Sentences with phrase «public schools in the city»

She's described as «appalling» the test scores for public schools in the city.

Having two strong systems reduces the pressure to regulate charter schools as though they were the only public schools in the city.

It ran into some resistance from public schools in those cities.

The schools in our coalition are, without a doubt, among the most innovative public schools in the city.

Larry attended public schools in the City of Los Angeles and received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 1962.

My cousins, on the other hand, attended public schools in the city straight through and they would tell me stories how you'd need to get to class at least 10 minutes early to get a seat and text book.

Students in public schools in each city are eligible to submit games, which are due in April 2017.

And we know that, more often than not, the students attending traditional public schools in cities are in intensely segregated schools.

An article in the Oct. 25, 2006, issue of Education Week on charter schools in the District of Columbia («At Age 10, Booming D.C. Charters Feel «Growing Pains»») should have said that 118 out of 146 regular public schools in the city did not make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act for last school year.

New test scores show that public charter schools are the best public schools in the city for high - need students, but Mayor de Blasio continues to drag his feet in giving...

Fifteen years after the first charter school opened in Boston, a research team led by Professor Tom Kane released a highly publicized study that shows that charter schools outperform other public schools in the city, including pilot schools.

Mariana heads the Pro Bono initiative at the firm, including the firm's participation with the Washington Lawyer's Committee's D.C. Public School Partnership Program, which matches area law firms with individual public schools in the city to bring tutoring, mentoring, other programs and services to thousands of children.

Perry is a terrible school leader, but his patrons don't mind because he is very useful to their cause, which is to dismantle public schooling in the city of Hartford.

Until the UFT is out of the picture there will be no QUALITY public schools in this city.

The mayor also predicted dire consequences if he loses his showdown with state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who wants to lift the cap on the number of privately run public schools in the city, now set at 23 new charters.

Prior to the ruling, unionized Seattle teachers went on strike just as the school year began, leaving charter schools the only public schools in the city open for business.

Edison on average receives resources below those of public schools in the cities where it works.

The Eliot K - 8 Innovation School in Boston's North End is the oldest continuously - operating public school in the city, and one of the highest - performing, as well.

With the Australians» help, District 2 began to thrive, and it now contains some of the highest - performing and most coveted public schools in the city.

The study examined New York City charter schools, which generally draw students from disadvantaged families, and compared them to standard public schools in the both the city and in affluent suburbs.

His group works within the iZone, a community of nearly 300 public schools in the city committed to personalizing their learning environments to accelerate college and career readiness for students.

These are among the most popular and high - rated public schools in a city that has gained a national reputation for turning most schools over to charter operators, and for trying to help students who live with poverty and crime.

If you are a city - based nonprofit or foundation, primarily focused on increasing the number of great public schools in your city, you may be eligible to join the Education Cities network.

Because this is the good old USA I don't believe the charter school companies are taking over public schools in the cities just because they want to help «black and brown children.»

Charter schools in Los Angeles are generally producing stronger academic growth than traditional public schools in the city, according to a report released last week by a charter school advocacy organization.

DECA's high school is the highest - performing public school in the city of Dayton — of ALL schools, not just charter schools.

Students in charter schools in Massachusetts outperformed their regular public school counterparts in reading and math in the state, and students in charter schools in Boston experienced significantly higher learning gains in reading and math than students in regular public schools in the city, says a new study released by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, or CREDO...

Nearly 40 percent of that money came from a reduction in state aid for public schools in the city of Milwaukee, while the rest came from tax dollars, according to DPI.

Now, Barr has a daughter in 2nd grade at Ivanhoe Elementary, one of the better public schools in the city, and it seems as if he and LAUSD have met halfway.

Like every other public school in the city, Stuyvesant is plagued by bureaucratic regulations and corrosive work rules that favor seniority and paper credentials over a teacher's knowledge and skill in the classroom.

Mariana D. Bravo leads the firm's participation with the Washington Lawyer's Committee's D.C. Public School Partnership Program, which matches area law firms with individual public schools in the city, to bring tutoring, mentoring, and other programs and services to thousands of children.

Seventy - seven percent of the students in our sample are from low - income families, 38 percent are African American, and 39 percent are Hispanic, in each case closely matching the demographic composition of all 8th - grade students attending public schools in the city and 8th graders attending the same schools.

«Having two strong systems reduces the pressure to regulate charter schools as though they were the only public schools in the city,» Pearson and McKoy wrote recently in Education Next, an online publication that covers reform.

Public schools in the city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling upstate schools.

Under the new plan, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has invited principals from every public school in the city to create new enrollment targets for student subgroups.

Every public school in the city has school safety agents, but you can not say the same thing about the many private or religious schools that teach tens of thousands of children.

She attended public schools in the city and is a Syracuse University graduate.

Consequently, all public schools in a city could be held accountable via performance contracts held by an independent authorizer.

«In order for public schools in the city, and increasingly in the suburbs, to provide the kind of education that I think kids deserve, you need to bring in private partnerships,» Nathan says.

Not to zero, but to what amounts to a drop in the bucket of public schooling in a city or state.

The public schools in the city had faced a number of tumultuous years — even becoming state - operated in 1995 — but, if the low graduation rates and test scores, and low percentage of students reading on grade level were any indication, there was more to be done.

The number of charter schools has doubled and children can apply to attend almost any public school in the city.

Before Katrina, there were 125 public schools in the city, 8 of which were charter schools, serving a total of approximately 82,000 students.

Rather, it is to make sure that all students have equitable access to all public schools in a city, and to create funding policies and support structures that make it possible for charter schools to serve all students effectively.

Just a few years ago, public schools in our city were struggling with problems similar to other big - city schools.

Vouchers have been a destabilizing force for families and public schools in this city for decades.

«So when you talk about the promise charters can provide, we have families who want to send their kids to public schools in the city of St. Louis,» said Robbyn Wahby, the mayor's education aide.

«If it's not corrected it may lead to the dismantling of public schools in cities in this state and in this country,» Urbanski said.