Sentences with phrase «operated by other schools»

Not exact matches

The Department of Transportation says both buses will operate in Metro Moncton with one assigned to the Anglophone East School District while the other will be used by the Francophone South District.

Just to bring everyone up to speed, «competitive» food and beverages are those offered in competition with the federally subsidized school meal, and are sold via vending machines, school stores, fundraisers, snack bars operated by the school cafeteria and other outlets.

Other Earth Day activities at Spring Brook Nature Center include sidewalk chalk drawing sessions for children and entertainment by folk singer Mark Dvorak from 12:30 until 2 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring picnic lunches and eat on the grounds of the center, which is operated by the Village of Itasca in cooperation with the Itasca School District and Itasca Park District.

The church building still remains, but is now owned and operated by the Carlton Academy PTA from Nottingham and is now used as an outdoor education facility for their pupils and those from other schools in the Redhill Academy Trust

At the state level, the programs typically are overseen by state education or agriculture departments, which operate the programs through agreements with local school districts or other school food authorities.

By Luke Hammill The UB Foundation and other foundations and non-profits associated with SUNY schools operate in some ways similar to authorities in state government.

«The statute... does not explicitly provide a schedule «to reimburse» school districts or other entities awarded grants for «programs operating in 2014 - 15,»» the advocates wrote in the letter obtained by Capital.

Check list example The toolkit includes checklists that can be used by schools and catering providers to check that the food provided at lunchtime and in other outlets operating across the school day is compliant with the food - based standards.

In the 24 states where online charter schools exist, some are locally operated by nonprofits using commercial platforms and content, some nonprofits contract with local partners for content and instructional services, and other nonprofits contract with national partners.

For example, by allowing a district to simultaneously operate schools and oversee schools run by others, Denver, Indianapolis, and Camden are violating the steer - row principle.

Some are based in schools and operated by teachers or counselors; others are court - based, administered by judges, social workers or other court staff; yet others are community - based, and organized by local non-profits.

But all types of annual giving, donations made by alumni and others to annual solicitations and usually applied to schools» operating budgets, increased between 1981 - 82 and 1982 - 83, according to a review of the survey data by the National Association of Independent Sschools» operating budgets, increased between 1981 - 82 and 1982 - 83, according to a review of the survey data by the National Association of Independent SchoolsSchools.

While these schools receive public funds, they operate unfettered by most state and local district regulations governing other public schools.

The report puts the variation in perspective by comparing charter schools to other public schools in the ten states where charter schools were operating in 1996:

Number of BIE schools: 183, some directly operated by the federal agency and others tribally run under contract Private school enrollment: Some 22,000 Native students attend private schools, making up 0.5 percent of private school enrollment nationally.

-- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school participating in any program under this title that is operated by, supervised by, controlled by, or connected to, a religious organization may exercise its right in matters of employment consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e — 1 et seq.), including the exemptions in such title.

For instance, a long discussion of charter - school results cites two of the important CREDO research reports but omits a crucial third one that shows hugely disparate impacts of different types of charter schools (with those operated by nonprofit charter management organizations vastly outperforming «mom - and - pop» and other charter sectors such as for - profit and online charter schools).

Prekindergarten teachers who work in schools and other publicly operated settings are better - qualified, get higher pay, and stay in their jobs longer than those who work in classrooms operated by private organizations, a study concludes.

«And by allowing those charter schools to operate free of some of the mandates that might otherwise apply we provide an opportunity for educators and others to operate schools that try new approaches, or try different approaches that might work for various student populations whose needs might not be served that well in other school systems.

Obama and the Gates Foundation share some goals that not everyone embraces: paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state.

Starting this fall, the school will house two smaller academies: one operated by Mayor Villaraigosa's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, the other by Green Dot Public Charter Schools.

Most residency schools would be operated by districts, but universities and other entities might also qualify (depending on state restrictions).

Intel Math, which operates in schools across Arizona, California, Illinois, and Connecticut, among other states, is an intensive professional development program for K - 8 teachers created by CTEq member Intel.

But that's exactly what has happened, as evidenced by a recent proposal to allow charters and other organizations to compete for the right to operate 50 new L.A. schools over the next few years.

A hope operator is a nonprofit organization with tax exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that operates three or more charter schools that serve students in grades K - 12 in Florida or other states with a record of serving students from low - income families and is designated by the State Board of Education as a hope operator based on a determination that:

I also saw other schools where students were crowded 10 or more students on a bench and 40 students in a space the size of my dining room, and yet other schools operated by Yoga Institutes as «free schools» for students living in poverty.

Charters are public schools that operate independently, with only limited oversight by school districts or other authorities.

In other words, by far the biggest city feeding the Louisiana voucher program is the one in which the state assumed control of almost all schools just after Hurricane Katrina (2005) and systematically converted them from local - board - controlled community - based schools into splinters of who - knows - charter - management - operated schools in the name of charter school superiority.

«This year, charter schools are facing unprecedented attacks in the California Legislature, as demonstrated by AB 401, and other short - sighted bills that threaten to limit the number of charter schools able to operate in the state.

Fitzsimon says «two online charter schools opened in the state this fall, operated by two different for - profit companies, one of which, K12 Inc., has a scandal - plagued record in other states,» and that «last week brought maybe the most compelling evidence of all that the General Assembly made a terrible decision in ordering the state board to approve the schools.

Contract schools are essentially state - funded schools that are operated by non-state agencies such as individuals, NGOs or other organizations.

Regardless of which model is closest to the original vision of charter schools — either community - based, independent charters like Pine Lake Preparatory or the for - profit schools operated by NHA, CSUSA, and other EMOs — the reality is that under current financial constraints like what exist in states such as North Carolina, neither model can be funded without drawing from significant money from non-traditional sources.

The Children's Trust is by statute (Section 125.901 (2)(a)(3)-RRB- required to allocate and provide funds for other agencies in the county which are operated for the benefit of children, provided they are not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the public school system.

Calls on charter schools to operate in accordance with their charters and the laws and regulations that govern other public schools unless an exception is requested and allowed by the state except for assessment, testing, civil rights and student health and safety regulations from which no exception is permitted.

In his capacity as Chief Operating Officer of Doral College, Diaz has benefited personally to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars as charter schools owned by the for - profit company Academica pay his private, unaccredited college — also Academica - affiliated — for college courses that are not transferable to any other school.

The entity has a record of results in improving performance of persistently low - performing schools or improving performance of a substantial number of persistently low - performing students within a school or schools operated by the entity in this State or other states.

If the Education Savings Account (ESA) program proposed in Senate Bill 193 becomes law, school district operating budgets can be expected to decline on average by a mere 0.14 percent in the program's first year, leaving districts with 99.86 percent of their operating budgets intact, based on the performance of school choice programs in other states.

«Two other charter schools received F's as their first - ever grades in 2013, only to climb all the way to B's this year... Renaissance Charter School at Chickasaw Trail, in Orlando, is operated by Charter Schools USA, one of the largest charter school management organizations in the state... This year, the company saw improvement throughout theschools received F's as their first - ever grades in 2013, only to climb all the way to B's this year... Renaissance Charter School at Chickasaw Trail, in Orlando, is operated by Charter Schools USA, one of the largest charter school management organizations in the state... This year, the company saw improvement throughout the School at Chickasaw Trail, in Orlando, is operated by Charter Schools USA, one of the largest charter school management organizations in the state... This year, the company saw improvement throughout theSchools USA, one of the largest charter school management organizations in the state... This year, the company saw improvement throughout the school management organizations in the state... This year, the company saw improvement throughout the state.

The Courant reported that this year, unprecedented amounts of money were spent to push the charter agenda by ConnCAN, the charter lobby; Northeast Charter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schools (FES).

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

If this proposal goes anywhere, the changes at Clark would begin in the 2014 - 2015 school year, with the fifth grade being operated by Achievement First, while other grade levels at Clark remain under Clark.

For example, a 2002 systematic analysis by Dr. Geoffrey Borman and his colleagues of the student achievement outcomes of 29 leading K - 12 CSR models — most of which operated in Title 1 schools — reported that «the overall effects of CSR are significant, meaningful, and appear to be greater than the effects of other interventions that have been designed to serve similar purposes and student and school populations» (Borman, Hewes, Overman, & Brown, 2002, p. 33).

The two other teachers left the school and now it is solely operated by Miller, who teaches her granddaughter, a neighbor's child and a student with special needs out of her home in rural Thomasville, 30 minutes away from its former location.

College - Based Alternative School — designed for students needing high school credits, and operated by public school staff; but using a college facility to enhance the student's self - esteem and offer other services that would benefit the student's gSchool — designed for students needing high school credits, and operated by public school staff; but using a college facility to enhance the student's self - esteem and offer other services that would benefit the student's gschool credits, and operated by public school staff; but using a college facility to enhance the student's self - esteem and offer other services that would benefit the student's gschool staff; but using a college facility to enhance the student's self - esteem and offer other services that would benefit the student's growth;

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

Some evidence suggests that this pressure, coupled with the reality of operating a school or district on a limited budget, meant educators often began to focus more time on those tested subjects at the expense of others, like social studies, science, and the arts — a logical response to the incentives created by the accountability system and tough budget choices.

Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79 On the other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.

Its mission is to focus public tax dollars on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any other means.»

After all, the federal, state, and local governments already works with faith - based operations to provide healthcare and other services — including $ 3 billion in federal dollars into Catholic Charities alone — while Centrist Democrat and progressive school reformers are more than happy to back charters, which are operated by nonprofit and even for - profit organizations, and support federal and state student aid (which flows into private and parochial universities).

By being able to operate without the usual constraints, charter schools have been able to make achievements in other ways.