Sentences with phrase «graduation rates from»

To enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to attain the same graduation rates from award courses in technical and further education, and in higher education, as for other Australians.

The report, while focused mostly on Florida, suggests schools all over the country (again, possibly in TN) may be pushing low - performing students, many of whom are black, into «alternative schools,» as a way of preventing their low test scores and graduation rates from dragging down the average.

Seven of the city's 13 comprehensive, adult or alternative high schools increased their four - year graduation rates from the previous year.

Kelly Edington, head of the Idaho Virtual Academy, released a statement sharing that virtual schools serve only about one percent of public school students in the state (1.7 or so), and pointed to the new federal guidelines requiring a four - year cohort graduation calculation as the reason for the overall drop in graduation rates from previous years.

«That was a blessing for us,» says Mayor - elect and former Central Principal Baraka, who boasts of increasing graduation rates from around 50 percent in 2007 to over 80 percent now.

An extensive case study revealed that graduation rates from science have nearly tripled since PRISM's inception, that the number of students pursuing graduate degrees has grown nearly ten fold, and that students receive author credit on journal articles more often than at other institutions.

De Blasio will unveil the new programs during a speech at the Bronx Latin School, where the mayor will announce that he intends to boost graduation rates from 68 percent to 80 percent over the next decade, and get two - thirds of those graduates «truly college - ready» based on Common Core standards.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Buffalo has strived to make improvements in its school district, boosting its graduation rate from 48 percent to 64 percent in recent years.

Together, we will push our graduation rate from just over 60 percent today to 70 percent, then 80 percent and beyond until we can be counted among the best urban school districts in America.

Those goals include raising West Charlotte High School's graduation rate from 54 percent in 2011 to 90 percent in 2016, and she saw that the Opportunity Culture models could help by focusing on its eight feeder schools.

Lawrence, Mass. has raised its high school graduation rate from 40 percent to 67 percent in seven years.

Despite a mediocre track record of school improvement, Ohio was a winner, partly for its «simple, yet bold, long - term aspirations,» including «a near - 100 % high school graduation rate from schools teaching at internationally competitive standards,» elimination of achievement gaps, and higher - ed completion rates «that are among the highest in the nation and world.»

In its seven years of existence, SJHA has raised its graduation rate from 83 percent in its first year to last year's 99 percent graduation rate, with a 98 percent A through G matriculation rate with a C or better.

Miner Academy has increased the district graduation rate from 91.7 to 95 percent, and students are taking more personal responsibility for their learning.

In leading the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Atkinson directed efforts to move North Carolina's high school graduation rate from 68 percent to an all - time high of 86 percent.

We have compiled a list of the graduation rate from 2012 - 2013 of each school district for all students and students with special needs.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WPDI) indicates on its website that Wisconsin hopes to increase its high school graduation rate from 85.7 % to 92 % by 2017.

The 10th grade math proficiency rate has jumped from 39 percent to 58 percent, and the senior graduation rate from 79 percent to 89 percent.

Other indicators of positive systemic change are: 29 % enrollment increase compared to five years ago; increase in graduation rate from 84.1 % (2012 accountability report) to 97.5 % (2015 accountability report); increase in attendance rate from 93.3 % (2012 accountability report) to 95.0 % (2015 accountability report); and a 22 % decrease in discipline referrals from 2011 - 2012 to 2014 - 2015.

How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years The Hetchinger Report, December 5, 2017 School partnerships at a Tulsa high school combine relationship - building with data analysis to boost graduation rates... read more.

We are extremely proud of many of the results, whether it is supporting teachers to improve their on task engagement by 55 % (or more), or supporting the leaders at East Tech in Cleveland to raise their graduation rate from 46 % to 73 % and scoring in the top 1 % nationally for growth on the NWEA, or working with teachers unions to support their teachers with quality professional development to support new evaluations systems.

How a Tulsa «failure factory» turned around its graduation rate in three years The Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 2017 School partnerships at a high school in Oklahoma combine relationship - building with data analysis to boost the graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years... read more.

She has also improved the graduation rate from 78 % to 93 %.

Dr. Lateshia Woodley, Principal of McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County, Georgia, discusses the successful efforts of the McClarin team in increasing their school graduation rate from 19 % to 50 % in two years.

Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles has raised its graduation rate from 83 to 93.9 % in the last year and its suspension rate remains at only.2 % of students in the last two years thanks to its model practices around restorative justice, interdisciplinary teaching, relevant curriculum, and relationship building.

He increased the graduation rate from 55 % to 82 %, and the number of dual enrollment classes from 4 to 14.

Roosevelt High School, one of the NEA Priority Schools Campaign intensive support sites, has increased its four - year graduation rate from 38 to 51 percent.

The movie focuses on High Tech High, a San Diego - based charter network, which, while operating on $ 7,200 per student, has managed to achieve an 88 percent graduation rate from college.

A $ 15 - million credit recovery program took LA Unified's projected graduation rate from 49 percent last fall to an estimated 75 percent this summer, a record.

Today, there is a higher graduation rate from the high schools included in the Green Dot group than from those found in the Unified School District.

We saw a 100 % graduation rate from both all dogs and inmates in our Pawsitive Change Program.

Not exact matches

But statistics show online education is far from a perfect solution to decreasing unemployment, increasing graduation rates.

If your graduation rate is at 43 percent, you can't hide from that.

(By definition, the recent middle - school project I write about in the book can't possibly be responsible for any recent change in college - graduation rates; the kids receiving character growth cards at KIPP Infinity are many years away from college.)

Say Yes is expected to announce a new initiative with America's Promise Alliance, another nonprofit seeking to boost graduation rates in the U.S. where 83 percent of students finished high school in four years in 2015, up from 79 percent in 2011.

State Budget Solutions examined national trends in education from 2009 to 2011, including state - by - state analysis of education spending, graduation rates and average ACT scores.

The state's graduation rate is up more than 10 percent from where it was 10 years ago.

The overall graduation rate for New York state also inched upward this year, to 79.4 percent from 78.1 percent last year.

«In November, the nonpartisan Research Alliance for New York City Schools presented findings from a rigorous analysis of school closures under Mayor Bloomberg, showing that graduation rates improved by 15 - points for students who left and attendance and graduation rates improved for those who remained during the transition.

New York state's average graduation rate for the 2014 - 15 school year was 78.1 percent, up from 76.4 percent the previous year.

The Syracuse City School District high school graduation rate has grown from 49 percent to just over 60 percent since 2012,

The Democratic candidate said the Syracuse City School District must improve graduation rates and find cost - effective ways to transport students to and from school.

Using differential interest rates rising with earnings is less progressive and less fair than a graduate tax, a graduate contribution or general taxation because those from wealthy backgrounds will have smaller debts if their families can afford to pay up front or soon after graduation.

The graduation rate, which reviewed the progress of students who entered high school in 2013, found it had approved from the 79.7 percent of students who graduated in the class of 2012.

New York's graduation rate ticked upward by a half percentage point to 80.2 percent, an improvement of 11 percentage points from a decade ago, the state Education Department announced Wednesday.

The graduation rate increased each year until 2011, when the rate dropped from 61 percent to 60.9 percent.

In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best - educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates.

That includes the city of Syracuse, which had a graduation rate of 48.4 percent, which was up two and a half percent from the previous year.

«From pre-K for all to graduation rates above 70 percent,» Mr. Finan continued, «the successes of a school system with direct, mayoral accountability can not be denied.»