Sentences with phrase «when most public schools»

Bashing teachers in regard to Title 1 public schools has been so effective that many Americans believe all teachers in public schools are lazy and ineffective when most public schools are doing well and the Title 1 public schools are only a minority of the public schools in America.

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Parental choice in general, and Catholic schools in particular, got a big boost when Mayor Giuliani of New York took Cardinal O'Connor up on his long - standing offer to accept a thousand of the poorest and most problem - ridden children in the public schools, those performing in the bottom five percentile.

For the most part we homeschool our kids when we don't like the public school's teachings.»

When most of our current pedagogical practices were developed more than a century ago, the essential economic purpose of public schools was to produce industrial workers who were fast and reliable when assigned repetitive mechanical or clerical taWhen most of our current pedagogical practices were developed more than a century ago, the essential economic purpose of public schools was to produce industrial workers who were fast and reliable when assigned repetitive mechanical or clerical tawhen assigned repetitive mechanical or clerical tasks.

Most kids give up exploring in public around school age, when it dawns on them that they don't see other kids rooting around in their trousers.

Sussman is a 1978 Honors Graduate of Harvard Law School and has been one of the Hudson Valley's most prominent civil rights and trial lawyers since the 1980's when, as lead counsel for the Yonkers Branch of the NAACP, he helped end racial segregation in the City of Yonkers public schools.

Buffalo Public School students were on their way to the bus stops Wednesday morning when schools superintendent Pamela Brown canceled most classes.

September is Library Card Sign - up Month, a time when the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free libraryPublic Libraries join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free librarypublic libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free library card.

«When I came into office in 2002, I said the most important thing is public schools, because that's the future of our city,» he said.

When I graduated without medical school acceptance letter in hand, my interest in finding employment and their interest in adding a second science writer to their staff came together in the form of a job offer as public relations assistant, responsible for publicity in the engineering school and most other scientific disciplines outside the medical school.

We homeschool our kids, but I attended public and private schools at different times when I was growing up and remember one thing very clearly about school lunches (besides how bad most of them tasted): the rotating lunch schedule.

The multiplicity of ills facing our nation's public schools can depress even the most optimistic.How can we be hopeful when we have 30 million illiterate children?And it is no longer just the well - being of our poorest children that we need worry about; our top - performing public schools are no match for the international competition.

A few years into my experience as a public school parent, I can confidently say that I know what angers us moms and dads the most: when a teacher puts on a movie during the school day.

When Rudolph «Rudy» Crew took over as superintendent of Miami - Dade County Public Schools in 2004, he launched the most comprehensive large - scale school reform plan that the state — and arguably the nation — had ever seen.

During the first half of the 20th century, when the New York City public schools composed one of the most successful systems in the nation, they were considered the jewels in the crown.

One of the most widely watched and hard - fought school - finance suits was resolved this summer when New York State's highest court upheld the state's system of paying for public education.

For - profit firms are most effective when they focus on tight objectives rather than the normally diffuse activities that we demand from public schools.

These are the public school students most in need of after - school programs that PASA coordinates, because, as PASA executive director Hillary Salmons notes, «When the afternoon bell rings, early teens are the ones most likely to go out and have an adventure» on the sometimes unfriendly streets of Providence.

When asked to name a preferred private school, roughly half named independent private schools (the most popular being Worcester Academy and Milton Academy), with tuitions that eclipse the values of even the most generous school vouchers offered in public and private programs across the country.

Schools are just mirrors of our society, and when communities of color are deliberately gutted of their public services, jobs, housing, and health care, these human beings who are the most vulnerable in society become trapped by economic and racial isolation.

Through efforts such as the «Newark Enrolls» universal enrollment system and the New Jersey Special Education Collaborative, Newark Public Schools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sSchools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their sschools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their schoolsschools.

One of the most significant endorsements of String Theory Schools came when the network was engaged by Philadelphia Public Schools to implement a comprehensive school improvement plan at one of the district's underperforming school sites.

Timo Heikkinen, who began teaching in Finland's public schools in 1980 and is now principal of Kallahti Comprehensive School in eastern Helsinki, remembers when most of his high - school teachers sat at their desks dictating to the open notebooks of compliant chiSchool in eastern Helsinki, remembers when most of his high - school teachers sat at their desks dictating to the open notebooks of compliant chischool teachers sat at their desks dictating to the open notebooks of compliant children.

The most inexcusable aspect of Burris's argument is that she offers no constructive ideas for actually improving schools, when the American public is clearly looking for solutions.

The original vision of charter schools in 1988, when the idea was popularized, was that they would be created by venturesome public school teachers who would seek out the most alienated students, those who had dropped out or those who were likely to do so.

• None of us should think that most bureaucrats and school personnel in Illinois» public education industry want to see more good charters: Those schools, like many parochial and other privately run schools, are thriving proof that when schools have to excel to stay in business, many of them will... find ways to excel.

Thus, those who now sharply criticize the public schools speak fondly of an era when most schools were racially segregated; when public schools were not required to accept children with physical, mental, and emotional handicaps; when there were relatively few students who did not speak or read English; and when few graduated from high school and went to college.

Similarly, when the researchers looked at whether transfers to charter schools affected the distribution of students by race or ethnicity, they found that, in most sites, the racial composition of the charter school entered by a transferring student was similar to that of the traditional public school that he or she had left.

The concept, if not the name, first came into use more than 100 years ago, when education reformers challenged the rote memorization style of learning then standard in most public schools.

Preserving and expanding the Title I portability established in No Child Left Behind is one of the most important things Congress can do to ensure parents have the right to make real changes when public schools are falling short of expectations.

KIPP schools, which begin in 5th grade, admit a considerable number of new students in grade 6 (the time when most public middle schools begin) but «the number of new enrollees declines substantially» in 7th and 8th grade.

We are turning back the clock to the days when expecting less from the kids who need our public schools the most was acceptable practice.

Hanes was among a handful of Democrats who rankled some liberals in 2013 when they backed the GOP - launched Opportunity Scholarship Program, a controversial program of public vouchers that helps pay for low - income children to attend private schools, most of them with religious backgrounds.

They also suggest that KIPP might be doing well because it attracts the most motivated parents, to which KIPP teachers reply that their students had the same parents when they were doing terribly in regular public schools.

«When you put money on the line and it's the most difficult budget faced in years, people start listening for a variety of reasons,» said Todd Ziebarth with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

When charters don't perform, they face closure — making them the most accountable public schools in the state.

When the idea of charter schools came along — public schools that would 1) run themselves independently of the bureaucracies that were / are a huge part of the problem, 2) would get to hire their own staff members ensuring «fit» with the school, AND 3) would be held accountable for results in educating students — many amazing people stood up and said they would create and run great public schools where they were needed the most.

Preventing summer slide is most effective when community organizations — including schools, public libraries, community centers, parent groups, social service agencies, and others — work together to encourage kids to read, make reading fun, and to reach families about the importance of reading over the summer.

In June of 2013, as I was leaving Baltimore City Public Schools, I wrote a letter to all students in which I paraphrased Tolstoy's beautiful parable, «The Three Questions:» Now was the most important time, because it was the only time when we have power.

Perhaps the most famous scandal resulting from the A-F school grading model arose in 2013 in Indiana, when the Associated Press obtained emails exposing the state's former schools superintendent, Tony Bennett, to have manipulated the grading system to benefit one of his political donors, who ran a public charter school that was in danger of receiving a low grade.

So what is Morgan Barth's experience when it comes to having the expertise to oversee the state - wide effort to turnaround Connecticut's most challenging public schools?

At a time when Ofsted and the Government are holding schools more accountable for the Pupil Premium, it will also help schools to ensure that they are making the most of their funding at a time of scarce public resources.»

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.

Most charter operators can find a way to get rid of students they don't want, yet most of these schools don't perform any better — at least when it comes to student standardized test scores — than traditional public schoMost charter operators can find a way to get rid of students they don't want, yet most of these schools don't perform any better — at least when it comes to student standardized test scores — than traditional public schomost of these schools don't perform any better — at least when it comes to student standardized test scores — than traditional public schools.

Most recently, Philadelphia Public School District was threatened with a takeover by the state earlier this year when superintendent David W. Hornbeck said he would close schools early unless the state allocated more money.

What constituted public school spending in Spalding's analysis were expenses tied to instruction, instructional assistance, and student support, which he said are most easily adjustable when schools must respond to enrollment changes.

Charter school supporters and advocates frequently point to the broad choices that families have when seeking a school in New Orleans, where most of the 82 public schools are charters and most accept applications from across the city.

«Parents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can provide that.

Duncan decried the lack of black teachers, noting that when he headed up Chicago Public Schools, most of the students were black, but many schools lacked a single black male tSchools, most of the students were black, but many schools lacked a single black male tschools lacked a single black male teacher.

Most charters are more segregatedthan traditional public schools, are non-union, and when charter educators do mount union campaigns, they almost always face tremendous opposition.