school meals, the increase in the tax allowance and so on — tend to be in micro areas of public policy that are invisible to most voters.

After all, charters are public schools too — and their students have as strong a moral claim on the public fisc as conventional pupils.

«One year ago, with the promise of Education Tax Credits on the horizon, thousands of tuition - paying families were left out in the cold — excluded from a state budget that provides the nation's highest level of spending per pupil in public schools,» he said.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, will today reaffirm its strategy to continue to defend the interests of pupils, schools and the teaching profession from the assault by the Government and administrations across the UK on our public education service.

The manifesto also proposed a large increase in public spending on education, which would allow for the school leaving age to be increased to 18 and reduce average class sizes to 19 pupils.

The freeze on charters» per - pupil funding won't officially end for another year, but these innovative public schools will get direct state grants to reduce the gap this year — and also get markedly more facilities funding.

«Local authorities should continue to exercise their arm's - length support for all state schools funded wholly or partially with public funds with particular emphasis on their work with disadvantaged pupils.»

Cuomo during an appearance on «The Brian Lehrer Show» on WNYC public radio said the state spends the most in the country on school funding and twice the national average per pupil.

On pupils» enrolment, in March 2017, the Federal Government — although with no statistics to back it up — said the feeding programme had led to increase in the enrolment of pupils in public primary schools across the country.

Progressive Conservatives are thrilled to see pay tariffs in the public sector on the agenda and pleased that free schools will be delivered in conjunction with a pupil premium to aid social mobility.

The fact that we have a very strong programme, dissemination and outreach, to communicate the results on ocean acidification to policy makers, to the general public and we have a school programme for teachers and pupils.

States also receive lower scores for restrictions on the scholarship sizes below the lower of either $ 10,000 or parity with public school spending per pupil.

Though she was considered a top student on another nearby reservation when she was a pupil, she struggled after transferring to a public high school.

This program may yet lift the performance of our pupils as they go through the school system, although problems remain: out of Australia's total expenditure on early childhood education in 2010, parents contributed almost half the cost and only 56 per cent was met from the public purse — compared with an OECD average of 82 per cent public funding — and the rest was from private sources, probably parental pockets.

New York State's highest court has ruled that a school district does not have to provide separate special - education services for handicapped private - school children who refuse on religious grounds to mix with public - school pupils.

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

Traditional public schools received $ 7,000 more per pupil in local revenues, on average, than did public charter schools.

Sacramento — Bill Honig, California's state superintendent of public instruction, last week proposed a three - year program that would reward the state's schools on a per - pupil basis for improving their performance in several measurable categories.

Speaking about the findings, Fergal Roche, CEO of The Key, said: «Inaccurate or offensive comments are not only upsetting for those individuals involved, but at a time when schools are increasingly having to market themselves to attract pupils and staff, such public and negative remarks can have a detrimental impact on their reputation.»

Whether measured on a per - pupil basis or as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, support for public schools is stronger in the United States than in most other nations.

The schools operated by CMOs often receive less overall public funding on a per - pupil basis than comparable district - run public schools, with the deficit ranging from approximately 10 to 30 percent.

, the Hoosier State has an «annual performance - accountability rating system» for participating private schools that is based on the results of state assessments — the same tests that public school pupils take.

Because the value of the ESA is less than what taxpayers are spending, per - pupil, on the public schools, it's a win - win.

«Inaccurate or offensive comments are not only upsetting for those individuals involved, but at a time when schools are increasingly having to market themselves to attract pupils and staff, such public and negative remarks can have a detrimental impact on their reputation.»

There is one focused course of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health); everyone is enrolled in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than in nearby public secondary schools).

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

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Ladner notes that better off families receive only $ 5,100 in the ESA plan, compared to $ 8,000 spent on pupils in public schools.

Examining data on more than 15,000 children born between 1955 and 1985, it found that poor children whose schools were estimated to receive and maintain a 10 percent increase in per - pupil spending (adjusted for inflation) before they began their 12 years of public school were 10 percentage points more likely to complete high school than other poor children.

For the past decade, on their own initiative and under powerful pressure from Washington, states have administered standardized assessments of various kinds to all their (public school) pupils in grades 3 through 8 in math and English and then more in high school (and in science).

It seemingly believed that the public education system of the day, given higher standards, better - trained teachers, and more time on task, would move the schools and their pupils toward loftier levels of performance.

As in Washington, D.C., where the federal government agreed to send $ 2 in aid to the public schools for every $ 1 it spent on the voucher program, Spence found it politically necessary to continue sending 15 to 25 percent of the per - pupil funding to the school districts for each student who chose to use a voucher.

In spite of the sincere efforts that have been made to date to spur innovation in teaching and learning in the traditional public school sector, the data show that just infusing more per - pupil public school spending in the past has failed to propel the U.S. beyond its peer countries on international rankings of student achievement.

Excel Academy Charter Schools is a public institution funded primarily through state funds allocated on a per - pupil basis.

Because public charter schools» per - pupil funding is often inequitable compared to that of traditional public schools (about 75 - 80 % on average when compared to traditional schools nationwide), virtually all charter schools must use operational funding — money which otherwise would go towards educational purposes and classroom teaching and learning — to cover capital budget shortfalls.

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In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

Public charter schools may not charge tuition and may not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability.

Within Oakland and across the state, there are many examples of small public schools that are financially viable on the average per pupil funding levels.

1992 — The Association for Equity in Funding (AEF) is formed to promote financial equity among public school districts on behalf of all pupils and property taxpayers.

This year's focus on public schools, which includes $ 649 million in new per - pupil funding, comes after three budgets that cut or froze public school spending, and expanded the number of families who could enroll children in private schools through taxpayer - funded vouchers.

The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses on improving student learning, strengthening families, developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap - around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent charter schools or charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.

Nationwide, on average, per - pupil spending is 61 percent of that of surrounding public schools, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The parliamentary public accounts committee will grill officials from the Department for Education on whether converting schools to academies delivers «the right results» for pupils and taxpayers.

Charter schools have a lower cost per pupil than traditional schools: Based on an analysis of relevant school costs and the number of enrolled high school students, the data shows the per pupil per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter schools.

The report evaluated the 50 U.S. states on four fairness measures: per - pupil funding levels; funding distribution (whether a state provides more or less funding to schools on the basis of their poverty concentration); effort (differences in state spending relative to the state's fiscal capacity); and coverage (the proportion of children in public schools and the income ratio of private and public school families).

In fact, like most charter schools, even those in public - private partnerships, receive on average 30 % less per pupil than their traditional school peers whose management has no accountability or incentive to improve student outcomes.