Sentences with phrase «access high performing schools»

Don't forget that in many urban areas there are clusters of affluent families able to access high performing schools, while others» student bodies include concentrations of the poorest families, for example.

Not exact matches

The Project Development Objective is to increase access to senior secondary education in underserved districts and improve quality in low - performing senior high schools (SHSs) in Ghana.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

The report also shows that there are large areas of the country which currently have no access to a high performing school.

This means pupils in these neighbourhoods are unlikely to have had any opportunity to access a place at a high performing school.

But, in areas with consistently low densities of high performing school places, the proportion of pupils with access to such places fell from just six per cent in 2010 to five per cent in 2015.

The report, «Access to high performing schools in England» looks at the density of high - quality secondary school places across England, comparing high - quality places in 2015 with 2010 in order to identify whether geographic access to high performing schools is imprAccess to high performing schools in England» looks at the density of high - quality secondary school places across England, comparing high - quality places in 2015 with 2010 in order to identify whether geographic access to high performing schools is impraccess to high performing schools is improving.

The EPI says that if the government believes that introducing the Opportunity Areas initiative would address the lack of access to a high performing school, then its analysis suggests that there should be one in the North East.

Students in high - poverty, high - minority, and low - performing schools have less access to well - qualified teachers.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

Many high - performing public schools employ strategies to screen out such students as well, either by not providing the services needed for special education students, or by employing admissions policies that make it difficult or unlikely for such students to gain access.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

Because we know that when low - income children of color have access to high expectations, effective teachers, and quality schools, they can perform equally as well as their wealthy, white peers.

Although the college - sending rates of the highest - performing high schools in the sample are low relative to Texas as a whole, our findings suggest that offering eligibility for automatic admission may not be effective at accomplishing even the narrow goal of increasing access to the top public universities for students in the most - disadvantaged settings.

The implication is that with no government requirement for open admissions or standard measurement, historically higher - performing private schools would expand access to students eligible for vouchers.

A new report by the Education Policy Institute, Access to high performing schools in England, looked at the density of high - quality secondary school places across...

The Foundation recognizes that high performing youth from low to moderate - income families often must overcome challenges regarding access to information and adequate preparation necessary to gain admission to highly selective high schools; those admitted benefit from sustained, attuned support to graduate successfully.

A new report by the Education Policy Institute, Access to high performing schools in England, looked at the density of high - quality secondary school places across England, comparing high - quality places in 2015 with 2010 in...

More importantly, you cripple needy city families» access to high - performing schools.

Through strategic grant - making, Boston Schools Fund will accelerate the growth of these high - performing schools and educational access for all children in Schools Fund will accelerate the growth of these high - performing schools and educational access for all children in schools and educational access for all children in Boston.

Expand opportunities for families: Eliminate obstacles to the creation of new, high - performing schools, and dramatically increase school options and access for all students.

I am excited to share that with this round of grants, we will surpass our Year 1 goal: over 1,600 more families will have access to high - performing Boston Public Schools, Boston charter schools, and Boston Catholic sSchools, Boston charter schools, and Boston Catholic sschools, and Boston Catholic schoolsschools.

A plan unveiled today by Great Public Schools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theSchools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theschools for kids close to where they live.

That means putting students over special interests, expanding access to high - performing schools, empowering parents and loosening the federal government's grip on education policy decisions that are better left to local officials.

On Twitter this week, we asked people to comment about what should be pursued through this application and former Colorado Senate President Peter Groff suggested, «continued integration of innovation and increasing access to high - performing schools.»

First, students who have access to higher achievement schools perform better in

It is a program designed to increase access to the UC system for students from lower performing schools and that has to happen at the expense of higher performing students such as those from Lowell or any other high performing school.

Successful applications will identify and aim to solve a specific barrier to parent choice and student access in Indianapolis or will systemically improve the landscape for the autonomy of high - performing schools.

The more elite or higher performing schools create additional hoops that some parents don't have access to, such as attending seminars or filing extra applications.

This usually occurs through a variety of loopholes (some schools maintaining neighborhood, sibling, or other preferential treatment), lack of equal access in the stratification by race and class in terms of access to higher performing schools.»

Know this: for nearly 30 years, Ms. DeVos has fought for education reform that works — putting students» interests ahead of special interests; supporting rigorous standards that lead to higher outcomes; loosening Washington's grip on local education policy and putting more power into the hands of parents and families; and, expanding access to high - performing schools.

But improvements to public schools alone is not enough if the goal is access to high - performing learning options for all students.

Louisiana is also making life easier for charter schools, with new authorizing boards, a fast - track for high - performing networks, and access to facilities equal to that of traditional public schools.

The outcome of this transfer of autonomy is being termed «access to high - performing schools.»

We look forward to seeing high - performing public charter schools open in these buildings and expand access to an excellent education for more children in the District.»

In Nashville, where upper - income whites played the key role in recently switching the school board to an anti-choice stance, the issue appeared to be about protecting exclusive access to high performing schools available just to those homeowners.

About Colorado School Grades: Colorado School Grades is presented by a coalition of 18 non-profit community organizations that believe all children deserve access to a high - performing sSchool Grades: Colorado School Grades is presented by a coalition of 18 non-profit community organizations that believe all children deserve access to a high - performing sSchool Grades is presented by a coalition of 18 non-profit community organizations that believe all children deserve access to a high - performing schoolschool.

Montessori For All aims to help all children gain access to an excellent education by opening and leading high - performing, authentic, public Montessori charter schools in diverse communities across the country.

The Foundation recognizes that high performing youth from low to moderate - income families often must overcome challenges regarding access to information and adequate preparation necessary to gain admission to highly selective high schools; and those admitted benefit from sustained, attuned support to graduate successfully.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

There exists a strong correlation between the locations of high - performing schools and access to vibrant after - school academies and tutors.

The governor's plan calls for helping charter schools gain access to better facilities, expediting the renewal process for high - performing charter schools and enacting a series of changes designed to free charter schools from what Christie considers burdensome red tape.

With urban and rural education struggling mightily, it is incumbent on policymakers to help replicate the high - performing schools and provide parents with access to better information so they can make more informed choices.»

In order to meet demand from CPS students and families, we are increasing access to high - performing schools and expanding the number of seats in magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.

Students from low - income households and students of color face staggering academic inequities, with limited access to high - performing schools and college preparatory experiences.

In some neighborhoods, families have a choice of sending their children to high - performing district schools or affording a private or parochial education; meanwhile, many families in low - performing districts who can not afford to pay tuition have no high - quality choices — or can't gain access to the handful that do exist.

However, in areas with «consistently low densities» of high - performing schools, the proportion of pupils with access to these places fell from six per cent in 2010 to per per cent in 2015.

Access to high - performing secondary schools has not improved since 2010, and has become more geographically unequal, according to a report by the Education Policy Institute.

Conservative ministers frequently claim to have improved access to high - performing schools since they entered government in 2010, but the EPI's latest research casts doubt on this assertion.