Sentences with phrase «highly successful public school»

«It is exciting that new charter schools are replicating best practices and expanding access to highly successful public school models for more families in California.»

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A study of highly successful senior secondary teachers in public schools in New South Wales by Paul Ayres, Wayne Sawyer and me demonstrated the importance of feedback in influencing student achievement.

[iv] However, there is good evidence that school turnarounds in Massachusetts have been quite successful, perhaps not surprising given the state's well - regarded accountability system, its generous support of public education, and its highly professional state department of education.

It is so successful that even affluent Montgomery County, which usually resists departures from its highly rated public school programs, is trying to get KIPP to put a school in one of its low - income neighborhoods.

The bill reauthorizes the highly successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) for three years and appropriates $ 45 million for the OSP, charter schools, and D.C. public schools.

In the Tigard - Tualatin School District (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful aSchool District (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful aschool personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful adults.

After a short, successful and highly publicized reign as Chancellor of D.C. public schools, she left her position after the American Federation of Teachers donated over $ 1 million to unseat Rhee's boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty, in 2010.

And the final two are «how consistent are students, parents, and their public school professional staff in their perception of the effectiveness of their magnet schools, and what characteristics do the highly successful magnet school share?»

In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.

The panel, dubbed the NAACP Task Force on Quality Education, echoed Johnson's view — that while many argue that charter schools drain needed resources from traditional public schools, and some remain «discriminatory» based on students» behavior or relative academic strength, some are highly successful, especially in states that exercise legally mandated oversight.