Sentences with phrase «high percentages of minority students»

In the past few years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students in urban areas.

For example, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed other public schools in nearly every area while serving high percentages of minority students in traditionally urban areas.

According to the districts and OCR, the fact that these school districts have higher percentages of minority students justifies the investigation.

Schools with high percentages of minority students and urban schools are harder to staff, and teachers tend to leave these schools when more attractive opportunities become available.

Over the last several years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students.

School districts with high percentages of minority students have the highest number of ineffective teachers.

The allegation is based on a 90 - page study, conducted by the organization's executive director, that found higher pupil - teacher ratios, teachers with fewer years of experience, and more minority teachers and principals in schools that had high percentages of minority students.

In Boston and other large cities in Massachusetts, charter schools serve a higher percentage of minority students than district schools do.

Uncertified teachers, teaching fellows, and TFA corps members all tend to teach in schools that, relative to those employing more certified teachers, have a higher percentage of minority students; more low - income, ESL, and special - education students; and students with lower achievement levels.

Schenectady and Middletown contended that they and other poor school districts, which also had a higher percentage of minority students, were less likely to receive their full funding amount under the formula.

Wisconsin schools — including Madison's — have few minority teachers, compared to their high percentages of minority students.

Theme may be important too; looking at the table above, we can see that the themes with the highest percentage of minority students, character education *, college prep, and career prep, enroll 48.5 %, 43.5 %, and 43.1 % Hartford students, respectively, while the themes with the lowest percentage of minority students, early childhood *, STEM, and arts, enroll 24.8 %, 35.7 %, and 39.4 % Hartford students respectively (weighted averages based on total school enrollment).

The categories with the highest percentage of minority students were character education * (78.9 %), college prep (74.4 %), and career prep (71.1 %), while the categories with the lowest percentage of minority students were early childhood * (54.3 %), STEM (57.4 %), arts (61.0 %), and liberal arts * (62.3 %)(I have marked categories with only one or two schools with an asterisk here and later in this essay; all other categories have at least four schools).

What are the nationwide college enrollment, persistence, and graduation average rates for schools with a high percentage of minority students, and how does that compare to rates for schools with a low percentage of minority students?