Sentences with phrase «proponents say schools»

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And proponents say they're already hitting such speed bumps, including municipalities that have confined marijuana companies to tiny industrial districts on the edge of town, or have implemented large buffers around schools and day cares that, drawn out on a map, cover nearly all of their territory.

Except, of course, imagine the outcry at the school if a Catholic priest, appointed director, had proudly said that the job made him a proponent of Catholicism in the public sphere.

Proponents say the proposal would cut the risks of foodborne illness and make schools safer for students with food allergies.

The president had incentivized the expansion of these publicly funded but independently operated schools, which proponents say give students an alternative to failing traditional schools.

But proponents of the regulations said that they were needed to allow the schools to broaden the pool of candidates.

Proponents say the gaming will create thousands of jobs and put more money into school districts and help lessen property tax bills.

New York State could eliminate its $ 3.5 billion budget deficit — money that could help bolster schools and other social needs — if state lawmakers closed the «carried interest» loophole favoring private equity and hedge fund managers, said UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other proponents of closing the carried interest loophole at an Albany news conference on Feb. 14.

«He has been a vocal champion for pre-k funding and for additional state aid for education, and a proponent of Community Schools, which put needed health and community services where they have the most impact — inside city school,» said Mr. Mulgrew.

Kehoe says that while the Sheriffs» Association has been a proponent of placing SROs in schools for some time, this latest idea is an effort to broaden the proposal and offer a statewide solution that could be implemented relatively quickly if funded.

A number of prominent Conservative MPs on Theresa May's Cabinet, including Liam Fox and David Davis, have been vocal proponents of grammar schools, and Education Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be «open minded» to the idea of new grammar schools as the education landscape has changed over the last few years.

«Proponents of charter schools will be able to say, - Look, see, those public schools are not working.»»

Single - sex schools, proponents said, are truly a conduit to gender equity.

Mississippi legislators are considering a charter school proposal that proponents say could better position the state for the federal Race to the Top competition and provide an option for parents with children in struggling schools.

Additionally, proponents say, by staggering students» vacations and schedules schools can increase capacity by 25 to 50 percent, avoiding the need to construct costly new buildings.

This strategy, proponents say, will cut high school dropout rates, raise test scores and, ultimately, increase graduates usefulness to employers.

He said we need to rethink everything about how schools operate, particularly those educating students that are lagging far behind their better - off peers — the same students charter proponents said were desperately in need of better schools.

Forty - one percent of all private schools that participated in the Milwaukee private school voucher program between 1991 and 2015 failed, according to a new study by a voucher school proponent who said he was stunned by the findings.

Governor Charlie Baker, a charter school proponent, said in a Globe interview last month that he would support a ballot question to expand charter access.

Proponents, however, say credit recovery is a miracle cure for high school coursework, the way for a student to complete an entire class in just a week.

So I think school systems have not, with the exception of Baltimore City, been particularly proponents,» said state school Superintendent Nancy Grasmick.

Both critics and proponents of charter schools might say they saw this trend coming — but for different reasons.

But proponents have said charter schools could make gains with students who haven't performed well in traditional classrooms, such as the 30 percent of Washington students who drop out of high school.

Proponents say that student report cards have multiple grades showing performance in different subjects, so having two grades on a school report card wouldn't be as confusing as some say.

While the Georgia ruling was widely seen by charter proponents as a big setback in that state, several experts said it was not necessarily a harbinger for blocking charter school commissions elsewhere.

Proponents say charter schools allow local educators to escape the smothering bureaucracy that entangles other public schools and to find creative solutions that help struggling students.

Rep. Skip Stam (R - Wake), one of the most notable proponents behind the school voucher law, said yesterday at the school choice breakfast that he wants to expand the program further from its $ 10 million starting point.

The A-F grades have received mixed reviews because public school advocates say the lower grades will unfairly stigmatize schools, while proponents argue that progress indicators need to be easy for the average public to understand.

Proponents of the program say the voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education; critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable, religious private schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.

Proponents of the bill say the status quo isn't working for disadvantaged students, and efforts like an achievement school zone where charter operators can pull up low - performing schools should be considered.

That could end up being a gift, he said, from Duncan to Betsy DeVos, President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary and a prominent proponent of taxpayer - supported vouchers for private and religious schools.

«Madam Secretary, seriously, you're not answering the question,» an exasperated Pocan said as he neared the end of his five allotted minutes to question the controversial school - choice proponent during her appearance before the House Education Appropriations subcommittee.

Proponents said monitoring former English learners for four years instead of the current two years will provide important information about how well they perform in middle and high school and about how accurate the exit criteria are.

Given the growth of national charter school networks, such as the Challenge Foundation — a national group that funds a pair of schools, accounting for nearly 11 percent of the student population, in rural Rutherford County — proponents say it's essential to maintain some local control over charters.

In this way, voucher proponents say, state tax dollars follow students to schools that best meet students» needs.

N.C. Rep. Rob Bryan, the Republican from Mecklenburg County who chairs the committee and the leading proponent for achievement school districts in the legislature, said that the districts — pioneered, to mixed results in states like Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee — could be phased into North Carolina as soon as the 2017 - 2018 academic year.

Sen. Malcolm Graham (D - Mecklenberg), formerly a proponent of school vouchers, recently said he's no longer a supporter.

But proponents of school choice say the new limits — $ 4,700 this year and $ 4,800 next year for students in grades K - 8 — are still too low to pay tuition at many private schools.

Proponents of the law say it will force school districts to address their lowest - performing schools.

Proponents of stronger planning say it's not clear that there is a need for that school, or any other, until the school system and charter officials look more closely at supply and demand.

Rep. Michael Bileca, a Miami Republican who chairs the House education committee and has been a chief proponent of the legislation, said the bill sets «a very high bar» for the performance of charter school operators that would be eligible to qualify for the incentives.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi legislators passed with wide support a bill Thursday that proponents say will give the state more control over public education standards but even they admit it would have no effect on what schools currently teach.

Charter critics often point to data showing that only 17 percent of charters outperform nearby traditional public schools, but proponents say closures are evidence that charter - school laws are working.

Proponents of vouchers say they give children the opportunity to receive a better education than they might in public schools.

«It's a direct attack on public education,» said Diane Ravitch, a historian and former Bush administration official who has become one of the most voluble critics of vouchers and charter schools and a proponent of the term privatization.

«Clayton Valley used to be a pretty decent school, but it's never been a great school,» said teacher Pat Middendorf, a charter proponent.

But the bill's chief proponent, Rep. Rob Bryan, another Mecklenburg County Republican, has said he believes it could be a boon to some long - struggling schools.

Proponents of the school say children learn languages much quicker while they are young, and a dual education is an ideal way to learn.

School choice proponents say that charter schools and vouchers offer parents important options for their children's education — allowing them to leave their neighborhood schools in search of something better — and that traditional public schools have failed in many places.

Proponents say charter schools offer affordable alternatives to traditional public schools, while opponents argue they eat away funding from traditional schools.

More than half the states in the nation now have some kind of publicly funded program to pay for students» private - school tuition, programs that proponents hail as offering an escape from failing public schools, and that critics say are starving public schools of needed resources.