Sentences with phrase «allow rocketship»

In schools that average 500 students, savings are about $ 500,000 a year, which is used to raise teacher salaries, to extend the school day and to allow Rocketship to build its own facilities — quite a luxury in the charter - school world.

The use of highly effective, cost - efficient individualized instructional programs like DreamBox Learning is allowing Rocketship to realize its mission of closing the achievement gap.

The model has allowed Rocketship to save roughly $ 500,000 per year in traditional expenses, which it reinvests in higher teacher salaries (20 percent higher than surrounding districts), a two - hour after - school Response to Intervention program, leadership training, and Academic Deans.

This allows Rocketship to hire six fewer full - time teachers per school than they would otherwise, saving the organization $ 500,000, which is used to increase teacher pay and program funding (Rocketship Schools 2017).

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Rocketship's unique «hybrid school» model allows students to learn through a combination of working with highly effective teachers in the classroom and working individually on computers in a «learning lab», or with tutors for additional support.