Sentences with phrase «as college preparatory schools»

A lot of charter schools advertise themselves as college preparatory schools, and they begin marketing college at the earliest of all levels — kindergarten.

Raising students» skills for high - level work: As a college preparatory school, ACC has high standards for student work; however, the school continues to develop ways to get all students ready for college by graduation.

Not exact matches

We may classify secondary school students for functional purposes into such groups as «practical arts,» «commercial,» «general,» and «college preparatory,» but there is nothing to prevent students from later changing to another group which appears to fit better their abilities and occupational plans.

College sophomores and seniors planning to attend graduate school may qualify for a $ 5,000 bonus upon completion of their preparatory Army officer training, known as ROTC Basic Camp.

As an elementary school for boys, Allen - Stevenson lays out an educational path that is developmentally appropriate, while also preparing its students for rigorous college preparatory secondary schools, both boarding and day.

My high school was certified as «college preparatory.»

The issue is whether or not public schools, as currently constituted, are going to be able to educate all students at a preparatory level for college.

The high school program replaces the standard ninth - and tenth - grade English classes not with English as a Second Language instruction but with a special college - preparatory course taught by the same teacher for two years.

I have been selected as the founding president of a private, faith - based, reduced - tuition college - preparatory high school in Houston called Cristo Rey Houston Jesuit Academy.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

As a college preparatory military boarding school built exclusively for boys, everything we do is designed to help Cadets excel in all facets of life.

The draft also eliminates performance targets, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting underprivileged students, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.»

In the United States as a whole, the enrollment rate for youths in all secondary schools - public high schools, private secular and religious high schools, and the preparatory departments of colleges and universities - soared from 1910 to 1940 (see Figure 2).

Enrollment has increased by over 200 students, scholars consistently perform well above grade level in math and literacy and gain admission to college - preparatory secondary schools, and the school serves as an effective training ground and research site for developing teachers.

Before moving into teacher development, Anne served as principal at two high - performing college preparatory schools in Chicago, CICS Northtown Academy and St. Scholastica Academy.

Most military schools offer extensive college preparatory courses as part of their academic curricula.

As reported yesterday in Dropout Nation, the civil rights collection's data on whether districts are providing comprehensive college - preparatory education to all of its students is flawed because it focuses on proportionality of course participation compared to overall district enrollment; this doesn't fully reveal the extent of how few kids — especially those from poor and minority backgrounds — are not getting the preparation they need to do well in traditional colleges, technical schools, and apprenticeships (and ultimately, in the adult world).

In Los Angeles, the percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework is 4 times as high at charter public schools as it is at traditional district schools.

Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1867, St. Mary's Academy continues as a private Catholic college preparatory co-educational elementary and a middle / high school for young women.

According to a 2014 report (www.ccsa.org/collegereport), in LA, the percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework is 4 times as high at charter public schools as it is at traditional district schools.

Ambika will continue to fight against the disparities that have driven her as an educator, through the high - quality, college - preparatory charter school she will found and lead for the students of San Antonio, Texas.

The school offers college preparatory programs as well as JROTC.

Howland stressed the point that ACC continues to be a college - preparatory school, requiring all students to apply to college as a graduation requirement.

Putting an end to traditional enrollment counts — and only providing districts with dollars based on whether the student is actually attending school — will force districts to look at the underlying reasons why chronic truancy is a problem in the first place, as well as address the issues by providing children with high - quality teaching and strong, college - preparatory curricula.

As Tulsa's original college preparatory public school, KIPP Tulsa opened in 2005 with a simple yet powerful concept: to help kids from educationally underserved communities develop the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in college and beyond.

KIPP WAYS Primary is located in the same facility as KIPP WAYS Academy in West Atlanta, and together the schools on this campus will provide students in the Washington Park, Vine City, and English Avenue neighborhoods with a seamless K - 8 college preparatory experience.

Wayside: REAL Learning Academy is a tuition - free, college - preparatory charter school founded in 2012 as Wayside Schools» second of three elementary sSchools» second of three elementary schoolsschools.

Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as advancing standards and accountability, overhauling teacher quality, expanding school choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school leadership and building robust data systems.

In Oakland, the average percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework at charter public schools is 2 times as high as it is for traditional district schools.

During his tenure as principal, ASLA earned a maximum accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and was awarded by U.S. News and World Report with a prestigious Silver Medal for being a high - performing, college - preparatory high school.

One of our educational philosophies as a proposed college preparatory middle school is the belief that 4th grade is pivotal to ensuring success in later grades.

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

As a high - performing college - preparatory charter school, Excel Academy is committed to providing our students with a top - notch public education.

Through a school support team, the program provides a net of services: two years of intensive college - preparatory English, focusing on writing skills and incorporating Latino literature; intensive college counseling; and a mentor from the community who acts as a guide and role model.

Since its founding, Excel has adopted the identity of being a college - preparatory school — first as a single - site middle school, then as three middle schools, and now as a middle and high school network.

We are guided by the research which has shown that the community organizing approach to school reform has led to successes such as increases in education funding, more equitable distribution of education resources, greater access to college preparatory curriculum, and more effective teacher recruitment and retention in hard - to - staff schools.

The CORE districts also couldn't offer a specific plan for how they would provide comprehensive college - preparatory courses aligned to the standards to poor and minority children in their schools, as well as English Language Learners and children trapped in the nation's special education ghettos.

Meanwhile the tactic of putting all minority kids into super-subgroups ends up being a subterfuge because it hides the performance of kids from different backgrounds; a district can, say, do poorly in providing college preparatory curricula to Native Hawaiian children in its schools and still appear to do fine so long as the achievement gaps between groups don't appear to be so wide.

To help our students prepare for success as global citizens, Brooklyn Prospect High School strives to develop a love of learning by pairing students with excellent teachers in a college preparatory environment using the pillars of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

From 2013 to 2016, she served as a high school principal for the American Creativity Academy Girls» Campus in Kuwait where she supervised all personnel in a college - preparatory International Baccalaureate institution.

Prom - Jackson, Johnson, and Wallace (1987) conducted a study of minority graduates of A Better Chance, Inc. (ABC), a nonprofit educational organization that identifies academically gifted low SES minority students as possible candidates for college preparatory secondary schools.

KIPP Bridge graduates attend rigorous college - preparatory public high schools, like KIPP King Collegiate, and prestigious private schools such as the College Preparatory School, the Athenian School, Bishop O'Dowd, Bentley, and college - preparatory public high schools, like KIPP King Collegiate, and prestigious private schools such as the College Preparatory School, the Athenian School, Bishop O'Dowd, Bentley, and College Preparatory School, the Athenian School, Bishop O'Dowd, Bentley, and others.

The resolution read that, «In New York City, Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School, proposed as a replication of an effective magnet school in Connecticut, will partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem to provide middle - and high - school students with a rigorous, year - round college preparatory curriculum..&School, proposed as a replication of an effective magnet school in Connecticut, will partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem to provide middle - and high - school students with a rigorous, year - round college preparatory curriculum..&school in Connecticut, will partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem to provide middle - and high - school students with a rigorous, year - round college preparatory curriculum..&school students with a rigorous, year - round college preparatory curriculum..»