Sentences with phrase «high graduation»

Moreover, the decline in the teenage birth rate could have reduced the number of girls who left school to care for children and thus resulted in higher graduation rates.

As the line suggests, there is a trend that schools with high graduation rates also have high college - going rates.

Past studies have shown a small or no impact on achievement, although there is some suggestion of higher graduation rates.

Such work must meet the school's regular high graduation standards.

The report showed higher graduation rates at the new schools compared with their much larger predecessors.

Studies have shown that students who choose a major their first year have much higher graduation rates.

Its overarching aims include higher graduation rates, a head start in college and clearer career objectives.

Education reform in the trenches: Increased academic course taking in high schools with lower achieving students in states with higher graduation requirements.

Top - tier colleges provide low - income students with life - changing opportunities, including robust financial aid, strong support systems, and significantly higher graduation rates.

Some previous studies showed positive outcomes for older students such as higher graduation rates and higher college - going rates.

Schools that produce the largest achievement test gains are not necessarily the ones that produce higher graduation, or college - attendance rates.

Once more, we see higher graduation rates outside of the cities, but this scenario is a little more complex.

The simple necklaces or charms make great birthday or junior high graduation gifts.

There is a tension between high graduation rates and high academic standards.

High - quality evaluations of charter and voucher programs demonstrate greater parental satisfaction, along with higher graduation rates, often at lower overall taxpayer cost.

The new, higher graduation standards went into effect for the first time this year.

These public schools tend to show higher graduation rates and better college - retention rates, while serving a population similar to that of other urban schools.

The duo also touted other hikes in overall city school metrics, including higher graduation rates and improved — but still mediocre — college - readiness rates.

On the other hand, exit exams and higher graduation requirements may raise academic achievement, and properly designed choice programs may also help disadvantaged students.

A growing body of research connects skills like responsible decision - making and recognizing and responding to emotions with greater engagement in the classroom and improved academic outcomes such as higher graduation rates.

The fruits of her labor are clear in higher test scores, lower dropout rates and higher graduation rates in our public schools.

The 1983 Nation at Risk report, which marked the start of the modern era of education reform, did not so much as mention the dropout problem even as it called for higher graduation requirements.

The four organizations, which lead the GradNation campaign to raise the national high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020, credit bipartisan action by President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, as well as the diligent work of educators and communities at the state and local levels, for the nation's record high graduation rate of 83.2 percent in 2015, up from 71 percent in 2001.

In all but one at - risk subgroup, charter schools achieved higher graduation rates than their host districts.

Failure rates have decreased, student access to dual - credit options has dramatically increased and we are forecasting an even higher graduation rate.

St. Mary's University, for example, has a far higher graduation rate for Hispanics than does the University of Texas, San Antonio.

School board president Richard Barrera, who has been elected three times to the school board, cited high graduation rates in an argument against term limits for board members.

Despite high graduation rates and increases in awarded degrees, a bill in the Senate looks to give Florida's Community College System a governing facelift.

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Numerous randomized - controlled studies have demonstrated that students in choice programs exhibit higher academic performance while additional studies have found higher graduation rates, increased college enrollment, and increased civic - mindedness.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia report higher graduation rates for students who take career - and - technical classes than for other students.

How closely will it resemble a school in Buffalo that has a very high graduation rate, but only after a very high rate of attrition?

«We know that students who have strong attendance generally demonstrate better grades and better school performance overall, and certainly higher graduation rates,» Brown said.

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.

This typically means partnering with colleges like Franklin & Marshall and Spellman College — which tend to feature high graduation rates both overall and for low - income students, generous financial aid, and diverse social environments — to make it more likely for «first - generation» kids to persist and succeed.

To investigate the claim that course requirements and basic - skills tests may dampen the efforts of high - ability students, I analyzed whether higher graduation standards did indeed encourage students to take more courses in the core academic areas.

Since its inception, Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) students have had consistently high graduation rates, including 90 percent for last year's 12th grade students.

Charter schools are often marked by very high attrition — including the schools that are hailed for supposedly high graduation and college matriculation rates.

But earlier this year, researchers at UC Berkeley and the Learning Policy Institute released a study attributing higher graduation rates and higher math scores to the distribution of additional revenue under the formula.

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is projected to add $ 500 million in economic benefits to the city through higher graduation rates and lower interaction with the criminal justice system.

State law authorizes districts to develop mentorship programs to promote higher graduation rates for at - risk students.

GCSA also congratulates Baconton Community Charter School for receiving the 10th highest graduation rate in the state.

Ahlgren said the problem boils down to school districts prioritizing high graduation rates over actual learning.

Earlier this week, data released by the California Department of Education showed that 91.2 percent of San Diego Unified's class of 2016 graduated, setting an all - time high graduation rate.

One reason for the popularity is the astonishingly high graduation rates for children in the program, especially when compared to children in D.C. Public Schools.

Superintendent Chuck Ransom will give you insights into what Woodburn did and why the district has exceptionally high graduation rates.