Sentences with phrase «high special needs population»

This school faces $ 451,000 in cuts which will result in class sizes over 40 in the primary grades, loss of many highly effective teachers, along with drama and fine arts education, and a severe reduction in their ability to provide for the school's high special needs population.

Not exact matches

The researchers note that 40 percent of patients at state psychiatric inpatient hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while nearly 20 percent experience a longer hospital stay — «suggesting a high - risk population needing special attention.»

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

«Higher education is bending over backward to make special efforts, particularly with disadvantaged populations, to provide them with the support that they need to not only get into college but to successfully complete college,» says Paul Reville, a professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and former Massachusetts education secretary.

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.

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

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.

«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...»

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

Surround: Additional coursework supporting Montessori implementation with high - need populations, including the effects of trauma on child development, special education in a Montessori context, language delays, and more.

With a 35 percent special education population, Kramer has implemented a 1:1 laptop and station rotation model to serve this high - need population.

The school's population has higher - than - average levels of deprivation and special educational needs.

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.

For example: Self - paced alternative school model meets adventure - based leadership training meets blended learning for Boston Day and Evening Academy (MA); «no excuses» model meets blended learning meets Montessori for grantee Montessori for All (TX); and «no excuses» model meets game - based adaptive learning meets a high - need, English language learner, special education student population for Design Innovation Factory, LLC (NY).

Despite the lower percentages of these and other types of special needs students, Capital Prep's performance scores do not reflect corresponding higher achievement; the school, in fact, has a lower performance index score than Hartford Public Schools has for precisely the population that Capital Prep claims to have achieved great success with.

To make matters worse, many charters cherry - pick their students, leaving cash - strapped public schools with higher populations of students with special or high needs, further tipping the scales.

It is ironic that the grant refers to Jumoke as a high performing charter school when it is clear that in a city with a high Latino population, a large non-English speaking student body and more than one in ten students needing special education services, Jumoke is a charter school company that has been completely unwilling to take on their fair share of Latino, non-English speaking and special education students.

If you provide healthcare to a high - needs population, you might qualify for special loan repayment.

For example, there's the National Health Services Corps Student Loan Program that offers special loan payment terms for those providing healthcare services to a high needs population.

We serve a diverse client base, with a special emphasis on the underserved population of animals that need veterinary care and seek to provide it in a high - quality, compassionate and positive environment.

There is a high projected growth rate over the next few years because of an increase in the elderly population who continue to need special care.

In the current environment of rapid change in early childhood education, staff need support to update their skills and knowledge about teaching culturally and linguistically diverse populations, using new assessments, meeting new standards, addressing already identified special needs, identifying potential special needs, implementing high - quality curriculum models, and making decisions about using technology.

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