Sentences with phrase «than the regular schools do»

Nationwide, nearly a third of the alternative - school population attends a school that spends at least $ 500 less per pupil than regular schools do in the same district.

In that state, a survey of alternative education a few years ago revealed substandard facilities and programs that offered fewer class hours than regular schools did.

And the charters in the state get more money than the regular schools do,» he told the board.

Not exact matches

But what did that prove — that someone operating completely outside the constraints of a regular school meal program (financial, regulatory, and social) can do things differently than someone who is forced to stay on budget and follow the rules?

During the last school year, most Chicago public schools did not offer recess, regular nutrition classes or more than 40 minutes of physical education a week.

Then, going after the charter supporters among board members, Rumore says it's not clear to him why they seem more concerned with charter schools than improving regular public schools and he says that's supposed to be what board members do.

So, the data available so far does not show whether free schools are more or less popular than equivalent regular new Local Authority schools.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

A nursing - school grad who provides care for the schizoid mom when the regular nurse mysteriously disappears, Gellar is not called on to do much more than look terrified while putting together pieces of a puzzle that keeps leading her back to the house for more stomach - knotting encounters.

They're required to do more than in a regular school, and they get tired.»

For instance, black parents may feel more comfortable «disagreeing» with their regular school assignment than Hispanic parents do, particularly if the parents in question are recent immigrants.

According to the National Survey for Sport and Physical Education's Shape of the Nation report released in 1997, nearly half the nation's youths between the ages of 12 and 21 and more than one - third of high school students did not participate in vigorous physical activity on a regular basis.

Whether charter schools do a better job than regular schools in closing the achievement gap between English - learners and students who already have a command of the language is expected to be a thread in testimony at a hearing scheduled for Sept. 17 before...

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsSchools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools do.136

Studies comparing student achievement in charter schools with that in regular public schools are difficult to do credibly, however, because students who apply and their families are presumably more motivated to succeed in school than those who remain in regular schools.

But students who use vouchers or attend charter schools generally do no better academically than comparable students who remain in regular public schools.

Charter opponents also argue that although some charter schools do well, the majority don't do better than regular public schools.

The rule means charter operators must prove that they can show strong results without «creaming» students, or somehow enrolling an easier - to - teach group of students than the regular public schools do.

A large - scale government - financed study has concluded that students in regular public schools do as well or significantly better in math than comparable students in private schools.

AVC: What do you say to people who counter that testing illustrates that charter schools don't do better than regular public schools?

And yet, «results,» or rather, academic improvement, act more like a fig leaf, especially in light of numerous recent studies that show charter schools, taken on the whole, actually do a worse job of educating students than regular public schools.

«The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools,» read the opening sentence.

First: The Times claims that the NAEP - based comparison «shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools.»

Despite receiving millions in additional funds from CPS and private entities that regular public schools do not get access to, AUSL «results» are little better than — and in some cases lag behind — district averages.

We should expect regular schools to do better and bring students up to their standards, rather than washing their hands of their charges and sending them to last - chance academies such as Crescent.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

And liberated from traditional school boundaries, Shanker and other early charter advocates suggested, charters could do a better job than the regular public schools of helping children of different racial, ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds come together to learn from one another.

Charter school operators, who are in the business because they believe they can do a better job of educating students than the regular public schools, argue they sought to bring the benefits of their schools to the students most in need.

Academies may not, on average, be better than regular schools, but the best ones are doing astonishing things.

Most charter schools have done no better for disadvantaged children than the schools from which they came, while stripping regular schools of their most motivated students.

Critics say charter schools drain money from the regular school system, creating a two - tiered system, and do not take on the most challenging students, making them appear more successful than they actually are.

Sometimes students in regular, old inner city public schools made more impressive gains than students in publicly funded but privately owned and managed charter schools, and sometimes students in charter schools did better.

A study released last week by the Illinois Policy Institute, which has offices in Springfield and Chicago, and the Lexington Institute, a think tank based in Arlington, Va., shows that both Hispanic students and English - language learners in UNO schools score better on state reading and math tests on average than do those same groups in regular Chicago schools.

Similarly for students attending charter schools, those students generally do not have higher academic achievement than comparable students in regular public schools.

In virtually all instances, the charter students did worse than their counterparts in regular public schools.

Amistad Academy is a Connecticut charter public school that receives $ 4,000 less per student from the state than do New Haven's regular public schools.

The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools...

Uncommon Schools, Achievement First, Harlem Children's Zone, and KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) provide as much as 60 percent more time in school than regular public schoSchools, Achievement First, Harlem Children's Zone, and KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) provide as much as 60 percent more time in school than regular public schoolsschools do.