Sentences with phrase «concerned about graduation»

Why be so concerned about graduation rates now?

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Sampson said ABC's concerns about the county law extend beyond the graduation rate requirement.

In addition, advisers will review student transcripts and highlight any concerns about progress toward graduation.

At the beginning of the last decade, before concerns about the nation's graduation rate ascended to prominence on the policy agenda, only about two - thirds of U.S. public school students were finishing high school with a regular diploma.

Helping raise the Hispanic college graduation rate is an urgent goal, given the persistently high rate of poverty among Hispanic families, growth of the Hispanic population to account for one in five college - age Americans, and mounting concerns about racial and economic inequality.

Rochester school officials had similar concerns about meeting the needs of struggling students, who face additional state graduation requirements in 2003.

Education leaders and policymakers should be just as concerned about what happens to young people after they exit their schools, I would argue, as they are about what happens to these students before they cross the dais on graduation day.

Some in Montgomery see promise in a newly appointed superintendent and more county funding this year, but there are also concerns about wide gaps in achievement, lagging graduation rates and language barriers.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said he's concerned that the conversation about debt - free college, proposed most notably by Bernie Sanders, hasn't focused enough on graduation rates.

Excerpt from Executive Summary: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program was established in response to growing national concerns about students too often lost and alienated in large, impersonal high schools, as well as concerns about school safety and low levels of achievement and graduation for many students.

E4E joined a coalition expressing deep concerns about waiver implementation, from how graduation rates are factored into accountability systems to how...

Gary Miron, an education professor specializing in evaluation, measurement and research at Western Michigan University's College of Education and Human Development, is concerned about the rate at which many states are adopting online learning programs, or even making participation in these programs a graduation requirement.

In a letter sent to the Education Department today, these groups express deep concerns about waiver implementation, from how graduation rates are factored into state accountability systems to how subgroups of at - risk students are being helped.

Elected board members in Hartford raised concerns about both the test scores and graduation rates with little response from the Superintendent or his successor.

Concerns about over-testing are leading to some changes: Texas lawmakers cut the number of high school end - of - course exams required for graduation from 15 to five.

Among their top concerns are the incorporation of super subgroups within state accountability systems, graduation rate calculations that include students who receive GEDs, and a lack of transparency and clarity about schools» performance.

Also, my unsolicited advice to concerned parents is this: consider speaking with a principal about your district's high school graduation requirements.

Shydae is particularly concerned about the need for more tutors and graduation support for students in her school.

Upon graduation we encourage you to speak with our instructors if you have any concerns about your teens driving.

Recruiters are most interested in the work you've done recently and how that qualifies you for their open position; they're less concerned about your first job position after college graduation.

It is not necessary to include the year of graduation especially if the applicant is older and is concerned about age discrimination.