Sentences with phrase «urban school districts tend»

Urban school districts tend to lose their focus, hopping from reform to reform, as new leaders with ideas of their own take the helm.

Not exact matches

A behavioral argument could also be made: that the state's reform policies, its public shaming and sanctions for low - performing schools, would most strongly influence the behavior of urban districts, which tend to have a history of low performance and mismanagement.

During our work with district, charter, and private schools — large, small, urban, rural, as well as progressive and traditional — the master scheduling process tends to be more alike than different.

Hoxby also finds that urban areas with a large number of school districts, and therefore many options for families choosing where to reside, tend to have higher test scores than cities like Miami, where one school district covers anyone living close enough to work in the city.

Since 2007, the number of districts strongly committed to socioeconomic integration has more than doubled, from 40 to 100 nationwide.75 These districts tend to be large and urban, and today, roughly 4 million students reside in a school district or charter school that considers socioeconomic status in their student assignment system — representing about 8 percent of total public school enrollment.76

Even where urban and high - poverty school districts emphasize public engagement, the policies and preferences tend to «trickle down» to schools only in the form of mandated representation on school councils — a weak strategy for distributing leadership.

This initiative is noteworthy among the nation's large urban school districts, where fewer dual and concurrent enrollment opportunities exist, and those tend to be available only to select students in relatively well - off schools.