Sentences with phrase «enroll high numbers of students»

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Not exact matches

Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs school» and enrolls a large number of English language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn in Jones» high - tech classroom.

The findings are skewed by the high numbers of students who enroll in for - profit schools and end up dropping out before they finish their programs.

One trend is the increasing number of students in institutions of higher learning who return to school or enroll for the first time later in life — a far cry from the typical stereotype of undergraduates.

Dr. Opoku Prempeh, who took his turn at the «Meet the Press» series in Accra, indicated that a number of students had been placed by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) but could not enroll in Senior High Schools due to the lack of finances.

New York City's Specialized High Schools have seen a shockingly low number of black and Latino students apply for and enroll in recent years.

But if groups of failing schools are eventually turned into charters, it could give the sector an opportunity to dispel the common criticism charters don't enroll sufficient numbers of high - needs students.

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

Nationally, schools like Marshall — in the bottom 5 percent in a state — enroll a disproportionately high number of students in special education.

And although charters enroll only 5 percent of America's K - 12 students, to the cash - strapped, high - poverty urban districts that have been targeted for charter expansions, that number represents a shift of roughly $ 38.7 billion per year in lost tax dollars and mass closings of neighborhood schools.

First, to give parents more schooling options for their children, the government introduced a number of changes to its national voucher program, instituting a weighted voucher (more than 50 percent over the base voucher) to compensate for the higher costs of educating disadvantaged students and to provide schools with financial incentives to enroll low - income students.

54 percent increase in five year period of students who are heading to college after utilizing Michigan's College Access Network framework LANSING, MICHIGAN - The number of Port Huron High School graduates who enroll in college has increased by 54 percent in a five year period after working with the Michigan College Access Network and partner organizations to develop a college access strategy.

Despite this increase, compared to other large school districts in the state, DPS has the highest number of students choosing to enroll elsewhere.

Many traditional high schools and private schools also grade themselves by calculating the number of their graduates accepted into colleges — but then rarely follow up to ensure that those students even enroll in their freshman year of college, let alone complete their studies to earn degrees.

The high school provides the facilities (during a reasonable hour... say 2:00 - 3:00, or 3:00 - 4:00) and a majority of the students, and it's a double win for the institutions involved: the community college bolsters its numbers and gets more funding; the high school ensures that its students enroll in college classes and can also utilize its own teachers in different classrooms.

Each Center of Excellence enrolls a proportionate or higher number of students with disabilities relative to the district where the school is located, demonstrates an explicit commitment to developing exemplary programs with a focus on inclusion, and achieves higher - than - average outcomes for students with disabilities.

Although charter schools enroll just 5 percent of students nationwide, there are a number of local districts where charter school enrollment is significantly higher.

According the to the ASU website, the «Hispanic Mother - Daughter program is an early - outreach middle and high school program designed to increase the number of first - generation Arizona students who are qualified and prepared to enroll at Arizona State University through direct family involvement.»