Sentences with phrase «academic gains for»

The Broad plan points to three of LA Unified's largest charter operators that have received Broad largess — Green Dot Public Schools, Alliance College - Ready Public Schools and KIPP Public Charter Schools — and says, «These organizations have turned our investments into significant academic gains for students.»

They no longer claim that vouchers will close the achievement gap or produce miraculous academic gains for poor and minority students.

Most studies show school choice in other countries has led to greater academic gains for students.

Some charter schools show impressive academic gains for their students, but others perform the same as or in some cases worse than regular public schools.

Yet when asked at a hearing on the proposal, IFF's research director could not provide a single instance in which its strategy of transferring a low - performing school to a charter management organization had resulted in academic gains for the students.

An In the Public Interest group found that an analyst for the District of Columbia «could not provide a single instance in which its strategy of transferring a low - performing school to a charter management organization had resulted in academic gains for the students.»

Krueger's study of the data showed no academic gains for African - American students in the voucher plan, reported Education Week.

As the Hopkins scholars noted, traditional summer - school programs — which generally provide more of the same from the traditional school year — have been disappointing, leading to few academic gains for students.

«Today's report boasts academic gains for children who were previously trapped in underperforming schools and holds scholarship schools to highest standard.»

And a 2007 study by the Urban Institute found a failing grade led to subsequent and significant academic gains for students.

Her efforts resulted in consistent, significant academic gains for her students.

Over the past six years at Blue Engine, Aisha has spent the majority of her time in schools coaching teachers and teaching apprentices on how to become highly functional teams that support dramatic academic gains for students.

Obama's plan uses academic gains for evaluating TEACHERS, not evaluating schools, consequently identifying effective teachers teaching effectively.

The program was filled with outstanding student performances and reports on the impressive progress this highly diverse district has been making in achieving academic gains for all students.

Despite long waiting lists and well - documented academic gains for Success students, leaders are in a near - constant battle with city education officials for the space in under - utilized public - school buildings that will allow their programs to continue to grow.

During a press conference after the announcement, Buery cited studies showing academic gains for community schools in Boston and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Lawrence provides a rare case of a leadership approach that resulted in notably impressive academic gains for students without generating the kind of negative response that typically accompanies state takeover and district turnaround efforts.

The findings are consistent with lottery - based evidence for the full student population that shows that charter schools with these characteristics also generate academic gains for the full student population in Boston, [5] Denver, [6] and New York.

Across all tested students in online charters, the typical academic gains for math are -0.25 standard deviations (equivalent to 180 fewer days of learning) and -0.10 (equivalent to 72 fewer days) for reading.

California is probably the best example of the difficulties of searching for reliable data on the question of academic gains for suburban charter students.

In addition to academic gains for students in some voucher programs, other scholars have identified benefits among public schools as a result of such programs.

Despite its gargantuan price tag, SIG generated no academic gains for the students it was meant to help.

Not exact matches

Some of Canada's highest - earning professionals have been reaping large tax gains for decades by splitting income with their spouses using private corporations, but the practice has fallen into a «dark corner» of tax rules and has received little government scrutiny, according to a new academic study.

The academics also observed: «Interestingly, most interviewees felt that a high proportion of players who ultimately gained professional contracts compensated for technical, tactical or physical limitations through being mentally tough, and thus mental toughness, rather than technical skill, was a better indicator of who would progress.»

Briefings produced in 2010 by civil servants in the Department for Education (DfE) on the principle of whether or not Steiner schools should gain state funding through the Free Schools programme express serious concern about issues such as racism, systemic bullying, academic rigour, secrecy and whether or not the schools would be able to pass Ofsted inspections, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can today reveal.

Long Island public school districts would gain an additional $ 75.3 million in combined operating assistance, or a hike of more than 2.8 percent, under the state aid proposal for the 2017 - 18 academic year released by Cuomo's office.

The congregation was the first of its kind for students who had completed their studies after gaining admission in the 2012/2013 academic year after the school was established in 2012.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

Its «leadership coaches,» mostly retired principals, have also been hired in the mayor's three - year - old Renewal program for struggling schools, which has shown meager academic gains.

We can gain unique insight by looking at the latest wave of the British Election Study, a key resource for academics who study elections.

Equipped with the insights she gained from her personal journey, Baskin developed arts in academic curriculums for public schools throughout the Bronx and Brooklyn N.Y. from 2005 - 2014.

Gaining independence as a postdoc is a critical factor for future academic success, and dedicated fellowships and junior investigator programs may help young scientists make the leap.

Academic developmental biologists gained some ground, however, earning 7 % more than last year, compared to a 2 % average raise for Ph.D. toxicologists.

But academic institutions across the United States and Europe are now investing resources in helping young researchers gain the skills they need for climbing the career ladder.

In this article, experts from academic, government, and industrial settings describe the skills in highest demand and techniques for gaining the best job.

► Also on Thursday, Martin Enserink provided an update on virologist Ron Fouchier, who for the past 3 years «has battled the Dutch government over a fundamental question in the balance between academic freedom and biosecurity: Did he need a government license to publish his hotly debated gain - of - function (GOF) studies on the H5N1 influenza strain?»

AMSTERDAM — For more than 3 years, virologist Ron Fouchier has battled the Dutch government over a fundamental question in the balance between academic freedom and biosecurity: Did he need a government license to publish his hotly debated gain - of - function (GOF) studies on the H5N1 influenza strain?

«Program for parents helps sustain learning gains in kids from Head Start to kindergarten: NIH - funded study shows involving parents sets the stage for later academic success.»

However, the country's investment will not make it immediately easier for Japanese scientists to gain access to the database; although there is a GDB «node» in Tokyo, it is not yet linked to the academic network.

He gained tenure in five years and full professorship in just seven — a time when most academics are first up for tenure.

The machinery for doing this is not perfect, but it is workable, and has gained the confidence of the academic community.

«I started taking MOOCs,» he says, «because my grad - school duties include overseeing professional development — helping students gain skills for careers in academics, industry, business, or policy.

Overall, the upcoming involvement of academia in the drug discovery process will provide graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to gain experience and skills which are important for pharmaceutical and biotech companies whilst still engaging in hypothesis - driven academic research.

It will offer responsible product developers — including individual providers working in clinics and academic hospitals and advancing their own products as part of regenerative medicine procedures — a way to more efficiently gain FDA approval for their products through a process that is minimally burdensome and less costly.

To gain widespread adoption in the academic and commercial research communities for personalized drug testing and other uses — and perhaps one day to replace millions of lab animals — organs on chips will need to be affordable and easy to use.

The skills you'll gain are not just valuable for communicating with the lay public but with other academics, government officials and potential employers as well.

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Recommendations for improvement included restructuring the math activities to be more rigorous, earlier training in how to critique academic work, and gaining more regular feedback from teachers.

This follows IFS research which found that support for a one - year breakfast programme in disadvantaged schools delivered similar academic benefits to universal free school meal provision (though the gains were higher in Year 2 than Year 6).