Sentences with phrase «dc public high school students»

Graham previously served as chairman of the District of Columbia College Access Program, a private foundation which, since 1999, has helped double the number of DC public high school students going on to college and has helped triple the number graduating from college.

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

Begun on April 22, 1970, by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the purpose of the day was to create awareness that our natural resources will not last forever and to stress each of our responsibility in protecting and preserving our Earth and its resources.On this day, bags of clean soil were passed out, people spilled oil on sidewalks in Washington, DC, to protest oil spills, high school students swept public spaces, and people wore gas masks to show that our air...

Charter schools continue to enroll higher percentages of black and low - income students than does DC Public Sschools continue to enroll higher percentages of black and low - income students than does DC Public SchoolsSchools.

The researchers determined that the study results can not be dismissed with claims that the students not in the voucher program (the control group, which included students who were not offered a voucher) attended higher - performing DC public schools that the students in the program (the treatment group, which included students who were offered or used a voucher): Evidence showed that «the study's control group students were attending average DC schools.»

At DC Public Schools (another district that has taken on significant reforms in recent years) while overall results are slightly higher than NPS, students at NPS who qualify for free or reduced lunch (FRL) drastically outperform those at DCPS

Vanessa Gonzalez is the VP of Operations and Strategy at Education Forward DC, a local nonprofit that accelerates the work of visionary education leaders to foster a city of high - quality, equitable public schools for every DC student and family.

A DC Public Charter School that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both Spanish and English

The Committee will be composed of high school students from both DC public schools and public charter schools.

«Under Chancellor Henderson's leadership for the past five and a half years, DC Public Schools improved dramatically in overall academic achievement, high school graduation rates, student satisfaction, and enrollment.

The DC Public Charter School Board has a single mission: to provide high - quality public charter schools to students and famPublic Charter School Board has a single mission: to provide high - quality public charter schools to students and fampublic charter schools to students and families.

«We call on the DC Council to support the Mayor's proposed annual increase of 2.2 % to the charter facilities allotment, and we look forward to partnering with the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor for Education to ensure that students in all eight wards have equal access to high - quality public schools.

-- On November 10th, Real World History students had an opportunity to effect change in their schools when they met with the High School Credit Flexibility Task Force to share their thoughts about possible changes to credit recognition in DC Public Sschools when they met with the High School Credit Flexibility Task Force to share their thoughts about possible changes to credit recognition in DC Public SchoolsSchools.

A former professor who spent two years teaching in a high - poverty DC Public Schools high school advocates separating students into a college prep track and other tracks that would lead directly to jobs.

By Jacque Hayden, M.Ed., English Teacher at Hospitality High Public Charter School in Washington DC As a teacher of urban youth I have often been challenged with getting my students to read literature that they may not have been exposed to or may initially feel intimidated by.

Thousands of DC students switch schools midyear, especially at some high schools that are part of the DC Public School system.

On the standardized test of academic progress administered across all DC public schools, the PARCC, Latin students demonstrated high levels of achievement:

I was sitting in a circle with high school students from different DC Public, Public Charter, and private schools.

The sad fact is that DC public schools have the lowest NAEP scores and the highest dropout rate in the country, whereas just about every student in the voucher program graduates from high school, almost all of them going on to college.

Charter application guidelines for groups applying to open a new school state that the DC Public Charter School Board is «unlikely to approve applications for schools with discipline policies that rely solely on exclusion to manage student behavior and / or that are likely to result in high rates of suspensions and expulsions.&school state that the DC Public Charter School Board is «unlikely to approve applications for schools with discipline policies that rely solely on exclusion to manage student behavior and / or that are likely to result in high rates of suspensions and expulsions.&School Board is «unlikely to approve applications for schools with discipline policies that rely solely on exclusion to manage student behavior and / or that are likely to result in high rates of suspensions and expulsions.»