Sentences with phrase «attending magnet schools»

And what will happen to the thousands of Connecticut children who are attending magnet schools when those schools run out of money part way through the year.

That implies that two - thirds of the 9 percent of all students said by parents to be attending a chosen district school are attending magnet schools.

We tried to keep an open mind about school, but when we attended a magnet school fair last year, we realized that the current climate in the schools that were available to us was completely incompatible with our values.

About 39 percent of WCPSS students attended magnet schools between 2000 and 2006.

The data do not allow for a clear explanation for striking gains in science from attending a magnet school but not in other subjects.

Only 85 attend the magnet school at Ryan, compared to 557 in - zone students who attend Cullen, according to the latest district demographic report.

Many of those children, along with others from around Connecticut, will soon learn the awful truth that the failure to adequately fund Connecticut's magnet schools means they won't be attending a magnet school in September.

These parents followed the rules; they got their applications in on time, and yet have heard nothing about whether their children will be able to attend a magnet school in September.

Combined with the fact that not all minority students can attend magnet schools and have access to these resources, a system of inequality in continued with many minority students being denied access to the resources these schools offer.

Because she attends a magnet school for gifted adolescents, scores at the 99th percentile on achievement tests, has an IQ that indicates superior intelligence, is highly creative, and has extraordinary writing ability.

Not exact matches

They create schools for their «intelligent» children to attend, they pay for test preparation programs and tutors, they spend countless hours volunteering in their children's schools, they raise extraordinary amounts of money for these schools, and they call on their vast network of friends and relatives to get their children into preschools and magnet schools and universities.

He supports charter schools, school choice within a district, and «money follows the child,» a program in which students who attend magnet or charter schools bring education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Writing started for me in high school when I attended a magnet program for writing.

The expansion of charter and magnet schools, along with private school options, does provide some opportunities for children in high - poverty areas to attend schools that are more mixed in terms of class and income.

First, there is of course great need to understand how effective magnet schools are for the students that attend them.

Mason attends Richmond Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, a school that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool in Portland, Oregon, a school that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaschool that, along with Mt. Tabor Middle School and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool and Grant High School, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language leaSchool, houses a fifteen - year - old Japanese language partial - immersion magnet program that researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics have called a model for language learning.

One study looks at students who attended two magnet middle school programs that had an exclusive focus on high - achieving students.

Our analysis compares the performance of students who win the lottery and attend one of the G&T magnet programs to those who lose the lottery and either attend a neighborhood G&T program in the district, a magnet school based on a different specialty, or a charter school.

The lottery process allowed the researchers to compare the performance of students who won the lottery with those who lost the lottery and either attended a neighborhood G&T program, a charter school, or an alternative magnet school.

At that time, any student who attended one of four magnet cluster schools had the option of remaining in his or her neighborhood school; the additional students were recruited from across the district.

It's true that many communities have various «talent search» initiatives, scholarship programs for poor kids to attend elite private schools and top colleges, science fairs, spelling bees, selective magnet schools, and other approaches for ferreting out these diamonds in the rough.

Even within the public sector, there are schools to which students are assigned based on geography and schools they choose to attend (magnet and charter schools, for example).

Folders Help Families Remain in the «Fold» Parents of one Minnesota magnet school participate in a new parent information night in the spring before their children attend.

Since students in Cleveland could choose to attend a private school, a public magnet school, or a charter school, the Court reasoned that the existence of magnet and charter schools should be considered in assessing whether students have a genuine choice among secular and religious schools.

This can be inferred from other surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, which have found that 2011 — 12 enrollments in magnet schools constitute 2.1 million students, slightly more than the 1.8 million students attending charter schools.

If parents are accurately reporting the type of school their child is attending, roughly 6 percent of all students are going to magnet schools.

Most of Chicago's Little League Champs attend magnet or charter schools, reports ABC News http://ow.ly/AMc2L

Following the January 2010 tragic school bus accident on Route 84 in Hartford that killed a Rocky Hill student who was attending one of the CREC magnet schools, the legislature kicked into action.

In January 2010 there was a tragic school bus accident on Route 84 in Hartford that killed a young Rocky Hill student who was attending one of the CREC magnet schools.

Furthermore, students are «Selected» to attend Arts High School and other magnet schools across the state.

About 16 percent of school - aged children attend a public school of choice, which includes magnet and charter schools, and inter-intra-district transfers.

When you add the numbers of students who attend magnet and other criteria - based schools, it is clear that the NAACP is far off the mark.

After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters PrSchool Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Prschool in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.

There is a wide body of research detailing the many advantages of attending racially and socioeconomically diverse magnet schools.

Parents must submit an application for a lottery, listing the district magnet schools they wish their child to attend.

Marilyn's daughter got into a good magnet school close to home, but thanks to lack of transportation and crazy schedules, it was impossible for her to attend.

Electra McGrath, the mother of two children, including one who attends a Clark County magnet middle school, is suing to stop implementation of the destructive voucher program because she believes in helping Clark County schools become better for every child.

Many school districts offer magnet programs in health care or performing arts and other special curriculum that allow students to attend outside their zone when a parent decides it's the best choice.

The bulk of this report focuses on studies that have compared the academic achievement of magnet school students to those attending traditional public schools.

Most function like magnet schools, though, with students choosing to attend or even needing to apply.

Under the agreement, he and other students will have to attend Westinghouse next year before they have equal opportunity to apply to magnets for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

Jacksonians attend public schools of choice, including charter schools and select - admission schools like magnet schools or international baccalaureate schools.

These are the choices families have made — whether our children attend a magnet, traditional, charter or selective enrollment school — everyone wants a safe, quality environment for their child.

If parents or kids are dissatisfied with their default neighborhood school, they can choose another one to attend among many options: magnets, charters, other neighborhood schools, and more.

In 2000, Oil City Elementary School faced collapsing enrollment, a high - risk student population, and a reputation as the place for kids who were not smart enough to attend the nearby academic magnet.

As a stay - at - home mom, she could spend the time and effort it took to research schools and she was willing and able to drive her daughter from their home in Bell to downtown Los Angeles to attend a magnet high school.

Overall, the GAO found that Black students, boys, and students with disabilities were all disproportionately disciplined in the 2013 - 2014 school year (the latest available data) and that disproportionality is widespread and persistent despite the level of school poverty, type of disciplinary action, or type of public school attended (e.g., traditional, magnet, charter, alternative, or special education).

Points are given if a student's neighborhood school is overcrowded, if a student's sibling attends the school, if the student has been wait - listed at another magnet, and a student's race is also considered because of the desegregation mission of magnet schools.

Higher performing schools whether private, public, public Charter, virtual or magnet schools should have opportunities for all families regards of income, race, religion, sexuality or learning ability should be provided the opportunity to attend schools in their community or their school of choice.