Sentences with phrase «system of public»

The good news about the state is that it has a fantastic system of public colleges, called State Universities of New York, or SUNY, schools.

North Carolina has an extensive system of public universities and some of the best colleges in the country.

Alamance County is one of 100 counties in North Carolina and part of a State supervised, county administered system of public social services provided by the Division of Social Services under the Department of Health and Human Services.

1) how America moved from a populist system of public jury trials and punishments to a hidden plea bargaining assembly line run by lawyers and ever - longer punishments hidden behind prison walls;

Another risk is that a host state might be considered to have discharged its state responsibility by having a working system of public law with certain formal guarantees, even if the investor is egregiously mistreated in the process.

In my last post I argued that investment law should be reconceived as a system of public law adjudication in order to react to current criticism.

by Abigail Smith While common among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada does not have a national pharmacare program, i.e. a single system of public insurance coverage for prescription drugs.

JUSTICE intervened in Chahal in order to highlight the unfairness posed by the now largely defunct class based system of public interest immunity operated outside criminal proceedings.

The Merriam - Webster's online dictionary defines it in three ways: 1: the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization) 2: the permanent installations required for military purposes 3: the system of public works of a country, state, or region; also: the resources (as personnel, buildings, or equipment) required for an activity

Remember how we trained a generation for a new, industrial economy by building a nationwide system of public high schools; how we laid down railroad tracks and highways across an entire continent; how we pushed the boundaries of science and technology to unlock the very building blocks of human life.

The Sistema Federal de Medios y Contenidos Públicos (Federal System of Public Media and Contents) of Argentina and the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain are pleased to present their first collaboration together: Les Visitants.

It wouldn't be Switzerland without offering a perfectly organized system of public transport.

An institution is eligible if it is within the system of public higher education under section 5 Chapter 15A of the General Laws, and participates in the MEFA Prepaid Tuition Program.

In the state of Connecticut, several factors intersect to create a system of public school funding that is not only failing, but also incredibly challenging to navigate and subsequently difficult to reform.

This combination of diminished supply in the pipeline, decreasing availability of career educators, and increased demand on existing teachers could lead to a crisis that threatens our system of public education.

ESSA dramatically shifts authority of our nation's system of public education back to state and local control.

Last fall, the NAACP called for a moratorium on the expansion of school choice in the United States, viewing the charter sector as a threat to our hallowed system of public education — as though it's ever been what it claims to be for Black students and families — and drawing an inexplicable line in the sand between two parts of itself.

The universal pre-K movement isn't just about offering another social service: Pre-K advocates are actually building a whole new system of public education, and that has implications for the existing K - 12 public education system.

The Beloved Community is to be found not in the segregated citadels of private schools but in a well - funded system of public education, free and open to all — affirming our commitment to democracy and justice and our commitment to the dignity and worth of our greatest resource, our youth.

Mr. Candelaria asserts that ESAs are an «entitlement,» but the entirety of the system of public education is an entitlement (and constitutional mandate), and subsidies are an essential aspect of education.

Tap into the power of the largest system of public higher education in the nation — The State University of New York.

The increasing number of state legislators, auditors, comptrollers, parents, students and academic institutions that are calling for more accountability in the charter sector are right: If we are committed to a public education system that strives to serve all children, with the understanding and the expectation that each and every one matters, has potential and deserves the resources and opportunity to succeed, then we must rein in the current growth model of charter expansion, and insist instead on a well - regulated and equitably resourced system of public schools that works for all children.

On Monday, Valerie Strauss published among the most lucid explanations I have read of what's wrong, how the new law reproduces much of the same policy as the old No Child Left Behind, and what those of us who value our nation's system of public education ought to be saying as we respond to these policies.

ESSA requires each state to establish challenging state academic standards in mathematics, reading / language arts, science and any other subject determined by the state, that are aligned with entrance requirements for credit - bearing coursework in the system of public higher education in the state and relevant career and technical education standards.

This is NOT the purpose of OUR free system of public schools as envisioned by our founding fathers.

Maybe 15 years down the line it will be different, but as it stands now, the case for spending sufficiently on a system of public schooling is just not strong.

Education for Change Public Schools» mission is to provide a superior public education to Oakland's most underserved children by creating a system of public schools that relentlessly focuses on their students» academic achievement.

We can do that through a unified, well - funded system of public schools.

Fortunately, the lower court rejected this strained interpretation, holding instead that «the Nevada constitution requires the state to establish a non-sectarian system of public schools, but it is also empowered to encourage education by other means that are not limited to non-sectarian schooling.»

It's narrowed the common ground and eroded the broad public support a universal system of public education needs to survive.

North Carolina charters are increasing the extent to which the overall system of public education in the state is racially identifiable as well.

«Opening a parallel system of public schools that has the potential to take away from our current traditional system of schools is certainly not what's in the best interest of children,» KEA President Stephanie Winkler said during the committee meeting.

Rather than use that vehicle to speak out about the misuse of standardized testing, CABE and CAPPS signed onto a political agenda that failed to even mention the word testing let alone articulate a position about why the overuse of standardized testing is unfair, discriminatory and is damaging our children and our system of public education.

Pryor has dedicated himself to hiring his personal friends, giving out millions of dollars in contracts to out - of - state, politically - connected companies, putting his «Turnaround Office» in the hands of Morgan Barth, a person who illegally taught and worked for Pryor's charter school management company (Achievement First, Inc.) for six years and relentlessly and consistently doing the wrong thing for Connecticut's system of public education.

We passed a law in 2008 that calls for a «new seamless system of public education standards, expectations and assessments — from preschool through postsecondary education — designed and aligned to prepare high school students to enter postsecondary education, or technical or trade schools, or the workforce without the need for further remediation.»

Fellow pro-public education advocate columnist Wendy Lecker lays out the facts about Bronx Charter School for Excellence effort to open a charter school in Stamford and the help they are getting from Commissioner Pryor's office and Connecticut's lobbying group dedicated to privatizing Connecticut's system of public education.

The Common Core standardized tests are inexorably linked to those Common Core Standards, and until we set aside the Common Core and the Common Core testing, our nation's children, teachers and our entire system of public education system will remain the primary target for those who seek to destroy public education for their own financial and political gain.

The notion that private schools would inherently be any better than a system of public schools overlooks all the key factors — poverty being the first but not the only one — that affect our most troubled public schools right now.

We know that all currently defined demographic groups do not emerge from our (or any) system of public education with similar patterns of academic achievement, ambition, and interests.

The report provides a clear and compelling roadmap for education policymakers, practitioners and advocates alike towards a revitalized system of public education that benefits all our students.

The only thing that will stop the Common Core and Common Core Testing scam from completely destroying our system of public education will be if our elected officials stand up and fight back against the Corporate Education Reform Industry.

The letter is one of the most powerful statements to date about the failure of the corporate education reform industry agenda and the need to re-take control of our public schools and preserve local control, parental involvement and the values inherent in a true system of public education.

In retrospect, it will mark a turning point in creating a more united system of public schools and blurring the difference between OPSB and RSD schools in New Orleans.

Similarly, DeVos said folks are too interested in protecting a «system,» i.e., the system of public education.

A system of public schools which destroys rather than develops positive human potential now exists.

Where I see this playing out is that if you have too many charters or options that aren't public having a negative impact on the education system as a whole, you may start seeing challenges in these communities saying that the state is failing to provide children with a system of public education, or that the options provided aren't of sufficient quality to satisfy the state's obligation to provide a public education.

It also requires states to adopt challenging academic content standards and entrance requirements for credit - bearing course work in the state's system of public higher education.

«The court finds that to maintain the status quo, that the state school fund must be used exclusively for establishing and maintaining a system of public schools, of course, in concert with the North Carolina Constitution,» said Judge Robert Hobgood.

That's why the Wisconsin Constitution obligates our Legislature to create and nurture a system of public schools.

Not sure how educational choice fits into our current system of public education?