Sentences with phrase «city school experimenting»

One of the teachers is hired to work at New York City school experimenting with a model that allows it to pay low - six - figure salaries, but the approach is inexplicably left unclarified.

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Kenneth R. Jones, «An Inner - City Experiment in Family Ministry» (S.T.D. thesis, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 1975), 117.

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

The experiment took place in an inner city elementary school with 297 children in grades Kindergarten through 6.

Abraham Kierszenbaum of the City University of New York Medical School has conducted experiments in mice showing that even normal - looking sperm from a mutant mouse «is likely to create infertile offspring.»

That before - and - after test took me from 5 µg / l to 12 µg / l, a bump - up that prompted pediatrician and mercury expert Leo Trasande of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City to scold me for running a «fish gorge» experiment.

More than three years ago, schools in the small central Ohio city of Coshocton launched an experiment to pay elementary students for passing or scoring high on state exams.

When comparable samples and measuring sticks are used, the improvement in test scores for black students from attending a small class based on the Tennessee STAR experiment is about 50 percent larger than the gain from switching to a private school based on the voucher experiments in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Dayton, Ohio.

Melissa Zaikos began experimenting with online learning in the Chicago Public Schools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thSchools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thschools on the southwest side of the city.

Recently, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) conducted a policy experiment to test whether merit pay given to all teachers at an effective school could increase student achievement.

An experiment in place - based education, the Museum School recently won a coveted XQ Super Schools award and is driving widespread adoption of its model across the district — bringing families and students back to a city in an economic and cultural downturn.

«Principal Stratification Approach to Broken Randomized Experiments: A Case Study of School Choice Vouchers in New York City,» «Comment,» and «Rejoinder» By John Barnard, Constantine E. Frangakis, Jennifer L. Hill, and Donald B. Rubin; «Comment» by Alan Krueger and Pei Zhu Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2003.

He has since accepted the job heading the turbulent Philadelphia school system, where tensions between the city and state have been escalating for years and Edison Schools, Inc., has taken responsibility for running 20 schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «Schools, Inc., has taken responsibility for running 20 schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «schools (see Jay Mathews's article, «The Philadelphia Experiment «-RRB-.

To summarize, data from voucher experiments in other cities indicate that about 10 percent of low - income voucher users would have attended private school anyway.

The June 27 decision by Philadelphia's School Reform Commission reverberated in the city, where critics said it was driven by politics and money, as well as elsewhere in the nation, where experts who have been closely monitoring Philadelphia's experiment with outside management were divided on exactly...

On the student side, schools in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are experimenting with financial rewards, including cash payouts to students who make good...

One such experiment is our own Partnership Schools in New York City, of which I am the superintendent.

It is encouraging news, from Sol Stern of the Manhattan Institute, that New York City's three - year - old pilot project testing the content - rich Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum in ten low - income schools has proved so far, as the Daily News headline has it, «a brilliant experiment in reading.»

On the student side, schools in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are experimenting with financial rewards, including cash payouts to students who make good grades or show other achievement.

The various currents merged in the Windy City in 2006 and 2007 when the Christian Brothers helped open two charter schools in impoverished neighborhoods on Chicago's west side, embarking on a unique experiment in public education.

But what makes the mayor's experiment far more interesting than, say, improvements in the city's bus service, is that his charter schools are achieving results — in some cases, great results — with seriously disadvantaged kids.

This paper foreshadows the larger research project we have launched in New York City Schools that examines in depth teacher perceptions of their work environment and how conducive school climate is to learning behaviors (e.g., experimenting with new teaching practices) and, at the same time, to retaining high standards for accountability.

Principal Stratification Approach to Broken Randomized Experiments: A Case Study of School Choice Vouchers in New York City.

«Another Look at the New York City School Voucher Experiment,» The American Behavioral Scientist 47 (5): 658 — 698.

Another Look at the New York City School Voucher Experiment.

To his credit, he endorses voucher experiments for poor children in failing inner - city schools.

School of One, operating inside three New York City public middle schools, is an exciting experiment interweaving a wide range of online learning possibilities with classroom instruction.

School officials in Milwaukee, a city that is already on the cutting edge of school choice experiments, have hired an entire private school to educate more than 500 city stuSchool officials in Milwaukee, a city that is already on the cutting edge of school choice experiments, have hired an entire private school to educate more than 500 city stuschool choice experiments, have hired an entire private school to educate more than 500 city stuschool to educate more than 500 city students.

At places like the famed Central Park East Secondary School in Manhattan, Deborah Meier and other progressive educators began to experiment with judging low - income inner - city students on the basis of collections of their best work and oral examinations.

But in Chicago and New York City, experiments in repeating school years have been successful when accompanied by extra tutoring and support programs.

Westwood's plan calls for dividing the school into multi-age, multi-grade «families» to create a sense of belonging in a large school, implementing a community building component called Township 2000 that mimics a small city, and experimenting with new teaching and assessment strategies that promise to raise standardized test scores, within a year, by 3 % for average students and double that for low achievers.

Changing the governing body of charter schools that serve some of the most at risk students in our city may not be the best way to conduct experiments on educating students.

Ten years following the devastating storm, some say the experiment to privatize the city's poor public school infrastructure is working.

Refreshingly, Duncan and Murnane do not stop with heartwarming tales of successful schools, but also present data from randomized experiments showing the impacts on children, especially for the small high school initiative in New York City and the University of Chicago Charter Network.

For example, a study of New York City's experiment to break up large high public schools into small ones found that the students were enrolling and staying in college longer.

In this case, useful lessons can be gleaned from successful «experiments» in city charter schools.

In a combined 10 years leading the city's schools between them, Rhee and Henderson's experiment in school reform became a national bellwether for urban schools.

His unprecedented autonomy allowed him to engage in bold experiments regarding the governance and operation of the city's schools, expanding choice at all levels of the system by closing failing schools and opening charter schools, decentralizing authority, and creating a new accountability system to drive innovation.

The city also benefited from Mr. Klein's role as a national symbol of school reform, Ms. Tisch said, with private donors giving millions of dollars to help create new projects and experiments, like teacher performance bonuses and cash rewards for students who did well on exams.

Switching to a mayor - led school system can provide a huge boost in student achievement, and cities across the country are experimenting with this new method of district control.

It also raises big questions about the city's experiment with independent charter schools, which have largely taken over public education in Orleans Parish since Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. schools in New York City, Boston, and Washington DC participating in the TISA project have experimented with similar structures over the past five years.

York City School District would become the ONLY 100 % charter school district in PA and become part of a large - scale experSchool District would become the ONLY 100 % charter school district in PA and become part of a large - scale experschool district in PA and become part of a large - scale experiment.

Ten years later, cities and states around the country have embarked on their own charter - school experiments and are watching New Orleans closely, laser - focused on outcomes.

The plan calls for splitting Elm City into two schools starting in 2015 — a fifth - grade Greenfield experiment and a traditional 6th to 8th grade school.

An internal document obtained by the Independent identifies Elm City College Prep, a middle school serving 219 students in grades 5 to 8 at 794 Dixwell Ave., as the site of the Greenfield experiment in 2015.

Elm City College Preparatory Middle School has emerged as the most likely seat of an ambitious experiment to reinvent K - 8 education with two - week - long student expeditions, daily martial arts, and a «huge» investment in technology.

«For the most representative sample of black elementary school students, offering a voucher had no statistically discernible impact on achievement scores in the New York City experiment.»

More than two years into the shift, part of a sweeping city experiment in overhauling how elementary school students are taught math, Lent says she is confident the changes are paying off.

In making the Pell experiment for dual enrollment announcement in Memphis, the Department highlighted the city's sustained multi-year effort to broaden access to dual and concurrent enrollment courses for all high school students.