Sentences with phrase «quality schools in neighborhoods with»

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We need better schools with more accountability, public safety, and improved quality of life in the neighborhoods.

Five years ago, civic and education leaders in Cleveland launched the Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.schools from which families can choose.»

Develop a strong core of high - quality schools in the charter sector by working with the best charter authorizers to develop quality benchmarks and close low - performing charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods.

Brinig and Garnett assume Catholic schools» effectiveness with lower - income inner - city children and take up a different story: the effect of school closures on the quality of the social life in their surrounding neighborhoods.

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.

As with parental education, family income may have a direct impact on a child's academic outcomes, or variations in achievement could simply be a function of the school the child attends: parents with greater financial resources can identify communities with higher - quality schools and choose more - expensive neighborhoods — the very places where good schools are likely to be.

• 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.

Faith and community leaders in New Haven came up with the idea of starting the school in 2008 after listening to scores of community members who were worried about the lack of high - quality schools available in their neighborhoods.

In the past, research and observation both indicated that suburbs provided families with cheaper land and housing, as well as safer neighborhoods and higher quality schools.

Affluent families could afford to buy homes in expensive neighborhoods with high - quality schools.

Teacher quality and development are of the utmost importance to all schools, but particularly those in low - income neighborhoods with high minority and English - Learning populations.

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

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.

I didn't want to go to a charter school because I thought they were creaming off top students and I do believe that children have the right to go to high - performing schools with high - quality instruction right in their own neighborhood.

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.

Renaissance schools can provide children in Camden not only with a neighborhood school experience, but also — based on the strong track records of KIPP, Uncommon and Mastery in other cities — a high - quality school experience.

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.

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 sSchools 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 sschools 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.

«I live in what's called a middle school desert — a neighborhood with zero quality middle school options.

Through this process, community schools can provide families with a neighborhood school option that includes high - quality, challenging curriculum and instructional practices and that is grounded in what the community needs and wants.

Although family disadvantage is strongly correlated with school and neighborhood quality, the SES gradient in the sibling gender gap is almost as large within schools and neighborhoods as between them.

St. Catherine School is driven to provide all students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade with a quality Catholic education in the urban setting of the Sherman Park neighborhood.

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 opSchool 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 opSchool) 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 opschool for children living in Central Harlem, a neighborhood with historically low - performing schools and a dearth of quality public school opschool 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.

Not only was the home of high quality, positioned in an established neighborhood with a track record of success (e.g., the neighborhood quiet, the homeowners» association upkeep consistent, the reputation for the city's upscale attitude broad - ranging, the schools high - caliber — the list goes on), but it also was uniquely located off of a key corridor in the community — easy to get everywhere else from here.

Inclusive education is educating ALL students in age - appropriate general education classes in their neighborhood schools, with high quality instruction, interventions and supports so all students can be successful in the core curriculum.

These include: school quality, housing costs, crime rates, income levels, the age, size and style of homes, the density of buildings, rental areas versus owner occupied, the proportion of families with children, educational attainment, languages spoken, types of careers of those living in the neighborhood, economic trends, demographic trends, crime trends and forecasts, crime risk by crime type, home price appreciation and HPA forecasts, unemployment trends, and many, many more.

This is supported by the National Association of Realtors» ® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2016, which found almost half of all buyers with children under 18 are influenced by the quality of the school district in their neighborhood choice.

That risk often takes the form of a property located in a rough neighborhood with high crime rates, low school quality, higher turnover and eviction rates and property damage from defaulting tenants.

Still, the association between home values and quality education can be a boon to those living in a neighborhood with an in - demand public school.