Charter schools are already held to higher standards
than other public schools in many respects.
Actually, charter schools answer to the public more
than any other public schools in the state.
The middle schools in which ELL test - takers are concentrated have, on average, significantly higher student - to - teacher ratios
than other public schools in the state.
Not exact matches
«I took it very, very seriously and quickly realized that this was even tougher
than any of the
other challenges
in the
public domain because it was my hometown, and it was my
school,» says Alexander.
What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching
in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and
other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight
than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant
in one moment, but important enough to display
in public courthouses and
schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather
than the new creation that began at the resurrection.
Teachers and
other staff
in public schools are often moved from
school to
school when allegations emerge, rather
than the
school attempting to remove the teacher from the district.»
Private
school students, on average, score better
than public school students
in reading, math and a host of
other subject areas, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity
School); the abolition of compulsory military training
in state - supported educational institutions
other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and
public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources,
public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).
This is consistent with the research on Catholic and
other faith - based
schools, suggesting that religious instruction provides a better standpoint for critical engagement with the dominating culture
than does a
public school immersed
in that culture.
Children
in public schools are being used to achieve an agenda
other than literacy.
Philip Blonde takes an almost Democratic Republican ideology towards
public service reform
in advocating using social entreprises to manage
schools, hospitals, sure start centres etc, which would be democratically connected to all
other schools etc through out the country and collectively elect the central management who allocate budget spending to each and every
school etc. http://www.respublica.org.uk/publications/ownership-state It sounds more like a radical libertarian socialist solution to
public services
than a free market conservative solution to
public services.
«More
than 30 percent of potential voters this year were either not old enough to vote
in 2008, or resided somewhere
other than New Hampshire,» according to the University of New Hampshire's Carsey
School of
Public Policy.
However, he noted that there are
public schools in some regions of the state that perform better
than others.
«The truth is that New York dedicates more money per pupil to education
than any
other state — including over $ 25.8 billion
in this year's budget,» Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said
in a statement, «and we'll continue to work to strengthen our
public schools and provide New York children with the education they deserve.»
However, the
public are generally pessimistic about its ability to deliver
in other areas — less
than half have confidence
in its ability to improve the NHS (32 %) and
schools (32 %), cut crime (33 %) or immigration (39 %) and to protect the country against terrorism (42 %).
But though 80 percent of the charters
in her home state perform worse
than traditional
public schools, DeVos — a billionaire whose family has also opposed workers» rights, gay marriage and has contributed heavily to a variety of
other right - wing causes — has led the way
in resisting any attempts to regulate or improve Michigan charter performance.
Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats
in public charter
schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs
than any of the
other boroughs, with less
than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our
school districts — District 7
in the South Bronx and District 12
in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more
than 45,000 students.
«No fewer
than 10,000 houses were destroyed,
in addition to over 86
public buildings, comprising
schools, and hospitals among
others,» he said.
As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350
public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their
school communities for the crushing loss of more
than 700
school support staff — including
school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and
others — who were set to be let go by the city
in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office
in 2002.
That's a huge jump from the 16,119 full - time seats currently available inside
public schools, as well as the more
than 3,000 full - time seats available
in community - based organizations, according to the joint report prepared by the mayor's office, the Education Department and
other agencies.
«Metabolic syndrome
in women may be more closely related to coronary artery disease
than other cardiovascular outcomes,» noted Elizabeth Barrett - Connor, MD, corresponding author and Distinguished Professor
in the Department of Family Medicine and
Public Health at UC San Diego
School of Medicine.
«We found that HbA1c was systematically lower
in African - Americans with sickle cell trait
than those without sickle cell trait despite similar blood sugar measurements using
other tests,» says lead author Mary Lacy, a doctoral candidate at the Brown
School of
Public Health.
Protestants, secularists, and
public -
school advocates proposed (and sometimes enacted) regulations that charged children with truancy if they attended Catholic
schools; taxes on Catholic
school property; bans on private
schools that taught children
in a language
other than English; and constitutional amendments forbidding the use of
public dollars to support even the secular instruction provided by a Catholic
school.
The
Public Account Committee, highlighted where differences
in school funding resulted
in «some
schools receive about # 3,000 a year more
than others per disadvantaged pupil».
While the vast majority of the 965 candidates seeking certification through the so - called «alternative route» are nonteachers «looking for a career change,» an estimated 25 percent are people «currently teaching
in a setting
other than the
public schools,» said Leo F. Klagholz, director of teacher preparation and certification for the state department of education.
Our analysis of these data reveals that teachers transfer from one
school to another — or exit the Texas
public school system altogether — more as a reaction to the characteristics of their students
than in response to better salaries
in other schools.
In the last decade, at least 15 state legislatures and boards of education have adopted policies incentivizing their
public schools to prioritize measures
other than grades when assessing students» skills and competencies.
The teacher unions have more influence on the
public schools than any
other group
in American society.
In theory, the concept might appeal to those who think taxpayers who don't use
public schools should get
other benefits instead — and to proponents of allowing parents even greater flexibility and choice
than vouchers offer them.
Finally, we asked why some states have a greater percentage of
public school students enrolled
in charter
schools than other states.
We begin with an oft - cited data point: after controlling for differences
in education, experience, race, gender, marital status, and
other earnings - related characteristics,
public school teachers receive considerably lower total annual salaries
than private workers.
Snow and her colleagues carried out a quasi-experimental study comparing nearly 700 sixth - to eighth - grade students
in five Word Generation
schools to more
than 300 students
in three
other Boston
Public schools that did not choose to implement the program.
In other words, the geographic placement of charter schools practically ensures that they will enroll higher percentages of minorities than will the average public school in the nation, in states, and in large metropolitan area
In other words, the geographic placement of charter
schools practically ensures that they will enroll higher percentages of minorities
than will the average
public school in the nation, in states, and in large metropolitan area
in the nation,
in states, and in large metropolitan area
in states, and
in large metropolitan area
in large metropolitan areas.
One - quarter (26 %) of those living with
school - age children have educated at least one of their children
in a setting
other than a traditional
public school.
As the recent comparative studies have shown, these results pale
in comparison to Boston's high - performing charter sector but are stronger
than those
in most
other urban
public school systems.
But then one would recall that
other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems
other than a lack of money afflict the
schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life
in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.
• One - quarter of those living with
school - age children have educated at least one of their children
in a setting
other than a traditional
public school.
To find out, we at the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance have asked nationally representative cross-sections of parents, teachers, and the general
public (as part of the ninth annual Education Next survey, conducted
in May and June of this year) whether they support or oppose «federal policies that prevent
schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates
than other students.»
Faculty compensation
in college, unlike
public high
school, is also influenced by market demand for those faculty members, so people
in some fields are paid significantly more
than others and outside offers are sometimes matched.
When parents see Csar Chvez, they see a small
school in good academic standing offering a host of extracurricular activities, and with fewer discipline problems
than other public schools.
And so the
Public School, perhaps more truly
than any
other institution
in America, represents the essential moral spirit.
And,
in fact, parents of
school - aged children are even more positive
than other Americans about their local
public schools, with 58 percent assigning them an «A» or «B» grade.
In the voucher program's first five years, more
than $ 27 million that could have gone toward reduction of class size or
other reforms for the 76,000 children who attend Cleveland's
public schools was instead diverted to vouchers.
July 14, 2016 — Under former superintendent Cami Anderson, Newark
Public Schools spent more per - pupil
than any
other district
in the nation — a whopping $ 25,000 — but failed to improve achievement for its predominately minority student population.
For starters,
public school teachers
in the United States work more hours each year
than teachers
in almost every
other developed country
in the world — double those
in Norway and
in Sweden.
Students
in secular private, Catholic, and
other religious
schools are more likely
than students
in assigned
public schools to have confidence
in their ability to exercise civic skills if called upon to do so.
We find that, on average, KIPP middle
schools admit students who are similar to those
in other local
schools, and patterns of student attrition are typically no different at KIPP
than at nearby
public middle
schools.
Others ask parents and carers to refrain from discussing the business of
school or children attending
school in any
public forum, while many request that complaints are made via official
school channels rather
than social networking sites.
While students
in Catholic
schools (the most common form of private education) and secular private
schools are more politically tolerant
than students
in assigned
public schools, the 2 percent of America's students
in other religious
schools - an amalgam of
schools sponsored by many different faiths - score lower on the political tolerance index.
Students
in other religious
schools have an average score (1.2 tolerant responses) lower
than that of
public school students.