Sentences with phrase «than public schools within»

Because of this, their curriculum is held at a higher standard than public schools within the district.

Not exact matches

In fact, most homeschool parents pay even more on average for their student's education than those subsidized within the public school system.

More than half of all charter schools located within public school buildings are overcrowded compared to only 16 % of district schools they share space with, according to the analysis of data conducted by the pro-charter school group Families for Excellent Sschools located within public school buildings are overcrowded compared to only 16 % of district schools they share space with, according to the analysis of data conducted by the pro-charter school group Families for Excellent Sschools they share space with, according to the analysis of data conducted by the pro-charter school group Families for Excellent SchoolsSchools.

I am certainly open to negotiating a residency requirement with the police union, but even more so I than that, I think we should focus on promoting from within: we have the PSLA (Public Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including poPublic Service Learning Academy) at Fowler, set up to train Syracuse City School District students who want to go into public service jobs (including popublic service jobs (including police).

More than 6 percent changed schools within their districts, another 5 percent switched from one district to another, and 7 percent left Texas public schools altogether.

Within the same district, charter schools typically receive less per pupil spending than the traditional public school.

Gladwell's call to innovation and experimentation in our schools got me thinking about the idea of educational entrepreneurship and how supporting a spirit of adventure and risk within the boundaries of our public school system may allow us to realize more of the gains that we were hoping for rather than more of the same like the past two decades of tight control and, as Gladwell suggests, regimentation.

The latest study — coming from Milwaukee — shows that the 9th graders from low income families who used vouchers to go to Catholic schools were much more likely to complete high school within four years than similar students who were in the city's public schools.

Public Impact has just posted brief descriptions of more than 20 school models for extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget.

But even within public school districts, some schools have much higher turnover rates than others.

Finding the Gold Within has reached audiences at more than eighty screenings at film festivals, conferences, think tanks, public school districts, colleges, Black Male Summit, etc..

We estimate that private school choice and intradistrict choice (allowing families to choose any traditional public school in their district) have the largest potential to expand the sets of schools to which families have access, with more than 80 percent of families having at least one of these «choice» schools within five miles of home.

In the case of charter schools, for which overall support is more mixed, it appears that the important divisions in public opinion are within rather than between the nation's major political parties.

But when Jessica Hockett and I searched for them in connection with a Hoover - Fordham study that led to our book, Exam Schools, we found just 165 that met our criteria within a public - school universe of more than 20,000 high sSchools, we found just 165 that met our criteria within a public - school universe of more than 20,000 high schoolsschools.

In recent years, Chicago has become emblematic of a national crisis concerning the fates and futures of Black boys, and nowhere are the depths of the crisis more frighteningly clear than within our big cities» public schools.

Teske and Schneider note that the existing empirical work on school vouchers is quite positive on a variety of issues: academic considerations appear paramount when parents choose schools; voucher recipients are more satisfied with their schools than their peers within public schools; and vouchers lead to «clear performance gains for some groups of students using the vouchers, particularly blacks, compared with the control group.»

Each such educational firm, or edfirm for short, functions like an independent contractor within the school district (with some requirements, to ensure much greater equity than is typical in public schools today) and is not controlled by the district office.

within the educational environment (providing more focused and individualized education and career technical instruction than a traditional public school)

It was the first charter school in Los Angeles to accept all of the students within its attendance boundaries, just as public schools do, rather than restricting enrollment and accepting students through a lottery.

A financial audit by LA Unified last year concluded that Magnolia Public Schools doesn't have the cash - flow necessary to be solvent, owing more money than it costs to continue operating all eight of its campuses within LAUSD.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of JonePublic education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonepublic schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

The LA school board is one of the most powerful in the entire country, overseeing a budget of more than $ 7 billion and making decisions that impact 664,000 public school students, including 110,000 who attend charter public schools located within the district.

Greene: Highline Public Schools serve five communities where more than 100 languages are spoken, and teachers that come from within district boundaries strengthen our entire system.

All together, there are more than 8,000 public charter school students enrolled within its boundaries!

Charter schools are tuition - free public schools operated independently rather than within a traditional school district.

More than 55 public charter schools have opened within San Diego County alone, making it one of California's leaders in transforming public education.

Charter schools have a lower cost per pupil than traditional schools: Based on an analysis of relevant school costs and the number of enrolled high school students, the data shows the per pupil per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter schools.

He and a small group of UTLA teachers will partner with the district to start one or more pilot schools — schools that will have more autonomy than normal public schools but remain within the district.

The long - term health of the sector and the role charter schools play within the larger world of public education is far more important than rapid growth.

CCSA is serious about ensuring that the movement creates significantly better learning opportunities than are available within the traditional public school system for our students.

As chairman, Chavous was at the forefront of promoting change within the public school system, and his efforts led to more than $ 500 million new dollars being made available to educate children in D.C..

For example, the brief describes how data — specifically, data that showed Highline Public Schools was making less progress than neighboring districts on closing equity gaps — ultimately created a sense of urgency that supported efforts by district leaders to change policy, practice and culture within the district.

As the lead researchers on some of the most comprehensive (and controversial) national studies of charter schools, she and her colleagues have found that while charter schools seem to be doing slightly better than traditional public schools in reading and about the same in math, great variation exists within these results (CREDO, 2013).

Although his statewide marathon of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is for this state's future that the ravages of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state funding mechanisms be devised to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children.

For example, Marguerite Roza at the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that less money is spent on salaries in high - poverty schools than on low - poverty schools within the same district.

More than 170 public schools, both district and charter, are available to choose from at no additional cost for families living within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD).

To address this inequity and level the playing field, Families Empowered acted as consensus builder, fundraiser, and project manager for ApplyHouston, a citywide application that allows families to apply simultaneously to more than 50 campuses within 5 public charter school networks.

California's charter schools are serious about ensuring that the movement creates significantly better learning opportunities than are available within the traditional public school system for our students.

Charter public schools still face underfunding challenges within the new Local Control Funding Formula, where at risk students stand to lose out on their share of concentration funding if their charter school has a greater percentage of at risk students than the local district.

Just as Mrs. Thompson was told over 60 years ago, that she could not have access to a school within walking distance of her home, black children are denied access to public schools in their neighborhoods today; some traveling more than 3 miles to attend school.

BRIGEPORT MAGNET SCHOOLS Bridgeport's magnet schools are within the regular public high schools, rather than separate sSCHOOLS Bridgeport's magnet schools are within the regular public high schools, rather than separate sschools are within the regular public high schools, rather than separate sschools, rather than separate schoolsschools.

Meanwhile Malkin seems to ignore the reality that the nation's criminal justice systems are in as sore a need of reform as public education — and that as school reformers, Teach For America alumni and staffers can no more ignore the consequences of those woes on children outside of schools than the crises within them.

Parents in Wake County have a wealth of options for public school choice within the Wake County Public School System through the magnet school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 public school choice within the Wake County Public School System through the magnet school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 school choice within the Wake County Public School System through the magnet school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 Public School System through the magnet school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 School System through the magnet school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 school program that has been a cornerstone of the school system for more than 35 school system for more than 35 years.

Within the UNO school community, plenty of parents and students say network schools are a better option than the regular public schools.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

It is then incumbent upon the charter school community to redouble our efforts to make sure that proper accountability systems are in place which will ensure that charter schools generate significantly higher levels of student learning than has historically been available within the traditional public education system.

Within Alaska, 506 public schools cater to more than 130,000 students between kindergarten and 12th grade, according to the Alaska EED.

Applicant must have no more than 5 years of experience within public service programs, have a gross income of less than $ 55,000, and have over $ 50,000 in law school related debt.

Rollins began working with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.) in the early 1980s when he was a teacher in a Bronx public school and found he could build more fruitful relationships with his students outside of the classroom than within the confines of the building.