Sentences with phrase «district graduation programs»
For more information on local public school district graduation programs, contact the school district.
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Past winners have raised money for childhood cancer awareness, created «clothing closets» for students who need everything from formal wear to graduation gowns, and a chef who jumped into school nutrition with both feet, creating school breakfast programs, a school garden, and meet - the - chef events to raise the profile of his district's child nutrition program.
The program has helped boost graduation rates in the city's school district, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said at a budget hearing in Albany.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said graduation rates, once «around 48 percent are now up to 64 percent» in Buffalo's school district since the Say Yes program began in Buffalo.
Last year, the district - wide graduation rate rose above 50 percent for the first time in several years, drop - out rates have been falling and schools days have already been extended through the Say Yes to Education program.
Chicago, Rochester Offer Flexible Graduation Options Two urban school districts — Rochester, New York, and Chicago, Illinois — are launching programs this fall that will allow students to graduate from high school in three, four, or five years.
A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.
(The program substantially enhances high school graduation rates and increases parental satisfaction at lower cost per student than education in the regular public schools of the District of Columbia [iv]-RRB-;
In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rates.
The Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning program in Putnam County Schools in Cookeville, Tenn., has used blended learning to improve the district's graduation rate and help hundreds of students gain college credits while in high school.
More than 80 districts including Newark, Orlando, and Los Angeles, have increased their published graduation rates by at least a percentage point in recent years while sending more students to alternative programs, ProPublica has found.
Inspired by data showing that social and emotional skills like perseverance and empathy can improve academic and overall student success, Washoe County launched a district - wide SEL program in 2012, adopting a mission statement of «Every Child, by Name and Face, to Graduation.»
As an increasing number of schools and school districts adopt online learning as a way to boost graduation rates, address multiple student populations, expand their course catalogs, and personalize learning, understanding the challenges and obstacles that educators face as they introduce new programs is key.
For purposes of determining adequate yearly progress on the indicator set forth at subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, the graduation rate cohort for each public school, school district, and charter school for each school year from 2002 - 03 through 2006 - 2007 shall consist of all members of the school or district high school cohort, as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, for the previous school year plus any students excluded from that cohort solely because they transferred to an approved alternative high school equivalency or high school equivalency preparation program.
Executive Summary In the fall of 1999, Wichita Public Schools launched a dropout - recovery and credit - recovery program, called the Learning Centers, in response to the district's low graduation rate.
In other districts that we have researched, including Horry County, Randolph, Spokane, and Spring City, we found that one or more people involved in the blended learning program are closely connected to evaluations, whether via state assessments, NWEA MAP, end - of - course exams, graduation rates, or other data.
Districts, for their part, need to recognize that the professional development of school leaders is not just a brief moment in time that ends with graduation from a licensing program.
This bill would prevent educators from using PARCC scores, «to determine a student's placement in a gifted and talented program, another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test, any other school or district - level decision that affects students, or as part of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval.»
Tacoma's transition program is among several steps the district is taking to reduce the failure rate and help prepare students for a new statewide graduation requirement, said Tacoma deputy superintendent Ethelda Burke.
Most students come into this program with 100 or fewer credits, in a district that requires 225 credits for graduation.
As part of the Syracuse City School District High School Graduation Initiative we are offering all rising 9th grade students a great opportunity to come and take part in a program that will help you succeed as a high school student.
The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) has been at the forefront in helping urban school districts in their work to close the achievement gap, raise high school graduation rates, provide intervention services to academically struggling students, and create broad - based school programs to support students who live in poverty or other circumstances that create obstacles to learning.
For fifty years, the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) has been at the forefront in helping urban school districts in their work to close the achievement gap, raise high school graduation rates, provide intervention services to academically struggling students, and create broad - based school programs to support students who live in poverty or other circumstances that create serious obstacles to learning.
The program helps districts improve reading, writing, and math instruction and use data systems to identify students who are at - risk of dropping out of school, enabling students to improve their performance, stay in school, and put themselves on a path to high school graduation and beyond.
He mentioned other school districts, such as those in San Diego and Denver, which have greatly improved graduation rates through home - visit programs, and said ultimately it would be great to be able to see every incoming freshman before school starts.
Here are Zimmer's comments on the district's online credit recovery program, administered by companies including Edgenuity, which has been scrutinized for its rigor amid the district's recent announcement that its graduation has reached a record 75 percent even as the bar has been raised with the requirement that students pass the A through G, the course criteria established by UC faculty.
Before the credit recovery program began across the district in the fall, the projected graduation rate was 54 percent, a steep decline from last year's all - time high of 77 percent.
The academic program meets district and state standards for graduation and all graduates will meet the A-G requirements for admission to the California university systems.
The creation of a formal effort on the part of traditional teacher preparation programs and districts to identify and pursue candidates of color as early as high school and to support them through college graduation;
While there was no significant difference in the grade point averages of students in the program and their district peers, graduation rates were higher for dual enrollees than their peers, the analysis found.
In states like Montana, where enrollment in rural districts is expected to increase and districts have limited resources to support students in remote areas, online credit recovery programs are an attractive option for keeping students on track for graduation, according to the study.
Significantly, the law allows school districts the flexibility to develop more innovative CTE programs and provide students a clear path to graduation.
Spearheaded by new Superintendent Terry Grier, Houston ISD's program reflects a trend in Texas and nationally as school districts seek cost - effective ways to boost graduation rates.
* (The district is undertaking a wide - scale credit recovery program for the first time this year similar to LA Uniifed's and it is unclear to what level this could boost the graduation rate.)
LA Unified has also made contacts with other California districts that have A-G graduation requirements and credit recovery programs, as well as some that do not, in an effort to learn what is working, Gipson wrote to King in a May 9 memo.
Matriculation and graduation are the few separation rates teacher prep programs should celebrate; in the very least, the public should expect students, schools and districts to get their dowries back.
Through meaningful professional development, on - site technical assistance, and leadership training for school, district, and community liaisons, each school develops a systemic approach that will increase their graduation rate well beyond the scope of this program.
While district officials and some board members are saluting the credit recovery program, some academic scholars and institutions are skeptical of online credit recovery programs, saying they are an easy way to boost graduation rates without boosting student learning.
And, I want to add that my daughter received an excellent education from Spokane Public Schools, graduation last year with honors in high school and with honors and an AA through the district - wide Running Start program.
And thanks to the influence of the local teachers union — United Teachers Los Angeles — the deal, if approved, will put a three - year moratorium on the district's successful charter school program (this in a district where the graduation rate is a pathetic 56 percent).
The reporter also pointed to evidence of school districts using «credit recovery programs» that shove potential high school dropouts into online learning sweatshops that provide a pathway to graduation that in no way resembles rigorous high school coursework.
The district is committed to an ongoing credit recovery program to assist students who otherwise would likely leave school prior to high school graduation.
Learn how Simi Valley Unified School District engaged its teachers» union in the decision to use digital curriculum as a method for increasing teacher effectiveness, increasing the graduation rate, and to implement successful summer school and virtual school digital curriculum programs.
Such programs, he said, are especially necessary in a struggling districts like Cleveland's, which has a 30 percent high school graduation rate.
The district boasts graduation rates one time exceeding 95 percent as well as excellent academic facilities and programs.
He championed the district's 1:1 pilot program; took on the task of professional development for new teachers; and launched a Student Technology Internship Program that assists with equipment maintenance and repairs while providing students with credit toward gradprogram; took on the task of professional development for new teachers; and launched a Student Technology Internship Program that assists with equipment maintenance and repairs while providing students with credit toward gradProgram that assists with equipment maintenance and repairs while providing students with credit toward graduation.
Thought to be the nation's largest single investment in career - readiness education, the $ 250 million Career Pathways Trust is designed to reinforce existing school - to - work programs and help spur the development of new ones — regional partnerships between K - 12 entities, community college districts and business and industry that prepare high school students for careers upon graduation.
In our cover story, «Breaking Down Barriers» we feature the three grand - prize winning districts — a theater program that produces playing in English and Spanish; a newcomer program for refugees; and a high school restructure that boosts graduation rates and reduces dropout rates.
OTHER KEYNOTES • School District Convocations • Conferences (Educators, Parents and Youth) • Conferences (Colleges and Universities) • New Teacher Orientations • Graduations (All Levels) • Martin Luther King Celebrations and Services • Black History Month Programs • Kwanzaa Celebrations • Rites of Passage Ceremonies • Student «Empowerment» Meetings • Church Messages • Juvenile Detention Facilities • Prisons • Halfway Houses
Her recent projects include a national study of programs designed to re-engage out - of - school youth, technical assistance to federal High School Graduation Initiative grantees, and a study of College Readiness Indicator Systems in two leading districts.