-- 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.
``... 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.
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.
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.
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.