Sentences with phrase «parents and the public value»

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Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

Snapchat's parent, Snap Inc., recently filed to go public with an initial share offering that could value the company at $ 25 billion, although some skeptics believe that figure is overstated, and that the company faces significant challenges from Facebook.

Officious social engineers of both the right and the left abuse the public schools to promote parochial agendas, whether by sanctioning the recitation of prayers over the school loudspeaker or by the distribution of contraceptives despite parental objections, thereby undermining parental authority and impairing the ability of parents to form their own family values.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

Ironically, many of the people who enthusiastically volunteer but see their inspiration as universal might not realize that their interest in public service passed down from their parents and passed along by their friends could stem from the Jewish values that their parents and grandparents imbibed.

The author argues that the public schools ought not teach a value system and a world view contrary to the beliefs and values of the children's parents.

Christian parents who care about the values of their children are rightly concerned about the moral and social values communicated through the public schools.

Permitting the Destruction of Life profoundly influenced the values of the general public and the ethics of the German medical and legal communities — to the point that a 1925 poll of the parents of disabled children reported that 74 percent of them would agree to the painless killing of their own children!

«Legislators are going to have to weigh which they value more: advice from hedge fund billionaires that come with checks or the concerns of students, parents and teachers about what's needed to truly improve public education.»

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

Applicants mothers have more years of education, more likely to be from two parent household, more parent involvement, but more likely to be minority race, lower income levels, parents are less satisfied with the public school's academics, safety, location, discipline, values, and overall.

As a parent, I'm «selfish» if I want to send my sons to a public school that meets their needs, and meshes with my values and my aspirations for them?

Now let's consider what values and beliefs seem to affect the desire to go private among public parents.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

We policy wonks may see the value in such tests (Brookings has been especially effective in making powerful arguments for keeping them), but parents and the public are fed up.

• Aside from race, all of the attitudes in the model — regarding inequity, public school ideology, prayer, moral values, parent influence, school size, and markets — appear to have an influence, and in the direction choice advocates would expect.

These questions include the potential value of having a socially and economically diverse group of children together prior to kindergarten; supporting families with working parents who require full - day care and education for their young children; and where best to serve children with special needs whose early education costs already are fully assumed (regardless of family income) by the public schools (based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA]-RRB-.

We will continue to work with parents and communities to fight for safe and welcoming neighborhood public schools that value both kids and the women and men who work with them.

This package of turn key materials will help you effectively communicate the appropriate messaging of critical value public education has in our society with your key stakeholders — board members, business and community leaders, staff, parents, students and the media.

A school that is accountable to the community, in our view, reflects local values and customs, has indicators of success that are visible and well - communicated to the public, and allows parents to choose schools if they are not satisfied with the service.149

Their hope is that students, parents, citizens and public school advocacy groups will use the film to help start an important conversation about the role and value of public education in America.

Baldassare said it is important to note that poll results going back years have shown that Californians and public school parents place a significant value on testing — and thus test results are important too.

Contemporary Democratic leaders that support public charter schools are not only carrying forth these core Democratic values, but are representing and respecting the voices of today's Black, Hispanic, and low - income voters and parents.

Nick and Kelly believe that a zip code should not determine the educational quality that a student receives and they value a parent's right to choose the best public school for their child, whether that's a traditional district, magnet, pilot, or charter school.

It's still early, but it appears that parents and those of us in the education world are beginning to awaken from the fog of test - based accountability and the often implicit assumption that test scores alone capture the total value and worth of public education.

Virginia SGP, also known as Brian Davison — a parent of two public school students in the affluent Loudoun, Virginia area (hereafter referred to as Virginia SGP)-- has been an avid (and sometimes abrasive) commentator about value - added models (VAMs), defined generically, on this blog (see, for example, here, here, and here), on Diane Ravitch's blog (see, for example, here, here, and here), and elsewhere (e.g., Virginia SGP's Facebook page here).

Introduction, Brief Overview of Findings, The Parent Survey, Questionnaire, Interviews, Academic Test Scores and Accountability, Document Review, Parent Survey, Introduction, Statistical Analyses, Quality of the curriculum, Structure of the program, Negative public school experiences, Cost, Family values, Best Part about Participation, Quality curriculum, Flexibility, Teacher support, Pacing, Ready to use, Improvement, Additional Comments.

Statewide School - Parent - Community Partnership Model The Utah Civility and Community Initiative encourages school and community activities that highlight civility as a ground rule in our shared public discourse and strengthens, as a core value, the quality of our communities, state and nation.

The guide is designed to enable ASCD and other LFA members to effectively communicate the value of public schools to parents and the public through speeches, articles, and back - to - school messages.

In her ethnographic case study of a Northern California public elementary school, Posey - Maddox recognized first - hand the differing value placed on parents that acted as provider and parents that acted as protector.

Instead of seeking to dismantle public education, parents and community members are working together to reaffirm the value of a public educational system that is controlled by democratically elected representatives and is directly accountable to the public.

Both have value, and with two systems of public education, parents get to choose.

,» parents and community members give tremendous value to their local public schools.

The most important «partners» of NJCSA are the parents and children who value public school options once available only to those who could afford to pay for the housing that buys a passkey to N.J.'s best schools.

Lip service about change — and that's what most families will initially conclude when they hear from school officials about a desire to value parent feedback — will always be trumped by action in the public's eye.

A third might be a pledge by school - choice advocates that they will cease any and all attacks upon parents of means who have chosen to pay a premium for good public schools, and who have reasonable concerns about proposals that would change the terms of the deal by affecting the quality of their schools and harming their property values.

They were a parent group who valued the public education system they had and wanted to preserve it.

We published the «Grading the Teachers» series and value - added data analysis because parents and the public have a right to some form of objective evaluation of LAUSD teacher effectiveness.

The parents of New Orleans public school students interviewed by Gross et al. — parents who, resulting from selection bias, are suspected to remain more actively engaged in the school choice process — expressed that they used the resources and valued the information they provided.

Association of Education Service Agencies Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Center for Inquiry Clearinghouse on Women's Issues Council for Exceptional Children Council of the Great City Schools Disciples Justice Action Network Equal Partners in Faith Feminist Majority Hindu American Foundation Institute for Science and Human Values Interfaith Alliance International Reading Association Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of Federally Impacted Schools National Association of Secondary School Principals National Association of State Directors of Special Education National Black Justice Coalition National Center for Lesbian Rights National Council of Jewish Women National Education Association National Organization for Women National Parent Teacher Association National Rural Education Advocacy Coalition National Rural Education Association National School Boards Association People For the American Way Public Education Network School Social Work Association of America Secular Coalition for America Southern Poverty Law Center Union for Reform Judaism Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries Women of Reform Judaism

While many school districts and libraries have a policy honoring parents» wishes that their own children be given alternate assignments for class readings that conflict with their morals or religious beliefs, in far too many instances schools cave in to parental outrage and simply remove a book from class reading lists; when the angry mob gets loud enough or politicians up for re-election on the «family values» ticket need to make some noise, they've even resorted to pulling the access to the book, removing it from school and public libraries and classroom borrow shelves.

Collaborative Law is worth considering if some or all of the following are true for you: (a) you want a civilized, rational resolution of the issues, (b) you would like to keep open the possibility of a viable working relationship with your partner down the road, (c) you and your partner will be raising children together and you want the best working relationship possible, (d) you want to protect your children from the harm associated with litigation between parents, (e) you have ethical or spiritual beliefs that place high value on taking personal responsibility for handling conflicts with integrity, (f) you value control and autonomous decision making and do not want to hand over decisions about restructuring your financial and parenting arrangements to a stranger (a judge), (g) you recognize the restricted and often unpredictable range of outcomes and «rough justice» generally available in the public court system and want a more creative and individualized range of choices available to you and your spouse or partner for resolving the issues.

Even in austere times, there is public support for valuing the enormous contribution that kinship carers make in bringing up vulnerable children,» said Katherine Rake, chief executive of the Family and Parenting Institute.

Childhood Begins at Home is a statewide campaign designed to help policymakers and the public understand the value of evidence - based home visiting and effective ways to support parents.

The high uptake rate by 70 % of Ballymun parents reflects the value parents place on the Parent - Child Psychological Support programme delivered by the HSE Public Health Nurse and Speech and Language Therapy services in partnership with youngballymun.

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