Sentences with phrase «boosted college graduation rates»

(Charlotte also boosted college graduation rates.)

The findings underscore the national struggle to boost the college graduation rate for low - income students and students of color, who lag behind their wealthier, white peers.

The Jacksonville - based charter school network KIPP is partnering with Florida A&M University to develop programs to try to boost college graduation rates for KIPP alumni from educationally underserved communities.

America urgently needs to elevate the quality of K - 12 schooling and boost college graduation rates, not simply to propel the economic recovery but also because students need stronger skills to compete in a global economy.

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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program changed the lives of young people who came to the United States illegally as children in incredible ways — boosting high school graduation rates and college enrollment, while slashing teen births by a staggering 45 percent.

De Blasio will unveil the new programs during a speech at the Bronx Latin School, where the mayor will announce that he intends to boost graduation rates from 68 percent to 80 percent over the next decade, and get two - thirds of those graduates «truly college - ready» based on Common Core standards.

Ryan says the option of a CTE diploma would boost graduation rates for students who aren't interested in pursuing a four - year college degree and allow them to enter the workforce right out of high school.

Raising student achievement, boosting high school graduation rates and college completion rates, re-envisioning vocational education to equip our kids for twenty - first - century jobs — all of that matters immensely.

That has left unions ill - prepared to respond to current demands on teachers and schools to boost test scores, increase graduation rates, and better prepare students for success in college or on the job.

The reforms seem to have moved the average student up by 0.2 to 0.4 standard deviations and boosted rates of high school graduation and college entry.

Kenneth Grover founded Innovations Early College High School, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to boost the district's graduation rate — its three high schools were losing 10 percent of their students every year.

It's an open question whether we'll make the equivalent policy adjustments in higher education as we did in K - 12: will someone create a «GED for college» or will we start holding colleges accountable for their graduation rates to boost education attainment?

It would also be inappropriate to assume that a high school that boosts student achievement and better prepares its graduates to succeed in college would also raise its own graduation rates.

The nation can begin by improving the reading skills of boys at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and by boosting high school and college graduation rates of young men.

A recent report from the Learning Policy Institute, a research and policy organization in Palo Alto, cites studies that found «that teachers of color boost the academic performance of students of color,» on measures such as improved reading and math scores, graduation rates and greater aspirations to attend college.

And, if districts make reading practice a top priority, graduation rates and college enrollment could, in turn, also see a boost.»

Teachers and administrators at each school will join forces to share professional development and mentoring, including access to ASU faculty, a self - paced digital curriculum for students, and other resources in an effort to boost student achievement, graduation rates and college attendance.

CPS sez: «With a high school graduation rate of only 57 % and 7.9 % of 11th graders testing college ready, our children can not afford to wait another day to get the time they need to boost their achievement.»

With such a long and varied list of potentially serious obstacles and an increasingly tight fiscal environment, we're faced with a difficult policy question: what cost - effective levers can colleges employ for boosting graduation rates?

Today, New Orleans students are closing the achievement gap with their peers, graduation rates have dramatically increased accompanied by major boosts in achievement tests, and students are going on to college.

What's key to this series is learning what works in boosting that college graduation rate — lessons that could be passed along to all schools, not just charters.

Interventions also boosted graduation rates by 20 percentage points — though college - going rates moved little.

These programs are expected to boost the size and quality of Kentucky's workforce since studies show that high school students who participate in dual credit coursework have increased college enrollment and on - time college graduation rates.

Unanswered is whether the Obama policies will boost achievement and graduation rates or better prepare students for colleges and careers.

The truth is that low - income students stand to benefit from free community college in real and measurable ways that will increase their access, boost their persistence, and raise their graduation rates.