Sentences with phrase «among urban students»

Educators in Detroit's public school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poverty.

Clinical interventions are designed to teach positive behavior skills and strategies, and address the underlying causes of disruptive behaviors among urban students.

Not exact matches

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

The researchers collected plate waste data among 1,030 students in four schools in an urban, low - income school district both before (fall 2011) and after (fall 2012) the new standards went into effect.

The first to examine the effects of financial incentives among urban public school students, it found that rewards can produce excellent results in closing the achievement gap — if they are tied to specific steps the students take rather than to grades or test results.

The largest declines were among elementary schools in 12 urban dioceses (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Cleveland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Boston, Newark, Detroit, and Miami), which together have lost almost 20 percent of their students (more than 136,000) in the last five years.

Agreement between school boards and superintendents over achievement goals, an emphasis on the lowest - performing students, and the adoption of districtwide curricula are among the most successful strategies being used in four urban school districts, concludes a report released last week.

Generating knowledge of academic language among urban middle school students.

All of these things allow for a sense of identification and belonging with others at Urban Prep, fostering a strong community among students and teachers.

That sentiment is strongest among citizens in urban areas, where student dropout rates often exceed 40 percent.

The lack of progress, particularly among African Americans and Latinos, drives Ottaway to continue being a advocate for and provide scholarships to minority students and urban schools.

Across the Asia Society's ISSN network, which predominantly serves students from economically disadvantaged, high - minority, and urban backgrounds, approximately 92 percent of students graduate from high school on time, and among those, more than 90 percent go on to college (Wiley, 2012).

When Wheeler began researching grammar issues in urban classrooms, she noticed similar problems with subject - verb agreement, possessives, plurality, and double negatives among African American students from third grade to community college.

Serving in that role through 2005 exposed Bersin to the interaction among administrators, teachers, and students as well as to the theory, policy, and practice of urban public education.

The gap between Catholic - school students and public - school students was largest among urban minority children.

The push for rural consolidation is all the stranger given the movement in urban areas toward smaller schools, including charter schools, so that classroom sizes are smaller and there is more accountability among students, parents, and administrators.

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

«The Urban Scholars seminars have been among the most valuable and inspiring times I've had at HGSE, in large part because of the connections to faculty and to other students they've given me.»

The Cheche Konnen Center does research on improving science learning in urban communities, particularly among ethnically and linguistically diverse students.

Started in 2002, the Broad Prize is an annual award that honors the country's urban school districts that are making the greatest improvements in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among ethnic groups and between high - and low - income students.

Although not without exceptions, the evidence generally indicates that more stringent graduation requirements reduced high school graduation rates among vulnerable groups, specifically low - achieving students (including those with learning disabilities), students of color, and urban low - income students.

According to research sponsored by the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), they include (1) feelings of safety among staff and students; (2) supportive relationships within the school; (3) engagement and empowerment of students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, 2006).

A similar pattern was seen among Latino and white students, particularly in urban districts with charter schools.

The nation's public schools can dramatically raise academic achievement among struggling students over the next two decades with a coordinated strategy that puts greater emphasis on accountability, urban schools, and early - childhood education, argues a report released here last week.

The study noted that urban areas like Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, and Nashville «appear to provide their students with strong enough annual growth in both math and reading that continuous enrollment in an average charter school can erase the typical deficit seen among students in their region.»

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

Compared to all U.S. high schools, participating STHS schools tend to have greater representation among schools with more low income students, more minority enrollments, and more urban locales.

Among these similarities are that both case studies (a) span a four - day lesson sequence, (b) were filmed in urban classrooms, (c) involve lessons that actively engage students in doing mathematics and explaining their thinking, (d) allow the viewer to hear the reflections of the teacher voiced before and after the lessons, and (e) were created by some of the same developers.

Here's a quick quiz: Which big urban school district's students posted the fastest academic progress from third to eighth grade among the 100 largest districts in the U.S.?

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

Attracting new students is an urgent priority for the nation's Catholic schools, which have suffered a steady enrollment decline in recent decades due to changing urban demographics and a declining church population, among other factors.

The Role of Moral and Performance Character Strengths in Predicting Achievement and Conduct among Urban Middle School Students In Press, Teachers College Record

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

It is also important to note that these challenges are more prevalent in urban, high - poverty schools and among African American and Latino students and students with disabilities.

Houston was recognized for its students» academic achievement gains, its ability to increase the district graduation rate faster than any other urban district in the running for the prize, and its progress in narrowing the achievement gaps for low - income and Hispanic students and improving students» college - readiness, among other achievements.

Cosner is among the college's most demanding instructors and succeeds in demonstrating to students the importance of what they are learning, said Steve Tozer, professor of educational policy studies and director of the UIC Center for Urban Education Leadership.

Geier and colleagues (2008) demonstrated that a project - based approach improved science content knowledge and science process skills among urban middle school students.

Among the 12 urban districts, LA Unified ranked seventh in its percentage of students who were proficient in math, according to a district analysis.

In English, LA Unified ranks sixth among the 12 urban districts when it comes to students who were proficient, according to the analysis.

The role of moral and performance character strengths in predicting achievement and conduct among urban middle school students.

This article examines the extent to which indicators of the college - going climate of urban high schools are associated with students» application to, enrollment in, and choice among four - year

We must rethink teacher education so that it focuses on preparing teachers to work with enthusiasm, competence, and caring among the students in our urban schools.

Fourth - grade students recorded the highest gain — four points — among 21 urban school systems since 2011; fourth - graders also scored higher in math, and eighth - graders scored higher in reading.

Thirty years after being labeled the worst school district in the nation and after two decades of fiscal crisis, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) welcomed more than 381,000 students back to class last month as a leader among the nation's urban school districts.

They examined a variety of factors, such as student gender, age, health, socioeconomic status, education of parents, whether the school was urban or suburban, the number of years of experience among teachers, the school's average test performance and the rate of free - or reduced - price lunch program participation.

The relationship of school belonging and friends» values to academic motivation among urban adolescent students.

In 2014, Impact Academy was the subject of an important study conducted by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE); among other things, this study found that Impact Academy is an exemplar of student - centered teaching and learning in an urban environment.

Charter schools and voucher programs improve a student's chances of graduating from high school and enrolling in college, with the greatest benefits concentrated among urban minority students.

The Broad Prize for Urban Education and The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools were created to recognize the public school systems that show the greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low - income students and students of color.

Ten urban districts in California — including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest — collectively called CORE (California Office to Reform Education) districts, have designed a system to make schools answerable for improving students» social and emotional skills by using data from student, parent, and teacher surveys, among other factors, to assess whether students are improving in these areas.