The teacher unions have more influence on
the public schools than any other group in American society.
The teachers unions have more influence of
the public schools than any other group in American society.
But even though, as a percentage, the state provides more money to
public schools than other states, it's just a percentage — not total dollars, said Price.
Between 2008 - 2012, Arizona cut more funding to K - 12
public schools than any other state, and schools have not yet recovered.
Not exact matches
«I took it very, very seriously and quickly realized that this was even tougher
than any of the
other challenges in the
public domain because it was my hometown, and it was my
school,» says Alexander.
That said, families with children seem more determined to return
than others; while the post-wildfire population dropped about 17 per cent,
public school enrolment fell only by about five per cent this year.
Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more
than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped
schools and
other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide
other public services.
What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and
other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight
than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in
public courthouses and
schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather
than the new creation that began at the resurrection.
Nobody thought much of religions
other than Christianity; as was obvious by our
public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.
1) seperation of church and state; state funded
public schools can't teach anything that is directly influenced by religion
other than just touching on that kind of topic.
Teachers and
other staff in
public schools are often moved from
school to
school when allegations emerge, rather
than the
school attempting to remove the teacher from the district.»
Private
school students, on average, score better
than public school students in reading, math and a host of
other subject areas, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity
School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions
other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and
public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources,
public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).
This is consistent with the research on Catholic and
other faith - based
schools, suggesting that religious instruction provides a better standpoint for critical engagement with the dominating culture
than does a
public school immersed in that culture.
Access to
public schools and to
other institutions from which they had previously been largely excluded turns out to be less beneficial
than they had expected.
Children in
public schools are being used to achieve an agenda
other than literacy.
The attitude of
public and nonpublic
school personnel to each
other has become one of cooperation rather
than hostility.
Through the years, zealous legislators have, among
other things, forced Catholics to fund Protestant
public schools, Jews to conform to sectarian Sunday laws, non-Christians to recognize the national holiday of Christmas, and Mormons and Indians to observe laws of the state rather
than the requirements of their faith.
At the
other end of FBS, 35
public schools spent less
than $ 2 million each.
But for
other secular homeschoolers, those who do not follow a particular philosophy — which may either mean that they fall into the group of homeschoolers known as eclectic or that they use many
public school methods — they don't or don't seem themselves as having a single, shaping vision that guides all their choices
other than providing their children with an excellent, safe education.
Acts, P.A. 87 requires
public school boards to adopt a policy to require each
school to provide an appropriate, private room,
other than a restroom, that may be used by an employee to express breast milk.
Philip Blonde takes an almost Democratic Republican ideology towards
public service reform in advocating using social entreprises to manage
schools, hospitals, sure start centres etc, which would be democratically connected to all
other schools etc through out the country and collectively elect the central management who allocate budget spending to each and every
school etc. http://www.respublica.org.uk/publications/ownership-state It sounds more like a radical libertarian socialist solution to
public services
than a free market conservative solution to
public services.
«More
than 30 percent of potential voters this year were either not old enough to vote in 2008, or resided somewhere
other than New Hampshire,» according to the University of New Hampshire's Carsey
School of
Public Policy.
However, he noted that there are
public schools in some regions of the state that perform better
than others.
Our one - of - a-kind energy is what has been attracting innovators, freedom riders, and immigrants from every
other place on Earth, what has more
than 2.6 million people waking up here every day, what has young scholars selecting our
schools, and what has the
public and private sectors investing billions of dollars here.
He is now testing that approach to the limit and his membership, which reads The Guardian more
than any
other newspaper, is getting to see him portrayed as Pinocchio,
public school fag to the Bullingdon boss and Private Pike for his trouble.
«New York
public schools now spend more per pupil
than any
other state and 87 percent above the national average.»
«And we're hearing that those proposals may end up containing significantly less
than the $ 2.2 billion required to fully fund all of New York's
public schools and provide our kids with the small class sizes, full curricula, and
other resources they need to succeed.»
«There is no more important effort
than the protection and expansion of the rights and liberties of the people,» said Richard Brodsky, a political scientist at the Wagner Graduate
School of
Public Service and a former assemblyman who is working with
other groups supporting a convention.
Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and
other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color
than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting
public teacher unions over charter
schools.
«The truth is that New York dedicates more money per pupil to education
than any
other state — including over $ 25.8 billion in this year's budget,» Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said in a statement, «and we'll continue to work to strengthen our
public schools and provide New York children with the education they deserve.»
However, the
public are generally pessimistic about its ability to deliver in
other areas — less
than half have confidence in its ability to improve the NHS (32 %) and
schools (32 %), cut crime (33 %) or immigration (39 %) and to protect the country against terrorism (42 %).
But though 80 percent of the charters in her home state perform worse
than traditional
public schools, DeVos — a billionaire whose family has also opposed workers» rights, gay marriage and has contributed heavily to a variety of
other right - wing causes — has led the way in resisting any attempts to regulate or improve Michigan charter performance.
Pensions and health costs for teachers and
other staff are substantially higher for the traditional, unionized
public schools compared to charters, which offer their employees 401ks rather
than more generous defined benefit plans.
Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in
public charter
schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs
than any of the
other boroughs, with less
than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our
school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more
than 45,000 students.
Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «
public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and
other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more
than 121,000 students.
More
than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more
public school funding, charter
school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning
Schools and
other important education initiatives.
«No fewer
than 10,000 houses were destroyed, in addition to over 86
public buildings, comprising
schools, and hospitals among
others,» he said.
As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350
public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their
school communities for the crushing loss of more
than 700
school support staff — including
school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and
others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.
That's a huge jump from the 16,119 full - time seats currently available inside
public schools, as well as the more
than 3,000 full - time seats available in community - based organizations, according to the joint report prepared by the mayor's office, the Education Department and
other agencies.
They were following up on the results of a long - term study from the Harvard
School of
Public Health that had suggested yogurt, more
than any
other food, helped to prevent age - related weight gain.
When the White House thought advanced technology meant little more
than Stealth bombers and smart missiles, Al Gore was a senator from Tennessee seeking $ 500 million to study how the Internet could be extended for use by
schools, hospitals and
other public organisations.
«Metabolic syndrome in women may be more closely related to coronary artery disease
than other cardiovascular outcomes,» noted Elizabeth Barrett - Connor, MD, corresponding author and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and
Public Health at UC San Diego
School of Medicine.
«
School choice is enhanced when voucher
schools or
other alternatives supported on the
public dime report more rather
than less information,» said Cowen, associate professor of education policy and teacher education.
«We found that HbA1c was systematically lower in African - Americans with sickle cell trait
than those without sickle cell trait despite similar blood sugar measurements using
other tests,» says lead author Mary Lacy, a doctoral candidate at the Brown
School of
Public Health.
And according to Harvard
Public School of Health, risk of dying of those diseases is higher with excess red meat
than other lean protein such as poultry and fish.
This was particularly the case because many societies remain highly segregated: the average American
public school student has less
than one interracial friend, and around 90 % of people who attend religious services do so only with
others of their own race.
Protestants, secularists, and
public -
school advocates proposed (and sometimes enacted) regulations that charged children with truancy if they attended Catholic
schools; taxes on Catholic
school property; bans on private
schools that taught children in a language
other than English; and constitutional amendments forbidding the use of
public dollars to support even the secular instruction provided by a Catholic
school.
He talked about Newark's universal enrollment system, which includes all of the city's
public schools (both district and charter), noting that 75 % of families chose a
school other than their neighborhood
school and that 42 % of families listed their first choice as a «high - performing charter
school.»
The
Public Account Committee, highlighted where differences in
school funding resulted in «some
schools receive about # 3,000 a year more
than others per disadvantaged pupil».