Sentences with phrase «schools serve»

The accepted wisdom is that private schools serve the privileged; everyone else, especially the poor, requires public school.

A wide cultural and geographic chasm separates Mobile, Ala., a Gulf Coast city where 86 public schools serve some 65,000 students, and the Lower Kuskokwim River region of Alaska, an Ohio - size tract of wilderness where 22 of the 23 communities have only one small school apiece, with student populations ranging from 10 to 190.

In many states, district - operated online schools serve students statewide (See Figure 1).

Most of these schools serve in - district students, but some serve students regionally across a consortium of districts.

Does the huge expansion in the number of computers in schools serve as an appropriate disruptive innovation?

It's also worth noting that because many of these schools serve far smaller numbers of students, the decline in percentage of schools offering AP classes does not represent a proportionate decline in the number of overall students able to access AP coursework.

Most charter schools serve mainly elementary students, and young children make up the largest share of the few voucher programs that have been attempted.

While district - operated schools still serve more than 80 percent of the U.S. school - age population, and private schools serve close to 10 percent, charters serve only about 6 percent (a share that is just slightly larger than that of the home - schooling sector).

«There are very few good options in school nutrition, and most schools serve their kids lousy food that is unappealing,» says Bob Nardo, managing director of operations for KIPP TEAM Charter Schools in Newark, N.J. «This is a problem everywhere, but particularly in low - income areas that are considered food deserts, where you can't get adequate, nutritious food nearby.

In fact, according to the Common Core of Data, magnet schools serve more total students (2.52 million) than charter schools (2.19 million).

The answers were as diverse as the counselors themselves, but one common theme came through — counselors care deeply about their work and the students and schools they serve.

Mounting evidence suggests that districts commonly distribute different amounts of funding, even when schools serve the same types of students.

It's a mission that has brought together an amazing group of Catholic educators and philanthropists with a common commitment: to not let this essential element of American education disappear from the communities our schools serve.

Whereas a business can focus mainly on serving its customers, public schools serve a multiplicity of stakeholders, of which parents and students are only two.

The report, «Special Choices: Do voucher schools serve students with disabilities?»

a. Should states mandate that charter schools serve a minimum percentage of special education students, English language learners, or other subgroups?

But can these stand - alone, typically small charter schools serve as the basis for a sustainable, large - scale movement for change in education?

Evaluations led by Harvard's Tom Kane and MIT's Josh Angrist have used this lottery - based method to convince most skeptics that the impressive test - score performance of the Boston charter sector reflects real differences in school quality rather than the types of students charter schools serve.

Despite Salt Lake City's image — white and Mormon — city schools serve an ethnically diverse student body.

As our schools serve greater numbers of Hispanic students and fewer whites, for example, we should expect achievement to decline somewhat because Hispanic students, who are more likely to live in poverty, tend to perform at lower levels, on average, than whites.

Points of contention concern funding levels and whether charter schools serve a proportionate share of children who are expensive to educate, especially children with learning disabilities.

We had over 40 volunteers from GBO staff, the Forest Service and the local schools serve as judges and activity leaders.

Abe Journalism Fellow (2016) Alana Semuels explores how Japanese public schools serve the needs of students across economic backgrounds in article for the Atlantic.

Community Schools serve as neighborhood hubs for students and families.

The high - octane moves, insiders say, show the preferential treatment that DOE officials — including deputy schools chancellor Kathleen Grimm — give Success Academy, whose 22 schools serve just 6,700 of the city's 1.1 million students.

«We oppose the raising of the charter cap until charter schools serve an appropriate percentage of the state's neediest children, and we will be working with the State Education Department on the details of a fair evaluation process for teachers.»

Those critics condemned comments Trump reportedly made about various racial and ethnic groups, noting that the Buffalo Public Schools serve a diverse group of students who might take offense to his statements.

One challenge is that Upper Manhattan's schools serve a large population of students learning English as a second language.

Two charter schools serve local students: Academy Charter School, with 750 students in kindergarten through seventh grade last year, and Evergreen Academy, with 300 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in 2014 - 15.

There has been very little discussion of the rebalancing that is needed under the current status quo to ensure that schools serve their local communities and are accountable to them through a framework that enables democratic control.

On the second Thursday of every month, participating schools serve fruits, vegetables, dairy products and meats sourced from New York farms and processors.

While each program may have its own method for tracking this, some suggestions are to develop relationships with the staff at the schools you serve, to speak with teachers or counselors about your youth, to request youth participants to bring in a copy of their report cards, a call home to parents, or having youth self - report if they have successfully moved on to the next grade level.

The schools serve black bean quesadillas, Margherita pizza, crispy tofu, spinach wraps, roasted chickpea tagine, vegetarian chili and zucchini parmigiana.

However, in a country with such a diverse range of ethnic and religious groups as Britain, religious schools serve as a method for the perpetuation of the self - isolation of communities.

Munster «s five schools serve a total 2,881 students, a town official says.

This is in response to «School day starts with sugar rush; City schools serve doughnuts, sweetened cereals to kids for breakfast; And nutrition experts cringe» (Page 1, Nov. 5), by Tribune reporter Monica Eng.

America's public schools serve 30.5 million lunches per day in the National School Lunch Program at a cost of $ 8.7 billion a year, but many dishes are high in saturated fat, low in fiber and omit fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Another roughly 200 schools serve frozen meals under the supervision of school staff.

«It would help to get junk food and soda out of school vending machines, it would help schools serve healthier lunches by providing more resources and training and model recipes, and it would help to bring more healthy produce from farm - to - school programs into schools,» she says.

(Would you pay full price for the food most schools serve?)

Why do schools serve white bread, ever?

Instead of giving in to industry attempts to push sugary chocolate milk, let's ask Congress to help schools serve more calcium - rich broccoli, kale, beans and fortified plant - based milks when lawmakers revise the Child Nutrition Act.

However, more than 90 percent of schools serve meals that do not even meet the minimum national school meal standards, which were established in 1995 and do not reflect current nutrition science.

The meals schools serve to students are an important source of nutrients kids need to grow, learn and succeed.

With 99,000 schools currently trying to comply with the standards, Agriculture Secretary Tom VilsackThomas James VilsackUSDA: Farm - to - school programs help schools serve healthier meals OVERNIGHT MONEY: House poised to pass debt - ceiling bill MORE told Rokita it's possible to find an entrée he wouldn't like.

But most schools serve primarily re-heated processed foods that arrive frozen.

When schools serve sugary drinks and fried foods loaded with fat and excess sodium, kids aren't getting the healthy meals their bodies and brains need to thrive.

What kind of lunches did your schools serve growing up?

Some schools serve well.

Have you seen what the schools serve our children for lunches?