Sentences with phrase «enrollment practices»

Moreover, the system lacked a mechanism for efficiently matching students to schools and ensuring fair and transparent enrollment practices.

Similarly, state law creates barriers for recently settled immigrants to attend charter schools by establishing restrictive enrollment practices.

In many states, public university and / or college systems play a key role in establishing policies and influencing concurrent enrollment practice among individual institutions.

Potash was looking for solutions to a problem that is so common that the ACLU issued a report last year admonishing the one in five California charter schools that were found using discriminatory enrollment practices, according to the report.

In a separate study, Tulane's Research Alliance interviewed principals anonymously on enrollment practices, and the results in some cases were almost comical.

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York has laid off 500 employees — part of the fallout from state scrutiny of enrollment practices that drew fit elderly people into programs meant for frail and disabled patients.

In the Parker / Armstrong dining hall (from which whites are soon expelled when Sam is surprisingly elected head of house), Simien lets Kurt bark his complaints to Sam about affirmative action, and propose the dubiousness of colleges» diversity - driven enrollment practices, before spinning the tables back in favor of Sam, who claims Kurt's dad is promoting random housing out of fear that blacks will «congregate and cause trouble on his plantation.»

In the absence of full - time virtual schools, teachers unions and other opponents use their resources to attack blended - learning charters, even though the latter do not differ in legal structure, brick - and - mortar presence, or enrollment practices from other charter schools.

The strongly - worded resolution roots its rationale in, among other things, charters» targeting of poor and communities of color, differential enrollment practices, and increasing segregation.

The ACLU is continuing its attacks on charter enrollment practices that raise barriers to certain students.

The very clear fact is that charter schools in California - and to our knowledge every other state in the nation - follow enrollment practices ensuring that all students interested in attending have a fair chance of securing admission.

As school districts reimagine enrollment practices and expand school options, they must empower parents to engage.

Zollers and Ramanathan ascribe situations like these in part to a growing practice of «out counseling,» in which discriminatory enrollment practices are disguised as conversations about fit and student success.

New Legacy does not discriminate against applicants, students, or their families in its enrollment practices or in any of its activities or operations on the basis of: race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, political affiliation, creed, color, ancestry, need for special education services, or any other protected status.

Parents and advocates from the Shuang Wen School / PS 184M — which the DOE is investigating for its paid after - school program and enrollment practices, among other issues — announced a federal lawsuit against the department and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a press conference Monday outside the agency's Chambers Street headquarters.

They found that 56 % of the schools had enrollment practices that were clear violations of the law, and / or that served to keep out or deter some students from enrolling at the school.

Their enrollment practices are rooted in the creation and preservation of a distinct and hard - won school culture; and those cultures are major attractions to those who apply for admission and survive their rigorous admission processes.

The Utica City School District settled the lawsuit over its enrollment practices that discriminated against refugee children.

Whether it be their financial impact, enrollment practices or educational philosophies, there seems to be no shortage of critics.

This report looks at KIPP's middle school impacts on student achievement and other outcomes, while also addressing prevalent myths around KIPP's enrollment practices, attrition, and parental motivation.

Over 100,000 Los Angeles students are enrolled in independent charter schools; any effort to achieve educational equity through application and enrollment practices must include efforts to simplify and streamline charter school processes.

Among other issues, the guidance addressed questions concerning discrimination in charter school recruitment, admissions and enrollment practices.

It also documents recruitment and enrollment practices, describes the characteristics of enrolled couples, provides data on program participation, and summarizes the experiences of participant couples in the program group.