Sentences with phrase «alternative school enrollment»

We chose to label the years that four key accountability policies went into effect, in order to look for a possible relationship between alternative school enrollment the implementation of policies that would penalize schools for poor performance.

ProPublica's analysis of federal data shows that the district's alternative school enrollment tripled from 1,300 students in the 2009 school year to 3,900 in 2014.

A national map of alternative school enrollment appears on our site as seen above.

Unfortunately, the ProPublica reporter and editor involved in producing the piece are defending the decision to take the angle they did, citing a spike in alternative school enrollments in Orlando and the disproportionate representation of charter providers in the alternative school space.

Not exact matches

The decision was perhaps the biggest advance yet for a movement that embraces not only vouchers, but also an assortment of new arrangements in public education, among them charter schools, corporate management of public schools, open enrollment, and other alternatives to traditional schools.

While suggestive, factors other than these policies may have also influenced enrollment in alternative schools.

Factors included are growth in enrollment, under - resourcing (such as per pupil staffing and spending in alternative schools versus regular schools), and low graduation rates.

Just as Trump's flunkies exert political pressure to halt access to healthcare (or immigration or policies to address climate change), so NJEA exerts political pressure — as well as its deep pockets — to stave off the continued enrollment of children, mostly poor and of color, in high - quality alternative public schools.

According to 2015 - 16 enrollment data provided by the State Department of Education, there are 55 brick and mortar schools that serve approximately 4992 alternative school students in the Gem State.

An alternative application procedure allows pupils to apply for open enrollment at any time during a school year if certain criteria are met.

Enrollment in charter schools, publicly financed alternatives to traditional public schools, has been growing in recent years.

School - level data were downloaded from the California Department of Education, California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) website.6 The following were dropped: schools with total enrollment of fewer than 50 students, special education schools, continuation high schools, schools in juvenile delinquency facilities, alternative schools, community day schools, and schools lacking a full panel of data for 2013 - 2015.

As our students excel in Advanced Placement courses, thrive in dual - enrollment classes at local community colleges, and consistently reach an increasingly higher academic bar, they prove that there is no reason for alternative schools to expect anything less from their students than academic excellence.

More than half a dozen of the schools on the list had dropout rates over 100 % because enrollment is based on the number of students attending classes on a single day in October, but alternative schools typically have students arriving and leaving throughout the year.

This study includes all open - enrollment public charter schools in the state, including charters under alternative education accountability (AEA).

With new educational alternatives open to parents, independent schools look to big - business marketing techniques to increase enrollment.

Paradoxically, the Austin Independent School District has not been participating in that growth; it sees a loss of enrollment year after year as parents sign up students in alternative charter schools or private schools.

On May 3, the day after learning her daughter's school would not open, the parent reached out to MySchoolDC — the agency which handles school choice enrollment — for help finding an alternative.

Measures will be repeated each spring for the three intervention years as long as students remain in school; dropouts will be tracked to assess return to school or enrollment in alternative degree programs.

If lawmakers move forward with creating such a program, it would add another option for Wisconsin parents, who already have a variety of alternatives to their designated public school, including open enrollment to other public schools, voucher - assisted private schools and independent charter schools.

As managed public schools we serve [to] undertake this transition, and given the growing number of at - rick students enrolling in these schools, perceived academic performance could temporarily or permanently suffer such that these schools may become a less attractive alternative, enrollments could decline, and our financial condition and results of operations could be negatively impact.

For example, public charter schools emerged in 1988 to provide an alternative to traditional public schools and, have seen enrollments grow by 225 % over the past 10 years....

There are a growing array of education choice options available in America such as controlled open enrollment, charter schools, charter districts, online schools, lab schools, schools - within - schools, year - round schools, charter technical career centers, magnet schools, alternative schools, vouchers, special programs, advanced placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, early admissions, and credit by examination or demonstration of competency.

According to that report, ALS, Inc., which is owned by another organization that previously ran alternative schools sometimes characterized as «prison - lite,» has come under intense scrutiny for unrealistic enrollment projections and poor academic progress of its students.

Aside from this, however, is the question of alternative explanations for school enrollment decreases.

Struggling students may be steered toward alternative pathways, such as dual enrollment programs with area colleges so they can finish up their high school degree while getting college credit.

The accounts — dubbed the next generation of school vouchers by education policy experts — would add an option for Wisconsin parents, who already have a variety of alternatives to their designated public school, including open enrollment to other public schools, voucher - assisted private schools and independent charter schools.

What is a student's alternative to getting a Verification of Enrollment and Attendance (VOE) form from his or her high school during summer months when the high school is closed?

Measures will be repeated each spring for the three intervention years as long as students remain in school; dropouts will be tracked to assess return to school or enrollment in alternative degree programs.

The authors examined the results by program type and found that alternative educational programs (programs involving a group of students in a traditional school) and behavioral programs (programs targeting school behaviors and increasing problem - solving skills with a system of rewards and punishments) had significant positive effects on attendance and enrollment measures.