Sentences with phrase «students in public schools»

The report criticises on human rights grounds the Northern Territory Government's abolition in 1998 of bilingual education programs for Aboriginal students in public schools.

Students in public schools in each city are eligible to submit games, which are due in April 2017.

Crowdfunding sites used by teachers should have mechanisms for protecting student privacy, as well as a privacy policy tailored to the unique needs of students in public schools.

Numerous evaluations have shown that students in voucher schools do no better on tests than students in public schools.

LGBT students in public schools are more often victims of harassment based on their gender and sexual identities and are also less likely to have access to LGBT resources than their counterparts in private schools (religious or otherwise).

The charters schools that NHA manages are, for the most part, more diverse than the public schools in the surrounding districts, and the students in the charter schools have done slightly better in testing than the students in the public schools.

Tuition vouchers and similar plans make the playing field more unlevel by continuing to permit private schools to cast aside the immutable rights of students in public schools even when they accept public funding.

In New Mexico, 66 percent of public school students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch — meaning only Mississippi serves a higher percentage of poor students in its public schools.

Many students in our public schools still do not get adequate arts and music instruction.

Thanks to the efforts of many educators and parents, special education services have been a civil rights requirement for all students in all public schools since 1975.

A 2010 study of Georgia's tuition tax credit program revealed that while only 10 % of white students in public schools attended «virtually segregated» schools, within the program at private schools, this rose dramatically to 53 %.

Since the parents of all students in public schools were discouraged from opting their children out of this state - mandated «standardized» test experiment, it should be gratifying to those who saw through the misinformation and controversy associated with the Common Core testing requirement and, with courage and conviction, refused to allow their children to take this unnecessary and unproven test.

Today the majority of students in public schools in the country's West and South are students of color.

In Milwaukee in 2013 - 2014, more than 77 % of African American students in the public schools attended «intensely segregated» schools, but for African American students in the voucher program, that number rose to more than 85 %.

There are still far too many students in our public schools who are falling through the cracks.

In addition to these four state - based studies of voucher program impacts on test scores, some recent studies do show positive effects on graduation rates, parent satisfaction, community college enrollment, and other nonachievement - based outcomes, but it is unclear if these outcomes are lasting and valid.23 For example, research shows that nationally, graduation rates for students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significant.26

While the average score on last year's PARCC English and math exams was dismally low for secondary students in public schools across Maryland, Harford County Public Schools students scored well above the state average, according to test results released Thursday afternoon.

Callifornia's proposal immediately impacts about 1.4 million students in public schools who are English learners.

Further, when comparing these effects with the impact of participating in a voucher programs, it is also possible that students in both public schools and voucher programs experience additional impacts from some of the factors described in these comparison studies.

Nor do they provide them the same quality and quantity of services available to students in public schools, including those mandated under each student's individualized education plan (IEP).

Black students in all public schools are sanctioned at a rate of 16.6 percent — four times higher than the 4 percent rate for white students.

The Pecks therefore contended that the Lansing School District must provide Elizabeth's PT and OT at Our Savior Lutheran School, because at that time, the IDEA required a school district to provide benefits to private school students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her school.

Overall, the state has experienced 12 consecutive years of having fewer students in public schools.

This is about our entire way of educating students in public schools.

Students in public schools faced with increased private school competition showed greater gains in test scores than students in other public schools with the introduction of the program.

For instance, Florida, which serves a large proportion of Hispanic students in its public schools, posts narrower gaps in performance between white and Hispanic students in some grades and subjects.

Similarly, about one in six students in public schools is black, compared to one in 14 teachers, though this trend has been relatively stable over the decade.

In 2013, 21 states reported that the majority of students in their public schools came from low - income families.

For the first time in history, the majority of students in public schools qualified for the free and reduced lunch program.

It is projected that by 2022, there will be a sixteen percent decrease in the enrollment of white students in public schools nationwide.

This voucher - style program would also decimate funding streams from the federal government that for decades have provided targeted resources to benefit students in public schools, especially those from poorer families.

As the New York court observed, funneling public dollars into a charter school is inconsistent with the State's constitutional obligation, because «to divert public education funds away from the traditional public schools and toward charter schools would benefit a select few at the expense of» the majority of students in public schools.

Classnotes Podcast (October 30, 2014) Federal law and court rulings have taken steps to protect the civil rights of students in our public schools.

Students in public schools should have resources equivalent to those attending private schools.

More broadly, as the Southern Education Foundation reported in January 2015, the majority of students in public schools today are eligible for free and reduced lunch.

In New Orleans, voucher students who struggle academically haven't advanced to grade - level work any faster over the past two years than students in the public schools, many of which are rated D or F, state data show.

She funded efforts in Michigan to siphon funds from students in public schools, allowing for - profit companies to operate schools with taxpayer money and no accountability.

A measure mandating at least 100 minutes a week of free play for students in public schools could be derailed this year.

Dobard, Peterson, BESE, etc. do not care if 4,000 at - risk students in public schools in New Orleans have been displaced over the last nine years.

It is deeply troubling that instead working to fix PA's public school funding crisis, many lawmakers are instead trying to advance the agenda of the school privatization lobby, which will create more costs for taxpayers and even deeper deprivation for students in public schools.

The national results are based on a representative sample of students in public schools, private schools, Bureau of Indian Education schools, and Department of Defense schools.

Given that vouchers are only for students in public schools given «C,» «D,» or «F» rankings by the state, it's the worst schools that Edwards is proposing forcing students back into.

Their scores were then compared to those of Black students in public schools.

The changes would make it easier for parents who want to enroll their students in public schools outside their own district, but may not be thinking about that decision in February, said Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, who introduced the bill.

Caire and the Urban League say the school is needed because of the dismal performance of minority students in public schools in Madison, along with high incarceration rates of young African American men in Dane County.

Blacks and Hispanics represented less that 14 percent of teachers in 2012 at a time when the two populations approached half of all students in public schools.

• Including all public school students in all public schools in the funding formula; until this change is made, funding for schools of choice will continue to be an annual uncertainty

The 2015 Oregon Legislature enacted House Bill 4002 that directed the Department of Education (ODE) and the Chief Education Office (CEdO) to develop a statewide education plan to address chronic absences of students in the public schools

Recent studies of voucher programs in Louisiana and Ohio found that students in taxpayer - supported private schools consistently score lower on standardized tests than demographically similar students in the public schools.

The Ivorian government will be introducing the tablets to 5,000 students in public schools, while some private schools in both Ivory Coast and Morocco will be running pilot projects.