Sentence examples for more of schools from inspiring English sources

According to the Alliance for Public Charter Schools, charter schools account for 30% or more of schools in only 12 districts nationwide, and there are 147 districts in the country where charter schools comprise 10% or more of the K-12 enrollment in the district.

With personnel costs typically making up two-thirds or more of school budgets, those mandates are far costlier.

In Nottingham and Liverpool, almost 10% of pupils miss a month or more of school each year.

In Slough, Birmingham, Bradford, Havering and Bury, a quarter or more of school admissions are appealed by the parents.

And high school attendance is worse and tougher to fix: 34 percent of the city's high school students missed a month or more of school last year.

Last year, at 42 percent of the city's 700 elementary schools, one in five students missed a month or more of school, according to the New School study.

In a year when our students have already missed a week or more of school because of Hurricane Sandy, a strike would be totally irresponsible".

That may not sound like a lot more education, but it means a year more of schooling for every five girls in those rain-enriched areas.

Government figures out last week showed that more than a million pupils in England miss half a day or more of school each week.

At the end of the spot, the announcer says, "Starting in the sixth grade, students who miss 18 days or more of school in a year for any reason will fall behind and risk not graduating high school.

"In a year when our students have already missed a week or more of school because of Hurricane Sandy, striking against our school children, we think, would be totally irresponsible," Mr. Bloomberg said.