Location within
the feeder pattern for Wilson High School, D.C.'s top - performing in - boundary high school, outweighs all other neighborhood aspects in explaining the tendency to enroll at in - boundary schools.
Living within
the feeder pattern for Wilson HS outweighs all neighborhood aspects in explaining the differences in boundary participation rates across neighborhoods, but certain neighborhood demographics are also associated with school enrollment patterns.
District families prioritize a predictable
feeder pattern for their children, as boundary participation is highest at Wilson HS feeder schools as early as when families are enrolling children in pre-kindergarten and elementary school.
The report finds that living in
the feeder pattern for Wilson High School outweighs all other neighborhood aspects in explaining the differences in boundary participation rates across neighborhoods.
Instead, location within
the feeder pattern for Wilson HS, D.C.'s top - performing in - boundary high school, outweighs other neighborhood aspects in explaining the tendency to enroll at in - boundary schools.
The district has five elementary schools and
a feeder pattern for its two middle schools that is based on the elementary school of attendance.
The My School DC application is a single, online application families must use to apply for participating public charter schools (PK3 — 12); DCPS schools outside your boundary or
feeder pattern for any grade (PK3 - 12), including citywide schools; all DCPS PK3 and PK4 programs, including programs at in - boundary schools; and DCPS selective citywide high schools (9 — 12).
Not exact matches
Farrelly said he plans
for the «opportunity culture» strategy to be rolled out in three yearly phases across the district beginning next year: first, on the north side
feeder pattern area; secondly, in the Tarboro and Princeville
feeder pattern; and thirdly, on the south side of the district.
[21] Because of the extremely high boundary participation in the Wilson HS
feeder pattern, in all our models, we control
for the «Wilson effect» to tease out the relationships that go beyond the pull of this particular
feeder area.
In a model that jointly considers neighborhood characteristics with a strong or moderate correlation with boundary participation and controls
for the Wilson HS
feeder pattern, there are three schools that have higher boundary participation rates than our models would predict and six schools that have lower boundary participation rates than expected (see Figure 15).
That there is strong demand
for good neighborhood middle schools and predictable
feeder patterns is clear.
First, given the pull of the Wilson HS boundary, there is a need
for more predictable
feeder patterns through high school.
Some students attend public charter schools within their school boundary The impact of the Wilson HS
feeder pattern is present here, too: location within the Wilson HS boundary (where there aren't any public charter schools) decreases public charter participation by about 11 percentage points
for elementary schools and about 22 percentage points
for middle and high schools.
It seems that the demand
for a particular educational approach, like Montessori, can trump a less desirable
feeder pattern.
ESSA requires schools identified
for improvement to create comprehensive needs assessments, but states could take it one step further and require elementary schools to look at their
feeder patterns from early childhood programs, form partnerships with those providers, and analyze the needs of their incoming students to address problems or gaps before they have a chance to grow.
Jackson incorporates his previous books in a whole section about Catification and Territory, the Cat Sundial (where cats follow the
patterns of the sun throughout the home) to providing Cat TV by strategically places bird and squirrel
feeders outside your windows
for kitties to watch.