Sentences with phrase «public and private school districts»

The consortium includes over 300 public and private school districts, and a consultant bank of 167 researchers associated with 86 universities throughout the United States and Canada.

Many of our members hold prestigious positions of authority and responsibility in public and private school districts and higher education.

We serve three intermediate school districts, 49 public and private school districts and over 63,000 students.

Established in 2004, The Golden Carrot Awards recognize food service teams in both public and private school districts doing exceptional work to improve the healthfulness of school lunches.

Not exact matches

For the last 15 years, Partners for Progress, a group of private and public - sector leaders in St. Charles County, Missouri, have invested a significant amount of time and money to create a culture of STEM education in the area's school districts.

Many of the schools we serve are private schools, and the public districts we do serve have Free and Reduced rates below 10 % [i.e, fewer than 10 % of the kids qualify for free or reduced price lunch.]

Though Wilma works in a public school district rather than a private catering service, I think you'll see that she and Justin share many of the same challenges.

«Last year, we moved our kids, now 7 and 9, out of a private parochial school into our public school district's gifted and talented program.

Once the trust has reached a deal with a contractor, it will then identify that company and the private investors paying for the projects before going to Chicago Public Schools, the Park District and City Council for public approval, hePublic Schools, the Park District and City Council for public approval, hepublic approval, he said.

Not only does this information varies from state to state and district - to district, it will be different for private versus public schools.

Although numerous parents choose public education because it is a free resource and may be a good option depending on the school district, increasing numbers of families are discovering the benefits of choosing another option, such as private school or homeschooling.

Nina Hansen, vice president of operations for the Enosburg Falls - based Abbey Group, which runs the food service programs at 70 Vermont public and private schools, as well as schools in New York and New Hampshire, said these unpaid bills are a problem in many districts, but none of the schools her company serves would stop a student from eating because of it.

Just to give you an idea of what we do — the core of our customers are small and medium sized public and private schools (or districts) that typically do not have the adequate infrastructure to cook from scratch or the economies of scale in their buying power to source our level of ingredients.

Unless District 214 chooses to drop out, its six high schools are among about 4,000 public and private schools in Illinois that will be affected by the new standards.

The private school the student attends, the public school at which the student participates in a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA are exempt from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the student during such transportation.

The best thing about Lansing «is the harmony and the quality of education in the private and public schools, «says Paul Burris, president of the Lan - Oak Park District.

«We have to be talking to hospitals, nursing homes, school districts, the public sector and the private sector,» he said.

Cuomo unveiled a revised version of the legislation on Tuesday, which would provide $ 150 million in tax credits annually for donations that benefit public and private schools, and encourage low - income students to attend either a private school or a public school in another district.

The programme which will kick off in April this year, with three hundred (300) Coding Centers across six (6) Education Districts in Lagos State to be commissioned, marking the beginning of the CodeLagos after - school programme in both public and private schools — primary, secondary & tertiary.

Trump had sought $ 1 billion to encourage public school districts to adopt choice - friendly policies, and another $ 250 million to expand private - school voucher programs.

A state education commissioner's ruling, issued in 2000, states that «it is improper to use public funds to subsidize a trip that is essentially a private recreational experience and not a part of a school district's educational program.»

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

«We have to be talking to hospitals, nursing homes, school districts, the public sector and the private sector,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Senator Jeff Klein held his Annual Education Leadership Breakfast, which honors public, private and Catholic school parent leaders throughout the 34th District in the Bronx and Westchester County.

HARD TO MISREAD THIS MESSAGE — DeVos, in first visit to NYC schools, picks yeshivas, by POLITICO's Azi Paybarah, Eliza Shapiro and Caitlin Emma: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to New York City, whose 1.1 million public school children represent the country's largest school district, and walked into an all - girls private yeshiva in Manhattan's tony Upper East Side.

Forward - thinking candidates know that educational and economic justice means expanding school choice to all and not just families that can afford private - school tuition, tutors or suburban homes in the best public school districts,» said NYIA spokesman Robert Bellafiore.

Residents can choose from public or private educational institutions including the Lewiston - Porter or Niagara - Wheatfield School Districts, Stella Niagara Educational Park, Sacred Heart Villa, St. Peter's R.C. School, Niagara University and Niagara County Community College.

Half of that money would be used to fund scholarships for low - and middle - income children to attend public schools outside their district or private and parochial schools.

«The public and private schools in my district are well - regarded and I think parents are very happy with the choices they have,» Matteo said in a statement.

4) The Chris Kirby incident and the arrival of a true East Ramapo political movement — It's been no secret that the East Ramapo Central School District is experiencing tumult for years, but 2013 marked the year that a full - fledged resistance to the private school domination of the board was launched by public school paSchool District is experiencing tumult for years, but 2013 marked the year that a full - fledged resistance to the private school domination of the board was launched by public school paschool domination of the board was launched by public school paschool parents.

When state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi of the Third Judicial District retired from his second 14 - year term half way through on June 26, the Albany Democrat and former public defender set up a race that's pitting his fellow Albany Law School alumni, Democratic Albany County legislator and private attorney Justin Corcoran, against Greene County - based Republican Lisa M. Fisher, an attorney with the Ulster County Public Defender's opublic defender set up a race that's pitting his fellow Albany Law School alumni, Democratic Albany County legislator and private attorney Justin Corcoran, against Greene County - based Republican Lisa M. Fisher, an attorney with the Ulster County Public Defender's oPublic Defender's office.

The veto came amid public and legislative debate on the bill, which opponents claimed would have unconstitutionally provided public funds for religious institutions and overburdened already struggling school districts by forcing them to pay for private special education.

For the past two years, Talk of the Sound has been gathering information — photos, videos, invoices, receipts, bank statements, checks, spreadsheets and other public and internal records — that show a long - standing pattern where the City School District of New Rochelle allows the operation of private businesses for personal benefit of select individuals within the public schools in New Rochelle.

Roughly 8,500 students, most of them black and Latino, attend the public schools in East Ramapo, while another 23,000 students in the district attend private schools, mostly yeshivas.

Mr. Hikind might start by taking an interest in working toward the restoration of the public school system and the lack of adherence to the NYS mandates in teaching subjects such as math and science in many of the private schools in the East Ramapo Central School Disschool system and the lack of adherence to the NYS mandates in teaching subjects such as math and science in many of the private schools in the East Ramapo Central School DisSchool District.

The prediction comes from both proponents and opponents of the tuition - voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out - of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.

A 2005 study by the Rhode Island Education Partnership, for example, found that public school districts in that state uniformly allowed employees to select their own health carrier and plan design and that 73 percent of districts offered no - cost health benefits for retirees; not one of the private - sector firms in the state the study examined offered these perks.

The program allows businesses to receive an 85 percent tax credit on contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations that fund low - and middle - income families attending the private school, home school, or out - of - district public school of their choice.

The six sites include a suburban public school district and a small - town elementary school, a private religious school and a private secular school, an alternative public high school and a charter school.

The unions recognize that they have less control over private contractors than over the districts, and that the success of private contractors could well promote the flow of jobs, money, and control from public to private schools.

Having established that the form of parental school choice offered within school districts is a harmful way of ability tracking, Burris uses that example to tarnish parental school choice in its other forms of public charter schooling and private school vouchers as well.

Any voucher - type proposal that relies on funds currently appropriated to Title I would not simply shift funds from public to private schools — it would significantly redistribute federal funds within states across school districts, and within districts across public schools, reducing progressivity.

Nov. 15, 2 p.m. ET: Powerful Partnerships: Creating Community Coalitions for District Reform The Syracuse City School District and Say Yes to Education have launched an innovative partnership intended to link public, private, and nonprofit community groups in support of the 19,000 - student dDistrict Reform The Syracuse City School District and Say Yes to Education have launched an innovative partnership intended to link public, private, and nonprofit community groups in support of the 19,000 - student dDistrict and Say Yes to Education have launched an innovative partnership intended to link public, private, and nonprofit community groups in support of the 19,000 - student districtdistrict.

Even though districts contract year after year with textbook, transportation, and food vendors, management of public schools — a $ 400 billion segment of the economy — had been strictly off limits to private enterprise and market forces for many years.

And to receive federal dollars, districts must give parents the freedom to use this information to select the school of their choice — traditional public, charter, or private.

If no, then will you bring to an end private contributions — like those made by the Fund for Public Schools and the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller foundations — to the school district of New York City?

The plaintiffs also allege that they have been injured because some of their children attend public schools, and because when a student uses a private scholarship to switch from public to private school it reduces district funding.

Students choose from a list of approved private schools (and in some cases, public schools outside of the student's district).

A new study, appearing in Education Next, shows that in the 34 districts under federal desegregation orders, including the 24 districts specifically named in the DOJ lawsuit, LSP transfers actually improve integration in both the public schools students leave and the private schools in which they enroll.

While the school district contended that the language of IDEA demanded attendance at a public school first, the Second Circuit had already ruled in a prior case that this was an incorrect reading of the law, and could unreasonably require parents either to place children in an inadequate program or shoulder the financial burden of a private education, a result it called «absurd.»