Sentences with phrase «high need student populations»

Aurora has seen an increase in high need student populations.

With the Local Control Funding Formula, three of California's highest needs student populations receive supplemental funding for additional support: English Language Learners, Low - income students, and Foster or Homeless Youth.

Not exact matches

And even if very athletic kids need an usually high number of calories, should their unique needs dictate calorie limits for the rest of the student population, which is unfortunately quite sedentary?

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

Future research is needed to establish the benefits of the program across different age groups and populations, for example, college versus high school students.

The researchers caution that as all participants in this study were university students, further research is needed to be able to generalize the findings to individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits in other populations.

Valley View, which has a high population of students who speak limited English, has been labeled a school in need of improvement.

However, we must be careful not to penalize those of us working with the highest - needs student populations, and we recommend using a two - step value - added model in order to ensure that there are no incentives against teaching at - risk students, while identifying and rewarding those teachers that are most successful with such students.

Schools across the U.S. — especially those with high - needs, low - income populations — are finding they just do nt have the time in a typical day to do much more than prepare students for high - stakes tests in reading and math.

In 2013 - 14, according to the United Way, «almost 60 percent of the student population came from economically disadvantaged homes, and nearly 70 percent were considered high needs students — an inequity that made it exceptionally difficult for many children to thrive.»

«The ones that have had high performance generally serve a much lower - need student population.»

And, to be sure, some of the charter schools are expressly designed to handle high - needs student populations.

If some of your schools are located in an urban - like environment — or your school board is struggling to educate a high - needs student population — then your school board can benefit from the educational opportunities and focus of CUBE.

JOHN B. KING JR: Unfortunately, the history here is that in many school districts, we see that there are schools serving high - needs students where even the entire student population is in poverty, and they're actually spending 25 to 30 percent less than a school 10 blocks away that serves largely affluent students.

States, districts and schools serving the highest - need student populations receive more funding than others.

High school students with jobs, students with behavioral issues, students needing to catch up on skills, and students struggling with learning disabilities were among those in the larger district student population who found it difficult to complete their high school requirements and obtain a diplHigh school students with jobs, students with behavioral issues, students needing to catch up on skills, and students struggling with learning disabilities were among those in the larger district student population who found it difficult to complete their high school requirements and obtain a diplhigh school requirements and obtain a diploma.

CPS faces the challenges of high student poverty and dismal test scores — though its selective - enrollment schools have posted some of the highest test scores in Illinois — and the district believes it needs more money to help its low - income population.

The complaints cite issues of school safety, transportation, and equitable access and service for high need and at - risk student populations.

The high poverty population adds an extra challenge for educators as they must grapple with the reality that most students don't have the support and structure they need to continue their learning at home.

For another, Quitman's student population is rapidly changing: There was an influx of children with special needs when their school closed last academic year, and meanwhile some of the highest - performing students are being recruited away by well - regarded charter schools.

This laminated guide from Eric Jensen discusses how poverty affects students and the best teaching strategies to meet the differing needs of this population, whether elementary, middle, or high school age.

ASCD believes that to close the achievement gap, all underserved populations — high - poverty students, students with special learning needs, students of different cultural backgrounds, nonnative speakers, and urban and rural students — must have access to

She began as a teacher at the ground level of one of the country's most economically and demographically challenging inner city populations, the North Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she faced what so many teachers face: high class numbers, and needing to support learning, emotional and physical needs of a multilingual population of students in poverty while achieving state and district test score goals.

NISL - trained principals led schools with student populations that included higher percentages of English Language Learners, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students with special needs.

Future teachers of English to upper - elementary, middle school, and high school students, and it is most appropriate for teachers and administrators who hope to learn more about best practices for meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

True Collaborative Leadership with Carolyn Custard, Finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year Award At C.D. Hylton Senior High School in Woodbridge, VA, Carolyn Custard has a Principal's Advisory Council composed of faculty, students, and parents that represent the school population and help to make sure the school is meeting the needs of the entire school family.

Higher needs populations of students as defined in Vincent v. Voight (FRL, SpN, ELL) are at a greater funding and spending disadvantage than their more affluent peers since 2004.

Tuesday, September 13 (Seattle)-- West Seattle Elementary School used its first year of School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to increase wraparound services, especially necessary for its high - needs student population.

There are school districts with higher populations of the three Vincent v. Voight higher needs student groups whose disparity differs greatly from the mean, and even further from the upper quartiles.

Even low property wealth districts are forced to levy higher rates to sustain even minimal levels of funding to support increasing populations of higher needs students.

«Serving all students in the city, especially the highest need students requiring special education services, students who are English Language Learners, students who qualify for free or reduced - price lunch and other underserved or at - risk populations...»

Working conditions in these schools can be more difficult given the challenge of teaching large populations of high - needs students with insufficient resources and chronic staff turnover.

Title I school - wide assistance — Title I schools with 40 percent or greater high - poverty, student population may use federal funding to meet the needs of all students at the school.

While there is a perception that charter schools often miss those student populations, the Chicago - area charter school the Elgin group hopes to mirror has «a high level of special needs and high low - income,» students, she said.

ASCD believes that all underserved populations — high - poverty students, students with special learning needs, students of different cultural backgrounds, nonnative speakers, and urban and rural students — must have access to

Despite chronic underperformance, African American students are not identified as a high needs population for funding.

Teaching to the middle has been considered a poor practice for decades; however, the diversity of the population and the need to hold high expectations for individual students makes small group instruction a significant priority in an increasingly low - income community.

Originally staffed with a 15 - to - one student - teacher ratio to respond to its high - need population, the school was nevertheless falling short with a faculty largely made up of new teachers who lacked training in quality instruction.

The University of Florida's Lastinger Center for Learning works to enhance STEM education by providing high - quality, job - embedded professional development to educators serving high - need schools and culturally diverse student populations.

If WCCUSD thinned its district staff to free up millions for teacher retention, could the district still deliver effective services to its highest - need student populations?

Almost 60 % of the student population came from economically disadvantaged homes and nearly 70 % were considered high needs students — an inequity...

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

We studied four school systems that are rising to the challenge and seeing growth in student achievement, even as they work with large populations of high - need students.

We «will actively enroll and retain high - need scholars from [the New Haven area] by applying the same successful intricate strategies used in... Jumoke Academy Schools to address and serve the same high - need student population that we expect will attend the Academy,» states the state - approved application for Booker T. Washington Academy, a charter school set to open in New Haven next year.

What is also reality for many areas with high concentrations of charter school students is that many charter schools do not draw the EC population to their campuses, or at least the higher need EC populations.

By focusing on the need to simultaneously reinforce basic skills while developing higher - order thinking, our academic program meets the needs of our student population and helps them achieve at the highest levels.

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has dramatically harmed our local schools with its over-emphasis on high - stakes testing, narrowing of the curriculum, and punitive unfunded mandates that have been especially harmful to schools with high - needs student populations.

NISL - trained principals led schools with more challenged student populations than the comparison schools including higher percentages of English Language Learners, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students with special needs.

Many districts — especially urban, inner suburban and rural, serving very high - need student populations — continue to struggle from a lack of sufficient funding, which makes it impossible to provide all students with the opportunity for a high quality education.

These districts have similarly high - need populations, with many low - income students, and English language learners.