Sentences with phrase «does rocketship»

If that's the case, why does Rocketship put so much emphasis on homework and test scores, neither of which are research based?

Not only does Rocketship outperform nearby schools, but its schools also outperform wealthier California school districts, such as the Palo Alto Unified School District.

To do this Rocketship needed to accelerate student progress and learning, particularly for students performing below grade level.

Not exact matches

This is a hat and scarf set I made with a rocketship applique I saw a picture of another rocketship with felt fins but could not find a pattern anywhere, do I made my own.

After we had created a Princess castle and a Rocketship together, I then realised that this would be a great craft activity that she could do on her own.

Grand Jury Award: Austin Chick, Girls Against Boys Best Feature: Tom O'Brien, Fairhaven Best Documentary: Matthew Heineman & Susan Fromke, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare Best Animation: Brian Lye, Callum Paterson and Nathan Gilliss, Peach Juice Best Short Comedy: Todd Sklar, 92 ′ Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card Best Short Drama: Paul Grellong, Tracer Gun Audience Choice — Documentary: Ramona Diaz, Don't Stop Believing: Every Man's Journey Audience Choice — Feature: Eric Kissack, Missed Connections Best Screenplay: Steve Lucas for La Mujer (Thriller) Best NH Documentary: Michael Venn and Mark Dole, In Danger of Being Discovered Best NH Performance: Jace McLean for 3 Days of Normal New Hampshire Film of the Year: Alfred Thomas Catalfo, Rocketship Van McLeod Award: Mike O'Malley

Porter could see that Rocketship was doing something different, so he invited them in.

Online and blended learning have the potential to dramatically transform our education system by being able to individualize for each student's distinct learning needs (just look at the results from Carpe Diem, KIPP Empower, or Rocketship Education), but whether it does so will have a lot to do with policy — whether we change the incentives and focus not on merely serving students and micro-managing the inputs, but instead focusing on the student outcomes and leaving behind an antiquated factory - model system for a student - centric one.

And I'm sure it was very hard for Anya Kamenetz to understand, as she herself did not visit a single Rocketship school.

What's your take on Rocketship since you left and what do you think we'll see from it in the future?

Rocketship has probably done more than any other single place to create the market for «hybrid schools.»

In California, Rocketship Public Schools are propelling first - generation Latino students to top state scores by combining classroom teaching with individualized tutors and technology — and save money doing it.

In San Francisco, KGO did a profile of Rocketship Los Sueños Academy, and in Sacramento, News10 visited Stockton Collegiate Academy.

Contra Costa County is getting something it does not want — a Rocketship school.

I do believe that online learning has incredible potential, but Rocketship is using it for too long every day which breeds a lack of investment and boredom in our student's experience in the learning lab.

Much of what Rocketship does — such as teacher bonuses and using technology to change pedagogy — would either be extremely difficult or impossible to implement within traditional schools.

As San Jose teachers» union President Stephen McMahon put it to the Washington Post, Rocketship will «never be big enough to solve the problem, and the minute they do get big enough, they'll be the problem.»

Charter schools like Rocketship spend enormous sums of money to help charter - friendly candidates get elected to public school boards — something public schools can't do.

She also notices that these schools are springing up only in low - income neighborhoods, and that Rocketship's Silicon Valley investors do not send their own children to these «bare - bones Model - T schools.»

Rocketship was denied permission to open a school in Morgan Hill and withdrew their appeal to the county when it became clear they did not have sufficient votes.

In addition, California - based Rocketship Education, which did not apply for the first round, said it would in the second round.

The analysis concluded that Rocketship's educational program is unsound because Rocketship relies heavily on uncredentialed instructors, lacks dedicated science and social science classes, and does not contain specific instructional strategies for low - achieving students and English language learners.

Students like that can do really well [at Rocketship].

Why do you call your network «Rocketship,» and what distinguishes your model from other tech innovations?

Jay has it right: I do think Rocketship will bounce back quickly (I think it already has).

The ASD has also authorized Rocketship and KIPP charter schools to take over failing schools under the state's authority, but neither will do so for the 2015 - 16 school year.

Perhaps in line with its interest in academic growth, Rocketship claims to be dedicated to keeping students in class; their 2015 - 2016 Year in Review report has an entire subheading entitled, literally, «Keeping Kids in Class,» and the good news is that Rocketship largely seem to be doing that.

Well, the world economy did kind of fall apart — and the cheaper 335i is enough of a rocketship for most BMW fans.

It doesn't look like a rocketship and it works just like a regular car, and we think this is the right choice for the future.

The car isn't a rocketship, but then I didn't think it would be.

Jon's resume includes doing storyboards at Danny Antonucci's A.K.A. Cartoons for Cartoon Networks Ed, EDD and EDDY, character design / development for Marv Newland's International Rocketship, animating on an R.E.M. video, lead animation on Disney's «The Buzz on MAggie» as well as Warner Brothers hit show Mucha Lucha.