Sentences with phrase «among traditional district school»

This past cycle of Newark Enrolls, the collaborative enrollment system that lets parents prioritize their choices among traditional district schools and public charters, over 50 percent of parents of incoming kindergarteners chose charters as their first choice.

Not exact matches

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

They need to advocate for policies that promote cooperative problem solving among school providers, including districts in cities where thousands of students still attend traditional public schools.

Research provides considerable evidence that such effects are significant in public education — among small public school districts, between public schools and Catholic schools, and between traditional public schools and charter schools.

Most public schools in New Orleans are administered by the RSD, but among other public schools are those run directly by the traditional school district (the Orleans Parish School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (school district (the Orleans Parish School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (School Board, or OPSB), OPSB - authorized charter schools, and charter schools authorized by the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).

Our public charter schools are among the nation's best, consistently outperforming traditional district public schools.

In moving to the Common Core State Standards this year, California school districts had to choose between offering a blended or «integrated» approach to math or a traditional sequence of courses, setting off strong, sometimes passionate disagreements among parents and teachers.

Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math and reading scores at traditional public and public charter schools have increased quickly over the past decade.»

In many large school districts, parents are able to choose among traditional public schools, not just among charter or magnet schools.

Among the larger charter networks — those with four or more schools — the Icahn, Kipp and Uncommon charter school networks had the lowest attrition rates in elementary school grades when compared to traditional schools in the same school district for the 2013 - 14 school year.

Earlier this year, Hilltop Securities, the state's perennial leader among municipal advisers, dropped nine charter school clients to demonstrate its support for traditional districts.

Syracuse also stands out for having the highest suspension rate among the state's traditional school districts.

Taken as a whole, the arrow in Newark is unquestionably pointed up — among traditional schools, among charters, and, most relevantly, across the district as a whole without regard to «sector.»

Also Newark and Camden school districts, where many charters are located, offer universal enrollment systems that facilitate school choice among traditionals, magnets and charters.

And some school boards — including those overseeing the Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts — are passing measures like a «school climate bill of rights,» which, among other things, mandates that schools employ restorative justice as an alternative to traditional discipline when students get into fights or cause other trouble.

Last month, CCSA released another major report on Los Angeles public high schools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgrounds, among other findings.

Despite the high interest in urban education and educational equality among Yale students, most «Yalies» (i.e. Yale students) who enter the classroom end up doing so through alternative teaching programs, favoring these programs over employment options in district schools with traditional recruitment tactics and teacher preparation programs.