Sentences with phrase «public education functions»

If the chartering strategy depends on disrupting the existing arrangements for how public education functions, then most charter laws have a structural flaw that will dramatically limit the ability of charter schools to deliver real change for educators and students.

Not exact matches

The programme of dismantling the state, reducing its functions, pilfering its resources and launching sweeping privatizations leads to a demoralized public sector, weakened systems of education and health and the eventual usurping of the state by private economic interests.

How such general interpretations apply to situations unknown to the founders (like mass public education or the contention that secular ideologies may function like religions) remains unclear.

Parent - education, group - counseling, public psychodrama, a healing fellowship of Christian friends are performing their life - shaping functions at Wesley Untied Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

While parent - education, group - counseling, and public psychodrama are performing their life - shaping functions, another phase of the Wesley program is beginning where life ends.

Complementing its standard function, the Buffalo Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education Division provides education and services to adults throughout the cEducation Division provides education and services to adults throughout the ceducation and services to adults throughout the community.

Mr. Paladino is well - known for making racist and derogatory comments, and his latest tirade demonstrates he is unable to contribute to the proper functioning of the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education.

But the dual function of early care and education at a critical educational period and as economic security for families with parents in the workforce argues for continued public responsibility for ensuring ECE access for all children.

But public education in our city is also facing a number of systemic challenges: DCPS asks why it can't function with the same freedoms as the charter sector.

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

That is, the high rate of private placement in D.C. may be more a function of the quality of D.C. public schools than a function of special education per se.

If the evolution of public education delivery plays out like I expect, now - centralized government functions will largely break down into «support» and «accountability» categories overseen by different entities.

It's not the fault of anyone in the system today, but patterned after the dominant factory model of the era in which public schooling scaled, our education system functions as though all students learn at the same pace and have the same learning needs, which we know is not true.

Many of the controversies explored in this book involve education, and Viteritti makes a strong case for resisting the urge to drive religion from the public (school) square, for allowing religious institutions to perform some public functions, and for granting deeply religious parents greater accommodations when their children attend public schools.

Second, unlike counties and municipalities, school districts have a single function - the provision of public education - that is considered a state responsibility.

Those reforms, said Kozol, «can not, for reasons of immediate operation, finance, and survival, raise serious doubts about the indoctrination and custodial function of the public education apparatus.»

There can be no more important mission for public education than attaching children to civil society, investing them in its functioning, and encouraging them to play a role in building a more perfect union.

To establish that the school was a «state actor,» he made five arguments: that Arizona law defines a charter school as a public school; that a charter school is a state actor for all purposes, including employment; that a charter school provides a public education, a function that is traditionally and exclusively the prerogative of the state; that a charter school is a state actor in Arizona because the state regulates the personnel matters of such schools; and that it is a state actor because charter schools, unlike traditional private schools, are permitted to participate in the state's retirement system.

In an era that has witnessed a consistent trend toward centralization of the functions of government, local sharing of responsibility for public education has survived.

This implies that the real challenge for conservatives like my pal Andy has less to do with the nature of reform than ensuring that the public and private functions served by education are brought into proper balance, held there, and made to work optimally for as many of our children as is humanly possible.

Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.

Although our education system is not as bad off as some would have the public believe, 16 the rhetoric of a failing education system has led to a series of initiatives that have transformed the role and function of the American public school system.

While this lack of expertise is not disqualifying in itself, her responses to questions at her Senate confirmation hearing about fundamental education functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across theeducation functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across theEducation Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across the country.

The aggregate resources available to provide services to students with disabilities in public schools is a function of both 1) funding available to public schools generally, and 2) funding designated to support special education and related services in particular.

Nowhere is this dichotomy starker than in McCrory's seven paragraph education platform and the curiously short shrift it gives to the system of public education that is arguably the state's most important function.

A little more checking, and I found that the study was paid for by a small endowment at Rutgers called the Daniel Tanner Foundation which describes itself as «advancing American public education, specifically with regard to the democratizing function and design of the curriculum of nonselective elementary schools and nonselective secondary schools of the comprehensive type.

Secretary DeVos: Public education in the U.S. is a function of each state, not a function of the federal government.

The entire point of public education is to equip students with the skills needed to have productive careers and function as positively contributing members of society.

We have successfully delivered a range of intermediary functions, providing supplementary support to public education in Shelby County, Tennessee, an area with a deep history of inequity, poverty and poor educational outcomes.

Second, public education is not a form of delivery; public education is a function that we, as a nation, are committed to providing to our kids.

Furthermore, although I agree the changing nature of our state demographics (including the support for public education as a function of non-elect-based apathy) will clearly impact credentialing enlistment, I would say that it's impact will dwarf in comparison to the impact that media - based attacks on public education and the proliferation of charter schools will have on it (again due to a decline in support for public education).

Does the public approve of private industry holding student information AND being such an integral part of developing «THE» standards upon which the WHOLE public education system will function?

Contains only the data necessary for the legislature and the agency to perform their legally authorized functions in overseeing the public education system; and

→ Action → Invest in our existing public institutions of higher education focusing on improving teacher, counselor, and leader education; and reinvest, reclaim, and refocus the function of regional education laboratories to maintain integrity, relevance, and responsiveness in research aimed at seeking solutions for communities» education problems; and establish the outreach and extension of research findings to ensure their use in educational improvement practices.

Thomas Jefferson, among other historical titans, understood that a functioning democracy required an educated citizenry, and crucially, he saw education as a public good to be included in the «articles of public care,» despite his preference for the private sector in most matters.

As a school within the Alliance College - Ready Public Schools network, we have a contract with Alliance to provide our school with operational, financial, technology and human resources functions so that our school leaders and educators can dedicated the majority of their time to the education of our scholars.

Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function and subfunction: Selected years, 1990 - 91 through 2011 - 12

The Learning Community, one of Rhode Island's most successful urban schools, was founded in 2004 to serve its students and families and to function as a center for research and development to improve public education.

The Tanner Foundation is an endowment at Rutgers that describes itself as dedicated to «advancing American public education, specifically with regard to the democratizing function and design of the curriculum of nonselective elementary schools and nonselective secondary schools of the comprehensive type.»

The Daniel Tanner Foundation was established in 2010 with the mission of advancing American public education, specifically with regard to the democratizing function and design of the curriculum of nonselective elementary schools and nonselective secondary schools of the comprehensive type.

The remaining philanthropic dollars for education go toward a range of peripheral functions related to both public and higher education, including direct support of organizations, assessment development, adult and community education, and other functions.1

He recommended $ 13.3 billion in spending — a cool $ 36 million a day to pay for Utah's education system, transportation network, human services, public safety and other important public functions.

Contrary to the belief of a few, funneling public money to private schools will not fuel improvement of public education, but instead drain already limited resources and dilute broad community support for what has long been considered a valid civic function.

More specifically, we will support candidates who oppose high - stakes testing, mass school closures, the privatization of our public schools and the outsourcing of its core functions to for - profit corporations, and we will support candidates who work for evidence - based reforms that will improve our schools and the education of our nation's children.

Vouchers undermine this vital function, however, by diverting desperately needed public resources away from the public school system to fund the education of a few students at private schools — without offering any actual reforms.

Prospective and current partners are subject to eligibility criteria to ensure partner organizations are aligned in their commitment to student achievement, value the trusted environment CCSSO fosters through its activities, and respect that the primary function of the state education agency is to serve the best interests of its students, schools and public.

To carry out their important functions, LAs need a secure and adequate funding stream, an agreed remit and Government and public recognition and support for the important contribution they make to education.

Your function is to protect the public interest in safety by professionally evaluating the employee and recommending appropriate education / treatment, follow - up tests, and aftercare.

(a) The Secretary, through the Commissioner, in coordination with other appropriate programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such Education, and Welfare, is authorized to make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such services.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.