Sentences with phrase «high dropout rates for»

They are also likely to be punished more severely than white students for minor misbehavior, contributing to the achievement gap and high dropout rates for these students.

Welcome to the problem a lot of people in the e-learning industry don't liketo talk about — high dropout rates for online courses.

During the trial, Professor Walter Haney of Boston College presented statistics showing that, following the imposition of the test, the already high dropout rates for black and Hispanic students in the state shot up and has remained high, threatening the economic future of those students.

A potential limitation of the study is the higher dropout rate for patients randomly assigned to surgery, as reported with previous TAVR trials.

«Poor investment, higher dropout rates for Texas» English - learners,» by Roy Johnson, IDRA senior education associate, for the Houston Chronicle»

An additional threat to study validity comes from the higher dropout rate for the Early Start series.

Limitations include small sample size, high dropout rate for follow - up sessions, and low attendance for booster sessions.

Limitations include a limited postintervention follow - up, no control group, high dropout rate for study participants, and minimal ethnic representation among Asians and Native Americans.

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For Starbucks and Arizona State, however, a high dropout rate would be a PR fiasco.

«If schools can not facilitate such development, young people are likely to have increased prejudice and higher dropout rates, with significant implications for the United States» social and economic health.»

As the costs of college in the U.S. continue to rise, the disproportionate level of student loan debt among black young adults is cause for concern, as high student loan debt loads may exacerbate racial disparities in college dropout and completion rates, and may also have broader implications across the life course, including young people's ability to attain other conventional markers of adulthood (such as marriage and becoming a parent).

While researchers have suggested optimal diet for PCOS as one «low in saturated fat and high in fibre from predominantly low - glycaemic - index - carbohydrate foods», the one feasiblity study of vegan diets in PCOS was small and had high dropout rates.

A current study of 10 Linked Learning programs in California, for example, has so far found that students in these programs have dramatically lower dropout rates and slightly higher graduation rates, than the state as a whole, and are more likely to graduate with the courses required for admission to California's public universities.

Highlights of the conference include include debates and resolutions about controversial teacher testing, charter schools, and a proposal by AFT president calling for an extra year of high school to help prevent high school - dropout rates from climbing.

President Barack Obama has often noted in speeches the enthusiasm of Korean parents for their children's education, the high quality of Korean teachers, the number of learning hours that Korean students spend, and the outstanding educational achievements these have produced; for example, top rankings in international academic - achievement tests, and low rates of school dropouts and juvenile delinquency.

I find evidence that state funding of universal kindergarten lowered high - school dropout and institutionalization rates among whites, but not among African Americans, and detect no impact of state funding for children of either race on grade retention, public assistance receipt, employment or earnings.

EW: What do you think is behind the high dropout rate and decreasing college attendance rate for boys?

What could account for the differences in the estimated effects of SAT performance and the high - school dropout rates?

The study examines the impact of winning a school choice lottery on dropout rates and crime for groups of students with different propensities to commit crimes, using an index of crime risk that includes test scores, demographics, behavior, and neighborhood characteristics to identify the highest - risk group.

We conducted our analysis alternately using absolute student achievement, measured with statewide mean SAT scores for the 1989 — 90 school year and the mean high - school dropout rate calculated from 1990 census data, and with a second measure that represents the deviation of actual achievement from expected student performance.

[2] More recent work that tracks debt outcomes for individual borrowers documents that the main problem is not high levels of debt per student (in fact, defaults are lower among those who borrow more, since this typically indicates higher levels of college attainment), but rather the low earnings of dropout and for - profit students, who have high rates of default even on relatively small debts.

The motivation for Mexican education reform is driven by high grade retention, high dropout rates, and low test scores — even when compared with children from other Latin American countries.

According to lawyers for the Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy Project in Cambridge, Mass., the state officials» actions are directly correlated with the disproportionately high dropout rate among Hispanic students in the state.

In her sixth State of the State address, delivered on Jan. 29, Ms. Granholm called for as many as 100 new small high schools to help stem the dropout rate, starting as early as 2009.

And nationally, the economic impact is clear: A 2011 analysis by the Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that by halving the 2010 national dropout rate, for example (an estimated 1.3 million students that year), «new» graduates would likely earn a collective $ 7.6 billion more in an average year than they would without a high school diploma.

It is substantially larger than differences between the growth rates for children of high - school dropouts and the children of parents with graduate degrees as well as those between blacks and whites, differences that are the focus of considerable concern.

How, too, could the district move the needle on student achievement, on high dropout rates, and on families getting frustrated with dismal numbers and jumping ship for other districts or competing charter schools?

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

In their August 2007 report «The Return on Investment for Improving California's High School Graduation Rate» (PDF), Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin review both evidential and promising research as well as economically beneficial interventions for addressing the dropout crisis.

Alarmed by the high dropout and failure rates for college students who start out in remedial classes, Florida lawmakers voted last year to make such courses, and even the related placement tests, optional for anyone who... earned a [high school] diploma....

With the high school dropout rate for Native Americans among the highest in the country, reservation and public school officials are searching for new ways to keep teens in school.

High school exit exams do not significantly affect dropout rates, according to a study released last week by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

As for the high minority dropout rates — according to Texas figures, about 20 percent of minority students drop out, not 50 percent.

It's the profile of 165 free public secondary schools in the United States, many of them in big cities known for sky - high dropout rates, low test scores, metal detectors at the schoolhouse door, and rapid turnover among teachers.

For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConferenFor reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Conferenfor urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Conference.

It's no secret that the American educational system today lists under the weight of some massive, seemingly intractable burdens such as poor college preparation, modest achievement results compared with other nations, high dropout rates, significant teaching and performance disparities across racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, and a deficit of graduates equipped with the necessary skills for tomorrow's workforce.

For decades, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has struggled with one of the nation's highest dropout rates.

Like Chloe, many students have no choice but to work long hours to pay for school, which prevents them from fully engaging in their studies and probably contributes to the high dropout rate among low - income students.

For the past 16 years, the Puente program has strived to boost the academic achievement of underserved Latino high school students, who have the highest dropout rate and lowest college attendance among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

The high dropout rates and a rising awareness of the need to improve educational quality, together with a flourishing entrepreneurial environment and a solid and rapid expansion of ICT use and digital inclusion in the region (among the highest in the world), provided the context for the birth of Kuepa.

Claremont Graduate University professor Charles Kerchner described Hoxby's study in a literature review prepared for the National Education Association as «the most sophisticated of the econometric attempts to isolate a union impact on the student results and school operations...» Hoxby finds that unionization is associated with higher student dropout rates as well as higher spending.

Still, very high dropout rates raise questions about whether these students are ready for college.

Native American Schools Ponder, Assail Dropout Rates With the high school dropout rate for Native Americans among the highest in the country, reservation and school officials are searching for new ways to keep teens in Dropout Rates With the high school dropout rate for Native Americans among the highest in the country, reservation and school officials are searching for new ways to keep teens in dropout rate for Native Americans among the highest in the country, reservation and school officials are searching for new ways to keep teens in school.

High school reform should include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models; including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing dropout rates.

They then apply that method to estimate graduation and dropout rates for the Pittsburgh Public Schools district - wide and for each high school in the district.

They can also search for dropout rates and measurements of how many students are taking more than four years to finish high school.

Schools nationwide are getting results with Apex Learning digital curriculum: higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, improved scores on high - stakes exams, and more students ready for postsecondary success.

«Sadly, for many students, rather than providing additional supports,» noted legal advocates» claim against the state's alternative network, «these programs have become a revolving door which spirals students away from being able to successfully complete high school, ultimately fueling Pennsylvania's dropout rate.»

For example, states with high - stakes high - school graduation requirements must find effective ways to intervene in high schools with high failure and / or dropout rates, even if the percentage of students passing the test increases significantly each year.

The things still undone after 11 years include a relatively small but stubborn achievement gap, a high dropout rate, and struggling programs for English language learners and special - education students.