Sentences with phrase «public school parents»

Half of adults (50 %), 61 percent of likely voters, and 47 percent of public school parents say it is a big problem.
As public school parents, citizens and taxpayers, we deserve to have our voices heard when it comes to the future of our children.
49 % of public school parents say standardized tests don't measure aspects of their child's education that are important to them personally.
The question is: do these same sorts of values and beliefs seem to be relevant for public school parents who, given the choice, would be interested in switching to private schools?
The number was even higher among public school parents, where the split was nearly 70 percent for the union and just 22 percent for the mayor.
We and many other proud public school parents have made our choice.
Overall, the public is happy with local schools, with 57 percent of public school parents giving their school an A or a B for performance.
The parents usually have to make sure they are active participants in their children's education, which is not always the case with public school parents and or the community at large.
In other findings, a majority of public school parents oppose the closing of «failing» schools and allowing some students to opt out of standardized tests.
Most public school parents expect their child to attend college full time, but that may not mean a four - year college.
What public school parents want — and I know because I'm one of them — are real investments that lift up all our kids.
As local public school parents, we know our children need a great public education to thrive in life and reach their goals.
About half of adults (53 %) and likely voters (49 %) say it is not enough, and 62 percent of public school parents express this view.
Public school parents continue to give very high grades to the schools their children attend, with nearly 75 percent of parents giving their school an A or a B.
When they say public school parents don't get involved in their child's education, I know they aren't talking about me.
Only 22 percent of public school parents first heard about the Common Core from school communications such as a website or newsletter.
In a telephone survey conducted during the summer of 2003, public school parents routinely expressed confusion over basic points of fact.
The instructors had invited several public school parents to come in and offer the future teachers advice.
In 2012, 37 percent of public school parents reported that public school choice was available to their children.
A recently released poll of public school parents found that 67 percent think there's too much emphasis on testing in schools.
More Latino public school parents (61 %) than white parents (42 %) said they have received information about how to become involved with the plan.
I assume he was just trying to score political point with the accountability folks and public school parents since no useful results could have been provided.
Awareness was higher among public school parents (7 % heard a lot, 30 % heard a little).
53 % of public school parents give the schools either excellent or good marks.
Most public school parents, in turn, said they were very (53 percent) or somewhat (38 percent) interested in becoming involved in developing the local accountability plan.
Public school parents continue to have trust and confidence in teachers, and the majority of parents believe their child has substantially higher well - being because of the school he or she attends.
And only 31 percent of public school parents expressed that they would excuse their child from taking a test.
Speaking of public school parents, 84 % give their children's schools an A (53 %) or B (31 %) grade.
My name is Tenicka Boyd and I am the Senior Director of Organizing for StudentsFirstNY and a New York City public school parent in Brooklyn.
Moderated by NYCAN Executive Director Derrell Bradford, the panel featured leaders in the education reform movement as well as public school parents from across the state.
Samuel L. Radford III, a Buffalo Public Schools parent activist who also works for the Community Action Organization, said it's possible the numbers reflect the fact that more poor families are being pushed out beyond the city limits; that with the gentrification of the city, poverty is becoming less concentrated and more diluted.
New York City has settled a federal lawsuit filed in 2016 by public school parents who charged that school violence and bullying were not being adequately addressed.
More than 200 public school parents joined with StudentsFirstNY and prominent clergy leaders today to demand that Mayor Bill de Blasio rethink his decision to force unwanted teachers into New York City schools.
In an interview, Mr. Walcott said that he had «a great relationship» with the school board president, Yehuda Weissmandl, but that the fragile condition of the district and the level of mistrust of the board among public school parents made it vital to have a monitor with veto power.
Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.
-- Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a non-partisan, non-profit national network of public school parent activists, released a proposal for true parent empowerment that authentically involves parents in collaborative school decision making and has a strong research base in improving student achievement.
Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so - called «Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.»
Bill Ring is Director of TransParent ®, a grassroots education advocacy, leadership development and training organization for California public school parents.
She co-founded the NYC Public School Parent blog in 2007 and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.
«I thought it was really important that we put a current public school parent on to the Board of Regents,» O'Donnell said.
The Parent Advisory Board gives Queens public school parents an opportunity to be heard on education issues and concerns and provides a forum to meet with senior city and state education officials.
A Buffalo Public school parent leader is asking where is promised money for schools under receivership.
The Buffalo Public Schools Parent Assembly and Summit, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, will bring hundreds of parents together to discuss their priorities for the coming school year — priorities they will then pitch to top education officials and representatives from the state Legislature and governor's office.
The Common Core is a major sore spot for many public school parents, who may feel as though standardization reduces their kids to numbers, rather than individuals.
Such bricolage arrangements are simple guesswork and no substitute for a rational student - based funding policy that treats the same student similarly regardless of the local public school their parent chooses for them.
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