Not exact matches
We're
increasing enrollment in high -
quality early education, raising standards in our
public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.
As the general
quality of
public education has declined, at least in
public perception, and as the power of the youth culture in
public schools has
increased, many more parents seek private
schools for their children, and many of these
schools are connected with churches.
•
increase public funding for after -
school programs • serve suppers instead of (or in addition to) snacks • recruit more
school districts to provide after -
school suppers and snacks • support and expand year - round participation by integrating the Afterschool Supper Program with the Summer Food Service Program • streamline and simplify the Afterschool Supper Program • serve meals during weekends, holidays and unanticipated
school closures; and • improve meal
quality
«In our seven years at D.C.
Public Schools, we have significantly
increased the
quality of food service while saving the District millions of dollars,» he said.
The Harvard
School of
Public Health found that poor indoor air
quality increased the risk of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, which is one of the fastest growing sleep disorders.
If the efforts are successful, then the
quality of traditional
public schools will
increase relative to what it would have been in the absence of competition from charter
schools.
In a constructive response to competition,
school faculty and administrators may implement reforms that use resources more efficiently, improve the overall
quality of education within the traditional
public schools, and
increase responsiveness to student needs.
Counting the benefits Membership uptake has significantly
increased since the renovations at both sites and much to the
schools» and the council's delight, Wyedean and Five Acres are able to compete with private sector leisure centres, offering high - end
quality facilities at
public sector prices.
For much of the past few years, reflecting general concerns about the
quality of
public schooling, discussions of magnet
schools have centered on their potential for providing intensive instruction in such subjects as science and mathematics, serving as models of effectiveness, and
increasing family choice within the
public system.
These
public displays of high -
quality work enhance academic engagement and pride, among both students and teachers — and they
increase the community's pride in the
school building itself.
More intriguing, however, is news that the report will discuss «how to expand
school choice to
increase equity and create a market within the
public sector for
school quality.»
The project, which he calls, The Chastened Dream, will look at how publicly - oriented professional
schools, including those focused on education,
public health,
public policy, and urban planning and design, develop knowledge that they hope will be useful for ameliorating poverty, curing disease, improving education, and
increasing the
quality of life for us all.
The preview for a release event says that the report will discuss «how to expand
school choice to
increase equity and create a market within the
public sector for
school quality.»
NAF cited Schwartz's long history of advocacy for high
quality school - to - career programs, especially in his current position cochairing Pathways to Prosperity, a foundation - funded initiative designed to
increase public support for the creation of multiple pathways linking work and learning to enable more young people to successfully complete high
school and go on to obtain a meaningful postsecondary credential.
We find clear evidence that the availability of
public school - choice options under NCLB
increased demand for information on
school quality.
NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great
Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involv
Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community invol
Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a
quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for
public schools, and increasing parent and community involv
public schools, and increasing parent and community invol
schools, and
increasing parent and community involvement.
Alexandria, Va. (March 6, 2014)-- The National
School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Public Notice on the Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization to modernize the E-rate program and
increase the
quality and speed of Internet connectivity in our nation's
schools.
Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size
Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough
Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New
Schools — Mar 15, 2012
Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from
Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011
School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing
Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost
School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter
School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher
Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter
School Research from
Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010
Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing
Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing
Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
«The proposed
increase in the budget through giving thousands of charter
schools the funding needed to open new charter
schools, and expand and replicate their successful models will go a long way toward providing those students and their families with a much - needed, high -
quality public school education.
At the same time,
increased public and elite concern about the effect of underperforming
schools on national equity and economic competitiveness has created new political incentives for policymakers to embrace innovative approaches to teacher
quality and
school reform generally.
More than two - thirds of parents see the following as reducing the
quality of
public education: teacher and staff layoffs;
increased class sizes;
school closings; high turnover rates; and cutbacks in art, music, libraries and physical education.
Both sought to achieve these objectives while preserving their commitment to other educational goals, e.g., districtwide commitment to high
quality public schools,
increased pupil assignment to neighborhood
schools, diminished use of busing, greater student choice, reduced risk of white flight, and so forth.
Public -
school teacher salaries
increased in real terms by 400 percent in Brazil and by 200 percent in Chile, which had a positive impact on the
quality of the teaching force.
Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional
quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing
schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high -
quality public schools,
increased parental choice, or a material
increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.
The 2013 Hart Vision Awards will recognize individuals that have made significant contributions to CCSA's mission to
increase student achievement by supporting and expanding California's
quality charter
public school movement.
The PAA position paper, released on July 5, said: «We are concerned that the overall effect of the bill will be to rapidly
increase the quantity and not the
quality of charter
schools, without the necessary safeguards, and to weaken the
public school system, which we believe is the very backbone of democracy.»
The mission of Colorado Charter Facility Solutions (CCFS) is to provide and facilitate affordable facility solutions that
increase the number of high
quality public charter
school seats for underserved Colorado students.
When
school quality increases with the educational standard set by
schools, education before college needs not be a hierarchy with private
schools offering better
quality than
public schools.
Public charter
schools increase access to effective instructional services for children who don't get high -
quality education through their zoned
school districts.
* UPDATED A massive undertaking to
increase access to high -
quality education for tens of thousands of low - income students in Los Angeles was revealed today in a long - awaited plan by Great
Public Schools Now, a well - funded nonprofit organization formed last year.
The purpose of the Charter
School Grants Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the n
School Grants Program is to
increase financial support for these
public schools, build a better national understanding of the
public charter
school model, and increase the number of high - quality public charter schools across the n
school model, and
increase the number of high -
quality public charter
schools across the nation.
Today, Chicago
Public Schools — the third largest
school district in the nation serving over 400,000 students — will stand with its sister cities in adopting a policy and programming blueprint that
increases the access to, equity in, and
quality of arts education.
As the first Latino Mayor of Los Angeles since 1872, Villaraigosa transformed education, growing the number of high -
quality charter
public schools and
increasing the graduation rates for Los Angeles Unified
School District (LAUSD) students.
For the purpose of
increasing student learning growth by improving the
quality of instructional, administrative, and supervisory services in the
public schools of the state, the district
school superintendent shall establish procedures for evaluating the performance of duties and responsibilities of all instructional, administrative, and supervisory personnel employed by the
school district.
Delaware made
increasing access to high
quality preschool and collaboration among
public schools and community - based providers a key theme, and early learning is one of their five core priorities.
Revenue limits should be appropriate to address the
increasing resources required for higher needs populations, rural
schools, and cost of operating a high
quality public school.
Increasing student learning by growing the number of families choosing high
quality charter
schools so that no child is denied the right to a great
public education.
It is our hope that we can collaborate with the incoming Secretary of Education to enact policies that support
increased access to high -
quality public magnet
schools that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.»
In this paper we take a «market - based» approach to examine whether
increased expenditures improve perceived
school quality and whether the current level of
public school provision is inefficient.
TCSA supported this legislation and continues to work with charters on
increasing performance through training, technical assistance, and the
Quality Framework, a research - based continuous improvement tool and process designed to help public charter schools assess quality and improve academic perfo
Quality Framework, a research - based continuous improvement tool and process designed to help
public charter
schools assess
quality and improve academic perfo
quality and improve academic performance.
Here's how education reform was phrased in the poll question: «The education reform bill passed last year by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor takes essential steps to close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, raise standards for educators, allows immediate action to improve failing
schools,
increases access to high -
quality public school choices, and improves how education dollars arespent.
CCSA's vision is to
increase student learning by growing the number of families choosing high
quality charter
schools so that no child is denied the right to a great
public education.
Instead, Kerry supports «efforts to
increase resources to
public schools to ensure that all students have
quality teachers, high standards, smaller classes and safe, modern
schools.»
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.
More parents deserve access to
quality charter
public schools that can enhance and challenge a child's educational experience. Visit www.publiccharters.org/openthedoors to read more stories about how charter
schools change lives, and tell Congress to
increase support for charter
schools.
According to the mission of her organization, which is not part of government, it exists to «support, promote and advocate for the Louisiana charter
school movement,
increasing student access to high
quality public schools statewide.»
Seventy - three percent of voters said making it easier to fire underperforming teachers would improve the
quality of
public schools; 71 percent said putting more money into
public schools in economically disadvantaged areas; 64 percent said tying teachers» salaries to performance evaluations; and 52 percent said extending the tax
increase that provides additional funding to
public schools and other programs.
This week PURE and some other parent groups released a press statement thanking President Obama for recognizing the importance of class size in his weekly address, and for releasing a report that shows how the elimination of 60,000 teaching positions since 2009 is not only unprecedented in US postwar history, but has led to class size
increases that are severely damaging the
quality of our
public schools.
Well, for example, when Catalyst asked how Chicago
Public Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.
Schools justifies $ 76 million in
increased funding to charter
schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.
schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high -
quality schools, but expand the number of choices.
schools, but expand the number of choices.»
«I want to thank Gov. Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, bill sponsors Rep. Scott Hilton and Sen. Fran Millar and the Georgia General Assembly for ensuring that more Georgia students will have access to a high
quality and transformative
public education because the
public charter
schools they attend will receive a funding
increase.