Meanwhile, in
the Independent School category, the Outstanding Progress Award went to Sevenoaks School in Kent.
Sponsored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, St Joseph's College, Reading; Bromley High School, Kent; Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire; Epsom College, Surrey; and Wolverhampton Grammar School make up the shortlist in
the Independent School category.
Not exact matches
I did not know then that «private
school» could mean 15 different
categories of
schools — parochial,
independent, military, alternative, and so on — which make up 24 percent of all the
schools in the United States.
Tools for a Successful
School Year (Starting on Day One), from Thoughtful Education Press, wins both a Teachers» Choice Award from Learning ® Magazine and an IPPY Silver Award in Education from the
Independent Publisher Book Awards in the
category of Education.
Eliminate the 25:1 student - to - teacher ratio for virtual charter
schools — a measure based on no convincing empirical evidence that it raises student achievement — and take virtual charters out of the
category of
independent study.
This year's three grand prize, 15 first place, and 15 honorable mention winners were selected by an
independent panel of
school board members, administrators, and other educators from more than 200 submissions in three enrollment
categories: under 5,000 students, 5,000 to 20,000 students, and over 20,000 students.
Under the plan, an
independent commissioner appointed by a county executive would take over three
schools within
school districts that have at least 15,000 students and are placed in the lowest - performing
category on state report cards for two consecutive years.
Large Student Population District
Category (12,000 students or more - in alphabetical order): Bibb County
School District, GA Broward County Public
Schools, FL Colorado Springs
School District 11, CO DeKalb County
School District, GA Flagler County Public
Schools, FL Forsyth County
Schools, GA Fullerton
School District, CA Hampton City
Schools, VA Northwest
Independent School District, TX The
School District of Osceola County, FL Richmond County
Schools, GA Roanoke County Public
Schools, VA Rock Hill
Schools, SC Rowan - Salisbury
Schools, NC Township High
School District 214, IL Wilson County
School District, TN Mid-sized Student Population Districts
Category (3,000 - 12,000 students - in alphabetical order): Austin Public
Schools # 492, MN Bergenfield Public
School District, NJ Center Grove Community
School Corporation, IN Charlottesville City
Schools, VA City
Schools of Decatur, GA Encinitas Union
School District, CA Henry County Public
Schools, VA Jefferson City
Schools, GA Monroe County
Schools, GA Oconee County
Schools, GA Pickerington Local
School District, OH Rome City
Schools, GA St. Charles Parish Public
Schools, LA Tift County
Schools, GA Williamsburg - James City County Public
Schools, VA Small Student Population Districts
Category (3,000 students or less - in alphabetical order): Cedar Bluffs Public
School, NE Chickamauga City
School District, GA Coxsackie - Athens Central
School District, NY Goochland County Public
Schools, VA Greeneville City
Schools, TN Juab
School District, Utah Laguna Beach Unified
School District, CA Lenoir City
Schools, TN Lindop
School District 92, IL Mannheim
School District 83, IL Mineola Union Free
School District, NY Pewaukee
School District, WI Staunton City
Schools, VA West Platte
School District, MO
And if you represent an association or corporation that is passionate about
independent schools, we have a membership
category for you, too.
We offer
independent, external audits to provide
schools with recommendations for improvement in two
categories: inclusive practices and standards - based grading and learning.
In the recent Smater Balanced statewide tests, magnets outperformed the district's
independent charter
schools in nearly every major
category, although the demographics of magnets vs.
independent charters do not match up evenly, and some magnet
schools are for highly - gifted students, which requires them to meet certain academic criteria for enrollment.
E's son, M, was denied admission to the
school because M's mother's conversion to Orthodox Judaism was undertaken by an «
independent progressive synagogue» rather than by a
category of synagogue approved of by the OCR.