Sentences with phrase «one's neighborhood public schools»
How about a statement opposing corporate replacements for neighborhood public schools?
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A magnet school is a public school that offers specialized curricula and programs not available in traditional neighborhood public schools.
Those charter school teachers — and most of them are amazing professionals — have at least one fewer burden than their counterparts employed at neighborhood public schools down the street or across town.
This bill would force school districts to divert more funds from neighborhood public schools to charter schools.
They overwhelmingly choose strong neighborhood public schools over expanding choice, charters and vouchers.
Each is matched with neighborhood public schools in close proximity to the charter.
He created numerous themed «academies» to «compete» with the local neighborhood public schools.
Furthermore, when we examine the data we see that on the whole, charters do not perform better than high quality neighborhood public schools.
More than one - third are middle - class white students who would otherwise be attending their suburban neighborhood public school.
We will continue to work with parents and communities to fight for safe and welcoming neighborhood public schools that value both kids and the women and men who work with them.
Yet those who'd prefer neighborhood public schools see their choices dwindling.
My son attends our «low - performing» neighborhood public school specifically because of its exceptionally diverse student body.
«All children deserve the choice of a good neighborhood public school,» the report says.
But in practical terms, what has now happened is that charters are draining resources from the traditional neighborhood public schools.
We can't reclaim the promise of public education without investing in strong neighborhood public schools that are safe, collaborative and welcome environments for students, parents, educators and the broader community.
Nonetheless, the congressional endorsement was valuable publicity for charters, which gained public recognition and new opportunities to expand and compete with neighborhood public schools for higher test scores.
And we fulfill that responsibility through a system of great neighborhood public schools, where educators have the tools and resources to meet the needs of each and every child.
They want to improve their local neighborhood public schools by stopping budget cuts, reducing class size, de-emphasizing high stakes testing, offering a well - rounded education and strengthening parent participation.
Betsy DeVos and her husband, Dick, are billionaires who have funneled millions of dollars in campaign donations to support lawmakers who push school choice — a broad term used to promote the idea that parents shouldn't be locked into neighborhood public schools but should have other options, including publicly funded charter and in some cases, private and parochial schools.
The Broad plan, and others like it, funded by groups such as the Walton Family Foundation, are instead part of a coordinated national effort to decimate public schooling by rigging the system against neighborhood public schools and the students they serve.
We also know, however, that when it comes to vouchers and polling, the public 1) rarely ranks vouchers near the top when asked to choose among a list of education reforms, and 2) strongly favors improving neighborhood public schools over the diversion of public resources to private schools.
WASHINGTON — Parents overwhelmingly believe that public schools are the single most important institution for the future of their community and of our nation, and they choose strong neighborhood public schools over expanding choice, charters and vouchers, according to a nationwide poll released today by the American Federation of Teachers.
«Since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011, Chicago has ordered the closings of dozens of neighborhood public schools while approving a new wave of publicly financed, privately operated charter schools, in a much - touted effort to improve education.
Upset with a state Senate Republican budget plan to boost charter schools, the powerful city and state teachers union bombarded GOP senators last week with nearly 20,000 faxes and 1,500 phone calls warning the plan would damage neighborhood public schools.
Senate Republicans, bought and paid for by their charter masters, are holding the state's education budget hostage so they can take money that should be going to neighborhood public schools around the state and send it to charters in New York City.
Our schools routinely outperformed neighborhood public schools.
Though Indiana's private school choice programs have a high retention rate (84 percent), more than half of the students who did decide to leave those programs chose public school options, including neighborhood public schools and public charter schools.
Parents Will Risk Jail Time For Their Children's Education December 7, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Two Washington D.C. police officers are the latest to face jail time for committing residency fraud in an effort to ensure their children receive a quality education that was not available in their assigned neighborhood public school.
who framed the resolution, «charter schools have operated without sufficient transparency; intensified segregation; employed psychologically harmful disciplinary policies; and deprived neighborhood public schools of necessary space and resources through co-location in district buildings.»
At the beginning of that school year, we felt so fortunate to have found a way to get our children out of our failing neighborhood public school and into a Blue Ribbon School.
Funding for teacher training, career and technical education, student support services and innovative programs that boost college and career readiness are urgently needed, especially as neighborhood public schools continue to cope with financial challenges.
«A recent bipartisan poll commissioned by TSTA showed that Texans overwhelmingly oppose diverting tax dollars to vouchers and instead favor tapping into the Rainy Day Fund to increase spending for under - funded neighborhood public schools.»
Of course, they now face a Republican presidential administration more favorable to school choice and an education secretary who, at least according to the National Education Association (NEA), has «made a career trying to destroy neighborhood public schools.»
Differ from other neighborhood public schools in that students are not assigned to them based on address.
He decided to build his new charter school in an Atlanta neighborhood the public school district defined as an «area of need.»
Contact your legislators today and urge them to reject any amendments to AB 751 that would defund neighborhood public schools!
«The continued success of Wisconsin neighborhood public schools is a tribute to the educators and parents who have gone above and beyond while the governor and Legislature have undercut our students.