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.
Students within the school's attendance boundaries attended 147 different
district high schools last year, an overwhelming share of the district's roughly 170 high schools.
Regular district high schools account for 41 percent of low - graduation - rate high schools and are where the majority of students who do not graduate on time can be found.
«In my city, there has been quite a lot of discussion regarding [five - year] contracts with large pay increases,» reports Greg Robinson, principal at Ginninderra
District High School in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
The Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA) initiative is seeking to leverage web 2.0 tools and civic education best practices to provide all Oakland Unified School
District high school students civic learning opportunities that prepare them to make positive change in their communities.
Researchers cautioned that the sample size was small, however, and subject to «higher variance and uncertainty» than the much larger group
of district high school graduates.
«Dan Yin has really switched our students on to the study of Mandarin Chinese,» says Greg Robinson, principal at
Ginninderra District High School in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
And yet simply stating the fact that students who
left district high schools don't count toward the graduation rate has enraged the district.
RUSD established a working group to create «Portrait of a Graduate,» a document that articulates the knowledge, skills, and habits
district high school graduates must have for college, a career, and / or world readiness, Sorensen says.
«We are asking our students to do so much more these days — to think critically, to solve complicated problems, despite all the distractions and challenges happening in their lives,» said April Bain, a Los Angeles Unified School
District high school math teacher.
The Quad -
District High School Car Fundraiser now supports Prescott, Chino Valley, Bradshaw Mountain and Mayer high schools.
Elementary schools in central Seattle were between 60 % and 80 % black; Garfield, the
central district high school, was more than 50 % minority; schools outside the central and southeastern sections of Seattle were virtually all white.
Cathy Reilly, a longtime advocate
for District high schools, said possible solutions are more complex: «We have to change the culture at schools, so we really make it more attractive to stay, and get rid of this whole mentality that the answer is to just go find something better.»
Mr. Tsanis also announced that beginning in 2016, the REF Board of Directors will give an annual Patricia Braus Founder's Award Scholarship to a city school
district high school senior who has provided extraordinary service to his or her school or to the community, a scholarship that reflects the values of Rochester Education Foundation and its executive director.
At 2:30 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will host a roundtable discussion with the Hoosick Falls Central School District and Superintendent Kenneth Facin to hear from citizens of the Hoosick Falls, Hoosick and Petersburgh communities about how PFOA contamination has impacted their lives, 21187 NY 22, Hoosick Falls Central School
District High School Auditorium, Hoosick Falls.
In her case, this opportunity translates into demanding mornings spent at her
Sunset District high school, where she is taking precalculus, American history, and two English courses, a course load is designed to prepare her for the upcoming college - application process.
In Tasmania, the Beacon Program at
Cressy District High School (CDHS) is engaging students by offering real world links and experiences such as mock interviews, try a trade, career and industry tours and industry expos run by the students themselves.
Student surveys show growing enthusiasm for learning, self - confidence, and goal setting, compared to declines among students in many
larger district high schools.
There are 10 RSD charter network high schools, 2 RSD independent charter high schools, 5 OPSB charter high schools, 2
OPSB district high schools, and 3 BESE charter high schools.
The five Green Dot charters have registered higher test scores than Jefferson, but now they face enrollment competition from other charter schools as well as from a
new district high school nearby.
Among the things I'm trying this year is building a mini-museum inside my Grade 11 Genocide classroom at
Waterdown District High School in Hamilton, Ontario.
If you saw what
Boston district high schools are like to graduate — the no - homework, no classwork, sheer nothingness; versus charters that at least pass what I'm sure you'd think was a reasonable bar to have HS graduation — I wonder if it might change a bit how you view high school completion as a valuable proxy for anything.
A few bids came from outside groups that aren't charters, including Youth Policy Institute, a social service nonprofit, and MLA Partner Schools, which manages two
district high schools while honoring district union contracts.
What's more, less than seventy percent of students graduate in four years
from District high schools, and it's no secret that students who drop out of high school are more likely to live in poverty.
Boston International Newcomers Academy, a highly rated
district high school under the state's accountability system, caters to English - language learners.
Must be a U.S. citizen and a graduate from a
Flagstaff District high school with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher; must be an education major; financial need is not a consideration
Phoenix Academy Lawrence, an in -
district high school commissioned by Lawrence Public Schools under receiver Jeff Riley's turn - around plan opened in 2012, graduated its first class in 2013 and currently serves 150 students.
Last week our Great Schools Fund announced 6 million dollars in grants to support three
innovative district high schools as they expand to add 1,600 additional students.
In Lawrence, we have partnered with the Lawrence Public School district to open Massachusetts» first - ever in -
district high school run by a charter school network.