Sentences with phrase «students at charter schools»

When the American Federation of Teachers published a study that found students at charter schools performing worse than their peers at traditional public schools, more than a few hopes were dashed.

By that measure, too, elementary students at charter schools and neighborhood schools in Chicago were in a virtual tie on the reading and math exams last year, the Sun - Times / Medill Data Project analysis found.

Their primary argument is that students at charter schools do better on mastery tests.

African - American students at charter schools scored lower in math than African - American students at traditional schools.

According to the district analysis of last school year's test scores, 83 percent of students at charter schools are economically disadvantaged and 19 percent are English learners.

It also states that the district's staff findings «fail to explain how denial of the renewals, as CEG currently operates today, could possibly be the best result for the students at our charter schools.

While California's schools need to do more to help African American students reach academic proficiency, African American students at charter schools are closer to reaching grade - level proficiency than their TPS counterparts.

Earlier this year, the city council created a steering committee to determine whether students at charter schools - many of whom are low - income students of color whose families struggle to afford college - are eligible for the scholarship funds.

UChicago Medicine issued Asthma Community Benefit Grants during the 2016 - 17 school year to fund the Chicago Asthma Consortium's school - based work to improve asthma identification and education for students at the Charter Schools.

She found that students at charter schools performed 5 % better on state reading tests than their traditional public school peers and that charter school students performed 3 % better on state math tests than similar students at public schools.

So when the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's second - largest teachers» union, published a study in August 2004 that found students at charter schools performing worse than their peers at traditional public schools, more than a few hopes were dashed.

Other promising data came out last week for students at charter schools in Kent and Spokane.

By separating out these students (most of whom were presumably attending 1 of the 5,274 charter schools operating across the U.S. in 2011), we are able to compare parent satisfaction of students at charter schools with students in private schools, assigned - district schools, and choice district schools.

Despite the setback caused by changing schools, disadvantaged students at charter schools still did better in math within two years after switching to charter schools.

City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt parents of students at charter schools and other private schools to clamor for equal treatment.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets students at a charter school in Philadelphia.

Question: Is there funding available to help provide meals to low - income preschool students at a charter school?

Not exact matches

Organizers at Pembroke Pines Charter High School said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaSchool said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaschool if there hadn't been testing that day.

Over the past three decades, the number of homeschooled children has grown by at least 7 percent a year» the number may now exceed the number attending charter schools» and between 6 and 12 percent of all students are educated at home at some point between kindergarten and twelfth grade.

At the public charter school where she used to teach, she said, «I had a lot of students comment, «I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City.»»

From Men in Blazers: America SCORES is non-profit organization that promotes football and poetry with students at more than 175 public and charter schools across North America.

Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools.

Nia Dennis, 8, a student at Betty Shabazz Charter School, and Xavier Dilworth, 4, came with their parents to demand a longer schooSchool, and Xavier Dilworth, 4, came with their parents to demand a longer schoolschool day.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

At 6:30 a.m. on September 22, 2015, fourteen very excited grade eight students and one slightly anxious yet enthusiastic class teacher boarded a charter bus at the Halton Waldorf SchooAt 6:30 a.m. on September 22, 2015, fourteen very excited grade eight students and one slightly anxious yet enthusiastic class teacher boarded a charter bus at the Halton Waldorf Schooat the Halton Waldorf School.

This success is due in part to the D.C. Healthy Schools Act of 2010, which requires school breakfast to be provided at no charge for all students in D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools Act of 2010, which requires school breakfast to be provided at no charge for all students in D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools and D.C. Public Charter Schools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoSchools, and it requires schools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular schoschools with at least 40 percent of their students certified for free and reduced price school meals to implement a breakfast after the bell model that moves breakfast out of the school cafeteria and makes it more accessible and a part of the regular school day.

During the period of participation at a school, the charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as required in paragraph (b).

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz testified before Congress at a panel on economic opportunity for African - Americans, arguing that elements of her charter school network could be applied nationwide to help address educational disparities for black students.

Moskowitz has cancelled school tomorrow at all 22 of her charters, and plans to bus angry parents, students and teachers to Albany to protest de Blasio's decision.

The minor gains that NYC students made on state reading and math tests aren't good enough, according to Eva Moskowitz, the Success Academy charter school founder, who blasted Mayor de Blasio for the incremental improvements at a press conference in her Wall Street headquarters.

Charter schools in New York City receive almost $ 5,000 less per student each year than traditional schools, according to a study to be released today by researchers at the University of Arkansas.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

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At 1:30 p.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley hosts a press conference with students and activists to demand congressional action on gun safety, Renaissance Charter School, 35 - 59 81st St., Queens.

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«Mayor de Blasio is playing chicken with the futures of 48,000 - plus students waiting for a shot at a better education through charter schools.

«Every student, they count,» Mecozzi said, «but when I look at our budget and I realize how much money is going into charter schools, and a lot of the charter schools narrative is that the Buffalo Public Schools are not performing up to par, «Come here, join our schools.»schools, and a lot of the charter schools narrative is that the Buffalo Public Schools are not performing up to par, «Come here, join our schools.»schools narrative is that the Buffalo Public Schools are not performing up to par, «Come here, join our schools.»Schools are not performing up to par, «Come here, join our schools.»schools.»»

Also at 9 a.m., parents and students from Middle Village Preparatory Charter School in Queens rally outside the Queens County Courthouse before oral arguments are heard in its case, 88 - 11 Sutphin Blvd., Queens.

The principal at a Brooklyn Success Academy charter school who created a «Got to Go» list of difficult students was sued by four parents last month.

The city's Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, voted 8 to 4 at its March 1 meeting at Brooklyn Technical HS to co-locate a new charter school in Bedford - Stuyvesant's already - cramped PS 308, infuriating the school's parents, students and teachers.

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

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Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

«We will save charter schools,» Cuomo told a crowd of 11,000 charter parents and students during a March 4 rally at the state capital.

Students at the Bronx Preparatory Charter School mail out college applications.

At the same time, students with disabilities comprise 17 percent of the charter school enrollment compared to the 27 percent district average, the report found.

His hourlong visit on National Teachers Day also included a brief meeting with special - needs students at P.S. 149, a public school that shares a building with the charter school.

«Graduating students should be proud of their hard work and public charter schools deserve special recognition for improving at a faster rate than the district.

Student Breanna Roberts is heading into her second year at the Health Science Charter School.

Authorities say a kindergarten student found a bag of cocaine in another student's backpack at a Philadelphia charter school.