Sentences with phrase «private schools felt»

On their list of policy recommendations, they advise that «private schools felt rushed in their communication with families and enrollment of students.

Our interviews reveal that, despite their strong support for the program, private schools felt rushed in their communication with families and enrollment of students.

Although insulated from laws governing public schools, private schools felt the pressure as well, and many single - gender institutions, often fighting for economic survival, opened their doors to both sexes after 1970.

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Evangelicals felt more strongly about groups at private schools.

At first when I started reading this I felt it was unfair on the part of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS), but reading until the end, I have to agree with their decision.

I could see benefits to going to a private school if that's where the student feels like they would get the most out of their college experience.

I had always thought we would homeschool, but both years we took the time to visit schools (public and private and public «magnet» schools, etc.)... we found only one school that I could feel comfortable about.

Transitioning from a small private school, I felt enormous enthusiasm about finding my passion through these limitless possibilities.

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And I should be able to send them to a government - run or a private school if I feel that is a better place for them to learn.

As parents who are considering private education, we may feel unsure about which school would be the best fit for our child.

There is a fascinating and I felt under - developed section on the massive rise of male private schools in the period 1840 - 1870 and the extent to which that did and perhaps still does today influence social mores.

«Even if government policy included an acceptance of private schooling for those with special needs, the fact that the complainant did not feel that the current state system could meet her child's requirements raised questions about the nature of publicly - funded schooling and its ability to cater for children with special needs (including those whose families would not be able to pay for private schooling).»

To get a feeling for this, it is recommended that someone interested in this career path get a thorough grounding in the principles of economics, either through a university course or in a private business school.

«We just did not feel like private school was a good fit for our family or for her, even if we could make it work financially.»

The contracts have become the hallmark of a small new school in Massachusetts created not by a nonprofit network or a private foundation, but by an unlikely team: six parents who felt it was the only option for their soon - to - be middle schoolers.

Having already taught in a private school and the test preparation industry, Steele felt drawn to public schools based on the students she met and her own secondary education experience.

The officials who run the schools and the teachers who helm the classrooms must feel as if their jobs and per - quisites are in jeopardy if they fail to stem enrollment losses to independent charter and private schools.

The school can teach all students not to feel guilty for having a secret, that all people have information that they have a right to keep private.

Perhaps most importantly, the schools are blessed with overwhelming advocacy from alumni and the parents of their students, many of whom feel that their children are receiving a private school — quality education at public expense.

Responding to a question asking how they feel about going to school each day, 24 percent of the public - school students said they didn't want to go, compared with 9 percent of private - school students.

It's important not only for the schools to feel a sense of autonomy but to also feel cared for and guided by the resources on both sides of this public - private partnership.

The «competitive pressure» felt by colleges scrambling to sustain enrollment has also prompted some institutions, chiefly in the private sector, to increase tuition in order to be perceived as equal in quality to nationally recognized schools, according to the report commissioned by the American Council on Education and the College...

Nor of the fact just 8 % of religious private school students reported that physical violence was a big problem and 7 % that they did not feel safe at their school, as compared with 39 % and 27 %, respectively, of public school students.

Yet overall private schools are reported by teachers to embody a greater feeling of community, offer more teacher autonomy, and more teacher influence over curriculum.

Parents had mixed feelings about OneApp, the unified enrollment system where families can sign up to attend a majority of the city's public schools and private schools that participate in the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

School choice is a controversial movement that advocates for parents to «choose» the school (public, private, religious, charter, home, online) they feel is best for their chiSchool choice is a controversial movement that advocates for parents to «choose» the school (public, private, religious, charter, home, online) they feel is best for their chischool (public, private, religious, charter, home, online) they feel is best for their children.

Private school would be financially impossible, and they did not feel confident in the local district school, so the Craigs moved in search of better options.

While the racial, social, political, and economic consequences of poorly performing schools are innumerable and harsh, they won't be felt by Burris who earned $ 268,000 as a principal; or Ravitch who became a fierce public school advocate only after her children completed private school; or Valerie Strauss — another private school parent — who uses her Washington Post real estate to bolster all the drivel teachers» unions send her (without mentioning her connection to communication contracts with labor).

The impact of this idea is being fiercely felt today with state legislatures spending billions of tax dollars to fund separate, unfair and unequal systems of publicly funded education choices, including private school vouchers championed by Betsy DeVos and Jeb Bush.

CCGM sets goals for changes in students» behavior, emotions, feelings, attitudes, values and beliefs, thus expanding public authority over private lives of students into the affective domain, which has never before been allowed in Alabama schools (p. 16)

John Richardson, who covers independent schools for the National Education Union, said that small private schools might be happier about increased inspection fees if they felt Ofsted worked collaboratively.

The influence that these private philanthropists exercise is now being felt in school districts from coast to coast and manifests itself in the policies favored by the donors: the introduction of a corporate model in school administration, merit pay for teachers, giving local schools greater autonomy from their respective districts and the opening of more charter schools.

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Second grade teacher Jessica Moy said she feels more as part of a collaborative team at KIPP than she did previously at a private school and a different charter school.

Years ago teachers would accept a position in a private school for less money simply because they felt that the teaching environment was friendlier and more preferential.

I feel blessed that public charter schools are an option when district schools may not be the right environment and private schools may be financially out of reach.

Muldrow said she feels compassion for parents who consider sending their students to private schools, but she opposes public money going to religious schools.

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

«Because I grew up in this school... I feel like I'm a lot more prepared for life than [private school students] are,» he said.

I have talked to a several people who work in private schools, both religious and non-religious, and many of them feel that a lot of this drop has to do with charter schools.

If I could not afford the only local private school, or did not like their school, I would have to enroll my son in what I considered a failing school, and this felt unjust.

The state's teachers union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, feels the same, and to its credit, «we support the same interventions for private schools taking taxpayer - funded vouchers,» said WEAC spokeswoman Christina Brey.

School leaders should do their best to address the needs of their school community and should provide a private facility, such as a single - occupancy restroom or changing station, or privacy curtains for any student who feels uncomfortable in the restroom or lockerSchool leaders should do their best to address the needs of their school community and should provide a private facility, such as a single - occupancy restroom or changing station, or privacy curtains for any student who feels uncomfortable in the restroom or lockerschool community and should provide a private facility, such as a single - occupancy restroom or changing station, or privacy curtains for any student who feels uncomfortable in the restroom or locker room.

Imagine how a mother feels after getting a letter stating her child has been awarded a state - funded scholarship to attend a private school.

However, there is no overwhelming evidence that would suggest bias in this comparison; there is no reason to believe that these known factors — teacher turnover, absenteeism, feeling unsafe in school, and exposure to violent crime at school — would occur more in the private sector versus the public sector or vice versa58.

There is no doubt that CEA leadership feels that it has done an effective job pushing back against the onslaught brought on by the politically - driven Common Core State Standards initiative, the unproven and rushed change in standardized testing requirements, the systematic yet false narrative of failing schools and ineffective teachers, and the questionable storing and sharing of private, personal, and confidential information on students and their families.

Like most of the schools in private space feeling the crunch, Haynes ticks off a laundry - list of items they'd love to be able to provide their students: more technology, a computer lab so that kids can be on computers «every single day», and more language software.

The start of the Tennessee legislative session sometimes feels like the movie Groundhog Day, with voucher proponents bringing legislation every year to shift public dollars away from public school budgets and toward private schools.

«We feel that if we can get a lot of the students back from private schools that would add to the graduation rate,» said Morris, the former executive Monmouth County superintendent.