Through its mission to «eliminate the achievement gap in our lifetime,» Rocketship targets minority, low - income,
urban students in tandem with a particular interest in engaging these students» parents as well (Rocketship Schools 2017a).
The analysis from the charter school association, which used data collected by the Michigan Department of Education, concluded the largest gaps were found in the MEAP reading scores — as high as 9.3 percentage points difference in eighth grade; with 43.6 percent proficient for black
urban students in charter schools, compared to 34.3 percent proficient for black
urban students in traditional public schools, said Buddy Moorehouse, spokesman for the state's charter school association.
I wanted to participate in creating new schools that would better serve
urban students in Oakland Unified School District.
Professor McDermott works with MA and MAT students, encouraging student teachers to develop classrooms that engage
all urban students in rigorous content in a warm and inviting environment.
The report states: «It can not be said with certainty that clones of these choice programs, or an exportation of specific pedagogical techniques and strategies used, will necessarily ensure similar performance success for
urban students in general.»
Most essential, a federal stipulation should require that
those urban students in the greatest need (those with lower achievement scores and those attending the most troubled and most crowded schools) receive priority.
I argue that charter schools deliver better results for
urban students in poverty, without spending more money.
For all these reasons, the task of uplifting
urban students in a comprehensive inner - city high school is very difficult.
The PATHWAYS Program is a unique campus - community collaboration that provides mental health services to
urban students in the Boston Public Schools.
The urban students in this study were encouraged to select books that were slightly above their current reading level, and researchers continually assessed the appropriateness of the challenge through conferences with each student during every session.
Urban students in grades 3 - 5 received inquiry - science instruction.
Urban students in grades seven and eight who were engaged in the LeTUS inquiry - based science curriculum demonstrated higher standardized test scores than students engaged in traditional instruction in a sample of 5,000 students.
The majority of
urban students in about half the states fail to meet even minimum national standards in mathematics, reading, and science, finds the report, Quality Counts» 98, scheduled for release Jan. 8.
The community school model is based in the idea that if educators can engage
an urban student in middle school, they have a better chance of getting that student to graduate from high school.
Not exact matches
Keith
Urban and Underwood dueted, while Harry Connick Jr. saluted a music center
in New Orleans» Katrina battered - Ninth Ward by inviting a young
student, Marley Fletcher, to join him on «It's a Wonderful World.»
She co-founded and is the chair of the African American
Student Union at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, an organization that supports African - Americans working
in architecture, real estate and
urban planning.
A new tool from the
Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank
in Washington, D.C., lets people dig into
student loan information on a state — and even county — level.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is the jewel of Parkland, graduating top - notch
students and athletes who grow up
in a dignified affluence far removed from the gritty
urban sprawl of Miami.
RAHB provides two $ 1,000 Outstanding
Student Scholarships to the top student in the first year and the top student in the second year of the Urban Planning Program at Mohawk C
Student Scholarships to the top
student in the first year and the top student in the second year of the Urban Planning Program at Mohawk C
student in the first year and the top
student in the second year of the Urban Planning Program at Mohawk C
student in the second year of the
Urban Planning Program at Mohawk College.
She contends that educational choice will create a «two - tiered system
in urban districts, with charter schools for motivated
students and public schools for those left behind.»
Every
student should be strongly encouraged, if not required, to take at least one quarter of clinical pastoral training and another
in an
urban internship; the first would help equip him to be a change agent
in individual relationship, and the second would help equip him to be a change agent
in organizations, structures, and social systems.
Wallace Katz, a longtime
student of American
urban areas, suggests
in a recent Commonweal article that resources are available for institutional renewal.
A
student of mine went jogging with his father
in their
urban neighborhood.
I present
urban form to my
students in the long and large western humanist tradition that sees cities as communal artifacts that human animals by our nature make
in order to live well (with all the teleological and virtue ethics implications of that tradition's notion of living well).
In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc
In countries
in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc
in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted
in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc
in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the
urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes,
students, etc..
The department
in 2017 will also open a 5,000 - square - foot
urban market near a new
student apartment complex.
Based on this quote from
Urban Meyer, the OSU coach doesn't think Cardale Jones was the best
student in Columbus.
But a 2014 study of nearly 17,000
students in a large
urban district
in Kentucky found the opposite.
A 2013 study by Mathematica Policy Research revealed that
students at five
urban EL middle schools advanced ahead of matched peers at comparison schools by an average of ten months
in math and seven months
in reading over the course of three years.
According to a study by Byers, Dillard, Easton, Henry, McDermott, Oberman, and Uhramcher (1996),
students at
Urban Waldorf went from having 26 % of third grade
students reading at or above grade level
in 1992 to 63 % at or above grade level
in 1995.
To remedy this problem, some districts, particularly those
in large
urban areas, have adopted universal,
in - class breakfast programs whereby all
students are able to obtain and eat a free breakfast
in their classrooms at the start of the school day.
Students in DC Public Schools depend on breakfasts, lunches, after school snacks, supper, and fresh fruit and vegetables to counter the effects of a rough economy and widening
urban income inequality.
This year,
students are try to answer the question «Why are big trees important, especially
in an
urban ecosystem?»
This study took place
in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools
in a large,
urban US school district that serves predominantly low - income, racial / ethnic minority
students.
This longitudinal study
in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools
in a large,
urban US school district
in Washington state compared the nutritional quality of
student school lunch food selections before and after the implementation of the new National School Lunch Program meal standards.
One - hundred percent of the proceeds from the Popcorn that Gives Back kit ($ 14) goes to
Urban Sprouts, a non-profit dedicated to providing edible gardens and nutrition education to
students in under - served San Francisco schools.
«Five years prior, they funnel
in students that need additional resources and support without giving them additional resources and support,» said Maria Fernandez, senior coordinator of the NYC
Urban Youth Collective and a member of the group.
High Achievement New York, a business - backed group that is supportive of the Common Core standards, is pointing to the «opt -
in» rates of
students in the state's
urban areas.
The plan includes an expansion of the state's
Urban Youth Jobs Program, a large increase
in affordable housing and homeless services funding, and a
student loan program that would supplement the federal Pay As You Earn income - based loan repayment program.
ALBANY — «The Power Broker» may weigh down countless bookshelves
in the state Capitol, but for New Yorkers who don't happen to be
students of politics or
urban planning, Robert Moses isn't exactly a household name anymore.
Her toughest competitor
in the March 6 primary is former federal prosecutor Jay Hulings, who's close to Rep. Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroBlack, Hispanic lawmakers hammer Amazon directors» opposition to diversity rule Texas charter school reinstates teacher who asked
students to list positive aspects of slavery NRA criticized for hosting event where guns are banned due to Pence appearance MORE (D - Texas) and former Housing and
Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.
This Green House Christopher Sedita is the founder of the «Green Buildings» program at the
Urban Assembly School for Green Careers, which prepares
students for careers
in 21st - century building design.
Also at noon,
Urban Youth Collaborative, Desis Rising Up and Moving, The Point, Girls for Gender Equity, and Rockaway Youth Task Force are joined by NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso to protest what they describe as «the unrelenting over-policing of
students of color
in New York City,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.
The inter-professional model of care will result
in enhanced patient satisfaction, and improved health outcomes while increasing dental
student awareness of
urban health issues.»
The issue of safety and bullying, specifically, came under scrutiny since a
student was fatally stabbed
in a classroom at the
Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation last month.
In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest
in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst
urban district
in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievemen
in the country to the one making the biggest gains
in student achievemen
in student achievement.
A panel consisting of former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (D - Bronx),
student Betty Mahmud of the New York City
Urban Debate League and Terryl Demendonca of the Misunderstood Youth Center argued that corrupt politicians come and are prosecuted
in all colors and ethnicities.
An analysis by AQE found Cuomo's proposed cuts
in operating aid average $ 773 per pupil
in the 30
urban and suburban school districts classified as «high - need» by the State Education Department that have the greatest concentration of black and Hispanic
students.
«The fact that someone who grew up
in the most
urban area of the nation — Hell's Kitchen — could be welcomed into dairy barns
in Delhi, and small businesses
in Monticello, and mix with today's college
students at New Paltz, while returning home at night to Orange County and being welcomed there also, is something that is a testament to the people of the 42nd Senate District,» said Bonacic.
In urban central cities, funding levels per
student tend to be at least average, but
student needs (e.g. for special education for
students with learning disabilities and for general support for very poor
students such as homeless
students) tend to be much greater.