Not exact matches
The reason so many companies were able to get away with violating the law (because it really was so clear that Connecticut employment lawyer, Daniel Schwartz, described the ruling
as «far from shocking,» on Twitter) was because interns didn't want to complain because they were afraid they wouldn't get any internships, which then
lowers their chance of getting a real job upon
graduation.
Even
as you have done away with the recreational - education and physical - education majors in which football players were often stashed, an enhanced academic support system has helped the team's
graduation rate climb steadily, topping out in the respectable
low 70's the last time the NCAA checked.
Mayoral control is commonly proposed
as a solution for failing school districts like Syracuse's, which faces
low graduation rates and test scores.
Since its implementation, the City has seen improved school outcomes in
graduation and attendance
as well
as a continued commitment to identify and improve
low performing institutions.
After
graduation, Zea shifted focus; honing in almost exclusively on filmed work, she appeared in innumerable student and
low - budget productions, and partially supported herself with work on television commercials, promoting such brands
as Lucky Strike, Dove, Hellman's, and Snickers.
But only when data is tied to action do we see increases in student achievement and high school
graduation rates,
as well
as more dollars and resources directed to
low - performing schools.
A current study of 10 Linked Learning programs in California, for example, has so far found that students in these programs have dramatically
lower dropout rates and slightly higher
graduation rates, than the state
as a whole, and are more likely to graduate with the courses required for admission to California's public universities.
Differences between
low - and high - income children in reading and math achievement are much larger now than they were several decades ago,
as are differences in college
graduation rates.
With Yoni Ki Baat, we gave space to stories often seen
as taboo within South Asian culture; Blasian Narratives brought a multi-racial perspective; and the Pan-Asian
graduation allowed Asian students who are first - generation college students from
low - income backgrounds a place to have their accomplishments acknowledged and affirmed.
Their colleges also have a higher proportion of
low - income students,
as well
as a substantially
lower six - year
graduation rate.
Under the NCLB - era accountability regimes in many states, practically every school serving lots of
low - income students was eventually designated
as failing («needs improvement») because the dominant measures of school performance at the time — especially proficiency and
graduation rates — are strongly correlated with prior achievement and student demographics.
«One theory for
low high - school completion rates is that failures in early courses, such
as algebra, interfere with subsequent course work, placing students on a path that makes
graduation quite difficult,» write authors Kalena Cortes, Joshua Goodman, and Takako Nomi in the article, «A Double Dose of Algebra,» which will appear in the Winter 2013 issue of Education Next and is now available online at www.educationnext.org.
o To keep costs
low, the system must rely primarily on existing data (such
as student achievement, grade retention, attendance,
graduation, college going and student log files from educational software providers).
As examples, he points to Rocketship, a group of schools in California serving
low - income students that credits their high achievement in part to a daily two - hour computer lab; Carpe Diem, a top math performer in Arizona; and Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, a Cincinnati school that converted to a technology focus and saw its
graduation rate soar from 21 percent to more than 95 percent.
The last few years have brought long - overdue attention to the needs of high - achieving,
low - income students,
as well
as new initiatives to ensure that they have opportunities to take rigorous coursework in high school and apply to selective colleges upon
graduation.
Moreover,
graduation rates in the district are strikingly
low,
as is student performance on standardized tests.
As a result, educators channeled increasing numbers of students into undemanding, nonacademic courses, while
lowering standards in the academic courses that were required for
graduation.
As an example, some states show that in the past six years
graduation rates for secondary students has dramatically risen from 68 % to 81 % [ii] due to Student Success programs, but the questions that rarely get asked are, do these numbers truly reflect a students» intellect, insight, understanding, values and citizenship, or is it that higher standards with
lower expectations has equated to this phenomenon that claims that «Failure is not an option»?
African American and Latino students,
as well
as children and youths from
low - income families, have been particularly hard hit, according to the unanimous court ruling, which pointed to dismal test scores and
graduation rates
as evidence of the impact of insufficient funding.
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.
Because so many students are not meeting expectations, the board will have to decide whether to allow a
lower level of achievement to serve
as a «passing grade» in the coming years, when the tests become a
graduation requirement.
States must identify schools
as «priority schools» if they are among the 5 percent
lowest performing schools in the state or if their
graduation rates are below 60 percent.
One theory for these
low high - school completion rates is that failures in early courses, such
as algebra, interfere with subsequent course work, placing students on a path that makes
graduation quite difficult.
The report illustrates how
as a result of this movement, ELLs — who experience some of the
lowest graduation rates in the city — are left with fewer and fewer options or are simply left behind....
The 75 percent threshold used in the 2017 rankings is still
lower than the national average
graduation rate
as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics, which was 83 percent in 2014 - 2015.
Although the study identifies 16 states with
low graduation rates, it singles out Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico and South Carolina
as coming under the Statewide Crisis Category.
These schools generally enroll students from very poor families, have hard - working but dispirited teachers, have safety problems, and
as a result, have had unacceptably
low test scores and
graduation rates for years.
The
graduation rate for students with special needs varies greatly from
as low as 1.2 percent to
as high
as... READ MORE
But, because the district countered those demographic shifts with a strong, data - driven plan, it also saw positive changes in that time, such
as an improvement in its
graduation rate, higher levels of parent involvement, and more
low - income students enrolling in Advanced Placement courses.
(Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools, in basic terms, will be defined
as the
lowest 5 % of Title I schools or high schools with
graduation rates less than 67 % not already in the
lowest 5 %.)
From the embarrassment of approving abysmally
low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such
as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their
graduation rate calculations (and minimize
graduation rates
as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers
as well
as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.
They see
low graduation rates among boys of color
as a wakeup call for improving school climates for all students,» said Ama Nyamekye, the Executive Director of E4E - LA and former educator who worked in both public schools and prisons.
Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars
as determined by school performance (very
low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness,
graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.
Some schools thought of
as high or
low performers in the past based on test scores could have ratings that show the opposite because of other factors being used in the ratings, including test score growth over time, readiness for
graduation and progress on closing achievement gaps between student groups.
KIPP encourages students, especially students of color, to consider colleges» four - and six - year
graduation rates,
as well
as underrepresented, first - generation, and
low - income student enrollment.
Many of these charters have terrible
graduation rates — some
as low as zero percent.
As schools struggle to raise high school graduation rates and close the persistent achievement gap for minority and low - income students, many educators tout digital technology in the classroom as a way forwar
As schools struggle to raise high school
graduation rates and close the persistent achievement gap for minority and
low - income students, many educators tout digital technology in the classroom
as a way forwar
as a way forward.
Excerpt from Executive Summary: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program was established in response to growing national concerns about students too often lost and alienated in large, impersonal high schools,
as well
as concerns about school safety and
low levels of achievement and
graduation for many students.
The report, while focused mostly on Florida, suggests schools all over the country (again, possibly in TN) may be pushing
low - performing students, many of whom are black, into «alternative schools,»
as a way of preventing their
low test scores and
graduation rates from dragging down the average.
«Our goal is to turn around the 5,000
lowest - performing schools over the next five years,
as part of our overall strategy for dramatically reducing the dropout rate, improving high school
graduation rates and increasing the number of students who graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace,» said Arne Duncan, the administration's new secretary of education in August of that year.
The actual
graduation rate could be even
lower as there are several other requirements to graduate.
In places like Cambridge, Massachusetts, which uses choice to achieve economic diversity in its schools,
graduation rates for
low - income, Black and Hispanic students are
as much
as 20 percentage points higher than for comparable groups in nearby Boston.
Most have very
low high school
graduation rates compared with school systems outside of the cities —
as much
as a 50 percent difference.
At the same time, there are still citizens — especially dual - income households without children who tend to populate cities,
as well
as those concerned with other issues — for which education policy doesn't weigh in
as a deciding factor largely because they see little concrete connection between
low graduation rates and the levels of crime in their communities.
The bill, known
as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, would also make more money and regulatory flexibility available to for - profit colleges, many of which have been cited for high costs,
low graduation rates and a history of taking advantage of
low - income students and military veterans.
It should come
as no surprise that urban districts tend to have
lower graduation rates than suburban ones.
«
As the number of
low - grad - rate schools grows in some states, it is necessary to take a closer look at when and where these schools are part of the solution or a wrong turn on the path to 90 percent
graduation rates for all students,» added Jennifer DePaoli, senior education advisor at Civic Enterprises and the report's lead author.
ESSA defines a
low -
graduation - rate school
as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has a
graduation rate of 67 percent or below.
Still, the authors note the overall
graduation rate is
low, and there is significant variation within HBCUs
as well.
Seven percent of these schools are classified
as low -
graduation - rate schools.