Sentences with phrase «operated by public school»

The food service program operated by the public school system in Springfield, Massachusetts, which has been lauded for its high participation rates, does not take the summer off.

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 growth;

Although the term «choice» is often associated with privately governed charter schools or private school voucher proposals, the vast majority of schools of choice are operated by public school districts.

The landscape of subsidized OST programs includes those operated by public schools and public charter schools; those run by District government agencies, such as the Department of Parks and Recreation; and those organized by non-school entities that receive public funding, such as community based providers (CBOs).

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In a number of states, these agencies are dominated by teacher unions and public school advocates who have made it virtually impossible for some religions to operate schools in accordance with their religious principles.

Public education was practically nonexistent until the final decades of the nineteenth century, schools being largely church operated and attended by the well - to - do.

The first takes place in the kitchen of Ed's daughter's public school in DC, operated by a huge food services company (Chartwells - Thompson).

The New York State Athletic Trainers» Association (NYSATA) has come full - circle with its current public outreach initiative by again operating an educational exhibit booth at the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) conference in Rochester, from October 24 - 26, 2013.

One proposal released Wednesday by Cuomo's tax department would create one or more state - operated charitable funds to receive taxpayers» contributions for healthcare and public schools.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

Long Island public school districts would gain an additional $ 75.3 million in combined operating assistance, or a hike of more than 2.8 percent, under the state aid proposal for the 2017 - 18 academic year released by Cuomo's office.

The state Senate did its duty by New York's public - school children yesterday, passing a bill that would more than double the number of charter schools allowed to operate statewide — without the usual poison pills meant to strangle the wildly successful charter movement by stealth.

Considering that the Superintendent will be replaced by a permanent Superintendent in the proximate future and that the permanent Superintendent will want to put in place administrators, exempt and non-exempt, to operate the Buffalo Public Schools (BPS), I move that the Superintendent not hire or appoint any new administrators, extend the contracts of any present administrators or in any way make any representations or execute any MOUs, or conduct any negotiations with any of the various unions of the personnel of the BPS pending his departure from his position.

The Niagara County Crime Analysis Center receives live feeds from two dozen fixed surveillance cameras operated by the city, as well as an undisclosed number of mobile cameras and about 200 cameras mounted at the city's public schools.

Charter schools are often a subject of considerable public debate, since they receive public funding but may be privately operated and staffed by nonunion teachers, in contrast to traditional public schools.

All public K - 12 institutions in San Luis Obispo are operated by San Luis Coastal Unified School District, which contains six elementary schools,.

At the Homeschool Resource Center operated by the Seattle Public School District, home - schooled children can choose from a rotating menu of classes or just stop by to use the computer center or library.

Among the most innovative and successful of the public - private hybrids is the Florida Virtual School (FLVS), founded in 1997 and operated by the Florida Department of Education.

Schools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public sSchools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public schoolsschools.

The NEPC report presents data from a variety of public sources on a portion of the schools operated by K12 Inc. (referred to henceforth as «K12»), including 48 full - time virtual schools that served more than 65,000 students in 2010 — 11.

Importantly, the schools attended by students in our sample include both open - enrollment public schools operated by the local school district and five over-subscribed charter schools that have been shown to have large, positive impacts on student achievement as measured by state math and English language arts tests.

And their revised strategy of operating public schools under contract with public school districts was flawed by an underestimation of the political resistance they would face and their inability to control costs or quality within the public system.

Kids are generally educated in public schools operated by these districts.

In 2013, more than 80 percent of New Orleans public school students attend charter schools, including 12 charters that are authorized by the Orleans Parish School Board, which still operates six of its own schools asschool students attend charter schools, including 12 charters that are authorized by the Orleans Parish School Board, which still operates six of its own schools asSchool Board, which still operates six of its own schools as well.

We measured expansion of charters across districts: first, by whether the district had at least one operating charter school in the 2003 — 04 school year and, second, by the fraction of public school students enrolled in charter schools during the 2003 — 04 school year.

At the same time, achievement at Department of Defense schools, which, like BIA schools, are financed and operated almost entirely by the federal government, is higher than that of public schools, the report says.

Sara Mead, a member of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board and a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, adds that charters find it easier to fend off critics by operating in the inner cities rather than in the suburbs.

With a few exceptions, the vast majority of charter schools operated by NewSchools CMOs are self - sufficient on public revenues (excluding major capital costs).

Maybe DC is a harbinger: Just this week, Kaya Henderson announced that Malcolm X Elementary, a long - troubled public school in Anacostia, will be operated by Achievement Prep, a DC charter — but will remain within DCPS as a neighborhood school.

L.A. currently operates 15 magnet schools and 173 magnet programs, many hosted by conventional public schools.

That democratically controlled authorizer would then have a performance contract with each of the city's public schools, including those operated by the district.

The 161 charter schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program schools operating within the district's boundaries ranged from fragile mom - and - pop organizations to those run by franchise firms like the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program Schools and the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP).

Student achievement at schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as measured by scores on standardized tests is considerably lower than that of public schools, according to a report by the federal General Accounting Office.

The school is operated by the Leona Group, a public charter school company.

«An Evaluation of Denver's SchoolChoice Process, 2012 - 2014» surveys a city still dominated by a traditional district; it operates or authorizes all of the city's public schools.

In this case, the comparison between public and private schools was blurred by the fact that half the public schools in the authors» sample were either charter schools or recently reconstituted schools operating under special rules.

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.

Initiated in 1991 by a Minnesota law allowing private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate schools if authorized by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter schools.

Gove's earnestly pursued and widely touted «academies» scheme, which allows district - operated public schools to convert to charter - like status and be managed by outside groups, has led to a major scandal in Birmingham, where a handful of such schools were taken over by fundamentalist Muslims.

Charter schools are run by private operators who are less accountable to the public and who sometimes operate schools for profit.

Mayor Muriel Bowser presides over this dual system, where the traditional D.C. Public Schools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter SchoolSchools are run by a chancellor and the parallel sector of independently operated charter schools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter Schoolschools is answerable to D.C.'s Public Charter School Board.

And we're going through another round today, with initiatives such as «Reimagining Learning,» led by Stacey Childress and her team at the NewSchools Venture Fund; the Emerson Collective's XQ SuperSchool project; Marc Zuckerberg's efforts to «personalize learning»; and any number of technology - centric undertakings like Summit Public Schools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sSchools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual sschools, and K12 - operated virtual 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:

Florida has the third - largest charter sector in the nation — with more than 650 schools serving almost 300,000 students — but half of its charters are operated by for - profit companies, fostering negative public perceptions and greater reluctance to share tax dollars.

New Orleans overhauled its public school structure by transitioning to a system where nonprofits operate schools and government regulates the system.

The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establisSchools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establisschools, for five new establishments.

Private schools have the right to exist and to operate, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U. S. 510, but the State is not required by the Equal Protection Clause to provide assistance to private schools equivalent to that it provides to public schools without regard to whether the private schools discriminate on racial grounds.

The for - profit companies that operate some charter and online schools take the idea a step further by arguing that private business models are more efficient than public school systems.