Students who attend five charter schools in the San Francisco Bay area that are run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or kipp, score consistently higher on standardized tests than their peers
from comparable public schools, an independent evaluation of the schools concludes.
Not exact matches
A broad analysis of salary information
from public medical
schools found that women made almost $ 20,000 less a year than
comparable male doctors.
African American and white men who live in racially integrated communities and who have
comparable incomes have far fewer differences when it comes to behaviors that contribute to poor health — such as physical inactivity, smoking and drinking — compared to African American and white men overall in the U.S., according to a new study
from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of
Public Health.
Because good private
schools have discovered this secret, African - American students who attend them are much more likely to complete college than are
comparable students
from public schools.
The
schools operated by CMOs often receive less overall
public funding on a per - pupil basis than
comparable district - run
public schools, with the deficit ranging
from approximately 10 to 30 percent.
An excellent report
from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Institute shows charter -
school funding well below
comparable public school funding.
ONE OF THE long - standing misperceptions about charter
schools is that they cherry - pick the better students
from an area, resulting in higher test scores than in
comparable regular
public schools...
Good Morning A new study
from Patrick J. Wolf at the University of Arkansas found that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program were likely to commit crimes than
comparable students who attended Milwaukee
public schools.
Combining district and charter
public schools, during this period Newark's standing relative to
comparable districts in the state leapt
from the 33rd percentile to the 83rd percentile in math and
from the 44th to the 81st in reading.
A new study
from Patrick J. Wolf at the University of Arkansas found that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program were likely to commit crimes than
comparable students who attended Milwaukee
public schools.
It includes a five - year, 21.6 percent increase in base pay that will boost the average annual salary of a D.C. educator
from $ 67,000 to about $ 81,000 and gives the city's
public school teachers salaries
comparable to those in surrounding suburban districts, according to a union survey.
Public documents that are readily and freely available on the internet, these forms are federally regulated, meaning the data is easily
comparable from one
school to another.
For the first time, the Oakland Achieves
Public Education Progress Report includes comparable data from all of Oakland's public schools, district - run and ch
Public Education Progress Report includes
comparable data
from all of Oakland's
public schools, district - run and ch
public schools, district - run and charter.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter
school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter
school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter
school and how they differ
from the district or districts
from which the charter
school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the
school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the
school and the district or districts
from which the
school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter
school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the
school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the
school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the
school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the
school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the
school; (xi) the provision of
school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter
schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the
school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in
schools from which the charter
school is expected to enroll students, contains a
comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter
school to other non-charter
public schools.
Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many
public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter
schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto
schools, but sometimes are
comparable to the test scores in
schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come
from intact families with highly educated parents.
For the first time, the
Public Education Progress Report includes comparable data from all of Oakland's public schools, district - run and ch
Public Education Progress Report includes
comparable data
from all of Oakland's
public schools, district - run and ch
public schools, district - run and charter.
Dronkers and Robert found in a 2008 analysis of PISA scores
from 22 countries that «pupils at private government dependent
schools have a higher net educational achievement than do
comparable pupils at
public schools with the same social composition.
(b) Reductions in premiums shall be available if all named drivers who are 25 years of age or older: (1) Have committed no traffic offenses for the prior three years or since the date of licensure, whichever is shorter; (2) Have had no claims based on fault against an insurer for the prior three years; and (3) Complete one of the following types of driving courses: (A) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours
from a driver improvement clinic or commercial or noncommercial driving
school approved by and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Driver Services; (B) An emergency vehicles operations course at the Georgia
Public Safety Training Center; (C) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours
from a driver improvement program which is administered by a nonprofit organization such as the American Association of Retired People, the American Automobile Association, the National Safety Council, or a
comparable organization and which meets the standards promulgated by the Department of Driver Services pursuant to subsection (f) of this Code section; or (D) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours offered by an employer to its employees and their immediate families, which course has been approved by the Department of Driver Services.