Sentences with phrase «other public school students who»

American Heritage Academy (AHA) is a testing center to its own students and is open to testing all home school students and other public school students who wish to do so.

Not exact matches

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

The Sunday Schools that in the United States influenced the establishment of public schools were intended in part to save the souls of their students who had no other religious instrSchools that in the United States influenced the establishment of public schools were intended in part to save the souls of their students who had no other religious instrschools were intended in part to save the souls of their students who had no other religious instruction.

Concussion and Sports - related Head Injury: Statute 115C - 12 (23)(2011) requires the Department of Public Instruction, along with other organizations outlined in the statute, to develop an athletic concussion safety training program for the use of coaches, school nurses, school athletic directors, volunteers, students who participate in interscholastic athletic activities in public schools and their paPublic Instruction, along with other organizations outlined in the statute, to develop an athletic concussion safety training program for the use of coaches, school nurses, school athletic directors, volunteers, students who participate in interscholastic athletic activities in public schools and their papublic schools and their parents.

The fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter - school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.

This was particularly the case because many societies remain highly segregated: the average American public school student has less than one interracial friend, and around 90 % of people who attend religious services do so only with others of their own race.

Wonder stars acclaimed young actor Jacob Tremblay (seen in Room, Before I Wake, The Book of Henry), who plays Auggie, a kid with an awkward facial difference who decides to go to public school despite being made fun of by other students.

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.

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

Sean Waters is a student at Harmony Public Schools, and in this great claymation video he gives some advice to other students who want to make their own comics, which he gleaned from his own school project on making comics.

Jewish Day school alumni attend their first - choice college at about the same rate as Jewish students who graduated from a public or other private school, says a report by the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, a Boston - based organization that seeks to strengthen the Jewish day school movement.

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.

To compare attrition rates at KIPP middle schools with rates at other public middle schools, we identified students who left their original schools either during or immediately after each middle school grade.

So, to review: Hunter is not accountable to the DOE, has its own admissions process that it declines to reveal or justify, doesn't backfill, can not objectively prove it adds value to a given student's education, regularly expels those who can't keep up academically, is not ethnically or economically diverse, diverts resources from the needy to the already advantaged, and culls the top students from the city's other public elementary and high schools.

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 misStudents 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 misstudents in local public schools is likely to be misleading.

The school district also has set up computers in the district office, the public library, and other locations, where students and parents who don't have computers can still check grades online.

79, president of the foundation, «when we developed the conviction that dramatic structural change was going to be necessary in Boston and other urban public school systems in order to generate broad improvement in the academic achievement of the mostly low - income, minority students who populate these districts today.»

Teachers in U.S. public schools are educating students who more racially and ethnically diverse than at any other time in our history (Levin & Nolan, 2014); any other time in history.

The relatively poor proficiency levels at public schools with high concentrations of ELL students is underscored by comparing the standardized test scores of white and black students who attend the schools in which ELL students are concentrated with the scores of white and black student who attend other public schools.

Scholars continue to disagree about other topics (such as the likely impact of a large - scale voucher program on the education of students who remain in public schools) because the evidence assembled to date is more provisional.

Others are concerned that only the relatively more economically and academically advantaged students enroll in charters, leaving public schools with more concentrated poverty and students who tend to have more learning difficulties.

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.

And of students who graduated from college in 1993 and 1994, data from the Baccalaureate and Beyond survey show that those who entered the public school teaching profession averaged a 923 on the SATs; the average SAT of those entering other professions was about 80 points higher.

As governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, Mr. Huckabee supported a proposal that would have given undocumented children who had lived in Arkansas for a certain amount of time and graduated from a public high school in the state the same chance at an academic scholarship to state institutions as other students.

The current push for mass school closings comes from business and political interests, not parents, educators, students or other stakeholders who are part of the public school community.

While there is no indication of racial motivation among the Indiana lawmakers who created the voucher program, the effects are clear: Indiana's voucher program increasingly benefits higher - income white students, many of whom are already in private schools, and diverts funding from all other students who remain in the public school system.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59

The Notebook serves as an information source and voice for parents, students, teachers, and other members of the community who are working for quality and equality in Philadelphia's public schools.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

These SDC Toolkits are available to parents, students, educators or community members, who want to organize others in their school community to stand up for public schools.

The Local Wellness Committee will represent all school levels (elementary and secondary schools) and include (to the extent possible), but not be limited to: parents and caregivers; students; representatives of the school nutrition program (e.g., school nutrition director); physical education teachers; health education teachers; school health professionals (e.g., health education teachers, school health services staff (e.g., nurses, physicians, dentists, health educators, and other allied health personnel who provide school health services), and mental health and social services staff (e.g., school counselors, psychologists, social workers, or psychiatrists); school administrators (e.g., superintendent, principal, vice principal); school board members; health professionals (e.g., dietitians, doctors, nurses, dentists); and the general public.

It would be as if those who always thought the district was too large to be manageable suddenly got their wish, leaving half the students in traditional public schools and the other half to wherever their parents could find new slots to enroll them.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rSchools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

We actively recruit students who are the least served by traditional public schools and other charter operators, including English language learners and special education students.

Ward joined other students and parents who vowed to hold Richmond Public School officials accountable for correcting the situation.

What is more, those same procedures (systematic, explicit, intensive, practice - laden sequences of instruction aimed at mastery of agreed - upon goals and objectives) are very likely to benefit many of the other students in US schools who are disenfranchised by «the perverse incentives of a broken public education system.»

This is especially true when you consider how public school teachers in the United States are negatively compared to teachers in other countries who do not require every student to be educated.

The California Charter Schools Association also fought the SB 322 bill, which would give charter school students the same reasonable due - process rights afforded students who attend public schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this Schools Association also fought the SB 322 bill, which would give charter school students the same reasonable due - process rights afforded students who attend public schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this schools, as well as SB 739 which would put some restrictions on the ability of a district to open up «resource center» charters in other counties, which led to the abuses described earlier in this report.

To do this, they matched up the charter students with all the students at their former public school who closely matched them in terms of test scores, ethnicity, family income and other factors.

Conceived as a way to teach a small segment of the home - schooled and others who need flexible schooling, virtual education has evolved into an alternative to traditional public schools for an increasingly wide range of students — high achievers, strugglers, dropouts, teenage parents and victims of bullying among them.

We stand by their endeavors to secure school finance reform and improve education outcomes and opportunities for our public school children, especially those who are at - risk, English language learners, and students with disabilities and other special needs.

The coalition came together to push for school finance reform and improved educational opportunities and outcomes for Nevada public school children, especially those students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and talented, and students with disabilities or other special needs.

E4E has given me a place where I can say that it isn't okay that students in many districts don't have the same materials and resources that students in many other traditional public schools have and where I can advocate on behalf of students who need additional resources to access education.

Students in public schools who're facing long - term suspension or expulsion have a right to written notice, a hearing before a neutral decision maker, and other procedural rights.

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.

Spurred by a successful pilot program last year at McPolin Elementary, a public - private partnership at the Park City School District has established an initiative to help out dyslexic youngsters and other students who struggle with reading.

They are doing this by engaging as public citizens who are leading student organizing, participating in community - led school transformation and other active protest movements.

Membership enables you to converse with other school board members who share your interests in effective school board leadership, high student achievement, and equity for all students in our public education system.

On the other hand, finding the number of students in Indiana that attended a public school for the preceding two semesters and who are from families earning up to 150 percent of free and reduced - price lunch (FRL), students in the state that have an IEP and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL, students who are zoned to attend a school designated «F» and are from families earning up to 150 percent of FRL, students and siblings of students who received a minimum of a $ 500 tax - credit scholarship in the previous year in Indiana, and students who received a voucher in the previous year in Indiana and are from families earning up to 200 percent of FRL — :: deep breath:: — can take more than one day and be a bit eye - crossing.

This is a stressful time for many urban eighth - grade students and parents who are considering high school options, and hearing from public schools about acceptances into selective or other specialized programs.