Sentences with phrase «as a graduation requirement for»

A few years ago, a middle school in rural New York State decided to institute passage presentations as a graduation requirement for 8th graders.

Chicago's Board of Education recently added computer science as a graduation requirement for all public schools in the city, making it a fitting pairing for an Apple event.

Not exact matches

And a residency requirement means after graduation, students must stay in New York state for as many years as they have earned the award.

Restrict the possibility of spending time after graduation on research grants without enrolling into a PhD program; raise the minimum requirement for becoming a tenured researcher from a laurea to a PhD; transfer work load from the 1st and 2nd level degrees to the 3rd, and promote the latter as much as the two former; reserve the doctor title to PhDs.

If the policy, which is part of a package of changes to the state's graduation requirements, is approved, Maryland would be the first state to require service as a condition for graduation.

Yet, increasingly, states are adopting — or considering adopting — civic tests as a requirement for high school graduation.

Although financial education isn't yet a requirement in Michigan, student participation in the credit union program can qualify as the fourth math credit required for high school graduation.

That's the message New York Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills delivered to Empire State educators last week as he unveiled a proposal to toughen the state's requirements for graduation from high school.

«We define community service as volunteering in the community for some form of extrinsic reward, such as fulfilling a graduation requirement or obtaining class credit,» Singleton told Education World.

Third, educators began giving credit toward graduation for such courses as Consumer Math, Refresher Math, and Shop Math, watered - down material that had not previously satisfied a graduation requirement.

The bill required teacher preparation programs to report data on their candidates (and share this information with their university), use higher cut scores on standardized tests for entry, and add portfolio - based assessments as graduation requirements, among other reforms.

As with high - stakes tests for 3rd graders, Americans come out strongly in favor of graduation requirements.

• The boredom of high school students who have completed their requirements for graduation and are coasting as they wait for their diplomas.

Substantial progress has been made in the area of curriculum, where Risk «s recommendations could be fulfilled by rule changes, such as increasing requirements for graduation.

For this year, they will not be used as a high school graduation requirement or in teacher evaluations.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Thus, students from both of those states, arriving as high school seniors in a state with graduation requirements, posed problems for local administrators.

High School Promotion and Graduation Requirements (also available in Spanish) This fact sheet lists criteria for promotion from 9th, 10th, and 11th grades, as well as high school graduation requirements (credits and RegenGraduation Requirements (also available in Spanish) This fact sheet lists criteria for promotion from 9th, 10th, and 11th grades, as well as high school graduation requirements (credits and RegRequirements (also available in Spanish) This fact sheet lists criteria for promotion from 9th, 10th, and 11th grades, as well as high school graduation requirements (credits and Regengraduation requirements (credits and Regrequirements (credits and Regents exams).

Here are Zimmer's comments on the district's online credit recovery program, administered by companies including Edgenuity, which has been scrutinized for its rigor amid the district's recent announcement that its graduation has reached a record 75 percent even as the bar has been raised with the requirement that students pass the A through G, the course criteria established by UC faculty.

The Ethnic Studies Committee, which LA Unified unceremoniously disbanded last year, has been renewed by the district, and members agreed to meet for up to three more years with a goal toward incorporating ethnic studies as a graduation requirement, according to Derrick Chau, director of secondary instruction at LA Unified.

It would have been far better for AB 484 to provide an option for the SBE to delay implementation of full common core tests until common core instruction was implemented, as was done with the CAHSEE authorizing statute in 1999 which called for the CAHSEE graduation requirement starting in 2004 but with an option for delay to 2006.

The Coalition Urges New York State to Convene a Commission to Re-Examine High School Graduation Requirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes eGraduation Requirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakesRequirements In November 2017, the Coalition wrote to Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia supporting a proposal to establish a commission to re-examine New York State's graduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes egraduation requirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakesrequirements and made several recommendations [PDF] for the commission to consider as alternatives to high - stakes exit exams.

Use this as an opportunity to explain the importance of a rigorous curriculum for college readiness and college success to high school graduation and college admissions requirements, types of post-secondary institutions, the cost of college, the types and availability of financial aid.

The report includes what some districts are doing to close the achievement gap for Latino students and cited LA Unified as an example of how using a «culturally inclusive curriculum» by making ethnic studies a graduation requirement helps engage Latino students.

«There is no state in the U.S. that has made the high school graduation requirement the same as a college - readiness requirement,» said David Steiner, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy.

However, most districts are opposed to adopting the A-G as a high school graduation requirement for all students.

Texas's rigorous curriculum requirements as a default curriculum for all students and the role of the post-secondary system in setting high school graduation standards.

- the end of MCAS as a graduation requirement; - the redesign and streamlining of the existing test; - the use of MCAS for diagnostic purposes only; - review of MCAS and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by professional education associations; - an independent review of MCAS for validity and reliability; and - a comprehensive assessment system for schools.

Secured by unique passwords for each student, these systems enable individuals to view upcoming assignments, attendance and discipline records, contact information, completion of graduation requirements, and grade point averages, as well as daily work and scores.

The 1983 Nation at Risk report, which marked the start of the modern era of education reform, did not so much as mention the dropout problem even as it called for higher graduation requirements.

Someone should remind our loquacious governor that he was instrumental in passing legislation that's eerily similar — i.e., inasmuch as CT students can't meet NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress standards, CT will now raise those performance standards by embracing the Common Core, increasing graduation requirements, and eliminating developmental education for entering college freshmen who need extra help.

As states implemented increased course requirements for high school graduation, especially in math and science, the number of students taking classes in these subjects went up by 69 percent and 60 percent, respectively, between 1987 — 88 and 2007 — 08.

eAchieve Academy is ideal for students who want to meet the same graduation requirements as their peers studying at public or private schools in southeastern Wisconsin, but wish to do so with a more flexible schedule.

Most states have adopted one semester of economics in high school as a requirement for graduation.

Inasmuch as some legislators are now calling for «higher student performance» before they will allocate more funding for education, why don't we change graduation requirements so that more Sterling Scholars can emerge?

High schools could make peer tutoring a graduation requirement for all students, perhaps three hours a week for one semester, as part of a community service program.

* Clarifies the timeline for implementing the new graduation rate provisions, as well as the process for how a State that can not meet the deadlines outlined in the final regulations may request, from the Secretary, an extension of time to meet the requirements.

Texas modifies dropout counting procedures to conform to standards of the National Center for Education Statistics, which count as dropouts students enrolled in a GED program, students who meet all graduation requirements but do not pass the state exam and students previously counted as dropouts, among other procedures.

The solution to the problem of students not graduating due to failing the End of Course exams is for the legislature to pass a simple bill waiving the End of Course exams and waiving the Collection of Evidence as a graduation requirement.

Recent internal progress reports obtained by LA School Report show only 54 percent of seniors are currently on track to meet their «A through G» course requirements for graduation, but the reports also show the problem is spread throughout the district, as 55 of its 59 traditional high schools with more than 200 students show a projected graduation rate behind last year's districtwide rate of 74 percent.

The policy solution that has garnered the most momentum to improve civics in recent years is a standard that requires high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship exam before graduation.6 According to this analysis, 17 states have taken this path.7 Yet, critics of a mandatory civics exam argue that the citizenship test does nothing to measure comprehension of the material8 and creates an additional barrier to high school graduation.9 Other states have adopted civics as a requirement for high school graduation, provided teachers with detailed civics curricula, offered community service as a graduation requirement, and increased the availability of Advance Placement (AP) U.S. government classes.10

Board group's agenda: The Florida Coalition of School Board Members» agenda for the 2018 Legislature includes expanding school choice by creating a scholarship for bullied students to attend private schools, using paper and pencil testing through the 8th grade, allowing SAT and ACT scores to be used in place of state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation, and more.

The requirements are essentially the same for high schools, except that states must use graduation rates as their third academic indicator, rather than choosing their own.

For example, many voucher proponents point to other measures of voucher effectiveness, such as increased parent satisfaction.59 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a strong proponent for expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.&raqFor example, many voucher proponents point to other measures of voucher effectiveness, such as increased parent satisfaction.59 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a strong proponent for expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.&raqfor expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.&raqfor example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.»

As Tom Mighell, past Chair of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section said in his 2010 IgniteLaw speech before the 2011 ABA TECHSHOW, No Lawyer Left Behind, most law schools do not provide practice management education, and this omission needs to be rectified by employing practicing lawyers to teach these subjects, making them requirements for graduation, and including a practical component.

My view now is as it was then: all Canadian law schools should require a basic reading knowledge of French as either a requirement for admission or, at a minimum, as a requirement for graduation, and all Canadian law societies should require such knowledge as a requirement to be called to the bar.

Chicago's Board of Education recently added computer science as a high school graduation requirement for all public schools in the city.

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I am excited to apply for this unique opportunity and am writing to explain why I am an excellent candidate for the position.I am currently pursuing my Bachelor of Education and am required to serve as a student teacher for one full year in order to meet the graduation requirements.

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