Sentences with phrase «school advocates want»

Charter school advocates want New York to re-write the formula used to fund its public charter schools.

Instead, public school advocates wanting to improve the recruitment and retention of a talented and diverse teaching pool should focus on how North Carolina's teacher pay compares to the pay in other professions requiring a college education.

Not exact matches

The real curiosity, however, is that such advocates want the government and the public schools — the coercive, not the voluntary, elements of American life — to propagate the tradition.

So when it comes to improving school meals, health advocates logically want to remove the items that win out over healthier fare: nixing sugary chocolate milk, for example, so kids have to take white milk, or making sure pizza isn't offered on the same day as a healthier entree.

I wanted to bring attention to the need for school food reform and add my voice to the chorus of people advocating on behalf of little people who can't advocate for themselves.

We are a local group of parents, students, teachers, principals, nutritionists, policymakers, anti-hunger advocates, and community members who want our kids to have good food in our schools.

So when it comes to improving school meals, health advocates logically want to remove the items that win out over healthier fare: nixing sugary... [Continue reading]

With my 2nd Grader we are dealing with her doing so well that sadly the school wants her off an IEP in spite of her having an Autism diagnosis but we have hired an advocate so we feel confident to not travel that road alone.

Going to play at a public park or walking to school by themselves at age 6, which may be what some parents want to encourage their kids but not something advocated by all parents, is by no means the only way you can teach kids to be more independent.

If your child is having a difficult time at school learning how to self - advocate, or feeling helpless — then you might want to reach out for some assistance for him / her.

Advocates say high school kids who can't afford a cafeteria lunch will often skip the free lunch too — because they don't want their classmates to know they're low - income.

The acronym stands for «Parents Educators & Advocates Connection for Healthy School Food,» and the site is designed «to provide a roadmap for parents and others wanting to get started making changes in their own communities, as well as steering them away from common myths and misunderstandings that can waste their time and energy.»

As co-chair of my school district's student nutrition committee for the past 8 years, I get exactly the same kind of feedback from parents and other advocates — some demand farm - to - school, some want only organic, some want to ban HFCS, etc. — and few understand the USDA regs which govern the meal program, or the limits of what can be accomplished on the inadequate government reimbursement.

Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

Lhota and de Blasio differ sharply on charter schools: de Blasio, the city's public advocate, wants to charge them rent while Lhota has called for doubling the number of charters.

What will that mean for schools, and is it what advocates wanted?

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.

«Nobody wants mayoral control to expire, but if it does, charter school advocates have shown increasing electoral sophistication,» said one high - level charter sector source.

New York City's charter school advocates, and their highest - profile champion Eva Moskowitz, got the high - profile rally day they wanted in Albany on Tuesday.

The advocates of free schools will want to see that schools can be run outside of council control.

American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten wants to «dehumanize» charter school advocates through inflamed racial rhetoric, a sector backer charged Friday.

UPDATE: Public Advocate Letitia James sent the following statement in response to this article: «All of us want to improve our schools, but for - profit school operators have no business criticizing Mayor de Blasio for supporting our teachers.

«Improving our schools, putting New Yorkers back to work, advocating for our city's veterans, fighting for tax equity for co-op and condo owners and preserving our quality of life are the issues that made me want to run for City Council from the very beginning,» Silverstein said in a statement.

UPPER WEST SIDE — The city wants to knock down two Upper West Side elementary schools to clear the way for privately developed high - rise apartment towers — a plan that is infuriating local parents and education advocates.

Dr. Tisch said that among the things she was proudest of was creating alternative pathways to graduation for students who wanted to focus on the arts or a career - related skill, advocating for undocumented students to receive tuition assistance at city and state colleges, and pushing for state oversight of the troubled East Ramapo school district in Rockland County.

«Parents may want to learn more about how their child's school works to identify and support students struggling with mental health issues, and advocate for increased resources if needed,» she says.

As the task force suggests, choice advocates want to exempt charter schools from certain regulatory strictures.

In anticipation of the conference, I spent some time pondering my best arguments for why education advocates should invest their time and political capital in pensions, as opposed to everything else they might want to work on (like Common Core, teacher prep, charter schools, school funding, etc).

Instead of promoting choice and letting the chips fall where they may, thoughtful leaders in cities across the country know that governments and their partners and choice advocates have important, challenging work to do if they want school choice to truly benefit families in the real world.

Some conservatives want more school choice in the bill, yet most choice advocates themselves want to keep Uncle Sam at bay, understanding that he has a tendency to hug favored reforms to death.

That's when we stumbled on an article about someone in Pittsburgh advocating the establishment of a school that would do something so well that students would want to enroll.

Is that what «public - school advocates» want?

For parents, teachers, school leaders, and advocates who want to understand how we got here, the book is an accessible exploration, charting a path toward more sensible assessment practices.

If we charter advocates want to maintain conservative and Republican support for these life - changing schools, we need to remember who our friends are — and help them remember why they liked us in the first place.

But if you want to address the real - world scenario, one in which millions of underserved youth don't meet those descriptions and don't have a high - quality school available, it's time for school choice advocates to dispense with ideology, engage regulators, and get serious about a policy environment that promotes measurable quality, scale, and access.

Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein have ramped up the citys efforts to infuse arts into New York City public schools, but the pressure is on all of us — our schools, arts education advocates, business leaders — to seize opportunities for partnerships that can build the type of successful communities that we all want to live in, and support our kids — the future of this city.

The one - year, full - time AIE Program is ideal for self - directed learners who want to leverage the remarkable breadth of HGSE course offerings to become effective advocates for arts - based education initiatives, both in and out of schools.

Charter advocates say, «No, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.»

Charter advocates wanted to advance a social justice message by emphasizing the impressive results being achieved by the independently run, but publicly funded, schools, which they say are providing a lifeline for thousands of poor and minority students otherwise stuck in low - performing district schools.

The students at Washington's charter schools and the education advocates watching their progress won't have much of a chance to establish their value if the state teachers union and others who want to shut charter schools down are successful in their recently filed lawsuit.

The message from Executive Director Scott Pearson and board Chairman John «Skip» McKoy was met with relief by advocates of neighborhood schools and disbelief from some who want to see more aggressive charter school growth in one of the most closely watched school reform efforts in the nation.

In California, we believe parents, as educated consumers and advocates for their children, want to know more about how public schools are performing, and that policymakers should ensure the public has the necessary tools to make good use of multiple measures.

Some even have claimed that school choice advocates somehow want to or intend to topple public education.

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If the Mayor wants to talk about equity, let's start with teacher quality for schools in low - income areas,» said Queens parent advocate Au Hogan.

Superintendent Garn Christensen said the district wasn't advocating a charter school as much as wanting to have the option of involvement in any plans to start a local charter school.

Advocates often want special needs students to get their own classes, but school districts say that's expensive, and certainly in a time of budget cuts, mainstreaming is on the rise.

Jenisha «Jay» Fair, Physical Education Teacher CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the union.

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Advocates say they offer an alternative to parents who want options beyond their neighborhood schools.