Sentences with phrase «when traditional public school districts»

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These studies show, consistently, that parental schools of choice not controlled by public school districts 1) are usually prohibited by law from screening out students based on admission exams, 2) use ability tracking less frequently than traditional public schools even when, legally, they can, and 3) may use ability tracking, but when they do, it is less likely to have a negative effect on the achievement of low - track students.

When one of Washington, D.C.'s highest - performing traditional public schools pursued plans to convert to a charter in 2006, the district agreed to several of its demands in exchange for the school's agreement to stop flirting with charter status.

When focused on cities with large numbers of charter schools, these comparisons reliably show that African American students are more racially isolated in charter schools than in the districts as a whole — as are African American students in traditional public schools in the same neighborhoods.

Leveling the Playing Field: Creating Funding Equity Through Student - Based Budgeting When Cincinnati Public Schools devised a reform strategy for improving student performance, it became clear that the district's traditional budgeting system was inadequate.

When it comes to per - pupil spending, the District had the largest gap, with public charter schools getting $ 16,361 per student in fiscal 2011 and traditional public schools getting $ 29,145, about $ 13,000 more per student, according to the study.

When families, when these military families were asked where they would like to send their children to school, 68 % of the respondents said something other than a district public school, a traditional public schWhen families, when these military families were asked where they would like to send their children to school, 68 % of the respondents said something other than a district public school, a traditional public schwhen these military families were asked where they would like to send their children to school, 68 % of the respondents said something other than a district public school, a traditional public school.

Charter - school growth has also weakened the finances and enrollment of traditional public - school districts like Detroit's, at a time when many communities are still recovering from the economic downturn that hit Michigan's auto industry particularly hard.

Administrators and school boards were willing to walk away from the entire school finance bill when the language included in the legislation indicated that traditional schools must equitably share their funding with public charters in their districts.

He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly in large urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional public schools when it comes to student test scores.

At a time when state budget cuts are currently hurting students and teachers at neighborhood public schools, CEA President Sheila Cohen said it would have been unconscionable for the state «to divert precious education funds to expand charter schools at the expense of traditional public schools and to the detriment of all students, but especially minority students in the state's poorest school districts.»

When a student leaves the traditional public school system for a charter school, the school district loses the average funding for a student.

Public charter school students in New York currently receive no per pupil facilities aid, can not provide preschool programs, and on average receive about 75 cents on the dollar when compared to traditional school district spending.

«That's scary to me,» said Charlotte parent LauraLee McIntosh when she learned of Ridnouer's involvement in the state's Innovative School District, a controversial program that would allow outside groups — including private nonprofits like AAC and, possibly, for - profit companies — to take over struggling traditional public schools.

These results are highlighted in CCSA's Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter Schools in Promoting African American Achievement, which shows that, overall, charter schools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public sSchools in Promoting African American Achievement, which shows that, overall, charter schools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public sschools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public schoolsschools.

Or, as they say, «when compared to their peers in traditional public schools in our same communities» they have done much better and deserve more of the money that was meant for the urban district schools.