Sentences with phrase «public school closes»

In reality, a public school closes when parents stop sending their kids there because it doesn't live up to its mission, which is to educate students in a safe environment.

When a neighborhood - based public school closes, children must travel farther away, increasing commute times and complicating logistics.

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

He and his staff did a little internet research to identify the lowest - performing public school closest to their church.

The plaintiff alleges that CTRCSD was started only to prevent children from being bussed to a nearby town because Theodore Public School closed.

To accommodate residents, the hearing will take place in the evening at a public school close to Knickerbocker Village, he said.

A brisk six - block walk from the Department of Education headquarters, Amidon has unique status as the public school closest to the federal education chief's office.

So severe was the storm that even the New York City public schools closed for the first time since 1978.

Virginia lawmakers believed they were making history in June by approving $ 1 million in scholarships for African - Americans who had suffered gaps in their education decades ago when their local public schools closed rather than enroll blacks.

The pace of public school closings has been increasing during the past decade, driven largely by dwindling enrollments in urban districts hit hard by budget pressures and competition from public charter schools.

Parents and general public should be aware that public school closings in many cities are accompanied by the simultaneous expansion of charter schools and non-public options — schools which have become the darlings of corporate reform, but whose track records are often worse that those of comparable public schools.

«However, charter public schools close all the time due to academic or financial mismanagement,» Spalding said.

If we don't continue to have real conversations about the state of education, we'll see more public schools closed and utilized for detention centers and jails.

«The vast majority of public schools closed by RSD in the past five years were in poor and working class, African - American neighborhoods,» the complaint says.

When public schools close and charters open, teachers unions become weaker.

The fight against public school closings has become the new civil rights battle in this country — and rightfully so.

In Chicago, the 5 - year moratorium on public school closings which began 2013 is about to expire and the mayor is talking about shuttering 50 more.

More than 125 Chicago - area Attorneys Sign «Letter of Conscience» Against Massive Chicago Public School Closings

Under Chancellor Joel Klein, the numbers of public school closings and new charter schools soared, while the high school student assignment system was overhauled to be driven by choice.

The Times - Picayune New Orleans public schools closed Tuesday ahead of rain expected from Harvey

OAKLAND — A new study on teacher pay puts this city's public schools close to the bottom of the 125 largest school districts nationwide when you consider each city's cost of living.

Not exact matches

The first four locations announced Wednesday include an address in east Toronto that is close to at least one school, drawing concerns from the association representing Ontario's public school boards.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

The Gilchrist County School District in Florida shuttered its schools after receiving an email threat, and the Nutley Public School System in New Jersey also said it would be closed because of a security threat.

We also know that eight public schools were closed.

Last year, to help close this gap, the New York City Department of Education announced signing and retention bonuses for Pre-K For All teachers working outside public schools.

The school will remain closed for the rest of the week, and all school activities have been canceled, Broward City Public Schools tweeted.

Sep 1: $ 599,000 Aug 24: $ 619,000 Desirable Location, High Demand School Area, Steps To Famous Kennedy Public, Dr. Norman Bethume C.I. Minutes To Pacific Mall, Close To Public...

Brevard Public Schools will be closed Thursday and Friday for Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane currently headed for the east coast of Florida.

The country is $ 70 billion in debt, schools are closing by the hundreds, and infrastructural services — like the overburdened electricity system — have been overlooked in order to make way for debt payments to Wall Street creditors, according to Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a public interest law firm.

Brevard Public Schools was closed Thursday, Friday and Monday for Hurricane Irma.

I would have thought it was obvious this is not about mixing religion with public schooling, simply using school building's for holding church services when the buildings are closed for normal schooling.

Although the issue of homeschool student participation in public high school sports isn't exactly a pressing national concern, it hits pretty close to home in our family — both our kids are competitive club - level swimmers who could contribute to the success of our local high....

Thus, in recent years the Supreme Court has invalidated a Connecticut law (passed to replace the prior Sunday closing law) allowing workers to select their Sabbath day as their day off from work, struck down a Massachusetts statute allowing churches and schools to object to the issuance of liquor licenses in their near vicinity, and abolished an Alabama law allowing students in public schools a moment of silence.

Closed minded petty tyrants such as Mr. Nye have successfully pushed G - d out of the public school and thus created a generation populated with teenage berserkers.

I guess we should just close schools because if public schools begin to observe muslim holidays, then public schools would have to observe all other religion's holy days — Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Asatru, Pastafarianism.

Those two Holidays should be added to the laudry list of days NYC public schools are closed, It is all but fair.

Are they asking for all NYC public schools to be closed those days or that those days are approved religious absences?

We should not close our public schools for ANY religious holiday.

When the Supreme Court struck down «balanced treatment» of creation and evolution in public schools ten years ago, the Justices hoped they had closed the issue.

A survey of standing based on income alone would probably place the minister close to the public school teacher and the semiskilled wage earner.

I pondered the question after reading a CNN Belief Blog post in which Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of New York University's Islamic Center, argued that public schools should close for two prominent Muslim holidays in New York City.

Take the money away from the public schools where children will be taught real science and that a «theory» is very close to a proven fact because it is supported by the preponderance of the evidence.

While some may look at the close relationship between premier high schools and elite colleges and bemoan the sad state of meritocracy, there is still evidence that public schools may offer an equal or even better chance at admission to an Ivy League school than spending four years at Groton School or another Hogwartz-esque boarding sschool than spending four years at Groton School or another Hogwartz-esque boarding sSchool or another Hogwartz-esque boarding schoolschool.

Although Urban Waldorf is now closed, its legacy and dream live on in our Public Waldorf schools and programs across the United States.

But what a crazy system we have, if the people closest to the day - to - day reality of school are essentially excluded from the public debate over how we educate our kids.

CPS (Chicago Public Schools) was closed for 2 days which is almost unheard of.

I have family and close friends who are teachers, and do not discount what they do to serve our nation's children in the public schools.

The necessity for the assistance of children during the harvest is the reason that public schools in the U.S. were closed during the summer months.

With the closing of USDA's period for public comment on the new proposed competitive food rules, we've had a lot of discussion here about the food and beverages offered to school kids via vending machines, school stores, and cafeteria snack bar or «a... [Continue reading]