Sentences with phrase «english than traditional schools»

For example, one study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that charter schools do a better job teaching low income students, minority students, and students who are still learning English than traditional schools.

The Center for Research on Educational Outcomes at Stanford University found that charter schools do a better job teaching low - income students, minority students, and students who are still learning English than traditional schools.

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Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included: more time spent on English instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.

In general, children from poverty with special education needs or English language learning needs are enrolled in charter schools, selective magnet schools, and selective vocational academies at lower percentages than in traditional, democratic, public schools.

Indeed, last year, an International School Consultancy survey found that the number of teachers leaving the United Kingdom to teach in English language international schools (18,000) was higher than the number who qualified as teachers through the traditional post-graduate training route (17,000) in England.

Dual - language programs most commonly exist as subsets of traditional high schools, where select students take classes in a language other than English, though generally not for a full half of each day.

Charter schools enroll 2 percent more ELL (English Language Learners) than traditional public schools in Los Angeles.

The new group, an outgrowth of a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, has identified 16 charters, 8 magnets and 4 traditional schools within the district that have more than 75 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced - price meals and more than 60 percent of students who meet or exceed standards for English Language Arts.

The report, «Success for English Learners in Charter Schools,» found that throughout the state, independent charter schools are serving nearly 2 percent more English learner (EL) students than traditional schSchools,» found that throughout the state, independent charter schools are serving nearly 2 percent more English learner (EL) students than traditional schschools are serving nearly 2 percent more English learner (EL) students than traditional schoolsschools...

Scores for English language learners at charter schools were higher than at traditional schools and magnets.

In addition, African - American students and English learners in certified pathways earned more credits than similar peers in traditional high school programs, and fare just as well in terms of graduation, dropout, and college readiness.

The most recent of those studies, by the Center for Research on Educational Outcomes at Stanford University, found that charter schools do a better job than traditional schools at teaching low income students, minority students, and students who are still learning English.

In English, graduates of the program, the New York City Leadership Academy, helped increase test scores at elementary and middle schools at a faster pace than new principals with more traditional résumés, the study showed.

As voters decide whether to allow more charter schools, a Globe review has found that the schools enroll English - language learners at much lower rates than those in traditional systems, even as many charter schools have been stepping up efforts to recruit more of the students.

However, the study concludes that «elementary and middle - school charter students exhibited higher learning gains than equivalent students in the traditional public school system» and «students in poverty and English - language learners experience larger learning gains in charter schools.»

The grants were available to expand non-selective, high - performing magnet, pilot or traditional schools where at least half of the students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests and the school as a whole performed significantly better in math and English than surrounding schools with similar demographics.

It's also worth noting that both English learners and students with special needs perform better in local independent charters than in traditional schools.

Independent charters in LAUSD serve 1 % more English learners and 2 % fewer students with special needs than traditional schools do.

This study, draped with a Rutgers University banner, purports to be a scholarly analysis proving that charter schools are an untenable fiscal burden on traditional districts and enroll proportionally fewer special education students, English Language Learners, and low - income students than their sending district public schools.

The most recent charter school study, from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), finds that academic growth among Boston charter school students is more than four times that of their traditional public school peers in English and more than six times greater in math.