Sentences with phrase «public schools across the country»

In fact, a survey conducted in public schools across the country in 2014, revealed that about 10,000 schools did not have toilet facilities.

All the more reason for public schools across the country to do more to recruit and retain teachers of color.

With public schools across the country suffering from severe budget deficits, arts programs are often the first to be cut.

Former and current teachers in public schools across the country joined together in this work.

Because nearly all local public schools across the country receive federal funds, Title IX basically applies to every public school.

Learn about how your gifted child can thrive in public schools across the country who are enhancing their diverse gifted program opportunities.

Public schools across the country work to ensure that every one of their students receives a high - quality education and the tools, resources, and supports needed to succeed.

-- Roughly two - thirds of public schools across the country already have either a law enforcement officer or a guard on campus, according to recently published federal Education Department data from 2016.

There are many more examples of how charter public schools across the country are giving underserved students an opportunity to learn and excel.

``... more than 56,000 public schools across the country used Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low - achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects.

But in too many schools in the U.S., over-testing and under - funding are narrowing curricula, as public schools across the country become increasingly re-segregated.

Partly through Parlin's efforts, homophobic behavior is neither overlooked nor minimized at Newton South and at public schools across the country.

Agora is one of the largest in a portfolio of similar public schools across the country run by K12.

And it has public schools across the country sitting on the cusp of a massive change in nearly every aspect of how math and English are taught, learned and tested.

Education Cities is a nonprofit network of 30 city - based organizations in 25 cities working to dramatically increase the number of great public schools across the country.

For his study, Mehta and his colleague conducted 300 interviews at 27 different public schools across the country, including magnet schools and International Baccalaureate schools.

Public schools across the country rely upon federal investments for key education programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trust lands.

That's why, earlier this year, we joined with two dozen other organizations and advocates to support the California State STEM School, inspired by 14 other states that have specialized state STEM public schools across the country.

We hope other public schools across the country will be inspired by Success» example.»

The Obama Administration is directing public schools across the country to let transgender students use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

Envision has identified a few important levers over the course of the last ten years of developing and implementing a Deeper Learning Student Assessment System and these leverage points have been reinforced over the last two years with Envision Learning Partners work with K - 12 public and charter public schools across the country:

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low - achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects.

The «Musically Mastered Menu» series pairs celebrated chefs and musicians for an intimate evening aimed at raising funds to restore music programs in public schools across the country.

In April, she wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan saying she would freeze the state's targets for proficiency — a move flouting the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the landmark federal education legislation that sets performance benchmarks for public schools across the country.

However, with the implantation of paraprofessionals in a lot of public schools across the country, I would say the schooling system is changing for the better.

Thanks to a national initiative, salad bars are showing up in public schools across the country.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Jackson reflects on how we can close the opportunity gap in public schools across the country.

For the 26 percent (and counting) of public schools across the country that don't have the option of hiring or training teachers for AP classes, Course Access programs can ensure that their students have the opportunities they need to succeed.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

This past spring, the U.S. Department of Education released data showing that approximately 1,700 public schools across the country were eligible for «restructuring» under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for 2005 — 06.

And an essential step to educating a literate citizenry is changing the reading tests in public schools across our country.

Enshrined in state law and detailed in teachers» union contracts, the prerogatives of seniority continue to guide many of the key personnel decisions made in public schools across the country, including pay and assignments.

A research professor of education at New York University, Ravitch recently published a book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools — which argues that the crisis in American education is not a crisis of academic achievement, but of the destruction of public schools across the country — that landed in the number 10 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list.

As the United States struggles to recover from the financial collapse of 2008 - 10, the newest casualty may be the promising reforms taking root in public schools across the country.

The designation was given Wednesday to 279 public schools across the country and is considered the highest honor the federal government can bestow on a school.

St. Francis opened in 1951, three years before the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision paved the way for desegregation in public schools across the country.

Over the next couple of years, Los Angeles will see an influx of more than 700 teachers from Teach for America, a non-profit that recruits college graduates, trains them, and places them in public schools across the country.

They have been opened as a way to save children in struggling inner - city school systems; as destinations for children of affluent parents wishing to avoid what they view as the pitfalls of public schools; and as laboratories that, in theory, can pass along successful new ideas to public schools across the country.

Public schools across the country have chosen to partner with Catapult Learning on the basis of our high - caliber special education and alternative education programs and services that fully accommodate specific school district requirements and fulfill individualized student placement needs.

As AJC News reports, public schools across the country are being provided with an incredibly large stimulus check to boost school and student performance.

Our work transforms lives by restoring, expanding and innovating music programs in public schools across the country.

Just as the mountain above 26,000 feet is uninhabitable — classrooms in public schools across the country have become uninhabitable for human beings — teachers and students alike.

He pointed to the positive changes happening in public schools across the country — including several teacher - led reforms implemented in California schools that are helping at - risk students and closing achievement gaps, which drew national attention yesterday.

Aligning with Alma Powell's belief in uniting a community to help solve the educational crisis, public schools across the country have developed comprehensive programs to bring dropout students back to their classrooms.