Sentences with phrase «first traditional high school»

The Los Angeles - based nonprofit operates 10 local charters as well as Locke High, the district's first traditional high school to be taken over by a private operator.

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Now as the traditional National Signing Day arrives, those holdout high school stars will write the first chapter of their college careers.

I program straight out of high school, and the first player from the traditional MMC / CCC schools to go Div.

First, let me point out that while you're right that I did some of my reporting for the book at a public charter school and a private school, I reported in more depth at two traditional public schools (Fenger High in Chicago and I.S. 318 in Brooklyn).

For example, she started a multiyear project redesigning traditional ballet pointe shoes while she was still in high school; the project yielded her first publication, in the peer - reviewed journal Ergonomics in Design, in 2008.

First, I came to the realization early in my career that there are a lot of high schools in this country that by traditional measures are good schools but that still can and need to improve.

We first compare the average gains made by all students in charter schools with the gains made by students in traditional public schools, taking into account differences in gender, ethnicity, and the highest level of education completed by their parents.

The case study illustrates how three groups of charter management organizations (CMOs)-- High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stSchools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stschools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable students.

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

First, the finding that charter schools are not drawing the highest - achieving students from traditional public schools can help alleviate some of the concerns held by policymakers.

Green Dot is best known for taking over Locke High School, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School Disschool in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool District.

What came next was the 2010 launch of HISD's Apollo 20 program, the nation's first large - scale effort to implement high - performing charter school practices in a traditional public school environment.

Denver Public Schools now prioritizes seating at 20 low - poverty schools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the diSchools now prioritizes seating at 20 low - poverty schools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the dischools for low - income students, and it recently opened a comprehensive high school that reserves a third of available seats for students residing in high - poverty neighborhoods.71 In 2012, Denver launched the first unified enrollment system for all traditional public and charter schools in the dischools in the district.

Jackson is moving in the right direction, as residents now have a few open enrollment options among traditional public schools, the state's first two charter schools, two additional charter schools opening next year, and at least one low - cost high quality private school option, The Redeemer's Sschool option, The Redeemer's SchoolSchool.

In September 2002, Boston High School transformed into Boston Community Leadership Academy, becoming the first traditional Boston high school to convert to Pilot school staHigh School transformed into Boston Community Leadership Academy, becoming the first traditional Boston high school to convert to Pilot school sSchool transformed into Boston Community Leadership Academy, becoming the first traditional Boston high school to convert to Pilot school stahigh school to convert to Pilot school sschool to convert to Pilot school sschool status.

Putting an end to traditional enrollment counts — and only providing districts with dollars based on whether the student is actually attending school — will force districts to look at the underlying reasons why chronic truancy is a problem in the first place, as well as address the issues by providing children with high - quality teaching and strong, college - preparatory curricula.

Meanwhile, schools on traditional, post-Labor Day schedules are recording much higher first - day attendance rates.

For supporters and opponents alike, the first question concerns performance: are the academic outcomes of students attending charter schools higher or lower than those in the traditional public sector?

The three - tier system of education, where pupils move between lower or first schools, through middle schools and then high or upper schools, gathered popularity in the 1960s, but it's no longer widely used after many areas moved back to a traditional primary and secondary model.

He now leads STEM Prep, a charter management network that oversees a first - of - its - kind partnership between a traditional district elementary school, and recently merged charter middle and high school.

Many people romanticize big, traditional high schools: Our collective memory of high school includes nostalgia such as proms, football games, exciting social lives, romance and first cars.

First, we find that teachers working in above - average poverty charter schools have significantly higher value - added scores compared to traditional public school teachers working in similar settings, which is mainly driven by the right tail of the value - added score distribution, yet we find no such differences in below - average poverty settings.

During the first year of implementation the Birdville team launched the district's pilot focused on English I at three traditional high schools.

Success Academy (SA) and the media blasted the News about the 17 students (out of 73 or more who started out in this group) that graduated from SA's first high school graduating class but do not mention the 31,400 African Americans that graduated with advanced regents and regents diplomas from New York City's traditional public schools.

Though this may seem surprising at first glance, there is a possible explanation: All community colleges are considered public schools, and community colleges have a higher default rates, on average, as compared to traditional 4 - year colleges.

Because many of these individuals are first - time homebuyers, having enlisted in the armed services right after finishing high school, they do not generally have the same credit history or high credit score that is required by traditional lenders.