Sentences with phrase «schools give neighborhood»

Last year a city task force opted against mandating that charter schools give neighborhood kids preference in the admissions process, saying that doing so could potentially limit access to high - quality schools.

Not exact matches

The case for this being true for kids is pretty well documented (though you might not realize it given the eerie silence on many playgrounds and neighborhood streets after school).

But moving forward, evangelicals as far as possible given their geographic location need to move toward minorities and be in their churches and be in their schools and be in their neighborhoods to create opportunities for solidarity and reciprocity.

Waqfs were established to furnish trousseaux for orphan girls, for paying the debts of imprisoned or bankrupt businessmen, for clothing for the aged, to help pay village and neighborhood taxes, to help the army and the navy, to found trade guilds, to give land for public markets, to build lighthouses, to help orphans and widows and the destitute, to care for the needs of poor school children and to give them picnics, to pay for the funerals of the poor, to provide holiday gifts for poor families, to build seaside cottages for holidays for the people, to distribute ice - cold water during the summer, to create public playing fields, to distribute rice to birds, and to give food and water to animals.

And it isn't enough to provide social services to poor children if their neighborhood schools are still giving them a lousy education.

Giving them the best opportunities we can in our neighborhoods and school systems, helping them to achieve the goals they want, the list goes on.

From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.

Here's the back story: when it comes to health and wellness initiatives, Nettelhorst, my neighborhood public elementary school, has moved mountains: we successfully lobbied to become a Healthy Choice Pilot School, giving us one of the system's coveted salad bars, honored by the Healthy Schools Campaign and U.S. Senator Dick Dschool, has moved mountains: we successfully lobbied to become a Healthy Choice Pilot School, giving us one of the system's coveted salad bars, honored by the Healthy Schools Campaign and U.S. Senator Dick DSchool, giving us one of the system's coveted salad bars, honored by the Healthy Schools Campaign and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

Eric Stevenson, a first - term state senator representing East Tremont and other neighborhoods in the south Bronx, said he'd planned to give his expected $ 100,000 in member item money to local tutoring and after - school programs and a cash - strapped little league, some of the same organizations that his predecessor, Michael Benjamin, had funded over the years.

He doesn't give a shit that you're getting priced out of your NYC neighborhood or that your neighborhood schools in Rochester are falling apart.

By increasing the number of gifted and talented programs in our neighborhoods and increasing the number of public charter school seats to 200,000 citywide, we can give thousands more kids in the Bronx the chance to participate in a program or attend a school that could change their lives.

I'm proud of the work we have done — expanding and strengthening our schools, securing vital emergency services, creating the borough's largest landmarked neighborhood, and giving voice to the underserved and most vulnerable in our community.»

While Upper West Success Academy can accept applications from children across the city, Sedlis said the school will give preference to local students and is intended to be a «neighborhood school.»

By changing every aspect of a poor child's life — schools, families, neighborhoods — he believes that the Harlem Children's Zone can give youngsters the resources they need to succeed when all odds are against them.

First, while most Americans say they want some degree of racial integration, people of all racial groups are reluctant to be in the minority» in a given school or neighborhood.

He recommends adjusting the expectations for the schools located within a given neighborhood based on the area's average income.

About how, in neighborhoods with so little social capital, so few functioning institutions and places of authority, those schools give hope and structure to their kids that they yearn for.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

They were given the freedom to try different things - in Paige's case, a centralized reading curriculum for low - performing schools, charters and vouchers in neighborhoods where the conventional schools would not improve, and outsourcing noninstructional services such as food and transportation to save money.

For instance, while black schools had to be closed (leading to demotions or the loss of jobs for black teachers and administrators), whites were given access to specialty schools or allowed to remain in their neighborhood schools.

When his stepfather got a better job, with an American oil company, the family (Ann gave birth to a daughter in 1970) moved to a nicer neighborhood and Barry was enrolled in a public school.

As of September, however, Sierra had all but given up on his first choice: being tapped to run a neighborhood school.

While giving students experience working for such employers as law firms and advertising agencies, the arrangement also puts a private school education within the reach of many families in the predominantly Hispanic, low - income Pilsen neighborhood...

Twenty years ago state legislators began to approve charter schools in order to give families public school options other than their district or neighborhood schools.

«When Chi Nguyen applied to Harvard's School Leadership Program, he wrote with passion and eloquence about his dream of one day being able to be a principal in a «neighborhood that has raised me and given me so many opportunities to improve, impact, and give back,»» says Lecturer Lee Teitel, director of SLP.

Richard Fields: As a child, when I attended C.S. 102 elementary school, I was given my first instrument, a clarinet, which exposed me to a world beyond the neighborhood.

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.

It's about our shared belief that every family in the Commonwealth deserves a quality public school in their neighborhood — no matter their economic circumstance, ethnic background or zip code; it's about opening currently closed doors and giving more Massachusetts students a seat at the table.

So this show will give us at least a glancing chance of revisiting the issues of race, class, and the neighborhood school.

Without giving too much away, the novel tells the story of a college - educated white family in Brooklyn whose condo is zoned for a local school whose demographics and test scores have not kept up with the gentrification of the surrounding neighborhood.

That experience left an indelible mark, convincing me that giving every child a quality public education starts with ensuring parents have access to a high quality public school in their neighborhood.

Neighborhood schools shouldn't be drained of resources to give great schools an extra boost; neighborhood schools must also be great schools.

Only after everyone has a chance to offer opinions and observations do the teachers whose students performed the dance — two women who run an after - school neighborhood outreach program sponsored by the Boston Ballet — reveal that the dance is a blending of hip - hop and Bhangra, an Indian dance form, assigned as a choreography project to enhance self - confidence and to give the girls a chance to work on creativity within boundaries.

You convince me that charter schools are good for my kids and for my neighborhood, too, and I won't give a flip what an HBO comedian thinks.

«If Dan Patrick and his followers wanted to give all students and their parents a meaningful educational choice, they would more adequately fund public education, so that children of all economic backgrounds would have a full menu of academic offerings and electives in their neighborhood public schools,» said Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria.

It also says the vouchers are designed to give low - income families in neighborhoods where schools need improvement the chance to send their children to «higher - performing schools.»

GPSN launched its program in June, when it gave its first grants, totaling $ 4.5 million, to Teach for America, an after - school program called Heart of LA and Equitas Academy, which runs three charter schools in LA's Pico - Union neighborhood.

Take away the hyperbole and inaccuracies, what Randi Weingarten and Jonah Edelman truly oppose is giving parents, especially low - income parents, the ability to choose something other than their neighborhood traditional public school.

The federal government is no longer requiring that states do things like close down schools, fire half the staff, remove the principal, give students, uh, charter schools while they shutter their neighborhood public schools.

Let's give the idea of a «community school» one more look over, and see how schools often provide a neighborhood spirit where poverty can't.

While other factors — families, peers, neighborhoods — are obviously elements in a student's learning, it is the school and particularly the teachers and administrators that are given the public responsibility for the education of our youth.

«At their core, Connecticut's public charter schools are community - driven so it makes sense that their educators and students would understand the importance of giving to those in need in their own neighborhoods all year long, but especially during the holiday season,» said Jeremiah Grace, Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools Nschools are community - driven so it makes sense that their educators and students would understand the importance of giving to those in need in their own neighborhoods all year long, but especially during the holiday season,» said Jeremiah Grace, Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools NSchools Network.

Besides giving new authority to the chancellor, the mayor is also proposing to allow some charter schools — those located in «high need» areas of the city — to become neighborhood schools, which students living nearby would have a right to attend.

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.

But when we fund our schools with revenue generated from property taxes, the value of the homes in a given neighborhood directly correlates with the funding level of the relevant school.

«In reference to issues on L.A.'s west side, Zimmer argues, «The parents buying up the houses, who have more resources, have a lot of fear about public schools... and when you give them the opportunity to really engage and create integration and diversity in their neighborhood public schools, they don't want to.»

He also has been giving out zone waivers to middle - class families who prefer P.S. 16 to their neighborhood school, P.S. 9, one of the city's worst.

Students are chosen by lottery, with preference given to District 17, its community school district, which encompasses neighborhoods like Flatbush, East Flatbush, Crown Heights and Farragut.

School choice includes charter schools, funded by public money but given more flexibility and accountability than traditional neighborhood schools.