It's about our shared belief that every family in the Commonwealth deserves
a quality public school in their neighborhood — no matter their economic circumstance, ethnic background or zip code; it's about opening currently closed doors and giving more Massachusetts students a seat at the table.
That experience left an indelible mark, convincing me that giving every child a quality public education starts with ensuring parents have access to a high
quality public school in their neighborhood.
We raise money because we believe every child deserves access to a high -
quality public school in their neighborhood that prepares them for college.
All families in California should have a choice of high -
quality public schools in their neighborhoods.
Los Angeles is one of nine cities whose leaders announced today that the school district and charter school community have signed an agreement to work together to ensure all students have the opportunity to attend high -
quality public schools in their neighborhoods.
LOS ANGELES, CA - On Saturday, Feb. 4, well over 5,000 parents, students and teachers from across Los Angeles joined education officials and leaders for the «Schools We Can Believe In» rally at Exposition Park, to demand high -
quality public schools in every neighborhood, quality space and equal funding for all public school students.
Most parents want a safe, welcoming, high -
quality public school in their neighborhood.
Not exact matches
So that children
in neighborhoods that had no resources
in poor
public schools were able to still get a
quality education.
Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after
school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students
in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speye
in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the
quality of life on the Upper East Side,
In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speye
In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the
neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.
We need better
schools with more accountability,
public safety, and improved
quality of life
in the
neighborhoods.
In 2007, the New York Lawyers for the
Public Interest, acting on behalf of the Bronx Committee for Toxic Free
Schools, a coalition of parents,
neighborhood residents and community organizations, successfully sued the
School Construction Authority and the Department of Education for violating the
Public Authorities Law and the State Environmental
Quality Review Act by not disclosing a Site Management Plan.
Another problem is the sheer lack of high -
quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban
school; given the choice between the low - performing
school in their own
neighborhood and the mediocre
school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.
I also saw how different
public schools in different
neighborhoods greatly varied
in quality.
Others are attracted because they are looking for a different, safer, or higher
quality alternative to the
public school in their
neighborhood.
Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle
school, high
school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high -
quality public education for all students, not just those
in suburban and middle - class
neighborhoods.
But the reality that many kids must travel as long as two hours away from home
in order to attend
school (often on inefficient
public transit) has also put a strain on the Crescent City's poorest families, who, like middle - class households, want high -
quality schools within their own
neighborhoods.
For 17 years, Green Dot
Public Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school op
Public Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school o
Schools has dedicated itself to creating positive, academically rigorous
public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school op
public schools in neighborhoods across the country that are in highest need of quality school o
schools in neighborhoods across the country that are
in highest need of
quality school options.
• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling
neighborhood schools; hold charter
schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially
in the early grades; make
public schools hubs of the
neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers
in hard - to - staff
schools; and ensure access to high -
quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.
Parents Will Risk Jail Time For Their Children's Education December 7, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Two Washington D.C. police officers are the latest to face jail time for committing residency fraud
in an effort to ensure their children receive a
quality education that was not available
in their assigned
neighborhood public school.
Schuerman opened Victory Collegiate Academy, a K - 6
public charter
school, this month
in Phoenix's Maryvale
neighborhood, fulfilling his dream of providing a
quality education to underserved students.
White and co-founder Belinda Suggs sensed a need for
quality education and community involvement
in the
neighborhood when they opened the K - 4
public charter
school in 2002.
«L.A. families still want more high -
quality public school options in their neighborhood,» the foundation said in an email to LA School R
school options
in their
neighborhood,» the foundation said
in an email to LA
School R
School Report.
The real questions
in Arizona
public education today involve how we will best utilize scarce resources
in order to provide a
quality education for EVERY student; the most effective ways to replicate successful, innovative
schools; and the fastest means to develop these
schools in the
neighborhoods where they are needed most.
We should remember that
school choice already exists for those who are privileged to be able to afford a private
school or a home
in an affluent
neighborhood with a high
quality public school.
Aspire's mission is to open and operate small, high -
quality charter
schools in low - income
neighborhoods,
in order to increase the academic performance of underserved students, develop effective educators, share successful practices with other forward - thinking educators, and to catalyze change
in public schools.
The Charter
School Accountability Agenda lays out tangible steps we need to take to guarantee that every child gets a high - quality public education, whether that child is in a neighborhood school or a publicly funded charter s
School Accountability Agenda lays out tangible steps we need to take to guarantee that every child gets a high -
quality public education, whether that child is
in a
neighborhood school or a publicly funded charter s
school or a publicly funded charter
schoolschool.
«Establishing high -
quality school options
in every
neighborhood throughout Chicago is among our highest priorities, but we can not make that a reality without a rigorous accountability policy that holds every
public school in Chicago to the same standard,» he said.
A 200 - year legacy of
quality public schools in every American community and
neighborhood is being stolen from the people.
It's time for all politicians to stop using
quality schools as photo ops and to really invest
in neighborhood public schools.»
Key Issues To ensure charter
schools and
neighborhood public schools function
in the best interests of students, parents and community members, we believe that, like all
public institutions, they must be guided by six basic principles of a democratic society: transparency, accountability,
quality, oversight, equity and
public control.
21st Century is a free
public school, and one of six charter
schools around the country run by the GEO Foundation, which aims to provide students
in impoverished
neighborhoods with access to
quality education.
At Chicago
Public Schools, our mission is to provide a high quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in college, career and civic
Public Schools, our mission is to provide a high
quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in college, career and civic
public education for every child,
in every
neighborhood, that prepares each for success
in college, career and civic life.
We support the growth of high -
quality public schools so that parents
in every
neighborhood have access to a great
school for their children.
Great
Public Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sc
Public Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high - quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in s
Schools Now, a nonprofit formed to accelerate the growth of high -
quality public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in sc
public schools in LA, held its first in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for in s
schools in LA, held its first
in a series of town halls with parents and community members from those Northeast San Fernando Valley
neighborhoods to learn what they're looking for
in schoolsschools.
So instead of creating
quality schools in every
neighborhood, what CPS has done is created this two - tier system and actually is closing down, as you said,
neighborhood schools under Renaissance 2010 and replacing them with charter
schools and a privatized education system, firing or laying off, I should say, certified teachers, dismantling locally elected
school councils, and creating a market of
public education
in Chicago, turning
schools over to private turnaround operators.
Great
Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbor
Public Schools Now will fund the growth of high - quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbo
Schools Now will fund the growth of high -
quality public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbor
public schools in high - need Los Angeles neighbo
schools in high - need Los Angeles
neighborhoods.
«The facts of the mailer
in question are indisputable and serve as a
public service announcement to Latino families whose children have as much right to attend
quality schools in any
neighborhood they choose as anyone else.»
Great
Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public op
Public Schools Now supports the expansion of high - quality choices for students in high need neighborhoods, which includes charter schools as well as many other types of public o
Schools Now supports the expansion of high -
quality choices for students
in high need
neighborhoods, which includes charter
schools as well as many other types of public o
schools as well as many other types of
public op
public options.
In the coverage of the new case, The Connecticut Mirror's Jacqueline Rabe Thomas highlights lead Plaintiff Jessica Martinez struggle to get her son Jose into a better public school: «Quality schools exist in our neighborhoods, too, but their doors are open only to just a few lucky few... Enough is enough... We are not buying the excuses any more, whatever they are, for why the students get the golden ticket to success and others get the wait list.&raqu
In the coverage of the new case, The Connecticut Mirror's Jacqueline Rabe Thomas highlights lead Plaintiff Jessica Martinez struggle to get her son Jose into a better
public school: «
Quality schools exist
in our neighborhoods, too, but their doors are open only to just a few lucky few... Enough is enough... We are not buying the excuses any more, whatever they are, for why the students get the golden ticket to success and others get the wait list.&raqu
in our
neighborhoods, too, but their doors are open only to just a few lucky few... Enough is enough... We are not buying the excuses any more, whatever they are, for why the students get the golden ticket to success and others get the wait list.»
The bottom line, however, is that there are far too few seats
in high -
quality charter
schools to serve every disadvantaged child
in Washington, and those left behind at
neighborhood public schools continue to be shortchanged.
Center City PCS transformed seven inner city parochial
schools into
public charter
schools, and thus extended access to high
quality programs
in some of the most disadvantaged
neighborhoods in the city.
If you are a white or middle - class family living
in Washington, your child will likely attend a socioeconomically segregated
neighborhood school or a higher -
quality magnet, and will outperform her peers
in suburban
public schools.
We believe that every child
in every
neighborhood deserves access to a high -
quality public school.
In a city where the
quality of
public education varies wildly, the opportunity to switch
schools is prized, particularly outside of a few areas west of Rock Creek Park and on Capitol Hill where residents are guaranteed access to high - performing
neighborhood schools.
Sisulu - Walker Charter
School of Harlem (formerly Sisulu Children's Academy - Harlem Public Charter School) was founded by ten men and women with one mission: to create a truly outstanding public school for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school op
School of Harlem (formerly Sisulu Children's Academy - Harlem
Public Charter School) was founded by ten men and women with one mission: to create a truly outstanding public school for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school op
Public Charter
School) was founded by ten men and women with one mission: to create a truly outstanding public school for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school op
School) was founded by ten men and women with one mission: to create a truly outstanding
public school for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school op
public school for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school op
school for children living
in Central Harlem, a
neighborhood with historically low - performing
schools and a dearth of
quality public school op
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school options.
Remember that
school choice already exists for those who are privileged to be able to afford a private
school or a home
in an affluent
neighborhood with a high
quality public school.
Instead of ensuring that every child has access to a high -
quality, well - resourced
public school in his or her
neighborhood, too many students, particularly
in low - income, Black and Latino communities, have been subjected to flawed «reforms» — such as
school closures,
school takeovers and vouchers — all of which have stripped the
public's voice
in local
schools and have never lived up to their hype.
The relationship between housing and traditional
public schooling has long been evident: the
neighborhood a student lives
in will determine the
school he or she will attend, and to the extent that
school quality varies by location either due to differing tax bases or other location - specific variables, the
neighborhood one lives
in will determine the
quality of education one receives.
Crime rates,
schools, easy access to
public transit or freeway systems, and proximity to employment centers impact
neighborhood quality, and
in turn, home values, according to a report by Realty Times.
If you can say that your home's
neighborhood is of high
quality, close to employers, affordable, close to prospective Buyer's family / friends, close to shopping, high
quality schools, appealing
neighborhood design, close to entertainment & leisure activities, close to parks / recreation, larger lot availability, close to health care,
in a planned community, convenient to
public transportation and airports, then you will likely rise to the top as your home sticks out from the competition.