Sentences with phrase «designated priority schools»

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Eighteen of Jefferson County Public Schools are designated as priority ranking since they are among lowest five percent in the state in terms of performance.

About 20 schools are expected to be designated next month as «priority schools» because of rock - bottom reading and math achievement plus other problems, such as weak student growth or high dropout rates.

If funding was available, priority consideration would go to a community where any local school (a) has 50 percent or more students eligible for free and reduced lunches; and (b) has been designated by ADE as being in school improvement.

But while most states Hyslop studied identified fewer schools in need of improvement under the waivers, Indiana actually designated more schools as «focus» and «priority» after appealing to the federal government for flexibility.

Every waiver state had to designate at least five percent of its lowest - performing and slowest - progressing Title I schools as «priority» schools to undergo an intervention designed to turnaround the school.

With competing priorities and new initiatives launched frequently, it can be a challenge for school districts to designate sufficient funding to bring social - emotional learning to their classrooms.