Sentences with phrase «enrolls highest need students»

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Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs school» and enrolls a large number of English language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn in Jones» high - tech classroom.

As counselors and published higher education researchers, we aim to bring perspective (and some sanity) to college planning, and we strive to provide students with the support they need to enroll and succeed at a college that is right for them.

The U.F.T. held three «emergency» meetings with its members and parents on Thursday, ran a full - page anti-Cuomo advertisement in the Daily News, and released an extensive report claiming, among other things, that charter schools don't enroll enough high - needs students compared to their district school counterparts.

But if groups of failing schools are eventually turned into charters, it could give the sector an opportunity to dispel the common criticism charters don't enroll sufficient numbers of high - needs students.

While states under ESSA need to identify for intervention only the lowest performing 5 percent of schools, high schools with graduation rates under 67 percent, and some unspecified percentage of schools in which at - risk subgroups are underperforming, the National Governors Association reports that «40 percent of all students and 61 percent of students who begin in community colleges enroll in a remedial education course at a cost to states of $ 1 billion a year.»

The top - line finding alone — that just 12 percent of high school graduates do not enroll in college within eight years of graduation — provides additional evidence that schools need to continue to focus on preparing all students to be ready for a college environment, whether or not they go right away (or ever).

The findings are robust to three common criticisms of charter schools: that high needs students do not enroll, that charters do not serve high needs students well, and that charters encourage lower performing students to leave.

The proposed modifications to current law, which already require that charters must strive to enroll and retain high - need students in rates comparable to their district, would force closures two ways.

Many of these elementary schools are not doing an adequate job in serving some of the high needs students they enroll (e.g., minority students, ELL students, free / reduced lunch students).

Because charter schools are schools of choice and can not control who enter their lotteries, we should focus oversight on making sure that they use good faith efforts to enroll and retain high - need students.

Practically none of the 57 charters we reviewed enroll «self - contained» students, the highest category of need, who must be taught in separate classrooms with one teacher for every 6 or 12 students.

At University Heights High School (UHHS) in the South Bronx, where most students graduate and go on to enroll in a college program, the goal is to ensure students are getting the preparation they need to stay in college and complete their degrees.

Across the country, millions of students enroll in college every year only to learn that they need to take classes that will not count toward their degrees because they cover material that they should have learned in high school.

The fact that this charter chain enrolls fewer ELL students, students in poverty, and students with special needs probably does account for any higher achievement as measured by standardized tests.

Five years ago, College Forward led the creation of the Austin College Access Network (ACAN)-- a collaboration of community - based organizations dedicated to helping thousands of students with special needs graduate from high school, and successfully enroll in, persist in and complete college.

We «will actively enroll and retain high - need scholars from [the New Haven area] by applying the same successful intricate strategies used in... Jumoke Academy Schools to address and serve the same high - need student population that we expect will attend the Academy,» states the state - approved application for Booker T. Washington Academy, a charter school set to open in New Haven next year.

Meanwhile, compared to high - poverty districts, few, if any, Commonwealth charter schools enroll the same percentage of children from low - income families, children with special needs, or children learning English as a second language — the very students who struggle most with standardized MCAS tests.

And, under the Local Control Funding Formula, districts receive additional dollars for each English learner, low - income, homeless and foster child they enroll: 20 percent per student and more dollars in districts with large concentrations of high - needs students.

As in other cities, students in DC — especially poor, minority students — were graduating from high school without the skills they needed to enroll in college courses or embark on career training, even if they'd scored proficient on the tests.

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Expanding summer school programs to automatically enroll students who need additional preparation to transition to elementary, middle, and high school.