Sentences with phrase «significant number of private schools»

We have a large home school population, a significant number of private schools, high school graduates who are unprepared to enter the workforce, and a significant number of dropouts.

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In addition to the faith schools that make up a third of all state - funded schools in England and Wales, there are a significant number of private religious schools too.

Indeed, in those areas where we were able to adequately compare public and private provision, a large majority of schoolchildren are in private school, a significant number of them in unrecognized schools and not on the state's radar at all.

A significant number of the students who were offered vouchers did not use them; similarly, a smaller proportion of those students not offered a voucher attended a private school anyway.

At the end of the day, if this program is going to be successful, we need private schools that want to serve significant numbers of students living in poverty and that can provide a superior educational experience for them.

In addition, education spending cuts have cost an unknown but likely significant number of private - sector jobs as school districts canceled or scaled back purchases and contracts (for instance, buying fewer textbooks).

Good private schools are often oversubscribed and unlikely to be able to accommodate significant numbers of students from the public system.

From 2002 onwards however, the US saw a significant increase in nursing courses offered specifically by private, for - profit schools, which resulted in a huge growth in the number of qualified nurses competing for jobs.