Sentences with phrase «school in poor neighborhoods»

The formula, being tried in the nine schools in the trial project, provides a greater funding share for schools in poor neighborhoods.

The city has closed 91 poorly performing schools, established about 100 charter schools and sent waves of new young teachers and principals into schools in poor neighborhoods.

But she also noted that small rural schools and schools in poor neighborhoods remain much less likely than suburban schools to offer AP courses.

Schools in poorer neighborhoods tend to have fewer resources and less educated populations.

The reality is that there are poor schools in poor neighborhoods.

After months of talks, the governor agreed to a solution that would pump $ 1 billion into schools in poor neighborhoods.

Reforming failing public schools in poor neighborhoods is the first preventative step to future incarceration, Cuomo said.

But she also has experience with failing schools in poor neighborhoods — similar to those currently called «community schools» — by providing social services like mental health and eye checkups.

Beginning 40 years ago, a series of court rulings forced states to reallocate money for education, giving more to schools in poor neighborhoods with less in the way of local resources.

Other new proposals include a $ 230,000 study on the possibility of supervised injection facilities for drug addicts, food pantries that would also dispense personal hygiene products at community schools in poor neighborhoods, and $ 1,000 grants for kids leaving foster care.

Some charter schools, such as KIPP DC, have been successful working in racially isolated schools in poor neighborhoods, developing specialized teaching strategies and support for students who come to school years behind.

A charter approved as part of the district's small - schools reform plan, Carver took over a failing high school in a poor neighborhood on the edge of the city.

In fact, Holfeld et al (2008) found that schools in poorer neighborhoods restricted computer use to rote learning rather than using technology for creative engagement.

So pervasive is its influence, they argue, that public and private schools in poor neighborhoods not only resemble one another but must be essentially one and the same; any differences are merely cosmetic.

The consent decree stems from a 1986 lawsuit, Rodriguez v. LAUSD, in which the plaintiffs argued that many schools in poor neighborhoods were disadvantaged because they had high numbers of inexperienced teachers.

If the state wins federal funding, O'Malley also proposes stipends for high - performing teachers and principals who choose to work at struggling schools in poor neighborhoods.

Our neediest schools in the poorest neighborhoods are being shut down and evangelized with «choice» offered by charter schools, many of which are cold business enterprises.

Later, fundraising at individual schools was limited to keep wealthier neighborhoods from shoring up academic programs beyond what schools in poor neighborhoods could afford.

School districts are not allowed to underfund schools in poor neighborhoods and then use the federal dollars to fill in the hole.

And teachers don't rely on the rote drills that can take up so much classroom time when schools in poor neighborhoods fixate only on improving test scores.

There, it was argued that firing teachers solely based on the amount of time that they've spent in the system was wrong because it gutted schools in poorer neighborhoods, thus denying the children there the right of a stable education, or some such.

Barron shouted that more money is needed for schools in poor neighborhoods.

I grew up attending public school in poor neighborhoods and didn't feel that I was smart enough to homeschool.

However, board member Luis Reyes, a researcher at Hunter College in Manhattan, said the graduation goal would prove «delusional» unless the state provides more equitable funding for schools in poor neighborhoods.

In his final chapter, Putnam recommends a variety of well - known school - based reforms, such as moving poor children into better schools, compensatory financing for schools in poor neighborhoods to enable them to attract the best teachers and counselors, more school - based extracurricular activities and social services, and more effort to engage the whole community in the education process.

We need some way of monitoring how kids learn.Without testing and media coverage of test results, schools in poor neighborhoods would not get better.»

They are halfway right: schools in poor neighborhoods are underfunded, but the districts themselves are the cause.

Schools in poor neighborhoods have to pay as much for a teacher with weak preparation and no experience as schools in more upscale neighborhoods pay for a teacher with a doctorate and twenty years» experience.

Some districts claim to allocate disproportionate amounts of money to schools in poor neighborhoods.

Thus, schools in poor neighborhoods may wind up with fewer resources, if these special programs are offered without regard to the needs of the student population.

Dr. Noguera, the N.Y.U. education professor and adviser to the city, applauded Mr. Klein for creating a grading system that rewarded improvement from year to year so that schools in poor neighborhoods had the same chance of achieving a good grade as those in wealthier areas.

Schools in poor neighborhoods are too often poor schools operating in old buildings with the least qualified teachers (as teachers with seniority move elsewhere.)