Sentences with phrase «school critics say»

Voucher and charter - school critics say the neediest kids - those who struggle academically or behaviorally or whose parents don't have the wherewithal to shop around for private schools or provide transportation to a far - flung school - often aren't able to exercise choice in a meaningful way.

Many education school critics say in - classroom experience should be an essential if not the main focus of a teacher training program.

A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.

A senator held up the budget agreement to alter rules on religious schools critics say barely teach English or math, but the change may backfire.

Not exact matches

Four years after Mark Zuckerberg made his $ 100 million donation to help the Newark, New Jersey, school system, most of the money is gone and critics say the city has not turned into the «symbol of educational excellence» he had hoped for.

«B.C. was the second - best province in Canada just six years ago for youth economic engagement, but now Statistics Canada says that one in 10 B.C. youth between the ages of 15 and 19 are not working or in school,» said New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby.

Critics say it has too much sugar, and they have persuaded schools across the country to get rid of it.

The USDA says next year schools will have the option to procure ground beef that does not contain mechanically separated and chemically treated meat products that critics call «pink slime.»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will give schools alternatives to ground beef made with what critics have called «pink slime.»

One critic said he feared the safety data could be misinterpreted by cafeteria managers and school food purchasers.

And whatever financial problems schools are having this year might be exacerbated next year as critics say Cuomo's spending proposal calls for essentially eliminating future increases in a key aid category.

More than a decade after the state's highest court ordered New York lawmakers to spend billions of dollars more a year on schools, Governor Cuomo and his top aides are moving further away from ever fulfilling the order, say critics.

Incoming NYC schools boss Richard Carranza left his previous district in Houston in the lurch by quitting after just 18 months on the job, critics say.

«You know, it's just one more nail in the coffin,» said Johnson, a former president of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and a longtime critic of state testing policy.

Mr. Adams is a longtime critic of mayoral control of schools in New York City — and at times a mayoral foe — but he said his worries about Ms. Mirrer are unrelated to those objections.

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 housing.

Critics of the closure say closing the school will hurt the district and the Truxton community by reducing property values and forcing higher school taxes.

One critic said the governor's program would do little to slow the «opt out» movement unless the Democrat de-emphasized the use of student test scores to evaluate schools and teachers.

Critics, including budget watchdog groups, say STAR is inefficient and has simply led to padding of school budgets, not any real decrease in property taxes for homeowners.

Critics have said that the city grants the controversial job protections too easily, but schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña defended the practice.

She has referred to the battle over charter co-locations into district schools, which critics say siphon away needed resources from district students, as a «Middle East war.»

But charter school critics immediately slammed the concessions, saying the deal will funnel more resources away from the public school system to the privately - managed charters.

The school did not receive the support it needed to thrive, critics said at a joint hearing of the DOE and Community Educational Council 3.

«It's true there are some who are critics but I would also say there's a lot of people in the Senate who, you know, are clear, at least privately, that they're not promoting an alternative and it's not like they say they wan na go back to the old school boards which — as I remind people — was a system plagued with chaos and corruption,» de Blasio said.

In the end, critics said the city's plans for the Upper West Side will barely have an impact when they start taking effect when school begins on Sept. 7.

More than a decade after the state's highest court ordered New York lawmakers to spend billions more a year on schools, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his top aides are moving further away from ever fulfilling the order, critics say.

Moskowitz called tax credits, which critics say is a means of funding parochial schools with public dollars, «a powerful form of parent choice.»

UPPER MANHATTAN — The push to scrap elementary school zones in upper Manhattan is coming under fire from critics who say the process has been secretive and one - sided.

Cooper Union said it could no longer afford to cover students» tuition, but critics said Bharucha and the board mismanaged the school's funds.

Romfo, with the Children's Scholarship Fund, says the tax credit program won't take anything away from public schools, and she says the critics are wrong.

Some critics also said Abraham Attah was not even schooling in Ghana as he is resident in the United States, courtesy of his acting career.

The governor threatened to hold back on payments to school districts and local governments, a move that his critics said he didn't have the legal authority to do.

Treasury sources said it would be funded through spending cuts elsewhere, but critics questioned the coherence of offering free school meals for all young children, while taking the axe to other universal payments such as child benefit for the better - off.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

While his critics blame these tactics for the problems in the Buffalo Public Schools — saying he defends the status quo — many teachers and supporters say he is just skilled at doing his job — defending members.

Ravitch has been a critic of education policies championed by Cuomo, including the expansion and protection of charter schools, which the governor says provides choice and opportunity to students in low - income areas.

Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner, a former co-chair of the State Democratic Party who has been an outspoken critic of Cuomo's policies, said mayoral control in her city might improve students» outcomes, but she's concerned about introducing more changes when schools are already overwhelmed.

Nominating Ravitch, a vociferous critic of Common Core - based testing and charter schools, «would bring to W.F.P. the people in education who are disgusted with what Cuomo is doing, and marry one powerful force with another one,» said Dorothy Siegel, the party's treasurer.

Critics say Cuomo is both cutting income and expenses, and the situation will become untenable for schools and other service providers.

«There are no new data presented here on complications or hospitalizations that we did not already know of,» says epidemiologist Peter Doshi of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, a critic of Roche and part of the Cochrane group that reviewed Tamiflu studies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will give schools alternatives to ground beef made with what critics have called «pink slime.»

In fact, one movie critic said it ««could be shown in film schools as a textbook example of how not to make a movie».

All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz): «Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night,» says diva supreme Bette Davis in this immortal take on the freaks of the theater, including Anne Baxter as Davis» cutthroat protégée, George Sanders as an acerbic critic and the young Marilyn Monroe as a budding talent who trained, claims the critic, «at the Copacabana School of Dramatic Arts.»

Similar to the Mouse House's other red hot franchises, Hannah Montana and The Jonas Brothers, High School Musical is a review - proof enterprise certain to thrive regardless of what any snooty critics have to say.

Mr. de Blasio is a critic of charter schools and said that as mayor he would halt the practice of giving them free space.

But the awards boom has some critics saying the recognition is meaningless and costs money that should go toward fixing the schools that need help.

The nation's leading soft - drink producers have come up with voluntary guidelines that would restrict the sale of sodas in schools, but critics say the move will have almost no impact where the problem is worst — in high schools.

During a speech, Mr. Hornbeck, himself an ordained minister, chose words that showed the seriousness, passion, and — some critics would say — gall that form his unwavering opinion that compassionate people will help save public schools.

What's more, critics say, single - sex schools such as the 49ers Academy and the Philadelphia High School for Girls might owe their success to any number of factors: smaller class sizes, specialized teachers, and a higher public profile, which often brings extra revenue.

This is the best evidence to date on the impact of retention on a student's likelihood of graduating from high school, the chief concern raised by critics of test - based promotion policies,» says West.