Sentences with phrase «school across the city»

In gatherings in schools across the city last week, parents, students, and educators spoke out in one voice: Stop the killings!

How do we create a series of schools across the city that ensures that as many students as possible have a great education?

This charter initiative expanded the number, quality, and accountability of charter schools across the city.

On average, for each closed high school, displaced students ended up attending 82 other high schools across the city.

Consequently, public schools across the city operate on vastly different budgets.

Working with schools across the city and education professionals from around the globe, our mission is to help you find your perfect role in the capital and surrounding areas.

Though they taught in different schools across the city, they quickly realized they were facing many of the same frustrations and challenges.

He said today's demonstration was intended simply to highlight struggling schools across the city.

Its model is now the basis for a network of international schools across the city, ranging from grade school to high school.

Starting a good school is transformative; helping to launch a network of Great Hearts schools across a city or multiple cities can change the fate of our culture.

Independent charter schools across the city are doing remarkable things with our students in devotion to the fulfillment of our respective missions and visions.

Notably, we found that the schools identified for closure served similar proportions of low - income and special - needs students compared to other high schools across the city (Figure 2).

The frequency of that setup in schools across our city and around the country is one of the many artifacts of the institutional racism in our society.

My activism in the fight for equity and against harmful charter schools myths has lead to a role at C3S engaging parents from schools across the city.

Earlier this month, Mayor de Blasio announced a change of policy that would result in the forced placement of 400 teachers from the ATR pool into schools across the city.

OSOL and many of the best schools across our City emerged when families raised their voices to demand quality — and either changed the system or built new schools from the ground up.

With the threat of more budget cuts looming, more than 60 teachers, administrators and other staff at PS 3 in Bedford - Stuyvesant wore all black to work on Jan. 21 in one of a series of demonstrations at schools across the city that teacher - activists have dubbed «Fight Back Fridays.»

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny has committed to establishing 25 community schools across the city over the next 4 years.

of persistently failing schools across the city during his 12 years in office.

The Mayor's plan represented a decisive shift away from the policies of his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, who closed dozens of persistently failing schools across the city during his 12 years in office.

The Family League of Baltimore in partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools and the Mayor and City Council, currently has 45 community schools across the city, each with a full - time community school coordinator, that provide students with health and mental health supports, after - school programs, and access to food, among other services.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his State of the City address Thursday, announced plans to open 100 new schools across the city.

The Advisory Council's decision making has led to a variety of policy changes affecting schools across the city.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is visiting schools across the city to mark the first day of school.

City Hall, as well as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, suddenly announced last week a compromise agreement to provide nearly $ 20 million annually for security guards, at up to 300 private and religious schools across the city.

Parents from half a dozen other schools across the city also spoke at the May board meeting — the last one of last school year — to praise improvements they had noticed in their schools.

Borough Presidents Ruben Diaz Jr., Gale Brewer, Melinda Katz, James Oddo and Eric Adams recently penned a joint letter to the Department of Education calling on them to take immediate action on high lead levels that have been found in the water at many schools across the city.

In that role Mitch coached and supported 18 school leaders who lead pre-K-8th grade schools across the city of Newark, New Jersey.

Today, families in Cleveland can use an online enrollment portal to choose from among district schools across the city and discussions are underway to include charter schools in the system.

The centerpiece is Renaissance 2010, an ambitious effort to shut down 60 troubled schools and create 100 new state - of - the - art schools across the city.

In fact, I just helped create a city - wide event, a Youth Spectacle, that had 750 young artists from public schools across the city convene at a public location to present their art.»

«The range of charter schools across the city rated as Tier 1, and the broad spectrum of students they serve, rebuts the claims that charter schools have somehow focused on higher income students or haven't addressed the achievement gap,» said PCSB Vice Chair Darren Woodruff.

In other words, something real is happening at Success Academy, and it is time for the practices used at the charter network's schools to be employed at more traditional schools across the city and country.

Stuck in the Middle: The Problem of Overage Middle School Students in New York City In recent years, community - based providers and school officials that serve students in the public school system have noticed a disturbing number of sixteen - year - old seventh graders or seventeen - year - old eighth graders who are appearing (or staying) in middle schools across the city.

We have learned from over 30 visits to Boston Public Schools, charter schools, and Catholic schools across the city.

District and charter partners in Camden, NJ, have implemented a new enrollment process designed to give families equal access to schools across the city through a neutral, unified system, while also guaranteeing a spot at their neighborhood school.

An initiative of the NYC Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Readiness in partnership with Eskolta, the conference is an opportunity for educators from transfer schools across the City to come together for a day of learning, networking, and celebrating the meaningful work they do.

«We are continuing to explore opportunities to enable schools across the city to expand and meet the demand for places.»

School officials have said these meetings will be a crucial part of the process of dividing a $ 2 billion FEMA settlement to rebuild schools across the city.

«Emanuel's push continues an effort begun under former Mayor Richard M. Daley and supported by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that's seen the number of privately run schools across the city grow from none in 1996 to more than 130 today, with more set to open later this year.

This past Friday, the union staged a one - day strike, closing schools across the city in order to draw attention to their latest round of negotiations with the city, which wants the teachers to accept cuts to pay, staffing, and budgets.

The 2010 - 2011 students came from seven different high schools across the city, and worked side by side with working professionals the gallery each Saturday for three months in free workshops.

«As soon as the installation timeline is established, OPSB will begin planning and communicating with schools across the city,» she wrote.

Earlier this month, Mayor de Blasio announced a change of policy that would result in the forced placement of 400 teachers from the ATR pool into schools across the city.

Michele Mason, Executive Director of Newark Charter School Fund commented: «Families across Newark are demanding the highest quality school options for their children at both traditional public and public charter schools across the city and they deserve nothing less.

Pearson said he and his colleagues see a «tremendous need» for good schools across the city and that charters can help meet that need because they operate outside of the city's bureaucracy.

, a document that forecasts enrollment, evaluates the SchoolChoice process, and looks at access to quality schools across the city.

Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders will hold «walk - ins» on Friday, September 18 at more than 100 public schools across the city of Milwaukee to celebrate public schools and to share information about how a proposed public school takeover will hurt students and the Milwaukee economy.