Sentences with phrase «comprehensive district high schools»

The top public comprehensive district high schools all serve more affluent communities with one notable exception:

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The school district also has been developing a more comprehensive active shooter training program for middle and high school faculty.

Our district is comprised of five elementary schools, two middle schools, and a comprehensive high school in the towns of Niskayuna, Glenville, Clifton Park, and Colonie.

The community moved quickly to address the facilities and programming needs of the new school district, including building a comprehensive high school.

He also points out, correctly, that all that many districts offer these students is a chance to muddle through four years (or more) in a large, comprehensive high school, in hopes of earning a diploma that by no means signals readiness for college or a career.

In the end, the district decided to close down the small schools at Crawford and return it to a comprehensive high school.

I teach science (AP Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) at a large, comprehensive, urban public high school in Los Angeles Unified School Disschool in Los Angeles Unified School DisSchool District.

The 409,000 - student Chicago school district has taken a comprehensive approach to try to remove as many roadblocks as possible from the paths of high school students, through its 5 - year - old department of postsecondary education and student development.

Yes, many will take a course here and there, but the comprehensive high school in most suburban districts and proliferation of small high schools in urban systems will continue to enroll the vast majority of eligible teenagers.

This year's installment of Education Week's annual report features a comprehensive analysis of public high school graduation rates for the nation, the states, and every school district in the country.

Developing a more comprehensive source of information about barriers to attracting good candidates and about ways in which school districts, professional associations, and institutions of higher education can contribute to ensuring that these candidates are prepared and ready to move into leadership positions is an investment that would pay high dividends to our public schools and the children they serve.»

In 2007 and 2008, the research summarized in this article added to this body of work by determining expenditures associated with a variety of services in high schools in three districts: District 1 is a small western district with one comprehensive high school; District 2 is a midsize eastern district with 10 comprehensive high schools; and District 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commDistrict 1 is a small western district with one comprehensive high school; District 2 is a midsize eastern district with 10 comprehensive high schools; and District 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commdistrict with one comprehensive high school; District 2 is a midsize eastern district with 10 comprehensive high schools; and District 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commDistrict 2 is a midsize eastern district with 10 comprehensive high schools; and District 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commdistrict with 10 comprehensive high schools; and District 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commDistrict 3 is a midsize western district with six high schools, each divided into small learning commdistrict with six high schools, each divided into small learning communities.

Grant funds are awarded to help states and local school districts establish high - quality, comprehensive reading instruction for all children in kindergarten through third grade.

Ericka was also President and Chief Operating Officer of the McKenzie Group (now part of American Institutes for Research), a comprehensive education consulting firm with a 20 - year history of providing evaluation and technical assistance services to school districts, institutions of higher education, federal agencies, foundations, and other public and private organizations.

During his tenure in the district, the high school was described by the United States Department of Education as «the most recognized and celebrated school in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school refhigh school was described by the United States Department of Education as «the most recognized and celebrated school in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school rschool was described by the United States Department of Education as «the most recognized and celebrated school in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school rschool in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school refHigh School for being a model of successful school rSchool for being a model of successful school rschool reform.

Delaware also plans to provide districts with resources on comprehensive, high - quality induction and mentoring programs, while Connecticut will increase investment in its current program, providing more mentor - mentee time and improved mentor - mentee matches in high - poverty, high - minority schools.

«A Time for Sight: The Debate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inschool integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inSchool in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

Three years later, his foundation abandoned its small - school initiative, having spent $ 2 billion to persuade districts to replace their comprehensive high schools with schools too small to offer a balanced curriculum.

Developing a comprehensive district choice program that includes expanding the number of high - quality seats through replication and expansion of high - quality charter schools.

As the first large urban school district to introduce a comprehensive accountability system, Chicago provides an exceptional case study of the effects of high - stakes testing - a reform strategy that will become omnipresent as the No Child Left Behind Act is implemented nationwide.

For larger districts operating comprehensive high schools, this level of high - touch support may be a necessary supplement to the states» technical assistance offerings.

The improved rate at Woodson in a low - income neighborhood in Northeast Washington puts the school above the citywide average and just five points shy of the graduation rate for Woodrow Wilson High School, the District's largest comprehensive school, located in an affluent part ofschool above the citywide average and just five points shy of the graduation rate for Woodrow Wilson High School, the District's largest comprehensive school, located in an affluent part ofSchool, the District's largest comprehensive school, located in an affluent part ofschool, located in an affluent part of town.

This required focusing on specific areas of leadership practice separately (e.g., methods of clinical supervision, school - improvement planning, classroom walk - throughs, uses of student performance data), or within comprehensive guidelines or frameworks for leadership practice.240 In one of the higher - performing urban districts in our sample, district officials organized a three - year principaldevelopment program based on Marzano «s balanced leadership program.

Denver Public Schools now prioritizes seating at 20 low - poverty schools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the diSchools now prioritizes seating at 20 low - poverty schools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the dischools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the dischools in the district.

Under the new law, states and districts are required to provide comprehensive support and improvement to: the lowest - performing 5 percent of schools, high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students, and schools in which subgroups perform at the same level as students in the lowest - performing schools despite local interventions.

The top public district high schools are not comprehensive high schools, but «choice» schools which focus on high - achieving students and offer an AP - oriented curriculum.

Acting on the basis of that information, in 1997, seven high schools in the Minneapolis Public School District decided to delay the start time of seven comprehensive high schools to 8:40 a.m. and extend the dismissal time to 3:20 p.m.

This comprehensive support program delivers high - quality, job - embedded coaching as well as customized resources that are tailored to a school or districts» unique needs.

Currently, the school district does not own a parcel large enough to accommodate a new comprehensive high school.

As part of the Everett leadership team, Dr. Byrd led efforts to make Everett Public Schools the first district in Western Washington to have the AP Capstone Diploma program in each of its comprehensive high sSchools the first district in Western Washington to have the AP Capstone Diploma program in each of its comprehensive high schoolsschools.

her discovery is significant, as Austin Independent School District will soon redesign all eleven of its comprehensive high schools.

The district's «portfolio of schools» strategy is to provide a range of schools for students: comprehensive high schools with small learning communities, small free - standing high schools, small schools within a large complex, and charter schools.

She previously served as the Director of the Office of Early Childhood Education in the District of Columbia Public Schools, where she oversaw the operations of programs serving three - and four - year old children in high quality, comprehensive classrooms.

Talent Development Secondary, a comprehensive school reform effort, has emerged after over 20 years of research, applications and practices, well equipped to respond effectively to the needs of schools and districts seeking the strategies, tools, materials, supports and personnel needed to dramatically improve middle and high schools marked by low achievement and low graduation rates.

In the 2013 - 14 school year, RSN Directors will help lead the effort to reach out to the highest - need districts within their CESA and coordinate grant efforts in a comprehensive system of support for these districts.

Our district is comprised of five elementary schools, two middle schools, and a comprehensive high school in the towns of Niskayuna, Glenville, Clifton Park, and Colonie.

They build on multiple comprehensive studies of high - performing schools and districts, including schools with exemplary high - enrollment AP Calculus programs for traditionally underserved students.

The community moved quickly to address the facilities and programming needs of the new school district, including building three new elementary schools and a comprehensive high school to complement the existing Craig and Van Antwerp schools.

The onsite program is housed in one wing of Clover Park High School, one of the district's two comprehensive high schoHigh School, one of the district's two comprehensive high schohigh schools.

The recommendations are a response to proposals that could threaten schools» and districts» ability to provide students with a comprehensive education that prepares them to graduate from high school ready for success in college, careers, and citizenship, and that narrows the definition of such readiness to only the Common Core State Standards.

A year after concentrating her focus on the district's elementary schools, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson is focusing attention this coming year on improving the district's large comprehensive high schools.

TDS» services to schools, districts, and states span the continuum of comprehensive transformation models, to key reform components, to high impact tools and supports.

Built on the same principles that guide schools like Betsy Layne High School and districts like Daviess County, there are also research - based, comprehensive models that provide roadmaps to teacher autonomy, leadership and collaboration.

Oxnard Union High School District educates nearly 17,000 students in seven comprehensive high schools and two alternative schools for the communities located in southwestern Ventura CouHigh School District educates nearly 17,000 students in seven comprehensive high schools and two alternative schools for the communities located in southwestern Ventura Couhigh schools and two alternative schools for the communities located in southwestern Ventura County.

This transparency, in turn, can help reformers and their allies in state houses set high proficiency targets, and in turn, leverage an important tool for holding districts and schools accountable for providing all children with comprehensive college - preparatory content, for evaluating how well teachers and school leaders are doing in helping all students in their care succeed, and for providing all children with the high expectations they need to thrive in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

Second, with the support of district leadership, the generous contribution of Irwin and Peter Zahn of the Moxie Foundation, and ConnectEd, they celebrated the «reopening» of Clairemont High School as a comprehensive Linked Learning Regional Demonstration High School.

Based on financial data collected through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's initiative to build comprehensive educator evaluation systems, Harvard professor Tom Kane estimates that done well, a high quality teacher evaluation system is likely to consume two percent of a school district's budget.

First - year teachers often feel underprepared when they first enter the classroom, and are less likely than more experienced teachers to report being well prepared to implement state or district curriculum.45 As a result, nearly one in seven new teachers leaves the classroom before completing their third year, with most citing classroom management, the burden of curriculum freedom, and unsupportive school environments as their greatest stressors.46 Too often, teachers begin their careers in a sink - or - swim situation, with little to no formal induction or support system and inadequate professional learning.47 By providing new teachers with evidence - based professional learning — including through comprehensive, high - quality induction programs — schools and districts can create a more supportive pathway to success in the classroom.

By implementing comprehensive, holistic systems of regular growth and feedback, states, school districts, and schools can cultivate high - quality, research - based professional learning systems.

Rumors had spread, in the absence of definitive information from the school district, that Strawberry Mansion, as a comprehensive high school, would be closing at the end of this school year.