Sentences with phrase «at nearby district»

The Spending Blind report also underscored the CREDO findings: The education offered at three fourths of the charters was worse than that provided at nearby district schools.

It also appears that charter schools may have small, negative effects on absenteeism at nearby district schools.

The opening of a charter school leads to small reductions in enrollment at nearby district schools, but does not change the percentage of students from underrepresented minority groups, special education students, or LEP students.

We found that attrition and replacement patterns could not explain most of KIPP's positive effects on student achievement, because (a) early attrition patterns at KIPP schools are similar to those at nearby district middle schools; and (b) KIPP schools have large achievement effects in the first year of students» enrollment, before replacement patterns could have any effects.

WNYC public radio recently conducted a comprehensive analysis of student attrition at New York City charter schools and found that attrition rates are generally lower at charters than at nearby district schools.

These disadvantaged populations have high rates of educational mobility, but rates of exit from KIPP schools are typically no higher than rates at nearby district schools.

Seizing their moment, United Teachers of Richmond (UTR) proposed a watershed raise of 14 % that would help ensure that WCCUSD can effectively compete with salaries offered at nearby districts.

Not exact matches

A suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of al - Shaab killed 38 people and wounded over 70, while a car bomb in nearby Shi'ite Sadr City left at least 19 more dead and 17 wounded.

Today, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled an Alabama law requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional.

Located at 485 Brickell Avenue, Viceroy Miami is nearby attractions, cultural institutions and South Florida's popular neighborhoods including the Wynwood Art District and South Beach.

The hotel is conveniently situated at the heart of L.A.'s vibrant cultural district with attractions such as L.A. Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dodger Stadium and the Museum of Contemporary Art nearby.

ST. CHARLES — The St. Charles Park District Board is studying a plan to outlaw fishing at one of its parks after a group of nearby homeowners complained that fishers using the pond are invading their privacy and acting unruly.

District 15, meanwhile, has a junior high school nearby — Plum Grove Junior High, at 2600 Plum Grove Rd.

Opponents have claimed the proposed gas station is a health concern for nearby residents and children attending programming at Butterfield Park District in an unincorporated area near Lombard.

Currently, the only Park District facility open to in - line hockey is a modified tennis court at nearby Mead Park on the village's east side.

Besides two new marinas built at fair expense, a draft copy of the agreement shows, the district would get improved parking lots at Soldier Field, a 12 percent share of the «gate «at fair events held there, and good - as - new restoration of Burnham Harbor boat facilities and nearby beaches.

A park district official at the time donated a bear, and nearby residents began donating ducklings and other small animals.

The park district and the village are involved in a suit, filed in summer 1989, over the use of lights at a nearby driving range.

For at least 40 years, the only outdoor play area for the school's recess and physical education classes has been the blacktop space, making Irving the only school in the district with no open green space nearby, said Oak Park District 97 Board President Bodistrict with no open green space nearby, said Oak Park District 97 Board President BoDistrict 97 Board President Bob Spatz.

Last month, a group of dog owners from surrounding areas called the fees excessive, considering the Glen Ellyn Park District charges district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park officials had never charged dog owners any fees to use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until District charges district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park officials had never charged dog owners any fees to use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park officials had never charged dog owners any fees to use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until October.

Already science students at nearby Deerfield High School are keeping tabs on water quality by testing it monthly, and the Highland Park Park District is working on an educational program for the slough.

The Chicago Park District tests the water every morning at every beach, meaning one could be closed while a nearby spot could have acceptable water quality.

Still, increased traffic, how storm water would be diverted, the impact of the Park District facility on nearby property values and whether residents want a new recreational facility at all were some of the concerns expressed by residents.

Park District officials planned to discuss the future skate park with nearby residents at a public meeting June 23.

Naperville Park District officials met Wednesday night with teen skaters, parents and other residents to outline three possible locations at the Garden Plots and nearby Knoch Park that would keep the proposed skate park near the city's downtown.

Now, a group of West Side activists is demanding that the Chicago Park District take better care of the baseball diamonds at Columbus Park, located off of Central Avenue and the Eisenhower Expressway, as well as nearby Garfield Park.

On June 20, early in the morning, vandals were able to start up a piece of heavy equipment at a nearby construction site and use it to knock over the statue and its granite pedestal, Park District spokesman Julian Green said.

In Hempstead, while most of the students at The Academy Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from nearby systems as well.

Sheehan said she has also discussed the possibility of a multi-modal transportation center at the nearby Greyhound bus building with Carm Basile, CEO of the Capital District Transportation Authority.

Protesters will convene at the spot in Tompkinsville where Garner was placed in a fatal police chokehold and march to the Staten Island District Attorney's office, before rallying nearby.

At the same time, the former Assembly speaker was being sentenced, lawmakers introduced guests invited onto the floor, officially seated the assemblywoman who will represent Silver's former Lower Manhattan district and dashed out for snacks in a nearby room just a few steps from his old Capitol suite.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — The city has made a final decision not to expand Millennium High School into nearby space at 26 Broadway, Department of Education officials said last week.

Hamilton, who served as the district leader in the nearby 43rd Assembly District for nearly a decade, picked up support from the service employees union Local 32BJ and Adams himself, who left the Senate seat at the beginning of tdistrict leader in the nearby 43rd Assembly District for nearly a decade, picked up support from the service employees union Local 32BJ and Adams himself, who left the Senate seat at the beginning of tDistrict for nearly a decade, picked up support from the service employees union Local 32BJ and Adams himself, who left the Senate seat at the beginning of the year.

Basta and his team from the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University, along with Lakhwinder Hundal and Kuldip Kumar from the Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), decided to manufacture their own soil with help from the nearby wastewater treatment plant.

Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parendistrict: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parenDistrict of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.

District leaders are hoping that Monday - night bingo games, held at the nearby Harrodsburg Bingo Center, will alleviate some of the pinch.

Dodge suggested that teachers who would rather work with some guidance attend workshops or courses offered at nearby colleges of education or district offices.

Critics at the nearby Roaring Fork School District, who had long opposed the charter school's existence, had complained publicly that Ross Montessori didn't serve its share of Latino students.

To support the latter group, Curry arranged an after - school meeting between its four students and a water - district biologist at nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

At the Bullitt County district's expense, the child had attended a school in nearby Jefferson County where the oral - communication method was used.

She has helped, for instance, mend misconceptions about career and technical education by convening the district's secondary - math teachers with peers at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology — a technical high school serving Bellefonte and two other nearby districts.

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.

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.

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.

She found that student performance is better in areas with competing multiple districts, where parents at the same income level can move — at the margin — from one locality to another nearby, in search of a better education for their children.

About a third of the eligible students in the district's boundaries attend the charter; the others are at neighboring districts or other nearby charter schools.

Having taught under the principal previously, the special education teacher moved from a nearby district when she learned of an opening at Emerald, just to work with the principal again.

Their report found that, on average, charter school students in New York City tend to stay at their schools at a higher rate than do students at nearby traditional district schools.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

Boasberg said the district has used the SIG dollars allocated for Montbello and for nearby Noel Middle School to launch several smaller school programs, growing them one grade at a time, and to fund a school year that's longer by three weeks and a school day that's extended by an hour in the FNE schools.