Sentences with phrase «concerned about graduation rates»
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.