Sentences with phrase «other local public school»

Charter school parents are local tax - paying parents and their students deserve access to the same resources as other local public school students.

But, at least, parents can get a sense from the start how their local public school stacks up against other local public schools.

Not exact matches

If you want a highly - educated local talent pool you must pay all of your property taxes to fund our schools, public safety, infrastructure and other public goods and services;

Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped schools and other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide other public services.

Municipal bonds are issued by state and local governments in the US as well as other public authorities, such as school districts.

They would also need to report to state and federal educational officials so that the methods and results of the different local public school reforms could be compared to each other and to voucher experiments.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

These students, and others from 14 local public high schools, were competing in Cooking Up Change, a healthy cooking contest in which teams were challenged to create nutritious school lunches on a tight budget — $ 1 per meal — and limited ingredients and prep work.

Other partners include Durham County, Durham Public Schools, Durham Technical Community College, North Carolina Central University as well as local businesses and non-profit organizations.

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.

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and other top journalism schools around the country have issued a letter of concern to the nation's largest owner of local television stations, Sinclair Broadcast Group.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

«Voters showed they value public education, support their local schools and recognize that teachers and other employees have, too, sacrificed in order to preserve programs and jobs.

Governor David Paterson recently signed into law CSEA - backed legislation to clarify that school district, and other local government workers, including those employed by public benefit corporations, be granted time off with no charge to their accruals for mammograms and prostate cancer tests.

Representatives from other local educational groups will provide information and a representative from the NYC Department of Education will also be available to answer questions specific to the public school G&T process.

They highlighted the remarkable achievements of the governor that have impacted positively on their lives such as «prompt payment of monthly salaries / pensions, other allowances to state public and civil servants; absorption of 54 % of total cost of 100 housing units at Elim Estate allocated to workers; payment of outstanding arrears of salaries / pensions / allowances to Local Government Staff, through prudent utilization of 100 % of LG share of the Paris Club Refunds; promotion of teachers and recruitment of over 4000 school teachers as well as elongation of terminal grade of qualified primary school teachers to level 16».

The authors note that public health initiatives that could help make the overall environment healthier include restricting the sale of non-nutritious foods in and around schools; menu labeling and providing incentives for food stores to build outlets in local food deserts; creating safe spaces for physical activity that are monitored to reduce the likelihood of crime; and maintaining smoke - free restaurants and public spaces, among others.

Celebrate with us 15 years of CCEW and join local sections, businesses, schools, and other individuals in promoting chemistry to the public!

Other events throughout the week included a Division for Planetary Sciences Teacher Workshop and Public Night, Astronomy on Tap 21 + events, a stargazing night at a local elementary school and Mt. Wilson Observatory's Astronomy Night.

The Revisionaries showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious and ideological clashes, with local Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in public schools.

Local and religious authorities fought back, but in 1852, the public - school lobby, eager to destroy what they saw as popery and other forms of orthodox religious bigotry, crowned their considerable achievements by passing the first state law compelling children to go to school.

By 2006, 21 other states and several local districts had begun similar programs, both to service homebound or other special - needs students and as an effort to lure home schoolers (and the tax dollars they represent) back into the public education system.

First, they compare the 10th - grade test scores of students with similar 8th - grade test scores and demographics, some of whom took the algebra and English courses online with FLVS and others who took the same courses in person at their local public school.

Community Award This award recognises schools working in partnership with other public sector bodies on projects that bring specific benefits to the local community.

Pre-tendered framework arrangements or agreements provide a solution for all local authorities, public sector schools, colleges and other educational establishments.

And in a number of other states, voters approved education - related ballot items, suggesting a high level of local support for public schools.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

And, in fact, parents of school - aged children are even more positive than other Americans about their local public schools, with 58 percent assigning them an «A» or «B» grade.

If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over school curricula; centralize a great deal of power in the hands of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of public funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»

We find that, on average, KIPP middle schools admit students who are similar to those in other local schools, and patterns of student attrition are typically no different at KIPP than at nearby public middle schools.

Every local public school is not the right fit for every child, and no child should have to wait for a school to get better when there are other opportunities available regardless of governance.

In small - town America, a Republican stronghold, local public schools are often major institutions that undergird cultural, sporting, and other community activities.

These teachers are presumably just as middle class, public spirited, and committed to education as other teachers are; but because they don't work in the district where they live, they do not have an occupational stake in their local school - board elections.

Others are involved with parent - based community groups: the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (working to create a dialogue among parents on local education issues, including assignment processes for schools), the Black Ministerial Alliance (working to improve the quality of Boston public schools), and City Life / Vida Urbana (working with a group of Latina mothers advocating for their special - needs children).

Students who apply to attend charter schools are a self - selected group, and simply comparing them with all other students in local public schools is likely to be misleading.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

Stating that allowing parents to use their 529 savings for K - 12 tuition «will erode the tax base that funds public schools» when it will benefit many middle class New Yorkers already taking a 2018 hit with lost state and local deduction opportunities; when the real world state budget impact is demonstrably negligible; and in a state that already spends more per public school pupil than any other — is simply poor public education.

In other words, Americans believe that their local schools spend just two - thirds the amount they believe public schools spend nationally — and roughly half what their local schools actually spend.

Though no one at the school was willing to say that Whitefield youth are perfect, there seemed to be a general agreement that, as biology teacher Christopher McDonald puts it, «You would find a much lower incidence of drug use and sexual promiscuity here» than at other local private and public schools.

Other groups were given specific information about the performance of students in their local public schools.

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

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operations.

When parents send their children somewhere other than the local public school, it's not because they believe that the private market is the best way to deliver education or that their child will benefit from a longer bus ride.

After graduating law school, Ms. Smeltzer worked in private practice representing local school districts and other public entities.

School districts are required to comply with Public Health Law section 2164 (7) and all other applicable provisions of the Public Health Law and its implementing regulations, including orders issued by a State or local health department pursuant to such laws or regulations, that impact a student's admission to or attendance in sSchool districts are required to comply with Public Health Law section 2164 (7) and all other applicable provisions of the Public Health Law and its implementing regulations, including orders issued by a State or local health department pursuant to such laws or regulations, that impact a student's admission to or attendance in schoolschool.

The core funding problem is that charters typically get the same state allotments as other public schools but seldom local funds (often via property taxes).

Using detailed student - level data to compare what sorts of students enter KIPP as compared to public schools in the neighborhood, and what kinds of students replace those who leave, authors find, on average, that KIPP middle schools admit students who are similar to those in other local schools.

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

Public schools depend mainly on local, state, and federal funds, and private schools usually gain support mainly from tuition, with some funds coming from other nonpublic sources such as religious organizations, endowments, grants, and charitable donations.

Copyright 1988 Editorial With an annual salary of $ 150,000, Schools Chancellor Richard R. Green of New York City is not only the nation's highest - paid public - school administrator but earns more than any other state or local public official in the country, according to a national survey.