Not exact matches
School letter grades have a distinct
advantage for educators as well: they are very effective at focusing educators
on the goal of maximizing
academic achievement.
In addition, no person shall be discriminated against in admission to Brooke Charter School or in obtaining the
advantages, privileges and access to the courses of study and extracurricular activities offered by the School
on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, socioeconomic status, housing status or homelessness, special need, proficiency in the English language or a foreign language, or prior
academic achievement, as required by federal and state law, including M.G.L. c. 71, § 89 (l); 603 CMR 1.06 (1); M.G.L. c. 76, § 5 and 603 CMR 26.00: Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.
Findings in the existing literature of effects of school size show small schools
advantage on curricular diversity,
academic achievement, daily attendance rates, teacher and student morale, student and parent participation, etc..
Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing
achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools,
on average, don't have an
academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).
High - quality tutoring can meet each student at his or her individual level, 22 a level of differentiation that is impossible for even the most dedicated of teachers to provide.23 Essentially, every student with an educated, engaged parent has access to one -
on - one tutoring at home, which is perhaps one of the reasons why homework compounds the
advantages enjoyed by middle - class children.24 For students who, for a variety of reasons, may not have access to that kind of
academic assistance at home, receiving more tailored instruction from their schools can help to level the playing field and close
achievement gaps.25
The Collaborative for
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) examined over 200 studies of schools with and without SEL programming and found an 11 percentile point
advantage on achievement tests among students in schools that placed an emphasis
on both head and heart.