Sentences with phrase «high achieving schools why»

We asked 200 school leaders of high minority, high poverty, high achieving schools why they have been successful when most schools dealing with this population are unsuccessful.

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He is a graduate of Martin Van Buren High School in Queens; so is futurist Ray Kurzweil — listen to the June 18th, 2008 episode of Science Talk for discussion about why Ray Kurzweil will probably not achieve his dream of uploading all the contents of his brain.

Policymakers need to hear why fully funding Title II is essential to creating schools where all students achieve at high levels.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

When you ask education leaders in Omaha why the achievement gap is so glaring, you get the usual answers, «Those kids don't care, they're too poor to achieve at high levels, their parents don't get involved, etc. etc.» Fortunately we know that when schools expect ALL students to achieve, and give them great teachers who believe in their ability, students can beat the odds and rise above the challenges.

In order to achieve such high aspirations, we must abandon failures of the past and address the difficult, persistent questions confounding our education system: Why do children of poverty continue to struggle and experience limited success in school?

Many teachers hand out their Student of the Week awards during the first few months of school to their highest academically achieving students because these students are easy to select and come up with reasons for why they deserve this special award.

The board approved a $ 3 million expansion of magnets, delved into why charters were attracting more federal dollars than magnets and voted unanimously to seek help from outside the district to replicate high - achieving schools, including magnets.

That's why we've worked to achieve a 5 - star rating for the past 10 years, and sponsor events like the Lamar Dixon Rodeo, Gold Dome Classic Basketball Tournament at St. Amant High School.