Sentences with phrase «while public students»

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

Not exact matches

While the public response to the report focused on the school's athletes, the report found that more than half of the students enrolled in the paper courses were nonathletes — many of them referred through the campus» fraternity system.

The Province continues to make important decisions to control costs while supporting key public services to, for example, reduce health care wait times and improve student achievement.

Whether it's class size and composition issues, downloaded costs to school boards without the extra funding to cover them, or public sector workers who previously accepted «net zero» or cooperative gains settlements, a balanced budget might be hard to achieve while keeping educators, parents, and students happy.

Broward School Board members took a stand against arming school employees Tuesday, while facing harsh public criticism about how well the district protects and cares for its students.

Court after court has held that «while students have First Amendment rights to political speech in public schools,» First Amendment considerations «limit their right to air religious doctrines.»

While pledging allegiance to the flag (with a more subdued physical salute) continues to this day to be routine in America's public schools, for the seventy years since Barnette it has been unlawful to compel any student to participate, and no student who elects not to participate is obliged to give any reason for that choice.

While we have textbooks available about what makes public speaking effective, most of our students greet this kind of material with a yawn.

That while they are only 17 percent of the public school population, they represent 35.6 percent of students who experienced corporal punishment, 37.4 percent of all students suspended and 37.9 percent of all students expelled.

However, if your child is a student who can finish at the top of his or her public school class while securing the support needed to navigate the college admissions process, then he or she may be better off as a giant gerbil in a pint - sized Habitrail.

By addressing the whole child - head, heart and hands - Foundations Public Schools will inspire students to reach their highest potential - academically, socially and artistically - while becoming lifelong learners and compassionate, contributing human beings.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

A second - grade teacher and an assistant principal have been removed from student contact at Jordan Elementary Community School in the Rogers Park neighborhood while Chicago Public Schools conducts an investigation into their conduct.

While in Law School, Ms. Rodriguez - Nanney was a member of the Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, a member of the Latino Law Student's Association and volunteered with the Public Justice Center, Inc..

While at Georgetown Law School's D.C. Street Law Project (1994 — 1996), Alex supervised law students teaching at DC public high schools.

It was reported that Chef Boundas serves his students delicious, scratch - cooked food (meals like «white [fish] fillets... in a crunchy panko - cornmeal crust or baked in olive oil, lemon and herbs, with collard - flecked teriyaki brown rice, olive oil roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli and freshly squeezed lemonade») while spending the same amount as public school lunch programs.

Some students with special needs will flourish in a public school setting, while others will struggle.

While African governments now invest around US$ 2000 of public funding per student (more than the average for developing countries), this follows decades of underinvestment in which drives for education focused on primary and secondary learning.

The Post's interviews with parents and staffers at JHS / MS 80, as well as public documents, painted a picture of a school where students are allowed to shirk their studies, hurt each other and play on computers in rat - infested buildings, while administrators turned a blind eye and even discouraged staffers from reporting violence.

While the student debt burden is largely a federal issue, DiNapoli said the state can do more to make its public higher education system more affordable.

Hawkins will speak on the need to fully fund and desegregate public schools, while ending high - stakes testing, to provide a quality education for all students in New York.

While many aspects of the speech have already been leaked, like free tuition for many SUNY and CUNY students and better public cybersecurity, local state legislators are looking for other possible proposals.

«Gov. Cuomo's plan will ensure true success for our students while also protecting the state's investment in public higher education,» SUNY Chairman H. Carl McCall and Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said in a statement.

But while so many in the media and the glitterati are agog about charters, let's not forget that more than 95 percent of our students are in the regular public schools.

While thousands of students have left rural public districts, poverty rates in these schools have increased, according to the analysis by the New York State Association of School Business Officials.

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

One of her signature programs while the club's president was a scholarship program developed in tandem with the City University of New York to provide a full year's tuition to an LGBTQ student interested in a government and public policy career.

While in law school, he served as a student advocate at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, an intern at Cardozo Beth Tzedek Legal Service.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo School Board, the public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and Theresa Harris - Tigg was voted the Vice President of Student Achievement.

Independent charters are particularly desperate for facilities funding, while large charters — mostly sited in co-located public school space — are focusing on increasing the amount of public money each charter school student receives.

That's right, while the state has spent 7.5 percent more than it did at the beginning of the Cuomo Administration, students have been forced to pay more and the state has shortchanged public colleges in the budget.

ALBANY — State leaders are near a deal that would provide free public college tuition for many middle class families while also providing more financial aid to students at nonpublic colleges, Sen. Jeff Klein said Wednesday.

His higher education policies have included calling for laws to limit the amount of time a student can receive state tuition assistance while in a public university, which he said would increase the rate of graduation in four years.

Sharpton added that Devos — a longtime backer of charter and Christian schools --» does not believe in public education,» and would transform federal school funding into a voucher system that would favor a small percentage of well - off students while neglecting the rest.

«Secret inspections conducted by the city's Department of Health aren't posted for public consumption, while our students sometimes consume food in filthy cafeterias.

Fariña recently told Capital she believes some charter schools can have a positive effect on the public system, while knocking others (without naming specific schools) for touting high test scores, but not accepting special education or English Language Learner students.

«After days of analysis and numbers - crunching, the results are clear: While charter schools will see a boost next year, the new formula which will be put in place will prevent funding parity with other public school students,» said NECSN director Andrea Rogers.

While at a public school near the Zahle camp, Tenney said she heard from a Syrian refugee students who asked for American help in ending the civil war in his homeland.

«While offering free college tuition to low - income families is laudable, the reality is that many students» paths to college are limited because their local K - 12 public schools lack the resources to support them,» said Jasmine Gripper, Legislative and Policy Director of the Alliance for Quality Education in a statement.

We are focusing on our core mission of education and research, while continuing to advance critical economic development projects that foster the creation of good New York State jobs through public - private partnerships, which also provide unparalleled opportunities for our research faculty and students.»

Throughout the year, Speakers Bureau participants will visit Buffalo Public Schools, engaging students in hands - on activities and demonstrations designed to spark interest in science while complementing the teacher's lessons.

In addition, OASAS will work on a statewide public awareness campaign, while the Education Department is tasked with updating curriculum to warn students about the dangers of addiction.

Roughly 9,000 students, the vast majority of them black or Latino, attend public schools in the district, while about 24,000 students who live there attend yeshivas.

State legislators are picking apart Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal — which would cover tuition at public colleges for in - state students whose families earn less than $ 100,000 — while slamming a provision that raises tuition at CUNY and SUNY by $ 250 per year.

Roughly 8,500 students, most of them black and Latino, attend the public schools in East Ramapo, while another 23,000 students in the district attend private schools, mostly yeshivas.

Since 2009, the board has made major cuts to the public schools, eliminating over 400 positions and reducing kindergarten to a half day while increasing spending on special education and transportation for private school students.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

2010 Lynford L. Goddard is honored as the first recipient of the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science for exemplifying an early career scientist eager to share his excitement about science and demonstrating excellence in reaching high school students with activities in electrical engineering, while simultaneously pursuing a competitive research career.

Following a review of the available evidence and a public discussion involving the program's faculty, staff, and trainees, the exam's ability to predict student performance seems «weak at best» while it significantly disadvantages women, minorities, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, writes Scott Barolo, director of the Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS), in the announcement.

In order to separate student characteristics from aspects of segregated public schools, Kainz used a statistical technique called «propensity score matching,» which allows for comparison of reading growth in segregated and non-segregated schools, while also accounting for numerous differences in the students» backgrounds.