Sentences with phrase «though most public school»

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Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor prayer events out of deference to religious freedom.

He is known as a committed advocate for public education, and co-founded the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which won billions of dollars for city schools from the state, though most of that money has never materialized.

Recent studies by Sood and colleagues at USC Schaeffer Center, the USC Price School of Public Policy and the USC School of Pharmacy have found that most consumers on high - deductible plans are not comparing prices to find the best deals on services or on prescription drugs, even though the research indicates that some patients could potentially save hundreds or thousands of dollars per year.

Better than the performances themselves, though, is their broader purpose: all proceeds from Miscast help to fund MCC in its continual efforts to produce some of New York's most ambitious and original works of theater, as well as support its MCC Youth Company and in - school partnerships that serve public schools across New York City.

The MTC's work is not entirely original, though, and takes its lead from a number of public schools — most notably in New England — that have been rethinking traditional methods of assessing students for more than a decade.

Though educators and the public will never agree on precisely what «citizen competence» demands of schooling, the best strategies for teaching reading, or the most appropriate curriculum for cultivating critical thinking or a sense of justice, most will agree that schools that teach or practice racism, deny boys and girls equal opportunities, or neglect mathematics do not merit public support.

Even though most CMO schools operate at breakeven on public revenue, many require significant private financial support before they can survive on public revenue alone.

The data thus show that though most charter schools are small — and their numbers are relatively few — they serve the great racial and economic diversity of students that make up public education.

But its most important impact is on every public k - 12 student in Michigan, because teachers have the biggest influence on student learning of all factors inside school walls (though outside factors such as income can have an even bigger impact).

Even though charter schools make up only 4 percent of the total number of schools with two years of API data, these four charter schools constituted 20 percent of the most improved California public schools.

In fact, though most public high schools do not track or publish college graduation rates, many high - performing charter networks have a new, unified goal of increasing college graduation rates and raising their own standards for accountability.

Though our governmental advocacy, product development and partnerships with private finance providers, CCSA and our members will remain focused on this issue to ensure that charter school students receive the same funds as their traditional public school counterparts, and have more alternatives to access working capital when they need it most.

While making a notably larger investment in public education, the federal percentage of total school allocations still accounts for less than 10 percent of most state public school budgets, though that amount may vary from state to state.

Over the years, though, most voucher recipients have performed no better academically than their public school peers.

Though 95 % of the students at Aspire's charter schools in Los Angeles are from low - income families and most are English - language learners, Aspire holds all staff and students to the highest expectations, says Roberta Benjamin, LA Superintendent for Aspire Public Sschools in Los Angeles are from low - income families and most are English - language learners, Aspire holds all staff and students to the highest expectations, says Roberta Benjamin, LA Superintendent for Aspire Public SchoolsSchools.

In Cleveland, voucher students in most grades performed worse than their peers in public schools in math, though they did better in reading.

Given that at the time of the law's passage, most Americans not engaged in education though traditional public schools were generally serving their kids (and all children) well, there was no way that reformers could pass a law that would serve to fully overhaul the super-cluster.

But we can not allow ourselves to think that we have won and sink into complacency; the enemies of public education have struck a significant blow here, and though the changes will not be visible in the halls of our schools immediately, it will not take long before we see the effects, among the most visible of which is likely to be the high teacher turnover which is so harmful to a school, whether caused by getting fired for having the wrong kind of students or simply becoming demoralized by being made scapegoats for society's ills.

Just one of the five board members is from the public library world even though public and school libraries are the most common varieties.

I never thought of going into the advertising business, i never had the previledge of going to a formal school to learn this stuff, i learned by listening and being aware of my environment, more of a gut feel, and that is how i base my design and approach potential client, i am from the Philippines and frankly the field here is still played the traditional way, it works though direct approach more to the heart of the buying public, you should see the ads for Mcdonalds, i'm still dreaming but i wish i could follow the footsteps of David Ogilvy, for me he is one of the most brilliant person in this field, i wish i could also get to meet and talk to people like you who has a different view on this, need to know more, if not i'll just go back to repairing busted TV's and stereo ’s

A large cyclone in 1970 caused 500,000 deaths, but a similar cyclone in the same area in late 2007 (including a tsunami - like 2 - metre - high sea water intrusion) caused only 8000 deaths, though affecting the houses or livelihoods or 8 million people: most of the more exposed people received early warning, and took refuge in thousands of government - built cyclone shelters, chiefly schools and other public buildings, made of concrete and other hard materials, and built upon 12 - 15 feet high concrete pillars.