Sentences with phrase «public students receive»

In Buffalo, charter students fare worse; they only receive three - fifths of the funding that other public students receive.

Two New York City public students received the Wangari Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability.

Not exact matches

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

Financial Aid: In 2017, for the first time ever, America's public universities received more revenue from tuition than they did from tax dollars — a funding model that places a higher burden on students and their families and risks widening economic inequality, even as the population of would - be students becomes more diverse.

The initial LA Times report «sparked widespread public outrage,» and so news that some California National Guard troops are receiving a waiver met with positive reaction among the public — but many point to the to repay their student loans, where veterans and soldiers are still being made to pay back their bonuses, since California is the only state given a waiver at this time.

In October 2017, the first cohort of PSLF program participants eligible to receive student loan forgiveness after working in public sector jobs began filing their requests.

And transgenderism, let alone questions of bathroom access for transgender students in public schools, was so far off the policy radar it was inconceivable that it would receive presidential attention.

Despite innumerable private testimonies of help and solidarity given — often at great risk — to persecuted Jews, despite innumerable touching signs of friendship and fidelity that dismissed Jewish professors received from their students, no public protest has been made by any educational body; and some new corporative institutions, among the liberal professions, are willingly admitting a kind of numerus clausus.

In our public school district holiday observances are determined by the number of students that may be absent - thus the school not receiving state $.

It involved the problem of free public transportation for students attending parochial schools, and it also involved the possibility of parochial students receiving various forms of Federal subsidy for such things as school lunches and textbooks.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

Last year, 76 percent of public school students in the city received free lunches and another 6 percent did not pay full price for their meals, according to CPS records.

Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

In our city, where three - fourths of public school students qualify for free and reduced - priced lunches, we have a special responsibility to make sure that each and every child receives the nutritious, delicious meals that will propel them to academic success.

During the school year that ended Friday, about 84 percent of Chicago public school students received free or reduced - price breakfasts and lunches, meaning that with summer's arrival, nearly 342,000 children are no longer receiving the meals each day in their school cafeterias.

The report also shows that American Indian students, who account for less than 2 percent of the student population statewide, received more than one - third of all corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools, although most of that disparity was driven by one school district, Robeson County.

Because most of Chicago «s public schools have closed campuses and 88 percent of the children attending receive free or reduced - price lunches, Phillips is more concerned about getting the students to eat than losing them to outside competition.

I received a media advisory yesterday from my friends at School Food FOCUS indicating that Chicago Public Schools and its food service provider Chartwells will announce today a first - of - its - kind initiative to serve only * chicken raised without antibiotics to the city's K - 12 students.

In the 2017 - 2018 school year, more than 90,000 students spread across 100 public schools in Prince William County received a truckload of brand new microscopes and science kits.

Cuomo also pushed his plan to provide free tuition — beyond state and federal grants already received — for some public college students; he said 85 percent of families from the Buffalo area would be eligible to participate if his plan is adopted by the Legislature.

The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that all public school students, regardless of family income, will receive free lunch.

And according to a SUNY spokeswoman, 83 percent of public college graduates already remain in the state after they receive their degree, so the potential number of students affected by the residency requirement would be relatively small.

Mayor de Blasio doesn't seem to want to have that discussion and just wants a rubber stamp renewal, but when 8 out of 10 students who walk across a stage and receive a New York City high school diploma need remediation in college, how can we say that this public school system is doing its job?»

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia told a conference of private - school leaders this month that her agency is clarifying guidance that says children in these schools must receive a «substantially equivalent» education to students in public schools.

«New York City public school parents are highly dissatisfied with the quality of education their children are receiving,» said Tenicka Boyd, StudentsFirstNY Director of Organizing and mother of a public school student in Brooklyn.

Mr. Flanagan (R - East Northport), who chairs the senate's Standing Committee on Education, is also sponsoring legislation to create independent oversight, as well as establishing civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal information stored on the state's student data portal received from public schools.

About 140 Buffalo Public School students received a history lesson in civil rights outside their classrooms Thursday.

The No Child Left Behind Act previously required all public schools receiving Title I funding to administer statewide standardized testing with the stipulation that students make «adequate yearly progress.»

For example, the Archdiocese of New York receives about $ 325 in state funds per student compared to nearly $ 17,000 paid per public school student.

Several Republicans broke with their party to vote against and the proposal, which also contains language allowing bullied students to transfer to other public or private schools and receive a tax credit scholarship to pay for it.

Said DeSantis: «The purpose of updating the guidance is to ensure that all New York state students, whether they attend a public or nonpublic schools, receive a quality education.»

Independent charters are particularly desperate for facilities funding, while large charters — mostly sited in co-located public school space — are focusing on increasing the amount of public money each charter school student receives.

More than 130 original artwork submissions were received from Erie County high school students for the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's logo design contest «Love Your Library — Library Awareness Month.»

In the first half of this school year, half of students in Buffalo Public Schools received one of those two grades.

A plan to alleviate hunger among students from kindergarten through higher education has received some national attention, as one component would require every public college or university in the state to offer a food pantry on campus — a project that would be the first of its kind in the nation.

His higher education policies have included calling for laws to limit the amount of time a student can receive state tuition assistance while in a public university, which he said would increase the rate of graduation in four years.

The education tax credit, a proposal lobbied for by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, would allow for private donations to public schools and create scholarship programs for needy students to receive access to private education, including parochial schools.

More than 22,000 students across the state received the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that covers tuition for full - time students at New York's public colleges and universities, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Charter schools statewide receive on average 75 cents for every dollar spent on students in traditional public schools, according to charter advocates.

And, according to a SUNY spokeswoman, 83 percent of public college graduates already remain in the state after they receive their degree anyway, so the potential number of students affected by the residency requirement would be small.

That's why I am honored and humbled to receive the recommendation of the United Federation of Teachers — a union which has done so much for our students, teachers and public education system.

Here, in addition to hitting the books, students participate in clubs not offered in many of our public schools, receive medical care and volunteer in a variety of activities.

Charter schools, which receive public financing but are run by nonprofit groups, flourished under Mr. Bloomberg, and there are currently 183 in New York City, serving about 70,000 children, or 6 percent of students citywide.

A report released this month by the city's public advocate, Letitia James, found that thousands of students with disabilities who were given the vouchers weren't receiving services to which they were entitled.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

«Last Trip,» a short film made in Western New York by local college students, will receive a public screening next month.

The plan proposes that the public college defer billing the student for the tuition, and the college does not receive the scholarship money until after the semester.

Currently, Ph.D. students at public universities for the first 2 years of study receive a stipend of about $ 257 a month; that's raised to $ 289 a month after their progress is evaluated by a committee.

Bank officials, along with Elmo from Sesame Street, celebrated the launch of the program yesterday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum — it's one of the 14 centers and has received a 2 - year, $ 384,000 grant to work with 20 preschool teachers, 20 aides, and 600 students from public schools in the District of Columbia.

Instead of the government determining students» eligibility for financial aid, which can cause social division between those who receive aid and those who don't, Dr. Sara Goldrick - Rab and Dr. Tammy Kolbe recommend that all students should be funded collectively under a taxpayer - supported universal public higher education system.