«I've come here with organizers and public school parents and students from across the state to demand
public schools in every district get the resources they need regardless of the students» zip code, regardless of the students» skin color.»
Not exact matches
- Togetherness: Look for a renewed Chicago Park
District push
in the next month or so to
get its programming foot
in public school facilities.
If you want to know what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to
get your head around this statistic: Every day, kids
in the Chicago
Public Schools district throw out nearly a quarter of a million lunch and breakfast trays made of polystyrene foam.
Killian's campaign called the Democratic complaints a distraction, pointing out a main plank
in her platform has been
getting the suburban
district its fair share of
public school aid.
Success Academy had to host a
public meeting
in District 2
in September to
get public input about their planned new
school, according to SUNY Charter Institute.
The Buffalo
Public School District has a new school budget with more spending and staff cuts as individual schools get a say on spending in their buil
School District has a new
school budget with more spending and staff cuts as individual schools get a say on spending in their buil
school budget with more spending and staff cuts as individual
schools get a say on spending
in their buildings.
«What I didn't
get from the City Council, I
got from the agencies, because I'm a great leader,» Mr. Barron said, noting he also obtained $ 80 million for
schools in his
district from the Bloomberg administration and oversaw the refurbishment of three
public parks.
The Buffalo
Public School District may get $ 36 million being held by Albany in a dispute over how much parent participation is going on in the school s
School District may
get $ 36 million being held by Albany
in a dispute over how much parent participation is going on
in the
school s
school system.
In only two weeks of driving, the
district coordinator of science for the Port Chester, N.Y.,
public school system has driven at least 600 miles (965 kilometers) on the car and her fuel cell Equinox has
gotten as much as 191 miles (307 kilometers) on its three full tanks (each holding slightly more than four kilograms, or 8.8 pounds, of compressed hydrogen gas).
As the 2005
school year
got underway, a new requirement
in a Pennsylvania
public school district mandated that all 9th - grade biology students listen to a statement questioning the validity of evolutionary theory and promoting intelligent design.
The Spokane (Washington)
Public Schools, along with many other
school districts, has made a living embracing this simple concept: If we assess our students beforehand, create a common curriculum based upon what the students need to have, then teach that curriculum and fill
in what the students don't have, and then assess the students again to be sure they
got it, we'll probably be okay.
But any state choosing this option would experience changes
in how Title I funds
get divided among and within its
school districts — even if all poor students were to attend
public schools.
The
public get every answer wrong; opponents,
in particular, believe that Common Core is keeping states and local
school districts from «deciding which textbooks and instructional materials to use
in their
schools.»
Her useful blast at faddism
got ensnared
in a familiar trap: her stance allows the compromises and accidents from a century ago that shaped today's
public schools and
districts to define the mission and scope of future
public schooling.
In Cleveland, children who accept a voucher get only $ 2,250 in government funding; those in public schools receive $ 7,746, the highest of any district in Ohi
In Cleveland, children who accept a voucher
get only $ 2,250
in government funding; those in public schools receive $ 7,746, the highest of any district in Ohi
in government funding; those
in public schools receive $ 7,746, the highest of any district in Ohi
in public schools receive $ 7,746, the highest of any
district in Ohi
in Ohio.
But even with new
district leadership
in St. Louis, it is unlikely that students will see much change
in the quality of instruction as the
public school cartel gears up for its next political battle over who
gets what, when, and how.
As I noted
in a blog post yesterday,
public school districts began innovating with blended learning before most charter
schools did, but charter
schools pioneering blended learning
get far more attention for their innovations.
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013
Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach,
gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture
district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles
in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest
district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models
in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
... You're seeing charters more
in communities where the
district public schools have a lot of work to do to
get better.»
In fact, public charters are doing better than their district school counterparts at getting these at - risk students to graduate, as can be seen in data from the 2008 high school cohort (students graduating four years later and released in 2013
In fact,
public charters are doing better than their
district school counterparts at
getting these at - risk students to graduate, as can be seen
in data from the 2008 high school cohort (students graduating four years later and released in 2013
in data from the 2008 high
school cohort (students graduating four years later and released
in 2013
in 2013).
Per you point about
getting the «same» amount of money, first AF
schools are not unionized and AF
got a bill passed last year that allows charter
schools to have up to 30 % of its teacher staff not certified — those two things raise the costs
in district public schools.
It would be as if those who always thought the
district was too large to be manageable suddenly
got their wish, leaving half the students
in traditional
public schools and the other half to wherever their parents could find new slots to enroll them.
When it comes to per - pupil spending, the
District had the largest gap, with
public charter
schools getting $ 16,361 per student
in fiscal 2011 and traditional
public schools getting $ 29,145, about $ 13,000 more per student, according to the study.
When Miami - Dade
public schools rolled out their performance pay plan to fanfare and cheering last year, it was the first
district in Florida to
get a head start on what will become a mandated policy
in 2014 and felt like it took on frontrunner status
in the nation.
«These winning
districts are examples of how
public schools all over the country are making sure each of their students
gets the support and services they need to succeed
in school
Under Indiana's A — F grading system, a
district - run
school has to
get an F for five years
in a row to be closed down or otherwise intervened
in; for
public charters it's four.
How closing
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make School A Democracy No Forced School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make
School A Democracy No Forced
School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small
Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small
schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools kept community alive Opposition to
School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small
public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools is raising concerns about kids
getting lost
in crowded campuses Small High
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small
Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small
Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive
in Some
Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High
School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About
School District Consolidation?
Supporters of charter
schools, which are funded with the taxpayer dollars that a local
school district would otherwise
get to educate a student, say the
schools allow for innovative ways to teach outside the confines of the red tape found
in traditional
public schools.
«These winning
districts are examples of how
public schools all over the country are making sure each of their students
gets the support and services they need to succeed
in school and
in life.»
Perhaps the most striking thing about charters is how, with smaller budgets than
public districts — they
get no capital funds — several have created
schools with 15 or 16
in a class.
A traditional
public school would never be able to
get away with excluding any child
in their
district.
This A + Denver report was developed
in partnership with Padres Unidos,
Get Smart
Schools, Colorado Succeeds, Colorado League of Charter
Schools and Metro Organization for People describes and shows the
school performance and demographics for each Denver Public School board member dis
school performance and demographics for each Denver
Public School board member dis
School board member
district.
While
getting funds out to
school sites quickly is well - intentioned, the impact of giving and taking away money continues to erode
public trust
in the
District's ability to responsibly manage its finances.
Despite receiving millions
in additional funds from CPS and private entities that regular
public schools do not
get access to, AUSL «results» are little better than — and
in some cases lag behind —
district averages.
As national conversations focus on the role of charter
public schools in large urban
districts, the 16 percent of students enrolled
in charter
schools located outside of urbanized areas can
get overlooked.
Under the law, if a majority of parents with children at a failing
public school sign a petition, they can «trigger» a change
in the
school's governance, forcing the
school district to adopt one of a handful of reforms:
getting rid of some teachers, firing the principal, shutting the
school down, or turning it into a charter
school.
I do feel that if you can actually visit places — like you've
got a great museum that's
in your town, or if your
school district has the resources to take your students to Washington D.C. or a national park — definitely take that opportunity first, but you know
school budgets are, you know, not always the (especially
in a
public school district like I teach) sometimes you're kind of limited.
Matriculation and graduation are the few separation rates teacher prep programs should celebrate;
in the very least, the
public should expect students,
schools and
districts to
get their dowries back.
«These Magna Award winning
districts are examples of how
public schools all over the country are making sure each of their students
gets the support and services they need to succeed
in school and
in life.»
Malloy claims that his «initiative» is providing Connecticut's 30 most struggling
school districts with another $ 132 million
in state aid, but the truth is that this year's increase is only about $ 45 million and that
in order to
get those funds,
school districts were required to accept a series of new mandates and programs aimed at further implementing Malloy's corporate education reform agenda and diverting scarce
public dollars to private companies.
The latest one
in Chicago — over how the Chicago
Public Schools district (CPS) reacted to teachers, parents and about 1,500 children at 80 schools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as i
Schools district (CPS) reacted to teachers, parents and about 1,500 children at 80
schools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as i
schools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as it
gets.
With disagreements swirling about the Park City
School District's $ 56 million bond as Election Day nears, voters
got to see supporters and detractors face off
in a
public setting Tuesday one last time before heading to the polls.
New Jersey's ongoing debate about whether traditional
public schools or charters do a better job educating students
got some provocative new data yesterday, courtesy of a study from Stanford University that came down on the side of the charters — particularly
in Newark's embattled
school district.
Study: Charters
Get Less Funding Than Traditional
Public Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
Public Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
Public charter
schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
schools received significantly less funding than traditional
public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
schools in five cities, including the
District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Pulley, a former superintendent of the Greenwood
Public School District, abruptly retired from her post back
in 2012, only to
get back to work as the conservator of Oktibbeha County
School District in January 2013.
«Remember we have over 600 (including
public school districts and charters), and an overwhelming majority of them are working very, very hard with their educators and their IT people to
get ready for this,» he said
in an interview.
Yet it is worth noting that the
public -
school systems
in Montgomery County and the neighboring
District of Columbia both spent about $ 15,000 per student
in the 2007 - 2008
school year — and while Montgomery County has obviously
gotten a respectable return on its investment, D.C. has performed dismally, ranking dead last
in the nation on 2007 and 2009 NAEP math and reading scores for fourth graders.
We applied for
public space
in school districts 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12, hoping to
get space anywhere
in the community.
«What I'm hoping is that when you have
in -
district public school choice and money follows the child that the marketplace starts to exert pressure on
schools to perform better... So, right away, that
schools are on notice that if I'm governor, I'm going to try to make sure this
gets passed and implemented, so if they should start trying to be better
schools right away, to the extent they can.»
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