Sentences with phrase «impact of school closures»

This study examines the impact of school closures on student test scores and attendance rates.

This summer the group will be studying the impact of school closures.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dec. 10: The Journey for Justice Alliance, Advancement Project and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education will be hosting a breakfast forum focused on the impact of school closures in low - income communities.

That same morning, the Journey for Justice Alliance, Advancement Project and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education hosted a breakfast forum focused on the negative impact of school closures, one of the policies encouraged under No Child Left Behind.

Alliance member organization Journey for Justice released a new report, Death by a Thousand Cuts, examining the disastrous impact of school closures and outlining a vision for education reform.

NEWARK In a victory for grassroots organizers in Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of color.

They ask the U.S. Senate to hold a hearing on the impact of school closure and privatization.

Not exact matches

The impending closure of the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County is already financially impacting the nearby Mexico School District.

The research of doctoral marshal Eve Ewing examines school closures and the impact they have on communities.

Net differences represent the effects of a closure, showing us the impact on students who had to choose a different high school.

Much has been written about the controversy surrounding performance - based school closures, but there has been no rigorous assessment of their impact on student achievement.

To determine which hypothesis was more accurate, we assessed the net impact of the phase - out process on a range of outcomes for the 9,600 9th - grade students who were beginning their high school careers at a closure school just as that closure was announced.

Future work on closures should examine such factors as staff composition and mobility, faculty and student morale, and interpersonal relationships, to achieve a richer understanding of how closures impact school communities and student outcomes.

In order to assess the impact of a closure decision on graduation rates, we first predicted rates for the phase - out cohort if their school had not been slated for closure, based on their characteristics and the prior trend in performance at their school.

While students at both groups of schools did better than the trends projected in the years studied, closures produced positive and statistically significant impacts on several key outcomes for displaced students versus those in the comparison group (Figure 5).

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuSchool Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool continues to serve the same students.

We must register one caveat that tempers the positive findings on closures: When students displaced by closures enter their new schools, it is possible that they negatively impact the learning of students who had previously attended the school.

The reason is that authorizers use accountability plans to make high - stakes decisions — such as school corrective action, non-renewal, revocation, and closure — that directly impact the hundreds or thousands of families whose children are enrolled in charter schools.

Their most important finding is that school closure has significant positive impacts on the achievement of displaced students.

When school closure or teacher evaluation policies disproportionately impact low - income communities of color, is that in itself evidence of an injustice that must be addressed?

Trymaine Lee's examination of nation wide school closures reveals their effect on children's self esteem, the impact on the immediate community and most importantly, student safety.

Whatever we think of the, in my view too hasty rush into new school types, the closure of a school, with all its hopes and fears, has a huge impact on students, staff, parents and governors.

It will surprise no one that all of the proposed closures and consolidations will impact Black schools and Black communities.

Jan. 14: The Boston Education Justice Alliance will hold an emergency town hall to discuss the impact of new citywide initiatives, school closures, and a charter school ballot initiative.

As per Weingarten: «Over a year ago, the Washington [DC] Teachers» Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the data from the school district's IMPACT [teacher] evaluation system — a system that's used for big choices, like the firing of 563 teachers in just the past four years, curriculum decisions, school closures and more [see prior posts about this as related to the IMPACT program here].

The impacts of test - based teacher evaluations, school closures, and increased charter - school access on student outcomes.

Nevertheless, we need to introduce more social, economic and political variables that further illuminate more relevant quality of life impacts that school closure and other reforms can have on a community.

In sum, when schools with high proportions of Black and Latino students close, Black and Latino teachers bear a disproportionate impact of these closures including loss of jobs.

«Because districts ultimately choose which schools close and to which schools displaced students transfer, districts have some degree of control over how closures will impact the achievement of the students they displace,» said Stroub.

Education «reformers» often proclaim they are carrying on the tradition of great civil rights leaders, employing the rhetoric of that movement while in reality pushing measures that exacerbate inequality and impact most harshly on children and communities of color - like school closures, privatization, and over-testing.

Specifically, the GAO has been asked to examine changes in student racial isolation or integration over time, including shifts caused by school closures or consolidations; state and local policies that affect attendance areas or admissions, including open enrollment in public charter schools; voluntary policies intended to increase integration; and the impact of racial and socioeconomic isolation in public education.

How will the closure of my school impact my ability to sit for my exam or obtain professional certification?

In September 2016, ED announced that a coalition of organizations is spearheading efforts to match students impacted by school closures with experienced financial aid and academic advisors across the country to help navigate the options available.

As noted on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) GI Bill website, the VA does not have the legal authority to restore GI Bill benefits to veterans who are impacted by a school closure.