Sentences with phrase «at district schools»

Of those, 22 found that the performance of students at district schools improved after a school choice law was enacted.

African American students account for 23 percent of students at charters, 17 percent at district schools of choice, 14 percent at assigned - district schools, and 10 percent at private schools.

Second, suppose the amount of the voucher is identical to the revenues per pupil at the district school.

For students at all district schools who ride the bus home will need to be on their bus and in their seats prior to departure time for their school.

I compare the outcomes of students at district schools after a charter school opens nearby to the outcomes of students in the same schools before a charter opened.

This is because those who left early and late entrants at district schools resemble each other — both groups of students tend to be relatively low - achieving.

First, charter schools appear to have modest positive effects, or at the very least, no significant negative effects on student performance at district schools nearby.

Nearly everything done in a charter school has been done at some time at some district school.

The district needed a way to quickly improve quality at district schools and reduce costs to better compete with the growing charter sector, she said.

Requires all charter schools to follow the education law in place for student discipline and suspension at district schools, thus taking away charter autonomy.

I know they are getting a great education every day, and it is such a different experience than I believe they would get at a district school.

Last year, 27 percent of students attending voucher schools passed state reading tests, compared to 26 percent at district schools and just over a third at charter schools.

I also find large and meaningful reductions in the percentage of students at district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of charter school entry.

But what about students at district schools who are not exposed to charter schools?

The Board holds four meetings a year at district schools that coincide with student presentations and certain meetings are held at Niskayuna High School for special events and recognitions.

In 2012, then schools superintendent Cary Matsuoka asked principals at all district schools to come up with redesign plans that would integrate technology; use data to inform instruction; allow flexibility in space, time, and student grouping; and center on student learning.

The hearing shall be conducted at the district school board's election in accordance with one of the following procedures:

About 200 parents, students and teachers rallied Wednesday morning outside Castelar Street Elementary School in Chinatown as part of a «walk - in» calling for lower class sizes at LA Unified, increased staffing and more accountability for Prop. 39, the law that gives charter schools the right to use empty class space at district schools through a process called «co-location.»

In 2016, average attendance at district schools climbed back up to 95 and 96 percent, except at Barrington High School where the attendance rate was 93.6 percent, according to the district.

On Saturday, Turner said, he met with Sinagra to discuss a plan to install a regular police presence at all district schools for the entire week leading up to winter break.

The six Democratic candidates vying to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) vowed to fight overdevelopment and explore a variety of options for alleviating overcrowding at district schools during a debate hosted by TimesLedger Newspapers last week.

It also excludes families and communities who object to what is being taught at the district schools.

Together, this indicates that the positive spillovers of charter schools on nearby students at district schools did not come at the detriment of students across the city.

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During his Democratic primary campaign, Kim said the key issues on which he would focus as councilman would be fighting overdevelopment in northeast Queens, alleviating overcrowded classrooms at district schools and creating relationships between the public and private sectors to make community improvements amid the current economic downturn.

The school offers courses that are not available at district schools, or that do not fit well into a student's schedule, or that a student has to take for a second time.

Meanwhile, parents» perceptions of the seriousness of problems at district schools and charter schools are equally varied.

The net impact on taxpayers, then, is 1) the savings that come from the difference between the voucher and the per - pupil revenue at district schools, for those who would have attended them in the absence of the voucher program, minus 2) the voucher costs for students who would have attended private schools anyway.

Within KIPP schools, students in early grades have lower entering achievement levels, on average, than those in later grades, a pattern that is not evident at district schools.

One mother of two Success students told me that her child never had homework at the district school she attended and that she «had to chase the teachers around to get a meeting.»

Future research should more fully explore these mechanisms, in particular, the finding of increased per - pupil spending, to determine whether these might be explained by smaller class sizes or changes in the composition of the teaching force at district schools.

My analysis finds no spillover effects on students at district schools within a larger, three - mile radius of a charter school.

Rather than sapping resources and putting students at district schools at a disadvantage, the data in New York City show that students do better when charters open nearby.

In math, charter school entry increases performance among all subgroups of students at district schools except Hispanic students and students classified as LEP, who experience no effects; Asian students only experience a significant positive effect in math in district schools located within a half - mile radius.

Although there is no significant difference on any of the individual indicators, the sum of responses indicates that teachers» overall perceptions at a district school improve after a charter school opens nearby.

First, I investigate the possibility that charters choose where to open based on existing performance trends at district schools, such as opening near a school where performance is on the decline.

My analysis finds no significant changes in school demographics at district schools after charter entry that might explain improved student performance (see Figure 3a).

If the online course is completed, state funding for the course goes to FLVS; if taken at a district school, state funding is sent in that direction.

I investigate a number of possible mechanisms by which charter schools might influence students at district schools by examining school - level data and survey results from parents and teachers.

Finally, I provide the first evidence on how charter school entry may be related to changes in teacher perceptions of practices at district schools along five indexes: academic expectations, communication, engagement, school respect and discipline, and school safety.

This year alone, 70 parent centers opened at district schools and 40 more will open before the end of December, said Rowena Lagrosa, senior executive director of parent, community and student services.

Yvette King - Berg, executive director of the Youth Policy Institute that runs the Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter Middle School on the campus of Berendo Middle School, warned that charter programs shouldn't use Prop. 39 to co-locate at a district school and then come in with a bad attitude.