Sentences with phrase «in particular schools»

The ugly truth is that districts group high - needs students together in particular schools while other district schools have virtually no high - needs children.

First, states and districts can use rates of kindergarten chronic absence to identify if they need to expand investments in high - quality pre-K programming in particular schools, neighborhoods, or for certain student populations.

A huge thank you to everyone, in particular schools, cooks, and caterers, who have worked so hard over the past few months to make...

A huge thank you to everyone, in particular schools, cooks, and caterers, who have worked so hard over the past few months to make this a reality.

Declines in student enrollment may be dispersed across all grade levels and schools within the district, but may be minimal in particular schools or classrooms, making reductions in spending difficult.

Chronic absence can be much higher in particular schools than district - wide.

Complementing these overall trends are more than 400 studies that have searched for a connection between spending and achievement in particular schools, districts, and, occasionally, states.

Responses from the teacher survey indicate that, in particular schools, teachers saw the principal as frequently providing direct instructional support.

It is in the interest of society that the concentration of high - need students not increase in particular schools.

The apparent absence of educational triage in one state does not invalidate documented accounts of the practice in particular schools, nor encroach upon other arguments to modify NCLB's proficiency - based school rating system.

Well - functioning school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

Second, they pay no attention to the relative challenge of teaching in particular schools within a district.

An income desegregation program that involves all students may avoid the concentration of children with fewer family resources in particular schools.

A huge thank you to everyone, in particular schools, cooks, and caterers, who have worked so hard over the past few months to make...

The quoted comment of the coach in this particular school was: «I'm amazed.

That's one of the drawbacks, I think — not in this particular school, because the only food - related thing is a once - a-week relationship with a neighborhood bakery to bring in pizza if the kids want to buy it, and I can breathe through that.

The result is a little like knowing the number of students and distribution of grades in a particular school, but having no idea if the student who sits in the third row actually likes math.

«Unfortunately, it often takes a suicide in a particular school before anybody is interested in talking about it.»

In most research and student assessment, this Wheel applies to school generally (i.e., motivation and engagement at school) or in particular school subjects (e.g., in mathematics, English, history, and science).

In this particular school environment, students largely chose to bring a device of their own, rather than one of the school supplied devices.

More subtly, concluding that students in a particular school are performing well «given their socioeconomic backgrounds» or «given the proportion of Indigenous students in the school» reflect reduced expectations based on group membership.

We looked at whether 7th graders in a particular school performed better than the same school's 8th graders (relative to the national average for their respective grades) when, on average, the 7th - grade classes were smaller than the 8th - grade classes.

Gosline noted that, in this particular school, the data resulted in a very simple solution — devised by students and teachers together — for teachers to make more effort to spread themselves out so that they can clearly observe all students» actions.

For students of color as a group in a particular school or district, the initial goal might be to reach and exceed state - level averages for white kids.

They have to express not only their interest in a new school but their interest in that particular school and commit to making it their first choice if it was to open.

But in public schools, parents retain some power of choice if, for example, they can afford to select their place of residence to place their children in a particular school district.

Apart from our academic results, we are also proud to share that our stability rate (the number of students who stay enrolled in a particular school until the end of a school year) has consistently been higher than the state average and that our chronic absenteeism is well below state averages.

The maximum CRI value is 100, which means that every 12th - grade student during the 2014 - 2015 academic year in a particular school took and passed at least one AP test before or during his or her senior year.

But few data points can paint a picture as well as parental satisfaction, especially in schools of choice where parents must choose to enroll their child in that particular school.

Finally, standardized test scores are strongly correlated with students» demographic characteristics, which means they tend to tell us more about the number of economically advantaged students in any particular school than what they are learning.

They should allow parents and others interested in a particular school or district to see trend lines in student performance on these standardized tests,» Freedberg said.

These students show up as being enrolled in a particular school, but they do not have proper course schedules, according to AALA.

Yes, the U.S. flag waves and everyone pledges allegiance, but the symbol and pledge are of a nation — not of education in this particular school.

To calculate the ACGR, states identify the «cohort» of first - time 9th graders in a particular school year, and adjust this number by adding any students who transfer into the cohort after 9th grade and subtracting any students who transfer out, immigrate to another country, or die.

While specific systems need to be developed, McCrory said, most parents, students and fellow teachers typically know who the «good teachers» are in any particular school.

Demonstrates exceptional leadership in a particular school program; is respected by students, colleagues, parents, and the community at large; and sets high expectations for school staff and students.

[i] To calculate the ACGR, states identify the «cohort» of first - time 9th graders in a particular school year, and adjust this number by adding any students who transfer into the cohort after 9th grade and subtracting any students who transfer out, immigrate to another country, or die.

A magnet school is defined as an elementary, middle, or high school that offers, to all students enrolled in that particular school, a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers of students of different social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.

Managed moves are often criticised as exclusion by another name, but sometimes it's impossible to keep a child in a particular school.

Most of these neophytes have no intention of making teaching a career, so they accept low wages, turnover is high, and they have no long term interest in any particular school, or school system, or the profession in general.

Despite all of the great things going on in that particular school, I am sorry to report that while I was on my school tour, a day after my visit, the county education board voted to shut it down at the end of the current school year, citing budgetary reasons.

The concept of system leadership, in particular school to school support, has grown at a rapid pace in recent years especially with the introduction of NLEs (National Leaders of Education) LLEs (Local Leaders of Education) and SLEs (Specialist Leaders of Education).

A school's culture is characterized by deeply rooted traditions, values, and beliefs, some of which are common across schools and some of which are unique and embedded in a particular school's history and location.

From 2016, the level will be set based on Progress 8 - our new accountability measure, which shows how much progress pupils in a particular school make between the end of primary school and their GCSEs.

In the original inquiry project in which I was the staff developer, while we brought the teachers in a particular school together every two weeks to talk about issues of common interest, we also worked closely with individual teachers as they pursued their particular interests in their classroom.

The data come from the 2011 - 12 survey administration, so they represent each state's teaching workforce in that particular school year.

They asked whether a cohort of children in a particular school in a particular grade achieved less the year after a high value - added teacher left than did the previous cohort of students, and, conversely, whether children gained more the year after a high - value - added teacher joined the staff.

At the same time, even small numbers can make an impact in a particular school.

WILL does rather the opposite, merging all students together in a school — regardless of grade level, or how long a student has been in a particular school or sector, or students» previous academic performance — for a single year and a single average.

As educators, we have watched some teachers struggle while others excel, and as parents we have been part of the discussion about which teachers we want our children to have in a particular school.