Sentences with phrase «at traditional»

In February 2014, CCSA released a report on Oakland public charter middle and high schools which shows that while the graduation rate at traditional district high schools has remained at 50 %, the average graduation rate at charter schools has increased to 68 %.

If you want to get a better sense of the shoddiness of the arguments of opponents of school discipline reform, especially when it comes to the Department of Education's guidance on reducing the overuse of harsh school discipline, simply look at the traditional districts represented in Congress by Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who this morning, complained that the four - year - old Dear Colleague letter made school leaders «afraid» to discipline children in their care.

Ratliff pointed out that many principals at traditional district schools have great programs that no one hears about, and the district should be better at promoting those programs.

Bond projects include classroom technology, safety and security upgrades, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades, new / renovated facilities for College, Career and Technical Education, temporary classrooms replaced by permanent classrooms, air conditioning, ADA improvements to athletic facilities, turf fields, and other capital improvements at traditional and charter schools throughout the district.

If a student needs a unique class that can not be delivered at our site such as band, choir, or automotive, they have the option to take a course at our traditional high schools: East, West, and Highland High Schools.

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.

Education choice allows tax dollars to follow students to the schools or services that best meet their needs, and parents have the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Pointing to an incident at P.S. 194, a traditional district school in the Harlem section of the Big Apple, where three children forced a third - grade schoolmate to perform a sexual offense — as well as the fact that one of her schools, Success Academy Harlem 5, had only one incident of reported violence compared to 92 at the traditional district school with which it shares space — Moskowitz also declares that suspensions are critical to helping teachers gain the support they need to manage their classrooms.

They deserve to have a performance area and a multipurpose room, especially because that's what the other children at traditional schools get.»

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.

Numerous studies have shown that students at magnet schools perform better than their peers at traditional schools.

Education choice policies empower parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Exacerbating these challenges, recent factors have chipped away at the traditional satisfactions of teaching — working with kids and teaching content to students.

Elijah Watkins enrolled at KIPP Sankofa after encountering a series of disciplinary problems at a traditional city school.

And although charter administrators generally say that they rarely, if ever, expel students, staff at traditional schools say they periodically receive troubled students who have been counseled out of charters.

The following year, however, the city's Independent Budget Office released another report that overturned the previous report's findings, indicating that children with disabilities stayed at charter schools at a slightly higher rate than they did at traditional public schools.

Boston's Charter Schools Show Significant Gains — Boston charter school students outperformed their counterparts at traditional public schools and at charter schools in other urban areas by a striking margin over a recent six - year span, a Stanford University study found.

She said there were not enough charter schools in New York State to compare the performance of charter school students here to the performance of students at traditional public schools.

It was a measure put in place several years ago, amid concerns that too many new charter schools in any one district would lead to declining enrollment and reduced funding at traditional public schools.

Our work isn't done until every parent in Mississippi has a range of high - quality education options and the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

«Most of the charter schools have populations that aren't being served at traditional schools,» said Irene Oliver - Lewis, founder of Alma d'arte Charter School in Las Cruces.

So when the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's second - largest teachers» union, published a study in August 2004 that found students at charter schools performing worse than their peers at traditional public schools, more than a few hopes were dashed.

As educators try to improve performance of students at traditional public schools, charter schools are springing up as a popular, if patchy, fix.

In the first broad attempts to analyze the performance of Hawaii's charter schools, the state Department of Education and the Hawaii's Educational Policy Center have found that charter - school students are doing as well as or better than students at traditional public schools on the state's proficiency tests.

We try to catch the students who have fallen through the cracks at traditional schools.

It's true that the growth of charters has reduced enrollment at some traditional public schools in places like Detroit and Washington, D.C..

The One Newark plan, which took effect in September, essentially erased school boundaries by allowing students to win seats at traditional schools or charters through a single lottery, similar to those in the District and New Orleans.

CAVA students» performance on standardized tests was also significantly lower than at their traditional public school counter parts.

Legislation advancing education choice tears down barriers and empowers parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

While some people thrive on the independence and freedom offered through such classes, others find themselves regretting their decision and wishing they had enrolled at a traditional school instead.

The Hawaii's findings also run counter to a national comparison by the American Federation of Teachers that found that charter - school students were performing below students at traditional schools.

Women were also more likely to enroll in college afterward, but the difference between their counterparts at traditional high schools was only 6 percentage points.

It's a figure that also stands out because D.C. charter school students consistently score higher on tests than those at traditional public schools in the capital.

All of our support service offerings have been created and tested by our leadership team, each of whom brings more than 20 years of classroom and administrative experience at traditional, alternative, and charter systems.

It found that, because they got a voucher, parents «were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent - teacher organizations, and other education groups» than parents of students at traditional district schools with a similar demographic profile.

is unique in that students take twice as many math and science credits as required at traditional public schools, and commit to both an extended school day and summer classes which facilitate a 32 - credit curriculum.

Such charges would be more appropriate if they were leveled at traditional public schools where students in residential boundaries are forced to attend segregated schools.

Recent large - scale research at Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) also finds that KIPP teaching is highly effective, with individual students learning far more than their statistical «twins» at traditional public schools.

Graham's article includes quotes from professors at traditional ed schools who are critical of the idea of training teachers to focus on practical challenges of teaching rather than being able to grow over time by drawing on theories to reflect on how to teach.

Pilot teachers have characteristics between those of teachers working at traditional BPS schools and charter schools, as can be seen in columns 3 and 8 of Table 1.

Girls are over-represented at charter schools and, to a lesser extent, at pilot schools; this is particularly striking at the high school level, where 60 % of charter school students are female, compared to 52 % at the pilot schools and 50 % at traditional schools.

That, in turn, can drive down test scores and enrollment at traditional public schools.

Martin West, a professor of education at Harvard, states that «weaker scores among voucher recipients may be a result of the fact that public school performance is improving, particularly in the District, where math and reading scores at traditional public and public charter schools have increased quickly over the past decade.»

Finally, no matter how successful charters may be, they undeniably make life uncomfortable for some people at traditional schools.

At the middle school level, pilot school students have somewhat lower baseline scores than students at traditional schools, while the baseline scores of charter students are higher than those of students in traditional BPS schools.

Icahn's money would go exclusively to pay for buildings, and there would be less money spent on each student than at traditional public schools.

The racial and ethnic composition of the student bodies attending pilot elementary and middle schools is similar to that at traditional BPS schools: around 45 % black and 30 % Hispanic.

Roughly 85 % of students at traditional Boston schools are poor enough to qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch.

Truth: Earning a degree online is as challenging as doing it at traditional colleges or universities.

We do that plenty at traditional conferences.