Sentences with phrase «availability of alternative schools»

Blake examined a number of factors including enrolment numbers, NAPLAN results, location and availability of alternative schools in compiling the list, and insisted that no conclusions were reached on any single factor.

While the availability of alternative schooling options does not guarantee their appeal, the data suggests that Chicagoans have largely bought into school choice.

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Prof Carlos Peres, also from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: «Our analysis shows that the sustainability of protein acquisition in tropical forests is primarily governed by the spatial context of mortality sinks, human population density, and availability of alternative protein.»

With the more cost effective alternatives to enterprise Learning Management System software, such as WordPress web development tools and availability of free resources for setting up an education website, it is becoming easier for local schools and individual tutors to build a great site with minimum investments.

Using their new authority, Bloomberg and Klein «dramatically» expanded the «availability of alternatives» to failing public schools, increasing charters from 14 schools to 159 during Bloomberg's three terms, closing failing schools, and making almost all of the city's high schools «schools of choice» (see Figure 2).

b. Availability of counselors, measured as the percent difference between the percent of alternative schools in the district that had a counselor and the percent of regular schools that did.

How well do schools explain the availability of such alternatives to their students?

The lack of a statistically significant association between racial imbalance scores for any group and the availability of alternatives to traditional public schools is consistent with the hypothesis that charter schools and affordable private schools are not a necessary component of choice - based racial imbalance in public schools.

Because of the wider availability of digital devices, many schools are seeking alternatives to the traditional method of content delivery provided by textbooks.

A number of alternative school models, including cyber charters, are beginning to gain traction as a result of the interest in and availability of online coursework.

Therefore, to advance the shift from evidence to practice, the EdCan Network would like to leverage the 2017 Indigenous «Innovation that Sticks» Dropout Prevention Case Study Research Program to help determine the long - term value of investing in alternative education programs, and explore the reasons why some school districts may hesitate to expand the availability of alternative programs despite their success.

Just as neighborhood schools throughout the country are beginning to close and consolidate in favor of an increasing presence of magnet and charter schools, the steady decline of catholic schools in recent years has also been explained to growing competition from the increasing availability of free alternatives to neighborhood schools.