Sentences with phrase «public school children stand»

While the mayor is proposing some huge cuts, public school children stand to lose 1 out of every 12 teachers.

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Hopefully, like a child standing up to a school - yard bully or a stranger reigning in some spoiled, poorly acting child in a public venue, Americans can stand up and take their country back.

• In an article on the anxieties of wealthy New York parents trying to get their small children into elite preschools, a New York Times reporter writes of standing outside one of the sought - after public schools, which happens to be one of four public schools recently the subject of a sex - abuse scandal.

Parental choice in general, and Catholic schools in particular, got a big boost when Mayor Giuliani of New York took Cardinal O'Connor up on his long - standing offer to accept a thousand of the poorest and most problem - ridden children in the public schools, those performing in the bottom five percentile.

«Those rallying in Albany next week should stand together with the city and advocate — side by side — for our children, particularly the most underserved, and all of whom are public school students.»

We are standing with Governor Cuomo because he is fighting to give our children the world - class public schools they deserve.»

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

In September, Weingarten's robocall lauded Hochul for «[standing] up for public schools, our children, our families and our educators.

Standing in front of the Great Western Staircase, parents from across the city spoke to their children's life - changing experiences in public charter schools.

«We will continue to stand with teachers and public school advocates to 1) oppose the corporate takeover and privatization of education and 2) expand education funding to meet our children's needs and so that teachers can teach,» said Howie Hawkins.

Even as a child, Rosa stands separate from her fellow African - Americans; instead of being shipped off to a shabby public school, she is enrolled in a private classroom run by Quakers, who encourage the girl to transcend the severe limitations of legalized segregation in her home state of Alabama.

To make sense of the opt - out phenomenon, Education Next spoke with two public school parents: Scott Levy, a local school board member in New York State, and Jonah Edelman, cofounder and CEO of Stand for Children.

Bobby and I stood outside the small public elementary school that our children attended, pondering our respective 1st graders» prospects.

Stand for Children exists to challenge the conventional power arrangements of the K - 12 public education system, organizing parents at the grassroots level to advance a school reform agenda.

None of the independent studies performed of the most lauded and long standing voucher programs extant in the U.S. — Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Cleveland, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. — found any statistical evidence that children who utilized vouchers performed better than children who did not and remained in public schools.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

Let's be clear, if they do the latter, communities across this country will stand up and defend their public schools and our children — like hundreds of thousands have done so far in open letters and petitions, and like AROS will on Jan. 19.

Jefferson Parish public schools had already planned for expansion, spokeswoman Elizabeth Branley said, and stood ready to welcome children who had meant to use vouchers.

Please join with us as we stand up for the promise of public education, and for the public schools all children deserve.

The U.S. Supreme Court has given the nation's public schools the green light to keep «under God» in the Pledge of Allegiance — at least for now — by holding that a California father lacked the legal standing to challenge a California school district's policy of leading children in the pledge.

While many in state capitols and Washington, D.C. are placing bets against state and national accountability systems that range from No Child Left Behind to Common Core State Standards, the public remains faithful to its long - standing commitment to hold schools, students and teachers accountable.

Caputo - Pearl sees this as a threat to UTLA's very existence, which makes it strange when his two national affiliates may both end up supporting Clinton, who once said, «I stand behind the charter school / public school movement, because parents do deserve greater choice within the public school system to meet the unique needs of their children.»

We stand ready to fight for the right of every child to access an excellent public education, whether in a traditional public school or a public charter school.

He joined the team after serving as the National Program Director at Stand for Children, a non-profit grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to improving public school education.

«Educators need to stand up for their students and the strong public schools that prepare our children for college, career, and citizenship.

On behalf of the children of Wake County Public Schools and across the state, we stand in support of HB 13 to preserve funding for arts education teachers.

We stand by their endeavors to secure school finance reform and improve education outcomes and opportunities for our public school children, especially those who are at - risk, English language learners, and students with disabilities and other special needs.

AROS National Day of Action: January 19th The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS) stands for fully funded public schools that provide a quality education to everySchools (AROS) stands for fully funded public schools that provide a quality education to everyschools that provide a quality education to every child.

Community allies are organizing to fight the takeover and to stand up for public schools that welcome and serve all children.

It's right for the public school to stand by troubled children and to provide for their needs in a way that makes sense for everyone.

In the closing paragraphs of Savage Inequalities, Jonathon Kozol exposes the effect of unequal public school funding systems, noting: «From the top of the hill... the horizon is so wide and open... one wonders what might happen to the spirits of these children if they had a chance to breathe this air and stretch their arms and see so far... Standing there by the [river]... one is struck by the sheer beauty of this country, of its goodness and unrealized goodness, of the limitless potential that it holds to render life rewarding and the spirit clean.

Chicago Public Schools and Stand for Children staffers sharing a car?

We also call upon those who care about the children in Milwaukee to stand up and protect Auer Avenue School and all public schools that are the foundation of a democratic society.»

This announcement from Orange County Public Schools provides welcome relief to those who stand to be harmed the most from high stakes tests — public school chiPublic Schools provides welcome relief to those who stand to be harmed the most from high stakes tests — public school chipublic school children.

«Either they'll stand up for neighborhood public schools that provide opportunity for all children, or they'll reward campaign donors by funneling tax dollars to the private school industry.»

Equally important, as a constituent, I am deeply disappointed that our elected officials are standing in the way of our children's right to be educated by charter public schools that provide the learning environments they need and deserve.

Charter board chairs representing 19,000 of our city's students have also voiced their support of the formula, along with the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Orleans Public Education Network, New Schools for New Orleans, VAYLA, the Louisiana Association for Public Charter Schools, STAND for Children, the New Orleans Parents» Guide to Public Schools, and Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools.

The members of the Utah Education Association stand ready to engage in positive conversations surrounding public education and our efforts to create a great public school for every child.

Parents 4 Teachers (P4T) is a CPS parent group that stands up for teachers, defends public education and fights for quality schools for ALL children.

Hopefully more Connecticut school administrators will join education leaders like Madison, Connecticut Superintendent Thomas Scarice and stand up, step forward and speak out against the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test (SBAC), the overuse of standardized testing in Connecticut's public schools and the right of parents to opt - out their children from these unfair, unnecessary, expensive and destructive tests.

Co-hosted by the Indianapolis Urban League, 100 Black Men, School Choice Indiana, Stand for Children, La Plaza, Education Reform Now, Lacy Leadership Association and UNCF, the event attracted stakeholders from across the community to hear Dr. Fuller's ideas and observations about public education in the U.S.

Indeed, the establishment of a charter school in place of a public institution has the real practical effect of diminishing the rights of parents to be involved in their children's education; it curtails the parents» standing as «citizens» and leaves them only as «consumers» or «stakeholders,» at best.

Last week, Central Park School for Children in Durham decided to close our two public charter campuses May 16 so we can stand with North Carolina public schools and public school educators in RaSchool for Children in Durham decided to close our two public charter campuses May 16 so we can stand with North Carolina public schools and public school educators in Raschool educators in Raleigh.

article, Incredulous: Watching CT Department of Education officials lecture school administrators on how to mislead parents, reported on the incredible meeting in which public officials from Governor Dannel Malloy's State Department of Education lectured a group of school administrators about how to STOP parents from opting their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing scheme and then quickly shut down the meeting when a parent stood up to explain why many people feel so strongly about the significant problems associated with the SBAC testing craze,

And not only will school districts have to put aside instructional time and give the Common Core SBAC test this year, but they will have to do it next year, and the year after, and the year after that, and every single year until this nonsense stops and the state's elected officials finally have the courage to stand up and put an end to the Common Core test scam that is designed to intentionally judge the vast majority of Connecticut's public school children as failures.

Meanwhile, Malloy's Commissioner of Education is not only preparing to take the stand against Connecticut's children in the critically important CCJEF School Funding Lawsuit, but she is leading the Malloy / Wyman administration's inappropriate attack on students, parents and the public school administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing sSchool Funding Lawsuit, but she is leading the Malloy / Wyman administration's inappropriate attack on students, parents and the public school administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing sschool administrators who were honest and truthful, last spring, about a parent's right to opt their child out of the disastrous Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

Connecticut parents, now is the time to stand up for our children, their teachers and our public schools.

A simple letter to your child's teacher and principal refusing to allow your child to participate in the SBAC tests is the best way to stand up for Connecticut's public school students.

The GSBA has a long standing legislative position supporting,» the constitutional authority vesting exclusive control over public schools to local boards of education as the level of government closest and most responsive to the taxpayers and parents of the children being educated.

She seeks out opportunities to meet with legislators and education leaders on education issues and stands up for children, their teachers, and their neighborhood public schools at rallies, hearings, meetings, and town halls.