Sentences with phrase «public school kids»

He said, you know, in the 12 years of public schooling these kids have been given, taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars getting them ready to go to college.
I had the privilege to witness, participate, and facilitate in one of their environmental awareness camps for public school kids.
American public school kids are not taught religion objectively.
When charter public schools are funded, there is no overall loss of public school money because charter schools are public schools serving public school kids.
The purpose of the program is to give public school kids a chance to attend private schools by granting them scholarships.
«Sixteen percent of our kids graduate from four - year colleges, compared to less than 5 percent of public school kids in our neighborhoods; and it's only 3 percent of CPS Latinos and 4 percent of CPS blacks who graduate from college.»
The ones that begin in Sixth, often take public school kids starting at Sixth Grade.
(There is the old Catholic joke about the delinquent public school kid whose father transferred him to a Catholic school, where his misbehavior ceased.
Last year, more than 105,000 New York City public school kids experienced homelessness at some point during the year, according to the Coalition for the Homeless.
All I do know is that another proposal of mine, grouping NYC public school kids by ability, rather than age, would not only solve the perennial shortage of Gifted & Talented seats for all who qualify, it would also help with racial and socioeconomic diversity.
If you want to be blind to reality, I'm fine with that, as long as you don't try to put those blinders on public school kids (my Catholic school taught that evolution was a scientific fact, btw).
Because the schools are charter schools — publicly funded schools that accept public school kids by lottery and are run by private organizations under their own charters — AF would need state permission for the experimental schools.
«I am not worth less than other public school kids just because I'm a charter school student,» said Chris Galligan, a student at South Buffalo Charter School.
Says, «Marshall will bring everyone together to deliver the quality public schools our kids deserve» Los Angeles — Former U.S. Congressman and chairman of the...
Marshall will bring everyone together to deliver the quality public schools our kids deserve.
AC: I live in Toronto, Canada, where 90 per cent of public school kids bring a packed lunch to school.
Taking no chances, the city's Department of Education canceled school for the 1.1 million - student system — marking the second time this winter public school kids took a powder break due to snow.
«And New York kept its part of the promise too — because if we didn't quite rival the Kennedys, a New York City public school kid like me was able to make it all the way to New York City Comptroller,» he said.
That means Hawaii public school kids will spend 163 days in school compared to about 180 for most kids nationwide.
Referendum 55 would give local communities an effective tool to help public school kids who are falling through the cracks.
As a result, these families — and white counterparts who either have kids labeled as either special ed or placed on the general academic track — seek out private schools at great expense, even when they are paying out $ 5,000 or more every year to support traditional public schools their kids won't attend.
If we moved to using these richer measures in all of our schools, it could mean that not just upper middle class and affluent kids at schools like Sidwell Friends School, where President Obama's children attend, but poor public school kids too would be taught and expected to demonstrate the ability to think, express original ideas, problem solve, work in teams, do research papers and other kinds of projects requiring critical thinking.
Teaching to standardized tests is discouraged and does not happen in our Montomgery County Maryland Public School The kids spent ZERO days on test prep..
Chicago Public School kids are being short changed in their education in some really troubling ways.
It's the 3,000 people at the lottery, the thousands of NYC Public School kids (soon to be nationwide!)
In the U.S., the majority of public school kids are now in poverty, the middle class is for the first time a demographic minority, and life expectancy is flat overall and actually fell for whites.»
In their letter to the union, the candidates, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, expressed their solidarity with the drivers, but said they were increasingly concerned about the impact the strike was having on public school kids, parents and drivers, as it entered its fifth week.
These children need and deserve the same support as all other public school kids and we hope this is the year they receive that support from those who represent them in Albany.»
In the 2005 documentary film «Mad Hot Ballroom,» viewers saw how the lives of New York City public school kids were impacted by dance.
The beauty of private school is that my children routinely outperform the public school kids and remain free to hear the word.
But far more importantly, this plan upsets me as a parent of public school kids.
Michael Daly says he might enjoy this fight between two political heavyweights — if only the fate of some 1 million public school kids wasn't at stake.
«Charters have been battling with the de Blasio administration for the last four years but thanks to Albany leaders, productive conversations led to an agreement that's good for all public school kids.
The Quinnipiac University poll showed that 56 percent of those polled trusted the United Federation of Teachers to «protect the interests» of public school kids, versus less than a third who said they trusted Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But speaking in Albany today, the mayor questioned the logistics of offering free lunches to every public school kid in the city, regardless of economic need.
As the former Rockland County District Attorney quoted Mr. Harry Phillips, New York State Board of Regents who referred to the East Ramapo School District: «the school district is shafting the public school kids...»
It might be the most common mistake in education writing and policy analysis today: declaring that a majority of public school students in the U.S. hail from «low income» families — or, even worse, that half of public school kids are «poor.»
Today, fourteen cities have at 30 percent of their public school kids in charters.
Our students are public school kids
«What we are effectively [doing] is taking our public school kids»....
NT: I'm a public school kid and I'm proud of it!
«Charters have been battling with the de Blasio administration for the last four years but thanks to Albany leaders, productive conversations led to an agreement that's good for all public school kids.
Like all school districts across the country, New York is required to record every time a public school kid is held or tied down and report totals each year to the U.S. Department of Education.
They're a tiny piece of the educational pie: out of 2,500 schools in the state only 80 are charters (another eight were just approved by the DOE) and they currently serve less than 2 percent of NJ's 1.38 million public school kids.
Time to turn up the heat over the next few weeks in hopes of inspiring the group to serve up a more seasoned and tasty main course that some half a million public school kids and their school districts across the state, as well as the mill rates of 169 municipalities, may all be forced to eat should the legislature go along with the final recommendations.
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