Sentences with phrase «other public schools get»

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«The problem is, I don't know whether I'm going to get the mensch or the schmuck,» Joele Frank, of the eponymous public relations firm that has helped companies fight Elliott and other activists, commented at a panel at a Tulane law school event in March.

She poured marketing resources into the product, and embarked on an awareness and political campaign to get more EpiPens into schools and other public institutions.

In other words, even if you buy a $ 1.5 M median home and pay $ 20,000 a year in property tax, you are not guaranteed to have your kid get into the public school down the street.

A client asked me the other day why in the world he should care about getting links from a few K - 12 public school library Web sites, most of which look horrible, have very few visitors, and live way out in the middle of nowhere in the.

Tried to talk with them about it, but they're too busy asking me for things, and they never get around to listening... wouldn't like what I'd say if they did shut up for moment... think I'll send a mass email... (no, did that the other day to another group of my followers, the ones who continue to blame Satan and the Atheists for getting prayer and «God» out of the public schools... they just deleted the email as SPAM: 0 -LRB-...

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.

On visits to lunchrooms in Chicago public schools, the Tribune watched as vast quantities of unpeeled fruit, vegetables, milk cartons and other items got pitched into the garbage.

Compared to the larger public schools around, this school gets less funding, which means less supplies and other necessities teachers need in the classroom.

He is now testing that approach to the limit and his membership, which reads The Guardian more than any other newspaper, is getting to see him portrayed as Pinocchio, public school fag to the Bullingdon boss and Private Pike for his trouble.

The children of Cynthia Nixon, Samantha Bee and Louis C.K. got into this popular public middle school, while hundreds of others are shut out every year.

QUEENS, NY — As part of her commitment to getting the school year off to a good start for all children, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is encouraging members of the public to once again donate backpacks and other school supplies to homeless children as part of «Project: Back to School,» an annual initiative organized by -LSschool year off to a good start for all children, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is encouraging members of the public to once again donate backpacks and other school supplies to homeless children as part of «Project: Back to School,» an annual initiative organized by -LSschool supplies to homeless children as part of «Project: Back to School,» an annual initiative organized by -LSSchool,» an annual initiative organized by -LSB-...]

The city currently operates 80 Beacon centers in public schools across the five boroughs where students get after - school tutoring and help looking for jobs, among other services.

«Focusing exclusively on how many steps you're getting and neglecting those other aspects isn't going to lead to an overall improvement in health, unless you're addressing those other factors simultaneously,» said Jeff Goldsmith, a biostatistics professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

Over the next two years, he got a lot of abuse; from bullies at school and from others in public.

My cousins, on the other hand, attended public schools in the city straight through and they would tell me stories how you'd need to get to class at least 10 minutes early to get a seat and text book.

In theory, the concept might appeal to those who think taxpayers who don't use public schools should get other benefits instead — and to proponents of allowing parents even greater flexibility and choice than vouchers offer them.

The Spokane (Washington) Public Schools, along with many other school districts, has made a living embracing this simple concept: If we assess our students beforehand, create a common curriculum based upon what the students need to have, then teach that curriculum and fill in what the students don't have, and then assess the students again to be sure they got it, we'll probably be okay.

When it comes to the study of implementing education reforms, analysts tend to focus on the formal channels of implementation and the standard tools of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment of curriculum, assessment and other components of the reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.

According to an interim report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, BPS and the city's charter schools are still «getting to know each other.»

On the other hand, the so - called educated section of Pakistan with cadet, public and missionary school upbringings do not want to get associated with madrasas.

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.

If voters and parents get behind these systems, and we implement them with fidelity, we will be able to use test results — and other measures — to dramatically improve our public schools.

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.»

The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals and other school administrators with business leaders, in an effort to give school leaders better training on how to manage their employees and get better results.

By the early 1960s, others on the opposite end of the political spectrum also were making the argument that vouchers were a viable alternative for getting around the bureaucracy and ineffectiveness of many public schools.

Bonnie Reiss, a longtime friend of the governor who served on his staff for two years, advised him on education issues, and was one of his appointees to the state Board of Education, said Schwarzenegger told her and others in his administration why he did not want to get involved in a long, politically difficult effort to overhaul the public schools.

At Paterson Public School Number 2, teachers get together to plan lessons as a group; then one teaches the lesson as others take notes.

Arizona's legislature got around the voucher barrier by implementing a program in 20TK that allows eligible families to opt out of public schools and use the money the state would have used to educate them to pay for private school tuition, homeschool curricula, private tutoring, education therapy or other educational expenses.

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).

Except for Pre-K, all other school levels often require some sort of testing to get into the more academically rigorous, traditional public and private schools.

Though they get tested and graded like any other public school in the state, state laws give charter schools more «flexibility» to set programming and curriculum as they see fit.

Reasonable minds can differ on what is the magic amount of funding that every public school needs, but regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, it is empirical fact that charter students are getting only a fraction of what other kids receive.

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.

Charter schools often receive less money than other public schools, usually don't get facility financing, and the cost of benefits keeps rising.

Muskogee public schools used Thanksgiving lunches as a way to encourage more parents, grandparents and others to get involved with their children's education.

On the other hand, the public schools won't have to bear the cost of educating those students, but will still be able to include them in enrollment counts used to determine how much state aide they get and how much in property taxes they can levy, according to the LFB.

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Smoker Broaddus and others at Montana's Office of Public Instruction have been getting calls about how Schools of Promise could be replicated in other states.

Charter schools are getting more public records requests, including from other school districts for their students» directory information and from national organizations requesting teacher salary information.

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

Many other businesses and public sector employers embrace this approach, and that's where the focus should be in education: school leaders and teachers working together to get better.

Golden Got Awards Highlight the Nonprofit Organization's Core Values and Focus on Student Success LOS ANGELES — As it continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary, Green Dot Public Schools will pause this Saturday to honor the teachers, administrators, counselors, and other staff members who best exemplify the core values that drive its work at its...

For other community college and public - school systems that might be interested in starting similar programs, Roush advises: «It's very important to get all stakeholders on board.

Conversations about public education — where you send your kid to school, where other parents send their kids, and who gets to decide — have exploded into acrimonious bickering, full of charges and counter-charges.

Meaning a charter school or a public school or some other form of education and get people engaged in what goes on here.

When charter schools are allowed to open up shop with little consideration for other public schools and the surrounding community, all some children get is disruption.

There's no way now to make the comparison perfect, but one preferred method would be comparing the choice payment to what public schools get from local property taxes and general state aids, we heard from researchers or other officials at DPI, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance and School Choice Wisconsin.

Decrying lawmakers who are against public education and favor school choice initiatives, Johnson explained how Pastors for Texas Children works to encourage lawmakers to support public schools and how his group and others are aiming to get education - friendly candidates elected.

School will be year - round with intercessions built in so students can take time off to relax at home, travel with their families, get tutoring, address other needs and public interests, or have access to additional courses they are interested in, such as martial arts.

«That's not to say in other schools children don't matter but somehow public education has gotten off track and we're more focused on data points and less focused on the child.