Private giving to public schools: Does it work?

New Pittsburgh Courier;  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Pittsburgh public schools. The Pittsburgh...tried to help public schools with private...million to public schools over a period...were issued to school districts in the form...that run our public schools as "the blob...the latter. School ...

National study uncovers racial discrimination in public schools

New York Amsterdam News;  March 15, 2000 ;     464 words ......discrimination in public schools "Facing the Consequences...Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools," a new report from...compelling evidence that public schools consistently fail...large public K-12 school districts located across the...institutional racism in ...

American Jewish Committee Issues Guide to Religion in Public Schools

U.S. Newswire;  August 5, 2002 ;     301 words ......religion in the nation's public schools. "Religion in the Public Schools: A Primer for Students...Parents, Teachers, and School Administrators...widely distributed to school districts across the country...principals, and school administrators...of religion in the ...

LINCOLN ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 50 COMPUTER TO BE AWARDED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  November 27, 2000 ;     348 words ......be Awarded to Public Schools in Arkansas Washington...Arkansas public school districts to promote access...Arkansas public school districts will receive...Saratoga and Waldo public schools will each receive...Elaine and Parkin public schools ...

EDITORIAL: Money managers needed: State aid going to charter schools can't...

Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  May 4, 2006 ;     459 words ......in recent years, public schools have complained bitterly...made much worse by school boards' reluctance...unhappy with the public schools, public school districts are collecting more...For the current school year, Columbus Public Schools collected ...

The Principles of Effectiveness: early awareness and plans for...

Journal of School Health;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......prerequisite for public schools to continue...Because school districts often do...sample of the school districts in which the selected public schools were nested...included only public schools and public school districts. Samples...

NLC action kit on Improving Public Schools released at CCC.(Congressional...

Nation's Cities Weekly;  March 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Improving Public Schools, during the...quality of public schools and the long-te...improving public schools, even when...over local school districts and school...improve our public schools. Good schools...improving public schools, ...

PUBLIC SCHOOLS STRUT THEIR STUFF AT FREE SHOWCASE.(NEWS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 31, 2000 ;     412 words ...The week-long Public Schools-Public Pride Expo 2000, showcasing local public school districts, moves to the Albert B. Sabin Cincinnati...to inform people about the successes of public schools in the midst of a backlash against them...

Assessing the efficiency of public schools using data envelopment analysis...

Contemporary Economic Policy;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......efficiency of 520 New York school districts is measured using...The three largest school districts (Buffalo, Rochester...dissatisfaction with the public schools for failing to properly...covering 520 public school districts in New York State...that large urban ...

Charters help public schools make points ...

Dayton Daily News;  September 4, 2005 ;     634 words ......of traditional public schools see a bigger...educations as the public schools, if not more. But advocates of public schools have a lot to...people in the public schools have been saying...of money. The public schools have been saying...saying that urban ...

D.C. Public Schools Partners with SchoolNet to Accelerate Student...

PR Newswire;  May 22, 2006 ;     522 words ......District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), one of the 50 largest school districts in the nation...services to DC Public Schools. The District...for district, school, and classroom...environment DC Public Schools is over 200 years...

Public schools discussed in forum

Pasadena Star-News;  October 6, 2005 ;     431 words ......challenges facing local school districts, from limited funding...Can We Save Our Public Schools?' event, board...toward holding school districts accountable stemmed...enrollments dwindle. School districts across the region...

Pennsylvania's public schools suffering from an 'Edifice Complex'

Central Penn Business Journal;  September 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Pennsylvania's public schools added more than...every new student, public schools added 1.6 workers...conclusion is that many school districts suffer from an...Pennsylvania public school teachers earn...higher-spending school districts to put more ...

State may let more public schools offer pre-K classes.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ......25--TAMPA -- Public schools, largely written...excluded most public-school districts, envisioning...rules so local public schools could offer pre...to include our school districts, Pareigis said...would enable school districts to ...

Snowstorms play havoc with state's enrollment counts Dayton Public Schools...

Dayton Daily News;  February 13, 2007 ;     375 words ......count week" for some school districts could be snowed out again. Dayton Public Schools is one of many districts...effect in the fall calls for school districts to report daily head counts...urging kids to come to school last week, but the bad...of Education spends and ...