Sentences with phrase «at college preparatory schools»

At college preparatory schools, the pressure might be even greater, according to Judy Rutledge, coordinator of educational technology at Tennessee's Memphis University School.

During her post graduate years, Dianis designed and taught a program for students with learning issues at a college preparatory school.

I spent the past four years of my life studying journalism at college, and before that I spent four years at a college preparatory school.

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In 2011, she taught 10th grade chemistry and biology at The Calverton School, a college preparatory academy in Huntingtown, Maryland.

«They're used to interacting with their world in this way,» adds Davis, who teaches at the private college - preparatory Westwood Schools, in Camilla, Georgia.

Their schools offer a rigorous college - preparatory curriculum and a host of extracurricular activities aimed at helping them to become more competitive.

The issue is whether or not public schools, as currently constituted, are going to be able to educate all students at a preparatory level for college.

With over a dozen years» experience teaching freshmen in both high school and college, he feels most at home building classes that teach fundamental or preparatory skills and building assignments that trick students into learning more than they thought they could.

Leaders of the Recovery School District in New Orleans are crafting an overhaul of high schools that would offer career - oriented magnet programs at each campus, along with a districtwide college - preparatory curriculum of honors and Advanced Placement courses.

Charter schools in Texas range from campuses at dropout recovery centers and residential treatment centers to college preparatory schools with a STEM focus.

At Carmen Northwest High School (CNHS), a majority of students are from low - income homes in Milwaukee's central city, where access to a challenging college preparatory education has been limited.

Brenda McDonald plans to submit an application to Spokane Public Schools to start Pride Prep, a free college preparatory school for sixth - through 12th - graders considered to be at risk for slipping in school.

Before moving into teacher development, Anne served as principal at two high - performing college preparatory schools in Chicago, CICS Northtown Academy and St. Scholastica Academy.

A lot of charter schools advertise themselves as college preparatory schools, and they begin marketing college at the earliest of all levels — kindergarten.

She has taught advanced placement and college preparatory English in public school settings and taught high school English in an innovative integrated seminar - style classroom at an independent school that emphasized critical thinking.

In Los Angeles, the percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework is 4 times as high at charter public schools as it is at traditional district schools.

According to a 2014 report (www.ccsa.org/collegereport), in LA, the percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework is 4 times as high at charter public schools as it is at traditional district schools.

Her work, along with other alumni that attended KIPP's program has impressed officials at the nonprofit network of college - preparatory, public charter schools that educates elementary, middle and high school students.

One of the most prestigious art schools, Interlochen Arts Academy provides a variety of college preparatory courses designed to expand students» thinking and develop the skills necessary to succeed at college level studies.

Putting an end to traditional enrollment counts — and only providing districts with dollars based on whether the student is actually attending school — will force districts to look at the underlying reasons why chronic truancy is a problem in the first place, as well as address the issues by providing children with high - quality teaching and strong, college - preparatory curricula.

First and foremost, TCSA is student - focused and this team seeks to support public charter schools that meet the needs of students whether it is a college preparatory campus focused on STEM or a charter at a residential treatment center.

«Summers - Knoll's middle school prepared me extremely well for an intensive college preparatory high school, and I am sure I will use all my skills gained throughout my time at SK in my future college career.»

At Asheville School, we offer a rigorous college preparatory program.

REGION 2 Marjorie Anne Wallace Marjorie Anne Wallace teaches life science and college preparatory courses at Huntington Middle School in Newport News.

To help them achieve that benchmark, he created a college preparatory program at the school.

In Oakland, the average percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework at charter public schools is 2 times as high as it is for traditional district schools.

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

The district has taken significant steps to expand the advanced and higher learning opportunities for all of its students (over 6,600), including reducing tracking for many courses All fourth - and fifth - grade students now benefit from the English Language Arts enrichment program and the district is in the second year of phasing in the rigorous, inquiry - based curriculum in its new International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program to prepare its students for college preparatory courses at the high school.

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy operates a rigorous college preparatory program for more than 1,500 low - income students at four active central Los Angeles campuses that consistently out - perform neighboring district - run schools.

Buffalo Prep was founded in 1989 by education and community leaders to help promising, underrepresented students prepare for, obtain entrance into, and excel at demanding college preparatory high schools.

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

Students at CPA High School receive a world - class college - preparatory education within a small, supportive and value - rich environment.

«A college - preparatory course of study needs to set the floor for what high schools are expected to deliver, at a minimum, for all students.»

At Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea, one of three Phoenix college preparatory high schools across Massachusetts that specifically seek to enroll students aged 14 - 22, teachers think critically about how to balance content and language.

Since core academic subjects in all such schools tend to be relatively standard, it's understood that a student coming to Beekman is usually already at (or at least close to) grade level in a college preparatory program.

At Phoenix schools, our teachers, AmeriCorps members, student support staff, and administrators are driven each day not only to deliver a college - preparatory education to all students who enter our doors, but also to help reverse the dropout crisis that plagues our communities.

This story is the third in an occasional series looking at six members of the senior class at Match High School, a college preparatory charter school in BSchool, a college preparatory charter school in Bschool in Boston.

Melanie Faith is an English professor, a tutor at a college - preparatory school, and a freelance writing consultant.

He attended the Ethical Culture School in New York, and completed his college preparatory studies at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., where he won the Samuel F. B. Morse Prize for most promising art student.

After all he spent four years at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies that is a Los Angeles school district college preparatory school.

Rachael was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where she attended high school at one of Canada's premier preparatory schools, Ashbury College.