Sentences with phrase «which public school classes»

The newspaper identified 1,610 examples of anomalies in which public school classes — a school's entire fifth grade, for example — boasted what analysts regard as statistically rare, perhaps suspect, gains on state tests.

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For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

I'm a graduate of NYC public schools and we always had off for the Jewish high holidays, which was very nice as otherwise I would have missed class those days.

The court ruled that teaching creationism in public school class rooms was a violation of the Establishment Cause in the Constitution, which is commonly referred to as the separation of church and state.

The government's method was to offer private schools four options: (1) continued independence with no aid, (2) integration into the public school system, (3) a permanent «contract of partnership» in which the classes under contract would be taught according to public school schedules by teachers under contract to the state, and (4) a «simple contract» of limited duration in which the designated classes would be taught by teachers hired by the school but certified by the state.

We are making these again this year for our family and also providing the GF dough for our synagogue's Purim Carnival (where many hamantaschen will be made) as well as the recipe for our older daughter's 3rd grade (public Waldorf) class, which is studying Judaism this year, and learning about Purim, in part by making hamantaschen as a school activity.

This year's Conference features keynote speaker Linda Williams, Ed.D., who served as a class teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School from 1987 - 1992, after which she taught grades 1 - 3 at the public Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee.

He's also in favor of free tuition to CUNY colleges for low - and middle - income students, smaller class sizes in the city's public schools, and desegregation of the school system, which he noted is the «third most segregated in the nation.»

The manifesto also proposed a large increase in public spending on education, which would allow for the school leaving age to be increased to 18 and reduce average class sizes to 19 pupils.

The bill was also opposed by Class Size Matters, which fights for reasonable class sizes in the city's overcrowded public schClass Size Matters, which fights for reasonable class sizes in the city's overcrowded public schclass sizes in the city's overcrowded public schools.

The governor says the money is needed to pay for a middle class tax cut, agreed to last year and which is scheduled to begin phasing in later this year, as well as a plan to provide free tuition at public colleges for New Yorkers earning less than $ 125,000 a year and to spend more on public schools.

Classes at STREB — which range from founder Elizabeth Streb's POPACTION to parkour — cost money, but the organization regularly partners with public schools and nonprofits like the St. Nicks Alliance to fundraise and offer free sessions.

She also called for a greater focus on the district's cramped public schools, which have some of the largest class sizes in the city, and where students often work in trailers.

More than 70 % of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives during winter, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Established in 1964, NSU now includes 16 colleges, the 215,000 - square - foot Center for Collaborative Research, a private JK - 12 grade school, the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development with specialists in Autism, the world - class NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center, which is Florida's largest public library.

These things need a little time to breathe in the mind of the public, which is still obsessed with asking inane questions of the movie star («Were you the class clown in school?»).

This K - 8 school, one of the first public schools inspired by Waldorf methods, infuses music, art, and movement into lessons and offers student - directed learning and what public schools refer to as looping, a process in which a teacher follows her class, ideally, from first grade through eighth grade.

For example, no effort is made to show the increase in public - school spending in America during the past 30 (or 50) years, the uses to which that money has been put, the steady reduction in class size, the huge increase in numbers of school employees, and the various trends in achievement that correlate almost not at all with any of these resource trends.

A new analysis from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center finds that the graduation rate for America's public schools stands just shy of 75 percent for the class of 2010, the most recent year for which data are available.

What's more, critics say, single - sex schools such as the 49ers Academy and the Philadelphia High School for Girls might owe their success to any number of factors: smaller class sizes, specialized teachers, and a higher public profile, which often brings extra revenue.

In a program sponsored by the Northwest Educational Cooperative, students come to Rolling Meadows High School to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near ChSchool to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near Chschool districts near Chicago.

Generate a public audience for the product (s), which can be on a small level (students in the same school but not in the same class) or a large level (community members from outside of the school's boundaries).

The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy, which went into effect in 2004, prohibits the sale of and access to unhealthy food and beverages until the end of the last class period at the elementary school and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scSchool Nutrition Policy, which went into effect in 2004, prohibits the sale of and access to unhealthy food and beverages until the end of the last class period at the elementary school and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scschool and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scschool levels and during meal periods in high schools.

A new analysis of high school completion from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center finds that the graduation rate for America's public schools stands at 73.4 percent for the class of 2009, the most recent year for which data are available.

The resurgence of ability grouping comes as New York City grapples with the state of its gifted and talented programs — a form of tracking in some public schools in which certain students, selected through testing, take accelerated classes together.

In earlier eras, reformers wanted such things as a better curriculum, better - prepared teachers, better funding, more equitable funding, smaller classes, and desegregation, which they believed would lead to better public schools.

So they run Saturday and summer classes, and a long school day, which means the KIPP children spend 50 or 60 percent more time in school than the typical public - school student in this country.

Thus, taking travel distance and local neighborhood demographics into account, a public school of choice that over represents white middle - class students based on the results of unconstrained lotteries might, instead, dispense offers of admission based on lotteries in which students from low - income families or families from neighborhoods in which blacks predominate have higher odds of selection.

He cites the landmark Perry preschool experiment of the 1960s, which was costly and of high quality, with well - trained teachers earning public school teachers» salaries and working with remarkably small classes of five children or so.

is unique in that students take twice as many math and science credits as required at traditional public schools, and commit to both an extended school day and summer classes which facilitate a 32 - credit curriculum.

The judge's order bars Ballard's office from «any and all activities... or public statements that would have the effect of prohibiting [the school] from beginning classes on August 6,» which Project School leaders read as an opening allowing them to find a new sponsor for their chschool] from beginning classes on August 6,» which Project School leaders read as an opening allowing them to find a new sponsor for their chSchool leaders read as an opening allowing them to find a new sponsor for their charter.

Students may attend JTED classes at one of our Central Campuses, located throughout Pima County, or at one of our satellite locations which are located at all public high schools in Pima County, Santa Cruz Valley, Nogales, and in Mammoth San Manuel.

Gennifer Hirata, 10 — pictured with her mother, Michele — and her brother, Tyler, 8, are enrolled in the Virginia Virtual Academy, a full - time public school through which students take all their classes online.

Our paper uses detailed administrative data from Chicago Public Schools and exogenous variation on course scheduling to investigate an underlying mechanism by which class size affects student

The proposal's class size component had the backing of many top public school advocates, such as the N.C. Association of School Administrators, which helped to negotiate theschool advocates, such as the N.C. Association of School Administrators, which helped to negotiate theSchool Administrators, which helped to negotiate the deal.

However, in some public schools teachers have to teach 6 courses a day with over 160 students which makes it hard to do anything else besides prepare for class and grade papers all weekend.

The report notes that while larger public high schools offer more program choices than smaller ones, even small public schools do better compared to private high schools in programs for which data is available: Gifted or Honors classes, Advanced Placement, and distance learning.

Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, which is located in Louisiana, ruled in favor of a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of about 7000 New Orleans public school employees who were wrongfully terminated when the State of Louisiana took control of 107 New Orleans public schools following Hurricane Katrina.

Wilkinsburg, which lies just east of Pittsburgh, was once a predominantly white, middle - class community with well - regarded public schools.

Meanwhile, the public school system in Green Bay is set to cut $ 40 million from its budget, which will likely mean increased class sizes and program cuts.

North Carolina, unlike many states, doesn't have any full - time virtual charter schools but the state does run the North Carolina Virtual Public School, which offers individual classes to schoolchildren around the state.

Illinois public school students who took only general classes on average scored an 18.5 in math on the 2014 ACT taken at school as juniors, and 18.4 in reading, which is used for college readiness in social studies.

Thus, every public school in the racially and economically isolated areas — which are, not coincidentally, the «lowest performing» schools — should exceed even the magnet schools in facilities, teacher excellence and salaries, small class size, extracurricular and art programs, etc..

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

The state does run the North Carolina Virtual Public School, which offers individual classes to schoolchildren around the state.

And, it proposes a new $ 250 million private school choice program, which would likely allow working class families to use public funds to help pay tuition for private schools.

The state does run the North Carolina Virtual Public School, which offers individual online classes to school distSchool, which offers individual online classes to school distschool districts.

Each school, whatever type it may be, comes with its unique programs, from public schools offering Career and Technical Education classes which aren't offered in private schools, to charter schools offering Advanced Placement courses to students in middle school who are academically ready for them.

Despite the documented benefits of small class sizes, a public school with 15 - 20 students per classroom can be labeled «underutilized,» while private schools (to which many politicians send their children) and charters just a few blocks away can pride themselves on having small class sizes.

In Aguilar, the Court had barred the New York City Board of Education from sending public school teachers into sectarian private schools to teach remedial classes, and in Ball, the Court had found that Grand Rapids» Shared Time program which provided remedial services to students in nonpublic schools violated the Establishment Clause.