Sentences with phrase «systems of public education»

Both have value, and with two systems of public education, parents get to choose.

It has the highest cost - of - living, the highest taxes, the most onerous regulations, one of the worst systems of public education, congested freeways and failing infrastructure.

Historically, responsibility for designing and reforming systems of public education has rested with the states.

I used to believe that our epidemic of religious illiteracy was rooted in large part in a system of public education unwilling and unprepared to teach our young people about the Bible and the world's religions.

Do strongly held religious convictions inevitably conflict with our system of public education?

Rather, we felt our charge was to recommend a set of tangible actions the Governor and Legislature could undertake to improve the current system of public education in New York so as to produce better outcomes for our children.»

«Without being partisan, without being parochial, I am not a Lagosian and I am not a Yoruba; Lagos State has the best system of public education in Nigeria today.

The state must continue to support, and if necessary, reform our system of public education.

If digital learning is to advance beyond the pilot stage, it needs to work within the current system of public education, not against it.

If chartering is to live up to its promise as an alternative to the district - based system of public education delivery, authorizing must get more attention.

The full impact of an ineffective system of public education may not be evident for many years.

However, if charter advocates carefully target specific systems with an exacting strategy, the current policy environment will allow them to create examples of a new, high - performing system of public education in urban America.

To put the matter succinctly, those who understand the vital importance of a system of public education must simultaneously...

If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance.

«The establishment of higher standards is critical to improving Florida's system of public education,» said Frank Brogan, the state education commissioner, who is now appealing to individual districts to approve the standards on their...

Therefore, this country is doomed to continue to backslide until a solid system of public education is founded and financed.

Per state constitutions, ensuring a system of public education is the responsibility of state governments.

It is fair to ask if national standards and assessments might start us down the road to a national K — 12 system of public education, effectively turning on its head a system defined today by state and local policymakers and resources.

«Tonight, I am calling on all Louisianans and all Americans to join an historic effort to build a world - class, quality system of public education in New Orleans.

The foundation promotes initiatives to expand parental choice and equal opportunity in education to help spur the bold transformation of the national K - 12 system of public education.

For years, a lot of money, time, and energy have gone into a national campaign to discredit teachers unions by saying they protect bad teachers and do nothing to add value to our system of public education.

The Donnell - Kay Foundation is undertaking a large - scale effort to create a new system of public education delivery that would use different accountability metrics.

As a former state governor told me in the 1990s, test - driven reform would be the lever that would improve the system of public education.

In conclusion, it is certainly clear that Governor Malloy reiterates his commitment to undermining Connecticut's teachers, schools and our state's system of public education.

The mission of the New Jersey Education Association is to advance and protect the rights, benefits, and interests of members, and promote a quality system of public education for all students.

«These positive student achievement results, coupled with the growing excitement of public school teachers who continue to open new charter schools, show that charter schools are tremendously benefiting California's system of public education,» said Caprice Young, CEO of the California Charter Schools Association.

Attorneys from the Education Law Center and the Public Interest Law Center cited gross inequities in school funding among the state's school districts, to argue that the state's current school funding system violates the state Constitution's requirement that the state legislature «support and maintain» a «thorough and efficient system of public education.»

[quote] I'm still not convinced that charter schools are delivering enough quality to justify trashing an entire system of public education that has long served this country well.

A lawsuit was filed and the court is currently weighing whether overturning Blaine is unconstitutional given the «Paramount Duty» clause found in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution which mandates a free, high - quality system of public education.

Help us advocate for a safe, efficient, high quality system of public education that works for the success of every Florida child.

FundEducationNow.org believes success is possible only through a well - planned and sustained collaboration that includes the broadest spectrum of advocates.In addition, FundEducationNow.org is currently a plaintiff suing the Florida Legislature for failing to perform its «paramount duty» to provide a free, high quality, safe, efficient and uniform system of public education as required by Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.

Charter schools are not delivering enough quality to justify trashing an entire system of public education that has long served this country well.

Ed reformers all agree that the current system of public education is horribly broken.

The grand promise that he had once ascribed to charters and the prospect of an overhauled system of public education, Cuomo now saw in free tuition.

I left law practice in 2000 to become a teacher because I felt that in order to give back to America what this country has given me and my family, I needed to do my part to support its system of public education.

Principals should note that the law dramatically shifts authority of our nation's system of public education back to state and local control.

With California's increasingly diverse student population, a one - size - fits - all system of public education no longer meets the needs of all of our students, or the teachers who serve them.

With 1 out of 4 living in poverty — far more than any other industrialized country (nearly double what it was 30 years ago); a more tattered safety net — more who are homeless, without health care, and without food security; a more segregated and inequitable system of public education, in which the top schools spend 10 times more than the lowest spending; we nonetheless have a defense budget larger than that of the next 20 countries combined and greater disparities in wealth than any other leading country.

Nowhere is this dichotomy starker than in McCrory's seven paragraph education platform and the curiously short shrift it gives to the system of public education that is arguably the state's most important function.

According to the May 20 survey by Critical Insights of Portland, 70 % of Maine families want charter school options within our system of public education.

But as if their claim about Connecticut becoming Wisconsin wasn't misleading enough, the labor leaders use their commentary piece to mock our ongoing effort to push back the corporate education reform industry and re-take control of our system of public education.

Their proposal has been getting help directly from Commissioner Pryor's office and was written by the Connecticut lobbying group that is dedicated to privatizing Connecticut's system of public education.

(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.

«In developing the system, we challenged our residents to think boldly, to innovate, and in the words of Walt Disney, to «plus it» by taking our system of public education in Kentucky to the next level,» Pruitt said.

It bears remembering that these are not the first major cases to identify an unfair system of public education that is directly responsible for gaps in achievement in our state.

Teacher voice and student diversity, largely forgotten goals from the earliest ideas about charter schools, may hold the best hope for improving charter schools — and thereby illuminate a path for strengthening our entire system of public education.

Teachers unions are by no means perfect, but they are an essential instrument for democratizing the inner workings of schools, and — much to Moe's dismay — for fending off efforts to privatize our system of public education.

It is time for the individual members of the ConnCAN Advisory Board to explain why they said nothing as ConnCAN spent half a million dollars lying about Connecticut, our schools, our teachers and our system of public education.

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

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.