Sentences with phrase «pressure on public school»

That will in turn put greater pressure on public school systems to clean up their own acts, if only to retain students.

The distance and density measures gauge whether easier access to a private school of any type increased the competitive pressure on public schools when the new policy lowered the effective cost of attending private school for eligible students.

And, most important, to the extent the charter schools did well, and we believed in our bones many would, they would put pressure on the public schools to stop making excuses about why they weren't successfully educating kids from poor communities.

Not exact matches

Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote in the journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, that, «Although most of the research and public pressure concerning sustainability has been focused on the effects of business and organizational activity on the physical environment, companies and their management practices profoundly affect the human and social environment as well.»

Challenge Success currently works with 130 public schools, Pope said, helping to educate students, parents and counselors on alternatives to the current pressure paradigm.

The two sides came together on the issue as public pressure to remove junk foods from schools increased.

The Harvard School of Public Health says,» It's hard to argue with the health benefits of a diet rich in vegetables and fruits: Lower blood pressure; reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and probably some cancers; lower risk of eye and digestive problems; and a mellowing effect on blood sugar that can help keep appetite in check.»

After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

(Faced with this pressure, and perhaps also to resuscitate LAUSD's public image — which has been battered quite a bit on «Food Revolution» — the new Los Angeles schools superintendent announced yesterday that he'll ask the LAUSD board in to consider a flavored milk ban.)

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Cuomo and the Legislature to reauthorize mayoral control of New York City's public schools, ratcheting up public pressure as his aides scrambled behind closed doors on several budget - related education issues.

Brannan's request comes in response to mounting pressure on state legislators to secure funding for New York City public schools as Albany lawmakers head into budget negotiations.

That's why, despite all the pressures on the public finances, this Government is protecting the current schools budget.

In the last decade or so, we have seen record levels of net migration in Britain, and that sheer volume has put pressure on public services, like schools, stretched our infrastructure, especially housing, and put a downward pressure on wages for working class people.

The governor sought to put pressure on Senate Republicans, who oppose extending the millionaire's tax, by saying in a Jan. 24 speech that there can be no increase in aid to public schools unless legislators vote to continue the income tax surcharge on millionaires.

This year, New York approved the first - ever free tuition program at the state's public colleges, putting even more pressure on schools like Saint Rose to compete for a declining pool of college - age students.

«The NRC has been pressured by the nuclear industry, directly and through Congress, to low - ball the potential consequences of a fire because of concerns that increased costs could result in shutting down more nuclear power plants,» said paper co-author Frank von Hippel, a senior research physicist at Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Hounded by public pressure, the Illinois House used a one - day special session last week to pass a broad school reform bill that raises spending on poor students and amends teacher - licensing rules.

The law thus established a nationwide test of public school choice as a means of both providing better opportunities for individual kids and creating pressure on schools that are performing poorly.

In places with fast - growing enrollments, the independent public schools also eased pressure on facilities and capital budgets.

It has evaded standard rule - making procedures designed to collect evidence and encourage public participation; ignored the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX; pressured schools to adopt disciplinary proceedings that deny due process to the accused; insisted upon a definition of sexual harassment so broad that it threatens free speech on campus; and created within colleges units dedicated to reeducating students on all matters sexual and on the dictates of «social justice.»

Educators in America's public schools obviously are under tremendous pressure to improve their students» scores on whatever NCLB tests their state has chosen.

Under this model, the school's funding is based on students» successful completion of their courses, a step that places far more pressure on FLVS to ensure its students» success than exists in traditional public school systems.

At a time when pressure on school places and buildings is increasing, and the public sector is being asked to make more cuts on spending, it is critical that school providers understand current issues on planning if they are to make best use of their built assets, according to Karen Cooksley and Lindsay Garratt from law firm Winckworth Sherwood

Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein have ramped up the citys efforts to infuse arts into New York City public schools, but the pressure is on all of us — our schools, arts education advocates, business leaders — to seize opportunities for partnerships that can build the type of successful communities that we all want to live in, and support our kids — the future of this city.

Some proponents have predicted that the presence of charter schools would have a positive effect on nearby traditional public schools by exerting positive competitive pressure; some opponents have worried that charter schools would harm students in nearby traditional public schools by draining resources.

With so many targets to be met, energy prices rising and public sector spending under constant pressure, it is vital that schools particularly are made as efficient as possible to cut expenditure on energy bills.

Even in the earliest days, Vander Ark said that the foundation would work with folks on both sides of the education - reform fence, helping existing public schools and districts whenever possible but also making sure they came under competitive pressure.

For the past decade, on their own initiative and under powerful pressure from Washington, states have administered standardized assessments of various kinds to all their (public school) pupils in grades 3 through 8 in math and English and then more in high school (and in science).

In the light of policy interest in measures to improve public school performance, this paper studies the e ects of collective parental pressure and competition from private schools on public school

Johnson sees the portrayal by Patrick and others of a dysfunctional public school system as a rhetorical ploy to advance narrow private interests, and he hopes that the Senate can keep the bill from coming to a vote where legislators can be pressured into a «for us or against us» position on school choice.

«The Charter School Act is an unconstitutional law that impedes the state's progress toward fully funding public education and places even greater pressure on school districts to fill this gap,» the coalition's letterSchool Act is an unconstitutional law that impedes the state's progress toward fully funding public education and places even greater pressure on school districts to fill this gap,» the coalition's letterschool districts to fill this gap,» the coalition's letter said.

At Public School 10 on the edge of Park Slope, Brooklyn, parents begged the principal to postpone the lower school science fair, insisting it was going to add too much pressure while they were preparing their children for the coming state School 10 on the edge of Park Slope, Brooklyn, parents begged the principal to postpone the lower school science fair, insisting it was going to add too much pressure while they were preparing their children for the coming state school science fair, insisting it was going to add too much pressure while they were preparing their children for the coming state tests.

Milwaukee educators step up the pressure on lawmakers in the fight to keep public schools under public control.

School funding chiefs and academy trust bosses have been under increasing pressure to crack down on excessive executive pay following a public backlash over rising academy CEO pay in recent years.

I'm never one to doubt that local school boards and public safety officials will find a way to hire even amid bad budget news, but the pressure on state and local budgets is so great and shows so little sign of abating that I couldn't help wondering where the money might come from.

Pressure to boost our country's public schools is one of the rare priorities on both Republicans» and Democrats» to - do lists.

When Congress considers overhauling its federal education law early this year, Smith and a bipartisan group of 84 other House members want to include language that would pressure schools to offer more PE: Their idea is to force school officials to issue yearly reports on how much time students engage in physical activity, making it easier for the public to compare schools.

OKLAHOMA CITY — One of the nation's top credit rating agencies is noting Oklahoma's declining funding to public schools as further negative pressure on the state's financial outlook.

The Obama administration's initiative to tighten oversight of public - school disciplinary practices by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, based on racially disparate effects of standard penalties (such as suspensions) as well as hard - to - assess accusations that minority students are being treated more harshly for similar infractions, has put additional pressure on integrated schools to equalize rates of disciplinary sanctions by race and class.

Since then, the increasing pressure of the opt out movement and scrutiny on the role of high stakes testing in our education system have continued to reduce the use of the MAP test in the Seattle Public Schools.

«In the past 9 years, the cost of construction and private lease rates for the charter facilities market have risen astronomically, putting extreme financial pressure on public charter schools.

Again, these reforms were popular on both the political left and right: the left saw in standards a way to create greater uniformity across the school system; the right saw in accountability a way to impose greater pressure on an unresponsive public bureaucracy.

ESAs drain desperately - needed funding from public schools, creating more pressure on property taxes to fill the hole they will leave.

«What I'm hoping is that when you have in - district public school choice and money follows the child that the marketplace starts to exert pressure on schools to perform better... So, right away, that schools are on notice that if I'm governor, I'm going to try to make sure this gets passed and implemented, so if they should start trying to be better schools right away, to the extent they can.»

Since 2015, the National Education Policy Center Schools of Opportunity project has identified and celebrated public high schools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students toSchools of Opportunity project has identified and celebrated public high schools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students toschools that have resisted the test - focused craze of the No Child Left Behind era and — rather than buckling under the pressure to focus solely on student outcomes — have made it a priority also to create strong and equitable opportunities for all students to learn.

More importantly from a public school perspective: the loss of the SALT deduction would apply significant pressure on states and municipalities to reduce taxes in order to offset the increases in federal taxes paid by their constituents.

In passing the bill, Illinois becomes the latest in a slew of states including Florida and Wisconsin to overhaul the union rights and evaluation methods of public - school teachers in light of large budget gaps, looming layoffs and pressure from the Obama administration to focus on teacher accountability.

In its 2013 report, Charter Schools Pose Growing Risk for Urban Public Schools, Moody's concluded that a rise in charter school enrollment, «is likely to create negative credit pressure on school districts in economically weak urban areas.»

The report concluded that Atlanta Public Schools «put unreasonable pressure on teachers and principals to achieve targets.

The decision comes after the federal government increased pressure on states to increase school choice, said Luis Huerta, associate professor of education and public policy at Columbia University's Teachers College.