Sentences with phrase «closed schools perform»

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He and his staff did a little internet research to identify the lowest - performing public school closest to their church.

Children who eat breakfast at school — closer to test - taking time — perform better on standardized tests than those who skip breakfast or eat breakfast at home.

The state is expected to reveal this month whether 25 low - performing New York City schools will be taken over or even forced to close.

Mayor Bloomberg is moving ahead with plans to close 33 low - performing schools, but remains optimistic about a deal with the UFT on teacher evaluations.

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«In the past, the city closed low - performing schools and promoted achieving schools,» he said.

«The answer to fix our city's school system is not to close schools that are below par, but to fix those schools and make them perform better,» he said.

Former Olympian and Women's National Basketball Association star Lisa Leslie spoke in favor of charter schools, and hip - hop artist Ashanti performed to close the rally.

During the Bloomberg administration, many low - performing schools were closed and then replaced by smaller schools with new programs, and new staffs.

On Tuesday, during a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News, she delivered some harsh criticism against the Bloomberg administration's effort to close poor - performing schools, saying it had led the city to «warehouse» struggling students in schools where they «don't have a shot» at succeeding.

Even though Foley did not receive the CEA board's endorsement, he «remains committed to real education reform, including addressing the needs of the 100,000 children who are in under - performing schools and closing Connecticut's achievement gap, which remains the worst in the nation,» spokesman Chris Cooper said.

Legislators said the money should be distributed through an «equitable formula» to help low - performing schools close the $ 6 billion gap created during the 2008 financial recession.

And NYCAN Executive Director Christina Grant said, «When we disproportionately place our lowest - performing teachers in front of our neediest students, we are closing the escape hatch that great schools have long provided from poverty and the status quo.

De Blasio also said he supports a moratorium on closing low - performing schools, arguing that more should be done to address their needs before the doors are shut.

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Asked whether his bill would make it harder to close or truncate poorly performing schools, Benjamin said it would simply require the city to make a better case to the community while possibly coming up with a more comprehensive plan that would satisfy local leaders and parents.

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The state committed to adopting the Common Core standards, tying teacher evaluations to test scores, turning around or closing low - performing schools and increasing the number of charter schools, among other things.

School officials in Richardson, Texas, wanted a math program that could lift up low - performing middle schools and close a yawning achievement gap across racial and socioeconomic lines when they asked for help from the city's largest employer, Texas Instruments (TI), in 2004.

And my weekend plans: I have few assignments for my school which must be done and I am thinking about going to a concert of classical music which is performed in a castle pretty close to my town.

When he closed a number of underperforming schools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang viSchools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang violence.

Authorizers need to close more low - performing schools, but they also need to get a heck of a lot smarter about who gets a charter in the first place.

Through its Renaissance 2010 program, the city is methodically closing its lowest - performing schools and then reopening them as charters, contract schools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the dischools and then reopening them as charters, contract schools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the dischools, or Performance Schools, which are highly autonomous but run by the diSchools, which are highly autonomous but run by the district.

This state - controlled body has the authority to take over low - performing schools and their facilities and close them, run them, or hand their operations to someone else.

And any attempt to close under - performing or under - enrolled district schools means quick ousters for reform - oriented superintendents and board members.

This summer, a high - performing KIPP charter school in Annapolis, Maryland, was forced to close because it couldn't find a permanent facility, even though the school district, according to its own study, had 900 empty seats in a nearby, underutilized school.

The 2010 PDK / Gallup poll reported that, when asked whether they preferred to keep a low - performing school in their community open with the existing teachers and principal and provide comprehensive support, to temporarily close the school and reopen it with a new principal or as a charter school, or to shutter the school, 54 percent chose to leave the school open.

Develop a strong core of high - quality schools in the charter sector by working with the best charter authorizers to develop quality benchmarks and close low - performing charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods.

Too few sponsors have proved willing to close low - performing schools.

Half an hour to an hour set aside daily can help students close learning gaps and perform at higher levels during the upcoming school year.

There were no effects of the reforms at first, but they improved quickly as low - performing schools had been closed.

The state uses those ratings to target help and impose sanctions on low - performing or failing schools, including closing down such schools or allowing their students to transfer to higher - performing ones.

But it also unrepentantly underscores the state's big challenges: Massachusetts lags far behind the world's highest - performing nations, many of which are pulling farther ahead; other nations and other U.S. states have shown stronger recent gains; too few Massachusetts high school graduates are prepared for college - level work; and other U.S. states have done a better job of closing the achievement gap.

Admissions preference may be given to children in low - performing schools, or to children who will increase diversity in their new school, or, in less - populated states, to those who live closer to an out - of - district school than to one that is in the district.

Wanting first to determine how many there are and where they are located, we also wondered whether the «exam school» could be a worthy response to the dilemma of how best to develop the talents of our nation's high - performing and high - potential youth in a climate consumed with gap closing and leaving no child behind.

A state judge's threat to close some of North Carolina's lowest - performing high schools is prompting angry reactions among local education leaders, while also spurring state efforts to give the schools promised technical help.

Some of our CMO schools are beginning to close the achievement gap; their students perform better than affluent students who traditionally outperform low - income students by a significant margin.

We found a unique opportunity to study performance - based high - school closures in New York City, which closed 44 low - performing high schools from 2000 to 2014.

They recommended that each state develop a mechanism to «close its lowest performing five percent of schools and replace them with higher - performing, new schools including public charter schools.»

We know that Arne Duncan was a seriel closer in Chicago and he has made no secret of the feds» determination to go after the nation's lowest performing schools.

Although the specific allocation for school improvement grants appears to fall well short of the minimum amount required by federal regulations, other sources of federal funds could more than close the gap, if they were directed to low - performing schools.

The charter schools can be closed if they don't perform well, and their staffs have jobs only as long as the schools survive, but it is not clear whether the same is true of district - run schools.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

at the 2003 research conference of the Australian Council for Educational Research, successful education comes back to «the person who gently closes the classroom door and performs the teaching act — the person... who is alone with students during their 15,000 hours of schooling.»

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

Therefore, technology should be utilised to connect schools and businesses more effectively, allowing schools to identify relevant placements, keep a closer eye on how students are performing, as well as ensuring businesses are receiving students that are motivated and willing to learn about their specific sector.

, which discovered that out of two thousand low - performing schools across ten states, only 10 percent actually closed over a five - year period.

This school - based management strategy is based on the notion that people who are close to students can make better policy decisions to help students perform better and achieve results.

From the start of the Obama administration, Smarick has been emphatic that trying to fix low - performing schools is a waste of money and that the better strategy is to close them down and replace them with charters.

At that time, district administrators closed about 30 mostly low - performing schools and moved the students to other schools.