Sentences with phrase «regular public schools while»

In math, 56 percent of charters outperformed regular public schools while 17 percent performed worse than their regular public school counterparts.

Not exact matches

But while so many in the media and the glitterati are agog about charters, let's not forget that more than 95 percent of our students are in the regular public schools.

While members of the not - for - profit have been regular critics of Paladino and his role on the Buffalo Public School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hoPublic School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hopublic funds that could be used for affordable housing.

The teacher unions are also battling against charter schools - which, while public, need not be unionized, and which draw students and money away from the regular public schools where union members teach.

While the differences in incoming achievement are not dramatic, they certainly do not support the theory that charter schools drain regular public schools of their best, most - advantaged students.

Such studies, which compare the annual gains made by students in charter schools with the gains made by the same student while attending a traditional public school, draw only on the experiences of students who were tested for at least two years in the regular public schools before attending a charter school.

The average combined reading and math test scores one year prior to the management change at schools assigned to for - profit and nonprofit entities were 0.39 and 0.13 standard deviations below the Philadelphia average, respectively, while the pre-intervention scores of the full set of 142 regular public schools were 0.19 standard deviations above the district average.

-- Why have millionaires favored funding with their largesse charter schools for the few while disinterested in regular public schools educating most students?

-- Why have federal funding cuts reduced aid for regular public schools, which educate 90 % of American students, while the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to send more federal money to charter schools, which educate less than 5 % of American students?

Looking at students in grades 4 - 8, the researchers found that the regular public school population in North Carolina has become less white over the past 15 years (from 64.1 percent white to 53 percent white), while the charter school population has grown more white (from 58.5 percent white to 62.2 percent white).

Non-classroom based charter schools are more likely to be outperformed by the regular public schools - while brick - and - mortar charters out - perform both, according to a new report released Wednesday by the California Charter Schools Assocschools are more likely to be outperformed by the regular public schools - while brick - and - mortar charters out - perform both, according to a new report released Wednesday by the California Charter Schools Assocschools - while brick - and - mortar charters out - perform both, according to a new report released Wednesday by the California Charter Schools AssocSchools Association.

The respected Stanford CREDO study in 2014 found that — nationally — neatly 40 % charters are worse than regular public schools, while fewer than 20 % are any better, and that mainly because they tend to be selective.

While charter schools in Florida must be approved by the local school board to open, they compete with the regular public schools for students and per - pupil funding.

When asked what type of school they preferred for their children, 46 percent of Hispanic respondents in the Friedman survey said private, while 32 percent said regular public schools, 12 percent said charter schools and 9 percent said homeschooling.

Overall, compared with regular public schools, 44 percent of charter schools in the state saw significant gains in reading, while 13 percent of charter schools saw significantly lower gains in that subject.