Sentences with phrase «than district schools provide»

Outwardly, Success is similar to other «no excuses» (Moskowitz dislikes that term) charter schools: students are called «scholars» and wear uniforms; a longer school day and year allow for about one - third more instruction time than district schools provide; rooms are named after the teacher's alma mater; a culture of discipline and high expectations reigns.

Not exact matches

Major Arizona school districts in metro Phoenix and Tucson were still closed for the day on Thursday following Gov. Ducey's signing of budget legislation providing more than $ 300 million in raises for many of the state's striking teachers.

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

The act covers the government's reimbursements to school districts for school meals; food served at many day care facilities for children and adults; and the Women, Infants and Children program, which provided food to more than 8 million people in 2007.

[21] Similarly, the School Nutrition Association estimated that the cost of providing a school lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schSchool Nutrition Association estimated that the cost of providing a school lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schschool lunch was $ 2.92 for the 2008 - 2009 school year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schschool year, which is considerably higher than the average per - meal revenue for paid meals the following year in the 20 largest districts ($ 2.07 in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schools).

In May, Sodexo School Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generschool districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

At an annual cost of $ 410 million, the Family Tax Relief Rebate provides $ 350 to households with children under age 17 and annual income between $ 40,000 and $ 300,000; the Property Tax Freeze Rebate provides an amount equal to the annual increase in property taxes to homeowners earning less than $ 500,000 in tax cap - compliant local governments and school districts and costs $ 783 million annually.

The state provides more than half of the money to run Syracuse and its school district — $ 339 million out of a combined budget of $ 633 million.

That means districts will be almost entirely dependent on the state to cover rising salaries and other education costs, school administrators said, and Cuomo's budget provides less than half the financial aid needed.

The Hempstead Union Free School District, under scrutiny for failing to enroll more than 30 immigrant children at the start of the school year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these stuSchool District, under scrutiny for failing to enroll more than 30 immigrant children at the start of the school year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these stuschool year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these students.

About Mount Vernon City School District: With more than 8,000 students in 16 schools, the Mount Vernon City School District is committed to providing a quality education to its children as well as developing programs that meet the diverse academic and social needs of its students.

With more than 8,000 students in 16 schools, the Mount Vernon City School District is committed to providing a quality education to its children as well as developing programs that meet the diverse academic and social needs of its students.

Funding provided by the Cuomo administration is now $ 9 billion less than required by court orders, leading to deep cuts for the Syracuse City School District schools and all throughout the State.

The repeal bill would make school districts» use of state assessments in evaluating teachers and principals optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.

Nicoletti said he would partner with the Syracuse City School District to provide career preparation programs for students who would rather seek jobs in the community than go to college.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

More than 85 local government and school district officials, as well as a number of affiliated organizations, provided a wide variety of feedback.

It is pretty sad that rather than helping the children in the public schools in this district be able to read, write or do simple arithmetic at grade level, it is more important for our disgraced assemblyman to provide basketball nets, rather than educational safety nets.

Breaux: New Teacher Induction provides overviews and contact information for more than 30 highly successful, easily replicable induction programs used in rural, urban, and suburban school districts across the United States.

Charters appear to provide fewer extracurricular activities than either private or district schools, perhaps because they are newer and often have less - lavish facilities and limited space for playgrounds and sports activities.

Doing better than the kids in big city school districts should provide suburbanites with little comfort.

Fewer than 40 of the district's 194 schools volunteered to participate in the program, in which teachers and other staff members, parents, and community members form school - community councils to provide oversight for school policy in consultation with the school principal, according to Rodney Davis, director of information services.

We believe these «new designs for new schools» will produce a set of schools that show districts across the country that high schools can provide underprepared young people with the supports they need to graduate from high school, go to college, place out of remedial courses, and stay in college for at least two semesters at substantially higher rates than are commonly achieved today.

The overall salary package provided more potential money than teachers would have earned through the Los Angeles school district's salary schedule.

-- Budget Cuts Force Tough Choices School districts across the country are coping with the problems that arise when school funding provides less money than schoolsSchool districts across the country are coping with the problems that arise when school funding provides less money than schoolsschool funding provides less money than schools need.

By capping the number of charter schools statewide, limiting the annual growth in the number of schools per district, and providing for input from the local district before approval of charter applications, North Carolina has exercised more control over the establishment of charter schools than some states.

It alleges that a review of the research on charter schools leads to the conclusions that, overall, charter schools: 1) fail to raise student achievement more than traditional district schools do; 2) aren't innovative and don't pass innovations along to district schools; 3) exacerbate the racial and ethnic isolation of students; 4) provide a worse environment for teachers than district schools; and 5) spend more on administration and less on instruction than public schools.

Houston is unique in that it provides much more targeted assistance to low - performing schools than other districts.

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

This should not surprise, given that the provided information concerned the ranking of the respondent's own local school district rather than the nation's schools as a whole.

When the public is provided with specific information on the current level of expenditure in the local school district, it is less willing to spend more money on schools than when this information is not given.

«Rather than using taxpayer dollars to provide vouchers to a few, we must focus our resources and efforts on concrete reforms that make our public schools better for all of the District's schoolchildren.»

Private schools are also providing higher levels of satisfaction than either charter schools or district schools of choice.

Public school districts may commence language other than English instruction at any grade level prior to grade eight but shall do so no later than the beginning of grade eight so that students are provided the required two units of study by the end of grade nine.

Rather than creating school districts that provide all of a locality's schools, the state government can create «authorizers» to empower and then monitor nonprofit groups that start, run, and grow schools.

By this September, for example, Kelly will be providing substitute teachers to schools and school districts in more than 20 states.

The shifting financial fortunes of New Jersey school districts have taken yet another turn with the release by the General Assembly's Republican majority of a funding package that would provide less state aid than what Gov. James J. Florio has proposed.

The bill, cleared by the legislature on Oct. 23, would provide Colorado's 176 school districts with approximately $ 101 million less than they were expecting under the terms of the state's 1988 school - finance law.

For example, parents may have chosen a private or charter school that did not perform well on the state's standardized test overall, but the school may have provided a safer environment than the local district school.

Just as important, OCR's demand that each school district provide a detailed accounting of resources available to schools with varying racial demographics is more likely to overwhelm school officials with administrative burdens than to create a groundswell of support for redistributing education funds.

As senior - level administrators are both the stewards of the pension system and the recipients of the highest net benefits, the authors conclude, «There is no reason to expect school administrators or their organizations to support reforms that would provide a more modern and mobile retirement system for young educators» and suggest that districts could be recruiting young teachers more effectively by putting money in upfront salaries rather than in end - of - career pension benefits.

In a push to provide more children with free tutoring under the No Child Left Behind Act, the Department of Education is expanding two pilot programs that allow school districts to offer the extra assistance a year earlier than usual, and to serve as tutoring providers even if they themselves have been deemed poor performers.

For example, those arguing for a return to zip code assignment of students to schools because such schools are somewhat more likely to be racially balanced than schools of choice have to discount: 1) the strong preference of parents to choose their children's schools, 2) the likelihood in some districts that a voluntarily segregated school of choice will provide a much better education than a child's marginally less segregated neighborhood school, and 3) the impacts of the competition among education providers that occurs when school enrollment is determined by choice.

His efforts encouraged the district and schools to examine local data rather than relying only on what the state provided.

The Rochester City School District is spending more than $ 5 million in federal funds to provide free tutoring for low - income students.

School districts tend to prioritize placing counselors in high schools rather than in elementary and middle schools because of their role in providing college and career guidance.

The Council of School Attorneys (COSA) provides information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts and state school boards associaSchool Attorneys (COSA) provides information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts and state school boards associaschool districts and state school boards associaschool boards associations.

District leaders faced with struggling schools were less rather than more likely to sponsor leadership - development initiatives or to provide strategic help to principals; they focused instead on recruiting a different sort of administrator.

The lawyers of the firm have more collective experience dealing with the legal issues confronting school districts than any other firm in the State and presently provide legal advice to more than two - thirds of the State's public school districts.