Sentences with phrase «other area public schools»

This program --- already in place at Johnsburg Central School, Schroon Lake Central School, and other area public schools)-- provides bags of food for income - eligible kids for weekend use.

Not exact matches

Private school students, on average, score better than public school students in reading, math and a host of other subject areas, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

One area where we atheists have performed a valuable community service is in keeping creationism and other religious dogma out of public schools.

PS1, in the borough's Sunset Park area, is one of only three public schools in New York that don't serve meat to pupils; the others are Peck Slip School in Manhattan and The Active Learning Elementary School in Queens.

A handful of JRW players had received public congratulations from a congresswoman, a suburban mayor and others who hailed from outside JRW's boundaries, with each specifically noting that players lived or went to school in their locales, outside the area served by JRW.

However, for the first few years, there was little that truly distinguished it from other leagues, when future NBA players such as Kurt Rambis and Mark McNamara starred for area public schools.

The AHA strongly supports having AEDs in public areas such as sports arenas, office complexes, schools, doctors» offices, shopping malls, airports, and other public places.

The area near the intersection of Woodridge and Plaza drives includes, among other things, Village Hall, a library, public works facility, park district community center, post office, junior high school and open space.

Several schools and hospitals in the Chicago area use sensory equipment to help people with disabilities regulate their emotions or stimulate their senses but the equipment is rarer in public recreational settings like a park district, said local occupational therapists and a representative from Flaghouse, the company that sold the sensory equipment to SEASPAR and other Chicago organizations.

Probably some variation of what I have answered the other hundred thousand times I've fielded that question at a school, library, church, or any other public area: «No.»

Public schools across Long Island and other metro area suburbs already are winning high grades — and they've barely begun opening their doors — according to results of a back - to - school poll by Phi Delta Kappa, a global organization of professional educators.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous - Cole, said the police had beefed up security in the school and other colleges in the coastal areas of the state.

However, the public are generally pessimistic about its ability to deliver in other areas — less than half have confidence in its ability to improve the NHS (32 %) and schools (32 %), cut crime (33 %) or immigration (39 %) and to protect the country against terrorism (42 %).

Other areas of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded religious schools, religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical issues such as abortion and assisted dying.

The Education Investment Tax Credit will increase funds in two areas — donations to public schools, school districts and teacher - driven projects; and scholarships to help low - and middle - income students attend religious and other tuition - based schools, according to the NY Archdiocese.

Whether those refusing the vaccine have helped fuel the current pertussis epidemic is uncertain, but their decisions have created a public health tinderbox: in some Bay Area schools, 40 percent or more of the kids are not vaccinated, leaving them unprotected against pertussis and other preventable diseases, such as measles.

The study is the first of its kind to examine the effect of Experience Corps, a national volunteer service program that trains seniors to help children in urban public schools with reading and academic success in other areas.

Although these steps wont eliminate dander altogether — dander is so pervasive that it can be found even in homes that have never had pets, as well as in schools, shopping malls, and other public places — limiting the pets roaming area will reduce it.

In other words, the geographic placement of charter schools practically ensures that they will enroll higher percentages of minorities than will the average public school in the nation, in states, and in large metropolitan areas.

Currently, she is focusing her efforts on improving middle - school literacy outcomes in partnership with other Boston area researchers and the Boston Public Schools.

Like other public school students in Michigan, HFA students must pass the state's proficiency test, so they needed competence in core areas.

Other member - states of the Convention such as Germany, Belgium, Albania, Italy, Netherlands and Switcherland have also discussed, penalized and prohibited Islamic attires in public areas, schools and even universities.

Half are home schoolers; the other half come from 61 area private and public schools, mostly in the suburbs.

This is obviously a ripe area for further investigation and analysis, but today it's legitimate to observe, even on the basis of this limited research, that the burden is shifting to the schools and their supporters to measure and make public whatever academic benefit they do bestow on their students versus what similar young people learn in other settings.

In a conversation that included representatives from KIPP, YES Prep, Cesar Chavez High School for Public Policy, UNO, High Tech High, Basis, National Heritage Academies, Basis, and Democracy Prep, among others, participants talked bluntly about the need to do far better when it comes to developing character, cultivating citizenship, and monitoring their performance in these areas.

And in New Mexico, public officials are following the lead of other states and looking to support bulk purchasing of school bandwidth, possibly via new regional hubs that would make it easier for more providers to reach rural and remote areas with affordable Internet service.

Public schools in areas of increasing property values and other living costs can not simply relocate teachers to areas with reasonable property values and short commutes.

Unlike other industries that often offer higher pay to compensate for less desirable working conditions or to attract more desired applicants in high - need areas (like STEM fields), public school systems are generally limited by collective bargaining agreements or state law in their ability to offer differential compensation (see Goldhaber et al., 2015).

Test scores showed students at most of these eight fledgling Washington schools are outperforming similar students at other public schools in the area.

A number of other area districts are considering using nudge letters, too, including Seattle Public Schools.

Currently, she is focusing her efforts on improving middle - school literacy outcomes in partnership with other Boston - area researchers and the Boston Public Schools.

After all, if students are assigned to the public school that is closest to where they live there can not be a meaningful imbalance between the demographics of the student population of a school and that of the catchment area for that school (other than as a result of differential use of private schools and quirks in how the catchment area is identified).

New software allowed department officials to precisely map clusters of crimes, correlating them with drug sale sites, areas of gang activity, schools, public housing, and other relevant locations, and to share the information department - wide within seconds.

Federal policies and programs must be strengthened to support local magnet schools, public military academies and other schools that provide educational opportunities through specialized curricula and unique learning experiences in science, technology, engineering, the arts, mathematics and other areas related to a well - rounded education.

Like all other successful school systems, the Harford County Public School System must continually ensure through curriculum that what is taught continues to reflect the very best knowledge and practice in all subject school systems, the Harford County Public School System must continually ensure through curriculum that what is taught continues to reflect the very best knowledge and practice in all subject School System must continually ensure through curriculum that what is taught continues to reflect the very best knowledge and practice in all subject areas.

Boston's Charter Schools Show Significant Gains — Boston charter school students outperformed their counterparts at traditional public schools and at charter schools in other urban areas by a striking margin over a recent six - year span, a Stanford University studySchools Show Significant Gains — Boston charter school students outperformed their counterparts at traditional public schools and at charter schools in other urban areas by a striking margin over a recent six - year span, a Stanford University studyschools and at charter schools in other urban areas by a striking margin over a recent six - year span, a Stanford University studyschools in other urban areas by a striking margin over a recent six - year span, a Stanford University study found.

With the support of this public - private alliance, Brad will be leading an initiative to work with around 30 small schools in a rural area to develop a model of group purchasing and other innovative measures that will deliver tasty, nutritious food to children while also enabling the meals service to break even.

In the Chicago area, 12 of 13 charter public schools are outperforming traditional public schools on standards - based tests and averaging an 83 percent graduation rate compared with the 62 percent rate of Chicago's other public high schools.

In densely populated areas of Maricopa County, we know about 50 percent of students are choosing charters or other public schools rather than attending their assigned district school.

Most choose to take teaching jobs in the Greater Boston area, but some others teach in high - performing urban public schools elsewhere in the country, e.g. New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles.

The findings from Linder and Rhodenbaugh are summed up thusly: «This school should be considered a model for other public schools in the areas of finance, shared leadership, and student growth.»

«New Jersey's LIFO law forces school districts like Newark to retain ineffective teachers and, in fact, put them back in the classroom while cutting spending to other critical areas of public education.

One district deeply riven by the impact of efforts to dismantle public education is the Spooner Area School District in northwest Wisconsin, where parents, teachers and students have been up in arms over staff cuts, increasing class sizes and other indignities.

The Detroit Public Schools emergency manager has unveiled plans that allow 10 schools to self - govern and put the services of the district's central office for sale for charter schools and others in the area, the Detroit Free Press rSchools emergency manager has unveiled plans that allow 10 schools to self - govern and put the services of the district's central office for sale for charter schools and others in the area, the Detroit Free Press rschools to self - govern and put the services of the district's central office for sale for charter schools and others in the area, the Detroit Free Press rschools and others in the area, the Detroit Free Press reports.

For example, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed other public schools in nearly every area while serving high percentages of minority students in traditionally urban areas.

In its previous iterations, SB 337 would have established several other policies for public charter schools that have spurred significant debate, including the absence of a requirement for criminal background checks of employees and the elimination of the current under - enforced requirement that charter schools «reasonably reflect the racial and ethnic composition» in the area in which the school is located.

In - boundary schools are a primary choice for many families throughout D.C., but public school students living in the Wilson HS area are the only ones in the city — aside from students at a couple elementary schools in Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle — who overwhelmingly attend in - boundary schools over other options in DCPS or public charter schools.

Families living in this area are the only ones in the city who overwhelmingly attend in - boundary schools, from elementary school through high school, over other options in DCPS or at public charter schools (see Figure 1).

The Marin County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) works collaboratively with 19 school districts and other public agencies throughout Marin County to make available a full continuum of special education services.

The gender imbalance in Australian primary schools is stronger in some areas than others; differing between states and territories and between the public and private sector.