Sentences with phrase «public schools based»

The State Department of Education's level of concern is about chronic and excessive absenteeism is so great, that just last month the State Board of Education announced their intention to «rank order» all Connecticut public schools based each school's level of student absenteeism and that poor absentee rates could lead to state takeover of local schools.

In our current system, children are assigned to traditional public schools based on where they live.

Should Texas fund public schools based on their academic performance rather than just giving them a certain amount of money per student?

[Editor's Note: For more than ten years, Substance he been following the stories about how Michael Milkie, founder of the «Noble Network of Charter Schools,» has been forcing his «failing» students to return to the city's real public schools based on rules which no decent public school — or teacher — would impose on children.

There's no reason she's a problem for public schools based on the fact that she's religious,» said Dr. Whitehurst.

The public has never been more supportive of California's charter public schools based on growth in charter school enrollment, waiting list numbers, and polling data.

ESSA maintains a strong focus on accountability and requires all states to have in place systems of accountability and supports that include annual accountability determinations for all public schools based on multiple indicators for the school overall and for certain subgroups of students.

The Character Formation Project is a licensed set of character formation content and programming with two versions — one for public schools based on civic character, and the other for Christian education based on Christian character.

In 2015, Utah lawmakers approved the School Turnaround Program, which set aside $ 8 million dollars for the worst - performing three percent of public schools based on school grading.

Student - on - student bullying may also trigger a school district's responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination in public schools based on many of the same characteristics protected by the civil rights laws.

In 2010, Waconda's only middle school received a federal Blue Ribbon award, distinguishing it as one of the country's best 266 public schools based on site visits from federal officials and a self - evaluation.

Wisconsin funds its public schools based on enrollment.

When President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan continued and expanded NCLB's absurd ranking and punishing of public schools based on socio - economic and other inappropriate measures, teachers, parents and public school advocates spoke out.

The network of nearly 120 charter schools, including the Harmony Public Schools based in Houston, have dealt with mounting interference from the Turkish government through Canadian attorney Robert Amsterdam.

We support informed parental choice where parents can choose classes, programs, and public schools based on real outcomes.

Parents generally arrived at their chosen school through a largely linear process that began with the ruling out of large segments of the broader educational market of schools (e.g. ruling out all traditional public schools based on prior negative experiences, ruling out the private sector due to financial constraints) followed by the identification of a particular school through the parent's social network of family, friends and work colleagues.

Governor Gregoire stressed the need for evaluation models that will foster educational communities in Washington's public schools based on expertise and best practices.

Businesses can be contracted to run public schools based on alternative models of school organization.

Instead of funding a system of schooling that remunerates regular public schools based on enrollment, funding for K — 12 education in DC could go directly into a parent - controlled education savings account.

Today, convoluted Title I formulas coupled with policies in some states that assign students to public schools based on their parents» zip code, do not make Title I a vehicle conducive to achieving its primary purpose of «provid [ing] a good education for every boy and girl — no matter where he lives.»

The city does not assign children to public schools based on home address, so they have no specific public school as a default; instead, parents apply to public schools.

Petitioners, an organization of Seattle parents (Parents Involved) and the mother of a Jefferson County student (Joshua), whose children were or could be assigned under the foregoing plans, filed these suits contending, inter alia, that allocating children to different public schools based solely on their race violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection guarantee.

Because of the entrenched practice of assigning students to public schools based on their neighborhood of residence, urban public schools tend to concentrate highly disadvantaged students in schools characterized by low levels of safety and achievement.

Having already taught in a private school and the test preparation industry, Steele felt drawn to public schools based on the students she met and her own secondary education experience.

Most Brazilian students, however, are still assigned to a public school based on their place of residence.

For more than 100 years, we treated education the same: students are assigned a public school based solely on their zip code and the school district they happen to be zoned for.

While choice policies have significantly grown in recent years, the vast majority of districts continue to assign students to a public school based on where they live.

Not exact matches

It would require transgender people to use bathrooms in public schools, government buildings and public universities based on «biological sex.»

A consortium which includes Perth - based Programmed Maintenance Services has been appointed the preferred bidder for a public private partnership for four new schools in New Zealand.

Niche, an education review site that's kind of like Yelp for schools, based its ranking on a combination of user reviews and education statistics sourced from government and public databases.

Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles — based nonprofit provides after - school writing and drama programs to underserved schools and produces stage shows for the public.

Today, the 150 - person New Jersey - based company collects trash in 24 countries and two thirds of public schools in America, and recycles over one million pounds of garbage per week that would otherwise be in a landfill.»

• Harkness Capital made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Southwest Foodservice Excellence, a Scottsdale, Ariz. - based provider of outsourced food services to K - 12 public school districts.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

Calculated based on presence of neighborhood amenities like Restaurants, Schools, Hospitals, Public transportation and others

The Report Card on British Columbia's Elementary Schools 2018 ranks 946 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) rSchools 2018 ranks 946 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) rschools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) results.

Police have charged a New Jersey school superintendent with relieving himself in public, after school officials reported seeing human waste near an athletic field on a daily basis.

The Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools 2018 ranks 819 public, separate, francophone, independent and charter schools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test rSchools 2018 ranks 819 public, separate, francophone, independent and charter schools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test rschools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test results.

As a reaction against the 19th and early 20th centuries» rising trend of public regulation and money creation, this school describes money's value as based on its bullion content or convertibility, or on bank deposits and other financial assets.

Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles - based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitpublic interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the ConstitPublic Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Christians have voted to put their God's name on everyones money, add «Under God» to the flag salute, force schools to teach intelligent design with absolutely no scientific basis along side the sciences, voted to write their moral laws on the fronts of public courthouses and tax funded buildings, voted to ban certain people from living together, being intimate or raising children because their orientation didn't fit with their bible beliefs.

But they don't leave it there — they want to set laws based upon their religious beliefs, set school curricula based upon their religious beliefs, have their religious prayers in public meetings, put their religious texts on public buildings, etc..

In a polarising debate that has already played on the public's fear of creeping Islamisation, those who believe in the inherent value of faith - based schools will be hoping that the baby Jesus doesn't get thrown out with the bathwater.

When Nicole Baker Fulgham met one of her fellow faith - based public school advocates for coffee once, he recounted a conversation he had with a friend who is a long - time elementary school principal in the Bronx.

but still Faith based Parochial school students often test higher in math and science than those in public schools.

The religious are always looking to put religion front and center in public life: displays and signs on public property, laws based upon their religious beliefs, their beliefs taught as science in schools, bells on Sunday, etc..

That's exactly why atheists don't want believers creating laws based solely upon their beliefs, why atheists don't want those beliefs taught in schools as science, why atheists don't want those beliefs posted on public buildings, etc..

No faith based holidays in the public schools, if you want those privileges then go to a faith based school and pay for it.

Hawaii, I would be against any faith based criteria entering our public schools.

Fearing that Catholic schools would form a strong base for a subculture, and worried about the decline of the public schools as the junior wing of American public religion's informal church establishment, the editors reared up.