Sentences with phrase «high schools in disadvantaged areas»

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The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.

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Housed at the University of Buffalo, the program identifies disadvantaged but talented minority children, places them in academic - enrichment classes, and then finds them spots at private schools and a more selective public high school in the area to complete their precollegiate careers.

The study was conducted by Education Datalab and found that schools in disadvantaged areas had a higher rate of teacher turnover.

Ofsted Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has recognised the excellent leadership and management it takes to turn around schools in areas of high disadvantage.

For example, Clotfelter et al. (2008) found that a targeted bonus to certified math, science and special education teachers working in disadvantaged North Carolina schools reduced the attrition of targeted teachers by 17 percent, while Feng and Sass (2015) found that loan forgiveness programs for teachers with high - needs endorsements reduced the attrition of teachers in shortage areas in Florida.

About half of this gap is due to the location of high attaining schools in catchment areas with lower numbers of disadvantaged pupils, but the rest is due to social selection in admissions occurring even within those neighbourhoods.

Expanded learning opportunities, such as «inter-sessions,» longer school days, after - school programs, and longer school years, should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low - income families are even less likely to complete high school, says a report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington - based...

These struggling schools were most likely to be in disadvantaged areas with a high proportion of poor white pupils, to have a high turnover of staff, and heads and teachers facing «burnout».

A criticism of the programme so far has been the omission of any Opportunity Areas in the North East — a part of Britain with poor attainment and progress, particularly for the most disadvantaged children, and sparse access to high quality schools.

In WSI schools that effectively implement arts integration, a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students score «Proficient or Above» when compared to all students (not just economically disadvantaged students) at the district and state level, across multiple grade levels, and across multiple subject areas on standardized tests.

The interventions should aim to improve science teacher retention in the teaching profession, and also in schools of highest need, for example in schools in more disadvantaged areas.

It is no surprise that this would be even higher in recently failing schools with very large catchment areas and in areas of disadvantage,» the spokesperson added.

«It is not necessarily unfair for different schools to receive different levels of funding because some schools have higher numbers of disadvantaged children and are in areas with higher deprivation.

Granger high school grapples with the basics — and wins — This once failing high school now offers a bright future to its students thanks to Principal Richard Esparza's no - nonsense approach to teaching these economically disadvantaged youth, many who arrive well below grade level in all subject areas.

Kline indicated that areas of agreement in the bills had indeed been forged with committee Democrats on parental engagement, support for high - quality charter schools, and the use of disaggregated data to help disadvantaged student subgroups.

It is a fact that, on average, students in high - needs schools that disproportionally serve the needs of disadvantaged students have less access to teachers who have certain teacher - quality indicators (e.g., National Board Certification and advanced degrees / expertise in content - areas, although these things are argued not to matter in this brief).

Our mission at Project GRAD is to ensure a quality public school education for students in low - income areas, so that more students ‑ especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds ‑ graduate from high school and enter college prepared to excel.