Sentences with phrase «certain urban students»

It basically results in a charter movement that is designed to serve certain urban students with no - excuses - type schools.

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Not only did the district, the largest in the country, take on a student population that had come to symbolize the impossibility of educating a certain kind of child — the urban poor who entered high school two and three grades behind — but it succeeded in getting those students to graduation.

Aspire is also one of the highest - performing public school systems in California, operating public charter schools across the state with one specific goal - preparing urban students for college - encapsulated by its motto of «College for Certain.»

The same old story emerges in how certain education reformers paint pictures of corrupt, black school boards in urban districts that teach out - of - control students.

In the summer of 2014, UChicago Impact, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Academy for Urban School Leadership, and the Lefkofsky Family Foundation teamed up to launch the Success Project, an initiative designed to support certain Chicago Public Schools in preparing more middle grades students for high school.

The previous spring, I'd sought out diverse candidates who reflected the demographics of our students, as Concepcion (a pseudonym) did, and was certain that her commitment, content knowledge, and passion for urban education would serve our students well.