Sentences with phrase «high school reform initiative»

This report discusses evaluation findings from a 15 - year longitudinal random assignment study of the effects of a high school reform initiative, Career Academy, which is a key component of the Linked Learning model.

As the Linked Learning high school reform initiative expands across California, the results of a two - year study by the Education Trust — West identifies promising practices in Linked Learning schools and districts.

The high school reform initiative also involved using data - warehousing technology to follow the progress of three cohorts of students from grade 9 to grade 11 on one particular subskill of the state assessment.

As part of a high school reform initiative, 10th grade English language arts teachers and literacy coaches worked with a data coach to define essential questions about students» reading performance.

The district's high school reform initiative provided the stimulus and funds to address these data - quality issues.

Established more than 30 years ago, Career Academies have become a widely used high school reform initiative that aims to keep students engaged in school and prepare them for successful transitions to postsecondary education and employment.

High School Allotment: Provides $ 275 per high school student in additional funding to districts to prepare students to go on to higher education, encourage students to take challenging course work, increase the rigor of academic courses, align secondary and postsecondary curriculum, and support promising high school reform initiatives in grades 6 through 12.

Her graduate research was on high school reform initiatives and California State policy regarding learning English as a second language.

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Cuomo included $ 75 million in the budget for reform initiatives, including expanding pre-K as well as creating community schools, extending the school day or year, and rewarding high - performing teachers.

And from the start, the efforts to create public buzz set it apart from previous high - school - reform initiatives.

It argues that while members of the reform community continue to advance district and charter efforts, they should also support initiatives that make high - quality private schools accessible to low - income families.

It is particularly urgent that urban high schools be reformed, and in 2000, the Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a national initiative, Schools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high sschools be reformed, and in 2000, the Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a national initiative, Schools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high sSchools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high schoolsschools.

Thus it will be no small challenge even to monitor and evaluate U.S. high - school reform initiatives if we don't have measures that people agree on.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

Luke Kashman, a sophomore at Indianapolis's Arsenal Technical High School, was one of the first students to be involved in the reform initiative.

The Toolkit for Parents and Families is a collection of materials and resources that will help parents and families understand education reform initiatives and how the changes will help students graduate from high school ready for college and careers.

As for rising graduation rates, school reform supporters, of course, credit NCLB and Obama's initiatives, though an NRP investigation this year revealed that the current high school graduation rate of 81 percent — a historic high — «should be taken with a big grain of salt.»

Integrate the use of technology and student engagement to support high school and middle school reform initiatives

The net result of Malloy's «plan» for Connecticut would be cuts in local schools, high property taxes, especially for Connecticut's dwindling middle class, and more money for his campaign donors and political allies who are profiting off Malloy's Corporate Education Reform Industry initiatives.

As Vice President for High Schools & School Reform of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, David Low has negotiated three teacher contracts, and has played an integral role in New Haven's extensive School Reform initiative since its inception, including crafting the current teachers» contract, coordinating the creation and implementation of the new teacher evaluation process, sitting on the city - wide Reform Committee and serving as chair of the teachers» Working Group on School Reform.

A state department of education (SDE) that is served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) requested information on support for high school students, with a focus on whole - school reform, primarily behavioral and school climate initiatives.

The focus on data continued beyond the reform initiative, and the disaggregated subskill reports became part of the core set of reports the district provided to these high schools.

We hope that we can continue to partner with the district in innovative ways to turn around low - performing schools — whether it's an equitable Public School Choice process or other reform initiative — and to pursue our common goal of ensuring that every student in Los Angeles receives a high - quality public education.»

Section 1003 (a) of Title I, Part A, allocations are awarded to assist Title I schools in Improvement in coordinating the delivery of research - based federal, state and local school reform initiatives that support teaching and learning in high poverty, low - achieving schools.

Gray described the initiative he is leading, CEE - Trust, a network of 18 city - based organizations that support education innovation and reform, and discussed the efforts of a CEE - Trust working group that is exploring innovative ways to rapidly expand the supply of high - quality charter schools in seven CEE - Trust cities.

Starting in the 2012 - 13 school year, Project LIFT operates as a semi-autonomous Learning Community within CMS, providing the initiative with CMS infrastructural support and access to an initial $ 55 Million investment of private resources to drive a multifaceted reform effort in Charlotte's highest poverty schools.

A visionary leader, Debra was instrumental in being a change agent in the Freehold Regional High School District and North Brunswick Township School District by facilitating secondary school reform initiatives and implementing new courses and programs to address the growing needs of students and the school commSchool District and North Brunswick Township School District by facilitating secondary school reform initiatives and implementing new courses and programs to address the growing needs of students and the school commSchool District by facilitating secondary school reform initiatives and implementing new courses and programs to address the growing needs of students and the school commschool reform initiatives and implementing new courses and programs to address the growing needs of students and the school commschool community.

He draws a caricature of the national school - reform programs, including the high - stakes testing initiatives of Barack Obama's «Race to the Top» and of George W. Bush's «No Child Left Behind» taken together as «Race to the Top and Leave the Children Behind.»

Furthermore, as result of Governor Malloy's «education reform» initiative, high school teachers in Connecticut will then be «evaluated» on how well their students do on this NEW Common Core aligned SAT.

She has worked on a number of other studies, including a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of inclusive STEM high schools funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development for the National Writing Project, the National Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund Program for the U.S. Department of Education, evaluations of several school reform initiatives in Chicago, and the Bridging the Divide study that examined the transition from high school to college for the U.S. Department of Education.

Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Policy Council, the initiative aims to demonstrate that high - quality, integrated arts education boosts academic achievement, motivates student learning, and improves school culture in the context of school reform.