Sentences with phrase «school kids across the state»
In a partial victory for the Cuomo administration, the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of an educational group that New York was failing to provide a «sound basic education» to school kids across the state.
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It's back - to - school time for kids across the United States, and while having time with my own children this summer was truly wonderful, I am happy to admit that I am eager to see them get back to their own work of being students.
«It is good to see that voters across our state support healthy meals in schools as a means to help all kids excel in the classroom.»
Schools can serve healthy lunches, but whether kids will eat them is a question that has been asked often since the 2012 - 13 school year, when districts across the United States raised the nutritional quality of meals to meet updated national standards.
«Secretary Duncan's report saying New York is on the watch - list for failure is yet another warning that the inability of school districts across the state and their unions to come together has jeopardized the quality of our kids» education,» Cuomo said.
«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.
Taxpayers deserve to know how much their kids» school spends per child and be able to compare that with the neighboring school or a school across the city, state, or nation.
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School may be out for the summer, but school choice is in, as states across the nation have moved to expand education opportunities for disadvantagedSchool may be out for the summer, but school choice is in, as states across the nation have moved to expand education opportunities for disadvantagedschool choice is in, as states across the nation have moved to expand education opportunities for disadvantaged kids.
As the LCFF unfolds, complaints are surfacing about dubious expenditures — on school policing or across - the - board staff pay raises that state officials warn should be «targeted» to benefit disadvantaged kids.
But with roughly 5,500 kids across the state still dropping out of high school every year, Professor Reville and others acknowledge that Massachusetts, widely recognized as having the nation's leading education system, still has a long way to go.
Today, 43 states have charter - school laws, and approximately 3 million kids attend almost 7,000 charters across the country.
Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).
«In this tough economy, and challenging budgetary times, we commend and applaud the Governor and the Legislature for putting kids first, and protecting critical funding for charter schools across the state.»
They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.
As a result of Minnich's leadership, state education agencies are now better positioned to support their schools and districts, to elevate teacher voice in decision - making and to offer career pathways to every kid across the country.
Von Hayek's take was that it's difficult, and in many cases futile, for policymakers to operate as engineers because they simply don't have the degree of control or as much information as they need to design effective solutions — in the case of K — 12 schooling in the United States, solutions that are going to work for 50 million kids scattered across 90,000 schools.
«It's clear in Flint, and across the entire state that our current school funding system is failing our kids and must be fixed.
Thanks to your advocacy and the commitment of lawmakers to great schools, kids and educators across the state have reason to celebrate.
Michigan's school choice policy has opened the door for thousands of parents across the state to take their kids out of their home school district and go to schools in neighboring districts.
As kids across the country return to school, the results of a new poll suggest it's adults who need a lesson on the Common Core State Standards, a set of end - of - grade expectations in math and English adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia.
«Our fight is for real kids and families across our state who are choosing charter schools in droves.
He also supports schools across the United States through extensive professional development work around his most recent publication, Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit and Healthy.
I am also inspired by charter leaders and communities across the state coming together to open new schools to provide great options for kids.
«Pollution from this plant put kids» health at risk at more than 80 schools and day care centers across both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but at the same time, our states are becoming the hub of the quickly growing offshore wind industry.
He also supports schools across the United States through extensive professional development work around his most recent publication, Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit and Healthy.